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IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1898.
VOL. V.
NO. 34.
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If
101NGS- OF THE WEEK
what Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
iVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
Complete Review of 111 Newt of the
1'iMt Reran Day I la Thli sud
All foreign Lands.
David A. Wella, the famous eoon-
iiiiHt, dlud at Norwich, Conn.
i Holt the population of Gibara, Ouba,
it Buiil to be Buffering from anmllpox.
Major Gonotal Otis at Manila report
' K deaths among the troops slnoe hli
tint report.
I General Wade will have entire
imrjjo of the government of Cuba, both
Civil and niilllaiy.
The Omaha oxposltlon proved a finan
cial stiuooss, and subscribers will be
paid back In full.
Troops at Manila expeot to Bee for
tlicr fighting, as they think the insor
itinta will uiuko trouble. -
A fire In the Southern Pacific rail
fond ahops at Sacramonto oaueed dani
go to the extent of $200,000. ,
I One m ire block of buildinga in Pit
I'm, Oc , waa destroyed by fire, be
lieved to be iucendiury. The loss ii
fj-100, 000.
3 Plillip Brogan, ar., a wealthy aheep
ruaii of Antelope, Or., waa (tabbed and
filled by an employe in a dlsputo over
'Hinges.
I Antonio Sinckl, a 15-yoar-old Italian
bootblack, waa brutally murdered, after
nameless oi lino had boon committed,
in Portland, Or.
;1 The army Inveitlgation commlsalon
ina finished Its aosalons In thla country
'tiii(1 will aoon go to Santiago and prob
tihly, though not oertaluly, to Porto
liioo.
i Tlie newt that the United Statos
tiow demands the whole of the Philip
Jilim Islands has created muoh Intoreat
in Berlin. The Gorman newspaper!
' comment unfavorably upon It.
4 The transport Oitv of Puobla bns
saill from San Francisco for Manila,
"-"with the last of the California heavy
artillery, the Nevada troop of oavalry,
nd a Bmull dotachmcnt of fecfuita for
' .the Twenty-third infautr.
I A cry for relief again comeB from
fCuha. Conditiona in Havana, ft la
',nai(l, have become intolerable, and
1-2 severe Cfitlciam of America is heard on
'every hand. While the commissioners
are waiting, crime, poverty, misery
a and ueatn increase.
The feature of ProBidont MoKlnley'i
forthcoming mcBsnga to congresa will
1 1)0 an appeal for immediate legislative
(,a tion looking to tlie construction oi
,"Mhe Nicaragua waterway. Delay bO'
Hvond next aosBion will jeopardise
. chances for American control in the
If future. ,
The latest telegrama roapegting the
riflings in the neighborhood of Chung
king, China, atate It la a movement
Against the missionaries on the part ol
a maraud i nir hand led by one Yn Man
, , Txe. Tlie French church, hospital and
rffehool, and also the American Method
Mist ohurch at Hong ChaU, about 60
f miles from Chungking, hive beetj.de'
etroyea.
General Fitzliuuh Lee's mother d"ied
Vf at Kiiihmond, Va.
A proclamation has been Issved
' bringing Santa Cms and Other islands
undor the British Solomon islands pro
teotornte.
At Friday's session of the Paris peace
commission the Spaniards rejected the
Americans'. propoeulB, and refused to
give up tho Philippines.
i Later reports from the conflagration
I at Hankow, China, say that 10,000
houfioB were dcatroyed and 1,000 peo-
i pie killed and burned to death.
A Kllis II. Roberta, treasurer of Jhe
ii United Statea, in his annual report
A aliowa that the treasury waa stronger at
I the close than at tho opening Of the
1 fiscal year.
J Senator, Redfleld Prootor In nn ad
I dress at Montpeller, Vt., declared that
there should be divided sovereignty and
i tliat the United Statea should retain
the entire Philippine arohlpelago.
Major Helburn's recital before the
war investigating commission, while in
session at Cincinnati, disolosed a ter
rible state of affairs at' Camp Thomas,
Chlckumauga, due to ignorance and ne
glect. The sick soldiers were treated
like dogs.
By the explosion of a boiler at the
Oil City (Pa.) boiler works, two men
were killed, two fatally injured and a
dozen more slightly hurt. , The killed
are Richard McCloakey and John Fraw
ley. The fatally inlured are B. J. Gid-
iluva and Ttanla MnlMatmn
K Umg nuu uwum.w...
nk A rannnt rltannvArv nf hitnminnuR nnnl
in the Klondike region was made in
American territory about 100 miles
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 ooal is said to be of su
perior quality. '
Minor Mvi Iteim.
West Virginia is without estate debt
and has a cash surplus of $1,000,000 ,
in banks drawing 3 per oent intereat.
Silas Packard; the well-known edu
cator and lounder of Packard business
college, died at his home in Now York,
aged 72 years.
It is said that 20 per oent of the ap
plications made for divorce in North
.-,1.1-1,,- ... ... IT
j jjukoiu una year were mnue ironi rew
lorn state, ana tuost oi these troin
New York city.
LATER NEWS.
The United Statea collier Nero has.
arrived at Nagasaki, Japan.
Rritish naval preparations for pos
sible war continue unabated.
Governor Lord of Oregon has Issued
bis annual Thanksgiving proclamation.
The strike of pressmen and stereo
types at Ban Francisco proved a fail
ure. Western railrondB have been enjoined
from excluding Pueblo steel from Paciflo
const points.
Orders have been issued for a general
movement of troops from Camp Meade,
Pa., to the South.
The London Daily Mail urges the
American people to pronounce boldly
for retaining the Philippines, .
In Portland, Or., Andrew C. Groom,
a traveling medicine vendor, shot and
killed his wife In a lodging house and
then blow out his brains.
Drought and hot winds have played
havoc with Australian wheat fields.
The commissioner of agriculture says
there will not be enough wheat for the
local demand. .
The principal garrison of the United
States troops in Cuba will be looated
near Havana, aocordlng to completed
pinna of the commission appointed to
select camp sites.
A lodge of the Order of Elks com
posed of colored men has been organ
ized at Cincinnati, O., but Grand Ex
alted Bulor Galvin says the action U
wholly without warrant and clearly
void.
A plot has been discovered at Paria
which has for its object the fomenta
tion of a general revolt ag" iiist tlie gov
ernment iu case the revision of the
DieyfuB case l exults favorably to the
prisoner.
Tho monthly atatement of the direct
or of the mint shows the total coinage
at the United Statea mint during Octo
ber to have been $8,000,841, as follows:
Gold, $5,180,000; silver, $3,864,191;
minor coins, $00,850.
Rich gold mines havo been discov
ered a Terra del Fuego, according to a
report mado by Franklin Ransom, who
has just returned to Cleveland, O.,
from that country with $18,000 in dust,
as a result of two years' work.
The mayor of Spoknne has declared
an emergency, and Issued a proclama
tion enrolling all perpons over 21 yeara
of ago aa special constables, to assist in
arresting robbers who have been ram-
limit lately. A reward of $500 is
Offered for the conviction of any one of
the robbers.
The labor problem at Santiago is be
coming serious. Native Cubans will
not work, and the situation is most try
ing. Capital seeking Investment holds
aloof been ubo of the fact that there is
no Btablo government and no assurance
that labor could be secured to develop
properties in which money might be
invested.
Archbishop W. II. Gross, of Oregon,
is seriously ill at Baltimore.
The Cuban assembly has effected
permanent organization at Santa Cruz.
The United States, It la Bald, will
offer to buy the Philippines from
Spain.
eiam ia about to reestablish its lega
tion In the United Btntes alter the
lapse of many years.
Henry Failing, president of the First
National bank, of Portland, Of., and
well-known oitizon, is dead.
. Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy at New
York, showing liabilities of $63,773 and
no assets.
Two sticks of dynamite addroased to
the Turkish consul at San Francisco,
were discovered in the mails before any
luum waa done.
Wooden rims forbloycles are not pat
entablo, according to a ruling made by
Judge Seaman in the United States
couit at Milwaukee.
Judge Grosscup, of the United States
circuit court at Chicago, rendered
decision upholding the constitutionality
of the war revenue law.
A revolution Is Imminent in Samoa,
and the cruiser Philadelphia has been
ordered there to protect American in
terests. The Yorktown may follow
A Norfolk, Va., dispatch says the
Meiritt Wrecking Company hna re-
ceived information that the Maria
Teresa, which was reported sunk,
ashore at Cat island.
Nikola Tesla claims to have learned
how to control vessels at a great dis
tanee. By the use of an invention
upon which he Is working, torpedo
boats may be sent out unmanned and
guided into contact with an enemy's
ship by an operator at a safe distance,
General Miles' report on the late war
has been filed. Plain statements are
made, and there is no mincing of words.
Facts regarding the conduct of the war
are clearly stated.. Friends of the gen
eral says Secretary Alger will be com
pelted to publish the report despite hia
disinclination to do so.
A London coroner's jury which has
been investigating the death on OctO'
her 29 last of Harold Frederlo, a corre-
Bpondent of the New York Times, has
rendered a verdict of manslaughtei
against Kate Lyon, a member of the
late Frederic's household, and Mrs
Mills, a Christian Scientist.
Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of the
currency, has ordered that the system
of semiannual examinations of national
banka in effect in the oountry shall ex
tend over all cities, without any exoep'
tion, aa heretofore.
Postmaster-General Smith has issued
an order directing that Hawaiian post
age stamps shall be reoognlzed at their
face value for payment of postage on
all articles mailed in Hawaii,' whether
addressed for delivery in the United
I Statea or elsewhere.
THE ELECTIONS.
Republicans Successful In Washington
and Will Have a Mnjorltr
in Congress.
.
Washington, Nor. 10. Returns es
tablish to a certainty that the United
Statea senate will have a Republican
majority after March next. Of the pres
ent Republican total of 45, the terms
of seven senators expire Mnrcb 4 next,
leaving 88 hold-over Republicans. To
thla number the eloctiona of Tueaday
add 10 Keiublioans surely elected and
three probably electod, making a total
of 48, or two more than a majority of
the Democrats, Populists and Silver
Republicans.
. There are 21 Democratic bold-over
aenatora, and to this number the elec
tions added four with certainty and one
probably, giving a total of 25 votes.
The Populista and Silver Republican
hold-overa number eight, and this waa
increased by one practically sure. Five
state legislatures appear much in doubt,
viz.: Nebraska, West Virginia, Mon
tana, Indiana and Washington, and are
not included in figuring the totals.
Today's returns show that these
Democratic eenators will be aucceodod
by Republicans: White, California;
Mitchell, Wisconsin; Allen, Nebraska;
Turpie, Indiana; Smith, Now Jersey;
Faulker, West Virginia; Murphy, New
York, and Gray, Delaware.
Interest in the election Tuesday cen
tered in the political complexon of the
noxt house. Although Chairman Bab
cock, of the Republican congressional
committee, made thla morning what lie
terma an ultra conservative estimate,
In which he eliminated a number of
doubtful lists, thla eatlmate gives tho
Republicans 185 membera in the next
houae, a majority of 18 over all. At 2
o'clock, Kerr, of the Democratic con
gressional committee, claimed the cer
tain election of 100 Democrats and
Fof ionists.
Washington.
Seattle. Nov. 10. Incomplete ro-
turns from 24 counties out of 84 in the
Btate give a mnjority in lavor of both
Republican congressmen, and Republi
can candidates lor auperior juugea.
Congroasmen-at-Large W. L. Jones and
W. Cushman, Republicans, are
elected.
Goldendale, Wash., Nov, 10. Re
turns have been received from 110 vot-
ng places, with 14 to hear from. A
Republican majority of 800 is assured.
Herbert Baker and W. L. Jones lead in
the race. Congressman Lewis, leads
hia ticket. An official count will be
required to- settle the county attorney
contest between Darch, Republican,
and Dustin, Democrat, Woman's suff
rage is abend. The single tax was de
feated.
California.
San Franolsco, Nov. 10. Cali
fornia has elected a Republican gover
nor and probably the entire state ticket
by pluralities estimated at from 5,000
to 20,000. Completo returns will not
be in for 24 hoars at best, but the elec
tion of Henry T. Gage, Republican,
over James G. Maguire, Demoorat, ii
conoedod.
The Republicans will have a large
majority in the legislature, which will
next winter, elect a United States sen
ator to succeed Stephen M. White,
Democrat
The fight for the mayoralty of San
Francisco has been eagerly contested,
and the result is yet uncertain. The
ndicutions are, however, that James
D. Fhelan, the present mayor, will be
re-elected by a small majority.
Colorado
Denver, Nov. 10. The entire fusion
state ticket is eleoted by about 50,000.
The fusionists have an overwhelming
majority in-the legislature.
New York.
New York, Nov. 10. Revised re
turns make practically no change in
those of last night, which showed the
election of Roosovelt by a plurality of
18,000 to 20,000. As compared with
the election of 1800, this shows a Re
publican loss of from 190,000, to 195.-
000. The state's congressional delega
tion will probably stand 15 Republi-
oana to 19 Democrats, a Democratic
gain of 12.
The legislature will be Ropubliaan
on joint ballot by 82 votes, insuring
the election of a Republican to succeed
Senator Murphy
Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 10. Belated
precinct returns today continue to in
dicate that Nebraska has turned a po-
litical somersault and landed In the
Republican column. Three hundred
and seventeen precincts outside of Lin
coin and Omaha give Hayward, Re
publican, governor, 28,494; Poynter,
Fusionist, 20,803, a net Republican
gain of 4,787. The first and second
congressional distriots are Republican,
the third and sixth fusion, and the
fourth nnd fifth in doubt.
Illlnoll.
Chioago, Nov. 10. Late returns re
duce the Republican plurality on the
state ticket to between 80,000 and
26,000. In the county the Republican
load is likely to be less than 5,000.
Utuh.
Salt Lake, Nov. 10. The Domocrata
elected Roberts to congrose and carried
the legislature, which will eleot
United Statea senator.
For Forming Unlawful Pool,
Cincinnati, Nov. 10. The grartd
jury of Kenton county, Kentucky, Bit
ting in Covington, today returned in
dictments agaiiiBt 53 of the leading fire
Insurance companies of the United
States. Canada and England. The in
dictments charge that the oompaniea
have formed an unlawful pool to pre
veut free competition among all insur
ance companies and their agents doing
business In Covington, and thus extort
a greater premium than otherwise
would have to be paid-
TESLA'S NEW INVENTION.
Will Control Moving Vessels
Without
Wire Communication.
New York, Nov. 10. Nikola Tesla,
the electrician, in a newspaper inter
view, describes an application of elec
tricity whereby, without the interposi
tion of any artificial medium of com
munication, one man can control an
direct, with absolute exactitude, th
movements of any type of vessel, ba
loon or land vehicle, at any dlstan
that may be desired. From a statio
on aboie, or from the deck of a vessi
under way, a torpedo-boat equippe
with Mr. Tesla's controlling devic
may be piopelled either on or beloi
the surface, maneuvered at will in an,
direction, and finally brought into con
tact and explode against the side of
hostile vossel at any pointwltbin rang
of vision (f the operator. More thai
this, assuming that It were possible t
accurately locate the position of tin
vessel which it is desired to destroy
the torpodo-boat could be directed to it
event if the ship lay in the haibor o
Southampton and the opeiator wa
stationed at Sandy Hook.
Mr. Tesla said that some months ha
elapsed Blnce he had fully developed
his device, for which he has applied
for a patent. When It was learned
that Admiral Cervera Vas bottled up
at Santiago, it was his intention to ap
ply his mechanism to several launches
and similar craft loaded with high ex
plosives and annihilate the fleet at an
chor. Admiral Cervera, however, came
out and met hia fate under, tbs guns
of the American fleet before the neces
sary arrangements could be made
Then Mr. Tesla planned a raid on the
Spanish vessels in Havana harbor, only
to be thwarted by the proclamation of
the suspension of hostilities.
LOOK FOB EARLY CONCLUSION.
The Administration Enoouraged by tlie
Adlces From Paris,
Washington, Nov. 10. The advices
that have come to hand so far from the
commission at Paris are said to be
rather encouraging than the reverse,
and there la a disposition here to agree
to the statement rnther curiously made
by the Spanish cabinet yesterday that
there will be three or four more meet
ings of the joint commission. This ia
taken to indicate that the Spaniards
themselves are not looking for a break
in the negotiations, but they rather
expect a peaceful conclusion in a shoit
tune.
The foreign bondholders have at last
moved formally to protect tbelr Inter
ests in Cuba and Porto Rico. The ini
tial steps have been taken through the
agency of the French embassy, which,
in thia case acts no longer as the repre
sentative of the Spanish government,
but for French subjects. Through the
embassy a formidable statement has
been presented to the state department,
being an account of the various Span,
ish bonds owned by French citizens,
chargeable against the territories either
seized or set free by the act of the
United States government. The sum
of these bonds runs far into the mil
lions. Just what it is expected shall
be done with them is not clear. The
United States government, of course,
will not pay them, but it may help the
French government to cause the inde
pendent government of Cuba to assume
liability for the redemption of the
bonds oharged against that island when
that government shall have been duly
installed by the act of the United
States.
, . New Gold Fields.
C'eveland, Nov. 9. Mi. Franklin
Rnnaom, of thia city, who went to Terra
del Fuego a year and a half ago In quest
of gold, hasTeturned with nearly $18,-
000 in gold. Ransom will return to
South America in the spring. He said
today that he had endured many hard
ships during his absence.
Ransom says all gold is obtained from
placer mines or ia washed out of a mag
netic black sand that is blown upon the
sea shore. This sand sometimes rune
$1.80 to the pan. The belt of black
sand lies under the low tide level, so it
is necessary to wait for a storm to wash
it .up'in reach of tlie miners.
i'U
Peace of the World Endangered.
London, Nov. 9. The Daily Mai
this morning urges the American people
to pronounce boldly in favor of retain
ing the Philippines, "for otherwise
there will be a scramble forooaling sta
tions that will endanger the peace of
the world. ' '
War Revenue Act Upheld.
Chicago, Nov. 9. Judge Grosscup,
of the United States circuit court, to
day rendered a decision upholding the
constitutionality ol the war revenue
act, deciding that transactions on the
stockyards exchange were subject to
tax.
Wooden Rims Not Patentable.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 9. Judge
Seaman in the United States court to
day rendered a decision of importance
to manufacturers of bicycles, i Tbe
court holds in effect that any one who
wishes may engage in the manufacture
of wooden rims used for bioyole wheels,
as they are not now a patentable article
To Take Part In Celebration.
Washington, Nov. 10. The battle
ships Oregon and Iowa, with the supply
ship Celtic, sailed today from Bahia for
Rio Janeiro, where they will take part
in the celebration of the anniversary of
Brazilian independence.
Negro Murderer Lynched.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 9. Arthur
Williams, a negro under arrest for the
murder of Miss, Elina Ogden, confessed
last night, implicating two other no
sroes, Buck James and Monroe Leggitt,
Near midnight the constable and bis
guards were " overpowered by a mob
and Williams was riddled with bullets
and a firo built upon hia body. ' James
and Leggitt will likely go the way of
Williams tonight.
An envelope trust has been formod
ROBBED A POSTOFFICE
Masked Men Made a
Haul at Arago.
Good
posse fonnd the $Jacka of the rorjoers
early this morn):.g and followed them
until dark. ' Th country la well guard
ed tonight, and the sheriff thinks they
oannot possibly escape.
WINTER IN ALASKA.
The
Snow Lie Deep on White
and
Chllkooi Passes.
Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 9. The
City of Topeka arrived tonight from
Alaska, bringing 124 passengers. She
reporta that heavy auowstorma . have
visited various sections of Alaska and
nearly all mining operations have been
suspended except quartz mills located
near tide water. On November 8 fom
feet ol Bnow fell on Ohilkootand White
passes, which completely put a atop to
travel.
Telephone messages from Lake Llnd-
emann to Skagway announoe that about
400 persons are snowbound there.
Another rich strike is reported from
the head of Salmon river, below Quiet
ake.
According to John Olda, a pioneer
mining and business man of Alaska,
800 claims have been filed and recorded
in the Atlin mining district, and about
1,000 men will winter there. He pre
dicts that Atlin will have a population
of at least 15,000, and that the output
of gold will nearly if not quite equal
that of Dawson,
It Is stated that an English syndicate
has bought up about 4,200 acres of
placer ground in the Atlin district.
ILLINOIS LYNCHING.
Miners Quickly Avenge an Assault on
One of Their Daughters.
Macon, III., Nov. C The first lynch
Ing in Central Illinois in many yeara
took place here early thia morning,
when 100 miners from Toluca, a mm
ing town a abort distance east of here,
broke into the county jail, took out F.
W. Stewart, a Toluca negro, and hanged
him to a tree.
Tbe work was done quickly and quiet
ly. Only a few late stragglers noticed
the number of strangers who kept ar
riving in town from the east. They
were well organized, however, and
shortly after midnight marched in a
body to the jail, broke in the doors after
a short parley with tbe sheriff, dragged
the negro from bia cell, carried him to
a tree a mile from town, where the re
mainder ol the party awaited them,
and there ewung him to a limb.
Stewart a crime waa assault on Friday
evening upon Mary O'Brien, the daugh
ter of one of the Toluca miners.
Although many in Macon deplore the
lynching, there is a general impression
that the negro-was punished aa he de
served, and the sheriff seems to think
that public sentiment would not justify
him in makiDg strenuous efforta to cap
ture the lynchers.
PEREZ BROUGHT TO TIME
Cuban Court-Martial's Judgment Waa
Not Carried Out.
Santiago de Cuba, Nov. 8. The
Cuban general Peres, who has a half-
dozen times announced hia Intention to
disband the troops under hia command
has not yet done ao, recently ordered
the trial by court-martial of one of his
men on a charge of deaerting from the
army in time of war. Tbe prisoner
wa8 condemned to death, but before
the aentenoe waa exeouted notification
was sent to Colonel Ray, who laid the
matter before General Wood. General
Peres was at once informed that if
the man was executed he and the fir
ina party would be hanged as soon as
the courts coujd legally aentenoe them.
Woman Killed by Soldier.
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 8. Private
William Kane, company E, Third Ken
tucky, whose home is at Carlisle, Ky.,
Bhot and killed a woman named Maud
MoClure at a house of ill-fame here to
night. Kane snapped the guu in the
woman's face several times. , He
olaimed not to know it was loaded, but
other women in the house said he had
threatened to kill the McClure woman.
Preparing for War.
St. John's, N. F., Nov. 9. The
British government telegraphed the
colonial minister today announcing the
number and tonnage and capacity of
steamers available at this port to con
vey ooal from Sydney for the use of
British warships. The cruisers Cor
delia and Pelioan will be held at Syd
ney to capture St. Pierre and protoot
St. John's in the event of war oeing
declared. The cruisers are also in
Btruoted to break the Frenoh cable be
tween St. Pierre and Brest, Franc.
BITTER FIGHT TO BE MADE.
President's Message Will Urge Action
on Nicaragua Canal.
New York, Nov. 9. A diapatoh to
the Herald from Washington says: In
President McKlnley's message to con
gress will be a very strong and argent
appeal for immediate legislative ac
tion for the construction of the Nica
ragua canal under government direc
tion. The president will point out
that our new connections In the Pa
oifio and in the West Indies make it
imperative for the United States to
build and control the great internation
al waterway, and that delay in author
izing its construction will jeopardize
tbe chancea for American control in
the future.
President McKtnley fully appre
ciates the difficulties in the way of
securing prompt action, but he and
other canal advocates also appreciate
that failure this year may mean per
manent failure. Henoe preparations
are going forward for one of the most
bitter fights ever waged in the interest
of the canal.
The action of the Nicaragua govern
ment in granting a new concession for
the conat ruction of the canal conditional
upon the forfeiture of the contract with
the Maritime Canal Company in Octo
ber next has added new complications
to tbe difficulties in the way of legisla
tion. The authorities consider that it
adda another element of opposition to
prompt action on the pending Morgan
bill, which contemplates the construc
tion of the canal under government
direction on the basis of the concesoion
granted to the Maritime Canal Com
pany. Tbe Morgan bill in all its essen
tial features is understood to have the
indorsement of the administration.
It ia supposed that tbe new oompany
will be inimical to tbe Maritime Canal
Company, It is assumed if it does not
succeed in selling out to the concession
aires, it will exert its influence to pre
vent action by congress this winter in
order that its contract ma; go into
effect next October. Bealdea oppoai
tion from thia new company, friends of
the Morgan bill will have the powerful
Huntington and Panama canal intei
ests arrayed against them. Friends of
the latter party are already in Wash
ington, preparing for a campaign
against the Nicaragua oanal.
J. L. Morgan is to be a faotor in the
coming legislative war. It Is stated
that while in Nicaragua last winter he
made an arrangement with President
Zelaya to look after the interest of Nic
aragua In this country.
GARRISON NEAR HAVANA.
Location Selected Has Been Approved
by Secretary Alger.
Washington, Nov. 9. Colonel Heck-
er, with uoionei tiee, ot tne ooard
which was sent to Cuba to select camp
Bites lor the American army of occupa
tion, has reached Washington, and has
had several conferences with tbe presi
dent and Secretary Alger.
The secretarv has approved the loca
tions selected by the Hecker board for
the principal garrison, whlohwill be In
the neighborhood of Havana. The
place selected lies about eight miles
south of Havana In the neighborhood
of tbe town of Marianao.
Two camps will be pitched at thia
point, one on either side of tbe splen
did aqueduct which supplies Havana
with water. This aqueduct will be
tapped and the water drawn by steam
pumpa from it to supply tbe camps,
which will be pitched In a plateau
about 160 feet above sealevel.
At the nearest point to the camp on
the sea beach, a dock Is being con
structed. The troops will be landed at
thia point and marched directly to th
camp, the purpose being to avoid ex
posure to possible infection in Havana.
FATE OF THE TERESA.
The Spanish Warship May Sttll B
Afloat.
New York, Nov. 9. James E. Ward
& Co., steamship agents, this after
noon received a cablegram from Mr,
Moyer, agent of the firm at Nassau, N
P., that a two-funneled steamer, tin
name of which had not been learned, it
ashore on Cat ieland, about 80 milei
from the point where the former Span
ish warship Maria Teresa waa supposed
to have foundered during a storm
The stranded steamet may be the war
ship or one of the army transports.
Department Is Uncertain.
Chicago, Nov. 9. A special to tht
News from Washington ' says: Navj
department offioials feel a long wa
from certain that the Maria Teresa ii
really at the ocean's bottom. As a mat
ter of fact, the fear that she would aina
caused her to be abandoned. - It i
probable that searchers will be sent U
learn the ship's fate, for it la felt tbaj
she ma; now be a dereliot. '
An Infamous Plot.
London, Nov. 9. The Daily Chroni.
cle this morning says:
"We have received information from
a reliable source of a well-organized,
plot in Paris, in the event of an inquiry
before the court of cassation proving
favorable to Dreyfus, to foment a riot
ous outburst in the French capital, to
attempt to overthrow the oivil power,
and to assassinate the leading cham
pions of Dreyfus.
"These reports are confirmed by in
terviews had with M. Trarieux, former
minister of justice, and M. de Pres
sodbo, foreign editor of the Temps, as
well as others."
Michigan Judge Rilled.
Traverse City, Mich., Nov. 9. Word
was received here today of the acci
dental death of Judge Roficoe. L. Cor-
bett, ot the 18th judicial district. His
death was caused by an accidental dis
oharge of a gun held by bis son.
Killed on the Track.
Muncie, Ind., Nov. 9. Thomas Port,
president of the Port Glass Manufaotui
ing Company, was killed by a Big Four
passenger train this morning while
walking on the track,
MARIA TERESA LOST
Went Down Durine a
Gale
in the Bahamas.
ALL HANDS ON BOARD SAVED
The Strain Opened Leaks Which Conld
Not Be Stopped Ship Now Llea
Three Mile Deep.
Charleaton, S. C, Nov. 8. The tug
Merritt put into Charleston this morn
ing, and reported the loss of the cruiser
Maria Teresa off Ban Salvador, the
Bahamas, November 8, in tbe midst of
a furious storm.
Tbe cruiser left Caimanera, Cuba, on
the morning of October 80 in tow for
New York. She had already passed
Cape Mays! and started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm
overtook her, and in her-condition she
was unable to weather the gale. The
strain opened rents in tbe hull which
had been patched to enable her to make
the journey, and she began to fill rap
idly. The Merritt took off Lieutenant-
Commander Harris and crew from the
sinking ship and she soon went down.
Tbe Merritt brought the officers and
men here. No lives were lost.
This afternoon the survivors came
ashore. The; lost all their clothing
and personal effects.
Tbe Teresa sank 80 miles off Walling
island at midnight Tuesday. She met
the storm Tuesday morning and began
to strain. Farts of the hull thought to
be safe became weakened, rivets broke
and water made rapidly in the hold.
The boilers began to give way and
finally the water extinguished the fires
in the engine-room. Tbe pumps would
not work. The whole vessel showed
signs of collapse and the men stood
stripped awaiting orders to quit the
ship. The Vulcan waa towing the
Teresa while the Merritt rescued 114
of the crew, made up of volunteers
from the Cincinnati, Newark and Vul
can. Ropea were cut and she then tap
idly filled.
The Merritt then headed for Charlea
ton with the rescued. The crew left
this afternoon for Norfolk.
Opinion at the Navy Department.
Washington, Nov. 8. No orders ware
issued by the navy department up to
the close of office hours as to the dispo
sition of Lieutenant-Commander Harris
and his crew, and Captain Crowin-
shleld, of the bureau of navigation, said
no orders would be formulated tonight.
It Is the opinion of the navy depart
ment that the government has lost, be
sides the value of the ship herself, only
the amount of the per diem of $800 per
day through the sinking of the vessel,
because tbe contraot appears to have
required tbe deliveiy by the wrecking
company of the vessel at the navy yard
at Norfolk. According to the contract,
salvage was to consist of such further
compensation over or above the per
diem and stipulated expense as might
be awarded by a board appointed for
that purpose, consisting of a represent
ative of each party and a third party,
their survey to be made after the ves
ael'a delivery at Norfolk. The first
thing iq order now is a court of inquiry;
in fact, the department has no option
in tire case of the loss of a vessel under
Biich conditions. This court is re
quired to fix the responsibility for the
loss.
COAL MINE
DISASTER.
Seven Men Killed Through
an Engl-
(Steer's Carelessness
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 8. Seven
men were killed and three fatally in
jured at the Exeter colliery of tlie Le
high Coal Company, at West Pittston,
today. The accident was due to the al
leged carelessness of Engineer David
Price, who, acting in disobedience of
positive orders, caused three oars to
run in to the top of the shaft. These
ears, loaded and weighing 11 tons, fell
down the 360-foot shaft and crashed
with frightful force upon a carriage car
rying 10 men. Seven were almost in
stantly killed. They are:
Michael Smith, Andrew Tinko,
Michael Fodesabanny, Michael Bra
zuke, Joseph E. Culock, Michael Was
lokse, Joseph Andrewsky.
The acoident occurred as the men
were going to work, and being sent
down tbe shaft in parties of 10. Price,
in oharge of the little donkey engine,
was shifting loaded cars from the new
red ash shaft some distance away.
This track approached tbe head ol 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 where this track commenced to
curve was a switch and 20 feet of track
leading to the head of the shaft, which
was nsed for storing crippled cars.
Close to the head of the shaft it was
closed by a head block.
The train was going at good speed,
when, instead of curving around the .
shaft, the oars dashed into the switch,
which was open, struck the head blook,
dashed through it, and three of them
toppled down the Bhaft, 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 hard work, the men
were extricated, seven were dead and
three fatally hurt.
A Murderous Boatswain-
San Franolsco, Nov. 8. There was a
serious row, almost resultng in a mur
der on the British ship Peleus, in port
here, today. Boatswain Charles Wil
son came aboard under the influence
Of liquor. He ordered three men to
wash down the decks, whioh work
they hnd just done. A quarrel ensued,
during which John Molntosh and
Miohael Scott were stabbed several
times with a large sheathknife by Wil
son. ' Molntosh has Tery slight
chance to recover.