The lnlILLSBR VOL. V. HILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1898. NO. 41. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TEltSK TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Itiimi From the Two Hemispheres Presented In a Condensed Form, Judge Dny, president of the Paris puiica commission, has urriveil lionie. A loaded lumber schooner Is ashore at Cuunun bench, near Elk creek, Or. The reeontl? appointed register of tliu Nulato hind ollloe in Alaska Is missing. In a trninwreck neiir Lexington, Ky., nine trainmen wore injured, two piob ably fatally. Import ut ions of iriMtiufucturea from Grant Britain into the United States em likely to show an unueualiy eiiinll total in the year 1898. The United States troops have begun a reyular patrol ot the city of Havana, in order to guard against possible dis orders. Unneriil Lee is arranging for the evacuation dny parade,. Public men in office, especially tlioso in oongreFS, newspaper correspondents and everybody who is supposed to have influence in shaping legislation or willi the administration aro being flooded with litoratime from foreign countries in relation to our changed condition of affairs bb a result of the American Spanish war. Fire destroyed tiio houso occupied by Senor Don Carlos Morla Vicuna, the Chilean minister, t the corner of Con necticut avenue nnd N street, Wash ington. The roof and top story wore destroyed and the furniture of the whole Iiouho was ruined hy smoke and water, entailing a hiss of $10,000. The milliliter and his family barely es caped. The cotton recoipts nt Houston, Tex., since the beginning of the present Ben son have been 2,000,000 hates, a record never equaled by an interior town or port of the United States, nnd whi will be culebnitod hy a banquet to which all the the prominent civic offl dials hiii cotton men will lie invited It is estimated hy Secretary Warner, of the cotton exchange, that 500,000 bales will yet bo received during the remainder ot the season. Senator Meliiidoof Oregon, has In troduced a bill milking Astoria the ter minus of the trans-Pucillo cable. Congress has adjourned until Janu ary 4. Aftor the holiday recess the lights of General Wheeler and others to hold their seats will he inquired into. Among a network of wires 20 feet above the grout d, Roderick Chisholnt, a Chicago electrician, was slowly burned to death in sight of several hundred spectators. Colonel E. S. Barrett, national pres. idont of the Sons of the American Rev olution, was killed by falling from a window of his homo at Concord, Mass lie was 60 years of age. In Louisville, Ky., it is estimated by the health department that there are 10,000 oases of grip. The lavages ot the disease have been so widespread that in some cases business lias been seriously impeded. Hereafter brooms will cost 2 cents more apiece. Members of tho Broom Manufacturers' Association of tin United States met in Chicago and tie cided to advance the price of brooms 25 cents a dozen. A rear-end collision occurred on the Pennsylvania railroad three miles from Rahway, N. J., which resulted in the loss of two.livos and injury to many persons. The killed are William U Dewolf, a railway clerk; and P. Knight, a colored poiter of the uleeping-oar. While examining Btate documents of the 10th century In the Vatican library recently. Abbe Cozzaluzzi, assistant librarian, found the oiiginal niann dipt of a treatise by Ualileo on the tides. The manuscript ia all in Unit .leo's handwriting, and ends with the words written at Rome in the Medici Gardens on January 8, 1616. The president has nominated Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, to be score' taiv of the interior. Mr. Hitchcock is at present ambassador to Russia. He was appointed ministoi more than vear ago, and when the rank was raised to an embassy, he was re-appointed. He is a wealthy lawyei and business man of St. Louis, and was foi some time an extensive plate-glass mannfnc turer. He ia a groat grandson of Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. The table of proposed stations ol United States troops, submitted by General Wade, bIiowb a total of 60,000 troops, distributed as follows: Province of Plnar del Rio, 8,000; province of Havana, 24,000; province of Matanzas 10,000; province of Santa Clara, 10,000 provinoe of Puerto Principe, 2,000 province of Santiago, 1,000. The recommendations of the commission, if oarried out, would require 45 regiments of infantry and five of cavalry, with six . batteries of light artillery, four for Havana and two for Matanzas. Minor New. Item. Prof. Ritridge, of Harvard, is said to be the only man living Who oan read Eliot's Indian Bible. 'The French vintage of 1808 is off! dally estimated at 82,283,000 heotO' liters, which is 68,000 hectoliters be low the vintage of last year. James H. Southall, convicted of deal I n us in fraudulent government tim checks, was sentenced in St. Paul to state's prison for 10 yeais at hard la' bor. LATER NiWS. Bubonic plague, has broken out in ledistiictof Delugna buy. Miss MercedoB Garcia, daughter of the late Calixto Garcia, the Cuban eader, died at the Masury hotel, riiomanville, (ia., of consumption. Admiral Dewey ia now tho senior officer ot the American navy, having reached that position without congres- ional action through the retirement of Admiral Bunco. Iho American Newspaper Publish ers' Association has ptcsentod to the Anglo-American joint high commission a carefully prepared argument in fuvoi ot free paper and free pulp. Senator McBrldo has offered an amendment to the naval bill, which provides for the construction of a stone drydock on the Columbia river and appropriates 1200,000 for Immediate use in beginning the work. One-half the largest foreign order foi finished steel ever sent to this country has been otlercd the Illinois Steel Com pany, of Chicago. The order amount! to $2,000,000, and is for water pipes to bo used by the Australian govern ment. The Carnegie Company will supply half tho amount. Senator MoBrhle has introduced a ill appropriating (4,000 for the pur chase or construction of a launch for the use of the customs officials nt As toria. A craft capable of giving a good peed and one that will stand knocking about is badly needed in the customs service at Astoria, anil Senator Mc Bride's bill i. intended to supply the donoiency. The German ambassador, Dr. Von Holleben, has returned to Washington after an extended absence, during which beheld sevoial important conferenc.ee with the authorities at Berlin relative to American affairs. It is expected that ins return will soon bring about exchanges with the state department, anil perhaps directly with the presi dont, relative to a number of current questions in which botli count! ics are interested. William F. Moore, convicted of robbing Martin Million, a hotel-k.eepei of New York, by the "badger game, was sentenced to 10 years in the slate prison. J. he charge against Moore was that he oonspired with his wife,' f ayne Moore, to rob Million, and that Million wns enticed hy the woman to apart' incuts occupied by the Mooies am: there compelled by the husband to pay blackmail. Moore was convicted on his second trial, the jury in the first instance having disagreed. Fnyne Moore formerly rosided in Portland, Or, Admiral Sampson's daughter is to wed a Califoruian. "Bab," the well-known syndicate riter is critically ill at her home in New Yoik. The O. R. & N. C.'s Bteninship Co lumbia on hot last trip made t lie run from San Francisco to Portland in 47 hours and 65 minutes. An express train and freight train met ou the same track near Vinoennes Iiid., and three trainmen were serious ly hurt and a score or more passengers bruised and soratcned. The Ainoiican National bank, of Lima, O., was robbed of 118,102. The money was taken from the big vault The robbery was perpetrated in a skil ful manner, no damage being done to tho vault. Mrs. Izbcl, her daughter, Mrs. Ossie Malone. and Mrs. Malone's infant were burned to death In their home near Hillsboro, Tex. Tho women could bo seen in the house, but it was impossi ble to rescue them, though every ef fort was made. The fire started by the use of keioscne to kindle a fire. Captain R. D. Evans' name is prom inently mentioned as Rear-Admira Bunco's suoceBsor in the Brooklyn navy-yard, now that it seems to be de oided that Renr-Admiral Sampson will remain commander-in-chief of tho North Atlantic station, and Rear-Admiral Schley will be assigned to sea duty in compliance with his request The conference based upon the dis armament proposal of Empeior Nicho las has been fixed for St. Petersburg about the beginning of May next, prior to which the Russian government will submit officially to the powers a defi nite plan of disarmament in order to enable them to formulate modifications or counter-suggestions. A special from Dawson dated No' vember 19 savs: Reports from. all creeks in the vicinity of Dawson iudi cate that the winter's product of gold will exceed that of last year by more than 100 per cent. Several persona are reported to have been frozen to death One ot these was found in a kneeling posture beside his sled and dogs, be tween Hunker and Dominion, at the summit. The navy department is going to be prepared for any emergency that may hereafter ariso in the Atlantic and Pa citlo oceans by oarrying on hand the enormous stock of nearly half a million tona of the best steaming coal for war ah t pa that can be procured. This sup ply of tho most Important of all sinews of modern war is to be systematically distributed in American porta most conveniently locate 1 for tho coaling ot ships for any operations the navy may conoeivably be oalled upon to under take. The will of the late Charles P. Wil der, of Wellsley Hills, Mass., be queaths (102,000 to Mount Holyoka college. The shortage in the California wine crop of 1898 and the fairly good demand that has existed during the past year have resulted in advancing prices. M. Constantin, a young Frenc'iman of 19, who lives in Paris, ia eight feet tall and probably bigger than other man who has ever lived, He Is per fectly proportioned. SURRENDER OF IL0IL0 Spanish Governor on His Way to Manila. AMBIGUOUS DISPATCH FROM EIO Americans, Dauntless, Art In Control of the Capital of Panay Agulnat do lakes to til llllla. Madrid, Deo. 20. General Rios, the Spanish oommander in the VisayaB, has telegraphed to the government from 'Hollo, capital of the island of Panay, under date of December 24, as follows: "Am prenaring to embark on the steamer Leo XIII, for Zainbonlga, island of Mindanao, having yesterday (December 23) formally surrendered Iloilo, in the presencet of the military and naval commanders, the mayor and foreign consuls. Have charged the German consul with the protection of Spanish interests. Shall arrive at Manila by the end of the month." Though the dispatch is ambiguous, it is assumed hero that the surrender of lloilo was to the Americans. Supplies for Manila. San Francisco, Deo. 29. -The Mor gan City, one of the transports ot the original expedition to the Philippines during the war, has been accepted to carry freight to the troops there. It will De about a week or 10 days before she ia completely loaded. She will take 3,000 tons of commissary, medical and quartermaster stores and ordnance supplies for the use of the troops there. Effect of Agiilnallos Defeat. London, Dec. 29. The Times, com menting editorially this morning upon the effect which the difficulties in the Philippines are likely to have upon the anti-imperialist" movement in the United States, says: ' It seems as if America had lost her piactioal advantage by the collapse of Aguinaldo's authority.' MEN TO MAN SHIPS. Dewey Asks for Crew for Ilia Three Captured Vessels. New York, Dec. 29. A special to the Herald from Washington says: A cablegram has been received at the navy department from Raar-Admiral Dewey asking for the immediate dispatch of officers and men for gervioe on the tin ee captured Spanish vessols which are to be refitted and added to ins fleet. Owing to the mustering out of volun teer officers, the department will find it rather difficult to comply with the request. Captain Crowinshield, how ever, Is doing ttie best he can to pro vide the officers and men desired, and arrangements are now being made to send a transport with them through the canal. Department authorities are anxious to commission the naval cadets who are now undergoing a course of sea duty preliminary to final gradnaton. But this cannot be done legally unless oon gresa passes the pending naval bill. There is a provision in this bill which expressly otions the way for the im mediate assignment of tiiese cadets to duty as offioers. TIME-EXPIRED MEN IMPATIENT. Dewey Therefore Is Anxious for the Arrival of Naval Recruits. New York, Dec. 29. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Admiral Dewey cabled to the navy de partment asking when he might expect the Buffalo to arrive nt Manila, and requesting that she might be hurried as much as possible. The Buffalo is oarrying 600 men to the Asiatic squad ron to take th e place of those whose terms of service have expired, and who are now exceedingly anxious to return to the United States. Many of these men would oidinarily have ootne home on the flagship Olympia, which was on the point of starting for San Francisco when the Maine was blown up, but were retained by Admiral Dewey on a. cable warning from Secretary Roose velt. The admiral has now informed the navy department that the conditions in the Philippines are so materially im proved that he will send a few officers and men to San Francisco on the next army transport which leaves Manila. He is not yet willing, however, to rec ommend any reduction of the fleet, and, notwitstanding the reports to the contrary, he has never intimated any desire to come home himself, but in fact refused to take advantage of the permission extended to him of tempor arily leaving the East and visiting Paris when the peaqe commission was there. Brewers Only Are Taxed. Washington, Deo. 29. Acting Attorney-General Richarda today rendeied an opinion in which he holds that re tail dealers are not required to pay the additional tax fo f 1 per barrel on beer purchased by them prior to June, 1898, the date the war revenue act went into effect, and held by them on that date. He bolda that the purpose of the act was to tax brewers, and that, there fore, the warehouse clause should ap ply only to liquors stored in warehouses by the brewers. Minneapolis Elevator Burned. Minneapolis, Minn., Deo. 29. A loss of $100,000 was caused tonight by the burning of elevator I, together with its contents of 60,000 bushels of wheat. The property belonged to Wheeler, Carte & Co. The loss is covered by in surance. Civil War In Bolivia. Lima, Peru, Deo. 29. Advices from Bolivia say the condition of affairs there is serious, and that civil war is Inevitable, TROOPS FIRED UPON. fhe American Truops Called Out to Quell the Trouble. Chioago, Dec. 29. A special to the Tribune from Havana says: The Ameri can troops weie fired on in Havana to night. The whole city ia in an uproar, and serious rioting is threatened. A detail of company M, Tenth regu lar United States infantry, while quel ling riot which broke out on Bom bay street at 6 o'clock this evening was fired opon. Tho regulars returned the fire and sent volley after volley into the crowd of rioters as they fled out of the street. Two Spanish snilois were wounded and a Spanish marine was killed by the Americans. A num ber of Other persons, whose names could not be secured, were also wound ed in the melee which caused, the inter ference of the American troops. Three Cubans were fatally injured. Several Bpania-ds who were carried away by friends were wounded, but it is not known how seriously. The Cubans wiio were fatally injured are: Jose Delores, a mulatto, shot through the stomach with a rifle bullet; Ramon Delgados, shot in the hip and chest; Pedro Mates, shot in the groin. None of the American soldiers were wounded. In the small riots that occurred in various parts of the city today, 12 per sons were wounded, several fatally. A Spanish soldier, marching with his company to the wharf, attempted to pull down a Cuban nag and an American flag over the door at 108 Ban Lazaro street. This started the fight. The Spaniard weie fired on from the house tops and windows. They re' turned the fire, riddling the front of the buildings with bullets. The sol dier who attempted to take down the flag foil on the steps of a houBe bleed ing from wounds in the head and shoulder. The Spanish soldiers with drew, carrying their injured comrades, Residents of San Lazaro say the with drawal of the Spaniards was due to the appearance 'of an American officer, who persuaded the Spaniards to retire. The town is practically in the hands of the Americana. Tiie Spaniards to night are supposed to still hold posses sion of the strip of ground between the Prado and the port, but their soldiers have been withdrawn to within a few blocks of the port. Three companies of the Tenth regular infantry, who were hurried into town this afternoon, are on guard in the streets tonight. It is expected that the entire Tenth regiment will have to be brought in, togcthei 'with the Eighth United States, which has been encamp ed at the trooha only two miles away. JUSTIN S. MORRILL. Death of the Ag-ed Senator From Ver mont 111 Less Than a Week. Washington, Dec. 29. Hon. Justin S. Morrill, the senior United States senator from Vermont, died at 1:20 this morning, in the 89th vear of his age, after an illness of less than week. Kli him when the end came were bis sister-in-law, Miss Louise Swan, his son James, Benjamin Durfee, for a long time associated with the senator in finance committee work at the capitol, and Colonel S. E. Cham berlain, an intimate friend. Senator Proctor was in the house at the time, as were also several other friends. The senator never recovered from the unconscious state into which he lapsei early In the day, and his death wns calm and peaceful. The immediate cause of death was pneumonia, which developed from an attack of grip, con tracted about a week ago. Senator Justin S. Morrill was born at Strafford, Vt., April 14. 1810. His highest aim was to serve his state and country in congress, and an honorable record of 43 years shows how well he performed his self-appointed task. He enjoyed the distinction of having served continuously in congress for a greater I length of time than any other man in the history of the country. SPAIN NOW IN A PANIC. Extraordinary Precautions to Suppress the Carlist Movement. London, Dec. 29. The Morning Post publishes today a communication from a correspondent now traveling in Spain, who says! "The reoent arrest at Leon of Senor Granada, editor of the Carlist newspa per El Correo Espanol, is proof of the panio which has seized the authorities. Senor Granada was visiting the district where he was arrested for family rea sons, and without the slightest idea of eturing up a revolution. His imprison ment is likely to do the government more harm than good. The resultB of my inauiriea tend to show that the Spanish republicans have Borne sym pathy with Don Carlos. They would not fight for him, but they certainly would not oppose him. On the whole, they would rather welcome any means of overthrowing the present enrrnnt regime. Still, it is useless for Don j Carlos to imagine that he oan do any-' thing without fighting, and he must 1 make a move soon, or not at all." To Command the Shamrock. London, Dec. 29. Captain "Archie" Hogarth, the former commander of the Isolde has been appointed to command the America's cup oballenger, Sham rock. He says the design of the new boat is perfect, and that she has been specially designed to meet American racing conditions. Heavy Demand for Copper. Milwaukee, Wis., Deo, 29. A special from Honghton, Mich., says: Praclic allr every mine in tin Lake copper district is shipping copper by rail. This has not been done before since the French syndicate cornered copper, and indicates a phenomenal demand for the metal at home and abroad. Dr. J. J. Walter, pastor of the Cen tenary Methodist church, of Portland, Or., has been appointed missionary in oharge of all Methodist woik in Alaska TROUBLE IN HAVANA Disorder Marks the Closing of Spanish Rule. MUCH VIOLENCE AND BLOODSHED Cubans Heap Indignities on the Van quished Foe Several Fatal Mix U ps Americans Welcomed. . Chicago, Dec. 2J A censored spe cial cable to the Tribune from Havana says: Rioting began at Montserrat tonight. A battalion of Spanish troops hurried from the barracks on the Prado to Galiano street, the dividing line be tween Cuban and Spanish territory. Order was restored, but in the firing which occurred before the troops ar rived, an 8-year-old uuban child was killed by a stray bullet. Spanish teintory in the New World is now limited to a narrow strip of land between Havana harbor and Cali ani street. The flags of Cuba libre and the United Sttes are waving with in two blocks cf the Prado, a great boulevard which runs through the cen ter of Havana. Montseriat having been evacuated, the place was alive today with Cubans and people from the United States. Tiie soene enacted at Cerro and Vedado last week and Jesus del Monte yester day, was repeated at Montserrat. There was even a greater demonstration, foi Montserrat comes almost to the city. Some of the flags leaped across tiie dividing line and waved on the Span- ish side. The celebration whioh was begun on Christmas night today reached its height Crowds of men and women waving Cuban and American flags and carrying brandies of trees, paraded the streets Bhouting and singing. Many Americana went over to see the demon' stration. They did nut remain long. Owing to the intense enthusiasm, the populaoe Insisted on kissing the "brave Americanos," whether they wanted to be kissed or not. Several affrays took place between the Spanish residents and the Cubans. A grocery keeper on Oquendo street re fused to put out the Cuban colors, and was almost beaten to death with sticks, As evening came on, the demonetra tion became noisier than ever, as many of the negroes parading were drunk and greatly exoited. The Americans be' came fearful of another clash with the Spanish troops like that which ushered in Christmas day. Francisco Luinteso, a Spanish volunteer patrolling th street near the Prado, was fired at from a housetop and killed. A uuoan was killed in another part of the city Half a dozen Cubans and Spaniard weie shot or stabbed in affravs about the city. Thr was a fight between Cubans and Spaniards in front of the United States Club at midnight. Several 61 th participants were badly cut with ma' chetes. Many American soldiers who were in town behaved so boisterously that General Ludlow says he is sorry that they wore permitted to come into Havana, and in future none will be permitted except on strictly military business. Ilavana In a State of Unrest. Havana, Deo. 28. FrancUco Quin tero, a Spanish guerrila, while walking along Uenois street today, was fired at from the roof of a house and serious ly wounded. During the last 24 hours one man has been killed and 12 have been wounded in affrays in different parts of the city, and 11 burglaries have been committed. The oity is in state of unrest. Three more wards of Havana were evacuated today. La Lucira says it oan see no dis loyalty on the part of Spanish residents in Cuba if they choose to hoist Ameri can and Cuban flags, because Spain re nounced the island without consulting the Spaniards. Captain-General Castellanos. after formally turning over the island to the Amerioana on January 1, will leave for Matanzaa, where he will remain a fortnight, going thence to Cienfuegos, A party of colored Cubans this morn ins entered the wholesale grocery cs tabhshment at 113 San Jose street, owned by the Spanish firm of Meatro & Mata, and ordered Senor Meetro to kiss the Cuban flag and to cry "Viva Cuba libre." He refused to obey, where upon one of the Cubans cut his head badly with a machete. Today a Cuban mob threatened to attack the residence of Marquis de Montero, seoretary of the treasury the autonomist cabinet, and a member of the Spanish evacuation commission The house is 193 Neptune street, in part of the city already evacuated. On the matter being brought to the atten tion of the United States evacuating commissioners, a guard was sent to guard the residence until further or ders. Removing the Dead. New York, Dec. 38. Arrangements weie completed today for disinterring the bodies of the soldiers who were buried in the improvised cemetery Camp Wikoff, Long Island. Lieuten ant William F. Chase, of the Sixth ar tillery, will supervise the work. Forty coffins were shipped today to Moutauk Ileld for Duty. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 28. Some thing over 100 packages of mail from Manila, supposed to contain Bouvenirs of the Philippines from the Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers sent probably aa Christmas presents for friends and rela tlves in this oity are being held at the local postoffice for a ruling by tin treasury department, whether duty must be collected. The paokages just arrlevd, and are held at the request ol Collector of Customs Peteraon. LATE NEWS FROM DAWSON. Dominion Surveyor Frozen to Death On the Klondike ItlTer. Seattle, Wash., Deo. 28. The steamer Farallon arrived today from Alaska with a number of passengers from Daw son direct, who came out over the ioe. The trail is good, and a large numbei of people are on the way out. Among the passengers is Jack Carr, the Yukon mail carrier, who left Daw son November 21. He says the popula- lon of Dawson City has materially de reased, it now being estimated at 16,- 000. Cost of living has also decreased. good meals costing but $1. There will be no food shortage this winter. There is little hope of the mail service being kept up between Dawson and the out side world this winter. Thistle creek, on the American side, attracting considerable attention. Pans averaging (25 are reported. Ihe execution of the four Dawson murderers Ed Henderson and the In diana White, Dawson Jim and Joe Nan tuck has been postponed until March. November 1 was set as the day of exe cution. It is said that Indians of Alaska have petitioned Governor Brady to go to Washington to represent them in con gress. The body of J. H. Cadenhead, a Do minion land surveyor, was found frozen n the ice in the Klondike river, near Dawson, October 27. He iiad left Sulphur creek the day previous, and in the night had broken through the ice. Unable to pull himself out, he slowly froze to death, with his hands spread out on the ice. Before losing con sciousness he took his field notes and papers from his pockets and threw them from him, ao that they might be picked up and saved. FILIPINO CONGRESS. Difficulty of Forming; s Constitution Ends Its Career. Manila, Dec. 28. The so-called con gress of the revolutionary government of the Filipinos, which baa been in ses sion for some time, at Malo Los, has been unexpectedly adjourned, owing to the difficulty of forming a constitution. A cabinet by President Aguinaldo, appointed at fiacoor on July 15 last, and named in the Bafoor proclamation issued on that date, has resigned. General Aguinaldo, who had been at Malo Los, came front theie to Santa Anata, a suburb of Manila. He then visited Paterno, and now it is reported he has gone to Cavite Vejo, the old town of Cavite. Reliable advices say that while he was at Paterno he was indelatigable in his efforts to overcome the policy of the militant factions, which is hostile to the " Americans. It is probable that fcia influenoe will avail to avert trouble. The Filiuinoa cabinet, proclaimed at Bacoor on July 15, in conformity with a decree issued by the revolutionary government on June 14, waa made up of tho following personnel: President of the council of ministers, with the ad interim portfolios of foreign affairs. marine and commerce, General Emilio Aguinaldo yFamy; secretary of war and of public works, Senor Don Bald anoro Aguinaldo, nephew of General Aguinaldo; seoretary of the interior, Senor Don Leandero Ibarra; seoretary of agriculture, banor Don Mariano Trias. . Agulnaldo's Representative. New York, Deo. 28. Felipe Agon cillo, the speoial representative ol Aguinaldo. leader of the Philippine patriots, left this city tonight for Washington, In Washington, Agon cillo will await the arrival of thiee eminent Filipinos who are en route with additional instructions from Aguinaldo. Since hia arrival from Paris, on Sat urday evening, Agoncillo has been al most constantly in conference with visitors. Agoncillo said today that there was no clunge in the situation, and probably would be none until aftar the arrival of his thiee fellow-countrymen. Ordered to Manila" St. Louis, Ma., Deo. 28. Major H. R. Brinkerhoff, U. S. A., chief muster ing officer for Missouri, who has been stationed at the Jefferson barracks since last spring, received today a telegram from the secretary of war relieving him fiom duty to join the Third infantry at Fort Snelling, and to accompany it to Manila. Ho expects to leave the reservation aa soon as he oan pack and ship his propeity. Ills wife and daughter wil' aocompany him. Will Guard Hollo. Washington, Dec. 28. The admini stration has taken steps to lafeguard American Interosts In the oity of Iloilo, on the island of Panay, one of the Phil ippine archipelago, and a military and naval expedition is now on its way there from Manila. Cable advices weie reotived here today ftom General Otis, commanding the military forces in the Philippines, and Admiral Dewey, commanding the naval forona there, allowing they are acting in conceit in the matter. ltace Trouble at Dallas. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 27. In an en counter between three white men and some negroes, one of the latter, Oscar White, was killed, and anotlrei, Frank Holland, seriously wounded. Hun dreds of whites and negroes assembled, and for a time a race war waa immi nent. The air waa filled with knives and pistols. A squad of police dis' persed the mob. Drowned While Skating. Woonsocket, B. I., Duo. 28. Mer man Kino, 12 years old, and Arthur Leedham, 9 years of age, ware drowned while skating on thin ice at Uurril pond today. Director of Agricultural Cliioago, Deo. 28. Oommlilon General Peck has appointed Charles Richards Dodge, of New York, director of agrioulture for the American exhibit at the Paris exposition JEW WORLD ENERGY The Nation of Shopkeepers Astonishes Europe. AFTER THE WORLD'S MARKETS England Awakes to the Aggressive Commercial Prosperity of too United States. London, Dec. 27.' It is no exaggera tion to assert that the foremost topio compelling attention in Europe is gen eral and in Great Britain in particular, overshadowing the dreary broils of do mestic politics, is the remarkable ag gressive commercial prosperity which the United States is manifesting. Hardly a newspaper review or a public speaker dm ing the past month has failed to notice with what giant strides America is coming into tne first place In the alignment of the powers. It is certainly the chief subject of conversa tion on Lombard street and on the Continental bourses. The manager of one of the greatest London banks recently drew an Ameri can business man into bis private office, and said, in an awe-struck tone: "This is the first time in the history of finance that New York has been in a position to dictate money rates to London, Berlin and Paris," The bank manager added that London's purchases of American securities were a feather's weight compared with the balance of trade in New York's lavor. James Brice, in a speech before the Liecestnr chamber of commerce, sound ed a warning to British manufacturers. He emphasized the fact that the ex ports of the United States and Ger many had increased 34,000,000 and 21,000,000 respectively between 1891 and 1897. while Great Britain's de creased 15,000,000. He further pointed out that the business of the United States was developing along many important lines winch Ureal Britain, he added, should have held against all competitors. Mr. Brice un hesitatingly asserted that the United States could produce rails cheaper than Great Britain, and he said he saw no possibility of opening new markets ex cept in China. Great Britain seems to have become reconciled to the capture of the iron markets by the United States. Ameri can firms are uniformly successful in biddng against British firms. The Carnegie company and the Illinois Steel Company have opened extensive offices in London and are making inroads opon the British reserve. Colonel Hunsaker, the Carnegie represents tive, has contracted for 80,000 tons of plates for the Coolgardie road, Austra lia, and the oompany was unable to un dertake the contract for 80,000 tons more. A dispatch from Berlin says it is a fact that the Russian government has ordered 80,000 tons of Amerioan rails, and the prospect of Amerioan competi- ' tion for the contracts in connection with Russia's extensive railroads alarms manufacturers here and else where. Consuls assert that all-Europe is Bwarming, as never before, with agents of American manufacturers of steel, street railroads, electrical appa ratus and all kinds of machinery, who are leading the commercial invasion. The attempts to float a Russian loan in New York have been received skep tically here. Several financial a have told representatives of the press that Russia tried to raise money in London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam, and that she seems to have turned to the United States as a forlorn hope, possibly with the view of reaping incidental politioal advantages. But, it is admitted that it ia a question of a ahoit time when capitalists will have to reokon with New York as a competitor in high finance. The Daily Chroniole com ments upon the fact that American capitalBta "have the courage of their financial opinions if they think they know the European situation better than the capitalists of the Old World." There is much interest here regard ing the choice of a successor of Ethan Allen Hitohcook as ambassador at St. Petersburg. It is considered that the post demands the presenoe of the strongest diplomat, in view of the en trance of the United States into the East. Russia has sent one of her ablest men to Washington, though a transter from Washington to Constan tinople or . Madrid has hitheito been considered in the servioe as being a promotion. Russia expects President McKinley to reciprooate. Mr. Hitch cock oairies home with him the convio tion that Russia is still a stanch friend of America, which he has endeavored to impress upon the state department at Washington and on all influential Americans he has met abroad. Boy Kills Two Brothers. Pcooba. Miss., Dec. 31. Thomas and William Brantley, brothers, were shot and instantly killed last night, at Enondale, by Eugene Dennis, an 18-year-old boy. The brothers, accom panied by their father, attempted to enter the store of Dennis, it ia said, in tending violence, whereupon young Dennis opened fire on the Brantleys with the above result. The trouble was caused by liquor Arsenic In the Milk. New York, Dec. 27. Adolph a bartender emnloved by Mrs. Zischer, who keeps a small bo' Paterson, N. J., died today ering great agony. It is Jr death was caused by ar" Ing, and that the pp in the milk used ini-' -of Mis. Zischer. Mrs.X Doly, servant, FrV' ran employ. ndFrif"' also poisonod. Mr" yiMOTti. The milk. Neaf.vA'::f v - Si