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VOL. VI.
IIILL8BOKO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1899.
NO. 1.
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EVENTS OF THE MY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE Tit KH FROM T11R WIRES
U Coodonted Form.
Tli Ukdi liigitlnlurs adjourned
without ehctiug a United Stales Sena-
lor to moi-vd Hunttor Cannon.
(luvarnn) Rogers, of Washington,
has vetoed' two ichoot lint-book
bills puinJ by lli recent legielaturo.
M. Cainlln, the French etubaeea
ilnr, has cad at lli department o(
lute mill saved formal nolle of the
gulng o t) peace treaty at Madrid.
The navylnpartmant In bean ad
vml ol thwirrlval at Manila of Ilia
tll-ship trrgon and Irl. Admiral
liiiwny cnlild Ibat III Oregon it In a
lit omnlitioiitor any duty.
A Inrni'M haa swept over a laiga
area of lliu Smth. Tim ton of III and
ttintniction )f properly ha bean
ppcially boa In Tennessee, Alabama,
Arkansas andMiaaiaaippl.
Omrge lry, Jr., Iia received a
letter from III father, th admiral, In
Mlilcli lis KKjrtha I iu good baallli, al
though aiiinnfliat fatigued. Th ad
mi ml exprea-al tlia Iioh thai bll talk
would Im llnltifd beloi long.
The I'alifntili leglalatuis Iia ad
journed will! rim ting a United
union tvrutor, Nineteen I allot war
taken during tlia laat day't session,
ml 104 ballot line lb convening of
that body. 1
Two explosljis have occnriel al th
K'v-rnnienl eiimuriilion factory al
HiMirgta, tit diell filling iliop.
Thru men werj killed and fit war
injured. At relllee a oartrldg ex
I'IikImI, blowinup a quantity of gun
lwir. Threaten ware Injur ad and
grtHt damage w a dune to lb building.
Th liniaritlal of Madrid, aert
Hint a tepublicarjplot ha ban dlaoov
rd In the provjiveol Seville; that
three of th leadi have been arrested,
ainl that Cat Hat lovemenla bava taken
place at Perplajao, capital of lb
French department of lb Eastern Pyr'
eneeit, where arid are aaid to b ac
cumulating. I
Hy lli bornlnint tli Windsor ho
tul, in New York,t eraon lot! thalr
and other all probably die from
Tjn'jiir Uh received. The number of
miitlpg i 00, ant &? er Injured.
Juwelry to th valte of 11,000,000, be
I. inning lo gm. waa lost, Th
Windsor waa a la hut old building,
and burned very ipldly.
HtMirta of the kvllbood of renew
al til th trouble uiong lb Indian at
I.i'Mi-li like, Mini, are not credited al
the Indian burea at Washington.
A 1 1' oit ) currnt involving th ea
Inlillnhment in lin Francisco by th
niunt widely koijin financial men of
the world of a c4iiiiiercial bank, with
a paid-up capitaM $5,000,000,
The annw-bonil train on the Chey
hi mi b Norihen at Wheatland ha
Imwii abandoned by th company oftl
tiuls, who will tke atepa to retou th
passengers by sills.
Acting PostauslerGennral Heath
hut iwiued an oder directing that here
after fun for Kital money orden laaued
in the United Rates for payment la
Cuba shall he flie earn a llioae died
(nr domestic nifney order.
Oulors have ken Issued for th mos
tnr mil of the Hret Texaa at tialveatoa
nnd th SttoondLflulalaiia at Savannah,
lunli ; reglmenH r now at Havana.
Tlio Slitb oof-""t volunteer aignal
" -icorpa,4iAng L waialaoorderad
niuMlrl outi, I
Th drnugtt' ji waa threatening
tholoaaof tg Jol dollan lo Call-
fnrnia baa bx mii by a rain it arm
continuing r- il dayi. Rnporta
how that V Win and fruit orope
are In excefl,
' big Suormuf "
, A oi
iidltion through th
f Madrid layi; Pre
In inturvlew luit nub.
r . iniiT biivw
lavor of th interren
tor th purpoieof ob
iion from th United
to reamna direct nego
rideaan of th Spanleh
' Ylllui
urlnm
iy thel'lillippine reliel.
arrived at 81. Miohaela
mAnierloan Tranatiotta
sring. Seven nan
liner, bdomi got lout com-
ana the oV0ri thluk he wi
wi Mima auaeniueri of con
itoiiand replcntaUvM, will
l inviiauon emended by gen
:pieentlng Pij,ma onnal in.
Jd will liipeothe Nicaragua
tuif
fiia canai worm The party
York, March Vi Thlabodv
irig to do with thdoflklal iu
Ion which will be irV,ie bv th
lion to be ppointedby Preal
iini7
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limr New, Itaina.
T met, jr.j and bli coraVany el
m . . ...
Viorn t'blnea ietrrrttk a
the enttrlaforaentot th Ka
t I'.nitoriBi AsKootation.whlohoon
Jn fort land, Or., on July 4
i M. Downey la dead at Sitoar
liiuo., or urain fever, aged ,60
4 He waa known a the apple
-im waa one ol tiie proprietor of
.feoe & Downey oichard, one of
it wmpany'a iteamer, P,
totiti lue-bound In th
""lkoa ulnaion. Th
linkvim vin i ht in
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, liVm in M country
Ik
LATER NEWS.
Fire thouaand homaaaekail ar on
their way from ML Paul to North Pa-
clflo coaat point.
A dlapatoh to th London Kvaning
New from Bruaaeli lavlvaa th tumor
that Cardinal Uibloni may b theneit
pop.
Another battl haa ooeurred at Iia
Ilo, In which on American waa killed
and IB wounded. Th label loat 30
killed and 800 wet wounded.
General Otia Inform the war de
partment that he cannot apar at prea-
nt th volunteer now in th Philip-
pine, but hope lo be able to do ao
oon.
Doling lb abauno of John Ulan and
wife, of (iieanlel, Manitoba, front their
farm, their reildeno caught fire, and
their five chlldieu were burned to
death.
Saver weather continue throughout
Ureal Britain. Ureal loea haa occurred
among II vM)liM'k, and London ha el-
perienoed the heavlaat auowlall of thia
winter.
Th Argon tin iianitMirt Villa Rein
haa been wrecked in Cameionea bay
between Cape Raao and Capede Uabiae,
Northern Patagonia. No loea ol life la
repoi ted.
The Japanaae orulaer Cbitoae, the
handiwork of th Union Iron work, al
Han Kranoiaco, and the flrat war veaael
hollt In that port for a foreign power,
ha alld for the Orient.
Ei-Heftelary John Hherman, who
death Waa ieiorled on board lb
aleauiihip Pari while en rout home
from Kingaton, Jamaica, I atill alive
and hope ar entertained of hi recov
ery. II will be brought to th United
Stale on the cruiavr Chicago.
Aocordlng to advloe from lb Ori
ent, lh emperor ol Corea haa oreated a
aemation by appearing In a full uni
form cut In American faahion. Ilia
altendanla have alao been atllied in
American lyle. The emperor, It i
atated, ha cut off hi topknot or abort
queue, which from time immemorial
haa adorned the top of the Corean em-
perora' lieaila.
Th Peking con epondent of th
London Time ayt: Th Deutache
Keilung pnbliahe a long article allow
ing how lb United Htate i (lowly
but aurtily obtaining a commercial foot
ing in Turkey and the Kaat generally.
The writer warn Aoatria and other
European alale ol th danger of wbioh
they are threatened. America I de-
acrlhed a a "aerlou trad rival."
Th Alaak boundary ditput I
earning eerloua conoetn In adminiatra-
lion clralM at naahinglon.
Ki Seoretary 8harman, who la trtill
at Kingaton, Jamaica, la reported to be
gradually growing woiee, and may die
at any moment.
The mountain banditti of Panay 11
andattsmpted a aerioua attack upon
Ilo Ilo, but they wei repulted with
the low of 100 men by General Miller.
Secretary Long baa Inatructed Rear-
Admiral McNair to aboliah In June the
construction court al Ilia naval aoad
amy, eetabliehed by Naval ConalrwCtot
llobaun. ,
The oriiia in the dlaluibanre at La
redo, Tel., over the carrying out of
the atata hraltb officer' regulationa In
uiipteMing the atuallpoi enidemle
vsiui to lie patted. '
A temporary border lin batwee
Alaaka and Canadian poeaeailont wi
probably be located to obviate potaib'
difficulty between American and Cam
dian miner, pending a peimauent te
lleintnl of the dispute.
Governor Roger, of Waihingtoi
baa offered a reward of 1350 for the a
real of Ueorge D. Evan, x-depu
late auditor.who U cbargl with for
Itigitate warrant, and alio an adi
lional IVfiO i ward for bli convlctij
Attoiny-Gneral Godfrey, of f4
aaa, haa discovered that the 1at
lature ny m If take repealed the law
which provide for all appointment of
city ofHcer. Th tupreiue court will
be atked to declare the new law unoon
atilulional. The enormoui maatodon tnak recent
ly discovered near Dawaon, and which
Dr. O'Leary, formerly of Portland, Or.,
arranged to present to th Portland
city fuuaeum, will be brought from
Alaaka by Uncle Ram, who Will no'
charge any freight for the traaiporta
lion. - -
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Fifty Cuban eoldien from Marian
kidnaped three former Spanish gueri
laa and took them Into tka bush, whe
the prlsonei were maltreated. Tw
weie reacued by a detachment of tl.
Second Illinois reglmeut. Three of th
Cubans were arrested, charged wit.'
murder 1
During the trouble between the Hi
vana police and the bopulaoe three rx
lleenieu were klllefj and about S
wounded on both aid. Publlo opialow
tupporti the police without reeerv.
The police were attempting to inppree
a ball whlob wai being held agalntt
th ordet of the chief.
It il reported thai Aumnalda la not
disheartened over the continued defeat
of his foroea, and proposes to keep tip
the war against American rule In the
Philippine io long ai he can hold hii
followers in line. Qenetal La Oarda,
who advised the Inautgent chief lo
quit, waa decapitated by his order.
A special to the Denver Newi from
Albuquerque. N. M., says: Red Pip
'f' the noted trainrobber who was
captured recently at Moab, Utah, was
brought to Albuquerque from Wlnne
rarjcca, Nev., where he wai wanted on
a charge of holding up a Santa Fa pas
senger ttain. He will be brought be
fore United States Commissioner Whit
ing on a charge of being concerned In
the hold-up of a Santa Fe PaniAo train
at Grants laat year, and also of killing
a deputy sheriff,
SEVEN WERE KILLED'
Lots of the Americans in
One Day's Fighting.
RKBKLS CAUGHT IX A TRAP
Tbr Away Whea Battle Wat Or
fane aad Htt OaS
ef Kaage.
London, March 11. A dispatch from
Manila aaya:
In lb fighting of Similar the Ameri
can lot waa aeven killed and 80 wound
ed. Among the killed la Private Jame
Page, of company D, and Private
Thome i. Smith, of company E, Sec
ond Oregon.
Among the Incident of yesterday'
fighting wai th coulnea eihitriled by
i company of Washington volunteer,
who c roe aad th river la a native canoe
under a heavy Ore, IS being taken
scroti on aoh trip of th tin all boat,
to attaok lb enemy's tranches. The
inability of the oorumiatary train to
keep up with the advance led to con
siderable suffering; and many of th
men were 'completely exhausted when
they were recalled, and, falling from
Ilia ranka. were strung along bit a dia
lance of almost ill mile, number! re
turning to camp in the artillery'amba
laneea, which war always close up to
th line. Th work ol lb ambulance
was etpeeially worthy of mention.
Among lh dead ar several who were
previously repotted a wounded.
Heb.lt Were Betray p4.
Manila, March 11. Soma of the
rebel recently e polled from Cavite
and the email lowna In the vioinity of
i'atig omnblned force and last night,
as already cabled, attacked a company
nf th Vahlngtnn volonteen, a de
tached poet at Taguig, about a mile
and a half southeast of Paig. Qan
eral Wheaton Immediately reinforced
th Americans with two companiee
eaoh ol the Washington and Oregon
regiment. The poet bad held the
enemy in check, and the fire of the re
enforcing companion repulsed tbem,
diiving them aoroaa to an island formed
by the eatuary. Tbey were tboa In
Iron! of tli Twenty -second regulars.
On discovering that they were en
trapped the rehela fought deaiierately,
aided materially by the Juugle and the
darknete, but they ware completely
rooted, with heavy lota, attar two
hours' fightir.g. Th American loet
two killed and 10 wounded, among the
latter Lieutenant Frank Jones.
General Wbeaton determine I to pun
all th ntives, and at daybreak today
his brigade started in the following or
tier: The Siith artllleiy, holding the
extrewe right; the Oregon volunteer,
holding th center, tbe Washington
regiment keeping to the edge of th
lake, and the Twenty eeoond regular,
occupying the light of tbe line, which
swept lb whole country along the lake
within a luutheaaterly direction, to
ward General Overshin' position
Tbe Una tbo extended over two mile
of ooontry, rough and covered with
thick Jor.gle, advanced eloven mi lea.
The enemy fled, tbe last of tbem being
Men about 8:80. thia afternoon. At
scarcely any time did the Americana
get within 1,100 yard of them.
, .uoa have been vaiiou n. , t
the national terete of dispstohing
mam.
On Fildav last. La Garda viaited
Lagorla for tbe purpose of adviting
Agoinaldo to quit. He argued with
the insurgent leader, and attempted to
tonvinoa him of the folly of his per
ils tenoe in the faoe of overwhelming
tfdda Aguinaldo waa fur Ions at tlx
advance and ordered General La Garda
to be eieouted immediately.
r
Sergeant Mason'! testimony waa
probably the most direct that had been
adduced since the court left Chicago,
Witneaa declared that the meat re
oeived at Lakeland for use In bli regi
ment was "undoubtedly chemically
treated." "An agent of Armour &
Co.," he further testified, "told me at
the time that this meat had been
treated with what wai oalled preserv
aline." Witness had refused to ao
cept the meat. Sergeant Mason waa
interrogated Individually by each
member of the court, and could not be
shaken In hii testimony.
Eiploalont Alarm Franca.
Pari, March 11. Although there ii
n evldenoe that they were caused by
foul play, the explosions at the govern
mint ammunition faotoriei yesterday,
following io closely upon the teiribl
disaster at La Goubran, near Toulon,
have caused widespread public alarm.
The greatest precautions have been
adopted at the faotoriei, sentries being
doubled at all such placet.
DEATH IN THE TORNADO.
fertile EIIU4. Haatat Daa.ollibaa' ee
Fame Devastate'.
Memphis, Tenn., March 11. A
series of windstorma have swept through
portions of Alabama, Mississippi and
Arkansss today, doing an immense
amount of property damage and kill
ing a number of people. Tbe storm
oovered a radiu of several hundred
mile, destroying telegraph wires and
ontting off communication with a
large section of the country. Cleburne
aounty, Alabama, aeerns to have
suffered th moat eeverely, th storm
anting the porportion of a torntdt
At Seller and Luverne, Ala., mud)
damage Is reported, and at Rob Roy,
Ark., one man waa killed amU several
ba billy Injured. Dumai, AfY, wak
nearly wiped out of existence, and sev
eral other town In th vicinity suffer
ed severely. On person il reported
killed at Hickory Flat, Miss., and aa
lb farmhouse in the vicinity suffered
heavily, It i not unlikely many fa
tali Ilea occurred which have not yet
been reported.
Reports from different point in th
tbre state indicate that 18 peraon
were killed outright ind 11 injured, aa
follows: Alabama, It killed, four in
jured; Arkanaaa, one killed, seven in
jured. The property loea will run
Into th hundred of thousands.
lavaa Fereaea K Iliad.
Birmiagham, Ala.. March 11. A
cyclone pasted - through the country
here today, creating great havoc in the
country between Heflin and Edwaida
ville. It I known seven people, mem
ber of the family of Mr. Coffee, a far
mer, ar dead, and II is thought many
others ar injured, although on account
of the damage done by the storm tc
lh telegraph wire, it 1 imposaible to
give details. The bouse contained 11
people when it wai itrock by the storm.
The bniding wai entirely demolished,
and seven inmates were killed out
right
Birmingham, Ala., March 11. Ad
ditional detail of th tornado neat
Kdwardsvill ware received here to
night. Tbe dead number 11, and 14
were badly injured.
The path of tbe storm was about 100
yaids wide, and it traversed the coun
try tor 11 mile, beginning 'in the
northern patt of Cleburne courtly, near
Iron City, and moving southward.
There was in Immense funnel-shaped
cloud that bounded along like a rutibei
ball, rising at intervals and leaping
several hundred yarda without doing
any damage. Then, when it desoepd
ed, it would pick up houses and fitoih
them to pleoea, uproot tree or twist
tbem off the ground and sweep all be
fore Ik Lewi Coffee' residence,
strong double house, situated on a lit
tle hill, wa swept away and the tint'
ben scattered for a mile. Ten of iti
eleven oocupanti were instanly killed.
Exoept the body of the baby, whiob
was found umler the ruini of the
chimney, the corpse of the victims
were carried bait a mile, and
nine ef them weie found heaped to
get her. Every body had been stripped
of its clothing. One wai twisted
around a stump and two others weir
headless. Beeide the body of the fa
ther lay Bessie Coffee, the only mem
bar of tbe family not inatantly killed.
She was unconscious and her arms wen
around her dead father' neck. 8ht
ia unable to talk and will die.
FURIOUS MEXICANS.
Mob ef Five wr Sla H aad red attack
Aaterlaaa Health oejeert.
Laredo, Tex.. March 11. The work
of removing amallpoi patient to thi
peethouse, under direction of State
Health Officer Blunt, waa begun thit
morning. After 10 bad been removed,
the officers encountered on East Mate
moral itreet a mob of Mexicmus, who
menaced them in rich a mannei that
the chief of polioe wai telephoned for.
Marshall Joe Barthelow and Assistant
Marshal Nye I Jar hurried to thi
aoene, and when they attempted to ar
rest the leaden of the disturbance,
they weie assaulted with stone and
fired upon. Nye Idar wai knocked
down and eeverely beaten about the
bead before he could be reacued. On
of the i lot era wai shot, but aided bj
hii friends, managed to escape. Aboul
10 shod were fired, a doaen arreati
made, and the mob dispersed.
'The health officer reaumed theii
work, but were soon met by anothet
mob of 800 or 600 Mexioana, many ol
them armed. Aa th'ey could not con
tend with thia force, the health officer!
desisted, and Dr. Blunt opened tele
graphic communication with Governoi
Sayera. As a result, he wai instructed
to call on the United Statea military
authorities at Molntosh, In the namt
of the governor, for suoh assistance ai
waa needed, and later he was informed
that the war department had tele
graphed authority to uie troops. Thi
Mexicans ate much exoited, and ex
pre contempt for the negro United
States sohliers.
Whit Past Strike Broke.
Seattle, March 81. The backbone o!
the itrike on the White Pass A Yukot
railroad has been broken, according tc
the officers of the steamer Rosalie,
which arrived today from Skagway. J,
R. White, one of the strike lesders,
has been sentenced to six months' im
prisonment at Sitka, by United Statei
Commissioner Sehlbiede, for inciting
a riot.
Nails Go Up.
Pittsburg, March 81. The American
Steel Sc Wire Company has made an
other advance of 16 cents a keg in the
piice of nails. Small lots ate now
quoted at $3.80 a keg.
are Orackars at Work.
Tacoma, Wash., Maroh 33. Thi
safe of the Tacoma theater was robbed
by burglars last night. Five hundred
(lollnrs were stolen, the receipts o
Saturday night'a play. It Is claimed
the Ion ii oovered by insurance.
TIIE ALASKA TROUBLE
British Ambassador Suggests
a Modus Vivendi.
TEMPORARY LI5E MAY BE DRAWN
Governor Brady Wara.4 the Gevera-
Beat ea4 ake4 That Troeat Bo
Stat to the Beeae.
Washington, Maroh 11. The Brit
ish ambassador, Sir Julian Pannoefote.
conferred today with Secretary Hay in
reference, it is understood, to a modus
Vivendi to be observed slong the Alaska
border in order to obviate the possi
bility of a clash, pending the final de
limitation of the border.
Tbe need of this baa been emphasised
within the laat few days by reports of
a battle between tbe Canadian and the
American prospectors on tbe Procnpine
river. These reports have caused con
siderable oneaaineas in official circles
in London, and efforts have been made
to learn the facta. There has been no
official information, however, either
here or in London. Just such a clash
has been expected, and the reports have
seived to direct the attention of officials
of the need of effecting a border ar
rangement. Tbe preliminary move in
Ibis direction waa made as soon aa tbe
Anglo-American commission adjourned
without settling tbe border question.
Sir Julian then suggested that a tem
porary arrangement be made. Thia
would maintain tbe status quo, each
side making no further advance pend
ing a final agreement on tbe boundary.
A temporary line probably will be
run by tbe two governments. This
would not affect permanent interests,
but would serve as a legal barrier be
tween tbe lawless fortune-eeeker in
that locality. The plan is favorably
received on both sides, and is likely to
be carried into effect, sltbough no
sgreemect baa been entered into thus
far.
Some Important statements concern
ing the boundary line aituition are
given in official correspondence now on
file in the state and interior depart
ments, which haa nevei been made
public.
Governor Brady, of Alaska, as long
ago a the latter part of February called
attention to the extremely threatening
condition of affairs. February 11,
Governor Brady, who waa here, had a
conference with both Secretary Bliss,
who waa then just leaving tbe cabinet,
and Secretary Hay, in which he urged
that the aggressive acts of the Cana
dian should be promptly met.
a FATHER'S TERRIBLE CRIME
Killed Bit Five Chlldr.a aad Attempt
ed to Cramato the Beiaalaa.
Hutchinson, Kan., March 11. An
atrooions orime was revealed here to
day when the coroner and bis assist
ants removed the dead bodies of five
little children from the house occupied
by John Moore, which burned at an
early hour. A coroner's jury investi
gated the case, and, in accordance with
the Jury's recommendation, Mooie, the
father of the dead children, was arrest
ed on a charge of murder.
When the firemen and neighbors
reached the burning house, the father
waa the only member of the family of
seven found outside. His actions were
queer, and be would not talk. While
the building waa atill burning and hia
ohildren within the burning walls, he
took a horse from his stable and rode
away. When the firemen entered the
house, alter having partly quenched
the flames, they found the five chil
dren, lying side by side, in a bed on
the floor, all dead, but not. badly
burned.
The coroner's autopsy held thia af
ternoon developed convincing evidence
of an awful orime. The skull of eaoh
child was deeply indented, and bom
the dents long fraotures extended. All
bnt one of the children had been
stabbed in the neck. Ths throat of the
little 8-year-old, a boy, had been
slashed so deep that the spinal column
had been severed. It waa upon these
facts and the strange behavior of the
father, that the authorities base their
charge of murder.
When Moore was oalled before the
coroner's jury to testify, he pretended
to believe that an exploding lamp had
oansed the Are, and that hia children
had met death in the flames. He testi
fied that he waa awakened from a deep
sleep by tbe smoke, and be found the
house afire all over. It was 18 min
utes, he said, before he recovered his
senses, snd then he did not try to save
the children, because be knew that
they must be dead, as the fire had
started in the room in which they were
sleeping. Ilia riding away from the
fire he explained by stating that hia
wife was away from home attending a
sick lriend, and that be went to tell
ber of their loss. Moore showed little
conoern when the jury toturned the
verdict charging him with murder.
Randan Expedition la tbo Fall.
London, March 81. An Anglo
Egyptian expedition will be under
taken next autumn, according ,o a die
patch from Cairo to the Daily Mail, to
finally dispose of his khalifa, Abdullah,
and the other dervish leaders in ths
Soudan.
Mo Trouble In Porto Rice.
Washington, Maroh 11. The fol
lowing dispatch was made publlo to
day: "San Juan de Porto Rico. Adju
tant-General: Newspaper reports of
conditions here and reported interviewi
with me stating the chances favor an
uprising are absolutely false. There is
a great deal of idle talk on the part of
the Ignorant, but that as to resistance
against law and order by tbe masses it
absurd. HENRY."
"I
Brutes, aabaata to Oat a Feoth
Araerlcaa Soil.
Washington, March IS. The British
government proposes a modus Vivendi
to govern tbe Alaska boundary line.
That waa what tbey did to get the best
of the United States in lh Behrlng
aea, and it will be intereeting to note
whether Secretary Hay will be caught
by the trap that ia being laid, aa it
means that if the Britishers get their
foothoid over the declared line of
boundary in Alaska, it will take a
great deal of trouble to get them out.
The extreme!y friendly relations be
tween the United Statea government
and Great Britain, tbe further fact
that Secretary Hay was ambaaaador to
England and bis relstions with ths
English diplomats being very pleasant,
make it possible that tbe proposed
modo vivendi may be accepted. Any
action looking to the giving op of valu
able territory in Alaska will be resent
ed in tbe nest congress. Some sag.
gestion haa been made that United
State troops should be sent to the dis
puted point in order to maintain the
American claims, bnt this wtli not be
done until there are further diplomatic
negotiationa.
trad y Ferttt.i Treahla.
Seattle, Wash., March IS. Gover
nor John G. Brady, of Alaaka, arrived
here today from Waahington, where
he baa been since January looking af
ter Alaska legialation. Concerning
tbe Alaska boundary, Governor Brady
said:
"Tbe Canadiana will surely have a
fight on their handa if tbey try to move
tbe boundaries on the Porcupine, as
they have on tbe Stickeen and the
Lynn canal passee. Do yon think that
1,000 Americans, every one of them
well armed, who have gone into a
country and taken up claima on wbat
has always been considered American
territory, will let a handful of Cana
dian policemen move tbe boundary line
at will?
"This boundary question is a serious
one, and no one can tell how it ia go
ing to come out. Every member of
the commission should come West snd
malts tbe trip to Alaaka. They ahould
at least come west of tbe Rockies, for
I understsnd that there are members
of that commission who have not been
that far West."
CANADA'S POLICY.
Pr mlar La or lor Kopllea to Sir Gbarltt
Tapper's Attack.
Ottawa, Ont, March 13. In the
houae of commons today, Premier
Laurier replied at length to an attack
made upon- the government's general
policy yesterday by Sir Charles Tupper.
The premier accused Sir Char lea of
preaching a policy of retaliation
against tbe United State. This, bs
said, the government would not coun
tenance. In referring to tbe Washing
ton negotiationa. Sir Wilfred aaid that
the Canadian commissioners had acted
ss honorable men in adjourning the
comrr.ieeion and not terminating it, as
Sir Charles wanted done. The adjourn
ment had been taken so ss to give tbe
British and United States governments
time to come to a settlement over tbe
difficulty in dispute, which was tbe
Alaska boundary. It also afforded an
other opportunity of having the whole
question settled amicably. The Cana
dian people, the premier declared,
would support the action of the govern
ment in the matter.
REED WILL RETIRE.
Bis Baeretarjr Savt Ha Will Withdraw
From Politico.
Boston, March 13. A Globe inter
view with Ames L. Allen, secretary of
Speaker Tbomaa B. Reed, at Alfred,
Me., today, contained the statement
that "Mr. Reed will never again be a
candidate for the presidency of the
United States." Mr. Allen further
said:
"It is Mr. Reed's disposition to
withdraw from politics entirely. Aa
to Mr. Reed's antagonism in connec
tion with the McKinley administra
tion, there is absolutely nothing in it.
With regard to the war with Spain,
Mr. Reed haa been no more conserva
tive than was President McKinley st
the beginning. As to the present war
in the Philippines, Mr. Reed is simply
disgusted with it."
Flvo Thousand Hemeaeekera.
St. Paul, Minn., March 13. The
homeseekets' half-rate on the trans
continental lines went into effect to
day and the Northern Pacific and the
Great Northern were compelled lo
double their facilities in order to
handle the crowds. Not leas than
8,000 people took advantage of the low
ratea, and the Great Northern aent out
an extra train at noon, while tbe
Notthern Pacific waa compelled to add
a second section to its through trains.
Carl I ate Ready ta Strike.
Rome, March 11. The Opinions
raises the story that Don Carlos, the
Spanish pretender, haa secured ad
vances of several milliona from English
and French bankers, and will soon en
ter Spain. The precise date is deferred
until the ratifications of the treaty of
peace between Spain and I he United
States have been exchanged; but, ac
cording to the Opinione, the Carlists
and Spanish republicans will start a
evolution immediately after the ex
change is made.
Yellow Favor on a British Steamer,
New York, March 13. The British
steamer Dunstan, Captain Jones, lost
two members of her crew from yellow
fever during the voyage. The Dustan
while at Para sent three of her crew,
who were suffering from tbe disease,
ashore to the hospital.
Glbbona aa the Neat Pave.
London, March 18. A dispatch to
the Evening News from Brussels re
vires the rumor that Cardinal Gibbons
my be the next pope.
MODUS VIVENDI PROPOSED
FIGHT AT ILO ILO
Rebels' Attack Repulsed by
Miller's Brigade.
THE ENEMY'S LOSS WAS HEAVY
Oaa Aaaerleaa Was Killed) aod Fifteen
Weeaded-Ove ,) Boaada
War Fired.
New York, March 13. A dispatch to
the Hersld from Ilo Ilo. Island of
Panay, ssys: A battalion of tha
Eighteenth infantry, a platoon of tha
Sixth artillery and the machine gun
battery made a reoonnoisanoe in tbe di
rection of Manduriao and Santa Bar
bara Thursday. While they were re
turning the insurgents attacked the
out poets on the right
Although fatigued from marching ta ,
W broiUn sun lor two hoars, tha an-
lira com m ana prooeeuea to me aetm-
ance of their comrades, the artillery
pouring shell snd sbsrpnel upon the
insurgents, who were strongly en
trenched in large numbers. Com
paniee C, K snd H, of the Eighteenth,
deployed to tbe right, driving tbe in
surgents back, snd then, wheeling to
the left, made a Junction with com
panies B and 1. A heavy engagement
ensued.
General Miller wa on th cene early
and directed the operation from imme
diately behind tbe firing line. He bad
several narrow escape.
Tbe line advanced by rushes 8,004
yards nnJerabot fire, pouring inde
liberate volleys upon the insurgents'
position, the artillery making good
pr actios.
By the time the forces were within
800 yards of the enemy's final position
darkness prevented tbe charge for
which tbe Tennessee men and the com
panies ot the Eighteenth on the right
had already prepared by fixing bay
onets. Tbe advancn upon Jaro was ac
complished in good order.
The severity of tbe engagement may
be judged by the faot that tha Eight
eenth regiment alone fired 61,800
rounds. It is estimated that the in
surgents, with their more then 8,000
rifles, fired double onr total of ammu
nition. It ia impossible to tell accurately the
insurgent losses, aa the American
tioops converged at a given point with
rat traversing the ground shot over, but
3n the day after the battle one could
see from Jaro Del fry the enemy cart
ing away tbe dead. The minimum es
timate of their losses is 10 killed and
100 wounded.
INTERVIEW WITH SAMPSON.
Talked af tha Friendship ef America
aad England.
London, March 13. Tbe Tides pub
lishes this morning a latter from a cor
respondent in Bermuda, who describes
Rear-Admiral Sampson's visit there
last month, and givea "an authorised
interview" with the admiral. Accord
ing to the correspondent. Admiral
Sampson, remarking upon "the marvel
ous change in American opinion,"
said:
"Formerly, England was regarded as
the only European power with which
the United State was likely to have
serious difference. Now we regard
Enlgand aa our beat, perhaps our only
friend. I cannot say whether thia feel
ing will provd permanent, but I hop
it may. Possibly we could not hope
for more tbsn England's moral sup
port, in the first instance, in any con
flict with a Continental power; but in
times nf real difficulty it would ripen,
sooner or later, into a defensive alii
ince. '
THE CUBAN ARMY.
Thirteen Thousand Ball.ted Men en
titled to Amertcaa Money
Havana, March 13. Tbe Cuban
army has 13,119 men all told. Thii
number include corporal and ser
geants, but excludes oommsnding offl
oers. Tbe figures are the result of the
offioial inquiry instituted under the
direction of the department command
ers for tbe use of the military adminis
tration. General Gomel originally reported
that theie were 41,000 privatea and
noncommissioned officers. General
Roloff, inspector-general ot the Cuban
army, waa to have presented an accu
rate muster roll to Governor -General
Brooke, but he haa not done so. Ai a
creature of the Cuban assembly, ha
haa joined with it against General
Gomes. His muster rolls, in which
ever form tbeymsybe, have been given
to Senor Rafael Portuendo, president ol
the executive committee of the assem
bly, but the governor-general baa as
surances they will soon be turned over
to him. ; "
8 pal a Will Protest.
Madiid, March 81. Senor Silvela,
premier and minister of foreign affairs,
held a conference today with the
French ambassador regarding tha lib
eration of Spanish prisoners in th
band ol the Filipinos.
Spain, it is rumored, haa determined
to protest to the oivilixed world against
tbe attitude of the Americans In hin
dering the effotts of General Rios,
Spanish commander in the Philip
pines, to liberate the prisoners.
Belgium's Demand oa China.
Brussels, Msroh 18. In the chsm
ber of deputies todsy tbe minister ol
foreign affairs, M. de Favereau con
firmed the reports that Belgium had
asked for a concession at Hankow,
China.
toraas la Karopa.
London, Maroh 13. 8evere weather
continues throughout Great Britsin.
Great lots has occurred among live
stock, and London has experienosd th
heaviest snowfall of this winter.
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