JnlILLSER
vol. VI.
HILLSJIOIIO, OIIEUON, THUUSDAY, APJtIL 20, 1899.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKKSK TICKS FROM Til R WIBKS
Aa InUmllag Colla.llua ttt llama tram
Ike Two HamUpkara rnwaM
In C!adeaad form.
;
flaiuielnto, a Brssilian Village, has
two deslioyed by an sarthqtiak.
TtiriMi person perished.
H. W, Olnetead, a Humboldt, N.,
bank oaahlar, committed Suicide. Jilt
socounta wen $10,0(10 short.
Mil. Ma Ewlng, eheigod wltti ha.
Ing muidered hoi tltiat In-law, Mr.
Litsl Ewlng, wat acquitted by t
Meryville, Ma, Jury,
. Tli tohomier Maty Bidwell, that lull
;. Mlohaelt, Ala, In August laa(,
Ahir Alaska potts, bat bean hestd from
l I 'or I Clsrvnee, walling to aail lot
Ilia loutli.
Arrangement have ln completed
whereby 1'iaaUaot MoKlnley will
puah an elattila button wlilolt will
tart work on Ilia Ban Pedro break
water. ' v t ' '
Vlce-Praldnt Hobait, who la lick
al Washington, It holding th gain
ihuwn lait week. II la able to par
take ol nior hearty fund, aud alta up
about ball an hour daily.
The Americans plan to trap Agul
naUlo by sending troops via the lea
route to Ilia north ol him. Tlirn h
will b between two lines ol Ameri
can, and It may besult In bl capture.
A verdict ol 5,000 dsinsges attain!
T. J. Carton, a Kentucky racehoraa
brder, in favor ol W. F. Singleton,
photographer, wbo was lliot by Car
sons, wss returned at Lexington.
. Dy the eiilolun tl a aawmill bailer,
near Chlpiiewa Falls, Wis., Leui Wil-
cos, John lirlsnolsand William Olwa
were killed and Engineer P. A. Urlggi
and tour others wei Injured.
Naval orders posted at Waahington
announce the promotion to tb tank ol
rear-admiral of Hampton, Hohley and
rerquehar, tli latter commandant ol
tli Noilolk navy-yard.
Tb Madrid official gasette con
lain a royal decree appointing tli
Duke da Arcoa to b Span iah envov ei
traordinarv and nilnialei plenipoteu
llary to the United States.
trThe United Htato consul-general at
Olorlin, Frank Mason, ha rsvlaod fig
urea allowing that In the laat three
niontht titer wa an lucre ol
4.801,034 In the asportation to tht
United State fioui Ueimany,
The 80th annual meeting of the na
iionai cotueranc or onariue ami cor
rections will be held In Cincinnati
May 17 to 13. Every state in the
Union will lit represented tsospt per.
haps Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah
and Waahiugton.
The Imspltal-ahlp Missouri haa ar
rived at Portrait Monroe liom Havana,
with IIS sick soldiers.
One thousand United State militia-
men will take pari In the queen's birth
day celebration lu Kingston, Out.
The sixth animal convention of the
Association ol Itailioad Air Brskemen
la in session in Detroit, with about 100
delegate present.
The British house ol commons
jocted the bill providing lor the com
pulsory reinstatement ol Irish tenant
evicted sine 1878.
A miner has reached Dyea, Alaska,
who claima to be tht survivor of a
party ol three, two ol whom wers ruur-
derd by Cbilkat Indians near the vil
lag ol Klnkwan. The men killed
wer Bldney Vance, an Englishman,
and Chaires Kricksen, a Swede.
In the battle between th revolution
Ists under I'amlo and President A Ion
ao's army, near Oruro, Bolivia, 800
were killed. Oenoral Pan do occupied
Oruro without confualon. Proaidunt
Alonso, with a small body guard, is
refuge at Aotolagasta, bay ol Moreua,
unite.
Enilgn Mooaghan, who Was brutally
killed at Apia, Samoa, was bom at
Chawelah, Waeh., hi 1878. " H Wat
, educated In private aohoolt of Ran
rffrwnelsoo and Portland, and in Gon
.ag college, a Jesuit institution ot
Spokan. His lather Is now a resident
of th Utter olty.
Th Maryland Steel Company at
Sparrows Point, has reoelved an order
tor 15,000 tons of 67-pound steel rails.
lot the Chines Eastern railroad. Th
mills at working day and night on a
. laig order o similar tails (or th
trans-8iheilan road, ol which th
Chines Eaitern will be continuation
Prospectors who have arrived from
Alaska bring news that thai are at
least 400 prospectors on th Edmonton
lull between Deaae lake and th Hud
son's Bsy post on th Liatd river, most
oi whom art In destitute oirenra
stances. Man ol the men era aald to
be suting(Jik4itri(V'-wifiJ frost
liU. nM. T7. . i
in aiua oannoi receiv ptoiier
iiieiuoai attendance, and many ar
dying.
Mlitvr Hwi IUim.
FlV6 nflflnnAVal wVAVA t fa If AM ft ft til
th
jail at Oarliil, Ky to be baptised at
sih wan sssuinij uuuron.
Mrs. Miles; wife of th general
niece ol Senatna HK.m..
is a
weon
whom and her there has always existed
w "iaiaj njwyminyt
Th tlllTlM nf ihm Tfll
States
transports Soandla and Artanna
Iihv
been olianund. i Th.
th
Warren and th latter the Hancock.
LATtR ' NIWS.
A. M. Larue, a murderer, was taken
flow Jail at llandeieon, Tenn., and
lynched by a mob.
Fourteen men wer killed . by a
premature aiplntiou in blatting opera
tion! on the railway lions 111 I boa to
Saiitauder, Spain. -
K.I Ilawtliom. charged with about
40 burglar les In various parts ot the
country, mostly in San traiioltco, is
under arraat In Denver.
Pennlleaa, behind on her tent end
hopflriM, Oeorglana D. Wortchak, a
Dululii widow, aged 10, shot baiaell
and two children, aged 4 and fl.
imt I. Hill Is reported to hsvs ao-
qtiirwd control ol the St. Paul 4k Do-
luth road, thus shortening hit liu
Irom Duluth to tli Twin cities.
Uoh lilank, colore.), wat hang-A.'at
May Held. Ky., for criminally assault
ing Tennle liaily, aged 11 yean, lilank
iioke for DO minutes from the gallows.
At Mooiitown, Ma, Fiank Yeagitr
killed with an as a man named Powell,
alint Mis. Yeager three times, and
then out his own thioat. Yeager was
jealous.
Governor Tanner bat signed the bill
appropriating 150.000 to pay tbe Illi
nois volunteers fioin tbe time they
were muttered into the service of the
Uulled Slates.
Aadreft Carnegie has promised to
glv l, 760,000 to cover the cost o
the proposed addition to the art, sci
ence and literary departments of the
Cainrgia library at Pittsburg.
Al Hd foul, I ml., a stono quarry
train was puthed over a 40-foot em
bankment by the helper. Clisrles
Melnter, engineer, and D. J. Menniigh,
were killed. Three men were hurt.
Five thousand Indisns, di sua tin fled
with conditions In the rxaetvation of
the Indian territory, left in a body for
Mesico to establish a union reasivatiou
on a laige lot of land iiearMuadalajaia.
In Chioago three people were
smothered to death by smoke In. a
mall two-atory frame building. They
bad been drinking together, and it is
thought ons ol them upset a kerosene
lamp.
Governor Stephens, ot Missouri,' has
signed the Karris insurance bill. This
measure makes tbe anti-trust law apply
to HI Louis and Kansss City, and will
practically deatroy boards ol Are under
writers in both cities.
While tbe king and queen of Italy
were starting from Cagliari lor Haaasri
to meet the British fleet, in th Gulf
ol Saaaari, a balcony tilled with giiU
Irom school coIUimmmI. Fourteen ol the
childien were injured and a man wat
killed.
San Franclsoo Baptists are making
preparations fur the receptions of 5,000
people nest month to altoud the sn
nual meeting ol the National Baptist
Hoclntiea. 1 he celebration this rear
is the golden jubilee, for it la 50 years
since the work ol the Ba ptiste was be
gun on this eosit Tbe meetings will
open May SI, continuing to June 1,
President McKlnley was entertained
at a dinner given by Associate Justice
Gray, ol the supreme court.
The Cansdian Pacific railway's
roundhouse at Fort William, Manitoba,
was destroyed by fire. Seven new Mo
gul engines were ruined. Total loss
about 80,000.
An order lor 87,000 rifles ol light
power has boon placet) by the Meiioan
government in Mew York. The order
is the largest one in this country by a
foreign power in the last 25 years.
llurr Polsck, a well-known engineer
and eleurfclsn, has discovered, says
the Vienna corespondent ot the London
Chronicle, a means of telegraphing
60,000 words per hour over a single
wire.
While th Denver Are department
was working to extinguish a fire at the
Piutsch gas woiks, an explosion of gaa
occurred inside of the building, Injur
ing eight men, all connected with the
department.
The British house of commons hat
passed to a second reading the bill in
tioduced by Chamberlain, empowering
local authorities to advance money to
enable occupiers to aoqulre ownership
of small houses.
Mrs. Catherine Woods, aged 74
years, was burned to death at Saura
mento, and a 4-year-old grandson was
so badly burned that his recovery it
doubtful. The child dragged a lighted
lamp Irom a table.
Walter Gray, aged 60, assistant
bookkeeper In the subtreasury at St.
Louis, was arrested lor eru best ling
$700. He admitted having taken the
niouev, to get medical attention lor
his Crippled child, and intended lutes
to repay it.
The Twenty-first United States in
fantry, the famous Indian fighting regi
ment ol early days, and later veiy ac
tive participants in th Cuban cam
paign, nave oeparieo irom can raK
.. I IL. Ill 1 1 1 I ,1.. .
uiavu tut iu iiiiiijiiib uu lue iraur-
port Hancock.
During election riots at Bilboa,
Spain, 16 persons were wounded. Pop
ular feeling tuns high in Valenoia and
surrounding districts. There wa a
serious affair in the towh'of Portoe,
province of Tarragona, wner th offi
cial candidate being beaten, the munic
ipal officials fired guns at. the crowd,
injuring a number of persons, I '
Within six months Venesuela as th
result of North American enterprise,
will begin the mauulaotur of ootton.
Professor Walter F. Wiloox, of Cor
nell university, has been appointed
chief statistician of the census bureau.
By means of the X rays a laige snake
has been (onnd in the stomach of Mrs,
Henry Young, at Oil Olty, Pa.
The Mew York oonrt of appeals hat
deolded that deposits in savings bank
ar not tubleot to taxation ;
LAWTON IN MANILA
Expedition Returns From Its
Sortie Into the Country. ;
ITS Pl'ttTOSKS ACCOMPLISHED
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He
rillplna laiuraat la Ike
Lake
glea Oat Teal of
leaa I'.i.r.
Manila, April 18. Major-Qanerat
l.awton'a expedition to tbe Laguna de
Hay district re-euibarakd last ovenmg,
anchored for the nlbt st the head of
the river Paaig and leached Manila
this morning, bringing all the men and
the captured insurgent boats. Its ob
jncts, nsinely the capture ol the Iniui
feuts' boats and the distribution ot th
proclamation, emphasised by a lesson
ol American power throughout th lake
region, have been attained. , General
Law ton Immediately began prepara
tions for an important expedition on
land. There haa been no lighting on
the lake (or three davs.
Law ton returned toManila according
to orders fioin Otis. . Lawton declares
that America needs 100,000 men to
pacify the Philippines. He asys that
with the preaont force he could go
UitooKh all Luxor., but to maintain
government the United State must gar-
riaon all the towns. It hss not tbe
men, therefor tb need ot large
aimy.
All the towns In the La Gonda bay
district captured must be abandoned,
much to Law ton's regieU They in
clude Peat. Santa Cms. lamgos, Luro
ban, Pagasajsn. A second campaign is
to be made in this country in the rainy
season, whon boats ol greater draught
can operate in the lake owing to higher
water, thus giving the boats a chance
to help tbe army, Lawton's troops
will be used in the operations north
ward, and may bo sent around by boat
to the north of Agulnaldo to cut him
off and force him botween two lines.
With Lawton one aide snd MscArtbur
at Calumplt on the other.
THE RALEIGH WELCOMED.
Great
Ealhu.la.m al Naw York Over
tha Vrnliar.
New York, April 18. The celehra
lion attending the retuin ol the United
Btatci croiaut Kaleigh from .Manila,
which bad to be potxme4 yesterday
owing to tbe warship's Into arrival, oc
curred today. The Kaleigh, accom
panied by two small war vessels, cap
tured from the Spaniards last summer,
and a fleet ol about to excursion
Steameis and tugboats, paiaded from
Tom pkiusv ills to Grant's tomb and
from there bank to ancliorage in the
Koith river, off Thirty-fonrth street.
A steady downpour of rain tell from
noon on. The air was raw, and the
officers and men ol tbe Raleigh stood
upon the decks three hoars drenched to
th skin and alnvering with cold.
Great crowds assembled in Hiversid
Park, overlooking th Hudson, and
men, women and children stood there
lor hours under umbrellas watching the
veaoels on their way up the river and
on their return. Uy far the greatest
gathering of people was in the vicinity
ol Grant s tomb, which was the turn
ing point of the paiade. A national
salu)e was fired tlieie by tbe Kaleigh,
aud also by the captuied . Spauiah
prises, and the scene wss rendoied a
memorable one by tbe shrieking ol
hundred steam whistles from excursion
boats and locomotives and cheers from
thousands ol people on shore, and on
th vessels in the river. .
SOLDIERS IN A RIOT.
Mara a Salooa YVher a Comrade Had
Baan Mistreated.
San Franclsoo, April 18. Tonight
S00 United States soldiers are under
arrest ou the Presidio reservation. They
re encamped on toe open, and are
guarded by cavalry and the Twenty
fourth infantry regiment, colored, the
foioa being in charge of Adjutant Lieu-
tanaf i. The offense of the men
war. aaloon just oat
idsv in which
Privafrftj, L
Twenty-third In
hasten laat niuht
Private Stark, of company FT'W.
. -mi
oi (lie iwenij-iuiru legimenr, is in me
...t re. . ... i l . . ,i . i F
guardhouse, charged with the ssesult,
but the soldiers assert that tb saloon
people are responsibly and claim that
the proprietor, A. L. Kehfeld, was the
ohief assailant of the injured man. A
report being olroulatsd . today that
Xing was dead, the plaoe was set on
Ore tonight and destroyed as an aot ot
ietribbntion.
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; Porto Kleo Laws,
Ban Juan de Porto Rico, April 18.
The following general order from the
headquarters ol the department of
Porto Kioo were issued today:
The war department having forbid
den the issue of rations to Porto
Rioana, commanding officers of posts
are authorised, to prevent suffering
among th people in their reipeotive
localities, to purchase necessary ar
ticles of food at a rate not to exceed 10
cent a vol a day for each needy person
and to send the bill for same to thia
office tor payment from the moneys of
the island, as directed by the authori
ties st Washington.
Reed May Heilto. '
1 Washington, April 18. The report
that Thomas B. Reed will resign tha
speakership and will not be a candidate
for re-eluotion gams oredenoe here. It
is said he will practice law in New
York, and be succeeded by Congress
man Sherman, of that state, who is
MoKluley's candidate for that plaoe.
i The president ha been Invited to
th Q.,A. R. noampment at Philadel
phia, but his Western trip may prevent
Lla attendance. -
REBELS TALK PEACE
CamnlMloa Will Ba tla;ted la Caa-
far Wltk Oil.
Manila, Anrll 18. A large com mil
lion of Filipino Is said to hive been
spVOinted to cooler with General Otii
to the end ol aaonrlng peace, according
to General Lagarda. The Amerirani,
however, believ this eommiaaioa,
which will number a tcore or more of
wealthy Fill pi not, want to protect their
propei ty -, rather tha . end tbe war.
rhe object of tli rthel eomruisstontis
is said to be to secor as many rights
if self-government ss possible, demand
that all the offices be reserved tot Fili
pino : and ' American. : and restore
peace. One ol Agulnaldo's late chiefs
in Manila declares the rebel chief
would now be glad to receive overtures,
snd would sign a peace treaty.
Aguinaldo is said to have moved bis
beailqnartets to Tarland, far to the
northward.; At Calumpit tb foroes of
the Americans have been largely aug
merited." ?- 3
Haaalt ml Lawtoa.
New Yoik, April 19. A special to
the Herald ; troia "; Waahington says:
When shown a dispatch announcing
the recall of Geneial Lawton,' Brigs
diet-General Schwsn, acting adjutant-
general, asid it Was in accordance with
the understanding at the war depart
rownt si to the aorpose ot General
Lawton's campaign.
"General Oti asnt this expedition
to Southern Lnton," he continued,
' fm the purpose f destroying ' any in
s urgent forces thai might be found
there), to make a careful reconnoii
sanoe of tb territory and to spread
broadonal tbe recent proclamation ot
the Philippine commission, setting
lor th the purposes of this government
itb respeot to the islands. I expect
be will clear all the prisoner he has
taken, and they will be sent to their
homes. By this action It is hoped he
ill prove to the Filipinos that the
Americans se not as barbarous as tbe
Insurgents pretend we are and that we
proMie to ireat the Filipinos hu
manely." ' '
"Why is General Lawton needed at
Manila?"
"Geneial Otis has not communicated
his plsns to the depaitment, the mat'
ler being left entirely to his discretion.
The inrnrgent leader has established
his headquarters at SanFernado, to the
northwest ot Malolns, and I suppose
General Otis contemplates a movement
against that city. General Lawton had
only 1,600 men under bis command,
nd it was ol course impossible for
hlin to divide his force by stationing
detachments in every village captured.
lint command will be' Useful, however,
in assisting in the advance on Malolos,
or in reinforcing the line about tbe city
of Manila. It is possible that when
the lake tisee, General Otis will te-
snme the campaign in th southern
part of the island."
GERMAN KINO IN CHINA.
Kepart of Prtnoa Haarj'a AmbitiM Not
Cradilad.
Waahington, April 18. Official Ger
man circlet here are not a little aroused
al the latest Chinese news, which as-
oi ibes to Km per or William the inten
tion to make bkt brother Henry a Ger
man king on Chinese soil. Tbe state
ment Is characterised as a wild and
baseless Invention, and the same, it is
announced on the highest authority,
can be said ol the alleged interview
published by the Paris Soir and cabled
to some American newspapers, quoting
the first secretary ot the German em
bassy in Pari aa saying that the
-Americana must take the responsibility
for all that has happened in Samoa and'
that they, intoxicated by their victories
ovet the Spaniards, consider themselves
a military nation ot the first rank.
Tha Alaska Bonadary.
Toronto, Ont, April 18. An Ot
tawa dispatch to the Globe says: Tha
government bat had under discussion
the suggestion ol the Washington
authorities ot a tentative settlement ot
the Southern Alaska boundary ques
tion, and an order in council haa been
passed agreeing in the main to the
United States suggestion for the adop
tion of a modus Vivendi, but stipulat
ing in terms tbe determination ol the
government of Canada to consent to no
suoh arrangement unless it is agreed by
United States that there shall be
dily stepa to have the bound
Mobile,
Hutohinaon, a jounj irai,...
ate ot Auburn college, Alaianrw
hibiting her his apparatus for makTnsm. Mc,ear'nB
the deal hear. II augments vibration
and enables deaf mutes to hear words
spoken in ordinary tones. The appar
atus is the site of a pocket-book, and is
connected by wires with an audiphone,
which is held at th ear. Two totally
deaf men wei experimented with.
They stood 60 feet from the piano and
marked the timeot th music, laughing
vith delight over the novel experience,
i In the Maw of th Truat.
Denver, April 18. The Glob smel
ter has been turned over to the new
combine, the American Smelting & Re
fining Company. Intimation has been
given to the workmen that their wages
will be reduced provided - the new
eight-hour law is observed. The
Omaha A Grant smelter will be trans
fetred to the trust May 1, and the Argo
will follow.
Great WhUkay Truat,
Chioago, April 18. A special to the
Daily News from Louisville, Ky., says:
The most gigantic liquor combination
ever engineered an amalgamation oi
whiskey and dtstillerv interests with a
united onpital of 12,000,000 will be
praotically completed in all bnt the
smallest details tomorrow in Chioago,
when the men now controlling the
Kentucky distilleries arid warehouse
companies finish arrangements lor the
purchase and absorption of nearly
very distillery in tbe United States.
INCITED BY A GERMAN
Samoan Planter Led Mataa-
fans to the Massacre.
ARRESTED BY BRITISH OFFICER
Haadad Over Ike CemaMader ar the
Oaraaaa War.hla rlk aa Frwnl
That Ba Weald He Dalalaad.
London, April 19. The parliament
ary societal r for the foreign omoe,
Right Hon. William St. John Bro-
derick, replying in the house of com
mons today to Michael Daritt, laid the
manager of tbe German plantation near
Apia was arrsted by the senior British
nsval offtoer on sworn evidence that be
was seen directing the native who
ambtiahed tbe naval landing parties.
This action, Mr. Broderick added, was
taken without the naval office having
an opportunity of commonirating with
the home government. In conclusion,
Mr. Brodeiick ssid:
"We ale informed that ba was hand
ed over to the commander ot the Ger
man warship Fslko on the promise that
be would be detained on board."
Replying to a farther quest ion on
Ssmoa, Mr. Broderick ssid authority
bad been given the Biitish representa
tive at Apia to join, it he deems it ad
visable, in a joint proclamation with
tbe other oousuls, cslling upon the in
habitants to abstain from hostilities,
pending the srrival of the Samoan com
missioners. But, he added, her ma
jesty's commanding officer ' would b
bound to take measures tor tbe protec
tion ol British lives and property
shunld either be threatened by either
ol the rival factions.
Continuing, Mr. Broderick said th
telegrapbio reports received do not
afford sufficient material from which
to judge the cause of the recent hostili
ties, but so far aa ascertainsble tbe ac
tion of the United States and British
nsval commanders waa caused by some
sggression against British subjects or
United States citizens, or their prop
erty, which they were bound to defend.
Answering a question, regarding tht
Clavton-Bulwer treaty, Mr. Broderick
remarked:
"Communications regarding pro
posed modifications ol the treaty have
been exchanged between Washington
and Loudon, but no agreement hss
been readied. Under the circnid
stance, it is impossible to present the
papera on the subject."
Tbe first lord of the admirality,
George J. Goschen, on being ques
tioned respecting the subsidies to bs
paid to auxiliary cruisers, said notice
badabeen givei. U terminate the agree
ments with the Cunard, White Star
and Peninsular & Oriental steamship
companies, in order to place th ad
mirality in a position to review the
conditions of tbe contracts and tbe
selection of vessels subsidised. There
waa no intention, he added, of aban
douing the subsidy policy.
EMMA NEVADA HISSED IN SPAIN.
Qoaca Raft-ant Did the Right Thing by
tka Slngar.
London, April 18. The Paris corrO'
sdondent of the Daily Mail, recounting
an interview with Madame Emma Ne
vada, the first Amerioan operatic singer
who bat visited Spain since the war
lavs:
"Madame Nevada's manager had ar
ranged an opnatio tour, but on the fiist
iiiL'ht at beville, thongn the bouse waa
bought tip, the curtain rose on empty
seats. The opera was Lucia de Lam
mermoor." In the second aot all tbe
elite arrived, together, but turned their
backs to the stage and talked ostenta
tiooely until the end of the opera,
when, on returning to acknowledge
buist of applause, Nevada waa roundly
hissed. At Mad i id the queen regent
was informed ol th occurrence. Her
majesty invited Nevada to a soiree at
the palate, and presented to her a dia
niond and sapphire bracelet. Nevada
arrived here in a state of the greatest
indignation."
THE HONG KONG UPRISING
Brltlah Drive Ih Chinas Back With
Artillery rira.
Hong Kong. April 19. On the Brit
ish linea at Taipohu Noon, several
ihousand Chinese attempted an srtil
'aAtmjk. Their long-range firing
General Gascoigne
sharpnel, firvTTii .
supporting column orxim
The Chinese retreated farJnt'dTh
terior, firing houses and pillaging. The
British had no losses, and the casual
ties of the Chinese are nnknown, as
they carried oft their dead and wound
ed. Hong Kong. is guarded by volun
teers and a small detachment of En
glish troops. The English foroes may
advance tomorrow.'
Attempt to Kill tha Amaer.
London, April 18,t-The St. Peters
burg correspondent of the Daily Mail
says: An Afghan has been arrested on
Russian territory to which he had fled
after making an attempt upon the life
ol the ameer ot Afghanistan. The bal
let missed the ameer and wounded an
Afghan general standing near.
Warahtpa Ordered to th Paelfle.
Washington, April 19. The cruiser
Marblehead got ordera today to accom
pany the Newark and join Admiral
Kautt' squadron at Samoa. It is said
also the Texas has orders to be in read
iness to go to the Pacific station at a
moment's notice, it the necessity
arises. It ia aaid all ol this is not due
to developments in the Samoan situa
tion, but to a desire to strengthen tha
Pacific squadion, which now baa to
cover a great district.
GIVEN GREAT POWER.
laatractlaaa ta tk Samoaa Commit
aloaara Ha. a Baaa Camatalad.
Washington, April 30. Tbe in
structions to the Samoan comroiaaion-
srs nave oean completed. lbv are
alike in all essential respects. They
were summed up today by one ot th
high commissioner substsntially as
follows:
The commission is given complete
sothority to csrry on a provisional gov
ernment for Samoa. In doing this the
instructions carefully preacribe the
preservation of order and tbe security
of life and property as a first requisite.
It is provided tbat the duties of all offi
cials heretofore exercising authority in
Samoa, either by tbe treaty ol Berlin
or in the service ot their government,
shall be suspended in order that the
high commission shall have complete
authority over the affairs ol the islands.
Tbe commission is reqnired to make re
ports upon a variety of things, includ
ing the recent collisions and causes
leading np to them; also upon tbe ad
ministration of the islands; the rights
of th,jrevrsl claimants to the king'
snip, ana as to wnat cnanges are oesir
able in the methods provided by the
treaty of Berlin. The instructions call
for unanimity in all action. The ac
tion of the commission, when unani
mous, is to be conclusive without refer
endum, except when it suspends a pro
vision of the treaty of Beilin. In that
ease, also, a provision ol the treaty ol
Berlin may be suspended bv unanimous
agreement of members, but the sue pen
sion is ad referendum, and is not bind
ing nntil tbe three governments ap
prove or disapprove it. The instruc
tions are broad enongh to include the
present troubles, so tbat these acute
phases, aa well as the general govern'
ment of Samoa, will be adjusted.
Secretary Bay entertained tbe Sa
moan high commission at luncheon at
his residence today. It was the first
time tli members of the commission
had come together, and, while the
gathering waa quite informal and so
cial, mainly for the purpose ol getting
acquainted, yet it afforded an oppor
tonity for discussing the Samoan topio
in ita general phases. Tbe commis
sion will be off on its mission tomoi
row. '
YUKON BREAKING UP.
Party of Foar Waahlaf laaiaaa Broka
Through tka lea' and Drownad.
. Victoria, pril 30. Men just arrived
from the Klondike aay that the Yukon
ia already breaking up and is flooded
from Marsli lake up. One party of
lour, beaded by Stuart, of Snobomisb,
went through tli ice near White Horse
rapids April 2, aud were drowned with
their dogs. While the Litkie party,
now here, was' crossing Summit lake
last Saturday, - John Deland went
through the Ice and was only rescued
with difficulty. Grave anxiety is ex
pressed lor those on tbe trail now.
A tangle in titles is reported fiom
Atlin, where many Americans located
claima last year, only to be ousted by
the passage of the anti-alien law of this
spring. During the winter claim-jump
ing by the wholesale has been progres
sing, and there are now three or four
disputant for every claim on Spruce
and Pine creeks. Some of the Ameri
cans are taking British partners to bold
their pioperties.
ELEVEN FISHERMEN LOST.
Nantucket
Behaonar Wracked With
Fearrut Baaulta.
Nantucket, Mass., April 30. The
fishing schooner Eliaa, of Beverly
Captain Hopkins, which sailed from
Hyannis yesterday evening for the fish
ing grounds, struok on Rose and Crown
snoals during the night, and 11 of the
orew ol 11 men were lost. Tbe three
survivors reached Siasconset in the
schooner's dory today. Tbey report
the schooner a total loss. Following
are the names ol the lost crew:
Captain Martin Hopkins, Seth Hop
kins, Oscar Hopkins. Lorenso Smith
cook, John Smith, Herbert Smith
Kinsman Smith, Moses Bethel, John
Mathewson, James Mathewson.
Will Plght th Trn.ta.
St. Louis, April 30. M. C. Wet
more, wbo was toroed to ssll his shares
in the Liggett-Myers Tobacco Com
pany by tbe trust, today called to
gether 8,000 employes of the company
and made a farewell address, in which
he said he dedicated his fortune and
life to fight trusts. The men cheered
him to the echo, and all pressed for
ward to shake hands with him. Wet
more wired W. J. Bryan that he would
aid him in any way he could in hit
anti-trust fight.
apaa Wilt Try to Saoura a Bllee.
April JA
chamber "'-t-r.u . a -liift way
around the world on a trip ot inspec
tion and' investigation.
Prince Konoye says th Japanese are
determined to preserve the integrity ol
the Chinese empire, if possible, but in
case that there should be partition
there should fall to Japan a good share
of the country, so that it might be
opened under Japanese auspices.
The relations of his country with
Russia were, he said, quite satisfactory.
Ulaaatroua Conflagration.
St. Thomas, D. W. 1., April 30.
Fire destroyed ISO houses at La Points
Apeter, Island of Guadeloupe, last
night. , 'Jl i
Brldga Aeeldent.
New York, April 19. Th tem
porary superstuctnre of the big Willis-
avenue onage, now Deing built over
the Harlem river, collar, Bed thia alter
noon, killing four men and serionsly
Injuring nve, one of whom may die.
San Francisco, April 80. A Hono
lulu report ssvs that German has
onmnletad srraniramnnla ' in nnrntiaaa I
the island ol Kusaie, in the Carolines.
It has tb finest harbor in the group,
and can accommodate 60 vessels.
APTURED BY REBELS
'arty From the Yorktown in
the Hands of the Enemy. -
FIFTEEN ARE TAKEN PRISONERS
Ware Kagagad In ttaaealag tha tnanlah
'area at Malar and Ware Aat ; ,
baahad by laaargaat.
Washington, April SO. Th nsvy
department hss given out the following
(lispstcb from Admiral Dewey:
'Manila, April 30. Secretary of the
Navy, Waahington: Yorktown viaited
Baler, east coast of Luton, P. I., April
13, for the purpose of rescning and
bringing away tli Spanish force, con
sisting of 80 soldiers, three officers snd
two priests who were surrounded by
400 imnrgents. Some of th insur
gents wer armed with Mauser rifles
by natives. Lieutenant J.
C. Gilmore. while making
ambushed, war fired upon and cap
tured. Their fat is unknown, as tbe
insurgents refused to communicate af
terward. Tb following ar missing:
Officer previously referred to, Chief
Quartermaster W. Walton, Coxswsin
J. Ellsworth, Gunner's Mste Edwsrd
Nygsrd. Sailmakar's Mate Vanboit,
Seaman W. H. Rynder and O. W.
Woodbury, Apprentices D. G. A. Ven-
ville, A. Peterson, Ordlnsry Seamen 8, '
Brisolese, O. D. McDonsld. Landsman
L. P. Edwarda, F. Anderson, J. Dillon
and a A. Morrissey. DEWEY."
Th dispatch caused much excite
ment in naval circle aa soon aa ita
contents became known. It waa re-
eeived late in th day, and considers-
ble delay was occasioned by tbe blind
ness ol some ot tb cipher word. It
waa impossible to completely decipher
it, and the asterisks indicate the un
intelligible word.
Tli capture of th Yorktown' man
waa discussed with much feeling. Th
misfortune wa felt with added keen
ness, as the navy has prided itself thus
far on immunity from reverse. . Tb
admiral's dispatch waa th firat knowl
edge th depaitment bad that the
Yorktown had gone on the special mis
sion to relieve tb Spanish garrison at
Baler. That the captor should hav
been effected while tht American foroes
were on a mission of mercy towards
the Spaniards, rather than in tb prose
cation of campaign, leads to the be
lief tbat Spain wrll have no further
grounds for questioning the good faith
with which the Ameiican are seeking ,
to relieve the condition of the Spanish
prisoners.
Although the dispatch gave no indU
cation tbat Lieutenant Gilmore and
bia men lost their lives, yet great anx
iety was aroused hy the mystery sur-'
rounding their fate while in tbe :
hands of an uncivilised enemy. This
is the first cspture of any Americans,
military or naval, so that it is nn
known how the insurgents wilt treat
our men. If eiviliaed method were
pursued an exchange can be quickly
effected, as General Otis has a large
number ot Filipino prisoners, bnt the
insurgents have been averse thus far to
exchanging Spanish prisoners, and this
raises a question as to whst tbey will
do with the Yorktown 's men.
MINISTER TO PERSIA.
Kz-GoTraor Lord Will Ineeead Arthur
8. Hnrdy.
Washington, April 20. Th follow
ing important diplomatic changea hav
been announced as the result of th
cabinet meeting today: " ' " -
W. W. Rockhill, now minister to
Greece, has resigned the post. Arthur
Sherburne Hardy, now minister to
Persia, has been promoted to succeed
Rockhill.
William P. Lord, ex-governor of Ore
gon, has been appointed minister to
Persia. ;.- .-. .) '.,.,, Jf i-,
John N. Irwin, ol Iowa, formerly ,
governor of Idaho, haa been appointed
to Portugal, to succeed Lawrence
Townsend, transferred to Belgium, i
vice Bellamy Storet, who goes to Ma
drid. Ex-Governor William P. Lord, of
Oregon, is a lawyer who was quite
prominent in state politic. ' Five
years sgo he wa elected governoi,' be
ing tbe first Republican governor of
the stste in eight years. He served
four years, but waa not a candidate tor
re-election. V . ',
Tbe kank of minister to Persia Is
third in the diplomatic list, the first
being ambassador, and the
withe pay to go
period of 90 days previous to reaching
Teheran, the capital.
Bhaftar Think Lawton Knew.
Chicago. April 80. General gtiaftei
passed through Chioago today, en rout ,
to his brother's home in Sycamore, HI.
Discussing the Philippine war, he
aaid: "II General Lawton state that
100,000 men are needed in th Philip
pines in order to effectually bring the
natives to terms, I should say tbat un
doubtedly an army pt suoh proportions
is required. We of the army hav su
preme confidence In Lawton's judg
ment and it is his practice to underes
timate rather than exaggerate when
pasting upon existing conditions." ; '
A fatal A4l4nt. ,
Sacramento, Cal., April 19. Mr.
Catherine Woods, aged 74 years, was ,
burned to death at the residence Of her :
.daughter, Mrs. Christian Miller, and a
4-year-old son of th latter so badly '
burned that his recovery is doobtfnl.
Mr. Woods and th ohild wr
alone in the house, and the supposition
la that . tbe child dragged a lighted
lamp from the table, and that th oil
which escaped Ignited and spread ih
flame to the clothing both ot itself And
grandmother...
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