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VOL. VI.
IULLHliOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1890.
NO. 7.
is
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TEltKE TJl'KH FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting CillcDtlon of Item from
III Two lletnlaptieree t'reaanlad
In Condeueed form.
Tha beef court ol Inquiry lmi com
pleted It report and adjourned.
Tim specie Import at New York fur
llui wwk wuru JO,8ao gold, and $;'4.-
857 silver.
Dewey day wa eulebtalod formally
or (UluirwU.) In a patriotic way from
Mti I mi to Hawaii, and Alaska to Porto
Uko,
England and Russia have signed i
nlfilmiying agreement regarding
China wliirli li Intended lo put an end
to (ha ouii ti-iit ion over railway and
other ooiiBiiiiioiiii in tlmt country.
Seventeen farmers of PemUcoot enun
tv, In Southeast Misnourl, have been
arrested on a federal Indictment eharg
ing ihm with twitting the lcv. No
denial it uiadw by the farmet.
L, M. Pitkin, pieaidnnt of the Va
riety Iron Work Uouipauv. and one of
the Iwnt known tontine men of Clove
land, ()., w slunk ami instantly
killwl by a Lake Shore, tlyvr, at Colt,
a ii bin b.
Tin lennrt of Ilia Niraragua canal
commission will be p ream led to the
IICllulll 0011, With tllO leport of
Nearagua mule. Tim practical coat ot
roiniiUitiiig tli ii canal and opening nav
igation to vessel ot all nation Is.
Maximum, 1188,000.000; possible
minimum, $100,000,000.
Tli Unit ml State collier Abarenda
hi sailed lor Pago Pago, Samoa, In
addition to structural material forth
ooul ilr at Pago l'ago, lb Aharejjda
can lee 3,000 tool o coal for tlio war
hip at Samoa, Tli atotil pier I to
be put down on "T"-ihape pi l. which
will be screwed Into the coral bottom,
Three persons were killed and more
than a dotten iwriously injured, and 50
leu surionnlv injured, im the icjull ojj
tano r illroed, r-vstm, . Y,
Two rartN. 'wmt trramwi
with passenger lull tlm track wliil
rounding a euivo ai full
wore completely wrecked.
speed, ant
Five men were killm) and one fatally
injiuen ny ma explosion ol n pownr
pre hi iJiipont a smokeless powder
work at Carney' Point, N. J. The
dead ,! Captain Stewart, U. 8. A
powder Inspector; Harvey Smith,
Joseph 1 eager, Imiao Ft lent, Amo
Morti. Jr., woikmen. A woikman
named liusimll wa horribly uumglud
almut Iho body, and liwt the aigbtof
uith eyw. lie t not eipectvd to livo,
fri i..,.t. .ifii.
inn nuiimiMiiiiK' ngont In r.t'W
York, duny that tbey oio In the copimr
iruat.
Washington goaaip my MiUmwill
va Kiru comninuu oi uio riiiiippin
army.
I'mata Jamoi L, (lillilaud waa almk
by Lioutonant John Maynkl, during a
i lot a i Aiiguiu, Ha.
The naty department ha npri
mantled Captain CJoghlan, and the
tnoidsut Ii oonidHHl olowd.
The application of Amnrioitn Immi
gration law auita tho Ciibmia. It
will uliut out the Chimwo and othor
objectiouabl aliuua.
An important oonolavo of Homan
Calholia prelatea from Muxio, i;oiitrai
and Houtli America will bo hold iu
Horn on May S8 next
The rlno in coppor Im. resulted In
the (Uncharge of 2.000 men in Kynooha.
Kugland, where curtiidge aliulls are
uiude lor tlio govornnieiit.
llie oiibliiot Ima deuldod not to nond
Uaneral Wheeler to the riiilippiuea,
He will oommund the depurtinunt of
lexaa, soon to bo organised.
Three hundred bonaei In Cuta, Hun
lnrj, nitvo otien mirneii. jiib tomuins
of aeven women and four eliil.lruu iiavo
boon taken from the suing
Colorado conviots made countorfuJt
silver dollars in the jwnitontinry at
lanon City, - The coins are ao well
oxuoutad aa to deceive any one
Chiougo negroes are to hold an anti.
lynching aervice to protest against the
lynching of the Hov. Llge Htiiokland
at Palmotto, Go., by a uiol? of wlilto
men. ,(
At Ei8tnn, Pa., Edward Harding
ami J. D. German were buried under
800 tons ot mate, which fell in the Pen
Argyle quarry. A third man, an
Ituliun, wua also killed.
At uoxter, wo., on of the most
tiomliiih orimea ever committed in
Southeastern Missouri was the murdor
of Mrs. Jane Tuttleton, widow of
Wash Tuttleton, a prominent man of
that section, and her four ohihlren,
whose remains were partly inoilbintad
by the burning of theii homo. 1? mile
Houtl) of 'Madden. J.,11, Tuttloton,
eon of Wash Tuttleton, by hie first
wife, Is under arrest for the crime, and
ail the circumstances seem to point to
his guilt. . ,
Minor Mam Ititnia.
It is estimated' that Argentina will
liave 11,500,000 tons ot liuuzo avail
able for export.
Mrs. MoKinloy'a health has im
proved very munli of lute and she it
now snid to bo' bolter than for many
years part,',' , : , ' .,
El Oorreo Espanolo.the Oarllst organ
at Madrid, hue been siippresfled on the
ground that it la the proporty o( a Urlt
lah subject. '
LATER NEWS.'
Now it ! s pi'anut truat, to control
the whole produi.t of the country.
Quay friands ai working hard to
iiillunnoe lenator in favor of wtatiiig
him.
The Heading, Pa., Iron Company ad.
vacced wages (or the aeoond time this
' . r
Strikers at Cleveland were anroens.
ful in obtaining more wages and shorter
hours.
The price of gas In .New Voik baa
1m redueed from 1 1.10 to (16 units per
1000 feet.
German papers are anxiously advis
ing President McKluley to give up the
Philippine.
Lieutenant (ill more ha been bend
from. He ha sent word of his cap.
ture to Ueneral MacArtliur.
Cecil liiiodes has failed to secui the
aid of the British government in his
Cape-to-Calro railway acbeme. '
Psymaater-peneral Stewart, having
reached the ag limit, will be letired
with the rank of rear-admiral.
Howell T. Motgan, who returned to
fjoutb llend, I ii.I. . from Alaoka, where
he had lout his nilud and money, com
mitted auiclde.
Federal troops from Vancouver, fpo
kane aud Walla Walla have been or
dered to protieed to YVardner, Idaho,
the scene of the mining troubles.
Hecretary Hay ha bean formally no
tilled of the release of the Hpanlsh
garrison at Ponapet, in the Caroline
island, and ol a nalorallxed American
cltixcn named Meliuder, held as a pint
oner ol war siuoe last summer.
Agulnaldo ha again sent envoys to
General Otis with peaoe proinisal. but
a they liear the same instruction as
More tbey will accomplish nothing.
They still Insist that consent of the
Filipino congress must be obtained,
A a renultol Genetal Torres' op
pressive conduct toward American
uierchaut trading at tiloeflelds, Nica
ragua, this government ha deter
mined to require the Niuaraguan gov
ernment to relieve hliu from duty at
that point."
Archbishop Corrigan's letter to the
pope, thanking him for his declaration
agaiust "Americanism," was answered
immediately by tli caidinal set'relnTV
ul aUUk r tMt aatHsaaasal -' t-tf mrJ
E--a F-a mmm a, ,.r1 i J,
The i-oMoiunter iienem! bus diiiH'tm
... LL L-ll
the poHtmaster at Kan Francisco to take
out ol tho mail lor Manila three nuin
phlet issued by Kdward Atkinson, of
"""'iii vicwpiesiuoni en me Ami
I in poi lu list io League, discontent and
even mutiny among the soldiers being
tilted ly the department to be the de
sign ol these publiratmua.
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld is dan
gurouely ill.
Various Toronto workmen struck for
higher wage.
Admiral Uewey oablea that ten ol
the Yorktown' crew are prisoners in
insurgents' Hands.
Chllkat Indian are reported on the
warpatti in Alaska, and driving whites
on the White i'aa trail.
Jteturning uopper liver prospector
tiring horrible tale of suffering, sick
ness and disappointment.
While American In Manila expect
peace oon, Otis keeps vigorously pre
paring to prosecute the war.
Captain Baxtjr, ohief quartermaster
of the department ol the Missouri, has
otjcu ordered to Manila for duty.
Fred Whiteside, ex-senator from
Flathead county, has brought suit lor
1100,000 against the Butte Miner (or
defamation ot character.
Under the term of the recent naval
appropriation law, the department ia
authorised to enlist 2,600 boy aud hall
that number must be constantly at ea.
Murderer W. U. Magerg, under sen-
tence f death in Polk county.'Oregon,
fur the murder of Hay Sink, last Sep
tember, ha been granted a new trial
by the supreme court.
A largo lint of soldier nassemrer and
the (ami lies of aome arrived in San
Fninoisco Sunday on the transports
Shennan and Grout. One fireman died
ol smallpox en route.
An officer 1 missing In the Philin-
pines. Ho ha not teen heard from
since April 88. Captain Rockefeller.
ol the Ninth infantry, went to viait
outposts, and no trace ot liira ha since
been found.
An order ha been received fioin the
war department to the cominauder of
the deportment of the Lake, to have
hi troop ready to move-to Wardner,
Idaho, where the miners ate rioting, as
a result of labor trouble.
Brigadior-Ueneia! Harrison Grav
Otis, lately In high command in the
Philippines, has arrived home In Cali
fornia, having voluntarily resigned.
He will at onoe resume the editorship-iu-ehlel
of the Los Angeles Time.
Action lias been taken bv the navv
department which will result, it is be
lieved, in the , snhmlssion of Beveral
bids In tha forthcoming armor-plate
competition. The department ha re
duced the amount of the check each
bidder will he required to submit with
hi bid from 11,000,000 to $100,000.
Bids will bo opened on May 81.
The American Lluaeed Oil coinnnnv.
of Chicago, ha absorbed tbe lour oil
mill ot the Twin Citlea. Minn., tlio
consideration being 8.000,000.
Ihe German eovernuient has linen
Informed by Great Britain tlmt tha
latter has no design on annex.itioii or
protectorate on the Tonga islands.
Governor Powers, Maine, ha oalled
a special oleotion lor June 19 to oliooso
oongiesHinau from the Second din.
riot to succeed the late Nolson Ding-
ey. ,
MINERS USE DYNAMITE
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Blown Up.
Mill
WABD5EB SHAKES BY THE BUST
rropcrtr Worth from 3110,000 U
30,000 MhnlUir.d by lha
Kiploiloa,
fipokn. May 2. A Wardner pe
olal to the Kpokeenian-Heview says:
Wardner today has been the si-ene of
the worst riot since the ealy labor wnr
of 181)2. One man is dead, anotbei 1
thought to lie mortally wounded, and
property valued at f J 50, 000 ha been
deitoyed by giant powder and fire. The
damage was done by union men and
sympathizers from Canyon oreek,
about 20 miles from Wardner.
This morning a mob of from 800 to
1,000 men, all oi them armed and
many ol them masked, seised a train
at Burke, at the head of Canyon creek.
There were nine bos cars and a passen
ger coach, and they were blaok with
the mob. The visitor brought with
them 3.000 pound of giant powder.
After a parley of two hour, 140
masked men anne.l with Winchester,
Buike in the lead and Wardner follow
ing, started with yells for the bunker
Ulli & Hullivan mill and other build
ings, a third ot a mile from the dei6t.
They sent picket ahead, and one of
those picketa fired s Shot a a lignal
that the mill was abandoned.
Thi w mi understood by the main
body ot the mob, who imagined that
non-union miner in the mill had
oiiened fire on tiu-m,. and they began
firing on their own picket. About
1,000 shots were tho exchanged be
tween the rioter and their pickets, and
Jack Smith, one ol the picket, for
merly ot British Columbia, and a
noted flume in drill contests, was shot
dead. The fatal error was discoveied
alter a few seconds' firing and Smith'
body brought down from the hillside.
By this time the strikers had taken
po session of the Booker Hilll & Sulli
van mill, which they found deserted,
the manager having directed his em
r'?)': nqll" Hr-k their lives by battl-
lepot to
oharge was placed among trie ftiaca
or uie nun. Anoiner onarge was
placed under tbe brick ofllce building.
Other charge were plated around the
mill. Then the boaiding-house, a
frame structure, was fired. Fuses lead
ing to the charges were lighted, and
the striker carrying the dead body of
tno picket, retired to a sale distance.
At n:8B r. M. tbe first blast went
off. It shook the ground for miles,
and building In Wardner, two miles
away, trembled.. At inteival of about
80 seconds four other chaigea went off,
the fifth being the largest and com
pletely demolishing the mill. The
I os to the Booker Hill & Sullivan
Company is estimated from t-'50,000
to taoo.ooo.
In a few minute the striker Went
back to the station, the whistle was
blown for straggler, the mob soon
climbed aboard and at 8 o'clock, just
three houis after it arrival, the train
pulled out lor Canyon creek.
During the fusillade from the guns
ot the mob, Jim Cbayne, a Bunker
Hill & Sullivan millman, was severely
hot through the hips. It is reported
that he was carried off by the striker,
and hi wound is probably fatal. J.
J. Roger, a stenographer in the em
ploy of the company, was shot through
the lip, but hi wound ia trivial.
GREAT RUSSIAN FAMINE.
Harrowing Storlrs From the rrovlnea
of Katan.
London, April May 2. Letters
from the (amine province of Russia
tell a harrowing tale ol diitress. In
tbe province of Kasan, the center ol
the fa mine district, the Ked Cross So
ciety alone is feeding 189,000 people.
ine relict delegate m the province of
Ufa report that peasant ran after him
and begged for food on their knee in
the now. The St. Petersburg Skyya
Vienioraosti, in a vivid description o
the misery and disease ' prevalent in
Kasan, says:
'Crime, mortality and the murder of
itill-born infants have increased, and
now scurvy and typhus are devouring
the population like a conflagration
fanned by the wind; but thi is a case
not of houses and barns, but ot human
lives being destroyed."
Tha Cnnrrnc at Manila.
Manila, May 8. Tho conference to
day between Gonoial Otis and Colonel
Manuel Argulezes and Lieutenant Jose
Bernal, who came from General Lum.
under a tlag ot truoo yesterday to ask
fot a cesslou ot hostilities, was fruit
less. It I understood the Filipino
commissioners were given the terms
upon which the Americans will consent
to negotiate. The Filipinos admit
they have been defeated, and it is ex
pected will return with fieah proposals
from General Luna.
Rawer Will Soon It tit urn.
Washington, May 8. The moment
peace is declared in the Philippines
Dewey will start for the United State.
He will be telieved from duty with the
Philippine commission a soon as peace
is an assured fact. He has written
friends here that ho wants no atten
tions, and . will ooino unheralded, if
possible, llo Buys he will take a long
test. '
Postal-Cards In Canada.
Ottawa, Ont., May 8. The post
office department ha decided that
United States postal-cards posted in
Canada or the United States may be
fot warded by the affixing ot a 1-oent
Canadian postage stain d
CAMPAIGN GOES ON.
Major Hall and Ilia Hrnula Caplara tha
! r Macanaaa.
Manila, May 8. General Mac Ar
thur has sent the officers of General
Antonio Luna, the Filipino com
mander, under flag ol truce, carrying
money and provisions for American
prisoners in hi ham), and "inking an
exchange of prisoners, and the name
of such as he may have.
It i reported that the imurgent
have two officer and 18 other, and it
la supp'riied that among these are Lien
tenant J. C. iil more and nine men of
the United State gunboat Yorktown,
who fell into the hands of the Filipi
no last month when the gunboat vis
ited Bliler, on the east coast ol Lnzon.
Major Bell, with s squad of scoots,
has captured the town of Macabebe,
about four miles southwest f Calum
pit, the people ringing bell and shout
ing "Vivas." The American are now
employing Macabebes Instead of Chi
nese, and they are delighted to get SO
cents s day, declaring their loyalty to
Americans.
Major-General Law ton is advancing.
He ho organized a band of 40- scouts
to go ahead ol the column. The band,
which is under Wiilium Young, an old
Indian fighter who killed five Filipino
last week, include Diamond, Harring
ton, h'ouiertleld and Murphy, of t lie
(second Oregon regiment.
' New Feaea Proposals.
Manila, May 8. The peace envoy
from Filipino headquarteti, who left
lor General Luna' camp Saturday, ie
turned today with new proposals for
ending the hostilities and securing
peace.
Daway Har In Manila.
Manila, May 8. Everything, fight
ing included, was forgotten Monday in
celebration of tbe anniversary of tbe
battle of Manila bav. The fleet bad
a holiday. Admiral Dewey gave a re
ception on board the Olympia to bis
officer, and received jannj congratula
tory cable.
The Nevada cavalry is now in the
city, having been brought from Cavite
a part of the change In the rearrange
ment of troops for additional fighting
expected if the Filipino decide not
to surrender unconditionally.
The bridge near where Funston
crossed the Kio Grande and ronted the
rebel I repaired sufficiently lor the
artillery and baggage trains to cross.
The Macabebe want to fight with
ibe AJUwioius, and are so anxious to
seowa, Washed the town this after
noon.
Iaw.y Civaa Oraat I'owor,
Washington, May 8. A a Dewey
day present to the admiral at Manila,
tlie navy department Monday made
the first order of the kind on record. It
virtually makes Dewey tho whole navy
department, so far as the Manila
squadron is concerned. He is given
absolute power in practically all mat
ters without reference to the Washing
ton authorities. He can make changes
in the personnel of the squadron as he
may deem propor; has power to move
officers fiom one vessel lo another,
and detach and order home those he
may believe are not required with the
fleet It is also said the commands of
the new gunboat captured from Spain,
now being overhauled at Hong Kong?
will be distributed by Dewey.
HEAVY DEFICIT LAST MONTH.
Bxpendltnres Mora and Knua Lass
Than !'rcedlng One.
New York, May 8. A special to the
Herald Irom Washington says; Treas
ury receipts for April fell 115,400,000
oeiow those lor March, while the ex
penditures were 122.800,000 more than
those for the month previous.
Tills great difference does not, how
ever, indicate either a large falling off
In the ordinary leceipts or a large in
crease in the ordinary expenditures.
The receipts for March wota increased
by the payment to the government of
nearly 112,000,000, on account of Pa
citic railway settlement, while the ex
penditures for April were increased by
the drawing of the warrant for the
payment of 30,000,000,000 to Spain.
Leaving out of account these two
items, the receipts for March were onlv
about 13,000.000 larger than those for
April, and the expenditure for the
latter mouth were less than 83,000,000
greater than those for March. Not
withstanding that the interest pay
ments lor April were 111, (ill. 687. and
tho expenditures, including the pay
ment to Spain.were 165,854,000. show
ing a deficit for the month of 134.207.-
OUO, and fiom miscellaneous sources.
(1.758,541.
The defioit for the fiscal year to date
amounts to 1109,800,388; but the
probabilities are that the deficit for tbe
entire year will not be in excess ot the
eatimato of 81 13,000,000, made by Sec
retary Gage in his annual report. ,
Troops Are Wanted.
Spokane, May 8. The special corns
spondent of the SpokeBman-Review at
Wardner telegraphs that, pending the
arrival ol troops, the town is in a state
of strained suspense. What heightens
the anxiety is the general doubt as to
when the troops will arrive. In the
absence of troops it would be folly to
attempt the resumption of woik at the
Bunker Hill under nonunion control.
Any attempt to do so would assuredly
result In a revival ot the riots of 1893.
Outbreaks like that ol Saturday could
be repeated as often and aa violently as
the strikers might desire.
Transvaal fluid Production.
Pretoria, May 8.--In the course of
hi speeoli yesterday, at the opening of
tlio volksraad, President Kiuirer an
nounced that tbe Transvaal wa now
the largest gold-produoing country in
the world. He said the output in 1898
was 16,240,680, being an increase of
4.588,000 over the output of the pre
vious year.
BASE FOR OUR TRADE
Philippines Must Be Held by
the United States.
THE OSLY GATEWAY TO (IIIXA
Kaeaat Aaglo-RaMlaa SnMit foil
tha Mattar la a Raw Light-Talk
f Alllaaeo With Japaa.
Washington, May 8. The necetwity
for holding the Philippine ha become
greater than ever, in view of the Anglo
Itussian agreement regarding China.
If the United State ia to have any
place in the Eastern trade, it will need
an important have like Manila and the
rich islands of the Philippine archipel
ago. Thi i conceded by all officials
wbo have dibcassed the matter.
If tbe United State ihoold he shut
out of the China trade, as some En
glish join rials seem to indicate, it wiil
boaveiy serious setback to a large
scheme which has been under contem
plation in the United States. It wa
originated by James J. Hill, of the
Gieat Northern railroad, and was for a
market In China for an immense
amount of surplus cereal products ol
the United States. The distortion of
thi particular phase of the (object in
Washington indicates that tbe latgi
market that the United State expects
to secure in China wooid, under the
concession claim of Russia arid Eng
land, be supplied by tbe products of
Russia and British India. .
Already tbeie is talk of closer trade
relations with Japan, which, togethei
with the Philippines, and what con
cessions we alreody have in China in
the way of entrance to treaty port,
will still build np an immense PaciSc
trade.
With thi new alliance between Ene
land and Russia, tbe necessity for the
early construction of the Nicaragua
canal and a ' Pacific cable, under con
trol of tha United State, become?
more imperative. With these twi
promoters of commerce in the hands oi
the United States, an I the growing Pa
cific coast trade, it is believed by well
informed persons lieie that the United
State would etill be able to rival all
European governments, notwithstand
ing the game of grab which ha been
T'
No Itaport Vet oa tha rYoimieoT Kaa..
aragaa Canal.
New- Yrk, May 8. A special to the
Herald from Washing ton gays: On ac
count of the. difficulty ol reaching an
unanimous conclusion a to the cost
of tbe proposed waterway, the Nica
rgua canal commission ho not yet sub
mitted a report, and it is not expected
to do so tor ome time. "
hen the report is submitted, the
president will appoint the isthmian
canal commission, authority lor which
is given in tho river and harboi appro
priation bill. Rear-Admiral Walker,
and Civil Engineer Ilaupt are practio
ally agreed on the question of cost, bui
General Haines, the third member,
thinks tbe estimate ol his collerguef
too low. ben all the figures as to
the amount of material to lie removed
and required in the construction of the
canal, wtth the condition prevailing,
liad been received, the three com mis
Burners reported an agreement on the
ooet of each feature of the work. Rear
Admiial Walker wa quite willing to
let this sum. with an addition of 10
per cent for emergencies, stand a the
estimate of the construction, but Gen
eral Haines thinks the canal will cost
more than the sum estimated by Rear
Admiral Walker and Mr. Haupt.
hen the prelirainarv of the com
mission was submitted, Rear-Admiial
Walker and Mr. Haupt estimated
1135,000,000,000, but General Hainef
added a minority report, which, while
it approved the route selected bv hie
ool leagues, added 20 percent to tht
estimate ot cost.
I'ajrmrnt or Cubans.
Havana. May 8. Governor-General
Brooke, proposes to bring the mattei
ol the payment ol the Cuban troops to u
head immediately. He sent a reonosi
to General Maximo Gomes that tht
latter and the junta of consulting Cu
ban general should come at once to a
decision as to whether the Cuban mus
ter-roll are to etand now as made ni
or are to be reduced as General Gomel
bus been expecting. If lie could con
Btilt hi own desires, Geneial Brooke
would pay $100 per man to such as are
entitled to ahare in the $3,000,000, bui
if General Gomes continues to vouch
for 89,980 troops, payment will be be
gun without further delay on that
basis.
Sauioan Itabeli Quiet.
Apia, Samoa, via Auckland. May 8.
The rebels, since advice under date
of April 18, have tetircd from tlieii
forti float ions at Vaillima, which tliej
demolished, togethei witli other forts
along the coast.
There lias been no further serious
fighting, although some skirmishing
between the rebels and friendly natives
has occurred in the vicinity ot Apia.
The British armed sloop Torch has
arrived with ammunition from Syd
ney, N. S. W.
As Viewed In Franee.
Pari, May 3. The French pnpen
comment acidly upon the Anglo-Rns
ian agreement. La Libert says:
"There are million ol French caol
tal embarked in commercial and in
dustrial undertakings in the Yang-tse-
Kiang region, and we refuse to believ
that Russia has ao completely disre
garded the inteiests of her ally as te
recognize Great Britain's sole right ol
commercial exploitation iu that val
ley."
SITUATION STILL SERIOUS,
" rtbl. Hold tha Mala rand
Sopply and Ar. Again Near Apia.
Wellington, N. Z., May 4. Advices
from Samoa indicate that instruction
received from the power to cease hos
tilities wake the situation in the
Island very serious, aa the rebels hold
the main food supply, and are again
near the municipality of Apia. Tbe
conespondent of Center's News Agency
think it ia evident that home anthori
ties have misunderstood the situation
in Ha mo. Germans and rebels are al
ready jubilant, and claim a victory
ever tbe British and American force.
The correspondent say that unieM tbe
rebels are made to submit the difhcnl
tie will remain unsolved. The white
people in the outskirts of tbe city are
at the mercy of the rebels.
Tbe American vice-consul' store at
Falifa wa looted last week while the
German store sdioining it wa left un
touched. Tbe British and American
resident all strongly condemn the.ac
tion of tbe power in ordering a cessa
tion ol hostilities at this tage. Two
day alter the last battle at Vailima,
Lieutenant R. A. Gaunt, of the Brit
ish ship Porpoine marched hi brigade
Into Vailima unopposed, and was fol
lowed by a company of British blue
jackets under Captain Seturdee and
Lieutenant Cave.
An inspection of tbe battlefield
show that tbe defense erected by tbe
rebel near tbe home of the late Robert
Looi Stevenson were strong and well
planned. The , loss ustained by tbe
rebel, it is evident, was much greater
than was at first supposed. The main
section of Mataafa's followers, who are
engaged in the defense of Vailima, re
treated westward to Lulumoeuga,
where they lay in wait for Iriendlies.
Order had been given them to cap
ture Lieutenant Gaunt' head. The
rebels were also anxious to seenro su
perior weapon with which hi brigade
is armed. It i rumored that 13 boats
filled with armed rebel are approach
ing from the east. Tbe town appear
to be eafe.
BONANZA MINE SOLD.
Standard Oil Paopla Bar It for e l.OOO,.
OOO-Rccent DiTldand of S330,00O.
Baker City. Or., May 4. The Bo
nanza mine ha been sold by deed in
escrow to Standard Oil magnates. The
GeiserS. who own the Bonanza, and
their attorney, C. A. Johns, all of
Baker City, will not deny tbe oeal,
though it does not appear in tiie coun
lrSJfrtllTiie beet information fixes
thjr-- S)ven 81,000,000.
The
rer
intmtrYiitMMv
iuo tnere i ore in
stamp dropping for rear. Last year
me owner of tbe Bonanza lefused
liao.000 lor the mine. In 1897 the
rniue yielded over $300,000, and has
grown richer iteadily with depth. A
hort time ago the three Geiwr brother
and their two sisters, residents of
Baker City, shared the last dividend of
f2o0,000. Standard Oil people own
other Baker mines, and are expected to
oo Dig work at once.
REBEL SCHOONERS CAPTURED.
Would Not gnrrandar I ntil tha
lngton Shelled Them.
Ban-
Manila, May 4. The gunboat Ben
niugion, Apra ou, sneiled and cap
tured three schoouers loaded with
rebels, near Sau Jose, Island of Panay.
The insurgents had agreed to surren
der, but instead made secret prepara
tions to escape, and fought. The bom
bardment of the ships resulted.
The Princeton and Petrel left the
city today to patrol the islands to the
south of Luzon.
8ome of Lawton's scout yesterday
found hundreds ol sick refugees hud
dled togethei four miles north of
Apalit. All were suffering from small
pox, fever or other ' disease of some
kind.
A force ot rebels was also discovered
marclling toward San Luis, west of
Calumpit.
Brigadier-General South, of Cali
fornia, has just been made governor of
Visaya military territory. He will
direct operations from Bacolod.
Advice received by courier from the
noithern part of the island show that
the northern tribes are rising to resist
the Americans. This is not believed
by some of the Americans, as the na
tives declare the northern tribes are
hostile to Aguinaldo and his warriors.
PRAISE FOR GEER.
The I'reiitlent Pleased With tha Stand
He Haa Taken.
Washington, May 4. Presdent Mc-
Kinley has expressed to Senator Mo-
Bride his great gratification at the po
sition which Governor Geer, of Oregon,
took in tho matter of the return of the
volunteers. The senator took copies
ol The Oregonian containing Governor
Geer's utterances, to the president, who
read what was stated with a irreat deal
of interest, and desired the senatoi to
convey to tho governor his hearty ao-
preciation of the patriotic stand which
the Oregon exeoutive had taken, and
also his belief that the volunteers, upon
their return, would be proud of the do.
sitiou of the governor.
The president also took occasion to
speak very highly of the service which
had been rendered by the. vnlnniaar
troops in the Philippines, which had
exceeded even hi most sanguine expec
tations. "
San Francisoo, May 4. One thou
sand of the Bmall army ol Manila re
cruits assembled at the Presidio will
leave this month on the transports
Grant. Sherman and Sheridan. Four
huudred have been assigned to the
Grant.
Washington, May 4. Four United
States tressuiy warrants for $5,000,
000 eaoh were drawn today and trans
mitted to the seoretary of state, to be
used In settlement of the $30,000,000
due Spain under tbe Pan treaty.
Biiilit to liertr-
BARRED FROM MAILS
Seditious Pamphlets Cannot
Be Sent to Philippines
SO DECIDED BY THE CABIN E I
ObJocHonanla Doeamaata Wra Wrlttae
hy KdwarA Atklnaoa, ml tha Aatl.
Imparlallal Laagaa.
Washington, May 4. The absentee
from today' cabinet meeting we're
Secretaries Gage, Long, Alger and Wil
ton. One of the subjects of dison-sion
was the circular which were mailed to
tha troops at Manila criticising the
Philippine policy of the government
and advising volunteer wboee term of
service i about to expire not to re
enlist. '
A member of the cabinet, in speak
ing of the matter, mm) that Edward
Atkinson, of Boston, who is believed
to have been largely instrumental in
the preparation and sending ont of
these circular, wa unquestionably
guilty of assisting an insurrection
against the authority of the United
States, and wa subject to a term of
imprisonment or heavy fine, or both.
What action, if any, will be taken in
the matter, ba not been determined,
bat it is said that the government i
disposed to regard tbe acts of Mr. At
kinson as those ot a ron without
any proper conception of the gravity ol
the offense committed. The govern
ment may not at thi time take action
igainit Mr. Atkinaon and hi assist
ants, Tbe postmaster-general stated
at the meeting that be had ordered the
circular (topped at San Franciicn.
Member of tbe administration regard
Mr. Atkinson' alleged action's sedi
tious and disgraceful, an J it Is not im
probable that, if repeated, prompt and
energetic action will be taken.
Part ol tbe report of the army beet
commission were read and matter re
lating to the Alaskan boundary ques
tion were briefly discussed.
The Objectionable Matter.
Washington, May 4. The three
pamphlet, copies- of which have been
prohibited in tbe mail for the Philip
pines, are tnose tsiucti nave the titles:
"Criminal Aggression By Whom,"
and "Tbe Hell of War and Its Penal
ties." These, nnless something shouhl
develop to necessitate further action.
may .be circulated through the mails
is country. According to Mr.
"oliaM reported.
The rn&iivixeja
iron oi uie postal omciais oy tna war
department. It is thought there is
little possibility of any of these pnbli-'
oationa getting past the San Francisco
office, but if a few should, the military
authorities in the Philippine will
promptly suppress them.
statement hy Atklnaoa.' '
Boston, May 4. Hon. Edward At-..
kinson, vice-president of the Anti
Imperialist League, of this city'said
he had received no direct toiumuriioa
tion Irom Washington a'.out the ac
tion ol tbe postmaster-generaL He ex
plained that the documents were com
pilations of facts and figures taken
from debate in the national bouse and
senate, and calling attention to peril
overlooked in debate. '
AWAITING MARTIAL LAW.
Dynamiters
T...I.. K ni.,..,
. Kery Train.- .
Ward ner, Idaho, May 4.- Nothing
of importance baa occurred since the
arrivul nf I Via .nntm.a.1 ...iu. I
o'clock. , This is company M, Twenty
fourth infantry, Captain Batrhelor
commanding. This 'f ra'. nn a '
union men armed ,
down the road (ton, m
station, one and a half jajmost'Trf e'.-
sponse that the dynamiter had started
down from Canvnn Hrtwk atitl. t In
tention of, cleaning oat tha enlnro.l
troops. Ihis ws caused by the sus
pension of telegraphic communication
between Wardnei and Wallace, A
tree fell across the telegraph wire.
Quite a number of union men loft
today, going in both directions. 'Many
of the linaleader aie none, bot n nt
least 95 per cent of the membership of.
Coeur d'Alene were present at the out
rage last Saturday, they cannot all get
away without depopulating Mnllait
and the towns on Canyon creek.
James Cheyne, shot in thevhtp-by
the dynamiters on Saturday, died today
in Spokane, whither he had been taken
lor treatment. He was a Knight ol
Pythias, and the members olthat order
will make every effort to capture his
murdeieis. Hi hotly will be returned
to tin place tomorrow for judicial in
vestigation and interment.
it i reported that the dynamiters arc
getting out ol Canyon Creek aud Mul
lan by every train. t- v
Slam and France Settle.
Paris, May 4. Siam, according to
a diBpatoh from Singapore, ha ceded
to France the province of Luang Prab
ange, in the northeastern part of, the
kingdom. France, in return, under
takes to evacuate the town of Chantu
boon, about 175 mile west of Bang
kok, near the Gulf of 8iam, ami to
withdraw from the to-called neutral
zone.
Cure for Consumption
Rome, May 4, There is much com
ment here on an alleged enre fur .con
sumption, discovered by Professor Vin
cent Cnrvello, ol Palermo university.
He feeds consumptives on prepared air,
which has permeating it medicated
soothing vapor. In the mid. lie of jHk
January It was given to 36 consump
tives. Now 10 are entirely cn red. nine
almost well, five modi Improved, and '
two dead. He i receiving much popu
lar support from wealthy person in
been J
-a Ji
experiment.