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NO. 40.
VOL. XXXV.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1898.
I NEWS Of I WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.-
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Coinprehensi ve Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Fast Week
Culled From the Telegraph Column.
The pottery trust has completed iti
organization under the laws of New
Jersey; capital, 120,000,000.
Steamer Ronmania lias 6ailed from
Savannah for Havana with the first
regiment, North Carolina, to help gar
rison the turbulent city.
The Paris court of cassation has
granted a stay of proceedings in the
Picquart trial, and thereby invoked the
fury of the anti-Dreyfus press.
A mining suit involving property
valued at $3,000,000 has been entered
in the courts of California by a Mon
tana syndicate against prominent Cali
fornia capitalists.
In a recent public address in Wash
ington Count von Goetzen said that the
only good volunteers among the United
States troops during the late war were
the Rough Riders.
It is now understood that Major-Gen-eral
James F. Wade, president of thi
United States eradiation committer,
will be appointed by President MoKin
ley military governor of western Cuba.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
decided that tha bondsmen of ex-State
Treasurer Baitley will have to make
good that official's shortages and steal
ings from the state, amounting in all
to about $700,000.
D. H. Howard, a New Mexico cattle
dealer, with two detectives, is on the
trail of Gilett, the Kansas plunger, on
whom Howard is $40,000 short. How
ard will ask the governor of Kansas to
issne requisition papeis for his extradi
tion to New Mexico.
The British Columbia m'lls are again
receiving lumber orders from Cape
Town, South Africa, after a period of
two years, during which little or no
lumber was shipped to that district.
Two vessels are at present under way
to Victoria to receive cargoes for Africa.
Sam Smith, trainrobber, has been
sentenced to be hanged at Eldorado,
Kan., for the murder of citizen Bel
ford, who was one of a posse that resist
ed Smith and his partner, Tom Wind.
Wind pleaded guilty to second-degree
murder and was sentenced to 20 years.
The Spanish government has issued
the following semi-official note relating
to tbe president's reference to the lose
of the Maine in his message to 'con
gress. J-i pair l'!i! bejpn.Jreat&J. by th
conqueror with unexampled cruelty and
is resigned to her fate; but she can not
tolerate President McKinley's accusa
tion, for she is conscious of her com
p'ete innocence."
A bill will soon be drafted providing
for the taking of the 12th census.
The steamer Rosalie, which has-just
arrived from the towns on the Lynn
canal, reports that a thousand men
from Dawson are making their way to
the coast.
Francisco de Franchi, who was shot
dead by Antonio Rosso after a saloon
quarrel in San Francisco, is said to
have been an agent of the murderous
La Mafia Society.
One more request of the Spaniards
was negatived by the peace commis
sioners. Ships and products ot Spain
will not be granted the same rights ip
Cuba and Porto Rico as those of the
United States.
From the war department comes the
announcement that it is proposed to
send regular regiments to relieve the
volunteeers in Manila just as soon as
transportation can be arranged. The
volunteers will be returned to the
United States in the order in which
they left.
The finding of the court of inquiry
concerning the abandonment of the
Infanta Mar ia Teresa during the torm
of October 29, has been made public.
The court finds the abandonment was
not due to any fault or neglect on the
part of any officer of the navy, and
does not think any further proceeding!
should be instituted.
While fighting fire in the dock of
the Lehigh Coal & Coke Company at
West Superior, Wis., a crew of men
was caught by a bad cave-in, caused by
the weakening of the pile foundation.
Four were buried under thousands of
tons of burning coal. One, John Mai
inowski, has been rescued - alive, but ia
in a precaiious condition. The other
three have probably perished.
Of the emergency national defense
fund of $50,00,0000, the navy depart
ment got the largest amount, viz, $29,
973,274. The war department expen
ditures of the emergency fund amounted
to $13,951,303. The state department
received $393,000 from the emergency
fund. Of this $100,000 has been trans
feired to bankers for this department
at London for the use of the commis
sion at Paris, and $30,000 was advanced
to the disbursing officer for the com
mission prior to its departure for Paria.
Minor Keffl Items.
The 26th body from the wrecked
steamer Portland came ashore at Chat
ham, Mass.
Special Tariff Commissioner Robert
Porter has sailed from Cuba for the
United States, having completed hia
labors.
Five hundred and fifty men of the
New York regiment have arrived in
San Francisco from Hononlulu to be
mustered out.
The Lincoln theater, at Chicago, was
damaged by fire to the extent of $60,-
000.
The evacuation of the province of
Puerto Principe, Cuba, has been com
pleted. The three-masted, coal-laden schoon
er Vamoose was wrecked on the Rhode
Island coast Sunday night, and tbe
captain and mate drowned.
The German reichstag has opened.
Emperor William in his speech de
clared in favor of tbe czar's disarma
ment proposition in the inteieata of
peace.
LATER NEWS.
Two men were killed by the explo
sion of natural gas at Cannonsville, lnd.
I One man was killed and several
fatally wounded at a school entertain
I ment at Charleston, W. Va.
i The purchase price is 950,000. paya
ble in cash in fully paid shares, leaving
50,000 for the working capital.
I Henry J. Nelligan, cook, George W.
Beverly, both of company G, First
Florida, stationed at Huntsville, Ala..
were killed in a camp quarrel.
' Rossland's famous Le Roi mine is at
last before London investors. The
London Globe Corporation and the
British America Corporation have in
vited subscriptions to 200,000 shares
of 5 each in the Le Roi Company, ltd.
A smooth gang of counterfeiters is at
work in the Mississippi valley. The
counterfeit is of the standard silver
dollars. All of which have so far been
discovered bear the date of 1890. It is
believed something like 200,000 of
them have gained circulation.
Senator Davis, ol the Paris peaoe
commission, in an interview with a
London Daily Mail correspondent, de
clared in favor of a triple alliance 'be
tween the United States, England and
Japan, for the protection of all their
interests north of the equator.
Charles Tracy, aged 16, shot and
instantly killed Tim Connors, custodian
of Greenlawn cemetery, Indianapolis,
lnd. Tracy with a number of other
boys was near the cemetery throwing
snowballs at pedestrians. Refusing
to desist he was killed by Connors.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor met
at Kansas City, Mo. About 150 dele
gates from all parts of the country were
present; also William Thorne and Wil
liam Inskip, of London, representing
the British tiades-union congress.
The British Columbian government
has made a crown reserve of all town
sites and land outside of the mining
fields in the Lake Atlin district. This
was recently announced privately by
Mr. C. Settlin, premier of British Co
lumbia, to Gold Commissioner W. J.
"Rant, who has just arrived in Seattle
from Atlin.
The United States government is not
aware that any arrangement has been
made for the transfer of tbe title of the
Samoan islands to Germany, and being
one of the parties to the tripartite
agreement under which Samoa is now
governed, it is not conceivable that
any change in the status of the islands
can be made without the knowledge of
this government.
Three people were burned to death
in a fire in a Brooklyn flat.
President McKinley will make a
tour of Porto Rico and Cuba.
Only two men were killed in tbe
Wardner (Idaho) mine disaster.
Ten deaths as a result of suicide,
and arcideni is the record of one Sun
day in Greater New York.
Germany is now said to be seeking
an ally and wants tbe friendship of
Uncle Sam. German Ambassador von
Holleben has been commissioned to
settle whatever differences exist.
An area of 20 blocks in the 28th
ward in Brooklyn was inundated by
raging waters, which washed out tbe
fundations of houses, tore down trolley
and telegraph poles, imprisoned people
in their homes.
Charles W. Miller, of Chicago, last
year's six-day champion, won the great
bioycle race at Madison-Square Garden
again this year, beating the world's
record (his own) by 24 miles. He made
2,007 miles, and rested but 34 hours
in the 142.
Unprecdented secrecy obtains as to
the conditions of the construction of
the Shamrock, the challenger for the
America's cup. Not merely are the
most strict precautions taken to pre
vent a leakage of the details of her con
struction, but even the place where she
is being built is kept secret.
The foreign exhibitors have been seri
ously affected by tbe decision of the
Paris appeal court in rejecting tbe suit
of a Swiss embroiderer against a Frenoh
manufacturer who copied his designs.
The effect of the decision is that de
signs and patterns in the foreign ex
hibits of 1900 may be copied with im
punity by French manufacturers, un
lessthe exhibitors possesss a manu
factory in France.
The battle-ship Massachusetts struck
a reef or sunken obstruction near Dia
mond reef, off Castle William, Gover
nor's island, N. Y., while on her way
from the navy-yard to the naval an
chorage off Tompkinsville, S. L The
damage wrought was considerably
greater than was at first supposed,
and it is believed fully 90 days will be
required to put the vessel in condition
to go to sea, even if she ia not vitally
hurt.
The authorities are making an effort
to break up witchcraft in Alaska. L
is "practiced among the Indians, who
are very superstitious. News from
Alaska says: Charles Watson, John
McCubin and John Halpin lost their
lives by the premature explosion of a
blast. They were working on the
grade of the White Pass & Yukon rail
road, between camps 9 and 10. They
were charging a bole when the explo
sion occurred. Their bodies were hor
ribly mangled.
Senator Hale, of Maine, chairman of
tbe naval affairs committee, has intro
duced a bill to revive the grades of ad
miral and vice-admiral of tbe navy.
The United States government will
build a railroad and a wharf in Cuba
at once. The wharf is to be at Tris
ooria, and the railroad will extend
from that point to the military camp
at Regla, seven miles away. This rail
road will be the first to be built in
Cuba under other than English aus
pices, backed by English money.
Tbe president has sent to congress
the nomination of "Powell Clayton, of
Arkansas, to be ambassador to Mexico,
Romero, the former Mexican minister,
having been raised to the rank of am
I bassador. Mr. Clayton's promotion
followed under an act of congress.
' The Episcopalian ministers of Tien
ton, N. J., have adopted resolutions
protesting against the seating in con
. gress of Representative-elect Brigham
H. Roberts, of Utah. The resolutions
recited that the seating of a man who
practices polygamy would violate
Christian civilization.
With
THREE KILLED, MANY WOUNDED
The Trouble Was Caused by
an KfTort
Account '
to Close the Theaters on
of Garcla's Death.
Havana, Doc. 14. After the news ol
General Garcla's death spread through
Havana early yesterday afternoon, the
Cubans wished to have all the places oi
amusement closed. They suceeded in
dosing two places frequented by
Cubans, but the management of the
Tacon theater, where there were many
Spanish officers among the audience,
refused to close the house. Thereupon
Allegretto, a former captain of the
Cuban troops, got into an excited argu
ment with the manager of the theater,
and was escorted to the sidewalk by
the police on duty. There Allegrette
entered into a heated discussion with a
Spanish officer, who struck him across
the face with tbe flat of his sword.
Then there was a collision between the
Cubans and Spanish military men,
more blows were struck on both sides,
and many persons from the cafes and
park cheered for Spain and brought
crowds of people to the spot from ad
jacent streets and squares.
Suddenly a shot was fired, whether
by a Cuban or by a Spaniard, inten
tionally or accidentally, cannot be said,
and the Cubans retieated into the Ho
tel Ingleterra. More shots were filed
on both sides, and Arturo, a French
citizen, born in Havana, was shot and
seriously wounded while sitting at a
table.
More shots were fired, and Cubans
ran through the hotel office and made
their way upstairs. Jesus Solongo, a
Cuban, fell wounded on the stairs, and
another wounded man broke into the
room occupied by Lieutenant Fitzhugh
Lee, son of tbe famous general, and the
former consul-general .tere, demanding
protection. Genera' Greene and sev
eral members of his staff, who had been
out on a balcony watching the crowd,
heard the uproar in the hotel, and went
into the corridor. So soon as the Span
ish officers saw General Greene, who
was in uniform, they stopped the pur
suit of tbe Cubans, saluted and --etired.
In the meantime, Eastaquino Lemus
had been fatally wounded in the street,
and Pedro Blesa and Senor Jiminez had
been killed.
Shortly after the Spanish guards on
duty swarmed in from the neighboring
streets, and order was restored.
At the time the Cubans and pursuing
Spaniards ran through the Hotel Ingle
terra, General Humphreys was in the
lobby, talking to M-in Martin, of Gen
3i uen-
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men. A bullet shattered a mirror near
which they stood, and two others
splintered the stairoase.
R. S. Howland, editor of the Provi
dence Journal and Mr. W. L. Reilly, a
New York contractor, were jostled by
the sudden rush of shouting and fight
ing men. General Julio Sanguilly was
sitting at a table in the lobby. The
violent scenes in the office and on the
stairs lasted, however, for only a few
minutes. On the outside the Spanish
soldiers were clearing the great square
and streets in the vicinity. The hotel
was full of American officers and civil
ians, and some of them with their
wives were standing on the balconies at
the imminent risk of being hit by bul
lets fired at an upward angle to scare
the crowds. From that point they
watched the spectacle in the electric
lighted square.
It is reported that in addition to
those killed and wounded who have
been previously mentioned, 14 are be
ing oared for in private houses. Three
arrests were made. A fow minutes
after the shooting in the hotel fright
ened patrons and Cubans gathered
around General Greene asking if he
would protect them. He assured them
he believed they were safe, but tbe only
recognised authority in Havana was
the Spanish executive. He then sent
Captain Cole and Lieutenant Steven"
to General Castellanos to inquire what
was being done to preserve order. The
latter replied that the cafes had been
ordered closed, and the streets cleared,
while troops in sufficient numbers to
keep the peace had been posted in the!
squares and thoroughfares. Two ol
tbe aids of General Castellanos called
upon General Greene and gave him
further personal assurances.
Telephone messages describing the
occurrence were sent to General Wade
in Elvedado, and General Greene
cabled to Washington a brief statement
of the facts. What was taking place in
the city was all unknown to the Amer
ican warships and transports in the
harbor, nor did the news reach there
until this morning.
The United States evacuation com
missioners and General Greene sent
General Clous and Captain Hart at
noon today to exchange views with the
Spanish commissioners. It was ar
ranged that all the Cuban officers and
soldiers, including General Julio San
guilly and Jose Laoret. should go to
the camp near Mariano and remain out
of the city until the Spanish forces were
withdrawn. Mr. Jerome, the British
consul, had already called at the palace
on tbe same mission.
Astonishing- Chinese Reform.
London, Dec. 13. The Peking cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says: An
imperial rescript just issued sentences
to death a Chinese literatus who
wrote threatening letters to a foreign
missionary in Kiang Si, and confers
Chinese honors on the missionary for
his tact and forbearance in the matter.
The edict astonished the Chinese and
the action of the empress dowager ia
likely to have a salutary effect.
Philadelphia at Managua.
Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 14. The
United States cruiser Philadelphia ar
rived here today. Commodore Albert
Kauta, Captain Edward White, Dr.
Dickinson, Lieutenant Miller and Pay
master Stanton called upon President
Zelaya during the afternoon. They re
port all well on boaid the warship.
Admiral Schley III.
New York, Deo. 14. Admiral Schley
who is living with his family in the
Hotel Kensington, Fifth avenue and
Fifteenth street, has been seised with
a slight attack of la grippe.
Rioting in Havana,
Fatal Results.
EXPANSION OPPOSED.
Senators Test and Hoar Desire So
Philippines.
Washington, Dec. 14. Discussion of
two questions, each of importance and
interest at this session, was begun by
the senate at its session today. Terri
torial expansion and the construction of
the Nicaragua canal occupied the atten
tion of the body duiing the greater part
of the afternoon.
As soon as the routine morning busi
ness had been disposed of, Mr. Vest
(Dem. Mo.) called up his resolution
offered last week, declaring it to be un
constituional for this government to
acquire foreign territory except for coal
ing stations or some like purpose, un
less its intention was to confer state
hood upon the territory and citizen
ship upon its inhabitants. Mr. Vest
declared it was a basio principle of thia
government "that the powers of the
government were derived from the con
sent of the governed," and maintained
that the federal government had no
authority either in morals or fn the
constitution to go beyond that princi
ple. He held that the principle had
been sustained by the supreme court in
various deoisions, and that no public
man of prominence and no recognized
tribunal had ever been reckless enough
to controvert it.
Mr. Morgan opened the debate on the
oanal bill with a three hours' appeal
for action at this session. The whole
country, he said, would be disappoint
ed if congress did not act. He was
willing to take any measure which
would result in the building of the
canal. In the course of his remarks,
he agreed to accept an amendment spe
cifically excepting the canal from neu
trality with regards to any country
with which the United States might
be at war.
TO RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS.
Six Regiments Designated for Service
at Manila.
Washington, Deo. 14. The war de
partment has begun in earnest the re
lief of the volunteer troops now sta
tioned at Manila by regulars. This
afternoon Secretary Alger signed an
order designating for this purpose six
regiments of the United States infantry
out of eight held in reserve for service
to tropical countries. The regiments
are the Twentieth, at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan.; the Third, at Fort Snell
ing, Minn.; the Twelfth, at Jefferson
barracks, Mo., and Fort Riley, Kan.;
the Seventeenth, at Columbus barracks,
O.; the Fourth, at Fort Sheridan, and
the Twenty-second, at Fort Crook, Neb.
They will go forward to Manila as
soon as the transportation can be pro
vided. It mav be that the two regi
ments still held in reserve, the Twenty
fourth and the Twenty-fifth infantry,
will join the others before they sail.
These regiments were selected in the
reverse ratio to the loss sustained by
them in the Cuban campaign. The
volunteers in Manila will be retried iu
Q order ln which they reached that
ettv-.
Ttesr-End Collision.
Pendleton, Or., Deo. 13. Rushing
down the mountain grade of the O. R.
& N. Co. 's mam line a heavy freight
train crashed into the rear end of the
overland fast mail and piled up the
cars and engine in great confusion.
The' mail train was at the time station
ary. Three men were injured David
Filuer, an old man of 64, who was on
bis way to the coast from Montauk,
in.; Jay Adams, of San Francisco,
general Pacific coast agent for the
Nickel Plate road, who was cut and
scalded; Louis Pieohner, traveling
salesman for the wholesale house of
Ginterman Bros., St. Paul; and Fire
man Harry Burrows, of the freight
train, who received a cut on the fore
head. Isle de Cuba l eaves.
Manila, Dec 14. The Isle de
Cuba, one of the ships sunk by Dewev
in the battle of Manila, and which he
subsequently caused to be raised, start
ed for Hong Kong today under her own
steam. She is of 1,030 tons displace
ment and 2,200 indicated horse-power.
Tbe Raleigh leaves for home Thurs
day via the Suez canal.
As a result of an altercation before a
fruit stand yesterday, a California vol
unteers was stabbed and two natives
shot to death.
The Mare Island Fleet.
Vallejo, Cal., Dec. 14. The rebuild
ing of the United States cruiser Ranger
at Mare island is progressing rapidly.
The Wheeling came out of the dock to-
day. She will receive her supply of
coal and provisions in a few days, and
will then sail for the northern seas.
The Iroquois has been thoroughly over
hauled and in readiness to go into com
mission. Commander Henry Nichols
has been ordered to Manila to take
charge of the Monad nook.
Father and Son Killed.
Denver, Deo. 14. A special to the
News from Starkville, Colo., says:
Michael Tereso and his 15-year old son
Antonio were killed today by a cave-in
in the coal mine in which they were
working.
Four Burned to Death.
New York, Dec. 14. The fire which
destroyed the apartment-house at 134
Prospect Plaoe. Brooklyn, last night,
killed four persons Joseph W. Nob
lett, his wife, his wife's mother, Mrs.
Stothern, and John Winee. The other
missing persons have been accounted
for.
To Welcome the Fighting Machines.
Lima, Peru, Dec. 14. Cubans resid
ing here are preparing to give an en
thusiastic reception to the United
States battle-ships Oregon and Iowa, on
their arrival in tbe northern passage
along the coast, en route to join Dew
ey's squadron at Manila.
A g-ed Argonaut Dead.
New York, Dec. 14. Dr. Edward
Shall, a noted phyaician, ia dead at his
home in this city, aged 80 years. He
was a California goldhunter in 1849.
Dreyfus Will Return to Paris.
Paris, Deo. 13. Le Soir this evening
announces the return of Dreyfus at an
ear ly date. It asserts that tbe govern
ment has formally decided upon this
course, and has ordered a body of sol
diers to be in readiness to escort him
from the port of landing to Paris.
La Liber tad says the temporary re
lease oi Colonel Picquart has already
been ordered.
A caterpillar in the course of a month
will devour 600 times its own weight in
food.
LfflfflR STORMED CUT
Iloilo Assaulted the Night of
December 1.
fOOK ALL BUT ONE TRENCH
According: to a Spanish Report, They
Were Finally Repulsed With Great
Loss Deaths at Manila.
Manila. Dec. 13. According to re
liable advices received from Iloilo,
capital of the island of Panay, in the
Visayas group, the insurgents attacked
Iloilo the night of December land cap
tured all the Spanish trenches, except
one. They then notified General Rios
to remove the women and children,
ariJ threatened to renew the attack on
the following night.
When these advices left Iloilo, Gen
eral Rios was expecting reinforcements
and field guns, and the plan was for
the Spanish gunboats to shell, if the
insurgents effected an entrance. The
foreign residents wera greatly alarmed,
and all merchantmen have been ordered
outside the harbor.
Meanwhile tbe Spanish authorities
have been advised that the Tulisanos
troops are looting, in disobedience of
orders, and cannot be restrained.
On the other hand, the Spanish trans
port Isla de Luzon reports that the in
surgents around Iloilo were repulsed
with great slaughter December 6, while
attempting to storm the last entrench
ment. According to this story, 500
insurgents were killed or wounded by
the machine guns.
Deaths at Manila.
Washington, Dec. 13. Major-Gen-eral
Otis, commanding at Manila, has
made the following report of deaths in
iis command:
"December 8 Fred J. Norton, pri
vate, comany F, Second Oregon, dysen
tery;. Frank M. Hibbs, private, com
pany A, Second Oregon, dysentery, heait
failure.
"December 9 Harry G. Hibbards,
corporal, company K, Second Oregon,
typhoid fever."
FILES HER PROTEST.
Spain Accepts the Consequences 111
Naturedly. Madrid, Dec. 13. The government
entirely approves the memorandum of
protest against the action of the United
States commissioners, filed by Senor
Montero Rios, at Paris.
The memorandum protests against
the refusal of the Americans to surren
der the securities deposited in the treas
uries of Cuba and Porto Rico by private
Spaniards, remarking that "never has
a civilized nation committed such an
violence."
my tbeuiti-
e P lilippmeSi
Thirdly, it protests against the posi
tion in which those Spaniards are
placed who desire to remain in Cuba.
Fourthly, it protests against the ref
erence to the destruction of the Maine
in President McKinley's message to
congress. On this point the memoran
dum says:
"Spain has proposed arbitration, but
the United States has refused to give
her the right which is granted to a
criminal; namely, the right of defend
ing herself. The Spanish commission
ers leave the care of fixing the responsi
bility for the explosion to the -entire
world, which will say whether those
i are responsible who desire the truth, or
those refusing to seek it.
The newspapers generally express re
lief at tbe signing of the treaty. The
independent organs, most of tbe provin
cial papers and the Carlist and repub
lican journals attack both political par
ties, conservative and liberal, reproaih
ing them equally with having brought
the country to the present pass.
El Imparcial alone publishes the
contents of the treaty, which produces
a less unfavorable impression than had
been expected, owing to the commercial
and other concessions to Spain.
El Liberal says: "The Paris negotia
tions offer a far sadder spectacle than
the ships which are bringing back our
repatriated soldiers, deplorable aa the
condition of the latter is."
Several members of the United States
commission were inclined at first to
publish the text of the treaty, but Sen
ator Frye made a strong plea yesterday
for the observance of courtesy toward
the United States senate, and his ar
guments prevailed.
Further details, however, have been
learned as to tbe wording of the treaty,
wbioh provides that Cuba is to be re
linquished and that Porto Rico and the
Philippines are to be oeded. The
Americans are to pay for the repatria
tion of the Spanish troops from all the
colonies. The Spaniards are to return
ali prisoners held by them. They are
to retain possession of all military
stores and munitions of war in the
Philippines, and of such ships as have
not been captured. The commercial
treaties between the two nations, which
the war ruptured, are to beienewed at
the convenience of the two nations.
Arrowsmith, I1L. Dec. 10. The
private bank of Taylor & MeClure was
last night entered by robbers, who se
cured $4,000 worth of negotiable paper
and esoaped.
Newport News, Dec. 13. Henry Re
fitt, private, company I, Fiist Ken
tucky regiment, was killed, and Henry
C. Brehm, private, company B, same
regiment, was seriously wounded last
night by a sentinel who was stationed
at the gangplank of the transport Ber
lin, which brought the regiment from
Porto Rico. The men started to leave
the transport, but did not have a pass.
They ignored the injunction of the sen
try to stop, and when they attempted
to pass him, he struck each of them
over the head with his bayonet. Re
fitt's skull was fractured, and he died
three hours later. Brehm was trans
ferred to tbe hospital last night. He
will recover.
The Snltan Promises to Pay.
Constantinople, Dec 18. Osoar
Strauss, United States minister to Tur
key, had an audience with the sultan,
Friday. The sultan was exceedingly
cordial, and it is understood assurances
were given to the American minister
regarding a satisfactory settlement of
at questions between the United States
and Turkey, including the payment of
indemnity for American losses in
Armenia.
II.;... . .;., I In
DEATH OF GARCIA.
rhe
Cuban Patriot a Victim of the
Northern Climate.
Washington, Dec. 18. General Cal
ixto Garcia, the distinguished Cuban
warrior and leader, "and the head of the
commission elected by the Cuban as
sembly to visit this country, died here
this morning, shortly after 10 o'clock,
at the Hotel Raleigh, where the com
mission has its headquarters.
The sudden change from tbe warm
climate of Cuba, with the hardships
he had there endured, to the wintry
weather of New York and Washington,
Is responsible for the pneumonia
ivhich resulted in his demise. He con
tacted a slight cold in New York,
ivhich did not assume an alarming
stage until 'early the part of last woek.
Uist Tuesday night, General Garcia,
n company with the other members of
;he commission, attended a dinner
jiven in his honor by General Miles,
and it was a result of the exposure that
:nlminated in his death.
' During the 12 hours or more preced
ing dissolution. General Garcia was
unconscious most of the time. At in
tervals he recognized one or more of
those about him. In his dying mo
ments, as all through his busy and ac
tive life, his thoughts were for his be
loved country and its people, and,
among his last words, were irrational
mutterings, in which he gave orders to
his son. who is on his staff, for the bat
tle which he supposed was to occur to
morrow, and in which he understood
there were only 400 Spaniards to com
bat. Just before he died he embraced
his son.
Rev. Father Magee, of St. Patrick's
church, was called in during the day,
and was with General Garcia until the
end, administeriug the last rites of the
Catholic church. Other members of
the commission and Mr. Rubens, their
counsel in this country, were also in
the bed-chamber when the end came.
The remains were immediately pre
pared for burial, and were placed on a
bier in the room in which he died. A
large Cuban flag served as a covering,
and the head rested on one of smaller
dimensions. The face and bust were
left exposed to public view. The fea
tures had a remarkable lifelike appear
ance, and gave no indication of the
suffering which the deceased had
borne. Just above the head rested a
magnificent floral piece of red and
white ribbon. By direction of Major
General Miles a detachment of soldiers
from battery E, Sixth artillery, under
command of Lieutenant Cox, was de
tailed as a body guard for the remains.
General Garcia, whose name will
ever be linked with those of other pa
triots who have fought against unequal
odds for the freedom of his country,
has had a most active and varied life,
most of which has been spent in fight
ing for the cause of Cuban liberty,
which he had the satisfaction of peeing
accomplished so short a time before his
death. He was a man of culture and
n 6nement, oJBMSMVMP4eT i
came frcas a distinguished family of
Jaiquaui.of Santiago de Cuba province.
He was born in Cogquin, October 14,
1839, and was therefore in his 60th
year.
BRYAN'S RESIGNATION.
Chinese Decoration for Lieutenant
Colonel Tifquain.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13. General
Keifer, who is in command of the re
maining troops of the Seventh army
corps since General Lee's departure for
Cuba tonight, confirms the rumor of
Colonel W. J. Bryan's resignation of
his command. Both General Lee and
General Kiefer endeavored to induce
Colonel Bryan to go to Cuba, but were
unsuccessful.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vifquain, of the
Third Nebraska regiment, who will
succeed Colonel Bryan upon the lat
ter's resignation, received notice today
from the Chinese legation at Washing
ton that the emperor of China had con
ferred upon him the decoration of the
Order of the Double Dragon in recog
nition of his services to the Chinese
residents of the republic of Colombia,
when he was United States consul at
Panama. Lieutenant-Colonel Vitquain
is a graduate of the ro.. al military
academy of Brussels, and served in the
service of the present king of Belgium.
He served throughout the civil war in
the Union army, and was : breveted
brigadier-general by Abraham Lincoln.
RETURNS TO HAVANA.
Hajor-General T oe Started Last Night
With Ills Staff.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13. General
Lee and staff sailed for Cuba this after
noon on the transport Panama. Crowds
of people lined the wharves as the
transport passed down the river. As
the tugboat cut loose, the siren taken
from the Spanish cruiser Almirante
Oquendo after the battle of Santiago,
and now on the tug Cambiia, soreeched
the Panama a parting salute. General
Lee will remain outside of Havana un
til January 1, when he will enter the
oity. The Panama will land at Mari
ana, whore General Lee will establish
his headquarters on the camp site select
ed by Colonel Hecker for the Seventh
corps, and will remain there until he
enters Havana.
Ig-lesias Brother-ln-Law Arrested.
New York, Dec- 13. Wm. P. Lynn,
brother-in-law of lglesias, president of
Costa Rica, who came to this country
with the latter, is under arrest here.
He is charged by F. S. Lusk, of Lusk,
Wyo., with failing to aocount to him
for profits on a Costa Rican railroad
scheme, involving about $100,000.
Carl Decker Sentenced.
San Francisco, Deo. 12. Carl Deck
er, known to tbe police all over the
country as the prince of forgers, was
sentenced to serve seven years in San
Quentin today, for defrauding the Ne
vada bank of this oity out of over $20,
000 by means of a raised check, which
he and three others presented to the
bank for payment.
Smallpox in a Pennsylvania Town.
Huntington, Pa., Deo. 13. Benja
min Lee, secretary of the state board
of health, arrived here tonight on his
return from Bedford, Pa., where he in
vestigated the nature of tbe epidemic
prevailing there. Dr. Lee says the
disease is smallpox, and that in the
town alone there are at least 20 cases.
.General vaccination has been ordered,
and the infected houses are closely
quarantined.
Chinese
knife has
coinage in the shape of a
been traced back as far as
i 8240 B. a
YEAR'S WORK IN ALASKA
Progress Made in Mining: Development Value of the Salmon Indus
try Agriculture in the Far North Necessary Legislation In
teresting' Report of Governor Brady, of Alaska
One of tbe most interesting docu
ments recently received at the interior
department is the annual report of John
G. Brady, governor of Alaska. The
report is very elaborate in its treatment
of subjects relative to the great Noith
west territory, covering everything from
mission stations to the mining indus
tries. Probably more space is devoted
to gold mining than any other subject,
that being tbe predominating industry
at the present time. Of this, Mr.
Brady says:
"The past year has been one of won
derful progress. During the winter
and spring all sorts of vessels were put
into the Alaska trade, and were filled
with passengers and cargo to the very
limit. Before long, thousands of tons
of freight could be seen piled upon and
under the snow upon the summits of
the Alaskan mountains. The United
States contributed by far the largest
number of prospectors, who came from
all quarters, a large number from every
state in the Union, California, Oregon
and Washington sending the largest
contingents. These prospectors, as a
class, were fine specimens of manhood.
"It is calculated that 3,200 outfitted
for Copper river, several hundred went
over the divide at Yakutat, and some
parties went over the Dalton trail and
worked their way up the White river,
one of the largest branches of the Yu
kon. Cook Inlet, Resurrection bay,
Golovin bay, Kotzebue sound, Koyukuk
river and many other places have all
been visited by prospectors this season.
The declaration of war against Spain
checked tbe tide. Most of the Amer
icans who proceeded to Dawson com
plained of the mining lules and regula
tions, and the manner in which they
were carried out. This had the effect
to drive many upon the Alaska side,
and the claims which were abandoned
for the first onrush to the Klondike
were relocated, and much other valua
ble ground discovered, which will keep
large numbers of men there this winter.
"There is no way of ascertaining the
amount of dust washed out upon the
Alaska side. The amounts given for
'the Klondike and its tributaries- vary
very much. Several reasons are given
why the output is smaller than was
anticipated the scarcity of supplies,
especially lights, the high price of
labor, and the 10 per cent royalty ex
acted. Many claims are being held
with the expectation that supplies will
be more abundant and not so dear, and
consequently cheaper labor, and that
the loud complaint against the royalt.
r4'il cause the Otta
abolish it. There wflHpsTo
supplies this winter, but there appears
to be a determination among the
miners to koep up wages, and the royal
ty is still demanded. So we can expect
the product for the coming year to be
much curtailed."
Speaking of quartz mining, he says:
"Very rich ore was discovered in the
vicinity of Ketchikan, and many loca
tions have been made and developed.
Quartz locations have also been made
at various places around the coast and
upon the' islands, as far as Unalaska.
The greater number of these are held
by poor men who are not able to make
developments of any considerable ex
tent. Alaska is a splendid field for a
class of men who can command capital
and who can examine these discoveries
and come to terms with the owners for
the purpose of development and sale.
While important discoveries of gold
have been made on Pine creek, flowing
into Lake Atlin, the fields in the vicin
ity of Bald Eagle and Sum Dum Chief,
as well as Sheep creek, near Juneau,
have made even better showings in the
past year than previously."
Favorable reports are made of the
operations of the large American min
ing companies at work in Alaska, their
efforts seeming to be more abundantly
rewarded than are those of foreign cor
porations. Land Laws.
So much of the land laws as relates
to mineral lands and mining claims,
inasmuch as they are the same as are
now in force in the United States
proper, have given perfect satisfaction
throughout Alaska, but in the matter
of homestead laws, quite a different
state of affairs exists. The idea that a
man may dig out ore upon lands and
obtain patent for the same but cannot
build a house and improve land for a
home, nor obtain title to it. is regarded
as highly unjust and imprudent by the
residents of that country. As a matter
of fact, the land office has issued but
one patent under the law ot March 3,
1898, for trade and manufacture, and
the amount of land an applicant re
ceives depends not on any law, but
entirely on the will of the land officer.
Even the law which passed last May,
extending the homestead rights to
Alaska, is found to be practically val
ueless. "There are no surveyed lands in
Alaska, nor has any system of survey
been provided. It is impossible, there
fore, for a poor' settler to acquire a
homestead. If he were able and will
ing to stand the expense of a survey,
Heaviest Oriental Cargo.
The Nippon Yuse'n Kaisha steamship
Kinshiu Maru, which sailed from Yoko
hama for Seattle November 29, is bring
ing the heaviest caigo ever shipped from
the Orient for Seattle. It consists of
8,500 tons of tea, silk and curios. The
heaviest previous cargo was brought on
tbe Agapanthus, which arrived in De
cember, 1896, with 2,700 tons. The
Kinshiu is also bringing the marines to
man tho Japanese cruiser Chitose, un
der construction in San Francisco.
Will Protect Their Fruit.
The Clark county fruit farmers are
at the bead of a movement whioh will
compel the plain labeling of all Wash
ington prunes sent out to the genera)
market. The Washington crop has
been almost entirely sold to California
dealers, who put their stamp on the
boxes and sell them as a California
prod act.
Seeking Honolulu Trade.
Birmingham & Co., flour and feed
dealers of Tacoma, recently sent a rep
resentative to Honolulu to open up
business connections for the firm.
V
eH Hate
he would have no assurance that it
would be accepted by the government.
If he settles as a squatter and makes
improvements, be cannot tell how
future surveys may affect him. In con
sequence of this condition of affairs,
not a single homesteader has attempted
to make entry under the new law in the
land office at Sitka."
In the matter of wagon roadB, rail
roads, etc., a different condition exists.
As soon as the right of way bill had
passed, numbers of filings were made,
and several roads of various character
are now in progress of construction.
At Unga, Berner's bay and Douglass
island there are railways in operation,
although solely for use in connection
with the mines. The Pacific & Arctic
Railway & Navigation Company has
probably made more progress than any
of the other large companies, having
completed 14 miles of road over almost
impassable country. Moreover, so
much of the road as is completed is
constructed of the best material, by the
best of workmen, and is in every way
first-class. Money has not been spared,
and as a result the road stands without
a peer. It might be mentioned, in this
connection, that, owing to the limita
tions of the timber laws, it was found
best to import a great deal of timber,
and nearly all the timber and lumber
used in building Dyea and Skagway,
their railroads and mills, was shipped
from Pugest sound.
The governor expresses the hope that
congress, during the short session, will
pass upon a code of civil procedure for
the district of Alaska.
Salmon Industry.
Of the salmon industry, a great deal
is said. There can be no doubt that
this industry is one of great importance,
for from figures given it is seen that
the Alaskan output in the last year
marketed at 12.977.019. The red
salmon seems to far outnumber all oth
ers, although the pink and silver
salmon are found in large numbers.
Comparatively few king salmon were
taken last year. To pack these salmon
for shipment, over 5,000 laborers are
I employed, and, strange to say, the most
of them are Chinese. It has been
found almost impossible to educate the
native Alaskan Imiyin to American
canning methods, and this, together
with the lact that Chinese labor is ex
ceedingly cheap, may account, in a
measure, for the large number of Chi
nese in the canneries. This salmon
trade during the past year was of suffi-
zii-nronortions to keep in constant
aijgi, 63 steamers, in
boats.
In the opinion of tbe governor,
Alaska should be well supplied with
inspectors, the present foroe of two be
ing decidedly inadequate.
Agricultural Possibilities.
As an agricultural country, Alaska is
still in its infancy, little being known
of its possibilities. Enough can be
learned, however, from experiments
made in the past year, to satisfy those
interested that such crops as potatoes,
cabbage, beets, peas and other market
vegetables can, with proper attention
and care, be raised in parts of the coun
try without difficulty. But grass, be
yond everything else, promises to be
the agricultural wealth of Alaska.
This is but little appreciated at present.
The native grasses are nutritious, and
grow luxuriantly. Timothy, clover and
other cultivated varieties do well, one
acre of giound in grass there, for pas
turgage, being worth several acres in a
drier climate. There are many varie
ties of native berries, such as currants,
huokleberries, etc., but- berries from
the States, as a rule, do well under cul
tivation. "Of stockraising." says the report,
"but little can be said. Reindeer will
soon be reared in vast herds. In the
near future we expect to have the mail
transported by reindeer all over North
ern Alaska during the winter, and at
much less cost than at present."
The Governor's Recommendations.
Before closing tbe report, a number
of recommendations are made. Among
them is the suggestion that Japonsky
island be built up as a naval station.
Attention is also called to the fact that
at Kadiak, Unga, St. Michaels, Circle
City and Dyea there is a great lack of
proper courtrooms and jails, aa well as
I at Sitka, where the buildings are in
miserable condition.
The appropriation for Alaskan
schools has been found quite insuffi
cient, being but $30,000 per year. An
appropriation of twice that size could
easily be utilized to good advantage.
A further recommendation is made
to the effect that lighthouses and other
beacons be placed at conspicuous points
along the coast, as the commerce has
greatly multiplied of late and demands
such protection.
Governor Brady oloses his report
with an appeal to the Republican party
to live up to its pledge and extend to
Alaska the privilege of sending a dele
gate to tbe national congress.
Hop Outlook.
A good outlook for the future of the
hop crop of this year is presented, as
there is a good demand for them and a
rather short supply. The market is at
present buying oautiously. They have
done very little purchasing this year,
so far, and it is almost certain that a
good demand will in conseqeunce re
sult. English buyers are now purchas
ing only very choice hops, the price
paid here being about 15 o and about
8c to the buyer in England.
Sonoma county, Cal., has the honor
of receiving the highest prioe paid this
year for hops on the Pacific coast, some
Sonoma hops selling for 19a Some
choice Oregon hops brought 18o in some
cases. The orop of the coast is placed
at 135,000 bales, there being about 12,
000 yet left in the hands of the farmers.
Oregon's crop of hops was 65,000 bales,
and there are about 1,700 bales yet left
with the farmers. This is a decided
improvement over the crop of last year;
but the crop ia still under tbe figures
given before the hop lice got into the
yards, which will materially effect tbe
output.
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