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Eugene City Guard. I. I MMrHIU, IT. .,,,1.1,., KUOKNE CITY OBKOON DOINGS OF THE WEEK A CaapUt Rl at tho Tlir,hl of 11,1. and All Vor- Tho cabinet council In reappointed (ien-ral Ziirllndon. ei-iulniiter of wur, militury governor of Paris. James Wyland, living near C'llmai, Or., committed tuloide by shooting himself In thu head willi a ritle. A threading engine on the Collins furiu, neur Vancouver, Wash., e ploded, seriously injuring (our uin ployoa. Callito Gtrcla haa arrived at Jlguani nn hla way to Santiago. II- will prob ably villi the United Htalet, where hii daughter la ill. Two horses attached to a wagon nt Dayton, Or., backed over the hank of the Yamhill liver and fell ISO feet, land ing in 12 feet of water. Both annuals were reacued uniujured. I.I I'ruvenei, a Santiago paper, de clare that thu frulta of victory shall not be snatched from the grasp of the ,'iiIiiiiib niter they have fought and bled for 1)0 year to obtain them. Tho ooalrninor's strike in the third 1 1 at Mononguhela. I'm., ia over and work haa been resumed in all the pita ending a settlement of the differences by arbitration. Two thouauml nituort are affected. Tho wreck of tho American ship Emily W. Whitney ia retried fiom Shanghai, and a number of tho orew loet. She waa lost in a typhoon, which canned the abaiidonment of tho (lor man ship Trinidud. Pittsburg conductors and hrakemen aro on tho evu of a atrike. They de mand that their Wugea Im Increased sufficiently to placu tlieio on an equal ity of tho pay received by their brethern in other paitri of tlie country. According to tho roxrt current It It believed-at Humoa that if her mujcsty't hip Itiugilove had not been at Apia, the (lennona would have hoiatod the Ooiinun Hag thoro on Malietoa's ileiith, nd proolaiiued tho annotation o( 8a uioa. (leneral Lawton intemla to recolve (leneral Oarcia aa an honored guoat. Aa he now holda no official Haition in tho Cuban army, he will l treated by tho Ameriuan commander aa a illstin gulahed private citizen and a great aoldier. Thu aouthurn purt of Spaiu ban lioon visited by terrible flooda. At the vil lage of llcrreru, near Cudii, HO per anum were drowned, and a gieat num ber of cattle k' lulled. Theolive harv est ia loat. Tina ia especially ti no In thu provinces of Seville and Orenada. Theie have been many deaths in other puits o tho lluoded country. Confidence In the American govern ment is general among thu lilipino leaden sincu tho Mulo Loa conference. Frightful misery and immense dam age will bo caused if the eruption of Mount Veauviua continues on tho alarming scale it lias reached in the lust few days. Christian Drownfleld, an old resi dent ot tho I'uget Hound country, win run over and instantly killed by a freight train, near l(y, Wash. He was deaf and 70 years of age. Tho Kiliplno coirgrots has favorably Impressed the Kuiopcana, who have witnessed its proceedings. It is be liovul tli.it its deliberations will result in a Hitition to President McKinley to establish a protectorate. Nearly one-tenth of tho ontlre popu lation oi Pluinwoll, Mich., la III from outing canned beef at u uhurch social. Kifty-livo persons were iHilsoned, 30 are dangerously 111 and four are expected to die, the doctora having expressed no hope of thoir reoovory. The aggregalu vulue of lauds in the state o( Washington as returned by tho I county lioards of eiiialiaation amounts to 08,001,071, but as valued by the state lioaid of equalisation, tiiey amount to 7o,7ftH,!IiMf. The aggregatu value of improvements upon l.m, I whs placed at flO.ailO.a.HI, hut reduced by the state board to 17,307,087. The Kiltpinoa are said to have en tered on a campaign o( conquest against Cehu and Hollo. American warshipi have lieon dispatched from Manila for tho scene of the con ll lot. The crews of the insurgent vessels are said to have already committed several quca tinnahlc acta. Twenty Spuiiish steam ers have been transleirud to the Ameri can flag. Full reports ol tho damage wiought by the recent huriowno in the Hurha does have been mude. They show that the destitution of propcrtv was not ovoioatiiuutod, though the loss of life was aoinowhat smaller than waa supposed at first. Aa it was, the re- sirta show 100 futlitics. sand peiins were made tlie storm. Full damage ut more than f 1, 000. 000. Fifty thou homeless by is estimated Minor News Helm. Russia's common soldier gets f . .' -a year. Our daily output of pOWdjW ia 10,000 tons. Cuba has lores t. 10,000,000 acres of virgin War has doubled horses. tho price of amiy Italy's wai department utilises 45, 000.000 a year. Policemen In Boston have been in structed to salute the flag whenever ll is carried past them in parade. Four unfortunate aailora belonging to the steam whaler M.u v D. Hum), escaped from the vessel during the winter and started overland to the gold fluids of the Yukon. They have not been heard (rum ainee, except from In dians, who report Hiding tlie tallies of the four a considerable distance liora the Arctic, shrunken from starvation and frozen stiff. This la one of the terrible Arctic tale, brought back Irora the North by the cotter Bear. I LATER NEWS. Over 10,000 pMpwt wltnotaed the ripening of the Portland exposition Thiiraday night. The state fair or,asiied at Salem, Thursday. Most of the stock, oultry nod exhibits are on the ground. Fifty men were n torn I I ill a mine at Brownsville, Pa. . aa a reault of an explosion of lire damp, .-.vial bndioi have been recover ml. Mr. An,'. II, our Isle minister to Turker, reports that thu sultan r p rdi ales the American claims, and re, mii menda a uavul demonstratiun to bring him to time. Official returns aa to the inorBtlily in the Hanta Cluia province among the Cuban soliliera during tho month of July show 9,068 deaths, of which 11.', resulted from suiallioi, Mujor-Oeneral Miles, commanding the United States army, haa completed his plan (nr the rooigunixation of thu volunteer forces into corps, divisions and brigades. This plun hua been sub mitted to the war depurtrnent for ap proval. It contemplates a rcoiguriiza lion of the volunteer foroo which bus not been ordered mustered out. Frank I'. Myers shot and killed John Lenhurt, constable, and M. Kerns, by stander, at Ourrelt, Md., while resist ing eviction from a bouse which wua a subject ol a family dispiute. He then barricaded tin- doors and windows, but was finally captured by thu sheriff. As he was being tukeri to Juil, sotno one In tbo ciowd shot tho prisoner and he fell dead. According to special dispatches from I'eking, members of thu European com muriity there believe the emperor of cr, in i is in dunger. It is added that tho dowager empress desires to pluoe I'rlnce Hwang's grandson on the throne. Tho oineior realises tho atruugth of thu conspiiacy agaiuat him and bus ordered tho guurds at thu pul aco strengthened. A dispatch to the Ijondnn OIoImi from Hong Kong ports gives the details of a secret convention signed recently ut I'eking. It iipsurs that the Chinese thereby concluded an agreement with St. I'utersbarg by which China ceded l'ort Arthur and Tulien Wan, stipulat ing that only Kussiau and Chinese warships should entur nr dock at Fort Arthur. Agulnaldo and his chiefs bavu m i l. a plea to tho powers for recognition ol belligerency and indociideuoo. An gouuillo, his agent, who was a passen ger on thu steamer China, ia on hit way to Kuropo to submit tho question to foreign arbitration. Ileforo proccod ing to Europe Angoncillo will stop in Washington and attempt to impress the administration with his apcul. No mention of the United States nor any American force is made in the doc ument which ho carries, CiiiiiImih, tho French ambassador ut Washington,' in to lo transferred U Vienna. (leneral Miller, now in command ut Sail Fianeisco, will, it is leurned, com mand thu reinforcements ordered ti Manila. domes has Issued n general order to the army under his command to the effect that Spaniards must have con sideration shown them, and American orders obeyed. The navy department has ordered 400 sailors to be sent to Admiral Dewey's squad r on at Manila to take tin place ol suilnia whose terms of service have expired. (leneral Ulnrico has issued an mdoi authorising the soldiers o( the Cuban army to travel unarmed on railway trains in lliu provinces of i'inar del ltic and Havana. As fur as new discoveries went. th expedition sent out by the university ol lVlinsylviiniu to siu.lv North Alaska from a acientlflu standpoint lias la-en a 1 failure. Three lueu ol tho party to-1 turned to Seattle on the Excelsior. ! Nearly 12,000 specimens, weighing ll ' , tons, were brought buck. The report that the lust Spanish gar in, in in the inland of Luson had stir- j rendered is premature. The Spaniurdr j still hold seven seiiKirta In Albuy prov iucu, tho piincipul beinp district. The distuihuncoa have alreudy resulted In the diminution of tho output of A I buy belli p by 'Joo.uoti bales, as com pined with lust yeur's Itgnres. Advices (rem the Orient atate that China and Jiipan have been visited hy thunder storms and destructive Hoods, in which many hundreds ot people have lost their lives. The region north ol tlie Aushung mountains bus been inun dated for hundreds ol miles by the Yel low river. Several hundred thousand ,l into tlie persons have been plunged deepest distress, and many into ubso Inte penury, which locul authuiitius are unable to alleviate. News received at San Francisco ro I ports tho loss of the schooner U, O. Funk, on Flanders island, on July 81, with 10 of her crew. Only two seamen ' were saved, and but one body has been i recovered. The list of the drowned is as fellows: Captain and Mrs. Nesson and two children, aged H and 5 years, respectively; A. Hansen, chiel mute; J. Stump, second mate; Charles Olson, Peter Neilson. Charles Joabansen an-. Peter Anton, able seamen. The vend was driven ashore hyugaleumlwe.it to pieces in the surf. America's wheat crop for 1HD8 is esti mated at 70,000.000 bushel. Kvery Spaniard is liable to lie called to military service on attaining 'JO years of age. The annual report of the com mis aioner ol pulsions shows that there wore 5,380 pensioners residing in the state of Washington on Juno 80 last, ami they were paid f;so,M7 7 during tho year just closed. In Oregon there were 4,084, who diew 713, 00H during the 1'.' months embraced in the rep,, it. Cuba has 1,631.000 inhabitants; Philadelphia 1,850,000. Prior to the war tho annual net rev enues of Cuba was f H0,000,000. Bitty trained nurses have been acut to Porto Kico Inmi New York. It Is the intention ol the navy do paitinent to place three men-of-wai in, ,oui mission during October. These are the ciuisere Chicago and Atlanta, w Inch have been undergoing repairs at the New York navy-yard lor two veara, and' the gunboat Yurktown, which baa l -en PUlinndlt,,.,, for service at the Man Ud.nd n.vy-y.id. ENTOMBED IN A MINE Seventy Men Caught Gas Explosion. by a KMillT WKUK KILLKI) OITRIGHT ,- M ,,. ,1 to Ksrupe, or Were liraruril I't-arfiil Irene AHer in, I , ,.,-i ,,i. Hrownsville, Pa., Sept. 20. Seventy men wero entombed today in the Km pire mine of Hnowden, Gould Ac Go., oik- lour in of a mill below town, us the result ol un explosion ol gus, followed by unothr explosion ol flre-diunp. Of thu number entoiiibod, all escaped nr weru tukun out by rescuing parties ex cept eigbt, who were killed outright, and three muro or less hurt. The dead an : John Hulston, miner aged 86, col ored; leaves a wllo and two children; Suloin Hulston, miner, his brother; Kobort Davidson, miner; John Ben nutt, driver; William Piitchuid, miner; Henry Hagar, drivei; J. Cartright, miner; James Hull, miner. The -injured are: (ieorge linker, miner; John Baker, alight ly burned, .in - Samuel Mclntyre, cut on the houd. The uxplosion is sail to lutvo been caused hy the loosening ol u huge block ol coal, which opened a ocket of gas. tin i iiately following the ex- plosion ol gas, tht-ru was a second ex plosion of tiro-dump. There were 70 men ut work in tho mine ut tho time of the disaster, and at lirst it seemed un impossibility for any ol the lit men in mines No. 0 and No. 10, where tho explosion occuired, to ccuhi. Four men Jacobs, Davis, Whouscu mid Wulkur, who weru neur thu entrance, managed to crawl out, uml the otheis, with thu exception ol those caught hy the falling coul, cscup,td by traversing a mile find a half ol underground pas sages, coming out at the entrance neur Lynn aiution. This point is four miles from the opening of tho ininu. Just above tlie entrance to the irino there ia an uitifleiul plateau up against thu hillside. From tho edge ol the pluteuu u good view ol the truck lend ing to thu mine could be hud. Here un ii stool wringing their bunds in unguish, weeping ami wailing. Tho hundreds of people realized that they stood ut the -mi. in, - of a living tomb. It was several hours later tint tho tinkling of theeleetiic bell in thu engine-house uniiounced that u train ol coal curs was coming from within. The scene ol thu disustei is more thuii a mile horn the entrance. The cars are tuke.i in uml out hy means of heavy iron culdes, wrupped uml unwiapped bv two large snonls. It trsik about 10 mIIm tn,a ii.. tl.ut I. ,, I li, r.-i.-lt lb,i' outside wolld. While the cable was winding the siir Knso bordeied on the awful. No ono knew what mis coming, but feared the worst, in which thero wus no disap pointment. As one of tlie spools in dicated that the bud would soon arrive, the suspense became ull the gicuter. "Mere it mines" was an almost unani mous whisper. When tlie little train of cars emerged, a shudder was visible in tho ciowil. First thero came two curs loaded with coul. Then three cars, in each ol which there weie two bodies. In one wero two brothers, side by side, John and Hulciu Hulston. In the others were ltohcit Davidson and John llenuett, William i'litohurd and John Cartright. James Hull was in I be lust cut. When tho bodies were brought up from the mines they presented a gliust- I ly appearance. Their faces were bo crimed with thu black dust of tho mines. Ilelore thev were brought out the rescuers tied humlkerchiefs around theii beads to give them u better up- 1 pea ranee After the lirst lot of bodies had becu brought out the excitement grew moto intense. There were yet many men in tlie mine, and there was more anxiety to know nlio would be brought out next. During the entitu afternoon there was a desperate wait. It was announced that many men had come out from an abandoned entry, nearly three miles distant. This al layed the fears ol many, ami as fust as the men weie uncounted or to their families and friends, rejoicings and coiigrutulutions followed. At 0 o'clock tonight, the last of the explorers from the mine came out and announced there wus nothing living or dead behind in tlie mine, leaving the list ol fatalities us given. Tonight thero is a constant stream of people passing in and nut ol tlie undeitaking . ... ... , 1 1 establishments to view tho bodies. Three Minora Knlomheil. Nanticoke, Pa., Sept. 20. Uv a rush of coal in No. I shaft today three men weru entombed ami probably instantly killed They wore George Morgan, John Shannon and John A. Jones. A large force ot men aie working on the debris men. trying to icacli the entombed Tron,a From I'orto lllro. New York, Sept. M, The transport! Baaata Irom Ponce, September II, at rived this morning, having on board 170 members of the Illinois signal corps tad 100 troops and government em ployer" i-i !. Wrecked In the Hurricane. Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. HO. Mail advices which leached here today brought melancholy relief to the sua- I reguiding the full extent of the hurricane disaster at the islands ol St. in,-, nt. St. Lucia and Hurhudoos, showing that the lirst accounts were not exaggerated. At St. Vincent, about 300 lives were lost, not couutiug the loss of lift suffered through the destruc tion ot shipping. The coast is strewn with the wrecks ot vessels. n,,i, w Work In l'otlo Itlea. San Juan, Sept. 30. Everything re garding the evacuation ol Porto Hiew by Spanish troops is proceeding satis fuctorily. The Spaniard sre acting in lcr(cct good faith and aie turning over everything at they quit the various t, ii.. The military cotmuiatlon haa adjourned until Tuesday. Stn Fianeisco, Sept. J8. An cffoit ta being made to have Hrlgadici i-n-eral Miller, who has been ordered to '" " " . ' ' . SZ-ZT -W-gatvarai or GERMANY'S SECRET AID. tWM to ll. lapirlriaf " WUptoM Willi Ar ll Aml.ooilll""- Han Francisco. Sept. 2(1. -The Even lag Post prints an aili.de today in duel, it Brakes known the plans of the Germans in regard to the disposition ol the Philippine, It will Ire remembered that some time ago tho Post published an exclu sive artiolo regarding the seizure of the Ladrone islands by the United States. The details ol this plot on tho part of the government were furnished by a gentleman high in opinion ol gov ernment officials ol tail country and Germany. The same gentleman now states that Oermauy is endeavoring to embitter tho followers ol Aguinaldo against tho Americans, and she bus officers in their ranks secretly drilling Ihem. Tho gentleman in question says this bus been going on for yeiirs, and, prior to the interference ol the United Mates in Philippine affairs, almost every Her man vessel that landed thero carried one or more officers In disguise, and stacks of arms and ammunition lor tho insurgents. The Post's informant has just re ceived a letter fiom an authoritative source in Hamburg giving details ol Germany' future in the islands. Briefly, the plan follows: Uormany will send numerous trading vessels to the islands, and will arm 150,000 Fili pinos, besidr furnishing Kiupp guns "and artillery for field use Tho island ers will he thoroughly drilled by 0 man officers, and by February, Agui naldo will be prepared to make uu on slaught upon tho American forcc9. To aid this plot, tho letter says, Ger many is trying to induce China to pur chase a large number ol big war vessels, ostensibly to strengthen her navy, but reully to bo held for transfer to Gor muny should complications arise. The Gorman agents whohavo made a report to their government sav it will bo im possible (or thu United States to land more than 50,000 men in tho Philip pines before Aguinaldo is ready to make his coup. Tho German report of thu condition of atluirs says Amo.ja'a only Imp- is to disarm the insurgents. The Post attributes the recent order ing ol additional troops to Manila, alter mustering out had been ordered, as un Indication that the United States lias been informed ol Germany's attempt to frustrate American acquisition of tho islands. HOLD-UP NEAR KANSAS CITY. SlUsourl i-. ii. Train BVbfe4 by Men Who Uaeil Dynamite. Kansas City, Sept. 20. The Colo rado and C-offeyvillo express train on the Missouri Puciflc railway, which left Kansas City ut 0:15 o'clock tonight, was held up by robbers near Leeds, a suburban from tho station, about six miles out Union depot. Tho locomo baggago car wero detached tivo and from tho train and taken down tin- track toward Dodson, after which tho robbers shattered the Pucilio Kxpiess Company's car with dynamite Officials of the expiess company state that the sale contained little t leisure, us tlie messenger carried nothing des tined for points beyond Cotlevville. Tho explosion of tho dynamite wn heard by miiny persons in tlie sunt I eastern part of Kansas City, Flying dobris from the shattered car carried down telegraph wires along the Frisco track, which parallels tho Missotui Pu ciflc at that point. Before committing the hold-up the robbers entered tlie Frisco station at licit Line, just east ol Leeds, and over powered the operutor. After smashing tho instrument in his office, they took tho operator with them to tl.o scene of tho robbery. Tho robbers numbered seven, it is Depot ted, Tlie scene of the hold-up is not fur from llrusb creek of the Blue river, where there is thick brush and heavy timber, and the escape ol tho robbers from that locality would not be a difficult mutter. A special train lias taken police and railway detectives to the scene. At a late hour the train was still detained there, owing to thu wreck of the baggage car. So lur as can be leurned tho passengers were not molested. Raa Over hy a Wagon. Silvorton, Or., Sept. 10, An acci dent 000 Dried at Dow n station yesterday evening, that resulted in tho death of George Humpert. Mr. (Jumper! was hauling water with un ox team from tho Aliiqua loi use at Ins house. The team run away throwing him off the wagon. The rear wheels passed aver his abdomen and left arm, breaking tho arm and causing serious internal in jury, which resulted in bis death. No More llelay. Washington, Sept. '.'ii .A very per emptory message ol instruction has been Hat to the Cuban commission, and ia to be thu basis of a note tu tho Spanish commissioners. The authori ties, in Washington will not make pub. lie the tonus of the note, but its gen eral tenor is that the United States will not bo satisfied with any further delay in the evacuation of Cuba. Fram-e'a Lara" Wheat t'n.r). Paris, Sept. !. The French wheat crop is estimated at 123,000,000 hecto liters, the largest since 1S71, when the yield Was 180,000,000. This will render France independent of foreign importa tions of wheat. (lobl n the H holtlt. Seattle, Sept. 20. The steamer Baa BOlthtl arrived here, II days liom St Michaels, with 230 passengers Irom Dawson City, the majority of whom Ml glad to get buck to civilita I rOB, Then wero onlv a few who hud any gold dint. Tbo steamer Al-Ki ar rived today from Skugwuy with MO passengers, most ol whom are frou Copper river. Filtoon passengers fiom Dawson had but a small amount ol gold dust. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 80. Tho steam schooner Samoa arrived hero to night from St. Michaels, Alaska, with f3 Klondikers and gold dust estimated at 1100,000. Among the Samoa's pas sengers was Dr. Walt, of San Frtin Cisco. The officers of the Samoa report the steamer Hertha was tosail from st. Miohaels September 18, for San Fran Cisco, with one ol the largest gold car goee of the season. Tbey estimate,! that it would be between 13, 500,000 and 3,000,000. A number ot rich miners were to come down on tlie Bertha, among them the Berry broth ert, of San Fraacitco HOLDING OUT FOR PAY . . ... i r n 1 Wait- ing to Be Bought AGUINALDO IS AFTFR OFFICE Humor BM li That He Wishes tu IU Governor of Province tluil-II.-. . Dooming In Manila. Manila, via Hong Kong, Sept 21. Thu only impediment in the way ol restoring absolute confidence is Agui naldo, who has informed Governor General Meiriit that, in the event of thu United States holding tho Philip pines permanently, or at least formally declaring a protoctoruto over it, his fol lowers would lay down their arms, but until that tinio it would not bo safu for him to do so. While all this Is very plausible it is tho consensus of opinion among tho English-sieuking merchants and resi dents hero that tho rebels, and espe cially Aguinaldo, are only holding out in order to be bought. Tho fact that one of Aguinaldo's nontenants is au thority for tho statement that un agree ment had been made with tbo Ameri can officials, by the terms of govornoi of a province and each of bis officers to Ire given minor positions, provided his troops lay down their arms, would tend to show that this opinion bus somo basis, particularly when General Merritt, upon learning of this stulo mont, said emphutically that "no agreement whatever had been niado with Aguinaldo upon any subject." Tho departure of General Merritt and bis stuff for Pur is effectually disposes of farther negotiations with tho insur gents for the present, whatever in ducements may havo been held out to them secietly, lor it is hardly to bo supposed that so delicate a duty would be delegated hy Merritt to his deputy. It Ib signilicunt that coincident with thu dupurtuio ol General Merritt for Paris the rebels should spread tho ro pott that three of Aguinaldo's trusted lieutenants have already left for Wash ington, with tho avowed intention of leaching the American capital ahead ol Brigadier-General Greeno. Certain it is that the insurgents held secret meetings in vnrious parts of tho city yesterday for tho pu prose ol dotoimin ing their future pirn of campaign, but tho result ol thoir deliberations wus carefully withheld from publication. From an American point of viow, tho situation hoic today is simply ono ol expL'ctanoy, the authorities awaiting instructions (torn Washington, and their subordinates hoping for relief from their onerous duties and a apeody retran to their homes. The Spuniurds, llrm in tho lieliof that Munila was siirrendoied after tho peaco negotiations hud boon commenced, swagger about the city with a feeling of confidence that it will soon be re stored to them. Tho Filipinos, with characteristic nnnchalanco, aro making hay w bile the sun shines, relieving their American friends of their liard-curned cash by every conceivahlo menus, and wonder ing how much longer their good for tune will continue. Wliut tho men under Aguinaldo think of tho situa tion no ono se-ms to know or care. In accordance with the requirements of international law, nn change has as yet been made in tho customs regula tions, hence the staff in force beforo tbo war is still maintained, and tho coffers of tho treasury are being replen ished very materially. It was natural ly expected that under the now regime the import duties would bo consider ably reduced, and many merchants laid their plans accordingly, hut in spite of exorbitant duties, tho demand so fur exceeds tho supply that tho mer chants are only too glad to got their goods through as fust as they arrive. Several Americans havo aliuudy an nounced thoir intention ol embaiking in business here, and an American bi lingual newspaper is among the possi bilities in the near future. The reoponing of tho cablo to Hong Kong and resumption of traffic along tho inter-island telegraph lines has placed tho raeichants once more In di rect communication with their ugoiits, but up to tho present littlo news has been received, the small forco employed in tho local office having been inade quate to hatidlo tho volume of outgoing messages tiled every day. General Anderson appointed, August 10. a board ol three officers, with Cap tain Bridgemun, Sixtli United States artijlery. as chairman, to investigate tlie recent shooting at Cavite. The report bus since been rendered, and is unfavorable to tho conduct ol tho Utah soldiers. All thooffioers areoutspoken in blaming our soldiers lor the shoot ing. The four insurgent soldiers Impli cated in tbe shooting were court-martialed by an insurgent board of officers yesterday at Cavite. Three wore ac quitted on the ground ol soll-defenso, and ono was found guilty and was sep teaoed to be shot ifpon the proceedings ol the court being approved bv Agui naldo. An invitation was extended to General Anderson and the other officers stationed at Cuvito to bo present at tho trial ot the prisoners. General Ander son w ill ask that the man lie not shot. Walla Walla. Sept. 24. Robert Fill toa died toduy in the hospital from in juries received in I mysterious m-,.,,., ; He was found yesterday lying besido ; tba railroad truck a short distance from town, with his back broken and an abra sion on the head. He nevor bocumo conscious enough to toll how ho was hurt. As his pockets wore turned in ; side out there is a suspicion ol (oul play. Friends say he had 100 the miy octore. tulton came from The Dalles a few days ago. French Convict a Mutinied. j Lsin.lon, sept. 24. According to a j Puns dispatch, convicts at Cavenne French (luina. have mutinied, and it M (eared that prisoners to the number ..I 1 ...to 111 , . . . ... 'i regain men Irberty. London. Sept. 24.-DeviPe island where Captain Dreyfus is confined, is but a short distance from Cayenne. It Is inwlble the revolt may be the death k'.ell of the prisoner, whose guards are under strict ordert to kill him if any attempt it made to deliver him, or there it any possibility ol hit escaping. GOMEZ TJ THE CUBANS. American Aulhorlly Must He ltc.,..cle,l in the U toast. New York, Sept. 24.-Tho Press says- The lid lowing general otdei issued by General Gomet, with rcsM'0t to tho attitude ol the Cuban army in regard to tho evacuation by the Span ish forces of tho town and villuges, and thu subjugation ol tho amiy to the military authority ol the American commanders, has reuched the Cuban ""Tito time having arrived when tho Spanish iorcos are to evacuate the towns and villages, and tho population being no longer subjected to tho author ity which is now to bo delegated to tho Americans through the medium of the revolutionary purty as our ullies may doom advisable. I believe it possible thut I should publish the following: "Tho former orders ol the council of tho provisional government ol Cuba with regard to tho attitude ol our lorces upon entering conquered territory in time of wur will be strictly obsoivod i ,i... oaameattlnn of townsund village ,1, - ncat.,,l bv the enemy. Tho lights ol property shall ho rcsrcoted and peisont shall bo unmolested in tho per formance of thoir duties uml in obedi ence to tho laws. "Without distinction at to rnce or color tho flag of Cuba shall protoot ull citizens alike as well as their proper ties. In assisting in the control ol towns and villages ovueuated ond In tho negotiations whloh may bo neocs sury, no terms shall bo impoied by our army with tho idea of bumlhition; but at tho same timo the honor of our arms and dignity ol our causo shall always bo preserved. Tho American forces will have lull authority, and it will ho tho duty ol the Cuban forces to assist and aid them in tho proceedings, an ,, , i, f i-ioi - or enemies of the pub lic order will bo punished according to the laws of common justice. "Tbe flag of the republic of Cuba will ulwoys bo respected, but It must be understood that tho American lorcoe will bo in authority and have the en forcement ol all laws and orders, whloh tho army ol liberation will bo cullod uK)ii to obey. Tho allianco of our lorces with those ol the Americans hut placed a now phaso upon tho conduct of negotiations which will load to the evacuation hy all Spanish forces of all towns, cities ond villuges in Cuba; ond in all instances the Americans will have authority over tho Cubans. At the sumo time it is understood that this superiority is not for tbo purpose of subjecting tbo Cuban forces to any other orders than those governed by tho rules of war and in accordance with our alli ance, "Our army is In no way humiliated, hut is rather honored by such on alli ance, and will co-operate in overy way with tho Amor icun forces to expedintc tho evacuation of the forces of the eno my, to tho end that Cuba may be quickly rid ol her erstwhile enemy. All chiefs ol divisions will sec that they pi. i thoroeolvea in communica tion with tho commandurs of tbe Amer ican forces when tho proper timo ar rives, and will station their forces ac cording to tho assignments designated by tho American commanders." THE LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL. 'resident MrKlnley'a Letter or In dorsement, Washington, Sept. 24. Tho follow ing is the president's letter in roply to a letter from Alexander H. Itevell, of Chicago, vioo-prcsident of tho Lafay ette memorial commission: "Washington, 8ept. 24. My Dear Sir: Your letter written in behalf ol tho Lufayctto momoriul commission bus gn-.it ly interested me, and I havo read with much satisfaction the plans already outlined for tho proposed mon ument to tho memory ol a great soldier and patriot. "The undeitaking is one in which I am Hire it will be considered a privi lege to participate, and the idea that the students in tho schools, colleges and universities shall take a prominent part in this tribute will not only be ol vust cducntional value as to one ol the most important epoch in history, but will keep prominently before them the inspiration of a high ideal of devotion to great principles and tho public re cognition aid to lofty purposes. "General Lafuyetto wus but a young man when ho ospoused tho canto ol liberty and independence, ovorooming woll nigh instirmountublo obstaoles to do so. It is altogether lifting, there fore, that the youth of Amorloa should have a part in this testimonial to his goodness and greatness. "I am glad to noto that your com misiion hat fixed a date when our poo plo, in every part ol the country, may testify their interest in this proposed monument and thoir determination that the movement already begun shall achieve the greatest success. Very sin cerely yours, "WILLIAM M'KINLEY." Killed by Flreworka. Pittsburg. Sept. 24. Captain John D. Adams, aged 88 years, and Charles Miller, aged 22 years, hit assistant, wero instantly killed while conducting a fireworks display and reproduction ol tho Manila battlo on the Allegheny river, in front of the Exposition build ing, tonight. In some way, aa yot un known, tho bomb which was intended to blow up tho Spanish was exploded almost directly under the skirt in which the men woro working. Kilted by a Train. Portland, Or., Sept. 24. Charles Waters, watchman at Pennover's mill, was run Jown by a train at the foot of Harrison street about midnight last night Both legs wero severed near the thigh, and ho died from tho shock and loss of blood about 20 minutes after the accident. Paris. Sept. 24.-The French voseel V illo de Fecamp foundered today off oeamp, and her crow of 80 wero drowned. Chile's ir.mand on Argentina. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 24.-EI Tern, ays Chile has given Argentina five days M which to accept nnrestrioted arbitra tion of the bounsdary disputo between the two countries. London. Sept. 84.-A diepatch has been receved here Irom General Roca. president-elect of Argentina, aaying hero will to uo war between that coun try and Chile. It Is estimated that since the begin run. of tha l.i.torical era 18.(00,000 tertout have perished hy earthquakes. WAR OFFICE SCl Alger Learns 9 Fun Tl. on His Tsu '"'"I "V. HOW THE IIOSPITAlg A I Batjalttttoat rr s,. W, Nul ' ,rd aa a... and I,,,,,,, i,.,,, Lexington. Ky.. oonleronco last night hetataatT 11. II I IT III 1 -ll. .t. II .. " ' , ,,,, . . . omcors .General Sanger tlie division i . . "' rain a I thing, as now conducted ii ' ,. to tho service. Surgeon. Oonernl K......L. . Insisted thai ll : .. " l honored in Wusl,it(1I. ...... ....I . a ... 11 If Ull l " 10 0 Ihri2 should he reisirted. "1 General ,tes u.ld nlt hat the conduct ol some ,Z2 tcrs ordered to furnish mJ criminal. While in nhi-ii'! frequently made .,,..... jfr1 not honored. An Imner.ilJ!!?'! , - uiim ,j -- - ....... water ui . hud made a requisition ouO,,,,, tor I,on for k.11 ' 5"rle ..... j. . U'llU ,,'11,1 t l.ia ....!,. . - , . ... , , ,M nn ,.. i i tend tho boilers, telling hit, hTa men wero contracting typhoid iJ! He met with a reply which iiio war department dua. iiihii Doners. ,,i ,, lines men r,..i...., , . .. ....... .r, ,.-,, n, ,,,,1 ta-j typhoid had been sown sndtlaai report showed tho iiicreatin( tol . v..,. , ,ne Pointing to Quartermaster LoJitrZ General Wuites said: "Those men cannot gay it wunb -(.......,,,,.,-,-, ,, liwilthaaall oi Vfuarierinaster-Hencral Laliaa.1 i if a . -a-" "uu i dmiiiuiiik riMUl WMTP. uutjingioii inmiu no reply to M 1 h hiir.tr ii. T,t,..i Washington, Sept. aSe-Tinq! master's ilopartmtuit of tho arroysjn (hilt thfl r I i i in villi. It. I... at ..... . .M y, V, . I I I4IH1 L.I wig waiei at i-hirkatn;.uK isnnttm (til tfifi mine . it,- I nil f'Vtinf il muHter Loo tftt-unuiltM. f l-tJ - - VHICI ....... w jai Z.Uuu wore sent, and a little blnVj III i ('. ll I n t r:ilt, I t lie, ik..J diers would not drink the boiW vat because it bad n Hal lmi lurrod and drunk the fresh witn. BECAUSE HE WAS EXHAUSTE1 ( onnvrclciit Man Murdarrd Ii Cat lllooil In Alaska. Seattle, Sept. IX Geerini Buna ol Mm u-cnort. (mm., wan mnraial snow storm hy u companion Johnson, ol Springfield, Mrm was snoi a -u in sicni oi mecca when Ins strength failed ami no siiiik iinwii in me ton Johnson, who was the loader ol ti iilv n-ntil 1,-n'L to l,i,n an, I .ilk oath, blew out thu unfortunate aaV bruins with a revolver. tor roe ursi nine uv v. auiiui. has just returned Irom Aluski ,,,ir,,,,,r . , u iir,l 1. 1 ll in in. m 1 short distance from Dawson. too, nearly lost his lilo from from Johnson's revolver. Nothiafta beard Irom Johnson. It ii puast he perished in tbo snow itorm ri trying to escape. SaMinlah Niival 1'rlanarra H Santandor, Spain, Sept. M-- Anchor lino steamer City ol ite, which loft Ports nth, N. fhj Spanish nrisoiiers on board, wrr lioro this morning. Madrid, Sept. 3:1. Admiral Or vera, while at Suntander, in Ihakj tho authorities for coining on k the steamer to receive him, bitterness on the situation ol tatj rincs, who, on lotiiriiing. after ttag thoir duty quietly, find such m" nliu,,ller of nil die opinion. Thoro are 200 cases of let"""! tl.n i -1 , 1 1 i i , 1 1 .III the City of K When the train convoying -1-.....I ..:..o.i .. .I,,, station ll A U I I 1, I 1 , , V' ... "- , i J i ta uiowu which iuiu (k,,,,,-- --- -the general should show himwl'. " oral Torol. who is ill with fever. a few excuses ami ueai order to avoid being struck. VI.- V..rr InJlirrJ- Pittsburg. Pu.. Sept. l!3.-r'"r mm in in ran it 1110 . i . :ii . .. .ii. i Hi-Hi v'-; jinn. II. . i.i lirilila 1 l'l " 1 crane. They are H. Ry Junotion; Noah Stanley. o'?rI Ind.i Martin Beck, ol Wellthti Va.; Jolin iouug, m Willi...., Wl.lt. 0 riliaeu.r and Stanley tiro not expected to Dominion Labor Caagvaw Winnipeg, Man., "l Dominion labor congress DW ' . , u...:.l. ,lf W" session. Kuipn "" - m B, C. was elected PW'jl troal was solecte-i ' "re "v mooting. 1 " ntar. London, Sept. 3.-Then l this morning says the KotlnJ'Jj loan Spain 4,000,000 or on the security of the fJj eilver mines wnen iu shall havo boiTjigncd . .. liar- Hurn ",,,,,,;:-4", New York, Sept- - - Is passengers on the Whi JJ o Teutonio, fiom Europe, J John Hay, ex-United jlt dor to GreatPHtan.iJ' Floor lll ! 8t. Joseph, Mo., SePj-JJ tionol tho floor n"1'0, iti cuit Company's ftotory ' it Injuring thne employ ' thews, Walter BBlta'rel nak. Matthews' iiOUi i t the others are in lI.v- tion. ihr V- -A. Deer... f qWr. Ma.lri.l. Sent. ln 4 the dccr.f miral Montojo nd it'n aiat u., fniiirlit Si the war with the I'm " - rn Ctiiivicrs w . ...rs.