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EUOENE CITY ORKliQN
EVENTS OF THE DAY
An Inlareatlna; Collection aflaMM Vram
tha Two llaHilsnharaa l'rlnl
In .... -i i. i form.
Three liven were lout anil several in
jured by a fire and explosion at Kurt
Adams, H. 1.
AnbuMdor Jules Gambon will sail
from Davie (or Now Vurk 00 January
?, to resume bit dotfat ut Washington.
Senator llunna has Introduced in the
senate, ami llcprcscntative Puyne in
the house, a Mil to grunt ubnidii i (or
American shipping.
When Um pree ideal in his soul bet ri
tour reached Mncon, (in., great n t lm -iiaiim
was shown ud Um Confederate
veterans tendered him a rcccftinu.
The National Oaakot Com puny, of
Pittsburg, !'., hits received (roui the
United States government llll Oilier UM
4,000 caskets, thn largest single Ofdw
of the kind over given, The oofflnf
will ho used (or the pnrpOM of bring
ing to thin country tho ImhIiom n( all
the soldiers kill,- I in battle in Cnha, or
who died trom disease there.
Kut Portage, ' ntario, in in wihl excite
ment, over a marvelous strike, in :! ill
the Mikmlo )lrl mine. The core 11 1 1m
a (tope 40 (eet high ami two ami a
third (eet wide, and the richest ore in
worth, on a conservative estimate fiom
125,000 to 36,000 a ton in free-milling
gold. The ore in heiii put in barrels
and Hack, and men are guanling It.
The mine in owned in England. At a
low estimate there iit now (250,000 in
tight
A tpecial from Washington, IX ('.,
Buys: There nre seers who predict that
Uncle Him. will h me the huukci (or
the world. Two Old World govern
ments, llnssitt iin I Japan, have turned
their faces to the United States in
search of loans. Itussin, at leant, has
liad agents sound American financiers.
Thin is the first time foreign natloni
have nought to float gn ' national
loans in America, and the wine men
think it in the beginning of iii" new
era.
At the Mi 17.1 1 ro insane asylum, in
Havana, a horrible stutn o( atTnirn wits
discovered. One hundreil and twenty
inmates, emaciated and showing every
sign of atiuvntion, are inn lined there.
Mix IlloutliB ago there were over SOU in
this asylum, hut dentil and starvation
have reduced their numbers to about
one-seventh o( that I k " ' The Span
iali government withdrew ita gtunt,
and although money waa mixed for tho
Institution, corrupt officials embezzled
moat o( it, leaving tho pntieuta (ban
tu to.
At a meeting "f (lie varioua religious
Jmwiilinllmii bald in London, the
csar's diaaiuiameiit propoanl una in
doraed. Pour poisons were killed and othera
seriously injured in I'nria bv the col
lapae'of a houae in course of construc
tion. It is fenied Uwt live I mi. I ICS still
remain Inn n il in the debt is.
The Brltiah steamer Pawnee bai ur-
rived in New York (mm lioditenan
eau polls, and brought 10 ship-wicckcd
people, eight men and two Woman, who
were taken (rom the disabled MllOOMf
Daar Mill, o( Bi John's, N. H., in
miiloccnn.
Tho navy depnrlincnt hna ma le pub.
lio a ieMirt from Admiml Schley cov
ering that pari ( the nporntioua nnd
move mi of the flying iquadrou
from its tailing (roui Key Went (or
Olenfuegoa up to, but not Inolodlngtba
first bom bard pout,
Aa a result of a coasting accident at
Till l le creek, eight 0)111 from Pitta
burg, Joseph West, agod 10 Veins, is
dead and eleven others nie injured, I ho
seriously. The sled collnpsed at the
bottom of a sleep hill and boiled the
patty with great force in every diroo
tion.
Thomas Jones, living near (1 r,
W. Va., attempted to light u Hie with
crude oil. An eaploelon oocorred,
wrecking the room, and the dies-es id
his twin daughters, aged 4 yems, ig
nited. He waa too badly burnad to
uaait them, and they Were so bi lly
burned that both of them die I shortly
uftei wards.
Biportl to Ottba are aliendy begin'
lling to show the etTect of reluiuing
peace and the reopening of our port! to
commerce. The (lelober liguios of the
treasury department bureau of itetie
tics show n m nked iuciense in the ex
ports o( the Unltad Btatai to Cuba in
nearly all artlolaa, compnriug Ootobara
isths, with Ootobar, 1897.
The international anti-aimrohistio
conference which has been in pension
here lor several weeks, bns proved n
success, (treat secrecy is maiutillnad
regarding the proceedings and conclu
sions, but the delegates seem Mtlaflad
th.it thev hnve laid a splendid founda
tion lor a uniform system of dealings
with anarchists. The confeience de
clined to racognlaa anarchist outrages
us political arlnati
Minor News llamt,
It ia rapOltad In court circles that
Ptlnoa George of I i reece ia engaged to
l'rincesa Victoria of Wnb'S.
Mrs. Abide L Marble, sister-in law
i f the Into James (t. II In i no, was killed
in a runway at San l.enndro, Cnl.
leu. John J. Dupuy, a prominent
tS-Oon (adantta soldier, died in Mem
phia. lie was in all the balttea of tho
army of the Tennessee, and waa
wounded (our times.
The trustees of Wellealey Muns. (col
lege announce a gift of 160,000 fnuii
the Into Charles T. Wilder, of Wei
lesley. At a meeting of the .board of man
ager of the Ameiiuan liilde Society in
New York Kev William lngraimm
Haven, of Hrooklino, Mass., waa elect-
ad secretary of the houtd.
Commodore I'hilip, at present com
manding the North Atlantic station
in the absence of Admiral Kamon
at Havana, has applied for assignment
aa commandant of the Uoston navy-yard.
LATER NEWS.
Hi-naloi Mi lliideof Oiegon, haa In-
froduced hill making Astoria the ter
minus of the Iran- I'.n lln cable.
According to a new time card of the
.'treat Northern to go into effect Janu
ary 1, the trans, onlinentnl sc hedule
will be reduced 12 hours.
Congress has adjourned until Janu
ary 4. After the holiday recess the
lights of (ieneral Wheeler and others to
hold their seats will lie inquired into.
Among a network of wires 20 feet
above the ground, limlerick ( biabolin,
a Chicago electrician, wsa alowly
burned to death ill sight of aeveral
hundred spectators.
Colonel E. H. Harretf, national i ron
blent of the Sons of the American Itev
n lotion, was killed by falling from a
window of his home at Concord, Mass,
lie was 60 years of age.
In Loaitvlllt, Kv., it is estimated by
tbe health department that there are
10,000 oaaea of grip. The lavages of
the disease have been so widespread
that in some cases buainess has bueii
seriously impeded.
Hereafter brooms will coat 2 008 tl
more apiece. Members of tbe BroOOO
.Mniiiitm liners' Aasociution of the
l inle l States met in Chicago and de
cided to advance the price of brooms 26
cents a dozen.
A rear-end collision occorrod on tho
I'heuiiaylvanta railroad three miles
(rom ltahway, N. J., which resolted in
the loss of two lives and injury to many
lrsona. Tho killed are William ('.
Hewolf, a railway elurk; and K. Knight,
a colored nntero( the sleeping-car.
Two fast-moving electrio curs collided
on the Worcester A .Suburban lailioud.
near I .eicester, Mass., in a dense fog.
John Kerigan. oged 43, of Cherry Val
ley, a weaver, nnd Walter II. Holbrook,
of Leicester, nged IU, a newspaper
man, were killed, and a dozen or more
other passengers were more or leas seri
ously wounded.
While examining state documents of
the 1 (till century in the Vatican library
recently, Abbe Cozzuluzxi, assistant
librarian, found the oiiginal man ii
sciiptof a treatise hy (ialileo on the
tides. Tho manuscript is all in Ouli
leo'a handwriting, ami ends with the
words written ut Home in tbe Medici
(tanleiis on January 8, 1010.
The president has nominated Etbun
A. Hitchcock, o( .Missouri, to be secre
tary of the interior. Mi. Hitchcock is
ut present ambassador to Itussia. Ho
was appointed minjstei more than a
year ago. and when the rank was raised
to an embassy, he was re-appointed.
He ia a wealthy lawyer and business
man of St. Louis, and was foi some
time an extensive plate-glass manufac
turer, lie ia a great giamlsonof Kthan
Allen, of Itevolutiouary fame.
Thel'iinceof Wales is promoting a
war against tuln'rculosis in England.
Secretary Umg will soon issue ad
vettiaemeuts calling for pioposals (oi
raising the Maine and the ('riatobul
Colon, In aciordance with the decision
of tbe hoard of constrm tiou to which
the mutter hid been lefetred.
A linaiicial statement just issued by
the Southern I'acillc Company shorn
that for the mouth of OotODal the gross
enrnings of the company reached
f 6 ii, ;'.,. This in an inorca f
I,I26,70I over the game month of lust
yeni.
Corliss, of Michigan, hna Introdnoad
a bill in tbe house to facilitate the con
it i net ion and maintenance of tele
graph cables in the 1'iicitle (Mean lie
twirii the Dnltad BtatM and Hawaii,
the Pblllppina islands, Japan und other
countries.
The agricultural appropriation hill
passed by congress contains a retalia
tory clause authorising the secietary of
agiiculture to inspect imported articles
dangarotu to health, uml ulso author
izing the secretin y of the ticusary tot x
olndfl such aiticles. The restiictiou is
designed to apply to a large number of
articles Imported from foreign coun
tries. London advices just received bring
pinmisc that the Went Indian colonies
will enter upon the new year with
brighter industrial prospects, owing to
the successful launching of the West
Indian Co-Operative Union, organized
on the lines of the California. Fruit
Union, und the liish Agricullurul or
ganization, which achieved wonderfully
lapid smccsn.
(lieat It i i til i n bus given another
striking example of friendship foi the
United States, and ut the same time
hai taken action which in looked upon
iii the light of a recognition of the
sovereignty of the United Statea over
the PbillppineO, A filibustering ex
pedition oignnized to go to the supairt
of Aguinahlo bus been suppressed at
Hong Kong by ordei of the Brltiah uu-
ihoriMee,
The first order for an English railroad
to be received at the Schenectady, N.
Y., liHSomnlivo woiks calls for ten
mogul freight engines, which will bo
built (or the Midland railroad, The
machines will tool American pattern,
With Ojlindeis 1H inches in diameter,
with 24-inch stroke, und tilted with all
modern appliances. The shipment ol
2? locomotives ban just been completed
for the Nippon railroad, of Japan, and
tho woiks are running night and day
with a foice of 2,000 men.
The Brltiah government bus decided
to complete the Soudiiu railroad to
Khartoum, the distance yet to be cov
ered being ISO miles.
Forest Saloe, a bellboy formerly em
ployed at the Planteis' hotel in tit.
l.ouis. is hell to 26,000, left him by
James T. Spuulding, of Chicago.
The movements of rebels fOH Hrazil
have been defeated by troops sent to
the frontier, und there scorns to bo no
further danger to the peace of the couu-
try.
Tho committee having the matter in
charge has decided upon a celebration
in 1U03 of the 100th anniversaiy of the
purchase of Ixiuisiuua (rom the Fiencb
government.
Col. Thomas II, Sherley, one ol the
most representative whisky men and
distillers in Kentucky, died suddenly
at his home in Louisville of paralysis ol
the heart.
The Association of American Di
rectory Publishers was formed in
Cleveland bv publisheis ol city diiec
toriea from 120 citiea. t he object U
nlutual piotectiou.
WITHER ISLE OURS
Speck in Mid-Pacific Will Be
Used for Cable Station.
OLD (iLOKY OVER WAKE ISLAND
(onioianricr of thm tlrnnlngton
Karelia Orilars to llulat lbs
rii in...
rin
Washington, Dec, 2ft. This govern
ment bus determined to hoist the dug
over an island fai out in the Pacific
oe. n., and outers were sent out late
this afternoon to the commander of the
Uennington, Captain Taussig, to pio
ceed at once to tnke possession, in the
name of tho United States government,
Ol Wake island, lying in latltUtde IB
north, longitude 106 east. Itisdiitant
about 2,000 miles from Nihan, the
westernmost of the Hawaiian islands,
and 1,800 miles east of (tuam. It ia
tlinost in a direct line between those
possessions of the United States, and
is admirably adapted (or use ns a sta
tion (or a Pucilio cable to connect the
Philippines with Hawaii mid the Unit
ed States. It is an. mi three miles in
length, and incloses a lagoon o( salt
water. The average height of the
island is eight (eet above high tide. It
is s. an elv capable, in itself, of sustain
ing life, but it ia exacted that a cable
can be maintained without difficulty
by the erection of a condenser to sup
Iv (tosh water. Somu station in that
locality is deemed to be absolutely nec
essary to the maintenance of a cable,
ami for thut leasou the American peace
( ominisaioiiera at Palis endeavored to
secure one of the Caroline islands, but
without success.
Wake island is said to he by right
already American territory, for in 1861
Admiral W ilkes surveyed the place and
asserted title. It is not inhabited, so
fur as known, at the present time,
though in the past some guano gather
ers have temporality lived on the
island.
The Uennington is now at Honolulu,
and the orders to her will go out by
steamer. After hoisting the Hag on
Wake island, she will nroceed totttiain
and make a survey of the island, which
was ordered some time ago. She haa
already completed a auivey of Pearl
harbor, seven miles from Honolulu,
which will (orui the foundation of the
government's plans (or tbe enlarge
ment of the harbor there and tho
straightening of the channel connect
ing the inner harbor with the ocean.
DISORDERLY I N i'J 1 3 i.N T3.
l mi In Huliurba sf Manila Cams
Americana Atlllaly.
Manila. Dec. 30. The United States
cruiser ltoston and tho gunboat Petrel
have arrived from Chinese porta. The
steamer Uinon, which has returned
here fiom I loi lo with native and Span
ish soldiers, has been relused a land
ing. The steumei St. Paul has arrived
here with Christmas mail.
Tbe first American flag was raised
ovei Malato school yestcnluy. It was
sent hy the university of Pennsylvania.
The honor of raising the flag was ac
corded to Father McKinnon, of Califor
nia, in recognition of bis services in
reopening the schools.
Native triHipa encamped in the sub
urbs are again causing anxiety. The
altitude of the insurgent detachment at
Paudnchaii bridge on Wednesday was
such that the California, Idaho and
Washington regiments were concentrat
ed In light marching order at Paco,
but tumble waa averted.
I.argrat Yohiiiio ut ltiilnM on RvrorH.
Nort Yoik, Dec. 20. K. (1. Dun fe
Co. 's weekly review s.iys:
It ia a year beyond parallel, and goes
to ita close w ith the biggest volume of
business ever seen. Enormous tians
actioni at the toek exchange, makes
some difference, hut when all the trans
porting and speculative interests are
eliminated, there is still much larger
business than in any other month of
any year. Last year the exports Were
in volume greater than in auy previous
month in the history of the country,
but this your the thieo weeks reported
show an increase of 26 per cent.aguinst
0 percent in n porta, which would in
dicate much more than $70, 000,000
excess of exports thia month.
Cancel lal Inn ,r Ita V QMS M Hiainpa.
Washington, Dec. 2(1. In view of
the fact that fraud has been discovered
in connection w ith ts cancellation of
documentary and adhesive internal rev
enue stams, by which old stamps
were re-used, the internal lovonue hu
lean today issued a legnhitio'i which
requires all such stamps to be cameled
with the Initial! of the usoi, together
with the month, day and year wiitten
or stamped thereon. Hitherto tho
month and day of cancellation haa not
been required.
Notorious Turk K Iliad.
Constantinople, Dec. 16, (tlianl
liey, the sultan's aide-decamp, waa
murdered yesterday hy llalui I'ucba in
a quarrel, (thani Key became notori
ous ow ing to bis lawless proceedings
in Kpiritus. Ho also inspired terror
hero by extorting money under threats
of death. Oflolabt of the foreign em
bassies have (requenlly demanded the
punishment of (thani Hey, but always
unsuccessfully.
Will liny AaMttaM Italia.
London, Dec. 20. Tho government
of Vlotorla, acoording ee a special dis
patch fiom Melbourne, haa accepted
tho tender of the Pennsylvania A
Maryland Steel Company (or 85,000
tons of steel rails at 175,000 below the
Engliah leader,
Ktnnea In T Korclgn r-cirlllaa.
Paiis, Doc. 20. Tho chamber o(
deputies today adopted a bill imposing
a stamp duty of one cent on foreign se
curities. Solillara Prolan to llaath.
London, Dee, 30. Tho Vienna cor
respondent o( the Daily Telegraph savs:
Several bundled Montcncgria.li soldiers,
who were recently overtaken by a snow
-toi m in the Lira Pass, were fioaen to
death. Tbe expedition sent to their
rescue found the snow drifts so heavy
that it was impossible to save them.
Washington, Dee. 3tt. Ambassador
Drapei informs the department of state
Imui ine Italian eiiainuei ut uepuuei
ratified the (Hiatal treaty yesterday;
I Ut It ! DOeelble that Ihe senate will
ratify it today or touionow-
NEGOTIATIONS AS TO TERMS
EofUnrl AgrMI Abrogation or lh
Clavton-llulwar Trrnlr-
New York, Dec. 2fl. A special to
the llera'd from Washington says:
All danger of fuither friction between
the United States and (tieut llritain
over the construction of the Nicaragua
canal will shortly be removed by the
abrogation of tho Clayton-Hulwer
treaty. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the
British ambassador, has received or
will receive within the next (ew duya
positive instructions to enter opon
negotiations with Secretary Hay for tho
abrogation of the convention referred
to, and tho preparation of a new treaty
guaranteeng the neutrality of the canal.
The change in the attitude of the
Hritish government from its old posi
tion ol insisting Upon having a voice in
the construction of the promised canal
ia tbe reaolt of representations made to
Lord Salisbury by Mr. Henry White,
charge d'affaires ol this government in
London. It ia the understanding of
those who uie aware of the change in
tho attitude of tiie llritish government
that Lord Salisbury will suggest
through Sir Julian tho advisability of
tbe United States granting some conci sions
to bis government in return loi
the relinquishment of the important
lights possessed by (treut Britain in the
matter of a canal across the isthmus,
which for nearly 60 years have been
reoognized by this government in the
tieaty negotiated by John M. Clayton,
on the part of the United States, and
Lord Henry Lytton-Hulwcr, on the part
of the Ulitish government. Just what
concessions will be asked uie not
known, nor will they be until fuller
and final instructions have Been re
ceived by Sir Julian amUomuiunicuted
to Secretary Hay.
HAVANA'S DEATH RATE.
Hatwren rirty-llve ami Savanty-llve lle
l. ..in From ... ,ii. ... anil Disease.
New York, Dec 20. A dispatch to
the World (rom Havana says: Ha
vana's death rate is astounding. There
are between 66 und 76 deaths heie each
day, the majority from malarial fever,
typhoid claiming the next largest num
ber of victims and pernicious fever
about the same.
The civil register today shows a total
of 40 deaths in this city in tho last 24
hours, and two parishes where the
death rate waa usually high made no
report. The niortulity last week was
at tho rate of 100 in every 1 000 of the
I .. ul.ition. Tim week It will be high
er. In New York tho death rate ib
only 23 deaths per annum for every
thouaund population.
All the hospitals aro overcrowded
and no more yaMicuts can bo received.
The municipal hospital, organized as
an emergency hospitul to care for sick
reconcentrados, is taking care of 303
patients with space (or only 100. A
surgeon in one hospital said today that
lie bad to leave sufferers lying In the
streeta because tbeiu ia no place to
oare for them.
Vile stenches from the indescribable
dirtiness of some sections offer a hei
oilcan task to tho engineer officer pre
paring to clean the city, making the
American boio despair of any imme
diate lowering of the frightful death
rate.
A PERFECT SUCCESS.
Mure About the Itallnnn Trip Across
tbe i I. um. 1
New York, Dec. 24. A dispatch to
the Times from Loudon says: The
Chronicle publishes an account from its
col respondent sent in 'in a bulloolltlip
across the channel, showing that the
Andree steering-goai was tested with
perfect success. Tho sail used was 18
feet square instead of 12 (eet, the one
used in the laud experiment.
The aeronauts took their comae w ben
the 300-(oot trail rope was in water
and found they had deflected threo
points, or about doable thut obtained
on land in Essex several weeks ago.
This is not surprising, for tho frac
tional resistance of the trail rope in
water was immense. Another test gave
the same results, but this timo tho bal
loon descended within two feet of thu
waves.
To keep the balloon at an even alti
tude was a task of the greatest diffi
culty, and owing to cold air on the
water the sun-heated gas cooled with
lightning rapidity, demanding constant
expelling of ballast to prevent falling
into the sea.
The balloon again rose 2.800 feet,
but dropied behind a thick cloud. The
sudden eclipse caused a rapid descent,
and in a few minutes the balloon
touched the ocean. A wave struck the
cat. It was an exciting moment foi
the aeionauta, their gum boots being
filled with water. Percival Spencer,
the famous aeronaut, in charge, prompt
ly threw out bullast and saved himself
from sinking.
The balloon then rose 700 feet after
clearing the French cliffs, and landed
atolVKUild Nuiman peasants four miles
east of Havre, having in live hours cov
ered 150 Utiles, of which 7.5 miles were
over aea.
Wracks III tile North.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 24, The
Rosalie, which hna arrived hero (rom
Skagway, teports the wreck of a sloop
which left Wrangel two weeks ago (or
Skagway with a partv of 13, bound (or
Atlin. The sloop waa found bottom
side up by Indians, and it is (eared
that all bauds were lost.
Newa is also brought of the wreck of
tho schooner Ohio, of Victoria. No
lives were lost.
Trlmii Co to Cuba.
Savannah, (Ju., Dec. 20. The head
quarters and first battalion of the lex is
regiment, together with Colonel
Wheaton'e headqtiattcrs, sailed for
Cuba thia afternoon, in the transport
Michigan. The othei two battalions
of tie Fillt Teaxs and the Second
Louisiana reglmeut will leave toaoi
row ou tho Mobile.
- Vtillae I'owar or Niagara.
Pitteburg, Deo. 96. The Miller Elec-
tilo Construction Company, ol Pitts
burg, has laVOtrtOd a new plan to nu
lla the power of Niuguta falls, ami it
ia expected woik will begin the first of
the year, necessitating the expenditure
Ol about 9600,000. It ia nroposed to
erect a larga building close to the falls,
being kept in place by anchors and
heavy Iron cables. With a aeries of
contrivances. It is exp cted to utilize
all tbe force of falling water. Elec
trical fluid ia to be tiansported by con
, duiu and heavy wire to distant polnta.
FORTHE MISTER OIT
Plans Will Be Completed by
First of the Year.
MANILA TROOPS WILL BK FIRST
rollowlog Thalr lllscharf., h Vol
i. so (ha VTa.t tndles Will
Ha Kent II. on a.
Washington, Deo. 24. -Tho war de
partment has not yet made definite
plans for the mustei-out of 60,000 vol
unteers, which was decided on at the
cabinet meeting yesterday, but It is un
derstood that work will be pretly well
mapped out by the fiist of the year
The completion of the muster-out will
depend on whether the department
adopts the plan of three mouths' fur
lough or immediate discharge, with
two montha' extra pav, as suggested by
Congressman Hull. It has been prac
tically decided to muster out all the
volunteers in the Philippines as fust as
they can be replaced with reguluis, so
as not to hamper tbe military adminis
tration of tbe island. Following the
discharges of the legiments of the Phil
ippine stations, it is undeistood the
volunteer troops in the West Indies
will be uiuateied out.
Twentieth OoS mi Ilia Scunilla.
San Francisco, Deo. . Major
General Meriiam has ordered that the
work of pieparing the transport Scandia
foi another voyage to Manila bo rushed
to completion. Dy the that of next
week he expects lo telegraph the war
department that he will bo ready with
in 10 days to have the Twentieth
United States infantry come here from
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to board the
Bcandla for the Philippines.
It is the belief at army headquarters
here that the First California volun
teers will be brought home on the la
tum trip of the Scandia.
Two Itaflmeiita Qo Via WS.
Chicago, Deo. 24. Telographio 'n
structiona were received Ualay from the
secretary of war, ordering the Fourth
infantry at Foit Sheridan, and the Sev
enteenth, at Columbus, to sail for the
Philippines on or before January 15.
The regimeuts will go via New York
and the Suez cunul.
MECCA FOR ALL RAILROADS.
I'acillc Coast llaconilnii . ( nlveraal Ob
jective l'lilnt.
Chicago, Dec. 24. Tho Chronicle
Bays: There are strong indications
that tho Chicago, Uurliugton & (juincy
ami the Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific
roads are figuring on extending their
lines to the Pacific coast. The absorp
tion of the Hawaiian and Philippine
islands by this country, it is expected
by the owners of these roads, will opon
up an immense transcontinental rail
business, both east and west-bound.
Thu recent deal by which the Santa Ko
will have its own line into San Fran
cisco in the spring has awakened tho
officers of the competing semi-transcontinental
roads. An officer of one of
tho Weatem roads who has just come
from the coast, and who takes a keen
interest in ruilroad affairs out there,
savs:
"I would not be surprised to wake
up some morning and find the trans-
I continental situation further compli
' cated by the announcement that the
Burlington was to be extended lo the
Pacific ocean. The Burlington ia a
: good ileal nearer the coast than mo9t
people imagine, and I understand that
this road has been surveying thresh
Idaho all summer one line through
I Nee Purees pass and another through
, Lolo pass. I understand also that two
or three independent Hues that are now
being built in Western Idaho and
Noitheiietern Oregon are intended
eventually to form part of the proposed
Western extension of the Uurliugton.
"Another point of interest in his
connection is the fact that the Um ling
ton is a large holder of valuable termi
nal and dock property at (tray 'a harbor,
which would bo o( great value to the
company were it to entet the Oriental
trade. Such an extension would form
a shoit route from Tacoma to New Oi
leans." Denver, Colo., ia now tho Western
terminus of the Uock Island, and Hill
ings, Mont., is the end of the Burling
ton's tracks. It has been reported that
tho former company would soon pur
chase the Colorado Midland, which
would place its terminal 40H miles fur
ther west. Hillings, Mont., the end of
the Uurliugton, is 1,020 miles from
Tacoma, or a little further than Ogdon
is from San Francisco. While Presi
dent Purdy, of the hock Island, denies
the report that his company is figuring
on absorbing the Midland, nothing
definite can he learned regarding tho
Burlington's intentions.
Tralnrobbars Failacl.
Grenada, Miss., Dec. 22. An Illi
nois Central express train, southbound,
was held up one-half mile south of
Pope's station, by two men, at 10:30
tonight. They suddenly appeared on
the engine and compelled the engineer
to Mop, after which they attempted to
break in the express car door. They
fired several shots, hut (ailed to gain
admission. The robbers then fled.
No one was hurt.
Two nw Discs varies atapartast.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 34. Fred
Smith, of Victoria, just out (rom Atlin.
brings news of the discovery of two
more rich gold-bearing creeks. Tho
new finds have been christened Moose
and Goose creeks. He had both hands
Iroaen and nearly lost his life ou the
way out
( A. J. Denudes, better known as the
'Turquoise King of Jarill.is," wa mur
dered st his celebrated tutquoiso mine
60 miles noith of EI Paso, New Mexico'.
The Melrose department building
the argeat structure of its kind on the
south side of Chicago, was almost com
pletelv destioyed by fire, entailing a
loss that will exceed f 100,000. Scores
of occtipanta of the building weie saved
from Injury by the heroism of Paul L
r ischer. the elevator boy, employed in
the structure Through choking clouds
of smoke and almost unendniing heat
the boy made 10 trips with his cai and
Mined those on the upper floor. t0
ptoOOaof aalety. Then, exhausted from
but efforts be staggered out ol the
building and was taken care of bv those
whom be bad rescued.
OPEN DOOR TO ASIA.
John W. Hon It Mailer - . - II U latfWWgh
1 ..--I, tlbaart allows In aibarla.
' London, Dec. 24. John W. Book-
waiter, of Ohio, who has just returned
from a three mouths' journey through
Kuaaia. told tho oni respondent of the
A-sociated Press, in un interview to
duv. that ho enjoyed unusual facilities
for observing what is going on in that
country. Ho traveled 17,000 miles to
the terminus of tho truiis-Hiheriun tail
wav. to the end of the lino, reaching
the frontier of Afghanistan, and to the
end of the one penetrating China
through Manchuria. All these are now
pi actically completed.
Mr. Hookwaltor was alloweil to go
everywhere, to see everything and to
take hundreds of photogiuphs, thanks
to special permits issued to him by the
minister of the interior on the applieii
tion of the United States ambassa lor
at St. Peteisburg. During Ins journey
be conversed with tho governors of
provinces and with military and oivil
ottiuials of all ranks.
"Everywhere I found," Mr. Book-
waiter said, "the kindest and most
friendly feeling toward America and
Americans, and heard many expiessious
of satisfaction over Americu s success
in our wai with Spain. To this there
was not a single exception.
"Americu's best open door to Central
Asia and China is through Itussia.
Already all the locomotives and rolling
stock ou thu mil way a uro of American
manufactuie. Central Aaiu will, in
ti e near future, be tho greatest market
in the world for manudictures of all
kinds, and our obtaining the virtual
monopoly of this market only dependa
on our retaining thu friendship Kussiu
now has for us.
"America has very little to gain by
an open door in China. That country
is an industrial oue, und whatever we
may now be able to sell to them, the
Chinese will soon he able to make for
themselves. One day, ami that day ia
near at hand, whatever China buys from
the rest of tho world will reach her
through Hussiu and Central Asia.
Itussia in the last three years has done
more to open the doors of China than
England and all the rest of the world
has done in 50 years.
"I traveled over 1,200 miles of rail
wav which she has built from the Cas
pian sea to Tashkend, in Turkestan,
over a blanch of this line which runs
to the northern frontier of India, over
another branch which goes from Merv
to the border of Afghanistan. Then
there are also Russian lines all along
tho Persian frontier, and projecting
into that country, either completed or
rapidly approaching completion. All
thu work on these lines has been done
by soldiers, who, in this way, are not
in Itussia, as elsewhere, non-prodiiceia.
"All this tremendous Asiatic railway
system is ownud and operated by tho
government. All the lines are admira
bly built, and rplendidlr equipped.
Why, I saw a bridge acrosa tho Annul
aria, in Central Asia, at a point whore
tho river is threo miles wide, that coat
20,000,000 roubles, and is the greatest
piece of engineering work ever accom
plished. There is nothing like it any
where else in the world.
"Wherever I went I saw cities and
towns springing up, such as Askobad,
in Turkoman i i , for oxample, which al
ready has 25,000 inhabitants. Now
Bokhare, 12 miles from Old Bokhara,
has 12,000 inhabitants. W hero do tho
people conio from to inhabit these
towns? Why, from European Russia.
The goveinment is tinning her surplus
Euiopean population into Central Asia
just aa the United Statea turned her
surplus population of her Atlantic
states into her great Western territories.
No human power con stay the onward
inarch of the Slav through Russia,
which will be the feature of the 20th
century, just as the march of the
Anglo-Saxon through America bus been
the feat uie of the 10th.
"The United States will be commit
ting a woeful mistake if she fuils to re
tain tho friendship of this great world
power of tho luture."
MASSACHUSETTS MISHAP.
Not Knough Water ror a llattla-Hhlp
or Har Slic.
Washington, Deo. 24. The naval
authorities have learned, to their dis
may, thut it is not possible for one ol
our big battle-ships, like thcttregon oi
Massachusetts, to get out of Now York
harbor during extra low wator, such as
prevailed when the lattor battle ship
struck on Diamond reef a abort time
ago. To aid tho court of inquiry now
in session at New York, trying to ascer
tain the responsibility for the giound
ing, tho navy department called upon
the coast survey for special measure
ments of the water in tho harbor near
Diamond reef, and upon the rock itself.
Tho report of the superintendent of
,the survey has just been received. It
Bhows, in the opinion of naval officers,
that it is not possible for a ship of the
size of the Massachusetts and with her
maneuvering qualities to get out of the
harbor without touching the bottom
when the tide ia ebb and the wind
strong.
Horaea anil Mules for Manila.
San Francisco, Dec. 24. The bark
Tacoma, with 111 horses and mules,
besides a lot of material, sailed for
Honolulu and tho Philippines today.
She will stop at Honolulu and take on
the animals she left there on her last
trip, and leave some tl her present
cargo there instead.
Praitlcta I'racn In Cuba.
London, Doc. 24. The Havana cor
respondent of tho Times, in tho course
of a letter published this morning
says: President McKinley will have an
unfettered hand here. A majority of
the Cohans are prepared toaccept linre
eeivedly any regime treating them
just y and insu.ing tho tranquility of
the island. 1
A blind bat avoids wires and obstruc
tions as easily as if it could see per-
Mexican at.t. Pyi B claim.
Washington, Dec. 24.-The state de
PfMment has just received, through
I n.ted States Ambassador Clayton
frora the Mexican government a drafl
for 5,000 to bo paid to the heirs ol
Henry Hop,, a naliTe of ew Qr
ina. Hoppe, while traveling in tlu
rT"H.',of axaca' WM bmtaUj
muruered by one of the Mm T li'on Me an la
?o,n,ViVe C,1n8tablM. "ho are retainec
tr.a.1 "P"?M Prpow of Protecting
travc tri a .i .
Km.ii.k 8 Mme u,Iie an
Englishman nu,.,.i u...
l iii i , VM "easu war
allied in precisely tbe same fashion.
IT wnniT
.- " llli II 1 1
II I II
I I
No Doubt Of tha. rv. .
- wtCkk.
reace Treaty
ACCOKIHNU TO
Ktpaniloa Win . '"i
''"".art aaJwJJH
Now York, Dcr, as - .
memlHir of , X'
committee Iron, tJB.u-"",1
Atlanta fo,,.,illuVn;
lug with the leader, ol . ''
ti.ili -a Ml. . . '"'Hi i-
fiaiiix-n it l , . , ..... .
III WH t.. I.,- . ... ' ''TOlaW.
fort L .lrW-
"With l.aa li B 1
tlx imBM ..' r ntVw.
rvve ill iilv u -ly .. . .
aiiur ii volt) iiiiK I ii i'ii ul. . ""I
e iwo weeks g,ie--
doubt today u i . .... . w
t . ,., - - " "-rum il-
,,, u raiuieil asitaiiiL
. um wen alter the .,. . -
taken. "
"Mr. Bryan has l..t.n in W.a
... . c umi u,e
has advised ratilicatinh i
iiai. in I ..;,
.. . .., ,lM, (J, .
llHIllll (Ml,, I I ia
lor tho Democrats to t '
I,, t in u.i. ....:.!
"J " auiicaiiua. Tk
"II -"' ion ii I v.l I, ,L.
ami the bouse who lcei tluru.JT
were in doubt unto alisuwrTJ
Democrats should .unit u .uJ -
treaty; more than that, sob.
Wero outspoken in thn nal.tJI
"- ' r- r -,k-i io reject it T.i
iiiiiii, ,ii ineie lieiiMiciiili,. .!...
tno open noaitlon thai n- I
bi out i no i ii.i ii,.. ,u.. i.
no oi l, win, leiu u . .., .i .
IF..,,, ,,,1. 11,1 ... ...... L.
ble doubt. ' "1
"It must not be onilemooitkJ
-' iitni.iu Laii niira
ratiflcation of the treaty willam-.;
it the assumption that all tfaowaj
vote affirmatively are in (srotg J
tional expansion acioss thsPicik a
the aenatora who will vote in bus
the treaty there will be Kepubliaa,
well aa Democrats who are 0.ta,
principle, as well as in theory,
trans-oceanic expansion of our utavl
.l...nlr Tl..... i
expansion per so is not involrH u w
pni la i rtiirnt in,, ,,f tin, -
that atter the treaty has been sj
with Spain and tuts been eliminiais
a factor in the Philippine probka,tj
will be time enough to coniiaau
policy to be pursued in deilinrtn
the Philippines, and juit bmri
come the real contest on the qoaea
of expansion.
Mr. Howell then says tint afieras
icho utton W l 1 be intrndum . tukat
.i .a . , , ,. I
neciariiuoii oi me nronoseo DHM
,um n" , e i 1 1 in, 1 1 , in iit-ainiK .i.
villi lie inline. I rn n it i til it
.11 I t. .... f . ..1. n ,L. L
n lilt i ; 1 1 1 i.i 1 1 nau ui ti i atiuiiiruw
.1 a lit- 4U I ... I .i... .., ..
iieni nun nie net oiiiiuoii ui mi,
v, on ii ii ti ud lift unco inab tur
1.1.1. IA .I..-I I ,L.
ot this oovel n Mien t u on 111 tw 10 fflffa
r . . . a I !J..
in-.ilJio va vttt'i, m .tee nnu itiucj-
ontur ,,. .in , ,, in. . r nun .lir t
further says:
tion will not bo confined by any i
to party lines, and the outcome iis
doubt. A large majoiity ol tlieDsv
M.:n mi. M t. ... ,,f ii ,Ji
OUIU1B Will UIU III I.,,", v, ..,-
large majority of the liepublioMi
vole against it, but the site of eittit
minority is sufficiently involved I
doubt aa to render exceedingly t
........ 1. 1.. .i... ii mii iict will a
lillllUUIC in.- 11 1,11 in li",
taken on the resolution."
INSTRUCTIONS TO OTIS
The
rretltlent't reclamation lo
Nllplaos,
Washington, Dec 23. The ctbet
I,, inKtrili'tio.l' 10 S
aent to General Otis, at Manila.
will be promulgated there as a
million by the president. The mil'
Hons are similar in import to Mown
to our officers at Santiago upon line
cupation of that city by U" t"
Stutes troops. They mm n m
pinos that tho United States
military control of the Pl.ilipinri'
spirit of pence and friendship, and IM
all civil rights and privileges tbstuaT
hitherto hnve enjoyed Will " "T
ued. mid that it is the purpose ui -v
government to relieve, in sd l"V
ways, the unjust burdens they W
borne, and ask for the co-opem' -
all good citizens In miiintainingoe
to tho end that peace and prM
may be restored. So fur as u pr""1
i.i. -ll ..nt ,.lil nffliWrSWillaM
uie, nil cini-iviii ci... -
tained in the official pwitioMtalJl
occupy, ami fan and impiirnm
ill bo administered to all.
It has been decided not to g' I
the text of the instructions to
... .... ii.. ,,f then v
(Jtis until anotii tnu i -J
rival in Manila, which will be.l m
1,enCe- lk.1 rti
The cabinet also tieciueo ..
ing oondltloni jaatifled ."':lut;1""
the militarv forcesof the U..te.l
. . . J .... natlUCtau a
and the secretary ui n (
arrnnge for tho Immediate musi"
ol
50,000 volunteers.
MlnirTBurnad lo ' J
n.. 23.
Deadwood, B. "T ' " f ,a
Hnnnessv. a mine-owner who uT"
o'f
his family at Lead, am
-n :.t t i,t Hetinc'
a- . i 1
nen, empiojco -j ,.
u...' i .iamb in their cabin
I
Crown Hill, early this mornlBf
cause Of the tire is una now in
Dallas. Tex.. Dec. v$&
message receiver! iron. , -
the collapr : , nisi
.tat ions theie. Beersi-
borses were kille.l and injureJ-
Laws r..r '"" ttorBfr
Washington, Dec. 8.-' tW
general has transmitted to w k , K
report of the co.nmismr . a I ((,
pre,re a ccle of civil laas
ritory of Alaska. The
complete, and It JS
code prepared by the
mm
ahould be adopted as soon -
The commission t-k '' ilik
gon, which were e"'"'' 0 B.w H
in 1884, as a basis for ije
Some provisions in j,,!,
and other corporations v ,
I. i. thonifht oongress shorn
legislate on this object.