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Eugene City Guard. I. I. CAMPBELL. Fr.arlat.r. F.UUENE CITY. OKEOON EVENTS OF THE DAY An Intsraatlna; rollerttlnn of llMM From the Two llniilsitirrf,a fraaantaO In a I 1. 1 1 Kuril). Northern railroads ore involved in a rate war. Tho transport Senator, with 10 offi ce is, and tillu recruit, bit, arrived safely in Manila. The steamer Homer linn arrived in Han Francisco from Cape Nome with $200,000 in gold dust Lieutenant I'enry hud bin feet frnteri dining his northern tri, but now walks without limning. TIim hunks of (tuattimala City will 'iii Ibe exchequer hy a loan to the gov irniuent of I2.500.U0U. The French mission at Tripoli, head ed by Father KonreHO ami Major La my, baa been annihilated hy the natives. Thn town of Dyea, Alaska, ii to be moved acioat Lynn canal on scowi to Hkagway, to angnieiit that growing town. Two firemen and a nhild were killad by gai in a vault in Cincinnati. Tha firemen lost theii Uvea in an ofToit to recover the child. Captain Thoinaa Chelan, mack broadswordsuian and pistol abot of Kansas City, baa challenged Eateibaay to fight bin a In I Kecent teita practically asiuie the adoption of the Mauser revolver by thn United Ktatea governinent. It la being uaed hy the Herman cavuliy. Captain liobert Nobis and Captain Arthur C. Dncath, aide on tho tiluf! of (ieneial Shatter, bavebuim promoted for bra vary at San J tutu bill. The people of Cape Nome are to have a well-iitpped refuge, which will he formally oiieneil on Thanksgiving day. It will be the Urgent and tlneat itruc ture north of Sitka. The navy department haa assigned Itear-Ailiuiral l-'aiuuhar to com m u ml tha North Atlantic stiiiadom in place Of Hear Admirul Sauimnn, who will aaauiue command of the lloatou navy yards. The New Ynrk World piibliabea a f.urKirted interview with Admiral licwoy in which the admiral is credited with aaying that be atlll believe that the Kilipinoa are more capable of iel( governmeiit than aru the Cubans. Iinineiliateiy iiion the beginning of the dry season Hia inlenda to begin Mil nffenaive movement. The army will bs "plii in two. Field operntiona will be under (Jenerula MnuArtbiu and Lawlon. Eaeb division will operate in two military proviucea, but will be able to co operate promptly and ollec lively when deaiiablu. Teiaa ii suffering from drought. Admiral Dewey baa aailud boiu (lib rallar lor New York. Indignation over the reconviction of Ibeyfua manifeatoil it-.ll in New York by the burning in elllgy of llenuial rvJtr-i It la aald by prominent railroad men that the llarrunan syndicate In ipiietly working for a sou to sea ralliu.i.l ar ruiigeiueiit. Pnary and hia arctic expedition have I u heard from. They aie coming homo after getting much geographical Information. Tha government will soon have Iti plant lor the manufacture of amokeleas powder In operation. The location ta on the Potomac neat Indian I lend. An kMl hound Southern I'acillc train waa held up and lobbed Mai Wilcoi, Aria., hy foul men who hired out aa hay Battarfl near there foi several duya. Two hundred feet of a I fastis over llroad river, near Columbus, S. C, Rva way mi lei a trulnload of graiills and four of the tiain ciew weie killed. Tho DrajrfM rnrdiot hai amused wiileapread iiullgnalion outside of Francs and there I much talk Ililough out Europe of boycotting tho I'uria el- ponltloo, Nona of the prisoners In the Ward ner bull pen aie to lie tried at the pres ent term of court in that county. Their ensos will go over until the .Una srr term. Jealous of the Oaltad states, Roto peso Intluencea are working in Boutll America in opposing a pan Anno lean unity. They aay the great tepuhlio aeeka to dominate all America. A force of aftl) rebels, with one cun noil, attacked Santa Kiln ami simul taneoiialy (loagiia and San Antonio were attacked hy Unites of rubsla Baaaborlag ibout tioo men. All ths luauigenla were repulaed w ithout loss to the Americana. According to the statement Just made public by the war depaitmenl our colonial trade foi lb Brat aeven niontba of IHUU baatt all i words, Tiade movemeiita ulfecting the I'niled Slates weie never no uniform ami natural aa kail year. m William II. Bod Wall, a well-known printer, el president of tho Interna tional TvMigiaphical Union, died at Whitehall. N. Y., aged tl yearn. An imperial ukaae haa been biaiisd establishing a ayntem of e.l ucut inn foi the children of the nobility in Kuaaia, laigety at govei iiuienl expense. Salvation Army (olka are foiludeo 10 OM trumpet, ilium 01 tumhoriue ia the streets of i'blladelpbla. and speech only Ii left to them in their publio worth i p. During the International exposition, soon to lie held at lluffalo, the Niagaia falls will be illuminated by huge elec It to searchligbta, equipped with uiulu toioiad glasses and arc ligbta. The American Autoiiiobile Company baa l" fn organised in New York to control the uiauufactura snd operation of all the automobiles and motors la which fciorene or gasoline la uaed. 1'rof. It. A. Feaaendeu. of Alleghany, Fa., addressed the Americuii Aasoola lion for the Advanceiiieut of Sclents In Columbus,, p., concluded thai lbs aartb Hiost bs at Wait 600,000,000 ysars aU. LATER NEWS. Admiral ' Howell will suoceed Far quhar si commandant at Not folk navy yard. A new cabinet bs been formed in Venezuela, with Henor Calcano St tho head, with the foreign portfolio. John King and bii wile, an aged couple, were killed by their !r in k erased aou at Soutbbridge, Mess. The mill aitnation at Fall Itiver, Maaa., baa lieen greatly simplified, aa a oom Id nation of alock ia likely MOB t be effected. ilouikn fin bran bai adviied PlOCi' dent McKinley to lender hia good offices in the aetllement of the Tram vaal muddle. Hairy Mctxler, 13 years obi, wsa washed from s laft by a pasaing steam er and diownod In the Willamette at Portland, Or. The mammoth new Oceanic, the big gait vessel in tho world, arrived in New York, aix days ami two boari from England. New York and Boston capitalist will form a llveitnck combination will a capital of 110,004,000 to control lb" call I- business. Attorney-Ooneral II luck Ij irn has de cided that a game warden '-annul giant permits to hunt game out of leuaou for acientiflc purines. The Earl of Yimnnnth, who has been spending the summer lit an Atlantic lesort will go on tho stage, l.hailes Fiohinan has engaged him. Thn troops jniirtcrad at the I'residio in Hun Francisco now number nearly 13,000. Thii number Includes A.OOO returned fiom the islands and uwuiling muster out. Ratio 'i la baa published a protest againat thu Iteiinea' venlict, in which bo ibowa conclusively the weakness of tho prosecution's case befois thu eyes of tho world. The commissioners of Clallam comi ty, Washington, have npiealed to the secretary of thu Interior to modify the bOOndarlal ol the Olympic reserve. Four bundled and lifly tboiisainl acres of agricultural laud ia includes! m Ibe reserve. s The Filipinos have made their reply to our offer of autonomy. The dm-n-meiit repeata aigumenta contained in a recent appeal to the powers fot recog nition. It further auys that tho race prejudice of the Auiuiicuua ia to blame for thu hostilities. The Civic Federation conference on tho iiiui ami abnaM ol trusts and com bination! opened in Chicago with represuntuttvo men from nearly every tale In the Union in Mtteiuhince. Oovurnor Tanner mid Mayor Hurrison each delivered mi mblresa f welcome KecenV incendiiiiy lirua In Paril are attrihuled lo anurchiata. The ruvolntioii in Veuemilu iiudei Cuatro ia gaining atreiiglh. Dlreolor Merriam, of tho census, ad vises ciiuuicrntois to do nun' studying. Cornelius Vmiderbilt died suddenly at hia home in New Y'ork ol paralysis. Hush negroea of .lamauu huve re lapsed into savugury uud gona BpOH llisj warpath. The great council of Improved Ordei of Ited Men opened in Wiisbiugloii Willi 1.000 delegatus piesent. Some of Aguinaldo'a ollbera are tired of fighting for the Filipinos' cause ami will seek capture by thu AuiOlluMII foiuea. Tli yaebt Narno bus arilvcd ut Honolulu on a trip around the world. Shu left New Y'ork four yours uj-.o an. I baa made ueaily 40,000 miles. Oakland, Cal., haa BOOOptOd the offer of AudieW Carnegie to givu friO.OOO (or a publio llhrnry building, ami will larantaa the uuceaamy $4,000 a yem for ita support. The Portland ahaaibOf of commerce will send Senator Simon to Washing ton to push recognition in the mailer ol aOBbatkailon Ol troops (or tba Phil ippines Irom 1 1 i.i t pull. At Tuckahoa, N. Y.. Teny McOov em, an Amsricaii pugilist whipped I'edlMi Palmci, an Eugliah butaiu, n thu tl rat round, and wiua tho title Ii tbajaplon in this cbiaa. Secretary Kay, of the interstate coiu ineice coiniiiissiuu, vbo has licen In Hawaii laVOatlatln tlie IuIhii situa lion, ssya ha if of the opinion that the iululiou of the labor problem thviu is the employment of free white labor. Extensive circulation lias been given to a tumor In New Y'ork that th Chi cago A Alton, the Illinois Cenliul nnd the Union Pacific have aotOrad Into a combination and wnuld lorm a tinnk line from Chicuuo to the Puoltlu coast. Chairman Van Horn, ol the Canadian Paoiflo, saya the Canadian Paolflc ik anxious to estalillsh it gieat steamship line between Liverpool and Halttai lo take business away limn New York lines, and expecta lo receive u subaidy liom the Canadian orarnniauti An anoaaaorad dispatch tttaa Manila via Hong Kong saya thai Otis li led to shelva Joe Wheeler, the veteran tight er, by Mad iB him to an obacure post In the southern Islands. Ocucral Wheeler now declares that be will ap ply for permission to return to tins eountiy unless there is some change in the management of attain in thu Phil Ipptnoa, TIMBER' LAND CRAB The Government Openly De spoiled by Speculators. Qlaagaa aambara smong its popuia lion a man who is uiuking a inunuacript copy of the llible. He expects lo tin ish it in two years. Wilbur F. ami John Stiles aie (wins living in Wichita. Kan. They look so much alike that only intiiuatu friends tan tell Uinta a pail Near a certain uarry In Italy is a town the inhabitants of which pay no lent or taxes They are ipiairy em ployes, who have dug dwellings in te (ace ol a 1000 rock. Captain Fiaucia W Dickina, (or some time acting cbiel of the bureau ol navigation, navy ilcparlm' ,t, is to be given command ol the batt'.bip Indi ana, succeeding Captain 11. C. lay lot. who haa asked to be relieved. The official rsport on the mineral production of the United States for the calendar year 1KUS, has BOOM made public hyOthe get logical survey. It shows that since ItiMl tbo total value ol lite mineral protluction ot the I'm i' I Stales haa Increased from t '" aiti.ooo Co fl,,880,OOJ in I8W8. neat ly 00 par oauL SECKKTAKY OK INTEKI0K FOOLED I'ndsr Cover nf Ills rorasl I: Hmg- ulailuns, Ntump Wtitti An Tradn for Virgin furasls. Hoquiatn. tVaah., Kept. 14 A party nf government iiirveyors has gone into the Olympic uiountaina from tbis oily to triangolats and approve the lines ol the Olympic forest reserve. They have been working their way np the coast, and their labors will not end un til they reach tbu Hlraits of Fuca. The presence of tbeao delineators re news discussion of tho policy of furosl reserve! In tbia rjoarter. The senti ment on Oray'a harbor la against tb reseive. It limits development and throws restraints ahont tho common people. Whatever advantages accrue to any from it in immediate commercial tiansactious go to tho lich, who specu late on thu tiunsfera which the law allows. The law creating the forest reservei provides that settlers Mini holders ol iands within these resurves may lejln qiitsh their claims and in letiirn tecelvt auilp, which shall bu avuilable in secur ing other public lands of the United Ktatea. Under thla clause, tho Noi th em Psciflc liailiou l Company mid th inilling companius are lolinipiisbing to the governinent tracts denuded of treei by lugiteis and forest tiles, and select ing in their stead the bcsttimhui lamb of this region. The Pennsylvania syndicate owm omu of the most valuable timber landf ill Western Wushiugtou. It bus logged S.OOO acms thioiigh the Kiuipson Log ging Cnmpuiiy in township HI, rmgei 6 and 7 west. Mason county. Tbia logged land is worthless. It is a mut ter of common report that the owners have been willing lo givo awuy a large part of it to aettlera who would accept luedl and pay the taxes. Not so now, since the manipulation of forest reserve aciiii. The Pennsylvania syndicate may suiiender it hack to tbu govern ment and Is doing so and tako in lieu of it surveyed and unaurveyed gov ernment hinds covered with virgin for est. Already it has deodod to thu gov ernment 3,400 Hi rea of denuded lands, and its oitiisers ami attorney uro at woik selecting choice timber tiucta in stead. Qavaraasast ot Nt m iiiar. The United States government anil the people who live in this county get nothing from these transfers. No pay ment, laignor small, is required at the laud office. It is a snap for the owner of worthless lands; also foi capitalists, who have timber binds, which they cun immediately log otf and exchuiigu for otbei tracts. Thu eagerness with which capitalists are laying bold of tho finest reserve scrip is illustrated by the following ad vertisement, taken Irom a Pugct sound paper. It is u sample of manv Otbotl which may bu lounJ in the Columns ol tbo country press: 1 want to tii v cheap lands within the Hunts of any I'nlted Male forest reserva tion. I don't care how worthless they may ba, only lilies must be perfect. Write st oner, citing lull particulars, to , Dalntbi Mum. The Notthom Pacific, railroad is now bending every energy to find the best 1 1 in Ot-r and fur tu lands along its liuea, to which it cun apply tbia aciip, which it can secure in great amount. Tbu land department of that Corporation can now gobble up the ni4t desnable ni.surveyeil lamia in the Weat, which sqiiutteis may have lived upon for 30 yeara, with tbu intention of tiling homestuuila when thu prOPM time ar rives. 1 1 1 . i . r . i . 1 1 . 1 - Ylftliittls ul Operators. OCBolall in some of the land offices In the slates where such selections aie being iiindc ate receiving annual pusses foi their lei vices to the railroad in its endeavors In this line. Oltlcora of tho United Slates are becoming the special agents of the railroad tohlntf and bull lore intending settlers and savu foi the corporation the choicest locutions. At one land ofllco in the Nbithwest an official is the agent for a forest re seive scrip syndicate, He advertise-, to give perfect tub) to both surveyed snd Baantvoyod public lamli, the (inn, est in hia district, and to locate settlers thereon, for (5.35 per acre. Instead of the old way of dealing -;ith the government at that United Stutea laud office, the intending aettler docs business with the agent of a syndicate, which has gobbled up the best land. Of the entire Olympic peninsula ol 4,000, 000 acr icaily 3.500,000 aie taken up lu the Olympic, tcserve. The land grant of the Northern PaOlflo laps over this, so that the immense advun- lage of the take or trudo privileges re sulting from the recent ruling of the aaorotarj ol tho intnrloi may ba seen. W. E. Knapp, of New Y'oik, bus just completed the purchase of 40,000 aciea of Umber laud ill Southwestern Wash ington. To-lay he leaves tor Pugct sound to make further investments in the same line. It is learned from him that btige amounts of New Y'oik capi tal aie coming to the Northwest foi in vestment in 1 1 in her lauds. THE TARTAR CLEARED. ii i s oa aasfeeriUst '' ta tba Transport. Washington. 8spl. 18 -The war da iiartmentiecaived a dispatch today con taining tha laisarnatloa ihst clearance papers have beeualh'ed the tisnaK)rl Tailai at HoaTTfoiig. It aipected that she will proceed W the United States at once. The information came bom Colonel Metcalf, commanding tl Twentieth Kansas and troops aboard the tram port. It il suppose I cl-.ir.inie pap-is were allowed upon the suggestion of the Uiitisb foreign office to the British governor at Hong Kon that it would he unwise to interfere with American transports. Another dispatch bom Colonel Met calf, in reply to one sent yesterday, states that the Tailai was not over ciowded, and that ibl lood was as gsl as on other transports leaving Manila. He said tba tiouble arose among the discharged regular soldiers who were reluming borne on board the ship. PEARY'S WORK. II. L. BrMgasMM Belleeel He Will Koorh Hie relSM New York, Sept. 11.-H. BrldfO WMn. who commanded thel'eaiy Arctic expeilition of limy, arrived in Brooklyn todap. The Diana, the ship which conveyed tho meinhers of the expedi tion into northern seas, reached Hyd noy, C. B., Tuoailay. Members of the Princeton scientific party remained in Sydney to supei intend the shipping of their collections made during the two mootba' emiaa, of Puary's woik, Mr. llndgeman saya: "Peaiy'a results in the first year of the four a) lute I to Ills greatest Arctic work fully leward oipectatious and Justify confidence. What he has al ready achieved removes his undertak ing liom tbl realm of doubt to leason ably certain tucceas." Mr. Bridgeman believes that Pearr will accomplish his puioie and reach tho pole before his four yeara are up. SENTENCED TO DEATH. Torel let nr Ceertllert!al in ih case Twn .visnlla Infantrymen. Manila. Sept. 13, via Hong Kong Sept. 10. The local papora aiseit thai OorpOfal Dainlioffer and Private Co nine, of company U, Sixteenth infan try, have boon sentenced to death by coin t uiartial, and that privatu Mo llenuett lias been condemned to 30 yeara' imprisonment for having crim inally assaulted native women in Ma nila a in n.i i ago. The crimes, it is said, greatly aroused the natives The panels assert also thai Oenetal Otis has recommended that President McKmley approve the sentence, and that he desites a ptilblo oxecutlon ol the men sentenced to death, as a warn ing ugainst u tepetition ol tbu cniue. GUNBOAT ATTACKED. Ailmlrnl WataOS BSSMIftS Hhsrp Ed gogemeiil lit Mollrota. Washington, Sept. 111. The follow ing dispatch has boon received at the navy department : "Manila, Sept. 10. Secretary of the Nvtiy, Washington' Davidson, com niandlai the Punigua, repoits a sharp ngagemeiit at Maleman. Thu veisel wasstnuk many times hy rifle shot!, but there were no casualties. The Paia .'ii. i illnaoad the incorgania' lire in 30 minutes. The rangu was 400 to WOO yards. The oocusmn was the capture of a rmpiuo schooner, which Davidson destroyed. WATSON." Malemno is in the island of Masbata. south of Luzon, and north ot the Vilnyus. EMBARK AT PORTLAND Thirty-fifth Will Leave Front Oregon Metropolis. ROOT 0VKKKI LKS 01. SHAKIER. Ha Finds Th.r. Ar. Wo Obsteelal M tha War froaeaBlpc Onmlng i ii til Culumbla. Wasbingion, Sept. Ifl. Secietaiy Root emphatically ornrrulod Ooaoral Bbaftai today, In datorminiag tbat the rtlitly.Bftll should embark for Manila il Portland) union theie waa nnior mountable obstacles. These ho could i .i Bad in the reports fiom Shatter and the ijiiarterinuslen. 'I'll- pleas about length of limu and impossibility of sending ships woie iimsidered ly the eucretmy as inade piate. Two transport ships can be ent op the Columbia, and he saw no ,. .i-iiii why they should not sail from Portland dire-:! lor Manila. As the shipa could not return to the l.nltei States in time to cairy other troops lo Manila, the delay, even if it wai all the opposition claiuie l. was unimpor tant, in tho opinion ol the secretary. The transsirtl will M fitted out at Ban rrancisco nub artryttilni except what tho regiment cirrus. When the troop! come to Portland, they will be allowed to parade in the city liefoie they embark. This will be determined by the commanding ofticur. The locretary felt ibat all Portland Nnd Oregon bud done for the country, entitled them lo favorable considers tion of the request for the embarkation of troops at the Oregon metiopolii. Representative Tongue has tele graphed Sectetarv Root saying tho Ore gon, chartered by the government could be used fur the transportation of triKiH). The department says the Oie gon has not been chartered. McUraw and Parry tried to get Seat lie made a sut of embarkation for Hoops, hut weie told at the win de lartmnnt that a lew more animals might be shipped Irom thu Sound, but no more troops. ii... PARDON it. ...... i FOR DREYFUS Has That tha r irnrh Tallin! Agr-ft t miii It. Paris, Sept. 18 The Matin this morning asserts tbat ths cabinet bus agruel to pardon Dreyfus and tint the decree will bo signed September IB. Many of the provincial papers pub lish articles insisting on the granting kf a pardon. Thu Figaro says that in in v offlcera of the army uiu asking that Dieyfus be paiiloued. Countess Prokeschostcin, president of the Austrian Red CrOM Society, has Wttttan a lettei of conJolunce to Madame Dreyfus. Krtigav's Replf, Pretoria, Sept. IB The discussion of tho fust draft of the reply to the Ibitish note ended tins evening, Piesi dent Kruger having h it at 4 o'clock and not having returned. It is uiulei stood the government will draw up thu tlnal reply in ita dual fotui tomonow and Mlbaiit Ibe same to the volksraad. The reply will Ire In terms strongly in fluenced by Ibe Orange Kiee State, and among other features the maintenance of the convention ol 1SS4 will bo stoingly asseitod. The situation this evening is not considered so favorable as it waa dur ing the Int. moon. Nagru I ... i.. .1 liaorgla. MaOOn, Oa., Sept. Iti. A special from Tifton, (Jm., to the Telegiaph ays: A negro was arrested at Tyty this morning and positively iduntilied THEY WANT PROTECTION. Nallves I'raylnc r,,r Ilia Arrival or A mrrlrans. Washington, Sept. It). Mail advices received at the war department from Manila state that the natives of the island ol Humar are praying for the speedy arrival of the Americans and will welcome the hoisting of tbi Ameiican Hag. It ii said that, ai a letult ot th" forcible collection of taxes by the emissaries of thu insurgents, who take all they have got, thu natives aie in a state of semi-starvation. They have no faith in the Tagals, and they earnestly desire American protection. An insurgent leader, fleneral Lux ban, has bolted lo Japun, taking with him t3,00 collected by him for tho insurgents. The agents of the insurgents endeav or to fo" the natives to join their forces, which they will not do. The Condition of tbo island, it is asserted, is rapidly appiouchmg riot and an archy, as the heavy and continued drag upon the mitives in the fonn of tribute exasperates thum, and they, as the let ter lays, threaten despeiatu disturbance if it continue!. Antl-MIilonarjr It I ot In China. San Francisco. Sept. in. A special fiom Tacotna says: Telegraphic ad vicul have been received at Shanghai announcing that seveial Rritish una nonaries have been driven out of tbe city ot Paoiigau, situated 1 DO miles across the border in Audoue province. Thibet. Over 3,000 Lamas reside there, the majority of whom joined the anti-foreign demonstration and drove tho mil lenaries out. Tbo latter included Mr. nnd Mis. Shields Bad Mrs. Macbeth. For luveral weeks pieviotis to the final 1 1 lot the missionaries were compelled to May in doors. Details are not known further than that the mission was de stroyed and the missionaries bately escupud by journeying secretly at night. Naat Ichang and Chun King an anti Catholic nptlltni has been caused by kidnaping of children by wandering gypsies. A number of native Catholics have buun killed Teaaaaeta Keeatatlaa t.. ,.ii..( New York, Sept. 16. Newi ol the progress ol the Vonexnelan revolution bus been received hy a prominent South American, by mail, in this city, from the vice-milit uy committee in charge of the affairs of the rebels. Tin committee is located now on one ol the West Indian islands, and con istl of live generals. In bla lotter, which is dated Septem ber 3, the writer says that thu involu tion is piogtessing rapidly, mid has spread to all parts of the republic. The lettei further states that in Coro, the whole state is in aims, and thai as one ol the two negioes who assaulted Ueneral Custro with an army of 8,000 Blrangthanlag -m u Washington, Sept. 14 Senatoi Fos ter says that in sanding additional troops to Baqnlnnltt tao Bilttaha? eminent JJhes not seem to remember that iioti its request, unlets sending Daltad States troops to Pyramid harlxir weie countermanded, ily constantly Itronglhnnlng the British force in that vicinity, he says, Knglaud does not BBOOninga Cordial relations, which aie necessary to a plum discussion of the boundary OBBstrOB. Miss Johnson at that place last lues- day. Two hundred men, llcavilv nrmed, aatamblad at Tyty. People naming. BO a train at I o'clock this mornin,! saw a negro suspended 'JO feet in the air Irom a telegraph polo. "oaich foi the othei uegio continues. Cannot Art-eel Swrl. Atlanta, Oa., Sept. 11 Mrs. David Reichboig, of this city, who recemlv taitod a movement to raise funds among American .lens (oi the puipoae of presenting a handsome sword lo Captain Allied Drown tocalvad a let ter yesterday Irom Mine Drey fan in which she lava that the Captain could not accept a iword from the Ameiican I wop le. Unulal law a t l.raya. Madiid. Boat 14 The queen regent has signed decree proclaiming mat tial law to tbe proviuoa ol Viaoaya. National Kipnrt Ktpniltlan. Philadelphia, Sept. Ifl. With cete monies unatiended by ostentation, the Natioaal Biport Kapoaitlon was for mally opened at noon today. Distin guished visitors bom all section! of tbe country were in attendance, includ- men, ieit uleru on August 19, and on Angnat IB annibllatad tha government forces ut Cnma under Torres. It is reported , looordlng tothu ail tar, that Oaitro pursued the governmeiit troops to BarqolalniatO and cupturcl that town. Thrnngh Irtsuial Swamp l anal Chicago. Sept. 16. A special from Norfolk, Va., says the tornado loat Talbot will ihoftly be given a spin through the recently opened Dismal swamp canal, which will form an irn portant link in the system ol inland water way that in lima nl .. .... Ina repre-enutivos of tbe diplomatic expected to afford safe passage for tor corps, Offloori of the aunv and navy, pedo boatl and other small , ralt unable scientists and bOsinaai and professional to cope with a hostile Heel On thla n The dedicatory leiciuonies were trip the Talbot's newly insUlleil petro .1 lii the immense auditoiiuui, which lann fuel f nnurs will i ... ., ... L,v gjt.eti a men hel was crowded. test. i n i PalBM on to Warfe. Manila. Sept. IB, Tba Filipino no I lice, numbering U50 men, annul with J ravolvarc iad olaba, bacanta oiierative at .uaniia toqay, Baatarars t i nark hy !. St. Petersburg, Sept. 18 A dis patch from HaaaarNat, Norway, an ounces the arrival there ol the Brit h commercial eipedilion which fata. ly attempted loexidore the month ol ibe river Obi and other Siberian Tr,c"i T" raii.a. streams. The expedition was turned Saciatnento. Sept. 16. Last Priday back by the ice after losing iti ship, niaie formei ly known ai Pansy was the Arthur, which was crushed by the nve,, black and put into the race for floes. Porlunately theie was no lose ol U'l'-nmers hoises by It. A Bell as lata. I "Farmer's Uirl." She won. the race, .. he directors have ruled her and .Manuel Uarcia, of Spain, the oldest bet driver off the Hack for life. First ....ill .n.mir m music ill Hie wortil. inotiev. therefore eoeA lo L S was bora 94 years ago. sou's Kmuev. Cp- LIBERAL OFFER TO AGUINALDO naioarhable VntvM tVlilch the Chlaf of lha Taenia Itarusail. New York, Sept. 18. A special to the World Irom Ithaca, N. Y.. lays: Vour correspondent is able to tay on MUthority tbat the Hchurman peace commission offered every inducement bort of absolute self government to Aguinaldo and his followers Agui naldo wai piomised as the price lor the restoration of peaoe in the Tugul tribo a bonui of mote than $8,000 a year while tbe Tagalf remained peaceful. He wai told that be could choose men from bis own tribe for th minor mu nicipal offlcei. The com million went so far as to promise Aguinaldo tbo moral support ol tho United States gov ernment, if such were needed, to make hia leadership of the Tagala thoroughly secure. With ill theie inducements, tempt ing as they mint have been, Aguinal do, as the recognized bead of tbe insur gent movement, declined to yield. He imiitod upon immediate lelf-govern-ment, and as bii irisiatmioo wai ao fir in as to make an agreement impossible, the American com uiiieioneri ceased no gotiationa. President Schurrnan wai frank in telling your correspondent a day or to ago that be favoied giving to tho vurious tribes tbu largest possible measure of borne Mile ill the earliest moment. He thought the seveial tribes could a I nun isier their locul affairs, elect their municipal ofliceis, establish courts and nenul institutions, otf.. but did not- kelieve ii noislble to allow lbs natives to paiticipute in tbo general govorn ment. "How could Ibey govern tbe islands, in view ol tho botrOMnitJ and multi plicitr of the tnbea?'' bo udded. MUST RECKO.l WITH SIBERIA. Auiarlran OTBeMtarewrs to Have Com pattliaa PrWSa a New Ouarlsr. New Yoik. Sept. 18. A apecial to the Herald from Washington Buys: American farmers are to bavo competi lion fiom n now quarter in tha wheat market of the woild. Consul Mona ehun. of Chemnitz, lu a repoit to the state department, gives interesting dn- latls of the agricultural possibilities o' Asiati.' Ruiiia. Mr. Monughau su that this vast ten itory is duetined ti be one of tbe world's ricbot and most productive places. It n pai ticulHrly well adapted to tbe growing of wheal and other ceieala. and since the build ing of the trans-Siberian road, wheat fiom this region has ulieady found its way to tbe Rmopeun uiuikut. At piesent thu resources of this re gionare undeveloped, and must remain to for some years, us the population is as yet greatly scattered, being lest than one inhabitant to each square mile. Immigration from Eu-opu to Russia is setting in howevei, and 4.U00 persona eniered tho region lust year GOLD UNDER THE Wardner Says Can. Deposit Extends Th EXAMINATION I'lttr, , s ri-ot, Op.n. Up Or.ai Passlbllltu. IflMl.,-!,,,, r "aaJ t .i "saa '"u Trail. Seattle, Sept. ln.i v fc tho well-known mluinu m M Juat leturned from (,. ,n'UJ vances the novel theory tl J deposits extend mile, . ""HI "I HI'S no. inpport of the theoiy. i,M , k miners pluced a e,.ia..... 7:' i low tillu OUt Mil Similur n The din 15 to 60 Hawaiian lapltallst Out miiiI Injurail San Francisco, Sept. 18. R. B Uauning, a Hawaiian cuptialiit, ar rived from Honolulu on the steamship Australia lait Tuesday and registered at tbe Occidental. Among his effects was a vulise containing between ISO, 000 and $50,000 in bank notea, bonds and sugar stocks, together with a niuu ber of other valuable documents. A few hours after his urrival ho missed the valise. An investigation has been made nnd it ii thought it ia on its way back lu Honolulu. Tha President's Trip. Washington. Sept. 18. Only Secre taries (luge and Root. Poatmaster-(4en-ral Smith and Attorney-General Uriggs were present at toduy'e cabinet meeting. Tlie nreaident announced that be had intended to extend bis Chicago trip to Minneapolis and St Panl. A variety of subjects vrete dis cussed, but final action was not taken, except in the case of Cuban money or deis to tbo United States, tbe rate of which will he raised from 30 cents per f 100 to CO cent. Vt'rrrkiol Mas) II u mail. Atchison. Kan.. Sept. 18. Missouri Pacific height No. 124 was wrecked ut I Do thn afternoon, midway between Paul, Neb., and Julian nation, at Nebraska City. Three ol the erew weie instantly hilled, and their bodies ciemated. Tho killed are: Engineer Tom Oil lam, Ki rem an T. M. Ruse, Brnkeuian W. II. Foster, all single and residents of Atchison. Drank Wooil Alcohol. Vallejo, Cal., Sept. 18 Michael Owens and Richard Conroy, maiines ot tharrnisor Philadelphia, have died from tbe effects of drinking wood alcohol. Both men enlisted at Mute Itland, Owens, who wug formerly member of the Sixteenth infantiy, served through the Cuban campaign and cuujo here from Samoa on the Badger. He was a uativo of Philadel phia. "Davll Ants" DattUM Captnreo Willlanislon, W. Va.. Sept. 13. Sheriff Henderson, of Logan county, and a posse of 15 today went to tlie llatrield fort, in tlm mountains 30 milei from heie, and without blood shed captured "Devil Ansu" Hatfield, bii ion Bob. and John Oingess, a rela tive of the Hatfield, by manlage. Tlie prisonen will bo taken to Bike coOBty and tried on cbargei of murder grow 'ng out ol the Hattield-McCoy feud. ror Hichway Rabbery, Polaiki, Va., Sept. 18. Noah Fin ley, A negro, was hanged here today His crime was highway robbeiy and at templed murder, and bit execution was the only instance n ale yeiu. jn which the extreme penalty has been imposed iu Virginia foi this offeuie. Seattle, Sept. 18. -Alfred Rav. repre senting a Philadelphia syndicate, is hipping men and material to Alaska for tbe construction of the second rail road in that temtory. The road is to ba 15 miles long and to be nsed in con nection with the development ol 25 -'OOacies of coal lands on Kachekmok iy. Cook's Inlet No Drajfn, afaatlni;. Haaj York, Sept. 18.-Tbera will l i man meeting in this city to protest "ust the aondimnatraa of Dreyfas. forts weie made to arrange mrh a Mtaoftai, but tho men who were asked a Uke a leading pari declind to do so ud expressed the opinion that the "oveuient waa a mistake. (onse jointly the nromotari nf th. ..sr.:. j- . - ' .Mill ,,C- id to abandon tbe idea. "'"Oh ... cenii, na, . l. aaperlmenta JIL "t further distancu fro,,, Mt better results. " , Dall BOuaeattia Trail Wlangel, Alu-ka. Sent h ' . tie. Sept. 8.-Ti Riei! steamer Btratbronu arrive.1 Z 3 07 survivor, of the BalBoaJ Tho majority of the:,, mt means. They will be Hhtn.i , Bound at the expense of ,U States government. About SOar? will go to BeBuie lonJj ateamer AI-KI. Ma Mt from the effect, of scurvy. stories of hardship nrd " i" tlioli IB monthi oni ao ... similar .train . thoi 1 have preceded them. No g tiei are leported It . ,i U1' at least 75, trail. They will have iccZaS tl- Btkkaan in ff low stage of water will 1 ..... Ur, I, Mm. ill- n.. . . r a san.i b.u miles above vVrangtl, .i t" s day, J.J. urn , ,,,,.". Spokane, Sept. i9.prollfleilt ,,, nnd a party of Great Northern otBeak and guests unived here ,hi, ov.nb ou a special truin. Mr. Hill ,oo0ce llil purpose of beginning atones ninnent ImnroTetnenu InSpukawk wiring an napenditure ol t,o,.,iJ. 000 to .11,000,000. He also ,,,,5 be will return hero TutbyajT cuss with business men sin) a,T0. en tbe matter of amolt i ng Aere lj orae of the lurronndiiig eountiy (I0B City, on the line of the 0.1.111 to British Columbia on the north. Tin party will leave In ths nioruing Im ,1'uget sound. rhlllpplna CaSBBSltllaaMfl la Ralttt. Manila, Sept. IB. Colonel Clurlej Denby and Professor Dsn VYotontet, meiubois of the PhillppiMonanilaim have received instruclioiu from Prj. dent McKinley asking them to retarg as soon hi possible. They will -m-bark on the iteauier India, wliicb laiU from Hong Kong Septemlier id. It is not known whether the clerici! fnra will return with them nr remain Inn Tbe commissioners had just rcnorsl into new off) CM and expected to ipW somo months working on the ealablan ment of municipal governments. The Neva. la oavaliy was umbl sail on tho Newport. They will lib the next available transport. Can Not Tall Wbe Ha h. Seattle, Sept. 18. Among ths am tin fortunate prospectcre that bavc re turned from Alaska this sMion ii u i'M man who cannot tell who be is, or . ... .. I... .a,,,.. .,., Tl...... il . cl.i( of blood in bis brain which hai caossd a paralysis ol speech, duo to tjlioi. fever. The only words he cin utter are an indistinct yei end no. By the aid of a map it was learned tl.it a came from Cambridge, Mass. Amu who accompanied him from Dmioi euys his naino is something mi Fisk." Efforts uro being mmle to establish the man's identity. Bl limbs are nlso paralyted, Opaniag of the Orsson sui rir. Bklam. Or . Rant. 1 K Without oa- em. .us- the Oregon slate fairol H was formerly opened to the pattella evening. Fully 500 peopV nertn- tendauco, a laigu crowd lur oplt niirht. and passed the time very pl- antly in Inapnoting the many flueps'"- ion exhibits, in liltoning to 'Kn mental music by Parsons' OtcheBt an nnl.ln,.. i 1 1 n.l r.ir.nl liH'tlirO HO tt' war in tbo Philippine! by K.I ward ,. .. i. XI ia. Ilslrl fineiue, a recitation nj . iumar, nnd vucul selections uy charw i. Whiting. Bungling aaautlan "f a Nsr'" Mobile. All.. Sept. 19. Henry Gardner, a negro, aged IB, ai linr in tbe jailyurd here todsy lor aesault- ing a white girl nnder in yean last Juno. When the mP ,b noose had not been properly Isfi"" and ihR Mam fell heavily to IM ground. He was eeelsted lo ti. 'c' fulil an ffat i t n if. fit nail II. anil tin"' spuing tbe second time, su. cesslull' Hurricane In KewfooniHaaJ'. St. John's, N. P., Sept. 18- A hurpcane IVapt lliie section ol foondland last night- Fun' J5 bouts were driven off the St j01 const, and three men and " were drowned. Killed Her Children and llsr""' Scoria, Neb., Sept. I8.-Asje" of domestic difficulties, MH. ' , Phillips forced tier two children, 1 and a years, to take carbolic c' and then swallowed adueenf the 'r herself. The bnabnnr. found all" lying upon the floor .lead ! '"" , turned from '.he tield ahert been at work. Kastern capitalists ate to esti.bl' 1 Itrtictuiai iteel plant al Mero""-v Mich., which will employ ii.000ii" In the Armr- Los Angeles. Sept. IB.H S ho resided near Pnaadena, '.'' ( usly disappeared on the '"'" liri, 24 IJSt. BDDSI i . 41 ... I t;..( ,hal he ha leaning to tlie oenei inai i murdered. He now writes nlla atatin. that im is in niuw :. "7""m . T a.- heaia If" nospitai, recoveiinn iro" a -L..II II.. I"".' trsctuiei sauii. - i,. of how he leceive- and also lavs that He k ...i .......nt iiaael en a- and ignorance jiiiy n xinril artillery regiment sumed name, though he caruotP how be ceme to enlist.