Lincoln County leader., December 21, 1897, Image 2

Lincoln County Leader
J. K. STEWAHT. t-ublialier.
TOLKDO
, ORECiOX
CURRENT EVNTS OF THE DRY
Comprehensive Kevlew of the Iinportr.nl
Happening! of the rant Week Culled
From the Telegraphic Column:'..
An effort is oa toot to reduoj t;io
production of cotton.
GolJ has been discovered nt Skayway
which goes $i to the pun.
Mormons liavo secured 8,000,000
uores of land in Mexico for a colony.
John Cross, of Cove, Or., was arrest
ed for having counterfeit money in his
possession.
Bates Sopor, who murdered his wifo
and two children at Aschie, Mo., in
1891, and who was recently arrested in
Oregon, whore he married again, was
sentenced in iiarrisonville, Mo., to be
hanged on February 4.
The Spanish government, it is njjaiii
announced.is negotiating with the Arm
strongs, this time for a cruiser of
4,800 tons, said to be worth 800, 001),
built for Japan, but which Japan dues
not want. The vessel is said to bo
practically ready for sea.
About 100 wholesale druggists from
the cities of tho Central 'West held a
conference in Chicago for tho purpose
of considering the cut rates at which
drugs and patent medicines are being
sold by the department stores, as well
as by many retail druggists, and to take
steps to stop tho practice if possible.
Tho Dingley tariff law will not ho
changed in any of its custom features
nt the present session of congress. A
general understanding to this effect
has been reached among tho Republi
can members of tho ways and means
committee, who fool that it is most de
sirable to avoid what is generally
known as tariff tinkering.
The subcommittee of the senate com
mittee on Indian affairs, appointed to
consider tho problems, presented in In
dian territory have practically decided
to recommend amendments to the pres
ent law, providing for the apportion-,
ment of all the lands held by the fire
civilized tribes among the members of
these tribes, and aslo an amendment
providing that all valid leases shall be
recognized by the government of the
United States, and the money paid on
icconnt of them covered into the treas
ury of the United States for the bene
fit of the various tribes as Buch.
Wheat fell over 7 cents per bushel in
Ciiicago Monday. ,
Sonator White of California lias in
troduced a bill in congress to strengthen
the eight-hour law as applicable to gov
ernment work.
The controller of the currency has de
clared a dividend of 10 per cent in favor
of depositors of the Moscow National
bank, Moscow, Idaho.
Judge Sanborn in the court of ap
peals at St. Louis has granted a post
ponement of the proposed salo of the
Kansas Pacific for 60 days.
One of the interesting items in the
agricultural appropriation bill is pro
vision for f 10,000 for an agricultural
experiment station in Alaska.
Brigadier-General Otis, stationed at
Denver, has received a telegram from
Fort Duchesne stating that all the Uto
Indians have returned to their reserva
tion, . A dispatoh from Havana states that
Gomes is being hard pushed by a
Spanish column under oommand ol
General Pando, in the province of
Puerto Principe.
Gcorgo C. Green, a carpentor of Mo
desto, Cal., fatally shot his wifo ami
wounded his daughter, Mrs. V. 13.
Liedinan with a revolver. He then
turned the revolver upon himself, but
only inflicted a scalp wound.
The agricultural department issues
the following: A special wheat in
vestigation instituted by the depart
ment of agriculture indicates a crop of
680,000.000 bushels. These figures are
subject to Blight modification in the
final report.
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, as reported to
tho house by the committee on appro
priations, carries a total of tU 1.502. 4 3 5.
being $780,801 less than tho former
hill. Tho number of salaries provided
for is 10,000, being 108 loss than the
number provided for in the current
aw.
liana Frohruan "curled" a pair ot
eight-pound dumb-hells 14,000 times
in an hour and 4b minutes in a New
York gymnasium. When ho had fin
ished his 13,000 curl in one hour and
20 minutes, it was promised that Froh.
man stop, but he insisted on continu
ing, and executed the 14,000th curl In
the time Btated.
The United States supreme court hat
rendered a decision in the case ol '
llioutas Hram, under sentence of death
in Massachusetts for murder committed
nt s?a. He was accused of murdering
the captain, tnato and captain's wif
of n vessel bound lor South America.
The opinion reversed tho decision ol
tho court below on tho ground that
Uram's testimony should not have been
admitted.
NOT THE END OF IT.
Rejection of Hawaiian Treaty Will Not
Settle the Question.
Washington, Due. 20. Ex-Secre tary
of State John W. Foster, who wli ile a
member of the Harrison cabinet nego
tiated the first treaty for annexing Ha
waii to the United States, and who
has since visited the islands and taken
much interst in their acquisition, when
asked as to the status of the annexation
question, said:
"The opponents in congress of Ha
waiian annexation will not have dis
posed of the question by voting against
and defeating this measure. They
must decide what shall be tho policy
nnd conduct of the United States
toward the islands for the future. Hav
ing refused the application of the island
government for incorporation into our
Union, such an act necessarily carries
with it the right of the former to de
termine its own politicnl destiny, un
influenced by considerations affecting
the United States.
"But such a course would present
embarrassments to congress of no small
moment. During the last adminintrn.-
tion of President Cleveland the house
of representatives resolved that 'foreign
intervention in the political affairs of
the islands will not bo regarded with
indifference by the government of the
United States.' During that session
the senate went a step further and de
clared that 'any intervention in the po
litical affairs of the islands by any gov
ernment would be regarded as an act
unfriendly to the United States.'
"Those utterances were in line with
the policy of our government for half
a century, but it is possible and compe
tent for congresB to cliunge the policy
of the government at any time. Its
rejection of annexation would in effect
nullify the declarations cited, but there
would still he another serious embar
rassment to be disposed of, to-wit, the
reciprocity treaty. It would be easy
to annul the commercial clauses of that
convention, which would be in har
mony with the views long cherished
by many of our public men, but the
political clauses of that treaty present
a different question. They are two in
number:
"First, a stipulation on the part of
Hawaii not to lease, dispose or create
any lien upon any port, harbor, or
other territory to any other govern
ment, and, second, to grant to the
United States the exclusive right to
Pearl harbor as a coaling and naval
station.
"The first of these political clauses
might terminate with the treaty, and
after the rejeotion of annexation it
would be inconsistent on our part to in
sist upon its maintenance. The second
olause, however, is held by the senators
who ratified the treaty to be a per
manent grant. The renunciation of
the reciprocity treaty would Blill leave
us with the grant of Pearl harbor. It
is the only place suitable for a'naval
station in those islands or anywhere
within a radius of 2,000 miles.
"Whatever may be the sentiment of
the American people as to annexation,
I doubt whether any coiiBiderablo body
of them would approve of the surrender
ot this vory valuable station for our
growing navy, and for which wo havo
paid so dear a price in our .reciprocity
arrangements. And yet, with the re
jection of annexation we must look for
ward to the certainty of its eventual
surrender, as its occupation by us
would bo impossible with the islands
under the domination of another pow
erful government.
"Even if the treaty is rejeoted by
the United States, it will not bo diffi
cult for the present Hawaiian govern
ment to maintain itself against local
opposition. Tho property interests,
which are almost exclusively held by
the white residents and foreigners, will
oontrol the government so long as it
maintains its independence. But it is
plain that the islands cannot long
maintain their autonomy. The pres
ent most threatening danger is from
Japan. That oountry may be perfeotly
sincere in its declaration that it does
not seek the annexation of the islands,
but the curicnt events, if not checked,
will lead inevitably to that result.
"But I do not think the islands will
pass under the dominion of Japan.
If the people of American origin now
in control of the government are rejeot
ed by congress, they will, in my opin
ion, turn to their kinsmen, the English
and Canadians. They havo learned
from tho colonial history of Great
Britain tint wherever the British flag
goes thero follows low taxation, just
laws and honest government.
"While I havo no information as to
the purpose of tho present Hawaiian
rulers, I feel sure that when it is
finally determined that they are not to
be annexed to tho Unitod States, they
will lose no time in opening negotia
tions with Great Britain, and the re
sult of those negotiations will be neither
slow nor uncertain.
"Mr. Seward, one of the most far
sighted of our Btatesmon, declared in
the senate a quarter of a century ago:
y. ruciuo ocean, its shores, its
islands and the vast regions beyond
will become tiie chief theater of events
in the world's history."
"till Watching ltlT.ra.
Sau Juan, Porto Rico, Dec. 20
1nen General Rivera, the Cuban insur
gent leader, who was recently released
-....... lurlrt. oy royal pardon, '
arrived here bound for Cadiz ho was
not allowed to land. ;
Colonel Ruiz, a Spaniard,
N-egleeted a Warning.
WAS WELL. LIKED IN HAVANA
The Tenalty for Carrying rropo.ltinn
for Surrender Into a Cuban Camp
Tiro Fllibu.terlng Expeditions Land.
New York, Dec. 20. A Herald dis
patch from Havana Bays: Much anxiety
is felt for the safety of Lieutenant-Colonel
Joaquin Ruiz, ' aide-de-camp to
General Blanco, who, it is said, has
met death as the penalty for bearing a
proposition for surrender to a rebel
camp. It seems that Colonel Ruiz is
a personal friend of Colonel Aranguen,
who was employed by him before the
war, when Colonel Kuiz was engineer
in charge of the Vcnto water works.
Recently, under orders from Oi.nornl
.Blanco, Colonel Kuiz opened corre
spondence with Colonel Aranguen,
with the object of arranging an inter
view. Colonel Aranguen wrote that
he would meet the colonel if the latter
only desired to talk on personal affairs,
to which the colonel replied that he
wished to talk about politioal matters.
Colonel Aranguen wrote that he would
absolutely refuse to receive him on
these condition, and called his atten
tion earnestly to General Gomez' order
that all persons entering insurgent
camps to offer terms of surrender
should be put to death. He assured
Colonel Ruiz that he was prepared to
curry out Gomez' orders to the letter,
and that while he esteemed him highly
as an old friend, he would hang him if
he neglected the warning.
In spite of this, Colonel Ruiz started
alone on Sunday for Colonel Aran
guen's camp, deteriinned to risk all in
the attempt. On leaving he said if he
had not returned by Tuesday night he
might, be given up as dead. So far
nothing has been heard of him, and
there is little room for doubt that the
insurgent leader has put his threat
into execution.
If this be true, much regret will be
felt even in Cuban circles in Havana,
where Colonel Ruiz waB well known as
a gallant Boldier and an accomplished
gentleman, but it is pointed out that
his death Will have a onnA affaol oa
showing the indomitable spirit animat
ing the insurgent leaders.
Major Fernandez, better known as
Pitore, tho insurgent leader, who. ac
cording to official reports, was slain in
combat with Spanish troops, was really
killed while ill and helpless awaiting
an opportunity to surrender to Thomas
Garcia, recently autonomist alcalde of
Guines, an old friend. Pitore being
dangerously ill, applied to him to ar
range terms for his surrender. Garcia
caused him to be taken to the Canoio
estate, where he mado him comfortable
and arranged to have adotailof Spanish
troops sent to bring him to the hospital
in the town. Instead the troops went
to the country and butchered the man.
Senor Garcia is infuriated at this
breaoh of faith, and has declared his in
tention of coming to Havana to lay the
matter before General Blanoo and de
mand the punishment of the officer re
sponsible for tiie murder.
The battle of Guisa appears now to
have been a more important insurgent
success than was at first supposed. Ad
vices received by the junta state that
the insurgents captured 270 Mausers
220,000 cartridges and 116 prisoners.
General Calixoto Garcia has sent word
to General Pando that he will only re
lease the prisoners under solemn pledge
signed by General Blanco that they
will be sent back to Spain. He com
plains that after the capture of Lae
Tunas the prisoners released on parole
were sunt back to the ranks.
The insurgents in Santa Clara prov
ince have more than 6,000 men well
armed, and are oonfldent of ultimate
success. They are also well provisioned
with medicine and other necessaries.
General Gomez is at La Reforms,
where he has been for nearly a year.
Within the lost four days two large
filibustering expeditions have safely
reached Cuba, one landing i Matanzas
province and the other at Baraooa, only
five leagues from Havana. Thev
brought clothing, medicines and dvna
mne The rebels are now using hn
General Pando, who is operating in '
the east against General Garcia, has
asked for reinforcements, which have
been sent, several battalions being
withdrawn from Pinar del Rio. 8
PiTl' Parm,i hM 8tttrteJ ""OSS !
Pinar del R10 to Cape Antonio, where
a large body of rebels is congregated j
Reports from Guira de Melena state
Rebels under Colonel Colazzo and
General Rodriguez surrounded a Span.
estate Hav" yH,, Carmen
estate. Havana province. Spanish r
forcenientsarrive.ifrom Guines. nd
fierce engagement occurred. The
dota is are suppressed, but the 18, i!
admitted to be heavy on both sides
Another engagement is reported to
onel j! .l""!Ween Morrotoand CoT
onel Araugo's forces.
THE CLEVELAND LOST.
More Additions to Vancouver Islands
Marine Cemetery.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 17. The steam
er Cleveland, Captain Hall, was wrecked
in Barclay sound, and lluee boats, con
taining 20 members of the crew and
two passengers, are missing. Tho cap
tain, purser, chief engineer, one pas
senger, James Lathhury, and a boat's
crew, reached Uclulet, after spending
the night in an open boat with a big
storm raging. This is the story told
by Purser Whitheok, who arrived at
Nanaimo at 8 o'clock this morning,
from Alberni, and came to Victoria on
the noon train.
The Cleveland, an iron steamer of
730 tons, owned by Charles Nelson, of
Sun Francisco, running between that,
city and Puget sound, left the Golden
Gate on the 4th inat., fur Seattle. She
had been on the way two days, and
was well out to sen, when, during a
most severe gnle, her Bhaft broke.
Sails were then hoisted and un effort
made to get to -Cape Flattery. Heavy
wimln. lirnvftvAi ilrnvA her linrt.liwnrd.
and, alter being buffeted about by tho
Rtorm for four duvs. hoinir curried
northward all the time, and in toward
Vancouver island, she drifted into Bar
clay sound, on the night of December
14, Dy tne west entrance, anu danger
nnslv close In Kt.nrl iirlit. rief
There was a big sea running, and the
wind was blowing great guns. Fearing
that she would strike on the reef, and
knowing that if Bhe did there would bo
no hope foi her, her officers decided to
take to tho boats. Four boats were
lowered, and they atartod out to seek a
tlhlce of snfetv. An nttenmt. wan nmdn
to lund on one of the small islands, but
it was unsuccessful, the wind making
it imnossiblp. Tliev then Rtitvtr.fl t
another island, and the captain's boat
made Alpha passage, in which a big
surf was breaking. Tim einihiin i,r.
nailed to the other boats to follow, but
they failed to do so, nnd it is supposed
that, beiniz nnahle to sen the esintuin'a
boat after the signals were eiven. thev
I concluded Bhe had been swamped.
Alter that time nothing was seen of
the three boats.
Captain Hall landed his boat safoly
on the beaoh, after going through the
Alpha passage, and spent the night
there. Next momim? his nnrtv mniln
their way to Uclulet village, where
.they were cared for by John Marko
witz, a storekeeper. In the meantime,
the Bteamer had drifted further into the
sound, having miraculously missed
striking many islands and reefs that
lay in her passage. She finally went
ashore nt Anderson camn. Lvull nnint.
on the northwest' shore of Barclay
sound. As soon us she had been lo
cated, Captain Hall again took charge,
but he found that the Indians had been
there and looted the vessel. After
Waiting ' for some time for the other
three boats. Captain Hall decided to
senn tne purser to Alberni to telegraph
to Viotoria for assistance.
The purser started from Uclulet in a
boat manned by two Indians, hut did
not get far before his canoe oupsizod.
By threats, the purser induced the In
dians to take' him back to Uclulet,
where he secured a crew of white men
to take him to Alberni. Arrived
thore, lie found the wires down, so he
came on to Victoria. There is little
doubt that the three boats containing
the 20 members of the crew and two
passengers have met with disa.-ter.
Two boxes of biscuits and a pillow, be
lieved to have been in the boats, were
picked up the next morning on the
bench. . One of the boxes was at the en
trance to Uclulet arm, and the other
further north.
The vicinity where the Clevland
went ashore has a bad reputation among
marine men, there being many dan
gerous reefs over which a terrible surf
breaks. Captain Gaudin, agent of the
marine and fisheries department, says
it is almost impossible for a boat to
live in such a place. Captain Hall's
good fortune in making the Alpha
passage was all that saved himself and
companions.
SENTtNCED FOR THE LAST TIME
Durrani I. rinaljr on the Koad to the
Gallowi.
San Francisco, Dec. 17. William
Henry Theodore Durrant, the con
demned murderer of Blanche Lamont
was seiitencedj this morning ,by Su
perior Judge Bahrs for the fourth time
tn finfTnv avi.un,n . ..
. ,..11CIUD penalty oi the law,
the date of his execution being set for
January 7 next. His attorneys made
a desperate effort to secure further de
lay and pave the way for another ap
peal to the supreme court, but Judge
Bahis was inexorable, and overruled
eaon and every objection made to the
proceedings.
Durrant was in court and carried
himself with his customary coolness.
An immense orowd flocked to the court
room and filled the corridor of the city
The condemned man's attorneys will
at once renew the battle for his life.
They intend to lay the foundation for
another appeal to the supreme conrt of
the United States. In all probability
one of the lawyers for the defense will
nT,"? ,t0- Wtt8llin'on to make the
final technical fight, based on the ques
tion of tederal and state law. The time
for action is short, however, and even
the defense doubts the success of its
new venture.
dav r8-RD(u.rral't vi,si'cd her eon yester
day. Both were Uownoast.
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Both Houses Vote for Reli
Appropriations.
VOTE ALMOST
UNANIMou;
Home Hill Appropriate. ai,.
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of M ar Given Full Control.
Washinitm. ntlrt to
for an appropriation foi transport,
of supp ies to tlie starving Klondike
The bill which passed thHhA.
priates 1175,000, and tho sonata i
turn f 350,000. It will beecewM,7
fore either becomes a law, force,,
The house bill encountered practical-
v no uijjiuaiLioii. ah passed, the
ttiU the chili
I.IIICII i,Y II. IN IT 'JC csi
mo direction or the
Becretarv ol ...
for the purchase, transpuration and db
.iiuuw.,11 ui Hiiusisience stores, hi
.M.lna !, tl... ...l..:... . l
win uirac Dliunisiencft Slnra, 1
be sold at prices fixed by the secretin
of war, or donated where the people J
unable to pay for them. It empow,,1
mm iu puruuase reindeer and emptor
drivers not citizens of the Dnite'J
states, and allows him to dispose of
iiiu roiiiueer.
Kepresenntive Cannon brought for-l
ward the bill, and Savers and Bailer!
spoke in favor of it. Cannon anhmii.l
ted to the house a statement prepare!!
by Dr. Sheldon Jackson, one of thil
agents of the commissioner of eilua-l
tion, who was in the region as lateul
beptember 15, that there would ben
suffering as far up the river as Fort!
Yukon, but that the food supply on tie j
Upper Yukon would not lust beyond I
March, ami ho indorsed the recommen
dation of the secretary of war that food I
be sent in by reindeer via Djal
Cannon said:
"Whether these miners are in Ameri
can or British territory, whether they 1
are American or British subjects, ill
they are starving, it does not become I
the American congress to hesitate aboul I
voting them relief."
The bill was passed witliout division, I
although there wore scattering noes!
when the speaker called for the nega
tive vote.
Secretary Alger was on the floor dar
ing the debate.
Hawley, of the military affairs com-1
mittee, reported to the senate the Mr-:
Bride relief resolution. The committee I
struck out all but the enacting clause,!
and amended the resolution by appro
priating $250,000, which is to he used
by the secretary of war for thepurchate
of subsistence and supplies and for their
transporation and distriubtion, the con
sent of the Canadian government flirt I
to be obtained to pass over Canadian
territory. The resolution further pro
vided that the supplies are to be dis
tributed among the needy minersas the
secretary of war may determine, and
that the supplies are to uo transporter
by means of reindeer, the reindeer to
be sold after they have performed their
service.
Hawley asked for immediate consid
eration of the resolution, and it wi
adonted.
Secretary Alger, in anticipation ol
immediate action by congress, has be
gun to prepare plans for carrying out
the intent of the bill. To this eno,
this afternoon he sent a telegram to
General Merriam, oommanding the de
partment of the Columbia, at Van
couver barracks, direoting h iin- to send
two or three competent officers of the j
army to Dyea and vicinity to recoon
noiter and renort to the department
how supplies can be sent across tit
passes to Dawson.
Bent to the Senate.
Washineton. Deo. 18. The president
today sent the following nominations
the senate: Joseph McKenns, to ba
associate justice of the supreme court
h TTnitnJ Rlatna- f'llUrleS U-
Dawes, of Illinois, to be controller of
the currency.
The Day In CongreM.
Washington, Deo. 18. In thesenats
today, Pritchard, chairman of the civil
service investigating committee, de
livered a brief speech upon the execu
tion of the civil service law, a'18'
velnned by his committee.
Frva nf tho enmmittee on commerce,
favorably reported and the senate
nasnnrl a hill rlirectine the secretary 01
ii. . i minalrUCta
wie treasury iu purunueo wi
suitable boat for the revenue service oB
the Yiffenn. tn cost not to exceed
AAA
Cannon of Utah offered and niw
passed a resolution directing the secre
tary of the treasury to furnish the sen
ate information regarding filibustering
off the coast of Florida.
Tm tlita II 111 A.
In the house Hitt, chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs, securw
unanimous consent for the considera
tion of the bill passed by the senaw
yesterday to prohibit pelagic seanns
t TT..;.o.l KtilteS. H
u,y uuizeus ui wio i
explained its Bcope and purposes an
the necessity for its enactment.
Hopkins thought a time niuiv -be
plaoed on the operutioii of the ac.
so that in case negotiations witn w
Britain should collapse, our ciw-
irocesslo
,urfaee c
rite of tli
n of solid
itiinated t
thousnn
Ire foot o
lefore eU
the twe
their el
itintl dlt
r, three-f
year, an
ires aw
:ood tcs
should not be at a disadvantage
1 it