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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1898)
I ill CONFERENCE f Iscusses New Foreign Policy and Coming ureamess. GLORIES OF CONQUEST iTHE GroMcnp Delivera an Eloquent ... riinal lu trnruH badge (ldr- c"r"" iBneition Problem Taken Up. Aug. 22. The national Inference on the foreign policy of tho Saratoga, fnited States ujieimu i"v mm i . u..a hr Hfinrv Wade Rogers, of an auuioco ' , , r Chicago, chairman of the committee on arrangement. Kogers said the confer ee was called to consider some Uentous questions in the history of republic, tie spoKe ui wjo wui, mm returnea pryc. - i at liana. tvnwe ymiue "ieu, i n'aro manv Rorinns nmh. jiesaia, 'o "v j : !eIIjto be considered. He referred to the close friendship tetiveen Americans and British, which wold promptly lead to international arbitration and finally to universal Me. The speaker spoke favorably of the Nicaragua canal, which he argoed fhonld be built ana controlled Dy toe Cuited States government. The canal i I i . L-. n JjnfnnnA Kv. ... i . n . . San Franoiaco by 12,003 miles. The ition of the Nicaragua canal was taken up, and Warner Miller took the nlatform. He briefly spoke of hie per- 'eisteiit advocaoy of the canal. Events of the past three months de manded the immediate construction. be believed all Americans were now universally in favor of it, as was also all of Europe. He spoke of the numer ous jurveys made of every proposed route to pierce the Isthmus, and said the route by the way of the Nicaragua canal bas reoeived great consideration as both feasible and desirable. Mr. Miller roferred to several canals that hive materially aided in opening up the country. The. Nicaragua canal would alone save us 10,000 miles, and would be a great outlet for those states on the Pa cific coast. The continent is gridironed with transcontinental railroads, but these do not alone afford the advantages that could be secured by a canal. It is a question of cheap transportation, and the Nicaragua canal would solve the problem. Within 10 years after the completion of the canal the population of the Pacific states will have increased to 10,000,000. One of the best results of the Spanish-Amorioan war is that it till compel the building of the Nic aragua canal. The annexation problem was taken op at the afternoon session. Carl Schuiz, of New York. e.poke at length. giving the views of the anti-expansionists, whose cause, he advocated. He opposea Dy duage Urosacup, ol Chicago, who is an earnest exDuneiomit. Judge Grosscup eaid in part: lam among those who believe that the people of the United States can, wtnout breach of faith to the nromisei of our past or serious danger to the. ex pectations of our future, hold pertna nenly all or a DOrtion of the territory that bas been occurred bv nnr ttrnim during the progress of the war. I am ready to go a step further and assert mat tbe obligations of our duty toward mankind, and especially toward the particular peoples who have been drawn within the sphere of our opera tions, and toward the future useful ness of ourselves, demand that we should permanently retain so much of these, the cantures nf xear. na an nool. d to round out the moral purposes for which it was inaugurated, and the Sreater destiny on which, as a nation, are aDout to enter. ''Ab a people, we, for the first time, "ok dearly over the mnir nf t.h 6arth- Without the sacrifice of rigbt uusness or honor, but as the ministers 01 both, the invitation cornea to take wr share i in the opportunities and re- uioimiea of this wider field. The 'mmediata Question. th nn that, hv '18 Solution. Will ftithAr hrina in ar hat ouof this larger national irjbere. re lates to tne permanent nonnnntion of 001 8panish COnniiARta. Thn trn WOestion iB not Wh.thr Pnrln Tlino. Hawaii and the Philippines are intrina- aily worth tha rAflnonai hi litiaa in by their occupation,' but wheth wtbelr commerce and resources will tei balance the new dangers that ""ir acquirement would IniroH 0DI politioal system. For I see behind iwn( in the horizon toward which we pleading, looming op from the Pa 00, mountainons interests and oppor- luDltV. noainot u:u it .i: -I 'tis Pk'l" WUIUU IUH UUW1UCB U ; ' ' 'lippines are but a mere speck CM1" more tha islands, nothing f ro an continent. W n Asia ,ie9 tho interest and the gPPortunity that, by its largeness, wana every other prospect. 1 favor , oquiaition of Porto Rico, partly A v'j tlle lmortti purpose of this war Ju- that U 8hould DOt ,on8er a ?nn ",ic1 Pla8n spot in the otherwise lb. cibbean sea, but chiefly Ck' 1 ftt the 8teway to the 'a., , ,ea tha when the com ith.T Alia ,uI1X developed and fioaragua canal ope"ned will, from L nvi and commercial viw, be 'f . . moet important water on the r the globe. MUSTER-OUT TO BEGIN. Corbln Will Send From 7S.000 to 100.. OOO Volunteer! Home. ratch to the Tribune from Washington says: Adjutant-General Corb.'n said in an interview that he was going to mus ter out between 75.000 and 100,000 vol unteers as Boon as practicable. The selection of the regiments will not be riiacle arbitrarily, hut having in mind, trst of all, the reports of the regular army officers now with the volunteers. The highest consideration will bn given the wishes of governors, as well as of the regiments themselves. The inter ests of the national government demand the disbandment of troops secured un der the second call in certain instances, and in other cases regiments raised un der the first call, which have had ser vice and which have been materially reduced in efficiency through sickness, will bo the first to go. It will not be feasible to issue a gen eral order or to prepare a complete list covering all the forces to be mustered out for some time to come. On the contrary, as soon as an agreement is reached regarding any particular regi ment, it will be immediately sent to the state camp, and as soon as its prop erty can be turned over to the govern ment and its accounts settled, the indi vidual records of its officers and men will be completed and they will be dis charged from service under the United States. Tho - - " ' - - 0i.lut.iij ItJdUVU up to the present time relate to the First Vermont infantry. It was originally proposed that the regiments organized under the second call which had not left their (states should bo immediately disbanded, and this plan will probably be followed out with very few exceptions. Ordered Borne for M niter Out. Washington, Aug. 22. Oders were given today for the return to their Btates of the following regiments: First Illinois cavalry and First Maine infantry, now at Chickamagua; Second New York infantry, now at Fernanda, Fla., and First Vermont infantry at Cbickamauga. Similar order's -will be issued from day to day to other volun teer regiments selected for mastering out. FOR HONOLULU. Over Three Hundred Men Wedged Aboard the Little Alliance. San Francisco, Aug. 22. Three hun dred and twenty-five officers and men of the New York regiment embarked on board the 6teamship Alliance this morning and will sail for Honolulu to day. The ladies of the Eed Cross So ciety furnished the men with luncheon before they went on board the Alliance, which is a very stanch little vessel, but entirely unsuited for the transportation of so many men. Merriam stated to day that the Scandia and Arizona wilt probably sail some time Tuesday (ore noon. In addition to their troops, the two transports will carry 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition for the Philippine force. It is now on the way from the East, and although the railroad company is hurrying it westward, it will not be possible to get it all aboard the two vessels.'"' The 'troops will embark in the afternoon, and the transports will then anchor in the stream until their departure. Yellow Jack Subdned. Washington, Aug. 22. The war de partment is not alarmed about yellow fever among the ticops in the United States, but a close watch is being kept at all points where there is the least danger. Three oases at Key West were the only ones reported in the South, and no additional cases have been re ported in the last three days. At Montauk Point there are several sus picious caBes, but if it is yellow fever it is of a veiy mild type. With American Content. Berlin, Aug. 22. A dispatch from Hong Kong, dated AuguEt 19, and evi dently official, says: The Kaiser An gusta, which left Manila with dis patches from Admiral Diedrichs, after the fall of that city, will return there today. Augustin and his family ar rived on board the cruiser. Von Died richs, at the request of Augustin, gave them passage by arrangement with the American commander. Augustin baa left Hong Kong en toute for Spain. Slaughter in Chins. London,' Aug.'22. The Hong Kong correspondent of the Times says: "The slaughter in Southern China continues. Corpses float past Wu Chow daily. Two hundred rebels who had entered Tai Wong Kong were defeated by General Mawho, who killed 100 of the rebels and took 40 of them prisoners. The gentry in the districts of Paklan and Wu Gon daily send to the magistrates between 10 and 20 rebels for execution. Military PrUoner Eicspe. San Francisco. Aug. 22.-Three pris oners escaped from the military prison on Alcatraz island last night. TLey eecured a rowboat and -started for the mainland at dark. Sentries fired at them, but no trace of the fugutives baa yet been discovered. Two Private KHUd. Kansaa City, Mo., Aug. M.-AJ. pbonso Dayton, s private in the Twenty-third Kansas volunteer infan trr aoi another negro were run over and killed by a Uion Paciflo passenger train weat of here today- MI IN Admiral Dewey Secures All the Philippines. PRACTICALLY NO OPPOSITION Instructions Which Have in View the Further Expansion of Our 1'oMet aloua General Meriltt's Dinpatch. London, Aug. 20. The Hong Kong correspondent of tho Daily Mail says: "The terms of the capitulation of Manila, as agreed upon Saturday be tween General Jaudenez and General Merritt, includes the cession of the Philippine archipelago to the United States. "An American naval officer arrived from Manila on the Zafiro tells me that the Americans practically walked into Manila. The operations, he says, were confined to the Malate side of the city, where the Spaniards had a fort and two lines of trenches. The twops waded through the Malate riverand walked up to the beach as though going to lunch, meeting practically no oppo sition. "I learn when General Merritt went ashore after the capitulation of Manlia, hn P'pTlrjcfi sorus difficulty is find' ing General Jaudenez, who ultimately was found in a church among crowds of women and children" OFFICIAL ADVICES. General Merritt Inform! the Depart in on t Regarding the Hattle. Washington, Aug. 20. The war de partment has received the following: "Manila, via Hong Kong Aug. 20, On August 7 Dewey joined me in a 48 hour notification to the Spanish com mander to remove the non-combatants from the city. On the same date a re ply was received, expiessing thanks for the humane sentiments expressed and Btating the Spanish were without, a place of refuge for the noncombatants now within thealls of the town. "An August 9 we sent a joint note inviting attention to the suffering in store for the sick and noncombatants in case it became our duty to reduce the defenses, also setting forth the hopeless condition of the Spanish forces, sur rounded on all sides, the fleet in front, with no prospect of reinforcements, and demanded the surrender as due to every consideration of humanity. On the same date we received a reply ad mitting the situation, but statins the council of defense declared the request for surrender would not be granted, bnt offered to consult tbo government if the time necessary for communication via Hong Kong were granted. We sent a joint note in reply declining. "On August 13 I joined the navy In an attack on the oity. After about half an hour's accurate shelling of the Span ish lines, McArthur's brigade on the right and Greene's on the left under Anderson, advanced in a vigorous at tack and carried the Spanish works. "Our lose is not accurately known, but ia about 50 in all. ... The behavior of the troops was excellent. The co operation of the navy was most valua ble. The troops advanced rapidly on the walled city, upon which a white flag was shown, and the town capitu lated. The troops occupied Malate, Binondo and the walled city of San Miguel. All our centers are protected. The insurgents are quiet. No disorder or pillage. , , . .MERRITT." The war department has made publio the order sent to Merritt last evening regarding the occupation of Manila by the American forces. The order fol lows: "Merritt, Manila: The president directs that there must be no joint occupation with the insurgents. The Americans are in possession of Manila city, Manila bay and harbor, and must preserve peace and protect persons with in the territory occupied by the mili tary and naval forces. The insurgents and all others must recognize the mili tary occupation and authority of the United States and the cessation of hos tilities proclaimed by the president. Use whatever means are in your judg ment necessary to attain.this end... All law-abiding people must be "treated alike, By order of the secretary of war. , "CORBINj. "Adjutant-General." A CORNICE COLLAPSED. Fonr Men Killed and Fle Injured In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Four men were killed and five others badly in jured tliii afternoon by the collapse of a cornice on a new building in the course of ereotion, at 475 North Fifth Btreet. The dead are: Albert Green, bricklayer; Thomas Lyons, mioklayer; Christian School ter. proprietor of a ci gar store neai by; Harry Evans, ; brick layer, of Camden, N. J. Green aud Lyons were at work on a scaffold directly beneath the oornioe and the others were on the sidewalk. The cornice weighed nearly 10 tons, and in falling carried the scaffold and the men to the Btreet1 Green and Ly ons were iustantly killed, and some time passed before thiy and the others could be taken from tinder the debris. Schoelter and Evans died in the ho- oitaL AMERICAN PRESTIGE. Attracting Great Attention In the Far East Manila to Rival Hong Kong. Paris, Aug. 20. The American po sition in the far East is attracting great attention. Soleil says: "The Americans will quadruple the value of the Philippines, and Manila wi'll become the rival of Hong Kong. The United States will have a prepon derating situation in Chinese waters. There is no market they desire more eagerly than the Chinese, and though they have been forestalled by other powers they will assuredly overtake their rivals by the rapidity of their progress in that region, and in the coming breaking up of the Chinese em pire the United States will not be con tent with the worst foitunes for their heritage." , The Temps, while congratulating France upon the role of peace-maker, recognizens the fact that it is not al ways a good thing to put a finger be tween the hammer and the anvil. The Tepms says: "The United States will not hear a word of intervention, and France bas no interests in compromising hereelf gratuitously with a country evidently destined for a more aotive part in great international affairs. It would be art less ""to count overmuch on Spanish gratitude.' Therefore, the French watchword should be 'Messieurs point de zele. " Programme la Startling. London, Aug. 20. The morning papers comment upon the proposed im mense increase in the American navy. The Standard says: "Such a fleet, operating from Manila as a base, would be able to exercise considerable influence upon the prog res? of events in Chinese waters, and, added to the English-China squadron awl the Japanese navy would make a mighty army indeed." The Daily Mail says: "The new programme is startling in its immens ity. The American navy jumps to fourth place among the world's fleets. It will not long remain fourth nor will it be long before the United States will have a policy in China." THE BOND ISSUE. Full Amount of the Loan Can Be Died to Advantage. New York, Aug. 20, Assistant Sec retary of Treasury Vanderlip, who has been bearing some suggestions from different sections, on the possibility of limiting the issue of bonds to an amount below $200,000,000, the full issue authorized, the idea of the sug gestors being that the termination of the wa removes the necessity for more money than will be provided by the customs and enlarged internal revenue receipts, smiled when be was asked about the probability of the adoption of the suggestion, says the Washington corespondent of the Times. "It ia a very pretty suggestion." Mr. Vanderlip said, "but I do not believe it will be adopted. The treasury has already accepted the loan, and agreed to furnish the bonds provided for the subscribers. A part of the bonds have been sent out, and the others will fol low. It ia true that there will be less pressing need tor money, as the closing of the war will remove the necessity, but some large expenses have already been incurred which must be met, and some will continue for a while after hostilities are stopped. "Te reports of the treasury putting the expenditures of the war at about $150,000,000 are not considered as cov ering all expenses, but simply those items in the treasury statements that are charged up directly to the war and navy ' departments. These cover the greatest expense included in the other classifications of the statements, and they will substantially increase the ag gregate of expenditures in .excess of what they would have been in a condi tion of peace." WILL BE ENLARGED. Yellowstone Park Too Small for a Game Preaerve. Washington, Aug. 20. It iB very probable that within a short tme the Yellowstone National Paik will be en larged to the extent of some 150 square miles, which will be added to the western extremity of the reserve. For some little time this question has boen under, consideration at the inter ior department, but not until now have active steps been taken looking to the improvement. Commissioner Her mann of the general land office has gone to the Yellowstone for the pur pose of Investigating the matter, and will consult with the keepers of the park, as well as others who have been urging the project. Veauvlua Erupting. Naples, Aug. 20. Vesuvius ia again in a state of active eruption. Four streams of lava are flowing down the mountain side at the rate of 400 yards an hour. The chestnut trees on Mount Somna have been burned. Constant explosions are heard in the central era. tor, which ia emitting amoke and flames, Big Fire In Russia. St. Petersburg. Aug. 20. A great fire at Nijni Novgorod, capital of the government of the same name, about 250 miles northeast of Moscow, has de stroyed a number of factories and 80 houses. Forty persons were injured and the damage will amount to 1,600, 000 roubles. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Reported by Downing, Hopkins & Co., Inc.. Board ot Traile Brokers, 711 to "U chamber of Commerce buildiug, Portland, Oregon. The cash situation, which is cener ally the main element in the market, fhows little cnange. The deu-and in some quarters failed to show as much urgency, but in others it was fully up to previous weeks. The scarcity of cash wheat, the result of fanners refus ing to soil freely, is the underlying strength. There were numerous bids of 67c over September for Ho. 2 red, and 3c over for No. 2 hard for export, but sales were slow. No. 2 red brought 72c and No. 2 hard 71. c free on board. In ordiuary years this price would be an attractive one to farmers, but this season it ia not. What the outcome will be is a puzzle. Farmers may be able to carry their point and force spec ulators to pay better prices. A great deal depends upon the magnitude of the export demand. The rally at the last was helped by reports that cash wheat in Kansas City was up24c, and Minnesota 8c on cash wheat. There was also a report about Russia prohibiting exports, bnt it was denied by export houses in Paris. Receipts everywhere were under last year's. The Price Current was rather bull ish, and London reported the continent buying cargoes off coast. It is said that practically all the stock of the contract wheat at Chiongo will be ship ped out before the end of the week. With no stock there and futures at a discount there is not muoh prospect of bears making large profits by selling on the breaks. The government suggests a spring wheat crop for Minnesota of 70,831,000 bushels; North Dakota, 40,- 451,000 bushels; South Dakota, 41,- 898, 0O0 bushels, a total for the three states of 167,180,000 bushels. Last year they had 109,080,000 bushels. The general belief is that the depart ment's acreage is too low. Conflicting reports in regard to the crop situation in Kussia were circu lated. The first received were unfavor able. Tbey started inquiries from other sources. Dreyfus' man at New York said that the Russian situation was favorable, though less in some sec tions, and deliveries were rather light, owing to rains having delayed thresh ing. D. Bingham's information wai that the Russian orops were good. t i ,.f ) Seattle Market. ' Vegetables Potatoes $ 12 1 6 per ton. Beets, per sack, $1.10; turnips, 85c; carrots, $1; radishes, 12c; new Cali fornia onions, $1.25 cabbage, l2c Fruits California lemons, $6.50 7.00; choice, $3.50; seeding oranges, $2.50 case; California navels, fancy, $33.25; choice, $2.50(32.75; ban anas, shipping, $3.259.75 perbunoh , peacnes, Yakimas, 75 90c; Wenat chees, small, 60 06c. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 23c; ranch, ll16c; dairy, 15o Iowa, fancy creamery, 23c. Cheese Native -Washington, 11 llac; Eastern cheese, llllic Meats Choice dressed beef steers, prime, 7c; cows, prime, 6)o; mut ton, 7c; pork, 77c; veal, 58c. Bams Large, 10c; small, 11c; breakfast bacon, 11. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, 14c; dressed, 10c; spring chickens, . $2. 60 3. 75. Fresh Fish Halibut, 84o; steelheada, 45c; salmon trout, 9 lOc? flounders and sole, 8 4c; herring, 4c; torn cod, 4c. Oysters Olympia oysters, per sack. $3.50, per gallon, $1.80. Wheat Feed wheat, $2021. Oats Choice, per ton, $26. Corn Whole, $24; cracked, $24; feed meal, $23.50. Feed Chopped feed, $17 21 ton; middlings, per ton, $17; cake meal, per ton, $35. per oil Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $23; whole, $22. Flour Patent, $4.10, bbl; straights, $3.85; California brands, $4.60; buck wheat flour, $6.60; graham, per bbl, $4.25; whole wheat flour, $4.50; rye flour, $4.25. MillBtuffs Bran, per ton, $14; ihorts, per ton, $16. Hay Puget Sound mixed, $8 10; choice Eastern Washington timothy, 14. Eggs Paying 19, selling 2021o. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 67c; Val ley and Bluestem, 60o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.60; graham, $3; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 89 40c; choice tray, 87 88c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $20; brewing, 21 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $14 per ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $14; chop, $13 per ton. Hay Timothy, $10 11; clover. $9 10; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 4045o; seconds, 86o; dairy, 80 820 etore, 8032)o. Cheese Oregon full cream, ll12o; Young America, 12o; new cheese, 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3. 50 4 per doaon; hena, $4.60; springs, $2.00 (88.00; geese, $4.00 6.00 for old, 14 505 for young; ducks, $3.00 4.00 per dozen; turkeya, live, 10 19to per pound. Potatoes 45 50c per sack. Onions California red, $1.25 per Mck; silver skins, $1 25 1 40. Hops 512to; 1JJ90 crop, 40o.