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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1898)
Iiineoln Goufity Leader XV. L. DAVIS, Editor. pipjjspo. .ORE'-iON. Interesting Collection of Items Tram Many Places Oulled from the Preaa Beporta of tho Oarront Week. EPITOME OF THE DISPATCH President McKinley addressed a large body of railway employes before leaving Chicago. Advices from Porto Rico says all high officials there have taken steps to beoome naturalized Americans. .The British ship Blenfeld burned at the mouth of the Thames river, and 14 of those on board lost their lives. A French missionary and several Chinese Catholics have been massacred or burned to death in a chapel at Pe king, China, by a mob. France has demanded reparation. The Spaniards at Havana are becom ing insolent, and disregarding the ' American domands. Blanco has auc tioned off cannon which rightly be longed to the United States. In the annual report of the third assistant postmaster-general a strong recommendation is made that negotia tions be opened looking to the reduc tion of the international rate to 2 cents a half ounce or fraction thereof. In a teriible typhoon off Formosa hundreds of lives were lost. Among the ships lost was the American bark Comet. The crew was saved. Homeward-bound passengers say they passed numerous abandoned vessels. . The loss of life must have been enormous. The coal-mining town of Welling ton, Vancouver island, has been the scene of several subsidences, and there is general alarm there owing to indica tions that another is likely to take place. The whole town is under mined, owing to the extensive opera tions for coal mining. A dispatch from Manila says: The insurgent general, Pio Pilar, has agreed to evacuate Paco Paco, the last suburb of Manila held by the Filipinos Tues day. This completes the American conquest of the city. The last rebel has left Cavite and Manila, the rest of the island of Luzon being in the hands of the insurrectionist faction. Disastrous typhoons, sandstorms and floods have caused fearful loss of life and property in the Orient. In the district watered by the river Feng, in Japan, hundreds of villages have been swept away and 2,000 peoplo drowned. Another report says 250 towns are un der water. Thousands of refugees are flocking to the cities. The Ishkaris river also overflowed, drowning over 1,000 people. Smallpox has broken out in Dawson City, N. W. T. A family of five were brutally mur dered at Stuartburn, Manitoba. Senator Proctor, of Vermont has been re-olectod by an overwhelming vote. The dowagor empress of China has begun instituting reforms on her own account. Withdrawal from Crete of all the Turkish troops there hub been ordered by the sultan. Emperor William, of Germany, was personally reooived at Constantinople by the sultun. Princess Kuiulani, of Hawaii, is re ported engaged to be married to Andrew Adam, a reporter. All trade at Havana is said to bo at n standstill, awaiting the future des tiny of the island. Many officers of tho staff of General Gomez have resigned, owing to thd trouble with their chief. During an Indian dance near Ard more, I. T., ono man was ki Hod and two wore wounded, one fatally. Liberia, through its speoial repre sentative, Bishop Hartzcll, is about to nsk to be taken under tho protection of tho United States. Blanco has acoedod to tho requests of tho American evacuation commis sioneis that Hod Cross supplies be al lowed fioo entry to tho porta of Cuba. General Wood, in his capaoity as governor of Santiago, has ordered the return to Jamaica of a large number of destitute negroes who had just arrived from there. A New York World dispatch from Washington says: The United States will assume the indebtedness of tho Cuban municipalities, but will not agree to pay or guarantee any portion of the general Cuban debt. It is con sidered a biir concession on tho part of tho United Statos and a partial victory for Spain. Throo vossols wore wrecked in a storm off the English coast. Tho Nor wegian hark Frivold stranded off Spurn head. Two members of tho orew were drowned. The Norwegian biigantine Augvald was wrecked off Goudon har bor. Seven of the orew were drowned. The Russian schooner Wilhelm was wrecked off St. Andrews. Five of ftie ciew wore saved, and one drowned. LATER NEWS. The last detachment of Spanish troops have sailed from Porto Rico and evacuation is complete. The Utah troop of cavalry, which has been doing guard duty in the Yosemite, has been ordered to the Presidio. Major-General Wesley Merritt, U. S. A., was married privately in London to Miss Laura Williams, of Chioago. News has been received in Washing ton of the launching at Havre of the cruiser Rio de la Plata, which is to be presented to Spain by the Spanish resi dents of Argentina. The joint traffio association has re ceived a death-blow by the United States supreme court, which has just decided tnat its existence is unlawful, and the anti-trust law is being violated. Subsidized British liners have been ordered held ready for service. A num ber of other significant orders have been issued by the British admiralty tend ing to show that England is preparing for war. A Madrid . dispatch to the New York World says that leading men at Madrid concede that America will not assume the Cuban debt, that the Philippines will probably be lost and that the American commissioners' demands in all matters will be acceded to. Secretary Long has taken the intitia tive steps to make San Juan de Porto Rico the first naval station in tho West Indian waters. Congress will bo asked to appropriate money enough to make it one of the best equipped naval sta tions the United States has. Serious trouble is brewing among the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians. For 80 years, since the Medicine Lodge treaty, the government has fed these Indians, but that treaty expired July 1. They have commenced killing cattle be longing to Texas cattlemen, and a crisis is near. The California superior court has decided that Mrs. Botkin, accused of the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning and sister, of Dover, Del., is not a fugi tive from justioe of Delaware. Mrs. Botkin has been remanded in custody of the chiet of police of San Franchco, and the date of her trial will be bet later. The president has approved the recommendation of General Wade, at Havana, that the Spaniards be allowed until Deoember 1 to evacuate Cuba; meantime, however, United States troops now in Cuba and others to be dispatched will take possession of the territory as fast as the Spaniards vacate it, probably leaving Havana last. The lockout in the window glass trade at Pittsburg is ended. Yellow fever has been completely stamped out at Guantanamo. Charles Kugadt was hanged at Hous ton, Tex., for the murder of his sister. Fully 10,000 people participated in a reception to General Shaf r at Lima, O. The independent battalion of Wash ington volunteers has been mustered out. Ex-Governor Charles Sheldon, of South Dakota, died at Deadwood of rheumatism. Superintendent Lukens, of the Chi-cago-Virden Coal Company has been released from custody on bonds. The wireworkers' strike at Cleve land, O., has failed, and a general re sumption of work will soon follow. The Colorado supreme court has de cided tho silver Republican factional quarrel in favor of the anti-Tellerites, who are given tho right to tho title and emblem of the party. An American syndicate representing Detroit capital has purchased a largo tract of land at Manzanillo. Cuba, where they will develop soveral good iron mines. Battery B, Oregon volunteers, has been mustered out of service, and its members returned to private life with out having the niuch-sought-for chance to battle for their country. Agoucillo. envoy of the Filipinos, has reached Paris, In reply to a Span ish statement, tho American peace com missioners have declared that the United States refuses to assume sovereignty over Cuba. A Havana dispatch says: An agree ment between tho two commissions as to the date of evacuation again seems probable. The American ultimatum fixes upon January 1, and this date will bo finally accepted by the Span iards, j Lioutenant Peary's vessel is caught in tho ice, and there is little prospoct that it will get out this year. The present position of tho steamer is much farther north than whalers usually go. The vessel will return safely next spring after tho ice thaws., A sensational story comes from Ha vana to the effect that Captain-General Blanco together with other prominent Spaniards, had formed a plot to sot up a republic in Cuba, and eventually turn tho island back to Spain. Their plana were upset by the signing of the peaco protocol. Rev. Chas. Heath, colored, is dead at his home in New York city, aged 101 years. The first notable event in his life was in 1799, when his mother car ried him to tho funeral of George Washington, so that he could alwava say that he had attended the burial "of the first president of his country- IHE SEED jyiSlII Being Planted in Cuba by Agitators. DIRECTED AGAINST AMERICANS Insurgent Officers Treadling a Iloly War Against the New-Coiners Garcia Also Denounced. Havana, via Key West, Fla.. Oct. 25. Pazy Libertad, one of the daily papers of Cienfuegos, published with the sanction of the government, prints a manifesto with over 300 signatrues. a great many of which are Spaniards, openly proclaiming Cuban indepond once. About 50 Cuban patriotic olubs have been organized in Havana under tho management, in a largo number of cases, of physicianB, lawyers and pro fessional men. Many mem bers of some of the clubs attended the first meeting wearing the Cuban and American flags crossed. The presiding officers of sev eral of the clubs, noticing the insignia in the buttonholes of the coats of the members, ordered that in future only the Cuban flag should be worn. In many instances this order was complied with. The Cuban general, Rego, has ar rived at Havana from Puerto Principe, and is preaohing in the Havana cafes and the insurgents' camps near the city a holy war against the Americans. He has interviewed many of the leaders of the Cubans and has urged tho carry ing on of war against Americans if in dependence is not at once granted to Cuba. The Cuban colonel, Torriet, has also arrived from Havana at the east, and is carrying on a strong campaign against the Americans and Calixto Garcia, whom he professes to look upon as a traitor to the Cubans who has been bribod by American gold. The col onel, in an interview with one of the leading newspapers in Havana, mado all sorts of charges against Garcia and the Americans, but the censor would not allow an account of the interview to be published, fearing that it might give rise to disturbances. A secret circular has been sent to the presidents of all the Cuban patriotic committees, denouncing a large num ber of Cubans, who are looked upon as traitors to tho cause of Cuban inde pendence, and are charged with being attached to the Americans. The circu lar recommends a vigorous contest against not only Spanish residents, but against the Americans as well, "who are endeavoring to steal the Cubans' victory." The Spanish colonel, Cerveia, mili tary governor of Mariano, pays daily visits to the insurgent camps in his dis trict, advising the Cubans not to sur render their arms and to make resjs tence until the independence of the island is deolared. Colonel Cervera is an intimate friend of General Parrado, president of the evacuation commission. During the last two weeks, several hundred Remington carbines and largo quantities of ammunition have been sent from Havana, it is presumed, by some of the Spanish chiefs. The Span ish residents, manufacturers, merchants and planters are . somewhat alarmed and criticise in very severe torms the behavior of some of the Spanish chiefs, who, it is alleged, are acting suspic iously in many plaoes, and are working in favor of Cuban independence, advis ing tho Cubans to persist in their revo lutionary attitude. For this reason, many of the Spanish residents hero have written long letters to frionds in Madrid in order that the home govern ment may be acquainted with what ia happening in tho island, and havo re quested that, on behalf of Spain's inter ests and the part of the Spanish resi dents, tho evacuation may be completed as soon as possible, so as to avoid pro longing the existing dangerous condi tion of affairs. Owing to the fact that Spanish offi cers are selling commissary stores at any price obtainable, the army supplies are now ta drug on tho market in the intorior, making legitimate trade im possible. It is asserted as tho Spanish rule in Cuba draws to a close, corruption and robbery daily become more open ami wholesale. Tho committee on transpor tation, charged with furnishing pas sage tickets to Spanish ofllcors return ing to Spain, are charging ari arbitrary rato of 4 each for a berth. If the vic tim refuses to give up, he is made to wait several steamers, the commission claiming there is no room. Generally tho officer is glad to pay the tax in or der to get away. This abuse is openly spoken of, but the present situation is a free-for-all, grab-as-grab-can game, and every ono appears eaber to make money while the Spanish sun shines. The official report of the burials in tho oity of Havana since the first of tho present year shows that there have been 16,821 interments. Tho averago death rate keeps on steadily at 47 per day. Groat disoontont prevails among the Spanish trooops because of nonpay ments. in aome cases for six months in others for seven months, and in 8tili others for eight months. MAY BE TROUBLE THERE. Attitude of rhilllM'Ino Insnrgenti Is Menacing Iewey and OtU Vreoared. Manila, Oot. 25. The attitude of the insurgent troops has become very menacing. Their supplies are growing scarce, and they aro becoming desper ate. Their leader assured tho troops, who have had no pay for months, that they will soon capture Manila. Tho Filipino newspapers insist upon absolute independence, and donounco annexation to tho United States or any protectorate with equal energy. The American authorities, naval and military, are taking precautionary measures, although no immediate trouble is anticipated. The commission of Spaniards sent here recently' by General Rios, Spain's chief 'representative in the Philippines and governor-general of the southern portions of the archipelago, arranged a temporary commercial convention. Ac cordingly inter-island traffic was re sumed, but it ia now again interrupted, this time by orders from General Rios. The steamer San Nioholas, which left Manila yesterday flying the American flag, was compelled to return by a Spanish gunboat, whose commander offered as a plea for his action that the crew consisted of Filipinos) who might smuggle contraband articles. The San Nicholas, after reporting her experience, sailed again, followed by tho United States gunboat McCulloch. The insurgent steamer Muirola en tered the harbor flying the insurgent flag, which was promptly hauled down by the Americans. Yesterday the British consul at Ma nil convened a meeting of merchants to t.iscnss tho commercial deadlock. British capital to the amount of $200, 000,000 lias been lying idle here for six months. In the existing conditions, business relations with the provinces have been in many cases directly sus pended. The meeting resolved to make an urgent appeal to the British govern ment to endeavor to hasten a settle ment of pending issues. BRINK OF WAR. France Preparing for It; England Ready Only Diplomacy Can Avert It. London, Oct. 25. Never since Great Britain and Franco bdgan to dispute over Egypt, nor during the most aoutq stage of the Niger differences between those countries, has the situation looked so ominous as today. In spite of the hope expressed in the journals of both countries that the matter would be amicably arranged, it is a faot that the French naval and military authorities are making feverish prepar ations for war, and, though calm reigna at the British dockyards at Portsmouth. Chatham and Devonport, it ia only tho calm of preparedness. Significant orders have been arriving there from tho admiralty, indicating that Great Britain and France are on the brink of war. The admiralty has ordered every seagoing warship to have its crew made up to the full comple ment, as ordered in case of mobiliza tion. The order practically means the complete filling prospectively of every ship's company in detail. Four torpedo-boat destroyers which were about to be fitted with new water-tube boilers have had their orders countermanded, and will be instructed to redraw their stores. Officers on leaves of absence and unemployed have been notified to hold themselves in readiness to com mission reserves if required. The Frenoh statesmen, however, still cling to the hope that the Marquis of Salisbury will offer some exchange. NINE BLACKS KILLED. One White Sinn Lout HU I.lfo and Three Were Wounded. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 25. A special to the Commercial-Appeal from Forest, MiHS.. says: As the result of an at tempt to arrest a negro near Harpers ville, Scott county, in tho eastern part of the state, ono white deputy was killed, three wounded, and, according to the latest report, nine negroes wero killed by the citizens of the Harpers ville neighborhood and the sheriff's Pohso combined. Tho pursuit of about 60 negroes, who had joined the original offender, with the avowed determination to prevent his ai rest and capture, and w o am bushed the party attempting the arrest, continues, and by morning the number of fatalities will undoubtedly have as sumed large proportions. The whole country is terribly aroused, and the sheriff s posse has been reinforced with men from all tho neighboring towna. Governor McLaurin has gone to the scene, which is about 10 milea north of Forest, the nearest railroad point. DIED ON THE VOYAGE. Death of Seven Sick Soldier. Keturn lng From Manila. San Francisco, Oct. 25. The United States transport steamer Rio de Janerio arrived here today from Manila, via Ilong Kong and Nagasaki. She has on board 140 sick soldiers, and 24 dia charged men. Seven men died on the voyage. They were: Private Eliot W. Ordway, company H, Second Oregon; Private Henry II. Stube, company F, First California: Sergeant John A Glover, company A. First .ebraska; Private Frank W. rucker, company C, Twenty-third in fantry; Private Lewis D. Passmore. company Fnit Nebraska; Private Sft i ? i huler' Astor batteryi Pri vate J. Fiske, First California; STEAMER iff "lwIYOU Norton SounA " Aluo Uli -snort Voyage, ELEVEN PERSONS ON B0ARD Search for" the MUMng , successful-Man llcked Uy fi "" an Open Boat. "" Port Townsond.Oct. 24. T Adn correspondent of Harper's WeUlv i arrived hero Wednesday from st' V cliaels on the steamer Roanoke Vri. llGWH of tllA nrnlv.KU 1 . ? "'"fl , .mo hibh o tlie ornoll steamer Abbie Rowo in Norton The steamer had on board n ,2 composing tho Abbie Rowe P1,r,7i Boston The party left St. Ji? September 11 for Cl.ignickni8.ijf cated on Golofrim bay, about 85 mill dent, they should have reached ft! destination in throo or four d iys. Dr Brigham and wife, Mrs. R0e Mibs Blaine and another woman, men bers of tho party, consnlored the Abbie Rowo incapable of weathering a severe storm, and took passago on a schooner which left a few days before the steam er for Chignick mission, where thei were to meet the remainder of tlieparir After vainly waiting for some time Captain William A. Taylor, late en gineer of tho revenue cutter Bear, and M. F. Melsing, formerly of San IV cisco, began a search for the m Using 1 steamer in the yacht Edith. Tl.w lowed the coast to St. Michaels with out success. Just before the Roanoke Lift fit m: chaels, Adney says, a nartv r,ini from the north with a story to tie eneot tnat tlie Indians had reported i small steamer wrecked, Btating that they saw a small crowd of men on the beach around a fire. It was general believed that this must havebeentoe part from tho Abbie Rowe. Adney also reports that whilesearch ing for tho missing vessel Captain Tap lor and Melsing picked up a man inn open boat several miles at eea. Tit man had been without food or mta for several days, and was near to death. He was Sterling Martin, of Chicazo, who waa left adrift on a barge which was being towed from St. Michaels to Golofrim bay by the steamer Fortut Hunter, with a Chicaco Dartvon board. The Fortune Huntor was caught im storm and was forced to cut the barge looso. Soveral dava afterward the For- tuno Hunter was picked op by tie steamer Tillamook in a waterlog condition. An unsuccessful search mado for Martin. After beins w loose from the Fortune Hunter., tie barge foundered, and Martin put to sej in a siual boat. STORY OF THE WAR. Tragic Ending of a South DnkoU Vol unteer's Romance. St. Louia, Mo., Oct. 24. A epeciij to the Republic from Deadwood, KU savs: Albert Martin, a lancher liviti near the Cheyenne river in Ziebecr county, enlisted as a volunteer awn beginning of the war and fought at tN battle of El Canev. After the Hi he met Ramona Perez, the daughter o! an officer of Garcia's command, it they became sweethearts. Soon aftt: ward ho was attacked by fever and tei home on sick leave. He waa engaged before hisdeparW for the war to the daughter of aneif boring ranchman, and arranged tow married while Home on ws absence. Meanwhile the Cuban P had learned of his illness and tliati; m rrnna linmo am 1 nlio rnsolved to fa low and nurse him. Dressing inj brother's clothes, she crossed to J maica lind secreted herself on I "J ulna rw Uah ml tir tVmV ing thore she tramped and beat tj vunv tn rWmnim. S. U. WW"".' 1,.1 H,, al,, lnni-nAil flf llOr loW IOIIU1IUU bllOIQ OllU ivih - , . approaching marriage, and the'j drove her insane. At the same time the American learned of her lover'a flirtation, broke off tho engagement. Mart" gan drinking heavily and disapPf1' A few days ago hie body was ; n . ... OLTlA I)"' noating in tne viejci."- Hru...k. l. : USlaintOXIcatWl ? iictuur no ion in , r. committed auicide ia a matter oi j'eoture. ATTITUDE UNCHANGED.; American Commlimloner Will '0' 1 vi-fit. mime uunn m- , $ Paris, Oot. 24.-The United Wj and Spanish peaoe commissions separate sessions this morning- The joint session lasted frocM to 4:30 P. M. During this tini commissioners discuesod the seco , ies of written arguments P ' by the Spaniards for the purport" ' vailing upon the American comniw,. ers to assumo the Cuban debt- ;, finite conclusion was rench d commission adjourned unt 11 ..j: when the Cuban question - . be discussed. It ia P'0B"U,., uji feature of the negotiations posed of next week. V ( Thua far there havo been . aeaaiona, four of whioh flaVBfi st,: voted to the disoussion of the d cleof the protocol. In th' two weeks have passed and has been reached. - .L. A 1