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Lincoln Gounty Leader
W. X.. DAVIS. Editor.
tOLEDO OREGON.
THE MS OF I WEEK
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening! of tha Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Colnmni.
General Miller, now in the Philip
pines, having reached his 64th year,
has retired.
President McKinley has returned to
Washington after an outing of two
weeks and a day.
Stocks of the sugar companies in the
Hawaiian market are booming and
large advances are noted all through
the list.
A list prepared in the office of the
adjutant-general shows the casualties
in Manila since February 4 to be 15?
killed and 864 wounded.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Vienna says there are 20,000 oases of
influenza in the city of Brunn, capital
of the province of Moravia. Austria,
and that the death rate is enormous.
The restoration of the wages of 1,700
CluptOyda ill the York uoliuil uuiiid,
Saoo, Me., is announced to begin Mon
day, when a similar raise will affect
over 2,000 hands in the Laconia and
Pepperell cotton mills, of Biddefoid.
Harry Sanderson, the young farmer,
who attempted to murder his sweet
heart, Myrtle Fleischer, near Mayetta.
Kan., but instead wounded Mrs. John
Fleischer, her aunt, so that she died
later, was lynched by a mob from
Mayetta.
Since General MacArtliur made a
gallant advance north of Manila there
has been some talk that he should be
chosen as a brigadier-general of volun
teers, his rank in the regular army be
ing lieutenant-colonel of the adjutant
general's department.
A Washington dispatch says: Gen
eral Thomas M. Anderson has been tor
some time past slated as a brigadier
general in the regular army until he
retires next fall. He is to command
the department of the Columbia, with
headquarters at Vancouver.
The cruiser Chicago, which left
Hampton Roads March 13 under orders
to overtake the American liner Paris
and transfer from that ship ex-Secretary
of State John Sherman, who had
been taken seriously ill, has arrived at
Newport News with the distinguished
invalid on btard.
Senors Jose R. Villalon and A.
Hevia, who were appointed by the Cu
ban assembly to present to the Wash
ington authorities the resolutions of
that body.have arrived in Washington.
Their mission, in addition to the pres
entation of the resolutions, is to ex
plain in detail the situation with ref
erence to the insurgent army.
Polo has been burned and abandoned
by the Filipinos.
Japan Is considering a project for tha
nationalization of railways.
A school of psychology will be held
at Chicago from April 3 to 8, inolusive.
The Twelfth New York volunteers
have arrived home for muster out.
Secretary of War Alger has arrived
at Havana on a tour of inspection.
Two thousand men are idle as the re
sult of the pantsmakers' strike at Phila
delphia. Half the business portion of Har
rison Valley, Pa., was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $40,000.
By a collision between freight trains
near Pittsburg two men were killed and
two fatally injured.
The funeral of ex-Governor Francis
Harrison Pierpont, of the Virginias,
was held at Pittsburg.
Denmark proposes to demand cession
of a treaty port in China, and will Bond
out a cruiser tor the pu prose.
Arrangements have been completed
for construction of a tailioad from Al
vurado to San Andreas Tuxeto, Mexico.
War department officers express un
qualified satisfaction with the work of
the volunteers before and around Ma
nila. The soarch of the Windsor hotel
ruins, at New York, for dead bodies
continues. Purls of lruunu remains
were found.
Two carloads of Eastern oystets are
on their way to Willupa harbor for an
artittcal propagation experiment by
oystermen.
The steamship Tacoma. which has ar
rived at Tacoma from China und Japan,
brought 837 Japanese, most of thorn of
the laboring class.
Rear-Admiral Sampson arrived at
Santiago de Cuba on board the cruiser
New York, and was given a royal wel
come by the people.
Queen Victoria has boon petitioned
to force President Kiugor.of the Trans
vaal, to reform existing abuses, which
bear heavily on tho Uitlanders.
In the victorious chargos on the in
surgents at Polo, Sunday, Gonoral Iry.
ing Hale fell wounded it la thought
eriously while directing the advance. '
LATER NEWS.
It is announced in Madrid tha
Count de Villa Gonzalo. former Span
ish ambassador to Russia, has been ap
pointed Spanish ambassador to Great
Britain.
Samuel Haller, 38 years old, a twk
etseller with Buffalo Bill's wild west
show, was phot and probably mortally
wounded by William H. Holland, at
New York.
Oscar Strang, the United States min
ister at Constantinople, has had an au
dience with the sultan. The interview,
which was protracted, was of the most
cordial character.
The secretary of interior has ap
proved a patent of 3,194 acres in the
Walla Walla, Spokane and Olympia
land districts, Wash., to the Northern
Pacific Railway Company.
It is announced that the Paris Fig
aro, which is publishing daily the evi
dence given before the criminal cham
ber of the court of cassation in the
Dreyfus affair, will be prosecuted.
Miss Mary Wilson, a prominent
young society woman of Augusta,
Kan., committed suicide on learning
that Alva Dix, her lover, had been
killed on the battlefield of Malolos.
The Third United States volunteers
(Ray's inimunes) has arrived at Savan
nah, Ga., fiom Sagua de Tanamo, on
the transport Sedgwick. The regiment
will go into detention camp at Sapello.
The body of Austin Bidweil, the
Bank of England swindler, was buried
at Chicago. The body of his brother
George was shipped to Hartford, Conn.
Both men died recently at Butte,
Mont.
While suffering from nernvns trou
ble, Rear-Admiral Charles C. Carpen
ter commuted suicide at a sanitarium
in Boston. At one time he enforced
American demands on China by firing
p.pon a Chinese vessel.
The Chinese authorities have noti
fied the British oonsul at Tien-Tsin
that the whole foreshore recently
opened at Port Clung Wan Tao is re
served for a Chinese mining company.
The British legation has enetered a
protest, pointing out that this action
renders the opening of the port nuga
tory. The whole oountry between Malolos
and Calouan is now full of friendless
women, children and old people, who
are returning to their homes, carrying
white flags. The Americans are trying
to gain the confidence of the inhabi
tants by proving to them that, if they
will return and attend to their ordi
nary work peacefully no harm wili be
fall them.
An event of interest to -all Ameri
cans, whether foreign or native-born,
will occur in Cincinnati during the
week of June 19. The 21st annual
convention of the Music Teachers' As
sociation, organized foi the purpose of
encouraging American musical art,
progress and professional fraternity,
will then hold its sessions. A large
attendance is promised.
Ecuador has decided to go to the gold
basis.
Immense damage to Texas crops by
frost is reported.
The maple sugar crop of Vermont
will be a total failure this year.
A presidential boom in behalf of
Richard Olney has been lannohed.
Five bodies were recovered in the
ruir.s of the Armour felt works, at Chi
cago. Washington gossips are busy with
the name of General MaoArthur as a
presidential possibility.
Admiral Dewey is said to have
cabled to Washington a requisition for
more men and more ships.
Plans aie afoot to reorganize the
National Red Cross Society, with a
view to greatly increasing its scope.
Brigadier-General D. A. Flagler,
chief of ordnance, is dead at his home
at Old Point, Va.
Claude Holland, a victim of the
Santa Fee wreck, at Lang, Kan., in
1897, has just received 111,500 in set
tlement of his claim against that com
pany. A positive statement to the effect
that the Philippine group was offered
by the United States to England on
certain conditions has been published
in London.
The steamer Rowena Leo, with
about 81 passengers, besides her crew
of 80, exploded opposite Tyler. Mo.,
and immediately sank, with all on
board, except Captain George Carvell
and one of the orew.
Claus Spreckles has decided to es
tablish in Sun Francisco an electric
plant that will be without a tival in
the world, and which will furnish to
the people of that city light, heat and
power almost at coBt.
The Oregon wounded will be brought
home as soon as possible from Manila.
They will come on tho first ships desig
nated for that purpose by the war de
partment. Tho dead will also bo
brought to this country for burial.
At Wednesday's sossion the army
beef court of inquiry had Eugan on the
stand. He explained his contracts
with the bcefpaokers, but his testi
mony was in no way startling. He de
clared that Senator Huima had nothing
to do with the matter.
;fired the cm i feed
Rebels Abandon Malolos and
Are in Full Retreat.
WAR MAY LAST FOR MONTHS
Ag-nlnaldo Escaped Toward San Fer
nando MacArthur's Division Ordered
to Push on to Calumplt.
Manila, April 1. Malolos is onrs.
AlacArthur took it. He advanoed from
Guiginto at 2:80 this morning.
A reconnoisanoeup to a mile of Ma
lolos showed small bodies of soldiers
and 2,000 or 3,000 natives retreating
eastward.
On the right of the line of the
American advance the Nebraska, South
Dakota and Pennsylvania regiments
met a resistance from the enemy in the
woods. The rebels fought a short time
and then fled. On the left, the Mon
tana and Kansas volunteers and the
Third artillery had no chance to fight.
Orders have been received to go on
to Calumpit, six miles beyond Malolos.
The movement forward will be slow.
There are many rivers, and it is rough
country, and resistance is expected.
The Filipinos found resistance fu
tile, and fled, after Bttnmntinw to fir"
the city.
Aguinaldo escaped, and he is flying
to San Fernando, 30 miles or so north.
It is impossible to take Aguinal'io, and
now the insurrection may last months.
The rainy season will Bet in in two
weeks, and the Americans cannot oper
ate then.
MacArthur will pursue them 20 or
80 miles, if the Filipinos stick to the
lailroad; if not, he must return to Ma
nila, where the situation is somewhat
critical, owing to the presence of a
large number of rebels a few miles
from the city.
The engagement of Hall's troops to
day at Mariquina, which they took,
we s encouraging.
Lawton can care for the rebels in the
city of Manila with his forces.
MacArthur may push on as far as
San Fernando, Aguinaldo'a new capi
tal. The railroad is in fair shape as
far as Guiguinto, and rails have been
ordered for the six miles between Ma
lolos and Calumpit, further north.
Advance on Malolon.
Manila, April 1. The United States
troops rested last night in the jungle
about a mile and a quartet from Ma
lolos. The day's advance began at
o'clock and covered a distance of about
two and a half miles beyond the Gui
guinto river along the railorad.
The brunt of the battle was on the
right of the track where the enemy was
apparently concentrated. The first
Nebraska, First South Dakota and
Tenth Pennsylvania regiments encoun
tered the rebels intrenched on the
border of the woods, and the Ameri
cans, advancing across the open, suf
fered a terrific fire for half an hour.
Four men of the Nebraska regiment
were killed, and 80 were wounded.
Tmi men of the Dakota regiment were
wounded and one of the Pennsylvanians
was killed.
The Americans finally drove th9 Fili
pinos back. Although there were three
lines of strong entrenchments along the
track, the enemy made scarcely any
defense there.
General MaoArthur and his staff
were walking on the track abreast of
the line with everything quiet, when
suddenly they received a shower of bul
lets from sharpshooters iri trees and on
housetops, but these were speedily dis
lodged.
The enemy's loss was apparently
small, the jungle affording them such
protection that the Americans were
unable to see them and in firing were
guided only by the sound of the Fili
pinos' shots. The Amerioan atrillery
was Handicapped for the same reason.
Last night's long line of camp fires
made a beautiful sight, with the Twen
tieth Kansas regiment on the left of
Guiguinto station, and the Pennsylva
nia legiment on the light, beyond the
liver.
The provision train was delayed by
uroicen Dridges, but the stores of wain
and flocks of ducks in the locality fur
nished ample forage.
The hospital work is remarkably
efficient, aa it has been throughout the
whole campaign.
The telegraphers keep abreast of the
line and maintain a constant connec
tion with the city.
Fell at Manila.
Washington, April 1. Under this
date General Otis from Manila for
wards the following list of additional
casualties in the Second Oregon:
Killed March 28 Company A,
Private Bert J. Clark.
WoundedCompany L, Captain
Harry L. Wells, stomach, slight; Ser
geant W. W. Wilson, hand, slight
Private ChailesR. Roberts, leg, slights
Frank E. Adams, side, severe; Ben
jamin F. Smith, jr., legs, severe.
Company K, Quartermaster-Sergeant
E. D. Coghlan, leg, slight; Private
Thomas U. TownBend, foot, slight.
Company M, Private Edward Jaques,
hand, slight.
Maroh 29 Company G, Private
Frank G. Woodruff. Imnl mrwl.ot...
I E. O. Thornton, hand, moderate.
ENGLAND OUR FRIEND.
British and Americans Acting: Hand-In-Hand
in Samoa.
Washington, April 1. While public
regret is expressed officially by mem
bers of the administration at the occur
rence in Samoa, there seems to be an
undercunent of opinion among out
siders that this regret is feigned rather
than real. There can be no doubt but
the administration has taken every
possible course to seoure a more
frirtidly and intimate relation with
England; and if the two nations can
be bound together in the Samoan
affairs, as they are now acting to
gether, other difficulties might be set
aside. The better feeling that existed
during and has continued since the
Spanish war between England and
America is fostered by some officials
even to the extent of surrendering
some of our just rights in the disputes
with Canada. There may be a disposi
tion to bring Germany up rather short,
as that is popular with the people. The
prominence which Germany assumed
at Manila, and her evident disposition
to prevent the introduction of any kind
of Amerioan products in the empire
has caused a feeling to grow up among
the people against Germany. What
a few years ago was gratifying to the
Amerioan people, "Twisting the lion'i
tail," can be supplanted by baiting the
Germans where opportunity offers.
Bombardment Continues.
Berlin, April 1. A brief dispatch
from Apia, Samoa, dated March 81,
says: The bombardment of the coast
villages by British and American war
ships continues. In pursuance of mili
tary orders, white residents have evacu
ated many houses. The chiefs ot the
Malietao Tanua pa try. who were exiled
to the other islands, have been brought
back from Upola. The firearms and
ammunition taken from Tanua January
2 have been returned.
SERVE THEM RIGHT.
Money for the Cuban Army May B
Brought Back.
Havana, April 1. Governor-General
Brooke has almost made up his
mind to send the $3,000,000 back to
the United States, if the Cuban mili
tary assembly does not give up the
army rolls.
"You may as well do so and not
trifle much longer," said Secretary
Alger, when discussing the matter two
days ago in conference with General
Brooke and General Gomez. The lat
ter said that such a course would serve
the assembly right.
Anyway the impression is spreading
that the governor-gneeral may return
the money to Washington, and it is
stirring up fresh feeling against the
assembly.
FOUR WERE DROWNED.
Mississippi River Disaster Less Serloui
Than First Reported.
Memphis, Tenn., April 1. Last
night news was received here to the
effect that the steamer Rowena Lee,
of the Lee line, had foundered near
Tyler, Mo., and that all on board were
lost save the captain and one officer.
As there were supposed to be 50 passen
gers on board, there was much excite
ment. This morning came definite
news that the steamer foundered yester
day near Tyler, and that four persons
were drowned.
Fish Deputy Fired at.
Astoria, April 1. Deputy Fish Com
missioner Cathcart, while partolling
the river near Rainier, found sev
eral boats drifting in the sloughs around
there, but was unable to arrest any of
them, as the fishermen got into too
shallow water for the patrol boat. He
exchanged shots with them, but no nnn
was injured. He took his boat over to
uak foint this morning, where he
stayed during the day with the inten
tion of returning this evening and mak
ing another effort to arrest the fisher
men and seize their boats and nets.
Another Fire at Dawson.
Seattle, Wash., April 1. The steam
er City of Seattle, which arrived to
night from Skagway, Alaska, brings
news of a 20,000 fire at Dawson,
March 9. The fire started from a de
fective flue in a barber shop in the
Rosenthal buildincr. which nna
stroyed, together with the Adoock build
ing. William J. Terry, who arrived at
Rkagway last Friday with a bicycle
claims to have made the trip from
Dawson on his wheel in a little over
nine days.
Abundant Supplies at Manila.
Washington, April 1. The follow
ing has been received at the war de
partment: "Manila, April 1. Subsistence sup
plies are excellent and abundant.
Meats deteriorating in this hot climate
are sold at public auction at high fig
ures. Considerable hard bread has
been spoiled. There will be some loss.
Supplies in all othei departments are
good. Medioal supplies are abundant.
More Territory for Germany.
Kiao Chau, via Shanghai, April 1.
The population of a village near
I-Tscho-Fu (I-Chau-Fu) recently at
tacked with guns a German offloer
named Hannoman, a dragoman named
Mootz, and a mining engineer named
Vorschulte, who were on a peaceful
journey to I-Tscho-Fu. In the fight
which ensued several Chinese were
killed and others were wounded, but
the Germans finally arrived here safely.
mm sun ihq
Foundered in a Fog Off the
English Coast.
LOSS OF LIFE REACHES 2Q
The Vessel Struck the Dreaded Casqnct
Hocks, Near tha Island of Alderncj
and Went Down in Ten Minutes. '
Southampton, April 8. The pasaen
gar steamer Stella,' plying between this
port and the Channel islands, crashed
upon the dreaded Caeqnet rocks, near
the island of Alderney, yesterday after
noon, in a dense fog, and foundered in
10 minutes. Her boilers exploded with
a tremendous report aa she went down.
The coasting steamer Lynx, which
brought the news of the disaster here
picked up four boats and 40 persons.
It is estimated that 120 persons were
drowned.
The second officer of the steamer,
who was among the rescued, says a col
lapsible boat was launched full of peo
ple, but he thinks it struck on the
rocks, owing to the fog. Another
steamei has picked up a boat contain
ing 45 persons, including 20 women
who escaped from the wrecked steamer.
The Sieiia leic (Southampton yester
day conveying the first excursion of the
season to the Channel islands. There
were about 185 passengers on board and
a crew numbering 25 men. The
weather was foggy. At 4 o'clock Caa
quet rock suddenly loomed up through
the fog bank, and the steamer almost
immediately afterwards struck amid
ships. The captain, seeing the steamer
was fast sinking, ordered the lifeboats
launched. Women and children were
embarked in the boats. Then the cap
tain ordered the men to look after
themselves.
A survivor stated that he and 25
others put off from the steamer in a
email boat. The sea was calm, but
there was a big swirl around the rocks.
When this boat was a short distance
away from the wreck the boilers of the
Stella burst with- a terrific explosion
and the vessel disappeared stern fore
most in the sea. The last thing the
survivor saw was the figure of the oap
tain of the Stella standing calmly on
the bridge and giving his last instruc
tions. The survivor referred to said:
"The suction was no tremendous that
we thought our boat would be en
gulfed. I saw five boats and the col
lapsible boat besides our own leave the
wreck. They contained altogether be
tween 80 and 100 people. Five of the
boats were soon lost to view, but we
took a boat filled with women in tow,
and the oocu pants of our boat took oars
in turn and rowed all night long until
most of us dropped asleep, thoroughly
exhausted. We sighted a sailboat at 6
o'clock in the morning, but the steam
er Lynx from Weymouth had mean
while hove in sight. She took us all
on board. She eventually landed us at
Guernsey."
The Great Western Railway Com
pany's steamer Vera, from Southamp
ton, picked up 40 others of the surviv
ors and landed them at Guernsey.
Up to noon 112 passengers have been
unaccounted for.
Later accounts say the Stella had 140
passengers on board, and that her crew
numbered 43 persons.
Another steamer of the same com
pany which arrived at the island of
Jersey about noon today repoits having
passed many bodies of victims of the
disaster about the Casquet rocka.
A surviior of the disaster named
Bush says the speed of the Stella in
the fog was not diminished, though the
fog whistles were sounded. Bush adds
that at 3:30 P. M. the engineer showed
him in the engine-room a dial register
ing a speed of 18. knots. He snys
the vessel struck within 25 minutes
afterward. Bush further asserts that
two lifeboats were sunk with the
steamer, which after resting on the
rocks for 10 or 15 minutes split in two
and disappeared. It is thought possi
ble the Partons were the only Ameri
cans on board, as the list of survivors
does not contain the names of any other
Americans, as far as known. The
second mate was the only officer of the
Stella who was saved.
PLAN AGREED UPON.
Joint High Commission the Settle the
Samoan Question.
Washington, April 8. A joint high
commission, to settle the entire Sa
moan trouble, has been practically
agreed unon by the United States,
British and German governments.
Lord Salisbury's absenoe from Loudon
alone delays the formal acceptance bv
Great Britain, though in his absence
Sir Thomas Sandeison and Mr. Vil
liers, who are understood to be special
ly familiar with the Samoan question,
have approved the plan for a commis
sion. The United States has inform
ally expressed its approval, and the
formal acceptance, it is learned from
the beat quarter, will follow speedily.
As the proposition emanates from Ger
many, her approval, of course, is as
sured. This high commission, it i
felt, affords a paoiflo solution to the
whole trouble at the moment when Sa
moan affairs began to look the mos
threatening.
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