Lineoln Gouuty Leader
T. L. DAVIS. Editor.
TOLEDO OREGON.
HE NEI OF THE IEEK
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening of the Pant Week
Called From the Telegraph Columns.
Now it is a peanut trust, to control
the whole product of the country.
Quay's friends are working har to
influence senators in favor of Beating
him.
The Reading, Pa., Iron Company ad
vanced wages for the second time this
year.
Strikers at Cleveland were success
ful in obtaining more wages and shorter
hours.
The price of gas in New York has
been reduced from $1.10 to Co cent 9 per
1000 feet.
German papers are anxiously advis
ing President McKinley to give up the
Philippines.
Lieutenant Gil more has been heard
from. He has sent word of his cap
ture to General MacArthur.
Cecil Rhodes has failed to secure the
aid of the British government in his
Cape-to-Cairo railway scheme.
Paymaster-General Stewart, having
reached the age limit, will be retired
with the rank of rear-admiral.
Howell T. Moigan, who returned to
South Bend, Ind.. from Alaska, where
he had lost his mind and money, com
mitted suicide.
Secretary Hay has been formally no
tified of the release of the Spanish
garrison at Ponapet, in the Caroline
islands, and of a naturalized American
citizen named Melinder, held as a pris
oner of war since last summer.
Aguinaldo has again sent envoys to
General Otis with peace proposals, but
as they bear the same instructions aa
before they will accomplish nothing.
They still insist that consent of the
Filipino congress must be obtained.
As a result of Geneial Torres' op
pressive conduct toward American
merchants trading at Bluefields, Nica
ragua, this government has deter
mined to require the Nicaragua!) gov
ernment to relieve him from duty at
that point.
Archbishop Corrigan's letter to the
pope, thanking him for his declaration
against "Americanism," was answered
immediately by the caidinal secretary
of state, who expressed to the arch
bishop the great satisfaction which it
gave his holiness.
The postmaster-general has directed
the postmaster at San Francisco to tako
out of the mails for Manila three pam
phlets issued by Edward Atkinson, of
Boston, vice-piesident of the AntU
Impeiialistic League, discontent and
even mutiny among the soldiers being
stated by the department to be the de
sign of these publications.
Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld is dan
gerously ill.
Various Toronto workmen struck for
higher wages.
Admiral Dewey cables that ten of
the Yorktown's crew arts piisoners in
insurgents' hands.
Chilkat Indians are reported on the
warpath in Alaska, and driving whites
off the White Pass trail.
Returning Copper liver prospoctors
bring horrible tales of suffering, sick
ness and disappointment.
While Americana in Manila expoct
peace soon, Otis keeps vigorously pro
paring to prosecute the war.
Captain Baxter, chief quartermaster
of the department of the Missouri, has
been ordered to Manila foi duty.
Fred Whiteside, ex-senator from
Flathead county, has brought suit for
$100,000 against the Butte Miner for
defamation of character.
Under the terms of the recent naval
appropriation law, the depaitment is
authorized to enlist 8,600 boys and half
that number must bo constantly at sua.
Murderer W. U. Magers, undor sen
tence f death in Polk county, Oregon,
for the murder of Ray Sink, last Sep
tember, has been granted a new trial
by the supremo court.
An officer is missing in the Philip
pines. He has not teen heard from
sinoo April 28. Captain Rockefeller,
of the Ninth infantry, wont to visit
outposts, and no tince ot him has since
been found.
Brigadior-Gencia! Harrison Gray
Otis, lately in high command in the
Philippines, has arrived home in Cali
fornia, having voluntarily resigned.
Ho will at onoo resume the editorship-in-chief
of the Los Angeles Times.
Action has been taken by the navy
department which will result, it is be
lieved, in the submission of several
bids in the forthcoming armor-plate
competition. The department has re
duced the amount of the check each
bidder will be required to submit with
his bid from f 1, 000,000 to 1100,000.
Bids will be opened on May 81.
LATER NEWS.
At Cedar creek, in Cass county, Ne
oraska, a cloudburst occurred, causing
several thousand dollars' damage.
Rndyard Kipling has been offered
and has agreed to accept the degree of
LL. D. from McGill university, Mon
treal, Canada.
The sheriff of Shoshone county, Ida
ho, lias been arrested by the federal
authorities, charged with bribing and
abetting the Wardner rioters, and
steps have been taken to oust him
from office.
Cyrua Dolph, of Portland, Or., eon
of the late United State9 Senator
Dolph, of Oregon, has been recom
mended by the examining board at the
Presidio for a second lientenantcy in
the regular army.
Admiral Dewey's physician says 1 e
is in perfect health. He has not been
more than 20 miles away lrom Manila
since the first day of last May. and he
has not felt the necessity of a physic
ian's aid in that time.
British industry is being forced to
the rear, and growing American com
petition alarms England. We are tak
ing rich markets from her. Skill in
Engine building on this side is bring
ing in ordeia from abroad.
At a monster mass meeting held in
Chicago the president and government
were endorsed, and the Philippine war
was declared to be just and holy. Sup
port was pledged to the boys who are
lighting lor tne nag 10,000 miles from
home.
President McKinley stated Sunday
that he believed the war in the Philip
pines would be at an end within 48
hours. This conclusion is based upon
highly gratifying cablegrams received
from Mr. Schurgan, president of the
peace commission.
It is rumored that Mabini, president
of the cabinet and minister of foreign
affairs in the so-called Filipino govern
ment, who is a radical, ia to be suc
ceeded by Patreno, the f ramer of the
Spanish treaty of 1890. This change
is regarded aa significant at the pres
ent jurjctuie.
It is declared in Washington that the
president's nervous condition and ill
health are the result of his incessant
smoking. Of late, he has smoked
from breakfast to bed time, and while
ai work he has constantly a cigar in
his mouth. He almost rivala the late
General Grant as a smoker.
Governor Thomas haa announced
that within a few days, if Piesident
McKinley and the secretary of war con
tinue to ignore his communications on
the subject of the return of the Colo
rado regiment fiom the Philippines, he
will take steps with the view of secur
ing the immediate recall of the troops.
Porto Rico ia to have a first-class
postal service.
The cruiser Chicago will pay the
Moors a significant visit to remind them
of claims due us.
The Italian ministry haa resigned.
Discussion over the exposure of official
correspondence caused the rupture.
Sadie Tunic, a 13-year-old Russian
girl, was struck by lightning in a
crowded New Yoik street. She suffered
severe bums, but ia still alive.
At Hutchinson, Kan., John Moore,
while being tried for the murder of his
five children, admitted that he had
killeJ them so that he could get work.
The military government has decid
ed to return to the United States all
ex-volunteers now serving sentences in
Cuba for misconduct under their terms
of enlistment.
The California raisin-growers' asso
ciation have secured control of 00 poi
cent of the product of the counties ol
the state. The packers have accepted
the terma offered, and will work in
harmony with tli3 association.
The new Montana copper company
haa been organized, with a capital of
$75,000,000, and Marona Daly aa presi
dent. Several other large properties
will be united with the Anaconda
minea. and more thorough woik done.
The president haa appointed Hon.
Bert W. Bowen, of New York, aa min
ister to Persia. Minister Bowen was
consul-general at Batcelona before the
Spanish war broke out. The place
had previously boen tendered ex-Gov-eruor
Lord, of Oregon.
An insurance decision of much im
portance haa been rendered by a New
York court againBt the Equitable Life.
It ia held that policy-holders ate en
titled to a share in all the company's
surplus, in proportion to the amount
of his poicy and paid premiums.
The California Packers' Association
has been incorporated, with a capital
stock of $3,600,000. It is composed of
rome of the largest fmitpacking estab
lishments in the state, and its object
will be to control and regulate the
prices of canned fruits whioh it will
ship to all parts of the woild.
Mr. Shurman, the president of the
United States Philippine commission,
expresses the opinion that the inter
views accorded by Goneral Otis to the
Filipino represetatives will have a good
moral effect, as tending to convince
Aguinaldo's representatives that the
Ametican authorities mean to give the
Filipinos a good government, and not
one of the Spanish sort.
II Of HE INSURGENTS
-led From San Fernando
Uiterly Demoralized.
TOWN WAS WELL FORTIFIEC
Iowa Troops Made the Captnre Col.
Summers' Brigade Joined at Maasin
by Law ton's Column.
Manila. May 8. The Second Oregon
under Colonel Summers, captured
Maasin, near San Miguel, and Lawton,
with his main body of troops, ia there
now.
The following is a list of the killed
and wounded yesterday:
Killed Twentieth Kansas, one lieu
tenant and one private; First Montana,
one private; First Nebraska, two pri
vates. Wounded Twentieth Kansas, U
men, including two officers; First Mon
tana, three, including one officer;
Fifty-first Iowa, three; First Nebraska,
five; First South Dakota, one.
The Filipino army, though terriblj
demoralized, had San Fernando well
fortified with zig-zag trenches well con
structed and a number of Spanish
blockhousea in position to be used
These rebels could have resisted a much
bti'Oiitii1 lufCtj lut a tnuc, j ihej
had had moral courage; but they werf
disheartened and discouraged, and sc
ran in great disorder from the place.
Spanish prisoners left behind in tht
rout of the rebels today told the Ameri
cana that General Luna had been
wounded in the shoulder in fighting ai
San Tomas yesterday, and the Filipinc
soldiers have all gone to pieces.
General MacArthur has moved hit
full command to San Fernando.
Many people left in panic, discarding
property and leaving household goodi
behind. The main residence part of
town is intact but the church, convent,
railroad buildings and business houses
were fired by the Filipinos.
Capture of San Fernando.
The capture of San Fernando wai
made by the Fifty-first Iowa, after a
gallant charge. General Hale led the
attack. He had two battalions of the
Iowa regiment, a Hotchkisa gun, and a
flank movement on the right wsi
made. To reach the city the troops had
to ford two shallow streams.
Before the advance was well begun the
main body of rebels fled to the north
ward from San Fernando, leaving a
small garrison. These fired on the
lowans when in the middle of the sec
ond stream. Although the rebel fir
was hot, the Americans were not
ohecked for an instant. With a yell
the lowans rushed up the bank of the
stream neareet the rebel rifles and be
gan sprinting aftei the now fleeing gar
rison. Heavily armed and accouterec
the lowans had a handicap as against
the lightly clad rebels, and when out
run, many of the Americans stopped
bia quarry with bullets. - This chasing
lasted through the town and almost a
mile beyond. Tired out and wi.ided
the lowans returned to fight the flamel
consuming the publio buildings from
the torch of the natives, and then held
the town until MacArthur'a command
came up.
HAS HAD ENOUGH.
Aguinaldo Offers to Surrender He Asks
for It tit Little.
Washington, May 8. Aguinaldo's
envoya to the American Philippine
commisaion have fotmally admitted
the sovereignty of the United Stalea
over the Philippine islands and the sur
render of Aguinaldo ia believed to be
close at hand.
President Schurman, of the American
Philippine commission, who has never
been optimistic on the problem, cabled
today to the president the beliet of the
commission that Aguinaldo ia ready to
surrender. He informed the president
of the new plea for peace made by th
Tagal lepresentativea.
Aguinaldo offera to surrender, but
makes, through his representatives, a
plea for certain assurances as to local
officers and government being given
the Filipinos. The conditions are of
minor consequence, as far as this gov
ernment ia concerned. As a result of
the dispatch sent by Schurman today,
it is the confident expectation of the
piesident that the end of the rebellion
is near.
This result will not be obtained with
out some of the concessions asked for,
which have been recommended by the
cominis"ion, and which, by the cabled
direction of the president today, will
be granted. These concessions con
template giving the Filipinos a form
of government modeled after that of
the United States.
Itiot at Diiliilh.
Dulnth, May 8. The first Sertoli
demonstration by the street raihvaj
strikers and sympathizers occuired to
night. They used dynamite to etop
trafflo. Four cars were detailed, three
at West Duluth and one on Garfield
avenue. One of the cara in West Du
luth was smashed almost bevond ro
pair, and all of the glass in the other
two was broken. The car on Garfield
avenue was serve.! likewise. Ono man
was seriously if not fatallv injured
and four others were slightly hurt.
DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION.
Half the Yukon Fleet Fast In the Ice
and Unable to Escape.
San Francisco, May 8. Advices from
the Northwest confirm preious reports
that nearly half of the Yukon fleet ia
fast in the ice, and will probably be
destroyed when the spring freshet
cornea. Among the vessels in danger
is the Sherman', of the Alaska Explora
tion Company. She is near Nulato,
and is on a sand bar in the middle of
the river, broadside on the current.
Four milea from the mission ia the
Dawson City, owned by a San Fran
cisco firm. She ia fast in the ice,
with no chance to escape. The Gov
ernor Steneman, owned by Portland
capitalists, is about 25 milea above the
mouth of the Tanana river, and she
will probably break up when the fresh
ets come. The May D ia also doomed.
She is near Rampart City, fast in
the ice in the middle of the river. The
Trenton ia close to the May D, and she
cannot escape destruction. The
Clutco, owned in San Francisco; the
Seattle No. 1, of the Seattle-Yukon
Company, and the City of Chicago,
owned by Chicago capitalists, are in a
bunch a short distance above Ramp;i
City. They will probably be crushes
to pieces with the first cake of ice that
comes down the river. The Robert
Kerr, the Seattle, the Sovereign, the
Tacoma, the Arnold and the John C.
Barr are near Circle City, and there ia
little hope that any of them will escape
destruction. All of these boats were
engaged in general freighting and
passenger business on the Yukon be
tween St. Michaels and Dawson City.
NEGRO'S BIG FIND.
He Dlg;s Up Bonds That Had Been Bur.
led and the Source of Much Trouble.
Cincinnati, May 8. Buried treasure
in the shape of 11 $1,000 bonds, bear
ing undipped coupons which add sev
eral thousand dollars to their value,
were found by Thomas Lawson, a negro
laborer, while digging in the cellar of
a down-town department store on Sixth
street. The ground was formerly the
property of Britting Bros., piano man
ufacturers. In the tin box was found
a paper on which was written:
"These bonds belong to Julius and
Martin Britting, and are the result of
years of industry and saving."
This discovery solves a mystery
which had been a source of angry con
tention among the heirs of Julius
Britting, whose sisters brought suit
against Martin Britting, a brother,
charging him with having concealed
the bonds. Martin denied everything,
but notwithstanding his denial a
judgment was rendered against him in
favor of the estate of Julius for about
$4,000. The money was collected and
the estate distributed and settled. The
negro claims the bonds as treasure
trove.
CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS.
Hereafter American Interests Will Be
Thoroughly l'rotected.
New York, May 8. A special to the
Herald fiora Washington says: Meas
ure have been initiated by the navy
department which contemplate provid
ing constant protection for American
interests in Central America. As a re
sult of a consultation between Assist
ant Secretary Allen and Rear-Admiral
Crowniushield, instructions have been
given to Rear-Admiral Hichborn, chief
constructor, to fit out the eonverted
yacht Viking for duty in Central
American waters aa expeditioualy aa
possible. The Viking's small draught
will permit her to enter the shallow
waters on the eastern coast of Central
America so that the American flag will
be flying constantly at Honduras and
Nicaraguan ports. , The deteimination
to send the Viking to Central Amerioa
is the result of the communications
received at the state department from
Americans in Honduras and Nicaragua.
Acting Searetary Allen said that no
word had yet been received from the
Detroit, but it is supposed that Com
mander Dayton and Minister Merry
are continuing their investigation,
obtaining affidavits from Americans,
etc., bearing upon their refusal to pay
double duties on goods imported by
them into Nicaragua.
MURDERED HER MOTHER.
Chicago Woman Lay In Walt for Hep
Two Hours.
Chicago, May 6. Mrs. Augustus
Styles, after waiting two hours in a
dark tecesa of a hallway at the en
trance to "Wallatt'a , hall, Burlington
street and North avenue, this after
noon, shot and killed her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Schultz. Mrs. Sohultz was
to attend a meeting of the Martha
Washington Frau Verein, which was
held in the hall, and the daughter lay
in wait for her until she came. Five
shots were fired, three taking effect
Mrs. Styles, who is 85 years of age,
eaid she was driven to the act by her
mother's revealing a closed chapter of
her early life to Mrs. Stvles' daughter,
16 years of age. The child's parents
were not regularly married, and Mrs.
Schultz ia said to have diaclosed this
fact to her grandchild. Mrs. Styles
was arrested.
New Towns In Colorado.
Durango, Colo., May 8. Building
on several new townaites in the Ute
landa is going forward with all possible
speed. The filings at the land office
up to noon today numbered 80. There
ia no way of estimating the number of
actual settlers.
BEEF IS II Ell
Gen. Miles Blamed by the
Army Commission.
SECRETARY ALGER CLEARrj
General Eag-an Censured for Exon,
Purchase of Untried Rations-Jt,
Packers Exonerated.
Washirgton, May 9. By direction
of the president, who approves the finj.
ings, Acting Secretary' of War JIeikIe.
john today made public the report ami"
findings of the military court appoints
to investigate the charges made bv .Major-General
Miles, commanding the
aimv, that the bsef supplied to the
army during the war with Spain wj
unfit for the use of the troops. The
most important features of the report
are:
The finding that the general's fin,
ings that the refrigerated beef ai
treated with chemicals were not eatab
lishtd; that his allegations concern
the canned fresh or canned roast bei
were sustained as to its unsuitably
for food as used on the transports and
as a long-continued field ration; cen
sure of General Milea for "error" in
failing to promptly notify the secrets
of war wlien lie nrst formed the opin
ion that the food was unfit; censure o!
the commissary-general (then Genera!
Eagan) for the too-extensive purchase
of the canned beef as an untried ration;
censure of Colonel Maus, of General
Miles' staff; the finding that the pack
ers were not at fault, and that the
meats supplied to the army were of the
same quality as those supplied to the
trade generally, and the recommenda
tion that no further proceedings will be
taken in the premises.
The conclusion of the court adverse
to further proceedings based upon the
chargea ia aa follows:
"It has been developed in the course
of the inquiry, as recited in this report,
that In some instances some individu
als failed to perform the full measure
of duty or to observe the proprieties
which dignified military laws com
mand; but the court ia of the opinion
that the mere statement of official facts
developed meets the end of discipline,
and that the inteiesta of the service
will be best subserved if further pio
ceedings be not taken."
UNION MEN BARRED.
May Not Be Kmplored in Coeur d'iltm
Under Martial Law.
Spokane, May 9. The miners ot
Shoshone county, Idaho, that propose.1
to operate during the reign of martial
law may do so only on condition that
they do not employ members of the
Coeur d'Alene Miners' Union. This
is the martial law aa laid down bj
General Merriam and Attorney-General
Hayes, of Idaho. At a meeting of
the mineownera in this city this morn
ing, Mr. Hayea presented this man
date. The ownera uheerfully promised
to ohey.
"We're going to clean up the Coeur
d'Alenea," said Attorney-General
Hayes prior to his departure for Boise.
"I have seen some of the mineowneri
today and they have been informeJ by
the proper authoiities that they cannot
employ anyone connected with a crim
inal organization in the county. The
miners' uniona in Shoshone countj
contain many desperadoes and crimin
als who have under the protection of
the unions perpetrated ciimes and out
rages. Twice has it been necessary
because of these men and their organi
zations to put the country under mar
tial law. We want to put a stop to
that sort of thing."
TO INVEST BACOLOR.
Country Around San Fernando Will Bi
Swept of Kebels.
Manila May 0. To clear the Filipi
nos out of Bacolor about five miles
southwest of San Fernando, will I
the next task of the Americans. The
rebel general, Mascardo, has a force of
600 men there, well armed and pos
sessed of plenty of ammunition. M'
troops have nevei met American eol-1
diers, and they think, according to re
ports , carried . to San Fernando, tint
they oan "whip the whole lot."
Bacolor is well intrenched, and thod
Bands of natives are working like bear
ers digging trenches and carrying tin
dirt in baskets. The enemy uses lii'
riflemen for fighting only, but compel'
the bolo men and Chinese men, and
even women, to labor incessantly
The lebel outpost is about a mile be
yond San Fernando, with a tiench that
holds between 200 and 800 men. Fiom
that point several volleys were fired
last night upon the camp of the Twen
tieth Kansas regiment.
Neither Major-General MaoArthor
nof Major-General Lawton moved to
day, although each reconnoitered the
country in his vicinity or some mile
from headquarters, developing th
presence of small forces ol the enemy
In the vicinity of Laguna de Bay, the
rebels are extremely active, but the
lines of General Ovenshine and Colonel
Wholley, who is commanding General
King's brigade during the latter' ill"
nesa, have been materially strength
ened, and there ia no danger in tbl
direction.
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