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W. L. DAVIS, Editor.
TOLEDO OREGON.
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Fast Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
Vice-President Hobart is slowly In,
proving.
All hope of reconvening the joint
American-Canadian commission in
August has been abandoned.
The Chinese legation at Washington
protests against the restriction of
Chinese immigrants to Cuba.
Acting-Seoretary Meiklejohn has de
eded that the Chinese exclusion act
does not apply to our new possessions.
Newest trusts: Window glass, $30,
000,000, will control 90 per cent of the
product; plow manufacturers, $65,000,
000.
In epite of precautionary measures
virulent smallpox is spreading in Ger
mnnv. The disease whs imnortfld into
the country by Russian laborers.
The Alger i tea regard the beef report
ns a complete vindication, and are
happy; General Miles lefuses to talk;
congress may make another investiga
tion next fall.
Ex-President Harrison is on his way
to France as counsel for Venezuela in
its boundary dispute. Ex-Secretary of
the Navy 13. F. Tracy is associate coun
sel, and may acoompany him.
Governor Thomas, of Colorado, has
wired Adjutant-General Corhin as fol
lows: "The reported interview of
mine in the Denver Ncwb concerning
the Colorado volunteers is false and
malicious."
Rioters attempted to blow up a West
Duluth street car with dynamite.
There were 10 passengers in th car and
they all received slight bruises. The
car was thrown violently on its side,
and its trucks were blown to pieces.
The beef-packers are bringing tre
mendous pressure to bear on the presi
dent to remove General Miles from
command of the army in spite of the
closing recommendation of the Wade
beef court that no further action be
taken.
At Jamestown, O., Postmaster
George A. MoLaughlin, with some boy
friends, was putting a "tick-tack" on t
window at the home of his friend, E.
E. Ginn. Mr. Ginn fired a shot
through the window, killing McLaugh
lin instantly.
An Adelaide, South Australia, dis
patch savys: The British ship Loch
Sloy, Captain Nicol, from Clyde on
January 5, for Adelaide and Mel
bourne, was wrecked on Kangaroo
island, April 24. Five passegers and
25 of the crew weie drowned.
Several negros were killed in a storm
which swept over chambers county,
Georgia.
At a fire in Massillon, O., one fire
man was killed and a woikinan fatally
injured.
The president and Mrs. McKinloy
have gone to Hot Springs, Va., for a
10 days' vacation.
Fifteen eases of disease in Leolaire,
la., have been identified by officers ol
the Btate board of health as smallpox.
The Davenport council has declarod
a quarantine against Leclaire.
j. ne lopeica uapitai lias startod s
popular subscription to purchase a
sword for General Funston, the brave
Kansan. Every county, town and cUv
in the state is asked to contribute.
George Olmstead, conductor of the
train the Wardner rioters stolo, haa
been airestod. Ho ran between Wal
laoe and Burke for years, yet persists
he did not recognize any of the crowd.
At Doniphan, Kan., District Judge
Stuait refused to giant a divorce U
Ellen Phillips from P. O. rhillips, be
cause their marriage was brought about
bv an advertisement in a matrimonial
paper.
Major Maichand, leader of the
famous Matchand expedition, which
was returning from Fashoda, on the
Nile, to the Red sea, en route to
France, is reported to have been killod
by a band of marauders.
The Missouri house has passed and
sent to the governor an important bill
requiring Missouri corporations tc
keep their principal office in the state,
and pioviding that at leant three di
rectors shall be resideuts of Missouri.
Governor Stanley, of Kansas, hat
addressed to the governors of Western
tates pressing invitations to attend
the annual convention of the trans
Mississippi commercial conguss,
which will be held in Wichita, May
SI to June 3, inclusive
Representatives of more than a score
of the leading plow manufaututing con
cerns of the United States met in Chi
cago, and virtually completed organiza
tion into which it is proposed ulti
mately to take nil manufacturers of
agricultural implements. The cap
italization of the new combination lr
placed at over $65,000,000.
m
iER NEWS.
Becauso he refused to buy drinks a
Chicago janitor was killed by thugs ir
a saloon.
Long Island is soon to have an in
dustrial colony made up of negroes from
the South.
Claims aggregating millions have
been filed for indemnity in Cuba by
Great Britain, France and Germany.
Miss Winnie Holmes, of Kent. Wash.,
was drowned in the Sound. She was
crossing from Kent to Des Moines with
another young lady and two young
men, in a rowboat, which capsized.
A naval expedition will be sent from
Manila to the island of Mindanao to re
lieve the Spanish forces at Zamboanga,
reported to be besieged by a strong
force of insurgents, if the report cur
rent in Manila and sent by Otis to
Washington is verified.
A freight train of the Southern Pa
cific was wrecked in Cow Creek can
yon, Southern Oregon. The engineer,
James McCalley, was killed and the
fireman, James Merriinan, seriously in
jured. The wreck was caused by a
heavy engine spreading the rails.
Dr. Charles A. Briggs, who was sus
pended for heresy by the Presbyterian
assembly, was ordained a pri"St of the
Episcopal church in New York. He
was ordained together with the Rev.
Ciiaries A. Snedeker, and tlie ordina
tion ceremonies were conducted by
Bishop Potter.
At Minneapolis, one of the largest
gatherings ever seen in this city adopt
ed resolutions in sympathy with the
administration of affairs in connection
with the Philippines. The names of
President McKinley and Dewey were
cheered to the echo several times dur
ing the afternoon.
The Standard Bank, Bowmanville, 54
miles from Toronto, was robbed of $11.
000 of the bank's money, and a quan
tity of valuables entrusted to the banK
for safe keeping by private citizens.
Before attacking the bank the robber3
went to the police station and over
powered Henry Metcalf. the man in
charge. They blindfolded and gagged
him and took him with them while
they entered the bank. Then they
locked Metcalf up in the station and
left.
The latest reports from Oregon or
ohardists confirm the statement made
last week that the pruni crop will be
practically a failure this season. The
prunes continue to fall from the trees.
Many orchardists are disposed to take
a cheerful view of the situation, and
say that with all conditions favorable
only a short crop could ha"e been ex
pected, for the trees bore so heavily
last year that they needed a rest.
With one season's rest and consequent
growth, it is said, a full crop should be
realized next year.
Tho Finns are fleeing to this coun
try at the rate of 500 weekly to escape
Russian military service.
At a test at Sandy Hook proving
ground it was found that wet guncot
ton could be safely used in a shell fired
by powder.
Dumarais, a Frenchman, who had
entered the rebel lines to negotiate for
the release of Spanish prisoners, is said
to have just been assassinated by in
surgent soldiers.
Evory postofflce in the island of
Potrto Rico, about 80 in numbei, soon
will be flying a United States flag.
Flags will be bought by the postofflce
department and forwarded to Director
of Posts Elliott.
Captain Barkor, the senioAofficer of
Dewey's fleet and the oommander of
the battle-ship Oregon.will be tho next
commanding officer to conm home.
His place will be filled by Captain
Wilde, of Boston.
Acoording to a dispatch from Cairo
to the Daily Mail, the director of the
Egyptian museum has discovered the
mummy of Thothmes 1. of the 18th
dynasty, B. C. 1083, and three other
mummies in gilt coffins.
La Patria, one of the best edited pa
pors in Havana, has come out with an
editorial strongly indorsing the Ameri
can administration. Its utterances are
regarded as representing the best think
ing element of the community.
Capt. J. Masson, of Philadelphia,
the woll-known commander of the
Munson line steamship Vimera, fell
from his vessel into the water while
passing close to the Bahama islands
and was swallowed by a shark.
The war department is preparing to
flontf lour regiments of regulars to Ma
nila, via New York and the Suez canal,
in the transports Thomas, Meade and
Logan, which are to be permanently
transferred from the Atlantic to the
Pacific fleet.
If the inhabitants of the San Fer
nando region are to bo believed, there
is little sympathy with tho insurrec
tion in that Quarter. Before evacuat
ing tho city, the rebels burned the
church and the public buildings, and
looted tho Chinese quarters. They
drove many rich Filipinos, with their
families, out of the oity before them,
as well as hundreds of Chinese, to pre
vent theui helping the Americans.
They out the throats of many. Many
Chinese hid on roof-tops or in cellars,
and some escaped by cutting off their
! queues. There are 60 fresh graves in
i the churchyard.
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E THE REBELS
Otis Has Been Ordered to
Force the Fighting.
INSTRUCTIONS ARE CABLED
HI Orden Are, If Necessary, to Pene
trate Far Into tho Interior and Cap
ture or Kill Every Warring; Filipino.
Hot Springs, Va., May 13. Tins is
the irist of a long cipher cable sent by
President McKinley today to General
Otis at Manila:
"Force the fighting. Penetrate far
into the interior and capture or destroy
every waring Filipino."
It was prompted by several dis
patches form General Otis, transmitted
by Secretary Alger, which greatly en
couraged the president.
Timely Reinforcements.
Manila, May 13. Although offered
the presidency of the Filipino cabinet,
Senor Paterno declines to accept it un
til the native congress, now, in speoial
session at San Isidro, authorizes him
to treat for peace with the United
n f oq
The arrival of the transport Han
cock from San Franoiscfo, with the
Twenty-first infantry and a battery of
the First artillery, is timely, as Gen
eral MacArthur is in great need of re
inforcements, as a result of the pro
longed and arduous campaign.
Prominent Manila Filipinos have de
cided to publish a newspaper, the
Democracia, to advocate peace.
Mr. Higgins, manager of tho Manila
Dagupan railwav, and two of his assist1
ants, who had remained inside the in
surgent line to take care ot the prop
erty of the lailway company, arrived ai
San Fernando yesterday. They had
been informed by the insurgents that
they would no longer be responsible for
their safety if they remained longei
wihtin their lines. Mr. Higgins cor
roborated the stories that have been
told of the demoralization of the Fili
pinos, and says the rebels are looting
property. Mr. Higgins says now is ths
time for Americans to strike hard.
SPACE TELEGRAPHY.
Signal
Corp Ezperimenti With thi
Marconi System.
Washington. Mav 13. flnnnrnl
Greelv todav made the first
tive statement as to tho progress made
in wireless telegraphy under the aus
pices of the United States signal
corps. The important conclusion is
reached by General Greely that the
wireless system is not likely to sup
plant the ordinary method of tele
graphic communications. The
so far obtained have been uncertain.
General Greely's statement is as fol
lows: "Since
teats in
the announcement of the
space telegraphy bv Senor
Marconi,
two years ago, the subject
under considunitinn liv tlm
has been
signal corps of the army, and recently
experiments have been begun, with
the object of thoroughly testing the
value of this means of communication
for military and other governmental
purposes. Special apparatus has been
designed and constructed for these
tests, which have already Bhown suffi
cient promise to warrant further sys
tematic trials.
"During the experiments constant
communication by heliograph and flag
between the transmitting and receiving
stations has been kept np by the
trained men of the regular signal
crops, and this has greatly facilitated
the work of experimenting. Signals,
letters and words have been transmit
ted and received between these sta
tions, but the great delicacy and con
stant adjustment required in the pres
ent receiver have made the transmis
sion of regular messages as yet unrelia
ble and uncertain. The presence of
large buildings and large masses of
iron aud metal, necesarily piesent it
cities, makes such places undesirable
for carrying on experiments of this
character. The distance over which
Bignals may be transmitted by a given
apparatus is a function of the height
of the vertical wire used in either end,
and this has naturally suggested the
use of small gas balloons, such as have
already been used for signal and other
purposes by tho signal corps. A sup.
ply of these balloons has been obtained,
and will be used for this purpose in
the near future.
"That there is a field of usefulness
for space telegihaphy is undoubted,
but that it will supplant to a material
extent the use of wire for ordinary
commercial telegraphy is not believed.
For connection bewteen lighthouses
and lightships at sea and to renlaoe or
dinary flag methods in use between
naval vessels it should prove invalua
ble, since no kind of weather, nor fog,
darkness or storm, avail to affect its
use."
Starvation on Aahcroft Trail.
Victoria, B. C, May 6. A mail
carrier has arrived from the Upper
Stickeen river after making a hazardous
trip over crumbling iue to get relief
for prospectors who are starving at
Deose Lake, on the Ashcinft trail. He
reports that they have eaten all their
supplies mid horses auJ are living on
mules auJ dogs.
WHOLESALE MURDER.
Man Hills Two Woinon, Two Men,
Child inid Shoots Himself.
Howard City, Mich., May 13. Thos
Harvey last night killed his wife, hii
uncle, Robert FUrson, and his grand
mother, and mortally wounded his 8-months-old
child, and his father-in-law,
John Loganslayer, and finally shot
himself, inflicting a wound which it
expected to prove fata!. Harvey'i
uncle and grandmother live one milt
north of town. The murderer went
there last evening.
It transpires that Harvey, on reach
ing the home of his mother-in-law, said
nothing about his terrible aots at Piei
son's borne. He offered to sit up by
the corpee of his wife's mother. Ac
cordingly the others retired. It was 4
o'clock in the morning when Harvey
went to his wife's room and killed
her, and attempted to slay his baby
and his father in-law. He also fired
at Miss labard, but without effect.
Harvey's wound is serious, but he is
certain to recover. lie was employed
in a furniture factory, and is only 20
years of age. The cause of his terrible
acts has not been determined. He as
serted that Pierson, his uncle, waf
quarreling with his grandmother, and
he interfered; that thereupon Piersor
stabbed and killed the old lady, agec
70, and that he (Harvey) retaliated by
shooting his uncle. After shooting
Pierson, Harvey stabbed him thret
times. Harvey then returned to hit
home, two miles southwest of town.
Arriving there, he shot his wife
twi;e. Pierson's home presents a
horrible appearance. Pierson's body
was found in a chair, and th&t of th
old lady on the flooi clad in her night
dress. There are signs of a desperate
struggle between Harvey and his grand
mother, but no indication of any fight
between the two men. Harvey him
self today informed the sheriff of th
murders at Pierson's house. He wat
then arrested for murdering his wife.
He has nothing to say of the tragedy
at his home. There are strong threats
of lynohing.
Christian Science Healers.
New York, May 13. The Westches
ter county grand jury, which will meet
at White Plains on May 29, will take
up the case of Mrs. Clarence Fowler,
the Christian Soionce healer, Liston
Barguet, jr., and Ethel Barguet, chil
dren of Mrs. Liston Barguet, whoso
death they are charged with hastening.
The district attorney says that he will
ask the grand jury to make a present
ment urging that the treatment of pa
tients by "silent thought" be stopped
effectually. The members of the
Christian Science church in Mount
Vernon have called a meeting for next
Sunday, when a prominent member
will address them, and the inquest will
be discussed. The Christian Scienoe
institute will provide all the money to
defend its votaries and will put up a
stubborn fight.
Church Crusade Against Caterpillars.
Montreal, May 13. A remarkable
demonstration took rolace at St. Hil.
aire, Quebec, yesterday. Caterpillars
which last year played havoc with ap
ple and sugar orchards seem to be
more numerous and vigorous than be
fore. A crusade against them was for
mally opneed in the parish churoh
here, where mass was solemnized, after
which a religious procession, headed by
the priest and choir boys, followed by
150 or more parishioners, marched
through the infected seotion with fer
vent prayers asking divine assistance in
their battle against the plague.
Tornado Struck Mexican Town.
St. Louis. Mo., May 13. A special
to the Republic from Eagle Pass, Tex.,
says: A tornado struck the mining
town of Hondo, in the Sabinas valley,
Mexico, last night. Lawrence Mc
Kinney, son of the mine superinten
dent, was killed, and 10 men were
severely injured. A large boarding
house, railroad station, store and build
ings connected with the mines were al
most entirely demolished. Hondo is
about 15 miles southwest of Eagle
Pass. It is the center of C. P. Hunt
ington's Mexican coal and coke indus
tries. Fire at Skagway.
Seattle, May 13. Advices from
Alaska say that afire ocouned at Skag
way May 4. One block of business
houses was destroyed. The total loss
is estimated at $10,000.
The principal loss was that of Ma
jor s general merchandise store, about
000
James Freeman, a former lesident of
California, committed suicide at Atlin
by shooting himself thiough the head
with a revolver. Domestio trouble was
the cause.
President's Western Trip.
Chicago, May 13.-A special to the
Times-Herald from Washington says:
Piesident McKinley proposes to make
tour of the West during his Bummer
vacation. Arrangements for the trip
have not yet Leen perfeoted. but it is
understood he will go to San Francisco
by the Southern Pacific route, and re
turn to this city on board a special
train on the Northern Paoifio, stopping
en route at the Yellowstone Park and
other points of interest. He will leave
bout the middle of July and begone
probably six weeks.
Sewer Pipe Trust.
Dover, Del., May 13.-Secretary of
State Hughes today issued a certificate
f incorporation to the Federal Sewer
Pipe Company,
GUNBOATS DISLODGE REBEL?
Concealed in a
Jungle or
the Rio Grande.
HEAVY FIRING AT SHORT RANGl
Americans Opened With Rnild.Fir(
uuns sua rui ine Enemy to Rm
Twenty of the Natives Killed.
Manila, May 10. The tinnlo.i
boat Lagurja de Bay and Cavadonsi
and a launch, under Captain Gram
ran into a nest of insurgents concealed
in the bushes on both sides of the Eio
Grande, three miles above Calumpit
yesterday afternoon, and were
with heavy volleys at short range, 4
sergeant Deionging to tlie Utah bat
tery was killed, and one private
wounded.
Opening with their rapid fire gum
the Americans killed 20 of the nat;..!
and wounded several others, fillinon,
jungle witli a hail of shot for half ac
Hour, until the enemy nod.
Flanked the Knemy.
Manila, May 16. Two companies
t ouu
the same number of Minnesota men
with 20 American scouts, under Cat-
tain Case and Berkheimer, flanked th
insurgents at San Ildefonso this mom
ing and captuied the place.
Tlie Filipinos, in terror and panic,
fired 20,000 rounds of ammunition, k
only slightly wounded one scout. One
insurgent officer was killed and eii
men wounded.
rtu. : A . i i
lira iiiHurguiiia reireaieu anu are not
at San Miguel, six miles north of Sao
Ildefonso.
m . , .
xwenty per cent oi tne opposin;
rebel force has been killed and wound
ed since Law ton began his advanct
May 1.
8punlurds Shut In.
Washington, May 16. The wards
partrnent today received the following
dispatch:
"Manila, May 16. It is reported
that at Zamboanga the insurgents at
tacked the Spanish troops May 11
using quickflring guns and arma cap-
tured from the Spanish gunboat. The
Spanish general and two officers were
wounded. There were few casualties
among the troops. Tlie Spanieh gar
rison is now besieged. The water sup
ply is cut off. and the troops are call
ing for relief. OTIS."
A CHECK TO RUSSIA.
China Refuses Demand for Railway
Concession.
Shangehai. May 16. The tsnng-li-yainan
(Chinese foreign office) has re
plied to the Russian minister at Pe
king, M. De Glers, that the govern
ment is unable to accede to the Russian
demand, made last Wednesday, fori
new railway concession connecting Pe
king with Russia's present system i
Manoliuria.
Not since the takina of Port Arthur
by Russia have the Chinese beenio
agitated as over this demand. Wbetn-
er M. De Qiers named a specific route is
not yet ascertainable, some offloials as
sorting that only a preliminary notice
was given for a line direot fiom Peking
to Shan II ai Kwon.
Ceitainly the British leeation in
Peking had no previous knowledge that
suoii proposal was coming from SI-
Petersburg. The conoession asked lor
would ruin the existing northern rail
ways, in which British capital to tbe
amount of 2.000,000 is invested, but
there seems to be no alternative route
without interfering with plans for rail
way extension which the Chinese
themselves have in mind.
It is believed that Russia's action i
this matter is intended to demonstrate
to the world that the recent convention
with Great Britain respecting spheres
iu mnuence in China, which was non
Bed to the Chinese Government almos
before this last convention was de
manded, lias not fettered the action of
Russia at the court of Peking, and also
to strengthen Russia's prestige with
the Chinese, which was unfavorably
affected by her withdrawal of her late
protest respecting the northern rail
ways.
SITUATION ON THE ISLANDS
Otis Gives Orders for Receiving '
Filipino Negotiators.
Washington, May 16. The folio'
ing dispatch from Major-General Otis
Jiving the status of the militay aitua
tion, as it now exists, in the open
tions against the insurgents, was &
Jeived at the war denartment today
"Manila, May 16. Adjutant-'"
aral, Washington: The situation is
follows: Ijflutnn I n..i;,,nn. ha
taken Ildefonso and San Miguel to the
north, with slight losses, and driving
s COnsidnrnlila
boats and canoes, accompanying 1.6
men under Kobbe up the Rio Gran"
from Calumnit.wm .1..) ua 1 nth
MacArthur remains at San Fernando,
covering the country.
Yesterday a messenger came fro"
Aguinaldo id, tn send
commission to Manila for a conferenoe
nitn tlie United States commission
irrange terms of peace. Direction'
nave been given to nnna a hnrfv of re:
resentative insngrents to Manila, shorn
thpv nmannt l. 1 y-vrrii a I'
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