LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER
W. L. DAVIS, Editor.
TOLEDO OREGON
NEWS
If
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings of the Past Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
General Pilar, a Philippine officer,
fs tired and wants to surrender.
Mrs. Mary Coleman, who was siok,
banged herself at Moscow, Idaho.
A Georgia colored couple burned
their four children nearly to death; the
man ran away: the woman was caught
in the act.
Five thousand Spanish prisoners have
been taken into a northern province of
Luzon, beyond reach of aid by Ameri
can troops.
Dock laborers atCienfuegos demand
ed more pay, and not being satisfied,
raised a riot, in which one was killed
and several wounded.
C. W. Nordstrom, who murdered
William Mason in Seattle over eight
years aeo. has been sentenced for thn
fourth time to be hanged.
William Lockridge, an escaped Mis
souri robber and murderei.who was re
ported to have been drowned recently
at Astoria, has been discovered and ar
rested in Montana.
The gigantic copper trusts recently
iormed by Marcus Daly and W. A
Clake, rival Montana mllionaires, have
taken up the Western Washington cop
per belt, near Index.
Rear-Admiral John G. Watson, who
will relieve Admiral Dewey in com
mand of the Asiatic squadron, sailed
for his post on the steamei City of
feting irom ban Francisco.
Several prominent government offi
cials at Washington have organized
themselves into a committee to receive
subscriptions for a Dewey fund. United
c t i - m , ...
oiuieu iieasuror nooerts will reoeive
the subscriptions. The first sent in
was if 250, from Felix Angus, of the
lialtimore American.
At Moscow, Idaho, the United Statee
grand -jury session returned indict
ments against the ringleaders of the
mob that delayed the Northern Pacific
and the O. R. fc N. mail trains, and
some 400 others of the Canyon creek
ojid Wardner miners that participated
Id seizing the trains.
The United States government is
about to establish a permanent mili
tary post in Southeastern Alaska.
Light fortifications are to be put in and
a large force of troops will be sent
north as eooii as they can be spared.
The recent trouble over the Canadian
boundary and a rapidly plowing feel
ing of uneasiness among the Indiana is
said to bo the cause.
New York city has appropriated
1150,000 for the reception of Admiral
Dewey.
Because ho was leproved for teasing
a boy, a Chicago villain shot two
men, one fatally.
The window glass trust has finally
been organized and will control 3 per
cent of the product.
A crazy California sugar-factory
hand killed his wife by cutting her
throat, and then committed suicide.
The Wheeling Steel & Iron Com
pany, of Wheeling, W. Va., has grant
ed its 800 employes an advance of 10
per cent in wages.
Pawneo Bill's Wild West show
came to grief in Princeton. Students
Btoppod the parade. Many were in
jured in the melee which followed.
It is the intention of President Mc
Kinley to be in tho Western states at
the time of the return of tho volunteers
who have done heroic service in the
Ph ilippi nos.
Tho federation of minors, which met
at Salt Lake, denounced the military
proceedings at Wardner, Idaho, and
doolared that union nion did not de
stroy tho mill.
The secretary of war has just ordered
that the Washington volunteeis, when
sent homo from Manila, will return di
rectly to tho Sound, without stopping
at San Francisco.
Tho steamer Uassalo, built for the
O. R. & N. Co., at Portland, has
proved herself the fastest Btornwheeler
in the woild. In n trial run she made
20 2-3 miles in an hour.
Tho Commercial Cable Company's
eteanier Britannia has artived nt the
Azores, and will stint this week to
make soundings for laying tho stranj
which is to connect Germany and the
United States.
The Russian demand for a now rail
road concession connecting Peking with
Russia's present railroad system in
Manchuria, is still exciting the giavest
anxiety in Peking. Germans and
Japanoso oro particularly uneasy.
The Berwind-Whito Coal Mining
Company, one of tho hit Rest producen
of bituminous coal in tho world, has
notified its employes of an increase in
wages, to go into effect June 1. Tin
advance will directly affect 10,000 mou.
LATER NEWS.
Agoncillo is said to be in Hong
4ong under an assumed name.
Nearly 400 persons lost their lives
n the big Australian hurricane.
Arbitration, it is said, will have
Brst place in the peace conference.
England will press a number of large
damage claims against Nicaragua.
Ex-United States Senator Chailes
Buokalew, of Pennsylvania, is dead.
The wife of a Georgia planter killed
l negro who tried to enter her room.
Vice-President Hobart is slowly re
covering from his illness, and is now
able to sit up.
The Pana labor troubles have been
settled, the union men gaining a sub
stantial victory.
The Buffalo strikers have taken
Bishop Ojuigley's advice and are re
turning to work.
The Yukon river is open from Lake
Lebarge to Dawson, but the ice on the
lakes is still solid.
The Reina Mercedes, one of Cer
vera's fleet eunk off Santiago last July,
has arrived at Hampton Roads.
Four men wera killed in the War
Eagle mine at Rossland, by the hoist
getting away from the engineer.
A Chicago court has held that banit
directors are not liable for the mis
management of funds by a speculating
president.
The Atlantic linei Paris ran ashore
on the English coast. She lost hei
course in a heavy fog. The officer
and crew kept cool and the passengers
were taken off without fatality.
The cruiser Olympia, with Admiral
Dewey on boaid, has lefi Manila for
this country. The first stop will be at
Hong Kong. An enthusiastic fare .veil
was given bv the vessels and forte in
Manila harbor.
Levi Moore, a clerk in the city
market, at Kansas City, shot and per
haps latally woundec Mrs. Jennie
Campbell, Mrs. Ella Landis and Mrs.
Anna Meek, in a jealous rage. The
Campbell woman had deserted Moore
for another man.
Major-General Otis has declined to
recognize the rebels to the extent ol
agreeing to an armistice, but lie has
notified the American commanders to
refrain temporarily from aggressive ac
tion Thus he is in a position to re
sume hostilities at any time. This
will defeat any subterfuges to gain
time, which would not be the case ii
the general agreed to an armistice.
An unidentified American soldier
was killed in Havana in a row with the
police.
General Merriain has asked for more
troops. He wants cavalry this time to
prevent disorder at Burke and Mullan.
President Diaz, of Mexico, will ac
cept an invitation to visit Chicago and
the United States during the fall fes
tival. Judge Baker, of the United States
district court at Indianapolis, has ren
dered a decision in which he holds that
a sheriff is responsible for a prisoner
in his charge, and is subject to damage
for his lynching.
The Oregon regiment, though en
titled to come home first, is far from
Manila, bearing the brunt of the Law
ton campaign, and may not be back
when the time for the return of the
volunteers begins.
Mexico is considering the refunding
of her existing national 6 per cent gold
debt held in foreign countries. The
scheme anticipates an increased prin
cipal, but a reduction in the amount of
annual interest by reason of a lower
rate.
Judge May hew has denied the ap
plication for a writ of habeas corpus
for County Commissioners Boyle and
Stimson, who are in jail at Wardner.
In rendering the decision, he denied
every material contention of the appli
cants. President McKinley has sent the fol
lowing cablegram to Otis at Manila:
"Convey to Lawton and the galant
men of his command my congratula
tions upon the successful operations
during the past month, resulting in the
capture of San Isidro."
On the birthday of the king of
Spain, ninny Spaniards in Havana
raised flags over their houses. This
in ado the Cubans rise in revolt. The
house of Juan Monttoto, a Spanish
merchant, was raided by Cubans and
the Spanish flag torn down. The nn.
lice inteifered and clubbed the raiders.
arresting several.
A Washington dispatch savs: Tim
brilliant campaign of Colonel Sum
mers, of Oregon, under General Law
ton, is likely to win him a brigadier
general's commission. Colonel Sum
mers is now commanding a brigade,
and if there was n vacancy in the
brigadier list, he would bo named at
once.
Humphrey Taylor, a negro suspected
of the Uosenstein murder at Slidell,
Md., shot and killed Police Sergeant
Fiita Passau, wounded Policeman Gow
ami kept a posse of half a dozen officers
at bay from the loft of a house for
nearly tw horns. Dozens of shots
were exchanged between the officers
and the fugitive, who only suriendered
when preparations were made to burn
the premises. ,
tic
CONFERENCE
Begins Its Work for Inter
national Disarmament.
("HE FIRST OPEN SESSION HELD
M. De Beaufort Welcomes the Dele
gates to The Hague President Mo
Kinley's Cablegram to the Czar.
The Hague, May 20. The peace con
ference called by the czar of Russia wat
opened this afternoon in the hall of the
"House of Wood," two uilies from The
Hague, M. de Beaufoit, president of
the council and minister of foreign
affairs of the government of the
Netherlands, delivered the inaugural
address and welcomed the delegates.
Then De Beaufort spoke of the high
honor of the choice of The Hague ai
the meeting-place of the conference,
and extolled the noble initiative of tlx
czar, saying this would be a led lettei
day in the history of tho country, and
expressing the hope that his majestj
would be able to look back at the daj
as the most glorious of his life. H
conoluded with calling attention tc
the allegorical crnnn ovpr thn dnnrwn
- - i
of the hall, "Peace entering to close
the temple of Janus," and added:
"I trust tLis beautiful ellegory will
be an augury of your labors, and that
after you have completed them you
will be able to say that peace, whom
art introduced to the hall, left it to
spread its blessings among the whole ol
humanity."
The delegates decided to send th
following telegram to the cazr:
"The peace conference lays at the
feet of your majesty its respectful con
gratulations upon the occasion of youi
birthday, and expresses its sincere de
sire to co-operate in tho great and noble
work in which your majesty has taker
the generous initiative, and for which
it begs you to accept its humble and
profound gratitude."
M. deStaal, the Russian ambassadoi
o Great Britain, and head of the Rus
sian delegation, informally assuming
the presidency of the conference, said
his first duty was to express to M. de
Beaufort his sincere gratitude for the
noble terms in which he had referred
to his august majesty, adding that hie
majesty would be deeply touched.
After making his address, M. dt
Staal, in behalf of the conference, telo
graphed to the queen of the Nether
lands as follows:
"The members of this conference,
assembled for the fiist time in thii
beautiful Huis ten Bosch, hasten tc
lay at the feet of your majesty theii
best wishes, praying yon to accept
their homage and gratitude for the hos
pitality you have graciously deigned to
offer them."
The reading of the message wai
warmly applauded.
M. do Beaufort was appointed hon
orary president, and the leading Dutch
delegate. A. P. O. Van Karnobeck, ex.
minister of foreign affairs, and deputy,
was appointed vice-president. Aftei
the appointment of nine secretaries,
m. ae btaal's proposal that the
sions be secret was adopted.
ses-
Preslttent McKinley to the Czar.
Washington, May 20. The follow
ing cablegram has been addressed hi
the president to the emperor of Russia
on the occasion of the opening of the
disarmament coufoienoe:
"Washington, Mav 20. To His Ma
JeBty Nicholas II. Emperor of all the
Ru6sias, St. Petersburg: On this day
ui guuu omen i send my iioartfelt con
giatulaiiona on the ohenins of the nnn.
ference at The Hague, which had ita
origin in the enlightened and generoui
initiative or your majesty.
"WILLIAM M'KINLEY."
NICARAGUA CANAL.
The CoillllllaainilM,a K.IH.
Their Dis
aureeineutt.
Washington. May 20. The Nicara
gua canal commissioners, Admiral
Walker. Colonel Hninoo nA nr.
- u U1IU .1-1 I .
Haupt, are understood at last to have
seiueii tne serious disagreements which
nave so long Delayed the ropoit of the
commission, and which for a timn
threatened to mako necessnrv dm nn.
pointment by the president of another
commission under the authority con-
oireu uy uio last session of congress.
xne compromise effected anions the
commissioners results in their fixing
the cost of tlia nrniMm1 ., .......
which is pronounced entirely feasible
at 1125,000,000. It it believed the re
port will be signed and delivered to the
president immediately upon his return
from Hot Springs to Washington.
The membots of the commission hav
ing agreed after the elaborate and thor
ough consideration thev have given to
the subject, it is beleived that the last
objection to the beginning of the inter
oceanic waterway has been swept
aside, and that congress may bo relied
upon promptly to authorize tho canal'g
construction.
A modified ronte is recommended.
It was the opinion of the commission
that of the two routes estimated for
the Lull route was the more desirable',
because it is easier of consturction,
presents no problems nm m .,-...
. m niium
good engineeiing precedents, and will
u earer ami more reliable canal
when com Die ted
REBELS ARE DEMORALIZED.
Army Wants to Surrender Uncondition
ally A Rulmildo Is Discredited.
Manila, May 20. Seven Filipino
snvoys, said to bo Buencaimo, Del
Pilar, Arguelles, Pamprenos, Torres,
Serrera and Patemo, left San Isidro
this morning, and are expected in the
:ity sometime during the day.
All of the commissioners except two
Qed when San Isidro was taken by
Lawton last night. The two who re
mained unburdened themselves to Law
ton and told him much of matters
which had transpired in the capital
before the column of Americans, head
sd by the Oregon and Minnesota vol
unteers, marched into the rebel strong
hold. These Filipinos claimed that for al
most a week past the army has been
willing to surrender unconditionally
and accept the proclamation of the
Americans in good faith, all except
Luna and Del Pilar. For days the
army has been completely demoralized
and sulking, unwilling to fight, and
anxious for peace. Aguinaldo fled tho
day before Lawton took San Isidro, and
is now at Cabrnatuan, 18 miles north
of San Isidro, totally discouraged an1
broken, discredited and helpless. Ai
San Miguel and other places, native
women have refused to extend him hos
pitality for fear they would incur the
wrath and retribution of the Americans.
IS net of the Insurrection.
According to the information of these
commissioners, this surrender is ten
dered by Aguinaldo's government, and
is the end of the insurrection. It was
caused directly bv the tremendous
energy of Lawton and his fighting
voulunteers and regulars, who allowed
the demoralized nortions of the rebel
aimynota moment in which to rally
anu maue a stand. Tliey declaie the
commission of seven now on the wav
here was chosen Mav 6. and exnected
to meet Lawton at his headquarters,
but his rapid advance and capture of
the rebel capital upeet this plan, and
tliey fled, leaving behind the two who
give this information, and thev surren
dered to Lawton's advance guard.
Ihe commissioners claim Aguinaldo
was forced to give uo. Four-fifths of
the natives are sick of war. anil .lu.
manded permission to surrender.
Kobbe Captures Town.
Yesterday, Major Kobbe advanced
nortnward along the Rio Grande to
ertect a -junction with Lnwrnn. It
resulted in the canture of the town nl
Candaba. Captain Grant, who had
cone ahead with the gunboat LaGunda
cie nay, leceived the surrender from
an English-speaking Filipino teacher.
DISOBEYED ORDERS.
Brooke's Dealings With' Cubans Do Nol
1'lease Washington.
iSew York, May 20. A RneciAl in
tne woild Irom Washington savs
General Brooke was instructed by the
president to insist that the arms nf dm
Cubans be turned over to the officers ol
the United States armv. Inst..
General Brooke agreed with General
Gomez that the armh shall be surren-
dered to the mayors of the Cuban
cities. General Corbin left for Hot
Springs tonight to learn from the presi
dent whether or not he will insist
upon his original order to General
Brooke being carried out.
Officials of the war densrtmont m.
gard General Brooke's disregard of the
pretmiem-B instructions as a moral vin.
tory for General Gomez and the dis
satisfied Cubans. Secretary Alger is
highly indignant over General Brooke'i
surprising disregard of the president'
strict orders. He has telegraphed tc
the president full details. It is gen
erally conceded that these develop,
ments in Cuba will greatly delay the
distribution of the $3,000,000 to the
Cuban army.
Oversupply of Gold.
Washington, May 20.-The treasury
of the United States is suffering from
an over-supply of gold. For several
months all payments of Halariea to gov
ernment employes have been in gold
and yet the yellow metal keeps pour!
ing in faster than the depaitinent can
put it in circulation.
There IS now in Mia f,fln.M(, i i
$223,000,000 in gold, or $123,000,000
aoove tne legal reserve, with the sur
plus increasing rapidly. There is a
prospective famine in paper money at
the national capital, and even the
president haa to take a shining heap of
the largest gold coins in th ,.'
evjpry month. J
Killed Ills flegro Servant.
St. Louis, May 20. David I. V,aA
tnl! . w c"pitall8t' Bh0' md killed
Robert W Stratford, his negro man-of.
all-work, n the vestibule of his hand
some residence, on Vernon avenue, to
night. The 6hootino '
of Stratford attempting to assault hie
employer, who had just discharged
him for neglecting his work. Mr.
ie!d at once surrendered himself to
the pohoe, and was taken into custody.
Twin Sisters Shot.
Middlesboro. Kv.. '.! on
and Jennie Gibson, of Sargent, were
Bhot last night by ex-Sheriff Combs,
of Lether count v. Tio '
, . ..vr nrre m a
dance when Combs got into a dispute
...... .v uio,,. rresently the cirh
left, and Combs, tl llnlrtnn . U
i ii T ----" mey were
men. iollnwni -..
rinedBli8rly1W0Um,ef-and Je
Kined. Combs gave himself up.
jfllD FOR AN ARMISTIG
Filipino Envoys Make the
.Same Old Proposal.
WHICH GENERAL OTIS REFUSED
Luna's E (Torts to Prevent Peace
Wo.
tiutlons General Fuuston
to a Brieade-Wheaton Relieved,
Manila, May 22. Two military and
two oivil Filipino commissioners, ap.
pointed to co-operate with three oiti!
zens of Manila in negotiating terms of
peaoe. arrived here at 8:15 A. M. to
day. They have submitted no ne,
proposition, but want an arniistic
pending the session of the Filipino con.
gresa.
Maior-General Otis has refused to
eptertain tho proposal
The new peace commission consist!
of Del Pilar and Gracio Gonzaza, men.
bers of the Filipino cabinet; Lieuteni
ant-Colonel Alberto Barreto, military
advocate, and Major Zealcita, a mem
ber of Aguinaldo's staff; Florentine
Torres, Pablo Ooalpo and Thedor
Yanco, residents of Manila
Vil.ilo Ocnciul Otis hits
mused i r
cessation or. Hostilities, pending peace
negotiations, the Filipino commission
will nevertheless hold a conferencs
with tho American Philippine commia
sion today
General Luna has scattered Again
aldo's peace commission, and lias un
der arrest two of its membeis, Buenca
niino and Colonel Arguelles, at Turlae,
the headquarters of Luna's government!
Colonel French, with tho Twenty
second infantry, was sent down the
river three miles from San Isidro by
Genreal Lawton. He met the enemy,
driving them out with the loss of four
Americans.
Major Kobbe, with the Seventeenth
and Ninth regiments, is expected to
meet Colnel French at Arayat. Tho
Rio Grande will then be freed of rebels.
Luna Still llesists.
Manila, May 22. General Luna is
reported to be making desperate efforts
to restrain educated Filipinos within
the limits of his self-appointed jurisdic
tion from communicating with the
Americans, even to arresting Encaniino
and Ilerrera, two of the most influen
tial officials coming via San Isidro to
day. This and tho removal of the scat of
government to Tarlac, SO miles norta
of San Fernando, may lead to compli
cations and delay in pacification, but
it is generally conceded that further
opposition to American sovereignty is
useless and ridiculous. Neither Gen
eral Luna noi General Rio del Pilar
has sufficient force to resist or compel
submission.
General Wheaton has been relieved
of the command of the Second division
for special assignment, and General
Funstoii has been assigned to liii
brigade
A board, consisting of Colonel
French, of the Twenty-second infan
try, and Majoi Cabell and Captain
Randolph, of the Third artillery, has
been appointed to proceed to Batavla
for tho purpose of investigating Euro
pean methods of providing tor tba
health of troops there, and to report on
the subject for the benefit of American!
here.
The transport Warren has arrived
here from San Francisco
ARIZONA TOWN BURNED.
Three Hundred ltuilllnCs Destroyed
In Jerome.
Jerome. Ariz. Mnv 29 Tha third
disastrous fire to visit Jerome within
the past 18 months swent n Inruo nart
of the busi
away today The fire had its origin in
the office of thn Tel
was a 20-room, two-story frame build
nig n spread rapidly until 800 build
ings had been ilestrnro,! Frnin tha
Leland hotel tha fim enroll two
squares, destroying the Ryan hotel,
Scott & Moore's Ii
... ...V.J DIUUIU --
dwellings, stopping within 10 feet of
tne reporter office. West of the Le
land a busi DOSS npr.tinn trrlmt-fl a I u reft
ll 1IVI U M ' O
number of hotels, fflofanrunta ft 11(1
saloons were located, was destroyed
within a snace of 2S minntM The
estimated value of the destroyed' buil J.
Will Demand Damages. ,
New Orleans. Mav o. Tim Dtn(niir
Sunniva. iust in " trnm tjio,i.Mj.
brings word that the Detroit has re
turned from Greytown, bringing back
Consul Sarshr. Tl, T.
j J-Jlltioil uiuiov.
Proserpine was preparing to leave at
v... uujBoitne Sunniva's' departure,
and it was nnnflH.iaii io...u.i that
within a few weeks theBritish govern
ment proposes to make a positive de-,
maild for (Inmnaoj t,.,oti.. 1 fia'
, -'Oia oiiaiuilldl 1U -" -
business of her subjects by the recent
-vnuua iu uenerai Torres.
Kndorsed the President's Policy.
Danville. 111.. m.i oo ti. Tnf.,in
department of tho a a u t n,ir
annual encamtmient Vioi.i o tuo nitv.
passed resolutions indorsing President
McKinley. The resolution are,
oouchod in stronar. simnln Thev
were received with cheers from a thou-
(Mi.u Boidiers'. voices, and were passeJ
with enthusiasm.