Heppner Weekly Gazette
Published Kverr Thursday.
HEPPNER OREGON.
LATER NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
An Interesting Collection of Item From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in Condensed Form.
The pottery trust lias completed iti
organization under the laws of New
Jersey; capital, If iO.OOO.OOO.
Steamer Roumania lias sailed from
Savannah for Havana with the first
regiment, North Carolina, to help gar
rison the turbulent city.
The Paris conrt of cassation has
pranted a stay of proceedings in the
Picquart trial, and thereby invoked the
fury of the anti-Dreyfus press.
A mining suit involving property
valued at $3, 000,000 has been entered
in the courts of California by a Mon
tana syndicate against prominent Cali
fornia capitalists.
In a recent publio address in Wash
ington Count von Goetzen said that the
only good volunteers among the United
States troops during the late war wers
the Rough Riders.
It is now understood that Major-General
James F. AVade, president of th
United States eradiation committee,
will be appointed by President MoKin
ley military governor of western Cuba.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
decided that tho bondsmen of ex-State
Treasurer Baitley will have to mak
good that official's shortages and steal
ings from the state, amounting in all
to about 1700,000.
D. II. Howard, a New Mexico cattle
dealer, with two detectives, is on the
trail of Gilott, the Kansas plunger, on
whom Howard is $40,000 short. How
ard will nsk the governor of Kansas to
issue requisition papers for his extradi
tion to New Mexico.
The British Columbia m'lls are again
receiving lumber orders from Cape
Town, South Africa, after a period of
two years, during which little or no
lumber was shipped to that district.
Two vessels are at present undor way
to Victoria to receive cargoes for Africa.
Sain Smith, trainrobbor, has been
sentenced to be hanged at Eldorado,
Kan., for the murder of citizen Bel
ford, who was one of a posse that resist
ed Smith and his partner, Tom Wind.
Wind pleaded guiky to seoond-degret
murder and was sentenced to 20 years.
The Spanish government has Issued
the following semi-official note relating
to the president's reference to the loss
of the Maine in bis message to con
Kress. "Spain has been treated by the
conqueror with unexampled cruelty and
is resigned to her f;te; but she can not
tolerate President McKinley's accusa
tion, fur she is conscious of her com
p'cto innocence."
A bill will soon be drafted providing
for the taking of the 12th census.
The slenmer IloHalie, which has just
arrived from the towns on the Lynn
canal, reports tbut a thousand men
from Dawson are making thuir way to
the coast.
Two men were killed by the explo
sion of natural gas at Cannonsvillo, lnd.
One man was killed and several
fatally wounded at a school entertain
ment at Charleston, W. Va.
The purchase price is 950,000. paya
ble in oash in fully paid shares, leaving
50,000 for the working capital.
Henry J. Nelligan, cook, George W.
Beverly, both of company G, First
Florida, stationed at lluntsville, Ala.,
were killed in a camp quarrel.
Rossland's famous Le Roi mine is at
last before London investors. The
London Globe Corporation and the
British America Corporation have in
vited subscriptions to 200,000 shares
of 5 each in the Le Roi Company, ltd.
A smooth gang of counterfeiters is at
work in the Mississippi valley. The
counterfeit is of the standard silver
dollars. All of which have so far been
discovered bear the date of 1890. It is
believed something like 200,000 of
them have gained circulation.
Senator Davis, ot the Paris peace
commission, in an interview with a
London Daily Muil correspondent, de
clared in favor of a triple alliance be
tween the United States, England and
Japan, for the protection of all their
interests north of the equator.
Charles Tracy, aged 16, shot and
instantly killed Tim Connors, custodian
of Greenlawn cemetery, Indianapolis,
lnd. Tracy with a number of other
boys was near the cemetery throwing
snowballs at pedestrians. Refusing
to desist he was killed by Connors.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor met
at Kansas City, Mo. About 150 dele
gates from all parts of the country were
present; also William Thome and W il
liam Inskip, of London, representing
the British Hades-union congress.
RIOTING IN HAVANA I
EXPANSION OPPOSED.
Senator
Cubans and Spanish Mix,
With Fatal Results.
THREE KILLED, MANY WOUNDED
Trouble Canned by an Effort to Close
Theater! on Account of Gar
cia' Death.
Havana, Due. 14. After the news ol
General Garcla's death spread through
Havana early yesterday afternoon, the
Cubans wished to have all the places oi
amusement closed. They suceeded in
olosing two places frequented by
Test and Hoar Desire No
Philippine.
Washington, Dec. 14. Discussion of
two questions, each of importance and
interest at this session, was begun by
the senate at its session today. Terri
torial expansion and the construction of
the Nicaragua oanal occupied the atten
tion of the body dui ing the greater part
of the afternoon.
Aa soon as the routine morning busi
ness had been disposod of, Mr. Vest
(Dem. Mo.) called up his resolution
offered last week, deolaring it to be un
constituional for this government to
acquire foreign territory except for coal
ing stations or some like purpose, un
less its intention was to confer state
hood upon the territory and citizen
ship upon its inhabitants. Mr. Vest
declared it was a basio principle of this
government "that the powers of the
government were derived from the con-
IL0ILO IS ASSAULTED
DEATH OF GARCIA.
Insurgents Stormed City the
Night of December i.
CAPTURED ALL BUT ONE TRENCH
Cubans, but the management of the
Tacon theator, where there were many ! gent of the governed," and maintained
r : i rm . i - ! . . . . . t
Francisco do Frnnchi, w ho was shot
noun uy .rtiiiomo uosso alter a saloon
quarrel in Sun Francisco, Is said to
have been an nueut of tho muiderous
La Ma fhi Society.
One more request of the Spaniard
was negatived by tho peace commis
sioners. Ships end products ol Kimin
will not bo granted tho same rights in
Cuba ami 1'orto ltioo us those of the
United States.
From the war doputtnioitt comes tht
announcement that it is proposed to
end regular regiment to iclievo tht
volunteers in Manila just an soon ai
transportation can be at ranged. The
VoluntreiB will bu returned to the
United States in the order iu which
they left.
Tho finding of the court of inquiry
concerning the abandonment of tlx
liifantu Maria Teresa during the storm
of October 2SI, has been made public.
The court find tho abandonment wai
not due to any fault or neglect on tin
part of any officer of the navy, and
does not think any further proceedings
should be innitutcd.
While fighting fire iu the dock of
the Lehigh Coal & Coke Company at
Wt-Nt Superior, Wis., u crew of men
was caught by a bud cave-in, caused by
the weakening of the pile foundation.
l'oiir were buried under thousands ot
tons of limning coal. One, John Mai
iuowski, has been rescued alive, but it
in a prt-caiiou condition. The other
three have probably perished.
Of the emergency national defense
fund of 1 50,00, 0000, the navy depart
inent got the largest amount, via, f J D ,
U?;i,'.'?-1. The war department expen
diture! of tho emergency f jud amounted
to I3,U:.l.;iu!. The state department
received :..!., 000 from the emergency
fund. Of thin 1 100,000 baa been tian
feired to banket i fur this department
at London for the use of the commit-
ion at Puris, ami $.10,000 was advanced
to the disbursing officer for the com
In 1st. ion prior to tit departure for Pari,
The British Columbian government
has made a crown reserve of all town-
sites and land outside of the minkig
fields in the Lake Atlin district. This
was recently announced privately by
Mr. C. Bottlin, premier of British Co
lumbia, to Gold Commissioner W. J.
Bant, who has just arrived iu Seattle
from Atlin.
The United States government is not
aware that any arrangement has been
made for the transfer of the title of the
Samoan islands to Germany, and being
one of the parties to the tripartite
agroement under which Samoa is now
governed, it la not conceivable that
any change in the status of the islands
can be made without the knowledge of
this government.
Three people were burned to death
in a fire in a Brooklyn flat.
President McKinley will make
tour of Porto Rico and Cuba.
Only two men were killed in the
Wardner (Idaho) mine disaster.
Ten deaths as a result of auioide,
and accident is tho record of one Sun
day in Greater New York.
Germany is now said to be seeking
an ally and wants the friendship of
Uncle Sam. German Ambassador von
Holleben has been commissioned to
settle whatever difforenoes exist.
An area of 20 blocks in the 28th
ward in Brooklyn was inundated by
raging waters, which washed out the
fundations of houses, tore down trolley
and telegraph poles, imprisoned people
in their homes.
Charles V. Miller, of Chicago, last
year's six-day champion, won the great
bioyelo race at Madison-Square Garden
again this year, beating the world's
record (his own) by 24 mileB. Ho made
2,00? miles, and tested but 24 hours
in tho 142.
Unpreodented seorecy obtains as to
the conditions of the construction of
the Shamrock, the challenger for the
America's cup. Not merely are the
most strict precautions taken to pre
vent a leakage ot the details of her con
itruction, but even the place where she
Is being built is kept secret.
The foreign exhibitors have been serl
ously affected by the decision of the
Paris appeal court in rejecting the suit
of a Hwisa em hrohlerer against a Freiuih
manufiioturur who copied hit designs
The eflect of the decision is that de
signs and patterns in the foreign ex
bihlta of 1000 may be copied with Im
pnnity by French manufacturers, mi-
lesstlie exiiibttois possess a manu
factory In Franco,
The battle ship Massachusetts struck
a reef or sunken obstruction near Dia
inond reef, tiff Castle William, Gover
nor i island, n. x., while on her way
from the navy-yard to the naval an
chorage off Tompkinsville, 8. L The
damage wrought was considerably
greater than was at flist supposed.
and It It believed fully 00 days will be
requited to put the vessel in condition
to go to tea, even if the it not vitally
hurt.
The authorities are makiiiR an effoit
to break up witchcraft in Alaska. I
it practiced among the Indians, who
are very auporstitioua. Newt from
Alaska nays: Cliarlei Watson, John
McCubln and John llalnln lost their
lives by the premature explosion of
blast. They were working on the
grade ol the White Fast & Yukon rail
road, between ramps 9 and 10. They
were charging a hole when the explo
lion occurred. Their bod iet weie Lor
rihly mangled.
Spanish officers among the audience,
refused to close the house. Thereupon
Allegretto, a former captain of the
Cuban troops, got into an excited argu
ment with the manager of the theater,
and was escorted to the sidewalk by
the police on duty. There Allegretto
entered into a heated discussion with a
Spanish officer, who struck him acioss
the face with the flat of his sword.
Then there was a collision bet ween the
Cubans and Spanish military men,
more blows were struck on both eirtes,
and many persons from the cafes and
park cheered for Spain and brought
crowds of people to the . spot from ad
jacent streets and squares.
Suddenly a shot was fired, whether
by a Cuban or by a Spaniard, inten
tionally or accidentally, cannot be said,
and the Cubans retieated into the Ho
tel Ingleterra. More shots were filed
on both sides, and Arturo, a French
citizen, born in Havana, was shot and
seriously wounded while sitting at a
table.
More shots were fired, and Cubans
ran through the hotel office and made
their way upstairs. Jesus Solongo, a
Cuban, fell wounded on the stairs, and
another wounded man broke into the
room oocupied by Lieutenant Fitzhugh
Lee, son of the famous general, and the
former consul-general here, demanding
proloction. General Greene and sev-
that the federal government hart no
authority either in morals or in the
constitution to go beyond that princi
ple. He held that the prinoiple had
been sustained by the Bupreme court in
various decisions, and that no publio
man of prominence and no recognized'
tribunal bad ever been reckless enough
to controvert it.
Mr. Morgan opened the debate on the
oanal bill with a three hours' appeal
for aotion at this session. The whole
country, he sa'd, would be disappoint
ed if congress did not act. lie was
willing to take any measure which
would result in the building of the
canal. In the course of his remarks,
he agreed to accept an amendment spe
cifically excepting the canal from neu
trality with regards to any oountry
with which the United States might
be at war.
TO RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS.
Bis Itegiineiitt Designated for Service
at Manila.
eral members of his staff, who had been
out on a balcony watching the crowd,
heard the uproar in the hotel, and went
into the corridor. So soon as the Span
ish officers saw General Greene, who
was in uniform, they stopped the pur
suit of the Cubans, saluted and 'e tired.
In the meantime, Eastaquino Lemua
had been fatally wounded in the street,
and Pedro Blesa and Senor Jiminez had
been killed.
Shortly after the Spanish guards on
duty swarmed in from the neighboiing
streets, and order was restored.
At the time the Cubans and pursuing
Spaniards ran through the Hotel Ingle
terra, General Humphreys was in the
lobby, talking to Majoi Martin, of Gen
eral Greene's staff, and other gentle
men. A bullet shattered a mirror neai
which they stood, and two others
splintered the stairoase.
R. S. Howland, editor of the Provi
dence Journal and Mr. vv. L. lieilly, a
New York contractor, were jostled by
the sudden rush of shouting and fight-
ng men. General Julio Sanguilly was
sitting at a table in the lobby. The
violent scenes in the office and on the
stairs lasted, however, for only a few
minutes. On the outside the Spanish
soldiers were clearing the great square
and streets in the vicinity. The hotel
was full of American officers and civil
ians, and some of them with their
wives were standing on the balconies at
the imminent risk of being hit by bul
lets fired at an upward angle to scare
the crowds. From that point they
watched tho spectacle in the electric
lighted square.
It is reported that in addition to
those killed and wounded who have
been previously mentioned, 14 are be
ing cared for in private houses. Three
arrests weie made. A few minutet
after the shooting in the hotel fright
ened patrons and Cubans gathered
around General Greene asking if he
would protect them. He assuied thorn
lie believed they w ere safe, but the only
recognized authority in Havana was
the Spanish executive. He then sent
Captain Cole and Lieutenant Steven
to General Castellanos to inquire what
was being done to preserve oider. Tht
lattoi replied that the cafes had been
ordered closed, and the streets cleared,
while troops in sufficient numbers to
keep the peace bnd been posted in the
squares and thoroughfares. Two ol
tho aids ot Geneial Castellanot culled
upon General Greene and gave him
further personal assurances.
Telephone messages describing th
occurrence were sent to General Wade
in Klvedudo, and General Greene
cabled to Washington a brief statement
ot the facts. What was taking place in
the city wni all unknown to the Amer
iean warthipa and transports in the
harbor, nor did the newt reach then
until tbit morning.
The United States evacuation com
missioners and General Greene tent
General Clout and Captain Hurt at
noon today to exchange viewt with the
Spanish commissioners. It was ar
ranged that all the Cuban officers and
soldiers, Including Geneial Julio San-!
in.. i t t . -i ii
guiuy aim j ohm inurei, miouiu go to
Washington, Deo. 14. The war de
partment has begun in earnest the re
lief of the volunteer troops now sta
tioned at Manila by regulars. This
afternoon Secretary Alger signed an
order designating for this purpose six
regiments of the United States infantry
out of eight held in reserve for servioe
to tropical countries. The regiments
are the Twentieth, at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan.; the Third, at Fort Snell-
ing, Minn.; the Twelfth, at Jefferson
barracks, Mo., aud Fort Biley, Kan.;
tho Seventeenth, at Columbus barracks,
O.; the Fourth, at Fort Sheridan, and
tho Twenty-second, at Fort Crook, Neb.
Thoy will go forward to Manila as
soon as the transportation can be pro
vided. It may be that the two regi
ments still held in reserve.the Twenty
fourth and the Twenty-fifth infantry,
will join the others before they sail.
These regiments were selected in the
reverse ratio to the loss sustained by
them in the Cuban campaign. The
volunteers in Manila will be retried in
ti e order in which they reached that
city.
According to a Spanish Report, They
Were Finally Kevulsed With
Great Loss.
Manila, Doc. 13. According to re
liable advices received from Iloilo,
I capital of the island of Panay, in the
j Visayas group, the insurgents attacked
Iloilo the night ot December 1 and cap
tured all the Spanish trenches, except
lone. They then notified General Rios
to remove the women and children,
and threatened to renew the attack on
the following night.
When these advices left Iloilo, Gen
eral Rios was expecting reinfotcements
and field guns, and the plan was for
the Spanish gunboats to shell, if the
insurgents effected an entrance. . The
foreign residents were greatly alarmed,
and all merchantmen have been ordered
outside the harbor.
Meanwhile the Spanish authorities
bare been advised that the Tulisanos
troops are looting, in disobedience of
orders, and cannot be restrained.
On the othor hand, the Spanish trans
port Isla de Luzon reports that the in
surgents around Iloilo were repulsed
with great slaughter December 6, while
attempting to storm the last entrench
ment. According to this story, BOO
insurgents were killed or wounded by
tho machine guns.
Peatlts at IU mil a.
Washington, Dec. 13. Major-Gen
eral Otis, commanding at Manila, has
made the following report of deaths in
lis command:
"December 8 Fred J. Norton, pri
vate, comany F, Second Oregon, dysen
tery; Frank M. Hibbs, private, com
pany A, Second Oregon, dysentery, heait
failure.
"December 9 Harry G. Hibbards,
corporal, company K, Second Oregon,
typhoid fever."
FILES HER PROTEST.
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Ttesr-End Collision.
Pendleton, Or., Deo. 13. Rushing
down the mountain grade of the O. R.
& N. Co.'s main line a heavy freight
train crashed into the rear end of the
overland fast mail and piled up the
cars and engine in great confusion.
The muil train was at the time station
ary. Three men wore injured David
Filger, an old man of 64, who was on
his way to the coast from Montauk,
III.; Jay Adams, of San Francisco,
general . Pacific coast agent foi the
Nickel Plate road, who was cut and
scalded; Louis Plechner, traveling
salesman for the wholesale house of
Giuterman Bros., St. Paul; and Fire
man Harry Burrows, of the freight
train, who received a cut on the fore
head. ' Isle de Cuba I.enres.
Manila, Dec. 14. The Isle de
Cuba, one of the ships sunk by Dewey
in the battle of Manila, and which he
subsequently caused to be raised, start
ed for Hong Koilg today under her own
steam. She is of 1,030 tons displace
ment and 2,200 indicated horse-power.
The Raleigh leaves for home Thurs
day via the Suez canal.
At a result of an altercation before a
fruit Btand yesterday, a California vol
unteers was stabbed and two natives
shot to death.
Minor News Items.
TheSrtlh body from the wrecked
steamer Portland came ashore at Chat
ham, Must.
HpeeUl Trift C'ommix-dotit'r Robert
Porter h sailed from Cuba for the1
United fcUtcs, having completed hit'
labor. I
Senator Hale, of Maine, chairman of
the naval affairs committee, hat intro
duced a bill to revive the gtadet of ad
miral and vice-admiral of the navy.
The United State! government will
build a railroad and a what! in Cuba
at once. The wharf is to he at Tils
eoria, and the railroad will extend (
torn that point to the militnty ramp ,
at Regla, seven miles away. This rail j
road will be the first to be built in
Cub under other than hnglish am
pice, backed by English money.
The Mare Island Fleet.
Vallejo, Cal.. Deo. 14. The rebuild
ing of the United States cruiser Ranger
at Mare island it progressing rapidly.
The Wheeling came out of the dock to
day. She will receive her supply of
coal anil provisions in a tew days, and
will then sail for the northern teat.
The Iroquois has beon thoroughly over
hauled and in leadiness to go into com
mission. Commander Henry Nichols
hat been ordeied to Manila to take
charge of the Monadnock.
Father and Son Killed.
Denver, Deo. 14. A special to the
Newt from Starkville, Colo., says:
Michael Tereso and hit 16-year old ton
Antonio were killed to. lay by a cave-in
in the coal mine in which they were
working.
Four Huraed to Death.
New York, Dec. 14. The fire which
destroyed the apiirtnient-hoiise at 134
Prospect Plaoe, Brooklyn, last night,
killed lour pel font Joseph W. Nob
lett. hit wife, hit wife's mother. Mrt.
the camp near Mariano and lemain out' Stothetn. and John Winee. The other
ot the city until the Spanish forces were missing pertout have been accounted
withdrawn. Mr. Jerome, the British' for.
consul, bad already called at the palace
Five hundred and filly men of the
New York regiment have arrived in
huii Francisco from lloiionlulu to be
Mustered out.
The Lincoln theater, at Chicago, wat
damped by fire to the extent ot 0,
1)00.
The evacuation of the province ol
Puerto Piiucipe, Cuba, bat been Com
pleted. The thiee masted, coal-laden schoon
er inoo n wrecked mi the lihmla! The Episcopalian minltteit ol Tien
Island o.it biin.lity night, and the ton, N, J., have adopted resolution
captain and mate drowned. j protesting agtlnst the seating In oon-
The German relehstsg hut opened. ' ,wi lp"enLlivelecl Urlgham
Kiiiir William In hit eeh de- H- Hubert, of Utah. The resolution
elaie.1 In favor i.f tie riai'e .Iifmii-" thai U erttiug ol a man who
men I rtioposiilou in the interest of rclee polygamy would violate
I to. t Christian civllisatlou.
The president hat tent to con gi est
the nomination ot Powell Clayton, ol
Arkansas, to be ambassador to Mexico,
Romero, the former Mexican minister,
having been raised to the tank ol am
bassador. Mi. Clayton' pioiuotlon
followed under an act ol congieta.
on the tame mission.
A eton lali til ; Chinese Krfurm.
London, Dec. 13. -The Peking cor
resHindeiit ot the Daily Mail tays: An
imperial rescript juit issued sentence!
to death a Chineae literalut who
wrote threatening letteit to a foreign'
mimionaiy In Kiung Si, and confeit
Chinese honor on the missionary for '
hit tact and forbearance In the matter. 1
Tho edict astonished the Chinese and
the action ol the empress dowager it
likely U have salutary effect.
Philadelphia Manag aa.
Managua, Nicaiagua, IX c. It. The
United rttatel cruiser Philadelphia ar
rived her tixta. Conimixlma All.erl
i k'.nta I'.nlJn rim.J VI,ll Tt
Dickinson, Lieutenant Miller anil Pay.
nutter Manton railed upon President
Zelaya during the afternoon. They re
port all well on boa id the watship.
Admiral Krhl.y III.
New York, Dhj. 14. Admiral Schley
who It living with hit family in the
Hotel Kensington, Fifth avenue and
Fifteenth street, bat been teiaed with
flight attack ol la grippe. '
To Welcome the Fl(htln( Machines.
Lima, Peru, Deo. 14. Cubunt resid
ing here are prepaiing to give an en
thusiastic reception to the United
Mates battle-thipt Oregon and Iowa, on
their arrival in the northern passage
along the coatt, en loute to join Dew
ey's squadron at Manila.
Aged Argnaaal Head.
New York, Dec. 14. Dr. Edward
Spain Accepts the Conseqnencei
Natu redly.
Madrid, Dec. 13. The government
entirely approves the memorandum ot
protest against the action of the United
States commissioners, filed by Senor
Montero Rios, at Paris.
The memorandum protests against
the refusal of the Americans to surren
der the securities deposited in the treas
uries of Cuba and Porto Rico by private
Spaniards, remarking that "never has
a civilized nation committed such an
act of violence."
Secondly, it protests against the ulti
matum demanding the Philippines.
Thirdly, it protests against the posi
tion in which those Spaniards are
placed who desire to remain in Cuba.
Fourthly, it protests against the ref
erence to the destruction of the Maine
in Presidont McKinley's message to
congress. On this point the memoran
dum says:
"Spain has proposed arbitration, but
the United States has refused to give
her the right which is granted to a
criminal; namely, the right of defend
ing herself. The Spanish commission
ers leave the careoi fixing the responsi
bility for the explosion to the entire
world, which will say whether those
are responsible who desire the truth, or
those refusing to seek it.
The newspapers generally express re
lief at the signing of the treaty. The
independent organs, most ot the provin
cial papers and the Carlist and repub
lican journals attack both political par
ties, conservative and liberal, reproaih
ing them equally with having brought
the country to the present pass.
El Imparcial alone publishes the
contents ot the treaty, which produces
a less unfavorable impression than had
beon expected, owing to the commercial
and other concessions to Spain.
El Liberal says: "The Paris negotia
tions offer a far sadder spectacle than
the ships which are bringing back our
repatriated soldiers, deplorable aa the
condition of the latter is."
Several members of the United Statca
commission were inclined at first to
publish the text of the treaty, hot Sen
ator Frye made a strong plea yesterday
lor the observance of courtesy towaid
the united states senate, and bit ar
guments prevailed.
Further details, however, have been
learned at to the wording of the treaty.
which provides that Cuba it to be re
linquished and that Poito Rico and the
Philippines are to be coded. The
A met icana are to pay for the repatria
tion of the Spanish tioops from all the
colonies. The Spaniards are to return
all prisoners held by them. They are
to retain (tossession ol all military
stores and munitions of war in the
Philippines, and ot men shipt at have
not been captured. The commercial
tieatiea between the two nations, which
the war ruptured, are to bo lenewed at
the convenience ol the two nations.
Arrowsm itb. 111.. Dec. 10.-Th
private bank ot Taylor & MeClure wai
last night entered by robbers, who se
cured ft. 000 worth ot negotiable papei
and escaped.
Newport Newt, Dec. 13. Henry Re-
fitt. private, company I. tiist Ken
tucky regiment, wat killed, and Henry
C. Brchm, private, company B, tame
regiment, wii seriously wounded last
night by a sentinel who wai stationed
at the gangplank of the transport Ber
lin, which brought the regiment from
Porto Rico. The men ttarted to leave
the transmit, but did not have a pa
They ignored the Injunction of the ten-
the Cuban Pal riot a Tlclim of tho ,
Northern Climate.
Washington, Dec. 13. General Cal
ixto Garcia, the distinguished Cuban
warrior and leader, and the head of the
commission elected by the Cuban as
sembly to visit this country, died hero
this morning, shortly after 10 o'clock,
at, the Hotel Raleigh, where the. com
mission has its headquarters.
The sudden change from the warm
olimato of Cuba, with the hardships
he bad there endured, to the wintry
weather of New York and Washington,
Is responsible for the pneumonia
which resulted in his demiee. He con
tacted a slight cold in New York,
which did not assume an alarming
stage until early the part of last woek.
Last Tuesday night, General Garcia,
n company with the other members ol
;he commission, attended a dinner
?iven in his honor by General Miles,
lnd it was a result of the exposure that
culminated in his death.
Dui ing the 12 hours or more preced
ing dissolution. General Garcia was
unconscious most of the time. At in
tervals lie recognized one or more of '
those about him. In his dying mo
ments, as all through' his busy and ac
tive life, his thoughts were for his be
loved country and its people, and,
among his last words, were irrational
mutterings, in which he gave orders to
his son. who is on his staff, for the bat
tle which he supposed was to ooour to
morrow, and in which he understood
there were only 400 Spaniards to com
bat. Just before he died he embraced
his son.
Rev. Father Magee, of St. Patrick's
church, was called in during the day,
and was with General Garcia until the
end, administering the last xites of the
Catholic church. Other members of
tho commission and Mr. Rubens, their
counsel in this country, were also in
the bed-chamber when the end oame.
The remains were immediately pre
pared for burial, and were placed on a
bier in the room in which he died. A
large Cuban dag served as a covering,
and the head rested on one of smaller
dimensions. The face and bust were
left exposed to public view. The fea
tures had a remarkable lifelike appear
anco, and gave no indication of the
Buffering which the deceased had
borne. Just above the head rested a
magnificent floral piece of red and
white ribbon. By direotion of Major
General Miles a detachment of soldiers
from battery E, Sixth artillery, under
command of Lieutenant Cox, was de
tailed as a body guard for the remains.
General Garcia, whose name will
ever be linked with those of other pa
triots' who have fought against unequal
odds for the freedom of his country,
has had a most active and varied life,
most of which has been spent in fight
ing for the cause of Cuban liberty,
which he had the satisfaction of seeing
accomplished so short a time before his
death. He was a man of cultuie and
refinement, of splendid education, and
came from a distinguished family of
Jaiquani.of Santiago de Cuba province.
He was born in Cogquin, October 14,
1839, and was therefore in his 60th
year.
THEY ARE NOT HOSTILE
Filipinos Accept the New Or
der of Things.
WORD FROM DEWEY AND OTIS
Authorities Look for No lUfflculty
Securing the Kelease of Span
ish rrfsoners.
IB
Washington, Deo. 12. The navy de
partment has received a oablegram from
Admiral Dewey, summarizing the ex
isting conditions at Manila, and suoh
points in the Philippines as have been
visited by his officers. Advices also
have been received from General Otis,
the commandant of the United States
military foices in the islands, and they
both go to show a notable improvement
in conditions and the growth of a bet
ter spirit among those faotions of the
natives which promised to give trouble.
This faot is particularly gratifying,
as the United States government ia al
ready giving considerable attention to
the best means at band to redeem the
pledge it was placed under by the treaty
of Paris to secure the release of the
Spanish prisoners held by the Philip
pine natives. There are about 600
clerical prisoners, and the government
is confident that their captors will de-
ver them upon proper representations
from General Otis and Admiral Dewey,
made possible through Consul Wild-
man. Ic may be necessary to call the
navy into service in this matter, lor
the reason that some of the prisoners
are held in captivity on other islands
than Luzon, which oan be reaohed best
and most effective by Admiral Dewey's
ships.
Besides these clerical prisoners, the
Americans themselves hold nearly 15,-
000 Spanish soldiers aa piisoners, men
captured at the fall of Manila. These
are actually on parole about the oity,
and the question is how are they to be
returned to Spain. This must he set
tled by the peace commissioners at
Paris.
TROOPS FOR MANILA.
BRYAN'S RESIGNATION.
Chinese Decoration for Lieutenant
Colonel Vtfqualn.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13. General
Keifer, who ib in command ot the re
niaining troops of the Soventh army
corps since General Lee's departure for
Cuba tonight, confirms the rumor of
Colonel W. J. Bryan's resignation of
hia command. Both General Lee and
General Kiefer endeavored to induce
Colonel Bryan to go to Cuba, but were
unsuccessful.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vifquain, of the
Third Nebraska regiment, who will
succeed Colonel Bryan upon the lat
ter's resignation, received notice today
from the Chinese legation at Washing
ton that the emperor of China had con
ferred upon him the decoration of the
Order of the Double Dragon in recog
union of his seiviccs to the Chinese
residents of the lepublio of Colombia,
when he was United States consul at
Panama. Lieutenant-Colonel Vitquain
is a graduate of the roal military
academy of Brussels, and served in the
service of the present kins of Belgium.
He served throughout the civil war in
the Union army, and wat breveted
brigadier-general by Abraham Lincoln
RETURNS TO HAVANA.
Major-General lee Started
' With His Stair.
Last Night
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 13. General
Lee and staff sailed for Cuba this after
noon on the transport Panama, Crowds
of people lined the whaives at the
tianspoit passed down the river. At
the tuglioat cut loose, the tiren taken
from the Spanish cruiser Alinirante
Oquendo after the battle of Santiago,
and now on the tug Carabiia, screeched
the Panama a parting aalute. General
Lee will remain outside of Havana nn
til January I, when he will enter the
city. Tho Panama will land at Mari
ana, where General Lee will establish
hit headquarter! on the camp lite select
ed by Colonel Hecker for the Seventh
corpt, and will remain there until Lt
enters Havana.
81ml), a noted phvilolan, It dead at hit tr to '"Pi and whon they attempted
home In tit ia city, aged 80 year, lie
wat a California goldhunter in 184P,
Dreyfnt Will Ketura to Tarls.
Paris, Deo. 13. Le Soir this evening
announce the return of Dreyfus at an
eat It date. It tsseitt that the govern
ment but loiuially decided nnon thlt
course, aud bat ordered body ot ol
diert to be In readineM to escort him
from the port of landing to Paris.
La LiU-rtad taji the temtorary re
lease of Colonel Picquart hat alreadf
bveu ordered.
A caterpillai In the court ol a month
will devour flQOtiuat iu own weight In
to pat him, ' ttruck each of them
over the head with lilt bayonet. Re
fill' skull wat fractured, and b died
three hour later. Brehro wat trant
tet red to the hospital lust night. II
will recover.
The Ballast Premise to tar.
Constantinople, Deo. 13. Oscar
1 Ftrauss, United Hates minister to Tur
' key. bad an audience with the lultan.
Friday. The saltan wat exceedingly
cordial, and it it understood atturancel
were gives to the American minister
regarding a tatisfactory trttlemenl of
all que tiont between the United Statre
and Turkey, including the payment of
Indemnity tot American loftea ia
ArutuU,
Ifleslas' Rrother-ln-Lnw Arretted.
New York. Deo. 13. Wm. P. Lynn,
brothor-in-law ol Igletiat, president of
Cotta Rica, who came to thii country
with the latter. It under arrest here.
He it charged by F. 8. Lnsk, of Lusk,
Wyo., with failing to aooount to him
lor profit on Cost Rican railroad
scheme, involving about 1100,000.
Carl Decker Sentenced.
San Francisco, Deo. 12. Carl Deck
er, known to the police all over the
country at the prince ot forger, wat
sentenced to lerve teven year In Pan
(juentin today, for defrauding the Ne
vada bank ol thia oity out ot over f 20,
000 by mean ol raised check, which
be and three other presented to the
bank for payment.
Next Expedition Will Cross the Atlan
tic Ocean Instead of Pacific.
New York, Deo. 12. A dispatch to
the Tribune from Washington says:
The next regiments to start for Manila
will embark at New York about the
end of this month and will go through
the Suez canal. The expedition will
consist of three regiments of regular in
fantry, distributed between two of the
largest converted transports owned by
the government, with perhaps a oonvoy
of two warships. Arrangements are
now being made for this expedition by
Adjutant-General Corbin as rapidly as
possible, in view of its great import
ance, and especially aa it involves co
operation by the state and navy de
partment authorities, aa well as those
of the war department.
The decision to use New York as the
point of embarkation instead of San
Francisoo, whence all the earlier forces
started for the Philippines, was reached
by General Corbin after a .careful re
view of a number ot considerations,
chief among which was the urgency
for haste. The early completion of the
treaty of peace with Spain renders in
dispensable a prompt increase of the
American forces, not only at Manila,
but to provide additional garrisons for
important centers in the archipelago,
which will immediately fall under
American domination with its accom
panying responsibility for the security
of life and property.
At the present time the government
is wholly without available transports
in the Pacific ocean to meet the emer
gency. The dispatch of two vessels
from the Atlantic, it is believed, will
therefore be particularly advantageous
lor the donhle purpose of bringing
home from Manila such volunteers as
can soon be spared, and increasing the
transport fleet in the Pacific. The
three regiments ol regulars have not
been selected, but as none but those
now in New York state and other At
lantic garrisons oan be spared, the con
clusion was lorced upon the authorities
that eoonomy as well as rapidity ol
action required them to be sent by way
ot the Mediterranean instead of jour
neying aoross the continent and then
undertaking the trying and monotonous
voyage on the Pacific with no haven of
rest after leaving Hawaii.
Actual steaming distance for full
powered vessel from New York to
Manila, via Suet, I given by naval
hydroj-raphers a 11,605 knots, while
that from San Francisco to Manila, via
Honolulu, ia given as 7,050 knots. To '
Manila from New York by way ol the
Cape of Good Hope is 13,685 miles, and
by way of the Straits of Magellan and
Samoa it It 16,900 miies.
ronnd In the Baldwin Rains.
Ban Francisco, Doc. 13 Another
body was taken from the ruins ol the
Baldwin hotel late last night Wreck
er delving In the debrit on the Market-street
tide turned up a charred mass
ol flesh, which at the morgue was pro
nounced to be the remains ol a human
being. There was absolutely nothing
to Indicate the Identity of the corpse,
which is believed to be that ot a woman.
Several letter were discovered near the
body, but they ate not supposed to
throw any light on the mystery, a they
at directed to Mrs. Benjamin Wether-
oy, wnn, wnn iiei inishsnd, escaped
from the building unharmed. The
Wetherbys are now on their way to
Portland, Or. He is a traveling tales
man for a Masiachutett shoe bouse.
Spaniards From Manila.
Barcelona, Dec. 13. The Spanish
steamer Bueno Ay res, trorn Manila
November 9, arrived today with re
patriated Snanish troops. There were
60 death on the tteamer during tba
voyage.
Yokohama, Dec 13. The govern
ment ha introduced In the diet a bill
providing lor increasing the land tat
by 14,000.000 yen toward the estimated
budget deficit ol 80,000,000 yen. The
remainder ol the amount required will
be raited by other taxation. It I be
lieved the proposal will lead to
rupture ot the understanding between
the cabinet and the liberal.
The polar foi change the color ot Its
coat, la (umraer It ia alway black;
ID wintei it I to white that the animal
mallnot la leaasrlvaala Town.
Huntington, Pa., Dec. 13. Benja
min Lee, tecretary of tb (tat board
of health, arrived here tonight on bl
return Irom Bed foi d, Pa., where be In
vestigated the nature ot the epidemic
prevailing there. Dr. Le taya tit
disease ts smallpox, and that In th
town alone titer are at least 30 case.
Genral vaccination ha been ordered,
and the Infected house ar clowly
quarantine I.
thine colnag In th thane of a
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I J4o il r j "tcI U .ceo at it icamp, over
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