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ASTOUIA, 0KE00X, TilUKSDAY MOttNINO, SEPTEMBER J5, 185)3.
ISLAND
OF
" Force of Circumstances May Necessitate This Government
GREAT STORM
Kingston, Crpital of St. Vincent island, Entirely Destroyed Thonsands Rendered Homeless , and ftlany Are
Starving Great Damage on All the Islands Tennesseean Who Murdered Hildehrand at San
Francisco Breaks Down When Taken to Jail and Confesses His Awful
Crime-Indignation Is High Against Him More Trouble.
WARIIINOTON. Bpt. H-Much
.ailfitl"n rxprr.MHl to
day ovrr th rtixirtt rrom M
drld that (he low.r hoUM of
parllatnrnt hiul 1mJ ht f uvrrnmvnt bill
('.ptlng lh trrmi of tht protocol.
"Hi uppr hu lrfly h pd t"l
tnra.ure. to that tht lu.t (ear of tgla
lailv. omx" Hn to U iron.ftr of Cuba,
the Ladronc. and I'orlo Hlco l ovrr. Tn
aiithorltlra frr that thla carrlrg u ty
th. danger point, ai It hat bern Mirrd
for mm. lltn that th anlmo. ly In the
BpanLti corif. would load to th dft
of th Bacut mlnlitry on tht que.tlon
of fvaruatlnf th Spanl.h I'Und. vlthrr
In on. branch or ih other. Tber la little
duuht that th general Un of vWy a
ared Upon between th president anl
hi. cabinet at their meeting ye.trMay.
Ther la god raon for believing th at
tertlon that th dclon wu drlliiltely
In favor of not permitting Spain, under
njr condition, to retain aoverelgnty In
any part of th Philippine I. land, la b&4
on a misconception, as member of th
cabinet and the member of th peace
comml.aloa refua abiolut.ly to dlacuaa
th. subject, and therefor, whatever Is
Mid la baaed roor or Ira on Inference
or round about Information.
It Is not doubted that th. commission
will start negotiations at Paris with th.
assertion that w. bav conquer! Spain
In th Philippine, ajid that Spanish sov
ereignty bat already ben forfeited there.
This will not. however, necenartly ale
nlfy that It Is th. purpose of th admin
Istratlon to retain possession of th. en
tire group of Islands, or to permanently
deprive Bpln of all her poaeesslons in
th. Pacific. It Is believed that th. admin
istration ba. not gon. beyond a determin
ation to retain th. whol. of tb. Island ot
Luton, but it Is understood to be th. de
termination ot th. president to establish
at th. outset tb. right of this govern
ment to determine tb fat. of th Islands
and to mak. th. condition on which a
government shall be established there.
Tb. matter of relinquishing possession
of th rest of th. Islands la Involved with
so many condition, to be considered that
It Is realised It may by fore of circum
stance, become necessary to deprlv. Spain
permanently of all her possessions In that
quarter. It Is understood not to be a
matter of policy to acquire all this terri
tory, but It may become a necest ty. The
commercial and trad, side of the ques
tion, a Involving th. development and
expansion of our commerce in th. Pacific,
la occupying th chief attention In con
nection wltb determining our poller.
GREAT STORM SWEEPS
OVER LESSER ANTILLES.
Kingston, Capital of St. Vincent Island,
Entirely Destroyed, and Three Hun
dred Lives Wer. Lost
LONDON. Sept. H.Advlce. were re
ceived her. late tonight saying that a
terrible hurricane has swept over th.
Barbmdoes, In th. Windward group of the
Lesser Antilles. Throe hundred persons
have been killed and 40,000 rendered home
lea 8T. THOMAS. D. W. I.. fleDt. 14 -Ac
cording to th. latest reDorts from St. Lu
cia, th. storm which broke out on th.
Island developed almost unprecedented
violence, 'being accompanied by a tldul
wave and trenienduous rains. Numerous
land slide, were caused and many houses,
bridges and cocoa estates bav. been de-
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LUZON
privihg Spain of the
SWEEPS THE BARBADOES, KILLING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
stroyed. At lesst twelve live bav. been
lost
Guadeloupe, the Trench laland In the
leeward group, haa exer.enced very
heavy weather. N lutein deaths are re
ported. A bout from th Island of fit. Vincent
KO miles west of the llartmdoes, arrived
today at the Island of Orrnada and re-
ports that St. Vlndent his experienced
the most violent and dentruclive cyclone
ever known there. Kingston, the capital
of 8l. Vincent. Is totally destroyed. It l
estimated that J lives have been lott In
that Island and that "0 people are home
less. The Unlit-, of the dead are being
buried In trenches. Thousands are starv
ing or being fed at public expenae.
The amount of property destroyed in
Di, wrcni cannvi yei ue r.iiiuaieu. i
be estimated.
Kvery small house la down and many ,
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large one have been destroyed. The de
mollnhed building Include churches.
store. and almoat all the state buildings,
inrre targe snip ar. a inure on me v. ma-,
ward coast and many smaller vessels are
stranded.
No Information Is obtainable here from
the Darbadoe. but the worst Is feared.
R08SER"S CRritE WAS
CRUEL AND UNPROVOKED.
Weep. After Arrest and Says He Was
Too Drunk to Know What He
Was Doing.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. ll-When
Walter Rosaer. th. Tennessee volunteer
who murdered Henry Hlldebrandt, a
clerk tn tb. 8prckcl. market, uuring a
drunken apreey waa booked at th city
prison h. began to sober up. H. banded
tn a lady, gold watcb and K3 In coin and
asked that the valuable b cared for.
Then b. wept arid salu he realised bis
deep disgrace, but claimed not to recol
lect anything about the shooting. "My
father and mother are alive," be said.
"and are living In Stevenson, Ala. My
father Is a superintendent for the Nash
ville. Chattanooga ft 8L Louis railroad.
'I am a member of the Sigma Nu Fra
ternity, and a graduate of the Vander-
bllt university, and am entitled to the
degree of M. D. When th. war broke out
I waa a atudent In classics, but I left
school and enlisted In the Tennessee regi
ment at Memphis. My knowledge of med
icine gained tn. th. position ot steward or
company 13, which position I still hold.
"I have telegraphed my father and ex- i
pect him to com. to this city at one.
Later In the evening Judge J. H. Quer-
ry. of Georgia, who haa lately come to
this state to practice law, called on the
prisoner and tendered him services aa a
friend of the family, and he was ac
cepted. H. will appear In court when
Rosaer is arraigned.
Eye-witnesses of th. affair state thut
Rosser fired the fatal shot without pro
vocation. H. fought against arrest and
almost succeeded In escaping In the ex
citement, having slipped one band out ot
the steel handcuff. While waiting tor
th. patrol wagon he I said to hav.
pushed th. dead body ot bis victim with
the to. ot hi shoe.
Colonel Smith, of the Tennessee regi
ment, deeply regret, the odium which the
crime has cast upon his command. He
will compel all the men to surrender
their weapons, and may restrict their lib
erty In th. future.
Th. regiment has achieved an unenvia
ble reputation since Its arrival here, some
of Its members having been concerned In
a recent brutal assault upon a negro near
the Presidio, and others having been ar
rested for various offenses. Colonel
Smith, however, maintains that most or
his mon ar. members of southern fami
lies of good social standing, but the bad
element got In during the hasty recruit-1
tk 1 i i inn i . ,.,. i ii. m
TO BE HELD BY
Ing necessary to Increase th. companies
from M to lut men.
The wliful murder of Henry Hllrfebrand
by Walter Renser. a member of a Ten
nennce r-fjlment. haa aroused the Indig
nation of the people of this city to
hlKh pilch. The numerous lawks acts
of the Tenneeseeans have been so flagrant
that popular feeling is becoming Intense.
j Market street was blocked today by a
crowd that assembled before the Pupular
restaurant, which bore a huge sign read
Ing: "Patronage of Tennesseean not
wanted." The proprietor of the restaur
ant, at the request of the police, removed
the algn, as It was feared unruly aoldlers
might c-suse trouble.
" "
unp ti-Annn r t-Tn i vr
COl'JJT AN!) OEXERAL.
Administration of Spanish Philippine At-
j tacked In Spanish Cortes-Duel
to Follow.
I MADRID, Sept. It-General Prlmo de
Rivera haa demanded an Inquiry into bis
administration of the Philippine Islands
and In dolnar so b. aald th. attack, ot
Count d Almena wer. only Ot for the
mouth of a "miserable slanderer."
The count wu endeavoring to reply
when Senor 8easta read a decree pro
roguing the cortes. Count d Almaenas
and General Rivera separated, approached
- president In a hostile manner and a
duel It expected.
A painful Impression baa been canned
her. by a statement mad by tb. Fwla
saying th. United State intend, to de
mand $30,000,000 Indemnity In behalf ot
American cltiaen. who bav. Buffered
through th. Insurrection In. Cuba, .
SHAFTER'S CAMPAIGN REPORT.
WASHINGTON. ' Sept. It - General
Shafter's report of the campaign wh'co
terminated In th. tall of Santiago, baa
been made public H. devote, th. main
body ot th. report to th. actlv opera
tions about Santiago.
General Shatter says aubsequent events
and results show that tb. plan of cam
paign adopted by himself at Santiago was
the only feasible one.
In closing, he says:
"I wish to dwell upon th. natural ob
stacles I had to encounter and which no
i foresight could have overcome or obviated
The rocky and precipitous coast afforded
no shelter for landing places; the roads
were mere bridal paths; th. effect ot the
tropical sun and rain, upon the unac
cllmated troop, was deadly and the dread
of strange and unknown disease, had Its
effect on th. army. In spit, of th. fact
that I had nearly 1,000 men continuously
at work on th. roads, they were at times
lmsasssbl. for wagons,
"The San Juan and Aguadorcs rivers
would often suddenly rise, so a. to pre
vent the passage of wagon, and then th.
freight and pack trains with the com
mand had to be descended upon for the
victualing ot my army, as well as 10,000
refugees, who could not, in the interests
of humanity, be left to starve while w.
had rations. 1 -
"Often tor days notblng could be moved
except on pack trains.
"The supply of quartermaster and com
missary stores during th. campaign was
abundant, and, notwithstanding th. dif
ficulties in landing and the progress of
carrying rations to th. troops on the fir
ing line were at all times supplied with
the coarser components, namely, oat
bread, meal, sugar and coffee.
"There was no rack of transportation,
for at no time up to the surrender could
all the wagons I had be used,
"In reference of the sick and wounded.
I have to say that they received every at-
UNITED
tentlon that It waa possible to glv them.
The medical officers, without exception,
worked night and day to alleviate the
suffering, which was no greater than In
variably accompanies a campaign.
"The discipline ot the command was su
perb, and I wish to invite attention to tbe
fact that not an officer was brought to
trial by court martial, and, aa far as 1
know, no enlisted man. This speaks vol
umes for an army of this slxe, and In a
campaign of such duration."
General ghafter recommends for promo
tion and breveta the loux.lAt - -
Lieutenant Colonel E. C. McClerland,
Lieutenant Colonel George McDerby.
Lieutenant Colonel Miley. Lieutenant
Colonel J. J. Asior; Lieutenant Colonel E.
F. Pope. Major R. H. Knoble, Major 8.
W. Groesbeck. Lieutenant Colonel Charles
8. Humphrey. Lieutenant Colonel J. F.
Weston. Major G. H. Starr. Major Leon
Bourglese. Major H. J. Gallagher, Captain
G. H. Brlce, Captain E. H. Plummer, Cap
ttaln J. C. Getmore Jr., and Captain W.
H. McKlttrlck.
MORE TROUBLE.
ROVE. Sept It Italy, it Is announced,
has declared that her diplomatic relations
wltb the republic ot Colombia, ar ended,
Colombia refusing to recognlie tb. Brit
ish minister aa tb. Italian representative
during tb. latter, absence.
WE 11U8T RETAIN PHILIPPINES.
WASHINGTON. Sept K-N.wspaper
reaching tb. .tat. department In th. ot
flclal mail, from th. Orient .how that the
almost universal expression tn tb. public
pres. of Japan la In favor of tb. United
State, holding permanently and governing
tb. Philippine Islands.
Tb. position taken la that thla will be
tn tb. Interest of peace, commerce and
good government ' Th. editorials insist
that this Is tb. only Issue of th. matter
that will satisfy tb. highest Interests ot
th. islands, and th. demands of civilisa
tion. Tb. papers declare that the United
States, In assuming control ot the Islands,
win receive th. mora support, If not the
active co-operation of Japan and Great
Britain.
COMPSON RETAINED.
SALEM. Sept It The supreme court
today banded down a decision affirming
the Incumbency ot General H. B. Comp
son, railroad commissioner, as against
the claim of A. I. Wagner, recently ap
pointed by Governor Lord.
Thti RED ilEN IN CONVENTION.
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. i.-Tb. Red
Men In their council today settled the
question ot tb. admission of saloonmen,
so far as constitutional amendments are
concerned. But eight of the IS delegates
voted for the resolution to prohibit their
membership.
The new officers are as follows:
Great Incohonee, George E. Green, of
New York; great senior sagamore, E. D.
Wiley, of Iowa; great junior sagamore,
Thomas O. Harrison, of Indiana; great
prophet R T. Daniel, ot Georgia; great
chief of records, Charles C. Conley, ot
Pennsylvania; great keeper of wampum,
William Provin, of Massachusetts.
LEFT FOR VANCOUVER.
OAKLAND, Sept It This afternoon
the last of the Eight Infantry, which
since last June ba. been located at Camp
Barrett tn this city, broke camp and pro
ceeded to Fort Vancouver, where It will
do garrison duty. Th. command is com
prised of Company H., Captain Lyons;
Company G, Captain Simpson; Company
THE DAILY ASTORJAN Is the
tlfffest anl test paper
on the ColumfcU River
I, Captain Riley; Company D, Captain
Elliott. They are under th. command of
Lieutenant-Colonel Carrlngton.
HOAR TENDERED THE PLACE.
WASHINGTON. Sept. It-It 1 under
stood President McKlnley ba. Invited Sen
ator Hoar, of Massachusetts, to toecom
Hay's successor aa ambassador to En
gland. While no definite reply has been
reelved. It Is believed Hoar will decline
the appointment, believing he can be ot
mora use to his country in his present
position.
BIG DEED FILED.
OAKLAND. CaL. Sept. lt-The PacWe
Borax and Redwood's Chemical Company,
limited, otherwise the English borax sya-'
dlcate, has filed a trust deed of all Its
properties on the Pacific coast to cover
loan of tlO.OOO. which has been mad. by
the Indian and General Investment Trust
Limited of London for th. purchase ar
construction through F. M. Smith, who
Is known as th. "Borax King." of a
large borax plant at Constable Hook. H.
J., whither Is to b. removed most of tb.
large plant which the Pacific Coast Borax
Company baa been operating In Alameda.
Extensive deposits of borax at Antota
gasta. Chill, are also to be purchased.
The deed recites that th. work, control
borax mines or factories In San Ber
nardino, Inyo and Alameda counties of
this stat. and Esmeralda ' county. Ne
vada, and Curry county, Oregon.
ADDRESS TO CUBANS.
SANTIAGO, Sept It A council of tb
socalld provisional government of tta
repuollc of Cuba, represented by Senor
Bartolom. Masso, president; Clsn.ro Ca
pote, vice-president, and "Senor Fonte.
Senor Aleman, and 8enor Morena del La
torre, secretaries, met at Santa Crux Sep
tember U and formulated a manifesto t.
th. Cuban people, wltb an order to eosst
tnanders of the Cuban army, both at
which bay. been promulgated. The man
ifesto, which Is an elaborate document,
touches on the history of tb. movement
for Cuban Independence and the princi
ple, upon which the Cuban people bat
fought for their liberty.
JOE HOLLADAT IS DEAD.
PORTLAND. Sept It-Joseph Holladay
died tonight, aged 77. He was a pioneer
of Oregon, and was a brother of the 1st)
Ben Holladay, ot pony express fame
Tb Reyal Is the Ughest ores, bskl.
kaaww. Actasl Ustasfcow It gomes
tain farther U r tW rai.
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