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War Between England and
France Over Egypt Now
Seems' Probable.
GREAT BRITAIN PREPARED
Her Fleet Has Been Made Ready
for Immediate Service and
, Is Most Powerful.
THE FRENCH ARE HOPEFUL
Think the Question Miy Yet Be Settle J
Without Recourse to Arms
EngUfl'J Stands Firm.
(Oouyrlicht. lKrt, by Aocitfd Praa.)
UtSlXjS. Od. 21-NVver alnce Great
I'.fltaln anl Kranoo tx-un to dlaputa over
Kk'M. ruir durlm tho mit avcute itK
nt th NUter dlffi-rwoa bttww-n thoae
two countrlra, liaa the alluatlon looked
n omlnun aa (rxluy. In aplte of ths hope
expnaaej In Journuia of both countrlea
t tin t thn matti-r WMilil be amicably art
tltxl. It la a fact that tho French naval
and military ouihorltUa are maklna; fev
nriah tireiirntlon tot war, and. mough
calm relKti at the Prlilnh dork yardii at
i'ortamnuth, Chsytluun, cuid Devonport, It
I only a calm of prepared nea. anil a!g
nMcent onlera have bon arrlvmK there
from the admiralty. Imllrntlnc that Great
Ilrltiiln and Kranro are on he brink of
war.
Fn-nih atateamen. however, cling; to
tho huo that the Mrquli of Ballabury
will olTcr tome exchange which will en
able I hem to retire irom Fuhou wltnout
appari-nt aacrtflce of dlfftilty. frenchmen
Infer from tho attitude of the Brltlnh
premier that he la willing to diicu
the French claim and they even talk of
nctfotlatlnna being In pmgreaa. Ensllfh
newuiprra, however, verneroualy combat
Ihla tmireailnn. and warn France not to
I hi cl nway by uch allurlona. They
declaro tluut the evacuation of Fashoda
muat preA-l anything elue.
Tbo French naval prepnratlons were at
first declared to be mere routine arrange
ment, but It la now admitted they are
directed nK.ilnut Great llrltaln. The
French doik yard a and arsenals are
working at full pressure, and preparing
war ahlp and torpedo-boata for active
avrvloe.
On tho l!rltlh aide a. fooling of biite
aelf-confldenco la dlnplnywl. "Everything
romly." Is the burden of all statements
from naval quarters. Ip fact, the Hrltlsh
navy hua pnu tlcnlly been on a war foot
ing fur a yenr past, and authoritative
pronouncement a this effivt has i-onic
from the secretary to the admiralty, W.
I". Mllison Maoirtnoy. A prominent doi k
yarvt ulllclil. In an Intervlow. declared
that tho circumstances of, the present
crisis have been fully provided for In tho
mobillaalUm scheme. Ho added that Urlt-
Ish shins at the present moment have a
liirttor supply of coal on board and an
available larger stixk of provisions than
ever known before.
The Hrlllsh admiralty list today shows
that nine Hrltlsh battleships and 11 fast
cruisers are lying hi the Mediterranean,
wlillo tho lirmsn cnannei squuaron
which was last reported oft Vllagarla,
Riwln. consisting of eight battleships and
five cruisers, constitutes the most modern
and powerful fleet of warships afloat
11R1T1SH TARS ELATED.
VICTORIA. Oct. 22.-The news pub
lished this evening that the British war
department Is preparing for active hos-
tllltles has created -reat enthusiasm here.
At Esqulmault, tho station of the North
paclflo squadron, the oftlcerg nd men
are greatly elated, and the prospect of
acitiml service seems to afford them the
keenest delleht.
WAR CLOUDS HOVERING
VANTOVVER, B. C. Oct. a.-The Lon
don lilly Mall correspondent has been
cabled by that pnner as follows: "Rela
tions between Franco and England over
Knshoda are very critical. Wfttch,' It Is
Inferred from this that ne movement
from Esqulmault of the fleet hero Is ex
pected. CREEK INDIAN MURDERER
ESCAPES rUXISHMENT.
There Was No Legal Law by Which Ho
Could Bo Convicted Prior to
January 1.
MUSCOGEE, I. T.. Oct. 22 -According
to federal Judge Springer, there Is at
present no legal way of punls.dng a
Creek Indian for murder or any other
offense prior to January 1, 1S9S.
This ruling was made by Judge Spring.
or In passing upon the case of William
Tiger, Creek Indian convicted of mur
dor In the tribal court, before It was
abolished by act of congress, and sen
tenced to be shot. Upon writ of ha
bea corptia the Indian's attorneys car
rM he caae Into the federal court,
I1 ng error In the tribal court.
In paaalng upon the case Judge Spring
or held that the tribal court had not
erred, and the case was remantSod to
the tribal court for execution of the sen
tence, but appeal was again taken to
the United fltates curt of appeals for
the Indian Territory, While the esse
was pending (here congress passed tho
Curtis act, wiping out of existence In
July last the tribal courts and all tbelr
officers. Tho drllon of the tribal court
was again sustained and tho execution of
the sentence ordered, but this decision
was not rendered until after the Ctfrtlg
act bocauno a law.
Main tho Indian's attorneys brought
the case before Judge Springer, and tho
tatter's decision that the sentence could
not be executed. Inaamix-h as the court'
had . been abolished, - was tho result
Similar decisions , were also rendered In
the case of Chiffon Flennelly and Bat
cher Smith, both of whom were under
sentence of death - by the Cherokee
courts. Judge Springer ordered the re
lease of the three prisoner!
Incidentally Juoge Springer announced
that there was now no law under which
punishment could be Inflicted for crimes
committ prior to January last In terri
tory, that waa up to that time under the
Juiiadlctlon of the courts of the Ave In
dian tribes. The tribal courts alone bad
Jurisdiction up to that time. These
courts have been wholly abolished, and
the federal court has no Jurisdiction
prior to January 1 last.
SIX HUNDRED TROOI'S
SICK AT MANILA.
Troops Scattered About the City to
Keep Out the Insurgents Gvneral
Otis Works Hard.
WASHINGTON. Oct. tL -A private let
ter has been received from an officer In
Manila by another In fhe war depart
ment giving some features of the condl.
tlon of the army In Manila, At that
time there waa about six hundred sick
in the hottpltiU. The climate mokes ex
ertion very difficult and every one Is
slow. The troops are scattered about the
city In companies, and hold all the
streets to keep out the Insurgents.
"This Is a beautiful country," he said,
"and never should bo returned to Spain,
wbo buU-hered these docile people by
wholesale for ages."
Blnce the rnln ceased tho warm wea
ther has been very oppressive, and sick
ness hss Increased. Typhoid, dysentery
and malaria have prevailed, but not
more so than one would expect in the
tropics. The letter says that General
Otis works hard and looks Into every de
tali of the army under his command.
NICARAGUAN CANAL GRANT.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua. Oct. C-The
contention of the American company re
garding Its canal concession from the
government of Nicaragua Is sustained.
A commission consisting of Supreme
Court Judge Bonllla. ex-Supreme Judges
Agulllar and Solva, and Pedro Gonxales.
a lawyer, met on September S, by order
of President Zeluya, to give an opinion
on the question.
"What date does the concession to
construct a canal acrloss Nicaragua ex-
plrer '
The concession, ratified by the Nicar
agua congress April 2rt. 1SS7, was granted
by the Nlcarnguan government to the
Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua,
chartered by tho United States govern
ment. The commissioners were asked to keep
their decision secret from every one ex
cept President Zcl.tya and the cabinet
ministers, but It leaked out. The com
missioners decided. It Is said, that the
contract expires October 20, 1RS9.
This accords with an official act of
October 8. 1SS9. declaring that the ten
years within which tho company bound
Itself to complete the canal the Oar-denas-Menocal
concession began Octo
ber SB, 1SS9. This act was signed and
agreed to officially by the Nlcaraguan
minister of publlo works, and by John
Hall, the agent In Nicaragua of the
Maritime Canal Company, In the pres
ence of Mr. Mlxner. the United States
minister to Central America, the docu
ments being attested by official seals.
GOVERNMENT WILL ADOP
RETALIATORY MEASURES.
If Germany Excludes Our Meats, We
Will Trevent Importations of Her
Manufactured Products.
(Copyrighted. 1S3S. by Associated Press.)
BERLIN. Oct. 22. An American diplo
matist, who is In a position to know the
tnsiilo facts in the case, discussing the
German proposition to practically exclude
meat products from Germany, said:
it Is understood there Is danger of
m.-at Inspection to exclude American
products under sanitary pretexts. The
agricultural department will undoubtedly
present ft bill to congress, If American
products are prohibited, providing for
sanitary Inspection of adulterations of
Gorman wines and dangerous colors used
In toys, etc., and of adulterations In dyes,
chemicals and other such products.'".'
KAFFIRS REPULSED.
PRETORIA, Transvaal. Oct .22. The
Magato Kaffirs have been repulsed by
thn force of bur-hers sent against them.
Several of the natives were killed. The
fact that the Kaffirs attacked tho burgn
ers Is regarded as a declaration of war.
REASON FOR
EXPLOSION
i Lack of Water Caused the
Terrible Disaster to the
Torpedo Boat Davis.
TUBES WERE OYERHEATED
Nine Blew Oat, Eight on the Port
and One on tne Startoard
. Side of the Vessel.
REPORT OF ENGINEER KUTZ
Bow the Forwirf Boiler Fan Dry Will
never Be Known, as the Mai Who
HaJ Chart e of It Is How Deal.
"-in 1 t :
PORTLAND, Oct. tt-The fatal acci
dent on the torpedo-boat Davis Thursday
was caused by a loss of water In the for
ward boiler. Tho tubes in the forward
end became dry and overheated, and
nine of them blew out of the steam drum,
eight on the port and one on tho star
board side. Tbe after boiler appears to
be uninjured.
Chief Engineer Kuti. United States
navy Inspector of machinery, stationed at
the Wolff A Zwlcker Iron works, spent
all day In a thorough examination of the
boilers. His discovery disclosed tne cause
of the accident Nothing but heating and
the consequent softening of the 'ubes
could have caused them to pull from the
steam drum, and only a lack of water
could bave made possible so great a heat
How the water waa lost wlil never be
known, for W, H. Wood, who was In
charge of rt. was unaole to give any In
telligible evidence after tho accident
NINE PERSONS iX)ST
IN ALASKAN WATERS.
A Sloon Carrying a Party of Prospectors
Foundered and all on Board
Were Drowned.
SEATTLE. Oct. 22.-W. E. Bondy. of
Berkeley. Cal., who has Just returned
from Sunrise City, on Cook's Inlet, tells
a story of the wreck of a sloop about
four weeks ago. In which it la probable
that nine persons Ket their lives. Bondy
could only learn the names of two Frank
Robinson, of Santa Crux. Cal., and Curtis
Johnson, of Cook's Inlet.
Johnson was owner of the sloop. About
September S3 Robinson and Johnson
sailed to Kiniak Arm, where they took
aboard a party of seven prospectors,
bound for Sunrise. After leaving Kiniak
arm the party was never heard of. The
man who saw the sloop take on the party
told Bondy that It was lottdeU down to
within six Inches of the water. Several
days after Johnson's dog appeared at
Sunrise, half dead from exhaustion.
Afterwards part of tho sloop and other
wreckage was picked up at Turnagaln
arm. 20 miles distant.
THE TACOMA RAILROAD.
TACOMA. Oct. 22. President Bailey of
the Tacoma and Columbia River Railway
denies that Baltes. president of the Me
chanics' and Traders' Bank of New
Vork. who was deposed yesterday for
his alleged connection with the Tacoma
railroad, never was connected with the
road. 'He says that 13 bonds sold for $41
were bonds which had been stolen and
were posted on the stock exchange as
loot Ths company has been thoroughly
reorganised. Its road will tap one of
tho richest copper belts In the world,
and the construction has nearly reached
a point where traffic will pay dividends
sufficient to complete the work. The
country tributary to the work Is wonder
fully rich in minerals and timber.
ACCUSED OF MURDER.
BATTLE CREEK Mich.. Oct. 22.-Mrs.
Mar- Butter field Sanderson, thelS-year.
old wife of the late octogenarian, Ru
dolph Sanderson, a bank d.roctor and
wealthy clttxen of Battle Creek, will be
taken 'to the county lall tomorrow, where
she will be held pending a preliminary
hearing on a charge of murdering her
husband. She Is accused of feeding him
with ground glass in his breakfast oat
meal. Sanderson, vv - was 80 years of
age, died suddenly October 4, under pe
culiar clrcdmstanccs.
YALE DEFEATS THE INDIANS.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 22.-Yaie
this nfternpon defeated the Carlisle In
illans nt football by a score of 18 to 5. The
game was a sensational one. At tho end
of tho first half tho score stood 6 to 5, and
It seemed alarmingly dangerous for Tale.
CHICAGO WHITEWASHED.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Oct. 22.-Harvard
defeated the Chicago Athletic Club team
this afternoon. The score was 39 to 0.
SHIFT-II083 ORDERED
TO iUIT THE COUNTRT,
Said the Miners Discharged by Him Arat
Responsible for tho Outrage De
mand to Bo Compiled Wit.
WALLACE, Idaho. Oct tt-Wben D
Connor, shift-boss at tho War ftandara
mlnav cam out laat night to tho dry room
to eat his midnight supper, ho was met
by four masked men, armed with revol
vers, who ordered him to get out of th
country within 24 hours. II pleaded that
ho was a married man, with a wire and
children at Oera, and could not get a war
In so short time without Immense) sac
rifices, and asked for a week In which to
comply with tho demands. After som
parleying, Bo was granted tare day,
with the threat that, If ha was not out ha
that time they would dispose of him, hU
wife, and his children, cleaning tho family
out, root and branch.
Connor Immediately came to Wallace to
arrange to leave the country, of whkt) b
has' been a resident many years, - aa4
whero bo has always been known os a.
law-abiding cltlien. It Is said thai hm
was ordered to leave becauso he had dis
charged some men who ware not dolnc
their work In a satisfactory manner. ILm
says that In tho light of previous events)
In that section there seemed no other
course for him to pursue except to Ilea.
John A. Finch and A. B. Campbell, the)
principal owners, and the officers of tho
Standard mine, say they do not knew
what cao bo done to prevent such oat
rages, as too country is In the control of
tho miners' union.
ARCHBISHOP KEANE'S MISSION.
NEW TORK. Oct. a-The Herald to
morrow will say: Archbishop Keanc'a
departure for Rome yesterday was a sur
prise to bis friends In tbls country. IHa
burrieu departure. It Is said, was do
to tbe fact that he was summoned to
Rome to make report on the state of
feeling In America In regard to ths arv
nexatlon of the Philippine and tbo atti
tude of the American people toward th
Catholic church In Cuba, Porto Rico. ao4
other new American possessions.
SPANISH WOULD COMPROMISE.
PARIS. Oct a.-The United StaUa
peace commission held two sittings today
to consider a volunmous communlcatiooi
presented by tho Spanish commissioners.
This 'new proposition of the Spaniards
looks to be a compromise between tbo re
fusal of the Americans to assume any of
the Cuban debt and the Spanish claim
that the United States should assume It
wholly.
LOST ON THE WAT.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct tt-Shortly al
ter the steamer Rio Janeiro left Hong
kong Corporal F. H. Fitxgerald, company
O, First Idaho battalion, disappeared
during the night A search of the reasej.
failed to reveal any signs of him or a
clew of his whereabouts. Tho man waa
thought to bo mentally deranged and tha
supposition Is that he got up In tho night
and either fell or lumped overboard.
YELLOW FEVER IN THE SOUTH.
JACKSONVILLE. Miss., Oct. C-Jack-son
reported e!ht new rases of yellow
fever today. There were no deaths. Tha
rather surprisingly large number of new
cases is attributed to the cool weather,
bringing out tbe disease in systems al
ready Infected. Religious services will
be held tomorrow In different churches;,
for the first time In many weeks. Tn
staite board's officials, report for the bal
ance of the state shows no deaths and 2t
cases.
ALL QUIET IN CUBA.
WASHINGTON, Oct 21-The followta
cablrara from General Wood, eoaa-
mundlng at Santiago, was posted at tbe
war department tonight: "Conditions la
province favorable. No trouble anywhere.
Indigent rations going constantly Into in
terior by pack train and along coast by
ship. So called Cuban government in ses
sion, but nothing definite .being don.
Health of people and troops Improving."
PLAGUE IN VIENNA.
(Copvrlghted, 1898, by Associated Press.)
LONDON, Oct. 22. Tbe outbreak of th
Bubohic plague at Vienna, due to ex
periments In Professor Nat..nagel's bac
teriological establishment in the cultiva
tion of plague bacillus, has spread terror
at the Austrian capital. Five cases, la
addition to that of the late Herr Bartsch.
assistant In tho establishment, who con
tracted the bubonic plague while cultivat
ing baolllus, have now occurred.
The Royal la the highest graee baking powder
luMWit. Actual teats show it (oesoo.
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