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OUR TROOPS
IN A FIGHT
Patrol of the Second Oregon
Ambushed by the In
surgents. THE BOYS FOUGHT NOBLY
Held Ttelr Ground Under Heavy
Fire Until tbe Arrival of
Assistance.
THIRTY NATIVES KILLED
Two of Oar Men WoucJeJ-Ptttls
Are retiring for ao Attack. Whlcb
Will Soon Be Male-
ilAMU, Mrh t 4 p. m.-.no reifl
have b-n ronreii t rat 1 raj In the vl In ly
of tho rmrvr. Today the p.itr! of
uomtuny U. rV-coiKl OnvJii voluntera.
waa nki-n In ambuali. To m-n were
wounilol. tut tho ortranlinioji hfH lul
ground utiJi-r a havy llro until th r.
Inmlnd-r of the Cniipany. iU'd by two
I wtiitnli- of tbe Klrat Ni'lir.inkj irtl.
!m-nl. rinnkt-d the tii-no. kill ni; X an J
woui)llng .cvrral nnire.
I Two Wttnllona of the TwmUth r. gu.
Uar infantry havo rinfr'-,'l Onita!
Hub1 a brigade.
11 thei native hut hv,. Ix-n i!e
atroyJ" at Mannuliia and the ioun:ry
tb pretty wt-ll c! n-l but th r4.
ola nr- returning In aituill lU-fi ut
laumlownN
Appurvmly
tey bav '- ur-d
'aupply of anrnk"! ammunluuii rtn-vn-.Iy,
!aa th.To Ima tx--n a nntUttlo d'.fft r-
ontv during the lost few 1b'.
The n-lKla. antUlpatlt.g an Aim-ri. an t
alvance, are buay thr-lrig up Uefenaes
In evry tllrc llon, and it la rnwrtrd Hint
tbey are lovyiag niao and euppura In
every quarter of the province. A. a
rveutt gn-at dtaaatlafactlon prevails
amrui the trllK-a orJiiiartly unfriendly
'to Tauol.. iiru.-uiarly umong H" -
canon, who aasert tneir o.aire m-
slst in conquering Twnlos If furnlntved
with arms.
Tlx civil members of the United
States Philippine commission, who ar.
rlvod here Haturday afternoon frim
Hongkong on the cruiser Haltlmore. land,
ed today and are now Installed In quar.
ters enpeciaHy provided for them on the
MaJato waterfront. While awaiting the
arrival of Colonel CharVes lienby. lorm
erly United Btates minister to China,
and the other member of the commbu
lion, they will devote their time to sUrht.
eelng and getting familiar with local
cwndl tlona.
Until Colonel Denby arrives the com-
mission will be incomplete and can oo
nothing officially.
Th troop whk-h arrived on Saturday
on the transport Senator and those that
arrived yesterday on the transport Oho
are disembarking, and all preparation
uro tx'lng made to prxeed with an ag
gressive campaign oeiore mo n m-
son set in.
Tho SpunlKh commissioner who are en-
dwivorlng to secure the release ot 'h
Spanish prison is m the hands of Aru.
InaWo have returned to M.ilolos to oltor
J2.tVO.0iK) for their release. As AguinnliiO
has been demanding I7.ixm.0in, It I not
Ukoly that tholr miwlon will be sue.
cvasful.
The following order has been Issued re
garding the movement of transports: The
Anion win au ir
llonKKOisr. wun an i" ". "
2; tho Newport, via Nagasaki, japan,
with all returning officer and thiir
wives, on March 10; the Soandla. v.a
Xairnaakl. with discharged Soldiers, on
Mar-h 11. and the Morgan City, via Nag.
aaakt, on March 12.
DECISIVE BLOW TO BE STRUCK.
WASHINGTON, March 6,-Ther is
reasou to txpeel imporrant news from
Manila within the next fortnight It hns
developed that General Otl fcA practl.
cally completed his plar.s ir a grand
onshiuchi on the Insurgents wm" .s
expected to deprlv them of often ! e
power at least.
It Is probuble that he will torro a
large part of his force into column a
soon as hi reinforcements arrive. u
will push these In parallel lines straight
through the Jungles, clearing out tne in-
surgent In every direction ns the troop
move forward.
The American troops are becoming
restless and nervous under the petty but
annoying shurpshootlng ot tne ruipnius,
and ar so anxious to put a stop to this
that General Otl has yielded to their
desire.
TROOPS mH THE PHILIPPINES.
WASHINGTON, March ll.-Forty-one
thousand officers and men of the com
bined army and navy force comprise th
approximate total of tho American
trongth now at and enroute under oraers
for ervlc in the Philippines. Th force,
of the two ervtcs already stationed In
and about the arrhlpchigo consist of DO
regiment of Infantry, one engineer bat
talion, seven troops of cavalry ana n
batteries of artillery, an agprtnte or
about 21.500 men. Nineteen vessels, wl'h
an aegregat of 297 officer 2.990 men
and niarliivs, niako up the naval con
tingent LIGHT DRAFT VESSELS NEEDED.
NEW YORK. March 1 A dispatch to
the Herald from Washington says: The
necessity of suppressing filibustering- ex
pedition. I th cause of Admiral Dewey
asking that th department send him
more vessels of light draught
On account of the number of Philippine
Islands, th natives ar able to transport
from th Asiatic coast a large quantity
nf tniinlilona of war In imall achooner.
A'lmlra! i rjty wanl. a Inrtro numb' r of
w.iralilpa at hia dlaoo.nl whkh can fol.
low iir-h v; Into hallw witsr. Th.
Whi-illn h.ia already lrll for Manila
:i r.l thw Vlcn will fo by Uia last of the
month, Tlio dcjturririrnl tn-1 alco aend
othera.
The aiithor!tt-a wt-re rlad lo har that
Oi-ncrnl fiwton wouM arrive at Mmlln
x.itoot M.trvh 10, aa b wilt then le put
In control of lh military operation,
tliun Klvlnic Ornrral Ot la an opportunity
to aid In lh rhlllpiln rommlwilon, aa
w-ll na to tak car of tht many que,
tlona ronalamly arlilnc. Afir (4-nrraJ
Iwton'a arrival, one of th brteadler
a-anorala at Manila will protaMy l f-nt
to llo IIo to rHv 0tvral j4llkr, who
will go on th rtlrd Hat March IT.
TflANHPORT BHBRIDAN 8A1L.
NEW yoUK, March t-A dUpatch to
th World from Gibraltar aayi: Tho
Unit"! tranaport Bhrdan, whlcb arrtitd
h.r. Friday and waa put Into atrlct quar.
ajitlne on account of contagion, Itft liiat
nlKht for Port tiuid without quarantine
boing ralaed. Bha may hav. to to It. to
quarantine again at tb Sues canal. It 1
admitted that two of the men were down
with mooalei, and It waa reported that
there waa one caae of mallpos aboard,
though tbe United Btatea aurgeon denl.d
the exlatvnce of atnallpoz. Tne oRlial
Hat ahowed 28 alk wMnt, but It kt
aalil that only three of the cases were
aerloua. The tranaport earrtet' the
Twelfth L'niti-d State. r-ru!r and a
battalion of tbe Stventeentb.
AMEMCAX OCCUPATION
OK THE I3LE OF NEGR08.
Troop Were Warmly Welcomed by the
I'eoiaV of tbe Island Lucaon'a
Congratulation.
u-.an.vr!W.v u.a h,.,.m
. . , ,
froin (ienera Otl. at Manila, received In
... ....
Wawh ngtun nl rate, a natlatactory and
,7 .. , , ' ,k
agrwable recei)tlon accorded to tbe
Am.rlian trop whl'h recently Uinit'd
at Die iclun.l of N.'Kron. They were sent
ilnTi. by Cmeral Mllb-r at Ilo Ilo, in
rommand of Colon.'! 8mlth. to take form. . , , ,. .... ' , ,
i . , - . . .t. i U..., k mander In gold or Wlla, He will leave
.1 lHa.aea.loi. fur the nltrd 41lu wlik-h N yofk 0De of tt- Kovtrnm,w
be did without trouW. Jtramtporta. to which tb. money will be
I'rev,u. o the time the troo,a landed tran8ferrtd fr(CT lub.trrturT ,nd
a coimn , on from the Island vU ted , he
..-nentl Otl, am said they were wili ng 0enenil Brooke.
to urrrndtT. and aked that he take .be A Gome, d
inh.Mt.nt. under hi. protection. The I offlce ,han handlr the m0u
ciiKraiuiaiory aaurtma io ueiierai jumer
embolt-d In General tnln' dlai-a'.ch !
particularly gratifying to the offlcl.l. ,f
Ak- administration, aa th-y be.lcve that
wling among the Inhabitant of the
l.iand of Negro Is such that there will
be no trouble in (Waling with them here,
after.
(lineral oils' dispatch is aa follow:
"The following was received from l'o
Met An th ifh Iruttanf? 'Th Mtrnmfnt
cor art inhabttante of N-mw tr,4 SANTIAGO DB CUBA. March fc-To-General
Miller. Mo Ilo: We affeotlonaiely order, w,re received from Havana
salute you and congratulate ourselves 1dlrtln Pya of tbe provincial
.k k., .-ui . fM, o,i.k officials, but tbeee oijder do not affect
BnJ ,h(. troopB uns hto order,, and
fh,ir vou to send this salute ami rontfratu.
latlons to Gtneral Otis, at Manila, as a
representative of the government of the
United State In the Philippines.
- 'LUCSON.'
"OTIS."
TWO OREGON CHINESE
W ILL BE DEPORTED.
Entered tbe Country Under the "Stu
dent" Permit Important Rullnsr
at 8an Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, March .-n Im
portant derision bearing on tbe Chine?
immigration question was handed down
by Judge Morrow, of the United 8tates
circuit court of appeals today. Judge
Morrow holds that Chinese entering this
country under the "student" permit can.
not do so if they were not students In '
'the mihPr country before embarking for
thia country. ;
The case In question was that of two
young Chinese, sons of a lftundryman of
Kucene. Ore., who secured admission
through the presentation of a certifU-ate
froIn ttl( tnltid States consul at Hong-
kong. stating th.it they were born in
china, but that their father was bringing , WASHINGTON. March S.-The trans
them to America for educational pur. Rl)umnnU reached Santiago
poses. Those boys were arrested after frora 6an Juan n1th tne of itS0
two years' residence, and the I tilted , JUir9 who dled m port( Rlc0 Thu
States district court of Oregon decided irecords of the war depanment shew that
that tne boys oeiorarea io tne exempt
.class. The ju.igmem oi tne aisirict couri
.being reverses, tne dojs win oe aeporieu.
nen tne ooys reaen cn.na mey can, ii
Is understood. Immediately return, as
they are now of the student class, and
therefore exempt.
THE UNITED STATES
WILL REMAIN PASSIVE.
No Action to-Be Taken ln tbs Italian
Project for an Open Door on
the Chines Coast.
WASHINGTON, March .-The United
States government has remained
luted passive throughout the execution of
the Italian project to secure en pen
a. .... - i L tt- I r Ihnnn nil . n
door" on the Chinese eonsn through the
acquisition of 8n Mun bay and the;
OUliying lSltillU. WiiU V4 Kim uiguirot
. . ,.,. . ,k. kt.t.nf ...
thorltie said:
"The government of the United States
will not take any steps In regard to the
Italian demand for Chinese territory."
In other words, our government has de.
termlned definitely to keep H hands off.
But one motive could Induce the gov
ernment to change this policy and that
would be a desire to protect our enorm.
ously valuable commerce with China
from the danger of being completely cut
off through the gradual extensions ff
the lease-holders of Europe.
CITED FOR CONTEMPT.
SEATTLE, March 1 Another chapter
In the sensational Van Alstine divorce
case was openeu luu.y r'' '
Mrs. Lou Van Alstine and her aister,
Emma Norton, for contempt of court
They refused td pay Into the court the . ;
$30,000 which Judge Moore decided thoy j '
bad fradulently obtained through mar. !
ring from Con Van Alstine, a Klon- I
dlker. They were released on bonds.
NEW WASHINGTON LAWS. J
nr.vMPIA. March ft The house toflhrht !
passed the bill relating to the stealing of j
rides on ranroaa train, ana maung .
trainmen peac officer. The bill relating j
ir. nonaltv and Interest on taxes to and i
Including the year 1897 ha passed both
houses, also th bill repealing tbe act
of 1897 irrovldln; a uniform system of
public blanks.
MONEY FOR
THE CUBANS
Three Millions to Be Dis
bursed Among: Troops on
the Island.
LABOURS ARE UNPAID
Two Tboosand Men Out of Work
at Santiago and a Disturb
ance May Occur.
BODIES OF FALLEN TROOPS
Transport Roumaola Will Bring-Them
Home-Will Scramble Among
tbe Cubans for Rations.
NEW YORK. March t-A dUpatth to
the Herald from Washington aaya Pay-
. . ... . . ,' . '
master General Carey baa perfecfed ar.
i , , ' ;
rangemenu for, going to Cuba next weeh
k 5. v
to pay off tbe Cuban army.
Central Carey will take the entire ap.
iproprlatkm of $3,000 900 to Cuba, fU0O.s
I at m-hlr-H wll h. In sllvr nA Ik.
-y, the disburs?mei)t will be made by
,of vho wll, b, furBUhed
' Ith . .... . ,htt ftmmM . m.n
prising tbe Cuban army and the amount
Of money which should bo paid to each.
( It ie not Intended: by this government
to furnish more that 13,000,000.
LABORERS UNPAID.
the 9W0 laborer out of work, nor meet
! ract liiai me puduo aurss aireaay in-
;iaiea 8re unering a-iousiy irom buk
;ot prosecution.
Civil Governor Diwietrius Castillo, as .
I precaution against possible disturbance,
has sent word to tbe working gangs that
ithey should stay where they are for the
'present, aa. In ail probability, they will
I have orders to return to work In the
course of two or three days. He further
explains that the delay wa merely th
result of "red tape" in the relations be
tween Santiago and Havana.
SCRAMBLE FOR RATIONS.
HAVANA, March 6. For the month
of March the various province, except.
Ing the province of Santiago, have .made
requisitions for 2.000,000 rations.
Thus, instead of diminishing, the re
quisition has doubled since that of Janu
ary 1. This is due partly to the fact that
ithe Cubans use every possible opportun.
Ity of getting rations under false, pre.
tenses and partly to the fact that the
American distributors .re unable to dis.
criminate nroperiy oetween Importers and
j the really necessitous.
, BODIES OF FALLEN TROOl'S.
j &bout jg, WiTe burloJ , Ule neighborhood
f 0, and the work 0f uncovering
. - k .0 (
rhtm mav taku two or three weeks.
j Most of ,ne AmerU5in(1 seeping In
.gmvtj at Santiago are regulars. Quar.
:term(MteP Ludington has the work in
nanJi and reports satisfactory progress
j ln made' The f ves ot American
'heroes were carefully marked at the
,lme of burla, and tne offlcrs ln Cuba
and Porto Rico had Instructions to make
It possible to locate
and Identify the
bodies.
The odIes will be forwarded to the
relatives if desired. The government
nlu nffena lo nrovhto nermanent burial
I places with the 1S.0OO other heroic dead
nannftl PMn.t(PV Arlington.
l ,he KltMvea have ,ccpted
i -
the offer to have their dead laid to rest
Mrit at Arllnirton
1 " - -
and It Is probable that nearly. 1.000 of the
bodies will be Interred ln the national
cemetery within sajtht of the White
House. No arrangements have yet been
made for ceremonies In connection with
the burial, but It is probable that mill,
tary honors will 'be paid the dead.
TERMS OF REORGANIZATION.
NEW YORK, March 6. The reorganis
ation committee of the Taooma Land
COmpany notifies the bondholders, stock,
holders and creditors of that company
that If they desire to avail themselves
of the benefits of th plan of reorganisa
tion, promulgated July 29, 1S98, under
which there has been deposited over 94
l of tn6 gtock o( th
pany tnat they must deposit tn.tr se.
- fhAlP im with the
itu""
mm
SSClUTEIYaJnC
Makes the food more
aovai rakiwi
Atlantla Trunt Company on or bfor
Mnrrh 1J. After that date no deposit
will bo received except upo such term
a th committee Imposes).
SAILOng RESUftE DUTY
AND ARE BHOT DOW.V.
Captain Torrance, of th BrtUah Staamer
Tancarvill. Bhoot Three Mutln.
ou Bailor on the High Sea,
PHILADELPHIA. March a-.,.i.in
Torrance commanding tbe British learn
er Tantarviiie, now in this port, ,bot
three mutinous sailors on the taat out
ward panaare for Belfast. I r.n
ary 10 last, while weathering a terrlrto
hurrk-ane.
Ill veasel waa dlvjng Into a tremen.
dou Sea and a anar nmrwlln th.t
laahed below got adrift and threatened
to knotk out tbe sides of the ship. Cap.
tuin Torrenc. ordered the crew to seurt
the propel lor and ther mutinied Hmi
aotloo was neceasary to quell tht disturb,
ance and Captain Torrance was com
pelled to shoot three men. One, It is
unaersxooa, na since died and a aeoond
baa gone Insane.
Captain Torrance's aotlnna we- tair.
tlgated by the board of trada ajul !h ru
upheld by that body. He is reticent con.
oeming in arxair and feels keenly th.
fact that such meaatirea kt ia K-
adopted by him to save Lb ship.
CONDITIONS AT DAWSON C1TT.
BAN FRAXdaCO, March 1-A letter
from Dawson Chy aays: The first In
stallment of the United Bute relief ex
pedition reindeer arrived her January I
In charge of th Lapland herders. The
last day's run was (0 mile. Large num
ber of tbe reindeer are aaid to have
been slaughtered by Indiana, who mis.
took them for wild game. Tbe remnant
will be driven to Circle City.
Tb business outlook for Dawson dur.
ing tbe year Is most unpromising. Hun
dreds of people are migrating to more
congenial climes, and th retail traders
complain that they have more outfits
offered for tale than purchases sought.
Even the saloons and gambling bouses
are reported to be maid raj no rroflta.
No new gold discoveries of importance
are reported. ;
APPOINTMENT OP OFFTCER3.
WASHINGTON. March l Tbe war de
partment has made announcement of tbe
appointment of 101 second lieutenant,
created by the army reorganization bill,
among the various states and territories.
In addition there are JO appointments at
large. Tbe apportionment Is on the bast,
of population. Oregon and Washington
receive one each.
Secretary Long today cabled to Admiral
De-wey, at Manua. and to Rear Admiral
thinptton, at Havana, announcing the en.
actment of the naval personnel bill, and
instructing them to have tbe officers at
tached to their respective fleets examined
In order to make ready for their re
arrangement and promotion. '
QUEEN V ICTORIA'S THANKS.
WASHINGTON, March t-The follow
ing message from Queen Victoria to tbe
president has been received at th exe
cutive mansion:
"Windsor. March I To th. president
of the United States: I tbank you sin
cerely, and the American nation, for the
honor paid to the memory ot Lord Hers,
chell, and for the friendly sympathies
shown to my country in Its bereavement.
"VICTORIA, R. J."
! WARM SPELL IN CALIFORNIA. ;
SAN FRANCISCO, March l-Callfornla
Is in the throe of another warm spen,
and this March day was more like a day
In July than anything else. The ther.
mometer In many places went past th.
Si-degree mark, and in one' or two places
almost touched 90. Should this warm
wewther be very extended, crop will
suffer considerably.
STOCK DEPOSITED.
NEW YORK, March . It is announced
that more than 75 per cent of the entire
capital stock of the Oregon Short Line
Railroad Company has been deposited for
exchange under the offer of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, previously
published. Notice Is given' that after
March 15 the privilege of exchange will
be withdrawn. V
JOSEPHINE KIPLINQ DEAD.
NEW YORK. March t-Josephlne Klp
iinp the 6-vear old daughter of Rudyard
Kipling, and the oldest of his three ohil-
iiren. died this morning from pneumonia.
The Improvement of Kipling's condition
continue. '
ANOTHER ADVANCE-
BETHLEHEM, Pa., March l-Th
Reihiehem Iron Comrjany today an.
' nounced a raise of wages of 10 per cent
I.M 1 .. . K 1
aiieciing corainun wwtwa, vi nmvu
more than 500 are on tho payroll.
" SAILS FROM LA GUIRA.
NEW YORK, March J. A dispatch to
the Herald from La Oulra, Venesuela,
'announces that the United States gun
boats Annapolis and Vloksburg have
sailed from La Gura for Jamaica.
FAR-REACHING DECISION.
SEATTLE, March 1 United States;
nistrlet Judge Hanford decided today
'that a sailor boarding-house keeper oould
retain tne cioinmg m a icjwhbu io occur,
payment of board and lodging.
JUDGE BRONAUGH DEAD,
PORTLAND, March . Judge B. C.
Bronaugh, a -well known lawyer, died
tonight after an illness of three months.
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delicious and wholesome
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