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THE INDEPENDENT. County Official Paper. HILLSECPO OREGON. MORO DECEITFUL Captured Leader Marched Ameri cans Into Ambush. WEEK'S DOINGS I S0ME fierce fightinq follow ed A.Vtt.klwA WAIT OM PANAMA. Ratlly the i Ocncral Review of Important Huppcnings of the Pant Week la Uriel and Comprehensive Form. Colombia accuses America of being an ally to Panama rebels. Wyoming officers have captured Tom Oday, of Curry gang faoie. The Chicago street car strike is down to a basis of baragning. The Philippines want tariff on many articles reduced so a to encourage trade with America. About 30 Italiian minora in Penn sylvania mine lost their Uvea by rush ing buck to save their gold. Santo Domingo bun offered to give the 1' ni ted States an island if the will help in subduing the rebels. Governor Chamberlain bus called an etxra Region ot the Oregon legis lature to meet December 21. It is "aid that Senator Hanna will be a candidate, for president and if he can not win will bring out Ilerrick. Colorado mine owners attribute the death of two bouse to a deep plot of strikers and offer a reward of $5,000 for the guilty persons. The American Federation of Lator has re-elected Samuel Uompers presi dent. Next year's convention will meet in Sun Francisco. Tom Horn, the noted Wyoming mur derer, has been hanged. Typhoid fever is epidemic a! Wil liams college, Williumntown, Mass. The great railway merger formed by U ill is to be dissolved and conditions will be the game as before. The treasury departmnet favors mov ing the customs headquarters of Wash ington from Port Townsend. The German emperor's physicians have ordered him to spend at least two months in a warmer climate. Senator Mitchell has introduced numliei n' bills in the senate making changes ia the laws of Hawaii. Pank robbers terrorized the town of Green Mountain, Iowa, and after wrecking the bank building secured $1,000 and escaped. The Chicago street railway company anil the strikers have agreod on all points at issue, excepting two. These are likely to be settled soon. A gigantic combine has been formed in San Francisco to secure control of all important milling plants and ceroid food concerns on the Pacific coast. Kx-Queen Natalu, of Servia, the sole heir of the late King Alexander, 1ms declined to accept anything given him after his marriage with Queen lraga. The property thus renounced amounts to $400,000. The king and queen of Italy are the guests of London. Nine out of ten Japanese statesmen expect war with Russia. The Colombian peace commission has arrived in Colon, Panama, bat will not be received. The Federation of Labor hat asked President Roosevelt to reopen the cane of P.ookbindur Miller. The senate will probably fix some date in Iecemter to vote on the Cuban treaty and then adjourn until that Lime. Mrs. Carrie Nation created a scene at the White House anil was arrested be cause she presisted in seeing the presi dent. General George M. Randall, formerly of Vancouver, Wash., may become major general if the senate refuses to confirm the appointment of Wood. Chicago strikers continue to stone street cars and assault nonounion work men. The eompany roceives little sympathy leauae they have not agreed to arbitration. Panama will not listen to the over tures of the peace commission from K'divar. The flairhip of the American fleet at Panama saleta-d the ting ef the new re public with 21 guns. The United State has officially as sumed sovereignty ever the naval sta tion at Guantaname, Cuba. The German colonial society is to end a nuaiber of young nan to this country to study cotton growing. The internal revenue collections for October of this year were 1331,12ft greater than for the same month last year. John M. Sinclair, of Heraatead, a IVmocrat, has been elected to congress from Texas te succeed T. 11. P.a II, re signed. fteps have been taken to end the Chicago street car strike. Tfce indica tions are that both sides will agree to arbitration. Three Hundred Natives Killed Six Amerl cans Wounded -kebtla Were Com plctely Demoralized. " Manilla, Nov. 25. Three hundred Moroa ure known to hve been killed and many others were carried off dead or wounded, as a result of live days' se vere fighting in Jolo between the Ameri can troops under General I-eonard Wood and the insurgents. Major II. L. Scott, of the fourteenth cavalry, and five American privates were wounded. General Wood landed mar Siet Ijike, in Jolo, November 12. The Moros were soon located, and lighting began immediately and continued until No vember 17. Major Scott was taking Panglima Han sen, theMoro leader, who had been tak en prisoner, to Jolo. While en route, Hassen asked to be allowed to sow his family. His appeal was grunted, and he thereupon led Major Scott into an ambush, where the American detach ment was tired upon. Major Scott was shot m both hands. Hansen succeeds in escaping during this unexpected at tack, but is upposcd to have been killed the following day. The fighting took pluce in a country covered with swamps and rooks. The Moros were driven across the country from Slot I-ake to the town which Has. sen had made his headquarters, and w here it wan reported the Moros were 2,000 strong. The rebel position was attacked in the Hank by the American troops, who occupied the town and inflicted a loss of fir killed on the Moros' side. Has sen with a small purty, was sur rounilea. 1 lie rest of Hie Moros went into the swamps out of which they were driven on November 1(1, leaving "It dead behind them. On November 17 the American forces renewed the at tuck on the retreating Moros, of whom 40 more were killed. The rebel forces have leen literally destroyeil ly these operations. Gen eral Wood says the indications are that there will be no extension of the upris ing wlncti was handled without dim culty. On November 18 General Wood started on an expedition against a body of 2,000 Moros who are in thu moun tains back of Tablibi. No news has yet been received as to the result of this movement. lieneral ool liad under him two battalions 'of the Twenty-eighth in fantry regiment, one of the Twenty third regiment, a plat(xn of Cuptain George Sat ley's buttery, two troops of the Fourteenth cavarly, and a detach ment of engineers. Major Scott, assist ..ii t . ... en ny a lorce eomposoil ol three com. panics of the Seventeenth infantry, platoon of Cuptain I). J. Rumbough's Mattery, ami a troop of the Fourteenth cavalry. SHIP DISCOVERY LOST. wreckage Feund In Northern Waters Seals Fate of Crew and Passengers. Seattle, Nov. 25. A special dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer from Juneau, Alaska, announces that J. Pent, a pus- senger on tlie steamer Lxcelsior, Cap tain Moore, arriving tislay, reports that a mass of wreckage from the steamer Discovery has washed ashore at the mouth of Seal river, 30 miles WIow Yakutat. Rent's information makes practically certain that the Discovery is lost, and leaves little hope for either passengers or crew. It is believe.!, in fact, that everybody on board perished. The wreckage found. Pent says, con sists of pieces of life boats, life pre servers and large pieces of her hull. He states that a terrible storm pre vailed for a week prior to NovemU-r lfi, on which date he boarded the Ex celsior at Yakutat, having walked 90 miles from Seal river to catch the steamer. The Yukatnt Indians were watching the Is ach for bodies and they claim to have found a large piece of jiast and a man's coat. Cabinet Decides She Must Canal Treaty I Int. Washington, Nov. 24. Several sub jects of interest and importance were considered lit today's nun-ting of the cabinet, which was attended by every member. Matters reluting to the situ ation in Panama, were the most import ant topics discussed. The president und Secretary Hay have decided, and the decision meets the approval of tho cabinet, that the existing government of Panama must ratify the canal treuty liefore action relating to it ratification by the senate is taken. The adminis tration has determined that there shall lie no repetition of the failure of Co lombia to complete the ratification of the treaty after final action had been taken by the I'nited States senate. The treaty will le placed in the hands of thu Panama commissioners now in Washington and by them it will be taken to Panama. This government, it is anticipated, will ratify it promptly. It is expected that it will be returned to Washington U-aring the seul of the Panama govern ment early in Dccemler. President Roosevelt will then transmit the treaty to the senate w ith a request for its rati fication. , Secretary Moody presented the cab inet some interesting details just re ceived by him from Commander Hub bard, of the cruiser Nashville, at Pan ama, concerning the early phases of the revolution. They came by mail and contained important details not hereto fore known by the administration They will be made public soon. INVITES CUBA TO BH STATE. HOUSE FAVORS IT I T T " AincrKB HiiiuTiihv " nil r a ma He Exerted to This t;nd. Passes Cuban Reciprocity Treaty! Washington, Nov. -.-. The p.,-, Afmncr TTnin?mni..fv. , government is show ing an inferos THE AMENDMENTS ARC ALL LOST Democrats Fought lor Them to Last and Then Tried to Refer Measure DIs cntcra About Equally Divided. Newlands Introduces a Resolution Pro viding for Annexation. Washington, Nov. 24. Senator New lands, author of the resolution annex ing Hawaii, tislay introduced a joint resolution inviting Cuba to become a state of the I'nited States upon terms of equality with the states of the union. The resolution provides that Porto Rico shall become a county or province of Cuba; thut all present officers of Cuba shall retain their positions until their terms expire; that the $35,000,- 000 bonds of Cuba shall liecome the bonds of the state of Cuba, with inter est reduced to 3 jer cent, and 2 per cent to be applied to a sinking fund; that the present rural guard of Cuba shall le incorporated into the army of the l nited States; that tho money in the Cuban treasury shall be."ome the money of the state of Cuba. The reso lution closes w ith tho following declar ation: "The foregoing resolution is inspired, not by a desire to annex forcibly, or to assert sovereignty over the island of Cuba, or to exercise any form of com pulsion, but solely by a regard for the interest of the two countries, and a con viction that the interests of the states composing tlie lederal union anil Cuba are identical, and they cun bo admin istered by union under one form of gov ernment, all shall be represented on equal terms and be governed by equal and tindiscriminating laws insuring freedom of trude and equality of rights nd privileges." Washington, Nov. 21. The house yesterday, by a rising vote of 335 to 21, passed the bill to make effective the Cuban reciprocity treaty. The dis senting votes were about equally di vided between republicans and demo crats, but there was no record vote, the minority having too few votes to order the yeas and nays. The democrats, under the leadership of Williams of Mississippi, sought to the last to secure umeiidinonts to the bill in accordance with the action of the democratic caucus, but were de feated steadily. Williams made the final effort when he tried to have the bill recommitted to the ways and means committee with instructions to amend, but a point of order under the special rule providing for a vote on the bill without intervening motion, was sus tained. Cannon received the applause of the democratic side when he entertained the appeal from his ruling made by Williams, tho speuker saying he pre ferred to err if he erred at all in giving the house the right to express its will. The appeal was tabled by a strict party vote. The debate liegivn Monday, was con tinued to within a few minutes of 4 o'clock, the time appointed to take a vote on the final pussago of the bill. Williams closed the debute for his side, and made an arraignment of the repub lican policy of protection. McCall (Muss.) mado the closing speech on the republican side. The announcement of the pussngo of the bill caused only a slight demonstration. Mct'lcllan, mayor-elect of New York, occupied the speaker's chair for awhile tslay, as chairman of tho committee of the w hole house. j the fa to ol the bonds issued by Col ;iu ami taken up ly lortigncrs, in. J F.ntish and Dutch holders. Raikes, the F.iitish charge here, hj half hour a talk today with Sec red Hay at the stute department, and it) believed this subject was ton upon. The jKisition of the department brief is that it cannot dictate to new republic of Panama what din sition shall be made of the moi which is to be paid over by the I'ni States in consideration of canal rigs but it certainly holds it is only ri and just thut Panama, in concluding treaty of tH-ace with Colombia, n make provision for the assumption d fair share of the national debt. sJ is expected the morul force of the partment will be put forth in this rection. The stute department has not Is-en informed ofliciully of the resullj General Reyes' mission to the isthmj It is believed here that the princi purpose of the visit of General Reyes to try to effect an adjustment of country's troubles by securing for Colombian -jovernment some shar the money which the I'nited Statl under the newtreaty, will pay to Pi ama. WANT CUBA TO WAIT. Itepil of of DBATH IN CRASH. Thirty-One Injured RUSSIA PREVENTS ITS OPENING. Ships Ordered to Colon. New York, Nov. 25. Orders to pro coed to Colon are reported to have lieen receiveii t.y the commmnnders of the battleships Kearsarge and Massachu setts, which are now at the New York navy yard. All the oflieers have leen summon xl by telegraph, and those who are here have been told they are to remain on board. The Kearsarge coaled last week and nearly all her stores are now on Iwiard. Sixty ma rines have been added to her company. The Massachusetts is in dry dock, but will be out in a few days. Robbers Try to Cut Rings Off. Marion, In 1., Nov. 25. Rurghirs entered the home of John Shippey, a lumber merchant, last night, and' at tempted to cut off the fingers of his daughter, Fdith, to secure her diamond rings. The girl's screams ran sod the burglars to flee Three 'men have been arrested on suspicion. Powers' Scheme at Port ot Yoncamprio Is Again Balked. London, Nov. 2.1. The Daily Mail's Tokio correspondent has received tele grams from Seoul saying the Russian minister has again successfully inter fered to prevent the ois-ning of Yong- ampho, consent to which the Coreun foreign minister was on the point of communicating to the P.ritish, Ameri- an and Japanese ministers on Tuesday last. The Times' Shanghai corresonilent says a private letter from an ollicial at Mukden states the Russians have treat ed the native authorities with the ut most indignity, oenly declaring the re-occupation was intended as an inti mation that Russia would not permit the exercise of treaty rights in Man churia, and alleging the United States and Japan have recently concluded a convention. The Times' correspondent at Tokio confirms the statement of the Daily Mail' correspondent that the Russian minister at Seoul has leen successful in preventing the opening of Yong- ampho. American Fleet Will Quit Beirut. Washington, Nov. 24. Admiral Cotton, commanding the Furopean sta tion, has bien authorized to leave I'.ei rut with the flagship P.nsiklyn and the cruiser San Francisco, and is expected to sail in a few days for a cruise in the Mediterranean, preparatory to coming to the United States to take part in the naval maneuvers in the ('aribliean. The withdrawal of the American fleet from Peirut, after a stay of several months, is made with the consent of the secretary of state, they being now considered unnecessary. Killed and Fifteen In Train Wreck. Peoria, 111., Nov. 23. Thirty-one men were killed, ami at least la were injured today in a head-end collision between a west-bound freight train and a work train on the t levelaml, Cincin nati, Chicago A St. Louis rairload, le tween Mackinaw and Tremont, III. The bodies have been taken from the debris, which is piled 30 feet high on the tracks, a huge pile of broken tim lier, twisted and distorted iron and steel. The bodies are so mangled that many are unrecognizable. All the dead and most of the injured were memlx-rs of tho work train. The crew s on both locomotives jumped to save their lives. The collision occurred in deep cut at me is-ginning oi a sharp curve, neither train Isdng visible to tho crew I of the other until they were within 60 i feet of each other. The engineers set J the brakes, sounded the w histles and then leaped. The trains struck with I such force that the sound was heard for j miles around. A second after the col- lision the boiler of the work train ex- phsled, throwing heavy iron bars and timls-rs 200 feet. Conductor J. W. Judo, of Indianapo lis, w ho had charge of the freight train, received orders at Urbana, it is said, to wait at Mackinaw for the work train. The freight train did not stop. The engineer of the work train, George Pecker, had orders, it is said, to pass the freight at Mackinaw, and was on tho way there. The work train was about five minutes late, and was run- ;ii i ning at iuu speen in ororr to make up time. When about two miles from Ninert and entering a cut, both engi neers saw the approaching trains and realietd it was - impossible to stop. They threw on the emergency brakes, whistled twice and then leaped from their cabs. ! Senate Leaders Agree to Defer 'i on Reciprocity. Washington, Nov. 25. The lican and Democratic leaders senate wore in conference much time tislay over tho question of fixil a time for a vote on tho Cuban rei prK'ity bill, and, so fur as they w empowered to do so, entered into agreement to take the final vote on cembcr 10, or a little more than awq after the convening of the regular m sion of congrosM. There was no opjJ tunity to consult some of the Dem crutic senators who desire to speak. the bill, but it is not doubted that tin will assent to the arrangement. The treaty for the cession of island of Pines to C uba was today fai orably acted upon by the senate co mittee on foreign relations, and it w lie favorably roorted to the senate the next executive session. The senate committee on foreign lations tislay authorized a favorable port on the bill giving effect to tl Cubun reciprocity treaty. LVERY COUNTRY AT FAIR. Rates on Steel for Export Cut. New York, Nov. 23. A conference between representatives of neurlv all Press Parliament at St. Louis Will Be Extensive Scope. St. Ixuis, Nov. 25. The executij committee having in charge the worbl! press parliament to lie held in St. Lou luring tho week Is-ginning May II 1!04, has announced plans for the pa liament. It will include represent live newspaper men from every count! where newspapers are published. Al rangements already perfected Indical that it will lie the largest and linJ notable gathering of newspaper worki ever holil. i lie trainc imrenu til the expositiol has issued a Isxtk, compiled by V miliary, trainc manager, containinj full information regarding railroad mul tors pertaining to the fair. One point stated is that all exhibits transport to me jouisiuna l'urchase expositio iroin points in the I in ted States wi i. i j i ijw remnieu ireo oi cnartro lo the noli! of shipment by the railroads which car ried them to the exposition. ihe contract was let today forth Indian building, w hich the government will erect at a cost of $25,000. Wholesale Cancellations. alla Walla, Nov. 25. Wholesale uncellHtion of homestead onirics in tl the railroads east of the Mississippi J W'alla Walla land oflice district bvtl Sewer Cave-In Burled Six Men. Yonngstown, O., Nov. 24. Farly to la the casing in the Wilson avenue sewer gave way and buried six work men underneath ten feet of sand and gravel. Martin Timlin and Raphael Cbilhi were killed, two others probably fatally injured, snd two escaped with out injury. river ami representatives of the steel in dustry was held hero t.slay. It was decided to grant a reduction of .13 l-.'l per cent on all iron and steel manufac tured gfxsls intended for export. It Was decided that on December 1 there pio iioenv oi uie interior is l.i prosJ poet, over fit) claims being now reeoml mended for cancellation. Notices I, several of these were served tislnv thus revealing the fact that a wide .... ..i. : i ' - onig investigation tins Is-en id will fas a re-luetoin of 33 1-3 per cent . progress. Most of the claims involv of the present domestic rates, to ant,l ! are in Franklin count v. w her a I,.J uiripiiri iboii on iinisneil steel pro ducts, including structural iron plates, Ix-arns and rails. Texas Raises Quarantine. San Antonio .Texas, Nov. 23. The official proclamation of Governor I.an ham raising the quarantine against San Antonio went into effect today and towns and counties all over Texas have lMn lifting their local quarantine Tra in serriee will le renumed on all railroads tomorrow. siea.i rusn two years ago clerks, school teachers and of jx'ople. drew f.u all kiruld Another Cotton Mill Cuts Wages. ran Kiver, Mass., Nov. 25. TliH cotton nulls known as the Fall Rive. Iron Works, owned bv M. C. D, p,r don, of New York, wi'll follow the otl,-i bs-al mills in the reduction of n. s Nearly 10,000 operatives will Ik- affect P'l. J-.very mill in Fall River is n Included inthe reduction.
