▼ NEW BERG w G R A P H IC H I H M 'K I P T M M i *• H H NEWBERG GRAPHIC. I M: Om« Y e a r .................................................. flU Month« Three Month«. ................................... 11 * ....................................... M k a a r l p t l n F r ir e P a y a b le a b ly l a A l t a i « « . TÍ » la r a r i VOL. IX . N .E W B E B 6 , EVENTS OF THE DAY CHURCH NO TICK*. A K IK Y iK ’ C H l’ K *11. - -SK K V H ,K8 KVK KY ' Sunday at 11 a, m. and 8 p. m. and Thurs- uy at 2 p. in. Sabbath school every Sunday at 9:45 a. m. Monthly m eeting at 8 p. m. the first Tuesday in each "month. Quarterly m eeting the second Saturday and Sunday in February, May, August and November. Woman’s For­ eign Missionary Society meets third Saturday in each month at 3 p. ni. A LFR ED T. WARE, Pastor. J ■ HI R( H 8ERV 1< EH, SUNDAY 11 THE TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES CHURCH. SERVICES BV- } >REHBYTEEIAN ery two weeks as follow s: February 7th 1 « In t .r # « t lD | C o lle c t io n o f I t e m . F r o m la ■ O o n d .n .e d F o rm . /CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 8ERVICE8 EVERY AY J K A A The Shasta Route SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. —AND— SECOND-CLASS 8 L K K P IN O CA RS Attached to all through trains. Through ticket office. 134 Th ird street, where through tickets to all points in the Eastern States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at lowest rates from J. B. K IR K L A N D , Ticket Agent. A ll above trains arrive and depart from Grand Central station, Fifth and Irv in g streets. Y A M H I L L D IV IS IO N . Passenger depot foot o f Jefferson street. A irlie mail (tri-weekly). 9:40 a. m. Lv.... ... Portland... .... Ar 8:06 p. m. I V.... .... Lv 12:15 p. 5:10 p. m. Ar.... ....A ir lie ...... .... Lv 7:30 a. m. Sheridan passenger (da ily except Sunday) 4:30 p .m . L v ....... Portland......... Ar 9:30 a. in. ..... Lv Lv.... 7:40 j>. m. Ar Sheridan.. ..... Lv 6:20 a. in. ♦Daily, f Daily except Sunday. R. KOEHLER, Manager. E. P. ROGERS, Asst. Gen. F. A: P. Agent, Portland, Or. THE GREAT GOI í D m ° S M E H C O U N T R IE S OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND EASTERN OREGON ARE ALL REACHED -V IA- T he 0 . R. & N. No Change of Cars Between d o d t i a un a t BAKER CITY PORTLAND «"d |sp 0 K A N E Shortest Line to Spokane Connecting with ALL RAIL ROUTE to... TRAIL, ROSSLAND, MARCUS NELSON, and All Kootenay Mining Camps... Low R a te « and Through T ick ets '* + f ror /m iphlets and Detailed Inform ation, W rite to W . H. HU RLBU RT. G*n. Pan. A f ' l o. R. * X. Co., Portland. Or. O L I V E * A COLCORD, Agents, N i i r i i i o , O r im io n . i i Dr. Langley Hall, 83 years of age, a pioneer of Oregon, died at Oakland. The office of the Pittsburg Post was almost totally, destroyed by fire. The loss is |60,000, well insured. Harry Banquist was knocked over- hoard by the boom of his fishing-boat and drowned in the Columbia near As­ toria. J. Danach, a traveling man, was held up and robbed of $70 by three masked men while driving through a grove near Roseburg. Capt. Clias. Swanson, of the pilot schooner Jessie, was drowned in As­ toria harbor while attempting to board his vessel from a small rowboat. Cuban sympathizers held an open-air meeting in Tacoma and denounced Pre­ mier Canovas. The Spanish flag was trailed in the mud and then burned. A resolution was adopted praying that Weyler might be subjected to the same torture by his victims. The arrangements for the inaugura­ tion of President McKinley are rapidly nearing completion, and the indications are that in point of brilliancy ami at­ tractiveness the ceremonies, the decora­ tions and the festivities incident to inauguration week will be more lavish than those of former years. A prominient church member of Pen­ dleton. Or., has headed a subscription list with $5 for the relief of Jim Hems- worth, the Rosslaml miner who saved the lives of his two companions by thrusting his arm into the cogs of a rapidly turning windlass and in that way prevented a heavy bucket of ore from falling on the heads of his com­ panions in the shaft below. Charles Frohman and his manager, C. B. Dillingham, of the Garden thea­ ter, gave a special performance of “ Heartsease” (by courtesy of Henry M iller and his company), to the clergy­ men of New York. The theater was closed to all except the clergy, and no seats were sold. The box office men and ushers were dressed in long black coats and black ties, and the playhouse and its strange audience had every ap­ pearance of a church. There were 1,062 ministers and their friends pres­ ent, including a number of ministers from New Jersey. The only denomina­ tion that sent regrets was the Metho­ dists. The sale of the Northern Pacific Rail- road Com|>any’e property and transfer to the Northern Pacific Railway Com­ pany, the purchase', has been fully completed, Judge Jenkins, of M il­ waukee, having entered an order in the United Pattes court confirming the ac­ tion of Master Carey in executing deeds transferring the property and sanction­ ing the disposition of porceeds as made by the master. This is the last act in the dispoeition of the property, but years will elapse before the court is done with litigation. COLXTY, REPORTED. Call a Washington, Feb. 23.— The bill re­ cently passed by the senate, authoriz­ ing the president to appoint commis­ sioners to represent the United States in an international monetary confer­ ence to secure the fixity of relative value between gold and silver as money by means of a common ratio, or, in his discretion, to call such a conference, was reported to the house favorably to­ day by a unanimous vote of ten mem­ bers of the house committee on coinage. The same factions which voted for the bill in the senate voted for the bill in committee. An amendmenet was offered by Stone, and adopted by the committee. It is as follows: "T h e president is authorized that, if in his judgment the purjawe speci­ fied in the first section hereof can thus better he attained, to appoint one or more special commissioners or envoys to such of tlio nations of Europe as he may designate, to seek by diplomatic negotiations an international agree­ ment for the purpose specified in the first section hereof; and in case of such appointments, so much of the appro­ priation here made as shall be neces­ sary shall be available for the proper expenses and compensation of such commissioners or envoys. “ Section 3. That so much of an act approved March 2, 1895, entitled ‘ An act making appropriations for the sun­ dry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June 30, .1896, and for other purposes,’ as pro­ vided for the appointment of delegates to an international conference, and makes an appropriation for their com­ pensation and expenses, be, and the same is hereby repealed.” The debate was very brief. th e T w o H e m is p h e r e « P r e s e n te d Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, lias \ i second and fourth Sunday at 10 a. m. and fixed March 20 as the date for the exe­ 7:30 p. m. cution of Jackson and Walling, the TARKK METHODIST. PRAYER MEETING murderers of Pearl Bryan. .T »-very Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Sabbath school every Sunday at 10 a. m. The Havana authorities, in view of A t E. CHURCH.—SERV’ ICES SECOND, TH IR D the scarcity of beef, have decided to re­ i l l * and fourth Sundays o f each month at 11 quest the government to allow the free a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school every Sun­ day 10 a. m. At M. E. church, Fafayette, first importation of cattle from the United States and Mexico. and fitfh Sunday o f each month. R. A. ATK IN S, Pastor. Frank Castile, a stockman, stabbed S A L V A T IO N ARMY* - MEETING AT BAR- and killed John Beck at Cleveland, racks on Main street as follow s: Tuesday for soldier converts and 'recruits; Wednesday, Wash., in an altercation at a mas­ public; Friday, holiness, for Christians o n ly ; querade ball. Castile surrendered him­ Saturday evening, pul lie; Sunday, all «lay, commencing with 7 a. m., knee d rill; holiness self to the sheriff and claims the act meeting 11 a. m.; fam ily gathering at 3 p. m., was one of self-defense. and grand free and easy in the evening. Ev­ Dr. Arthur Duestrow, the St. Louis erybody welcome. millionaire, who on February 13, 1894, shot and killed his wife and child in a SOCIETY NOTICES. tit of drunken rage, in that city, was J OF TH E WORLD.—NEWBERG CAMP, NO. hanged in the courtyard of the county • 113, meets every Monday evening. jail in Union. He broke down at the W T. r.-B U S IN E S S MEETING THE SEC- last moment and confessed to the crime. ! i i ond and fourth Wednesday in each Secession has entered the porceedings month. of the convention of the League of O. O. F.—SESSIONS HELD ON TH U RSD AY American Wheelmen, now being held .* evenings in Bank o f New berg building. in Albany, N. Y. Colorado w ill take AND L. OF S.—NEWBERG COUNCIL, NO. the initiative and will probably be fol­ • 168, meets every Friday evening in Ma­ lowed by California and several other sonic hall. states. Sunday racing is the bone of F. AND A. M.—MEETS E V E R Y SATUR- contention. • day night in C. V. Bank building. Before the legislative investigating O. U. W. - MEETS E V E R Y TUESDAY evening at 7;3Ü p. in. in I. O. O. F. H a ll. committee on trusts in New York, John F. Searles admitted that the average margin of profit between raw and re­ EAST AND SOUTH fined sugar during the five years before the trust was formed was .8534 of a -V IA - cent a pound and during the subsequent five years 1.96. A letter received by an official in Panama from La Paz, Bolivia, states that the Bolivian congress w ill declare -O F T H E - war upon Peru. The letter also states that there is great activity in military circles, the army is being placed on a war footing, and recruiting has begun throughout the republic. Trains leave and are due to arrive at Portland: A special train form Chicago to Den­ ver, a distance of 1,026 miles, made the LEAVE. FROM OCT. 1, 1896. 1 ARRIVE. run in 18 hours 52 minutes. The jour­ C Overland Express.— "l ney goes into history as the greatest | Salem, Albany, Eug- ¡ | ene, Roseb’g, Grants j railroad feat ever accomplished. The i Pa.-*, Medford, Ash- train was a special conveying Henry J. jp .m . ^ land, Sacramento, )■ ) j Ogden, San Francis- ¡ Mayharn, a mining broker of Chicago, j co, Mojave, Los An- , to the death bed of his son. He arrived j i g«*les, hi Paso, New I [Orleans, and hast....J a few hours too late. Roseburg A: way stations * 4:40 p .m (V ia Woodburn, fo r -) The battleship Oregon has returned Daily ¡ Mt. Angel, Silverton, Daily to San Francisco after her first long except <( West Scio, Browns- > except Sunday. atron and i Sunday. I ville, Natr cruise. She went as far as Acapulco, [Springfield.. *4:00 p.m. Salem and way stations *10:15 a. m. Mexico, and has been absent five weeks. f7:30 a. in. Corvallis «V: way stations f 6:20 p .m During her voyage she practiced with f4:45 p. m. M cM innville & way sta’s f 8:25 a. m her guns and has been tested as a fight­ ing machine and seagoing craft. The D i n i n g Car s on O g d e n Itout e. vessel proved satisfactory in every re­ spect. She w ill soon proceed to Seattle PULLMAN llll F F K T 8 L K K P K K 8 and enter the drydock. BILL Y A M H IL L A u th orisin g the r r e tld e n t to M o n e t a r y C on fe r en c e. Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday school Sun­ days at 10 a. m. Prayer m eeting Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. REV. (i. F. JERARD, Pastor. I and 21st, March 7th and 21st, and April 4th and 18th. J. E. D AY, Pastor. G R APH IC . A l H 'F . R T I N n « H R 4 T IW : O b « Colum n.............................Twenty Dollar« H a ll Column.................................. Ten Dollars Professional Cards......... .. ............ One Hollar B e s l l s g R s tle es w i l l be I s t f r i H a t U c rata e f T e a re a té par M as. Aldrsa*. Utu r a te , Newtwrg, Oregon. H IPTI81 NEW BERG - OREGON, F R ID A Y , SHIPS OPENED FIRE The Foreign Fleet Bombarded the Cretans, AXD The THUS AIDED Insurgents Tu rkish W ere Garrison T11E TURKS Attacking Near a Can ea W h e n th e I r o n c l a d s I n t e r f e r e d . Canea, Feb. 23.— An engagement has just occurred just above the village of Miurniea, between insurgents and a Turkish hand. A t 4:45 P. M. the insurgents from Akrotiri, having attacked the Turkish garrison at Halepa, the joint fleet bom­ barded the Cretans for twenty-five minutes. The insurgents fled, taking their flag with them. Later reports are to the effect that the English men-of-war opened the bombardment. The others followed. The Kaiserin Augusta tired melinite shells. The commander of the Greek man-of-war Hydra cleared for action in case the necessity should arise. Some shells fell in the town of Canea, rais­ ing clouds of dust. It is rumored sev­ eral persons were killed and wounded. When firing ceased, the Greek flag was still flying over tlio insurgent samp. London, Feb. 23.— A dispatch to the Daily News from Canea, dated Sunday says: Smart firing was heard today in the hills to the eastward. The reply of the Turks was feeble, and it was obvious that they must abandon their position if pressed. The gun practice from the redoubt on the outer lines was ludi­ W ILL A P P O IN T HANNA. crous. The chief Cretan jxisition was a hamlet on a ridge of hills 4,000 yards G overn or B u shneli Makes a P u b lic i from the flagship. S t a t e m e n t. A t 4:30 o’clock this afternoon signals Columbus, O., Feb. 23.— Governor' were made to H. M. S. Revenge, to­ Bushneli tonight gave out the follow­ gether with one Italian, one German ing statement to the press: and Russian ship, to open fire upon “ It has been my intention to make the Cretan position where the Greek no announcement in relation to the ac­ flag was hoisted some days ago. The tion I would take in the matter of an British ships fired forty and the foreign appointment to fill the prospective va­ ships thirty shells at the village, and cancy in the Ohio representation in the ruined the house held by the Cretans. United States senate until the vacancy The flag was soon lowered, and the actually existed. But, on account of order “ cease firing” sounded after ten the manifest interest of the people, and minutes. Thereupon, the flag was re­ their desire to know what w ill he done, hoisted. Tlio rocks around were I deem it best now to make the follow­ crowded with Cretans. The Turks, ing statement: encouraged by the fleet, now opened a “ When Senator Sherman resigns to lively fusilade, while the Cretans had enter the cabinet of President M cKin­ not replied during the whole perform­ ley, I w ill appoint to succeed him Hon. j ance. It was a somewhat melancholy Marcus A. Hanna, of Cuyahoga county, j spectacle. to serve until his successor is chosen j A d m i r a l * W a r n e d Vassos. by the seventy-thiril general assembly I Canea, Crete, Feb. 23.— The foreign of the state. I trust this action will admirals have warned Colonel Vassos, meet the approval of the people. commander of the Greek forces on the “ Asa S. Bushneli.” island of Crete, of their intention to H a n n a N o t i fi e d . attack his troops with four men-of-war Cleveland, Feb. 23. — Chairman anchored off his camp. Aghoi Theodori, Hanna was at the Union Club this should he attempt to advance to the evening, when he was shown the dis­ interior of the island. patch from Columbus containing Gov­ Athens, Feb. 23.— It is stated that ernor Bushncll’ s annoucement of Mr. Hanna's appointment as senator to the warning of the foreign admirals succeed Sherman. This was the first given to Colonel Vassos only referred to Colonel intimation Mr. Hanna had of the sub­ a Greek attack on Canea. ject. Of course he was pleased at the Vassos will continue to occupy strategic termination of the controversy, but he points in the interior of the island of showed his pleasure only by a genial Crete. smile. Asked if he would discuss the F l r e i l B l a n k Shota. governor’s action, the chairman de­ Canea, Feb. 23.— British torpedo- clined to say anything, remarking that boats have captnreil and brought to he could not talk about the matter for this port the small Greek steamer publication until he received official Laurium, which was carrying victuals notice of his appointment from Gover­ and tents for the insurgents. nor Bushneli. Mr. Hanna remained The forts fired two rounds of blank at his club during the evening anil re­ cartridges yesterday at the Greek gun­ ceived the congratulations of such of boat Peneus. A Turkish fiigate also his friends as had heard of his ap­ discharged blank shots at the Greeks. pointment. The Greek gunboat Peneus quickly replied to the blank shots fired by the M ILITIA ON GUARD. Turkish frigate. The frigate then withdrew from the scene of operations. P l o t t o B l o w U p t li o N o w M e x i c o F e n The German flag was hoisted on the I te n t l u r y . ramparts here on the arrival of th* Santa Fe, N. M., Feb. 23.— Gover­ cruiser Kaiserin Augusta. nor Thornton has placed the local com­ pany of infantry on guard at the j>eni- j T o o I * oo r t o F i g h t . tentiary on account of the discovery of ! London, Feh. 23.— A dispatch to the a plot to blow up the building by the Daily Mail from Berlin says: friends of the four members of the ' The queen of Greece recently sent a Borrego gang of assassins, who were I message to the czar requesting his sup­ condemned to be hanged next Tuesday, port for the national cause of Greece. but who have been granted a respite The king also wired the czar, stating for thirty days by President Cleveland, that he would declare war on Turkey in disregard to an appeal from the gov­ and himself lead the army before he ernor and other authorities to let the ! would yield to European coercion. law take its course. Another ominous Princess Marie, of Greece, also tele­ feature of the trouble is the appearance j graphed her fiancee, Grand Duke of the cabalistic chalk figures “ B.-302- George of Russia, that the action of the 40” on the pavements and on the doors powers against Greece was infamous. of officials, which the knowing ones Another dispatch says: recognize as similar to the call for The Nord Deutsche Zcitnng asserts meetings of the secret Button gang, that the Turkish cabinet last week de­ which appeared frequently in 1892, cided to declare war against Greece.but just prior to the assassination of ex- the saltan vetoed the resolution, on sheriff Frank Chavez. account of the government's financial condition. T h « T e a c h e r Smoked. An Athens dispatch says the Greek Denver, Fen. 23.— Mrs. Louisa Pitt government has decided to send a part Yokum, Dolores county superintendent . of schools, has refused a teacher’ s cer­ of the fleet on a cruise along the S|*»r- tificate to Professor Victor C. McGirr, j adis islands, while another portion of principal of the Rico public school, be­ the fleet will go to Ainbracia to pre­ cause he smokes. Mrs. Yokum takes vent the Turkish attack on the Greek frontier from Prevesa. Troops from the ground that a person who smokes all parts of Greece are hurrying to the is disqualified to teach in the public Turkish frontier. The call for naval schools because teachers in this state volunteers had been more than amply are required by law to instruct the children against the use of tobacco. An answered. The policy of Greece w ill appeal w ill probably be taken to the 1* defensive on land, but aggressive state board of education by Professor by sea. McGirr, who is a graduate of the To­ Bachelors are now safe at least an­ ronto university, and is very popalar other eight years, seeing that 1900 will not be a leap year. in Rico. __________________ \ 1 FEBRUARY ONE NEW ii(>, 181)7. BATTLESHIP. W i l l B e P r o v i d e d f o r in t h e propriation Bill. Navy Ap­ Washington, Feh. 22.— The navy ap­ propriation hill for the fiscal year has been practically completed by the house committee on naval affairs, and may be reported to the house by Chairman Boutelle tomorrow. The bill carries abont $33,000,000, which is about $3,- 000,000 more than the appropriation for the cunrrent year. The committee decided to put in the new battle-ship recommended by the subcommittee. It is to cost, including hull, armor and machinery, not more than $3,750,000. Propositions for new drydocks at A l­ giers, La., and Mare Island, Cal., were voted down. The appropriations for navy-yards include $66,000 for the Mare island yard, of which $30,000 is for extending the seawall, $20,00 for dredging, and $10,000 for grading and paving about the drydock. The Puget sound naval station gets $60,000 for a wharf and $10,000 for grading. The total for repairs and preservation of navy-yards is $400,000. There is an item of $50,000 for modern machine tools at the Mare island yard. The new appropriations for the ma­ rine barracks are: Erection of building at Port Orchard, Wash., $1,000; offi­ cers’ quarters, $5,000, and grading pa­ rade grounds, $3,000. The appropriation for armor for ves­ sels authorized from 1890 to the present date amounts to $7,720,000, and for hulls, outfit and stearA machinery, $5,- 925,000. New steam tugs are provided for Port Royal and Puget sound, each to cost ______ $50,000. NO VOTE Washington, Feb. 22.— The senate adjourned at 8:85 tonight, after having spent almost eight hours in continuous executive session on the arbitration treaty. No result was accomplished beyond voting down the motion made by Nelson to postpone further consid­ eration of the treaty until March 5 Sherman made repeated efforts during the day to secure a vote on the ratifica­ tion or to get the senate to fix the day and hour when it would agree to vote upon the' treaty. Ho was defeated in both purposes, and when tlio senate at last adjourned, because of the absence of a quorum, he did not say whether he would make another effort again this session to secure further consideration, but it is supposed that lie w ill renew the motion for an executive session to­ morrow. Tho feeling through the sen­ ate among the friends, as well as the opponents of the treaty, is that any effort to secure a vote will be (utile. TUMBLED INTO THE BASS DRUM aud In vo lun tary Acrobat Feat o f an Sun Francisco, Feb. 22.— An acrobat at the Orpheum fell forty feet from a trapeze yesterday and crashed through the big bass drum. Incidentally lie caused two women to faint, broke two music stands, scared the wits out of, hut did not kill, a fiddler, as he might have done, and bruised himself slight­ ly. The acrobat is one of the Rente brothers, who perform a number of daring feats on high tra)>czu suspended in front of the curtain over the orches­ tra. The trapezes are suspended at opposite Bides of a horizontal rectangu­ lar frame. From one trapeze Jules Reufe hangs by his feet, while his brother Jacques swings from the other trapeze, his back turned to Jules. When Jacques has obtained sufficient impetus from his swinging lie lets go the trapeze bar and so flies to the out­ stretched hands of his brother. They were i>erforming this feat yes­ terday evening, when, somehow or other, Jacques succeeded in getting only an insecure hold of one hand. Jules could not hold on, and made a straight drop. W i l l H a u l NuppllflR F r e e San Francisco, Feb. 22.— The com­ mittee of the India famine relief fund announces that the privilege of free transportation for food supplies with which to load the steamer provided by the United States government has been granted by the Southern Pacific for Pa­ cific mast points, slid for donations from Eastern contributors by the ('cu ­ tral and Union Pacific mads, in connec­ tion with the Rock Island, Burlington anil Milwaukee & St. Paul roods. Contributions of supplies, which will be received all along the lines, are earnestly solicited at once, and w ill he received for shipment at McNear’s ware­ house, Port Costa, Cal. F a t » I Train W rec k . Kinmundy, 111., Feh. 22.— A freight wreck occurred on the Illinois Central railroad near Boskydell, III. The ttn- gine and fourteen cars with contents were demolished. The engineer, fire­ man and one brakeman were killed. The cause was the breaking of an axle mt the engine drivers. F i r « C r u m # * P a n i c In a S c ho ol . Boston, Feh. 22.— Fire in the Everett school building this morning caused a panic among the pupils. The police ambulances were quickly on hand ami within a few moments thirteen injured victims were on the way to the city hos­ pital. The fire was extinguished with­ out any considerable damage. Although the salary of the King of Greece is four times greater than that of the president of the United States, it is said to I# smaller than that of any other European monarch. ▲ drertU la« Bills Colleotad Monthly* FORCED 1I1E TR0CH1 Gomez is Now Between Weyler and Havana. A DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED W eyl.r, lit. H owever, lu .u rg.n t ll«u Are In S.nil. W ord Leader F u ll and Thai H I. Retreat. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 22.— A spe­ cial to the Citizen from Key West says: Private information has been received of tho whereabouts of General Gomez. He has succeeded in slipping by Gen­ eral Weyler and is now between him and Havana. General Gomez gave the command for an advance, with strict orders that any man that struck a match would be court-martialed. He then advanced on the Moron trooha, in the eastern end of the island, with 5,000 cavalry and 10,- 000 infantry. lle advanced on the fort at midnight, and when he saw he was discovered by the Spanish, who fired on him, ho order«! tlio cavalry to charge. They swoo|>ed down upon the fort aud captured it, and the whole army went through the trocha. A ll of the arms and ammunition of the fort was captured. The army then contin­ ued to march, and was encamped at Veguite when the news was sent to the city by a courier. His order in taking the fort was to use tho machete only, and the cavalry made a gallant fight. Havana, Feb. 22.— If official reports are correct, the insurgent army under General Gomez has been divided into small corjis and Gomez himself is in full retreat before tho continued ad­ vance of Weyler. Dispatches from Ciego de Aviel say the insurgent com­ mander-in-chief with 4,000 men re­ crossed the military line in the prov­ ince of Puerto Pineipe, extending from Jucaro to Monon, and is going eastward through Puerto Pineipe in the direction of the oapital of the privinoe. General Ualixto de Garcia, Gomez’ second in command, was reported four days ago in the vicinity of Puerto Prin­ cipe, retreating towards the same point as Gomez. Weyler arrived yesterday at Saneti Spiritus, the most important town in the eastern part of the province of Santa Clara, near the lioundary of Puerto Principe, in the territory where the insurgent headquarters were re­ cently located. Weyler will push for­ ward to Moron, Ciego de A viel and Juraoo, thus seemingly sweeping across the island with a large force, anil driv­ ing the enemy before him. He expects to entrap Gomez between two wings of tlie Spanisli column and force a decisive enuggement before tho mills put un end to the military operations. The Cu­ bans believe, however, that Gomez will, us sual, slip through the cordon before being completely developed. DROWNED IN DEEP CREEK. P a lm e r W iln ir, a F ifte e n -Y e a r-O ld Boy, A ccid entally Drowned. Skamokawa, Wash., Feh. 22.— News has readied Skamokawa of an accident that took place on Deep river, in the lower part of Wahkiakum county, last Saturday evening, by which Palmer Wilinu lost liis life. It seems that Wiline, who was about 15 years old, and another boy of the same ago, Max Long, had gone to the postofflee at Deep river, to get their mail. Having se­ cured their mail they started for their homes in a small iaiat, taking witli them a man, John Long. The boat was one of those little skiffs used On the creeks. It was barely safe for one person to travel in, much less three, and in changing seats it was capsized and the occupants thrown ont. None of them could swim, but John Long hung to the capsized bout,while tlio two boys strug­ gled to get ahsore, which was only 100 feet away. Their cries for help brought George Garey to their assistance with a boat, and lie succeeded in suving the two Longs. The boy Wilme went dow n and his body was not recovered until Sunday, when it was found near the scene of the accident. W ilm e’s sister was drowned neai Astoria about nine years ago. ALL ALONG THE LINE. W a itin g for the O p en in g o f the C o lv ille lleeervntton. Wilbur, Wash., Feb. 22.— This town and others along the sontli half of the Colville Indian reservation are filled with strangers, awaiting a proclama­ tion opening that section to mineral entries. There are a number of men on the reservation now, and they huvo located mineral claims, and in some case« have been prosecuting work there­ on. In a letter to Spokane, one of the miners on the outside says that the gov­ ernment offieiala are interested with companies in locating valuable mineral claims. It is said that the Indian po­ lice stand in with them. One location on the reservation bears a paper which has the signature as witness of Sam Vinson, deputy United States marshal at Spokane. New York and Spokane companies have the "cin ch ," according to the writer, on all of the beat claims, and, where their agents are seeking new discoveries, all other miners arc kept off the land. CLIMAX P h ilip p in e IS AT HAND. I.la rd . R e v o lt U pon a C o llap «e . V t rg la g New York, Feb. 22.— A dispatch to the Herald from Manilu «ays: General La Chambre, who has occu­ pied Santo Domingo, is now advancing on Silling, Cornell and Marina and w ill attack the rebel forces within three days. The number of troop« em­ ployed is not published. Tho batteries employed are two Krup batteries of eight centimeters, one battery of nine and two mortars of fifteen centimeters. With General La Chambre is General Marina, who takes one battery of artil­ lery of eight centimeters. From all reports it would seem that if the Spaniards are lucky enough to inflict a decisive chastisement ui>on the rebels in Cavite, the entire revolution w ill collapse. Tho absence of a real leader nmst tell upon the rebels, and all their principal men are either in the fortress here or have been shot by the authorities. Francisco Rojas, the millionaire and friend of General Blanco; Rizal, the doctor and idol of the Philippine Indians; Luna, the ar­ tist whoso picture won a gold medal at the Paris exposition, and every other native or half-caste of wealth or influ­ ence in the Catipuna or inner circles of conspiracy, which the natives created for their own purposes inside the lodges of Masonry, into which tho Spaniards confidently initiated them years ago, are in the toils of tho law and may he shot any day. An immense amount of suffering ha* been inflicted on their families by these misguided men. In dozens of cares large estates of those implicated have been embargoed by the govern­ ment, and people formerly opulent are reduced to poverty. Even some native Catholic priests are among the prison­ ers, seven at least having been tempted into the plot. The machinations of tho rebels seem to have permeated all quarters, and they have taken in their withering, grasp natives and half-breeds in every station of life, from the millionaire property-owner, local governor, govern­ ment clerk, official doctor or professor in college, to the most ignorant and poorest fisherman and domestic servant in foreign or Spanish employ. Indeed, it would be difficult to find a parallel for such widespread treachery. If the rebels on the island can get rid of the Spaniards they can run the coun­ try and pay no more taxes. Every one w ill have plenty to eat, nothing to do and pay no “ cedula” or other tax to anybody. This is tho simple argument which the agents use everywhere to heat up recruits and get tho peasant* to join their ranks. Their ideas are: largely socialistic. As an illustration of these delight­ ful tenets the washermen, who have mostly all turned rebels, walked off with half the wardrobes of male and fe­ male Manila, for every one uses white tropicnl clothing the yenr round, and consequently for a time the rebels were the best dressed gentlemen in the Phil­ ippines, while their lackless customers were getting now clothes together. WAS ONCE A MARINE. M u rd *re r B u tle r Served >■ Seam an on H oard 11« M . S. T riu m p h . San Francisco, Feb. 22.— Butler has been a marine in her majesty’s service, in addition to his other occupations. Ho has been identified by two of his former shipmates. John Conway and Thomas Collins, of this city were at one time sailors on board II. M. S. Triumph. There was a marine on board by tho name of Ashe. When the old sailors saw tlio picture of Butler they recognized the face. Collins was posi­ tive the man was their old shipmate Ashe, and to make snre Conway went to see him a few days ago. Asho was with Conway and Collins in 1888, when the Triumph, while on her way out here from England, put into Chile. While there a detachment of men was put on board from the fillip Liffey, which was then doing duty as a prison ship for the confinement of minor offenders. Ashe was among these. He had been confined on hoard the Liffey for stealing a ring. A t Victoria, Conway and Collins, whose terms had expired, left the ship and lost sight of Ashe. A t the city prison Conway and Butler recognized each other immediately ami talked for some time. To Conway it is understood Butler outlined his proposed defense when he returns to Australia, and said he has his reasons for being known as Weller. _ _ _ ______________ SAVED BY THE PARROT. F e e p le In a B u rn in g D w e llin g o f T h e ir P e ril. W arn e d Oakland, Cal., Feb. 22.— Nine lives were saved by a parrot in Piedmont yesterday. The shrill screams of the bird aroused the Hniue family from «lumber to discover that their mansion on Piedmont avenne waa in flame*. George W. Hume, the well-known ship­ owner, was the first one alarmed. lie and his Ron Edward got the ladies of the household safely out of doors. Edward tried to telephone to the fire depart­ ment, but as he called he was com­ pelled to leave the instrument, being driven out by smoke and flames. Tho beautiful home, with much of its valuable contents, was totally de­ stroyed. Within s sort time after the fire was discovered, nothing was left but a blackened mass of ruins. Geropian L o au e-C on rerslon B ill. G asoline En gin e E xploded. Warsaw, Ind., Feb. 23.— The explo­ sion of a gasoline engine caused the de­ struction of the county infirmary, locat­ ed ten miles east of here, this morning. Though the building burned to the ground, all of the inmates were res­ cued. The loss is $40,000. 14. W e y l e r In P u r s u i t o f G o m e s . REACHED A rbitration T re a ty A g a in C o n s id e r e d In K x e c u t i v e Session. Un us ua l NO. Han I n t o a W a s h o u t . Cincinnati, Feh. 23.— The Enquir­ er’s special from Ashland, Ky., says: Today the eastbound Norfolk & Western express ran into a washout near Lovelette, wrecking the engine, baggage car and two coaches. The slee|ier escaped. Engineer Pennington and Fireman Mayfield were both dan­ gerously injured, and a brakeman, whose name was not learned, was fa­ tally inju r«!. Several person* were •lightlv in hired. Washington, Feb. 22.— Senor Du- puy de Lome, the Spanish minister, has received the foliowring telegram from the president of the chamber of commerce of Havana: “ The sugar plantations in the larger manufacturing districts are grinding cane. Railroads ar t telegraphic com­ munications are regular. Fernandez." The larger sugar producing districts of Cuba, it is explained, arc in Eastern Pinar del Rio, Havana, Matanzaa and Santa Clara K y l e W aa E l e c t e d . Berlin, Feb. 22.— The German loans- Pierre, S. D., Feb. 22.— On the sen­ oonversion bill passed its second read­ atorial ballot today, the Republicans in ing today in the reichstag, after several the house voted almost solidly for Kyle. amendment* proposed by Herr Richter, The Republicans of the senate began the people’ * party leader, had been re­ at once to change to Kyle. Before the jected. revolt was announced enough changes fta lv .e te u Strike S e ttle *. ha