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VOL. VIII.
CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OIIEGON, TIIU11SDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1898.
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General Faaieoger Agont, Fortlaud, Or,
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TEItSK TICKS FROM THE VYIRKI
' ... '
Aa Interesting: Collaetlon ofltenaa Frona
tha Two Ilemlapherea I'reaentad ,
In a) Condenaed Form.
Piairie flret liio earned great dam.
ago in Oklahoma and Iudian territory
daring tlio pant fow day.. ,
A riot fn a political club at Chicago
regulted in th. death of ou. and tlio
wounding of aoveral others.
John Warnock, a deputy iberlff, wag
shot and killed at Oiruilngbam, Ala.,
by an egenped nogro oonvlct, wliom ho
wag trying to arrogt. The murderer
egegped.
An illicit whtglcy .till ai a aide iuo
of a plant (or the unlawful manufacture
and imitation of well-known bramlg ol
wine baa been unearthed near the heart
of Chicago. t t
The oomion ol Cuba, Porto Rico and
tho Fhilipplnog wag practically accotn
pliahed at VVednegday'a aetgion of the
peaoe cnmmltiaion. These ate the
three main article..
Two hnnrdod Uvea lost, 60 vogaelg
totally wrecked and 40 other. hoele.
ly gtranded, and the worat probably not
known, ia the latcat nuwa from the fear
ful Atlantic atorm. .
A freight train on tho Norfolk A
Weatern railroad went through a bridge
near ltiveraido, Va. The fireman wag
killed, the engineer geriotialy aonlJcd
and brakeman fatally injured.
At Holes incorporating th O. R. tt N.
Company bava been filed with the gee
rotary of atate of Washington, and
ihow that tbo exteneiona in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho have long been
In contemplation.
At the Loyal Legion banqnet given
la Manila 9 gnesta were present.
Neatly every oommandery wag rr pie
sented. ' General Andeison piesided
and Kear-Admiral Dewey was teceived
by a goard of honor from the Oregon
regiment.
Cubans are starving to death In Santa
Clara, and tbo Ked Cross has been ap
pealed to to furnish prompt relief.
Women and children are goffering. II
succor does not soon reach them all will
have died. Tha Cuban troops are also
in a pitiful condition for lack of sop
plies. The liod Cross will promptly
respond to the appeal, but ia haudi
capped by lack of funda.
Claude M. Johnson, director of tho
boreau of engraving and printing, in
bis annual report shows that during the
year theie woro 92,979,478 sheets of
Stamps and ' government securities
printed and delivered at a cost of
670, BOH. This sum, however, in
clades 4)13,600 Increase of stock, t30,
000 paid for machinery and $0,419
paid to outside employes. g "
Chits, W. Couldock, tha well-known
actor, died In New York.
Natural gas bag been discovered on
Summerlattd beaob, near Santa Barbara,
c ' v .
The steamer Wltdwood sank at her
dock at Port Townaond during a heavy
storm. . : ; i ':;;, t..' '';..
Many of th. MamU soldiers want to
como home. They have been attacked
by a serious case of bouie-sioknese.
Three negroes were lynched near
Meridian, Miss. The crime alleged
was the thumping of a white man.
The government baa been officially
advised of the suooessful termination
of the Paris negotiations with Spain.
The steamer Detroit was lost on
Shelter island, near Juneau. She had
87 passengers, all of whom were saved.
The battle-ship Wisconsin, recently
launched at San Francisco, is .fast in
the mud, and all efforts to dislodge her
have proved fntile.
Incompetent engineers , are blamed
for th. breakdown of the cruiser But.
fso. while on her war from New York
to join Admiral Dewey'a Boot.
General Blanco's rntlremont and the
resignation of the autonomist cabinet
Increases the oonfuslon in Cuba, which
preceded Atncrlonn control. Fear it
felt that tho Uuited Status may not
assume immediate jurisdiction, and
that confusion will result
The steamer Portland, which was re
ported missln'g after, the big Atlnrrtio
coast storm, has been lost off Highland
light with every passenger and the
entire orew. Th. number drowned it
abont 100. Thirty four bodies hnv.
been recovered from tho surf and th.
roscue work still proceeds. The Port
land was valued at $360,000, and was
insured. "
News is at hand from Tien-Tsin that
large number of Japanese spies have
been cuptured by the Bussiana at Port
Arthur and shot. Seven Japanese, all
officers of tho iinpoilnl Japanese army,
wore taken, and on their poisons were
found drawings of the principal forti
fications. But a day elapsed after their
capture before they were marched out
before firing party of Russians and
auminarlly shot. -; ' I :
Minor Newa Hams.
The steamer Monarch oloared from
New Oi leant for Liverpool with tho
largest general cargo over carried from
that port, embracing 90,680 bales of
cotton, 198,000 bushelt ot .com, 19,000
staves. ; v'- H
Sarah Bonnell, an Abilene, (Kan.)
young woman, has received a kgnoy of
halt ft million alotlar frdraf a Now Yot
friend interested in hor mnsionl educa
tion, She will go to Paris soon to com
plete her musical education. ;
LATER NEWS.
Thirty-seven people wore drowned in
the wreck of the steamer Clan Drum
njond in the bay of Biscay. ..
A gift to Wsllenley college of fnO.OOO
from the estate- of Charles T. Wilder
bat Just been announced.
The 60th i anniversary of Francis
Joseph's accession to the throne was
celebrated throughout Austria.
Three ooalbarges were lost and th.
lives of 10 or 19 men were sacrificed in
the reoent Atlantio storm off Bargate.
The Philippine insurgent! demand
9,000,000 pesetas for the release of 40
friart imprisoned slnoe the commence
ment of the war.
A fir. fiend attempted to burn John
Wanamakor't big department store in
Philadelphia, but was arrested before
serious damage was done.
The liabilities ol Gil left, the ab
sconding Kansas cattle-pioneer, con
tinue to grow, the latest estimate plac
ing the total at f 1,600,000.
The Sunset limited transcontinental
train ol th. Southern Pacific, west
bound, was badly wrecked two miles
west of Jennings, La. No lives were
lost.
An ansnooessful attempt was made
to hold up and rob a Missouri Pacific
passenger train near Sedalla, Mo. One
bandit was captured and another was
severely wounded.
Agninaldo la said to be preparing to
make resistance, and Spanish sympa
thisers in Madrid declare 60,000 men
armed with Mansers will oppose Amer
ican control of the Philippines.
Secretary Long - bas ordered tba
orniser New York to Havana. On hit
arrival, Sampson will hoist bis flagon
the cruiser, and it is expected she will
bring the admiral north next month, r
A Qerman government ofOoiaL in
an interview with a correspondent of
the presa in Berlin confirmed the report
that Germany ia negotiating v with
Spain for the purchase ol the Caroline
islands.
Advices from New Guinea aay the
native tribe living on Musa river late
ly raided tho Masinl villages, in Cul
iingwood bay, and massacred 16 coast
people. There are no police to deal
with the murdorers. '
! Newt from Samoa states that the na
tives held a meeting October 13 to
discuss the question of the kingship.
A number of conciliatory speeches
ere delivered, but no candidate was
named, nor was any decision arrived at.
Two men have been arrested at Ion
don on charges of having robbed the
Duchess of Sutherland of valuable jew
elry In Fiance last month. , Part of the
stolen jewelry was in tbe possession of
the robbers when they were arrested.
A New York Herald dispatch from
Guayaquil, Ecaudor, says: Owing to
attempt of revolutionists to invade the
country simultaneously from Colombia
and Peruvian frontiers, the council of
State bas granted extrordiuary powers
to President Alfaro, who has assumed
a dictatorship over tbe country.
Tbe Methodist general conference will
hold iU 1900 session in Chicago. .
Chile Is on specie basis and no
more paper money will be issued.
It is announced at Washington that
no more presidential postmasters will
be named until congiess moots.
Tbo battle-ships Oregon and Iowa
bave been ordered to proceed from Mon
tevideo to Valparaiso, where further
orders will await them.' .
Tronblea hat arisen in Africa be-
t'ywn Germany and the Congo Free
State, relative to the respective boun
dary tinea north of Lake Tanganika.
General Thomas Regalade, the head
of the revolutionary movement in Sal
vador, has nsurped the presidency and
proclaimed himself chief executive of
the repnblio.
The attempt to effect a coalition be
tween the stales of Nicaragua, Hon
dnras and Salvador, to be conducted as
the united States of Central Amerioa,
bas failed completely.
Arrangements are being made by the
war department to disinter the remains
of all the soldiers who lost their lives
In the campaign before Santiago and
bring them to this country. . ... ,
Great improvement in tba health of
the army has taken plaoe within the
last two months, as shown by the last
reports to the surgeon-general from tbe
field and general hospitals.
There is a band of American swin
dlers in Hamburg, Germany, who are
passing worthless American paper
money, for which they not only procure
valuable merchandise, but even obtain
money in exchange from their viotimt.
It will probably be the end of Decem
ber or the beginning of January before
any further newt ia received from the
men who have ohosen to spend the
winter on the rich gold-bearing creeks
of the Klondike. Abont 600 men will
winter on the creeks in the Atlin river
country, ' , -( - i ' . ' ' ; .'
The navy department has made pub
lic a report from Admiral Sampson,
covering the operations of th. United
States blockading fleet off Santiago
after tbe destruction ol Cervera't
squadron.- The report scores General
Shatter for making pnblio important
telegrams ami refusing to recognise
the admiral in the surrender. ,
California mine owners assert the
gold output of the state hat been cut
tailed at least 60 per cent by pro
longed drought,
Oliver Clement, aged -18, of Poplar
Bluff, Mo., lias man led Mrs. Hannah
MoGinnit, aged 60. She was hit step
mother's ttepmother. s ; ; ; t
Though one of 'the youngest general
bfflflerg In the c6nfMeraU' army Gen
eral Wheeler wag the oldest in tbo na
tional sorvioo against Spain.
GREAT NEW YORK FIRE
A Million Dollars Worth of
Property Destroyed.
ROGEfiS, PEET A CO. BURS ED OUT
Skyaerapera of the Homo Life Iaeur
arte and Poatal Telegraph
Couipaniea Gutted.
New York, Deo. 6. In a blinding
rain atorm tonight, the. massive block
of buildings on Broadway, Nos, 253 to
259, and included between Murray and
Warren stieets, was almost destroyed
by fire. Within three hours more than
11,000,000 worth of property was de
stroyed. .. j
The fire began in tbe five-story brick
building ocoopied by tile men's fur
nisbmg firm of Rogers, Peet & Co., on
tbe southwest corner of Broadway and
Warrant Street. Adjoining th. Rogers
Peet building, and south of it, was the
magnifioent white bnilding of the Home
Life insurance Company, and next to
this was the brownstone building of
the Postal Telegraph Company, erected
at a cost of millions only a few years
ago. Within a fow minutes after the
discovery of tbe fire the - Rogers-Peet
building was a roaring furnace, and an
alarm bad been turned in ' which
brought more than a score of engines to
th. scene. - It was but a short time
when tbe flames bad eaten through the
wall of tho Home Life, and were roar
ing high above tbat lofty stiooture.
Thousands of people had gathered on
the soene, and the blinding glare of tbe
flamet lighted up the lower part of the
city. Even in tbe downpour, the great
crowd of people grew and the police
reserves were called out from many sta
tions and kept the people back for
blocks. Great showers of sparks were
carried in all directions by the gale,
that blew 60 miles an hour, It wat a
picturesque fire.
Tbe Home Life Insurance building
was occupied" by that company and a
large number of men prominent in'
various linet of business. Eveiy effoit
was made to save the valuable papers
stored in some of the offices, but many
of these were lost The offices of the
rapid-transit commission were on the
ninth floor of this building, and it is
believed that all the plans and schemes
of work with which tbe company has
been working for many years are de
stroyed. In tbe Postal building, as well, theie
were many serious losses of a private
nature, and when the flames reached
tbe operating room of this structure,
which they did within three hours of
the outbreak, tbe one or two solitary
operators who remained at their posts
were compelled to flee for their lives.
Tho fire burned even moio fiercely in
the Home Life building, owing to the
great height Of this structure and in an
incredibly short time the upper half of
this magnificent building was in flames.
Tbe water towers in tho street weie
able to throw their heavy streams only
into the lower part of the structure, and
the firemen, though they worked with
great bravery and untiring energy, in
the blinding smoke and heat, could do
little in tbe faoe of such fierce sweep
of flames and gale. It was only a ques
tion of time when the Postal building,
to far at tbe upper ttoiies were con
cerned, went the way of the others.
Tbe estimate of tho losses by Chief
Bonner after midnight was $1,000,000
with probability of a still farther loss
should the fire continue to make any
thing like rapid progress. At that
hour, however, he believed tbat be had
tbe fire under control within reasonable
limits. ' ; 1 -
MORE WRECKS REPORTED.
Maws , of Several niaaatere lteachea
New York.
New York, Dec. 6. Vessels that left
this port November 96 bore the brunt
of the double hurricane. In many oases
the names of wrecks sighted at sea can
not be made out, and agents are wor
ried. Other vessels bave not been
heard from. "
Swan & Son, agents lor the bark
Gleneida, received word last night from
Captain Corning that she was wreoked,
and tbat the oiew , were in Bermuda.
She was struck by the storm and dis
masted November 80. She was . aban
doned on the 99th. The Gleneida had
cleared tor Buenos Ayres.
Word was also received yesterday of
the wreck ot the schooner Kate S.
Flint.
The British steamship Baron Cawdor,
Captain Sutherland, just arrived from
Java, had a boat and hoist-engine gear
smashed during a 48-houra' struggle
with the gale.
The German steamship Gora, from
Bremen, which arrived with passengeis
yesterday, had the forward part ot her
saloon stove in and her bridge stanch
ions twisted.
: Three barges which were out loose on
the sound since Saturday have been res
cued from tbe north shore of Long
island. Thirteen schooners were taken
safely into New Haven by a tugboat.
Th. Sunset limited transcontinental
train ol the Southern Pacifio, west
bound, was badly wrecked two miles
west ot Jennings, La. No Uvea were
lost. ' '
Troupe for fhlllpptnea.
Milwaukee, Dec. 6. Information re
ceived in this oity is that in accordance
with later orders from the war depart
' ment, several regiments ot the United
States army will in a few weeks embark
, for the Philippines. The order, which
j is said to include the Third infantry
from Fort Snelling, and the Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Fifteenth and
, Twentieth" "regfinehta, requVea" that
. these regiments be prepared for pro
i longed foreign Hold service fii the
'tropica. '
OLD GLORY RAISED.
fw Hanta Clara Citlea In Control of
Americana.
Havana, Deo. 6. At noon today the
American forces, having previously
taken charge of Sancti Spiritus and
Trinidad, in Santa Clara province, th.
Stars and Stripes were officially and
with impressive ceremonies hoisted
over the city ball and the military and
other publio buildings in those cities.
When tbe flags were unfurled, the
bands played "The Star Spangled Ban
ner," and the soldiers and crowds of
citizens cheered enthusiastically.
General Wade, president of !jo
United States evacuation commission,
accompanied by Colonel Clous, judge
adocate, Captain Hart, the official in
terpreter and Major Almy, Allison,
Butler and Brooke, called upon Captain-General
Castellanos at the palace
today. They were received by the
president of tbe Spanish evacuation
commission, who introduced t,)em to
Generil Castellanos. The meeting
was of a most cordial nature, and when
tbe Americana retired, the captain
general accompanied them half way
down stairs and shook hanrl. with .n
of tbem. The Spanish military guard
uu uuiy ai uio paiace was drawn np
and rendered the utmost honort to the
American visitors.
San Antonio de Los Banos, province
of Havana, and Jaguay ia Grande,
province of Matanzaa.
by the Spanish troops yesterday.
ine fcpaniBD transport Gran Antilla
sailed today for finain win, 1417 evan
ish troops; tbe Folda will sail Monday
auu we rrerra, san Ignacio and Jnan
Forgas Tuesday, The Spanish com
mission Was advlaeri tn.) ,1... u
Monday next the' evacuation of Bata-
oano aaa tne entire line ol San Felipe
wilt be finished. Thia Will iVim nlof a
the evacuation of the entire island
west 01 tnose points.
A deed of sale of the Tacon theater
to an American svndicata. ih
passing into the bands of the Tacon
Realty Company. The Tacon, which
is the eighth lareest firmra.hnnai. in
the world, occupies an entire blook.
STEAM PIPE BURST. .
is Men Killed an the Steamer A lama
at New York,
New York, Doc. 6. Si men of the
Mallory line steamship Alamo were
killed tonight' by tbe bursting: of a
steam pipe while the vessel lay at her
pier tn the fcast river. The dead are:
Patrick Murphy, second engineer;
Thomas Mcllngh, fireman; ' Patrick
Farrell, oiler; Frank McMahon, fire
man; L. Conneil, fireman; J. Rvan. a
ooal-heaver; John Stoneman, a passen
ger, or Aiuany, waa seriously scalded.
The Alamo bat only recently been
discharged from transport service for
the government, and was just ovet
hauled at Roche's yard. She hag new
steam "pipes and boilers. She' was
about to sail for Galveston with 30
passengers. At tbe time of the acci
dent, about 7 o'clock, the ship had
oust off her lines and the tugboat Pres
ident had her line taut to assist tbe
Alamo into midstream. Her engines
had made but two or three revolutions
when the explosion came. It gave
forth a roar that was heard all through
South and Water streets, and the force
of it sent a shock and a shiver through
out the length of tbe ship. The floor
ing: of the deck immediately over the
engine room was torn into splinters.
and steam poured np through the open
seams in clouds.
The sound of escaping steam was
mingled with the shrieks of the dying
men, who were enveloped in It Tho
flow of tbe steam was checked with
great difficulty, and not until tbe lapse
of five or six minutes. Then it was
found that it bad completely filled the
engine-room and fireroom, and that all
who had been confined bad been not
only parboiled, but suffocated by it.
There was no sign of life left in any of
the bodies, and in several instances tba
skin had peeled from their hands and
faces. The second engineer was found
close to the break, in a position whioh
indicated that he bad tried to shut off
the steam at the boiler when the acci
dent occurred, and had died in the at
tempt. Two of the firemen were found
gripped in one another's arms' at the
foot of the ladder leading fiom the fire
hole. -
Porto Rico Want. Beforine.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Deo. 6.
The report put in circulation here that
the United States government will take
no definite action to establish a com
prehensive scheme of Porto Rioan ad
ministration for at least a year baa
piovoked much adverse comment.
A meeting has been held by local
business men, Ameiicant and Poito
Ricans, to protest vigorously against
any delay in reforms which are abso
lutely necessary to prevent the contin
uance of serious - abuse. The same
meeting condemned the aotion of the
American authorities in collecting ar
rears of Spanish taxes smoe 1883, and
called for the application of American
laws and the establishment of free
trade with the United States.
Fire In Ferrot.
Ferrol. Simin. Dec. 6. A fire whinh
Occurred in the novernment dru:k vnr.U
st this place last night, gutted several
buildings and, before the flames were
extinguished, a nmnbor of bombshells
exploded. The loss is estimated at
4,000.000 pesetas.
Fire In Catholic Church.
Now York, Deo. 6. Fire this morn
ing wrecked tho end of St. Agnes'
Catholic church, on Fifty-third street,
near Third avenue, destroying valuable
altars, paintings and a new organ.
The loss is $100.000.
Berlin, Dee. 6. Seven persona were
burned to death today in a fire which
troka out lb Hie" small hamlet of Ex
snthal, a near JjQyrusbutg.. Saxe-Mein-tngen',
about 19 miles northeast of Co-burg,
AGAINST EXPANSION
Senator Hale's Opinion
Public Sentiment.
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PHILIPPINES KOT DESIRABLE
Senator Kyle Declare That the Pres
ent Senate Will Nat Ratify the
Peace Treaty.
Washington, Dec 6. Setnator Hale,
df Maine, today announced bis opposi
tion to the peace treaty which it being
formulated in Paris. He is opposed to
the acquisition of tbe Philippines, and
bis antagonism to tha treaty will be
based upon that section of the treaty
which deals with the Philippine ques
tion. "Tbe negotiation of the treaty, un
fortunate as it is," said th. senator to
day, "by no meant insures tha actual
annexation ot tha Philippine Islands.
It is uncertain when the treaty will be
signed or when it will be submitted to
the senate, and still more uncertain
whether it will ever be ratified. Tbo
responsibility it so vast and the solici
tude of tbe public is to great, tStat
ample time will be given to its discus
sion and to getting tha real facta before
the Ameiican people. Many thing!
will be found out. which are not
known, and tbe evils of the proposed
annexation will so grow upon the pub
lic mind and upon congress and upon
the president that it it by no meant
unlikely tbat within six months or a
year everybody, instead of being for
annexation of the islands, will want to
be rid of them.
. "The people of tba United States
will find out tbat tha commerce of tba
Philippines is very limited in extent,
tbat tbey are inhabited by . a people
wboae habits and wants forbid an in
crease ot trade, and tbat under tba
scheme of annexation presented to os,
this trade is to be shared equally with
Spain and all other competing nations.
What it called the , 'open-door policy
cuts down the interest of the United
States in the Philippines trade to a
point where it makes no figure in our
commerce. Tha entire trade of tba
islands, it we bad it all not tbe profit
derived from it, but the whole amount
of trade will not, in any year, pay
the expenses of tbe army and the navy
that the United States will be obliged
to maintain there."
Senator Kyle'a Vlewa.
Chicago, Dec. 6. -"President Mc
Kinley never can get the members of
the present senate to ratify the treaty
soon to be signed at Paris by tbe peace
commissioners of the United States
and Spain," laid Senator Kyle, of
South Dakota, who was here today on
bis way to Washington. "The United
States, the victor, should not be bound
to pay $20,000,000 to tbe vanquished.
Spain. Such a payment establishes a
dangerous precedent, to say tho least.
Then, I do not believe tbat we want
the Philippines at all. One island
with a good harbor would be of use at
a naval station, but whatever can wa
do with a lot of islands with such a
cosmopolitan population as that of the
Philippines? Say we make colonies of
them. There is no plaoe in our gen
eral policy for colonial possessions.
And by taking them we must discard
the Monroe doctrine, for bow can wa
object to Europeans interfering in
American affairs now that we have at
tempted to meddle in .the politics of
another hemisphere?"
ANOTHER INVESTIGATION.
Provided for In the Draft of Treaty
Artlcloa.
New York Dec 6. A dispatch to
tbe World from Paris says: The diaft
of articles submitted by the Spanish
commissioners relates ta the national
ity of inhabitants of ceded territory,
the jurisdiction ot courts, tbe cases
nendinir in them, the continninir nf
grants and contracts for public works,
sei vices in tbe ceded territory and
kindred matters.
One artiole provides that the United '
D,.,DO ntiv, D.,w. t.,ulil 111 IU-
ternational committee of Beven ex
perts, each country to name one of its
citizens, one Briton and one French
man, and a German to be the presi
dent This committee is to determine
the responsibility for the Maine disas
ter. If Spain is responsible she is to
send a watship to salute tbe American
flag at New York. 11 she is not, the
United States Is to pay all expenses of
the commsision.
: The Spanish idea ia that, having
yielded on the main principles, they
will gain important advantages in tho
details.
Farragut Made Required Time.
San Francisco, Deo. 6. The torpedo
boat Farragut had her official trial on
the boy today, and Buoceeded in exceed
ing the requirement ol 80 knots by ,18
of a knot, her official time being 30.18,
with 4194' revolutions. The official
time will not be given out for a day or
to. '
Aid for Brltiah Weat Indiea.
London, Deo. 6. In order to relieve
the distress in the West Indies, the
government bas deckled to grant Barb
adoes 40,000 and St.Vinoont 25,000,
and lend to each the sum of 50,000.
Sanitary Suggaatlon Adopted, .
Washington, Deo. 6, The war de
partment has decided to adopt tbe sug
gestion ot General Wood, in command
at Santiago, tbat the removal ot tha
remains ot American soldiers from that
section of Cuba ba deferied to February
at the earliest -
If bas, been definitely jeajned that
not oneperson on board tha ill-fated
steamer Portland escaped to tell tha
tale of tba wreck, '
LETTER FROM DEWEY.
Telia n Bad Story of the Battle ef
Manila. '
Greensbnrg, Pa., Doc. 6. The fol
lowing is a letter received from Ad
miral Dewey by Mrs. Nobs, of Mount.
Pleasant, whose husband, Jeese Noss,
was killed in the battle of Manila,
July 31:
"Olympit, Flagship, Manila, Oct.
23, 1898My Dear Mrs. Noss: I wish
to express to you my deepest gyrapa-'
thy. It must lessen your sorrow
somewhat to know that your young
husband fell fighting bravely for bit
country, tbe noblest death a man can
know. From the Olympia I watched "
tbe fight that fearful day, and won
dered how many American hornet
would be saddened by the martyrdom
suffered by oar brave men, and my
sympathy went out to each and every
one of them. Your loss bas been g:td- '
der than tbe others, and a I am unabla
to express the sorrow I feel for yon.
Tears came to my eyes as I read tha
story of the father who never saw his
child, and then the loss of all that wag
left to "the brave mother. It is hard
sometimes to believe that our heavenly
father in bit infinite goodness always
does things for tbe best, bnt some day v
father, mother and daughter will be
joined, never to be parted. With my
tenderest sympathy, believe me, your
sincere friend.
"GEORGE DEWEY." -The
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Noss,
who died, waa' named for Admiral
Dewey. ' - , ,.1 . ,-.
PICKED UP AT SEA.
Kick Prlxe Pound br Brltiah
Steamet
. Mareton Moor."
PhiladelphiaDec. 6. The British1
steamship Maraton Moor Captain An- -gut
which sailed from Baltimore No
vember 29 for Rotterdam arrived at the
Delaware breakwater today having in
tow one of the richest prizes picked np .
at sea for some time. It was the Brit
ish bark La Eacocesa which was bound
from Iquique to New York laden with
abont 2,000 tons of nitrate of sod;i,
valued at about $65,000. The prize
was picked up 24 hoars previously to
tbe eastwad ot Cape Henlopen. " From
Captain Angus it was learned that the
bark when sighted was in charge of
the chief officer. Captain Evans, her
commander, bad died M biain fever,
September 22. . She was in a helpless
condition, having experienced a heavy
gale November 29. . Tha decks were
swept, pomps smashed and boats car
ried awar. together with the fore and
mizzen masts. According to the bar
gain made by Captain Angus, the set-,
tlement of the case of salvage ia to be
left to arbitration.
REPORT OF ALGER,
Mar- Cp Almoat Wholly f Official
IHepatohee-
Wushington, Dec. 6. The annual
report of Secretary Alger is a practical- .
ly complete official history of the
Spanish-American war. Tba secre-
tary has given to tha publio not 0b4--'.
all the official dispatches tbat passed
directly between his own : office and )
commanding officers in the field and
camps, but has supplemented these t, ;
with short explanatory notes setting
forth the reasons for various movements -and
then to complete tha record of
events he has included in tha body of "
his report tbe report of General Miles,
of all the generals who participated in
the campaigns in Cuba, Porto Rioo or 1
the Philippines, and finally the reports
of all of the bureau officers ot the war ! "
department. Nowhere is there shown- ;
a disposition tojaritioise, the official clis- ; '
patches being allowed to tell their own '
story and generally the secretary findt 5, ti
much to praise and cause for sincere '
congratulation in the resnlta obtained.
General Mllee Bill for Reorganleatlon. v
Washington Dec 6. General Miles, s
commanding the army, bas prepared ;
tbe draft of a bill providing for a regu- ' '
lai standing army of 100,000 men. ;
Tha bill, it is said, will provide for an -
organization of 12 companies to tha 1 j
regiment with an arrangement for a -i
third lieutenant for each company in ' y'
case of need for that office. It will '(
contain provision for a staff eorps,
largely in accordance with tbe recom-
taendations of the heads of the various ; .
bureaus. Chairman Hull, of the house '
committee on militaty affairs, intends .
to present the measure in congress at bf.
tha first opportunity. , , ,";
1 Bnntlngton'a Nephew'e Suicide.
Loa Angoles, Cat., Dec. 6. Rosooe .
Euntington, who olaimed to be a f ,
nephew of Collis P. Huntington, com- , 1
mitted suioide in a lodging-house hera j ,
with morphine. Deceased was an ex- f,
pert aocountant, and oama here expect- V" "
ing to secure employment in the South- t
era Paoific offices. : f
llprlalng In Arable. r
Constantinople. Dec. 5. It is report- ?.y
ed there has been fighting in Yman,
tbe principal division of Arabia, and
that the Turkish troops suffered serious ?
defeat. The rebels in Tais are said to
haf hoisted tbe British flag. Turkish
offloials are reticent.
. Inereaae In Germany. ,., '
London, Dec. 6. The projected in- .
crease in the German army means, ao
cording to the Berlin correspondent ol
the Daily News, a yearly addition to
the estimates of 8,000,000 matks. The
peace effective footing will be gradually
raised by 40,000 men, to be completed
in f.J3. "
Captain Glaee Will Be Relieved.
Washington, Deo. 5. Captain Glass ;
is to be relieved of the command of tha
Charleston' and brought home from '
Manila on waiting orders, at his own ,
request. He will be succeeded in coin- '
mand of the Charleston by Captain
Whiting now at Manila in command of t
the Monaduock. . Tho- commander ot :
the latter has sot yet been te'ti. .
Fish, as a rule, increase Jo wh!,-,:'.!
and length every year tip to t. '
death.
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