. MMtmm eMQMMM v , . . , i ...TIB .. lUkWlWt THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAFIB OF GILLIAM COUNTY. AS THmYilVKS THE CWCiJLATiu OF ANT PAfR IK THE COONTY. ND'ON muHini svxsv rmttAi sv .1. A. PATTISON. Kdltoi end Proprietor. 4f,raKTIStl ATC. Pnfrioual earna.. .fl 00 pat wonts .1M per nan is ...I SO par nmitJi t 0i par aoii' ti ..JO HO par aiouta One efinare One-quaiter oolamn.. Om half coiaaa...... Cm eolama. lutnaaa locaU trill ta charged at 19 oenta pat line for ant laaertloa and I casta pat Una tatra, after. Legal advartlMmanla win la all nam b barged to ttaa part ordering tkaot. al lagaJ ratal, and paid for bafora affldavtt 11 funlahed SUrJICKIPTlO! BATKH Intyear (tn afltnr-s)C I uol paid lit a Wanes ... Is month) ......... hres month! - tjisl seplet ............. ,-.,11 M ..... I OS .... I o VOL. VIII. CONDON, GILLIAM" CO. "OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1898. . NO. 40. GO IS GLOBE fnUrrtt al M i)ili)ftai al Omfem, CV.floa, i tftvm(i'tai emil euiM.r O. II. N. Co. Tlma Card. ASUNOTtHI, OrlKflOK. New time oar J, taking ft!iit Sunday, Feliru. ry unit i SAT gnlfrlo, No. I Via Huntington, leaves........... 1:A6 a. m. f0, V! Himkaiie, limvee .T:'tV p. m. fco. SiLocal fri'lulil, leave. ,,...,7:W p. ni. . wt aosr-o. ' Ko.' 1 rortlund, li-tvr. . ..12:47 a. m. Ku. S-l'orileinl. leavi.. .. 4:&2. m. No. 13 Local fmlglit, leaves 11 :M) a. iu. P. C. HINI1I.K, Agent, Arlington. 8. J. 1. IIOdAN - . PHY8IOIAN AND SURGEON, Condao, Of. Orfleanrrgiin ave,, twtwaan Catholic Cbarsh and tvulriaucv ol H. f. nuutu IW. DA ELI NO u Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Condon, Or. Collection, and In.tiranoa, Terrof reaannabla. OBtca In raar ol poatoriltHr building, Main .Unci, g A. D. OCKt.EY Attorney and Oonnielor at Law Arllegloa, Or. IT. f, rommliiioner and Hotary Pul.llc In Wea. practice In all Ilia mala and lederel courts ol tiri.on and Wealilnglod. All Kindt oil!. V. land and legal bU'lneea transaolad. U, WII-SON Attorney tad Conr.ielor at lav. tfca Dallaa, Or. 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' Inga. ' ; ; tr. Rlparla , tnaka Rlvar.' IyT lwl.ton . IMM.m. s:na.rn. Dally ' Hlparlatolawitton - lally Kx.Halurday Xt. Friday tiAty HINDLE, Aj;ont, Arlington. , ; Mil"! ru"T EVENTS r- OF " THE - DA Yi '. Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. . TKRSK TICKS FROM THK WIBES An Interesting Oollootlonof Itoma Froaa ' tha Two Ileililepherea l're.ented In a C'onden.ed Vorna. Over 800 Kentucky tohacco growerr, net at Lexington to formulate a plnn of action agalnat the truat, which, they claim, throatuna to deprive tha grow eia of their hint profltg. Qeneral Milea linn completed Mi bill for tha reorgHiilzatlon of the army. It ia baiied on European liuta and pio vide, for th. oreatiou of throe new ofll- oerg, a geneial and two lieutenant general, and a total strength of 100, 000 wen. An explosion of ammonia on board the marine hospital ship Day State, a ah. was lying at a slip on the Brook lyn side of th. upper New Yoik bay, killed Robert Twias and aerionsly in jured IB men. The accident occurred in the ice-making plant. Senator Hale has introduced in tbe senate a Joint resolution authorising tbe secietary of the navy to erect a monument, in Havana, to the memory of tbe sailors and marines who loat their lives by tbe explosion of tbe Maine. The bill Is recommended by the navy department. To shield tbe fluff from dfaecratlon Is th. object of a bill to be presented to congreas by the American Flag As sociation. It provides for punishment of any peison using tbe flag , for adver tising purposes, for clothing or awn. Ings or in any other manner which shall tend to its den-oration. ' Alei Hanson, a fihoroian, about 60 years of age, was diowncd in about three feet of water on the tiduflats in front of An tot la, Or. He was in a skiff that overturned, and he made no effoit to save himself, although ropes and boards were thrown to him from a net above. He loft widow and several ohildreii. The first of th. appropriation bills. coveting deficiencies for war expenses, reported to tha house Wednesday, car ried for the war department and mili tary eatabliabments. $80,111.(139; for the naval establishment, t3.668.8S3; a total of 906,280.803. This amount, however, is a reappropriation of funds heretofore allowed, but not available after the close of the present year. The unexpended balance o! these war funds la estimated at 991,810,165, of which the war department balance is 161, 816,201, snd the navy ba'ance tl3,- 663,908. The balances, therefore, ai. considerably mora than will be reap propriated. The official tt i al of the new torpedo boat Furrairut. in Bun Francisco bay was a successful one in every respeot. Meyer of Louisiana,' has introduced in the house a bill appropriating f 13,- 000,000 for tha construction of a wide, deep channel from deep water of the Mississippi riv.i to deep Water of th. Gulf of Mexico. . Tb. history of the document whioli will certify the patting of the oldest colonial power in the world and the advent of the newest-was epitomised by Judge Day In a single sentence: "A peace treaty to ooiitain anything which the victors put into it." Benor Homer, Mexican minister to Washington, bag notilled Secretary Hay that Mexico bus determined to ad vance her mission here to the rank of an embassy. Consequently, as soon aa tb. neoeNaary steps are taken, the United States miuistur to Mexioo, Clayton, will becomo an ambassador. - Representative Cousins, of Iowa, bus th. honor of introducing the first bill in the bonne at this session. It is en title) "a bill declaring a standard ot value In the United Bta'es," and pro vides that the standard of value In tha United States is heieby declared to be and Is the standard gold dollar ot 35.8 grains of standard gold, 000 fine. In conformity with the require ments ot the law the secretary of th. treasury bat transmitted to congress the estimates of appropriations to- aulred for th. service of the nVal year, ending June 80, 1900, as fur nished by the several executive depart tnents. Those estimates include th permanent annual appropriation ag gregating 9608,048,878, as against 9808,876.885, the amount of the ap nronriation inoluding deHcienoies and miscellaneous expenses tor the fiscal veai of 1808. and 9463,647,885, the amount ot tb. estimates ot 1800. The estimates given below are th. appropriations for Oregon and Wash ington for the coming yean Gray's harbor, Washington, 9500,000; Ya qulna boy harbor, Oregon, 9400,000; custom-boose, Portland, Or., 9300, 000; Columbia river and Willamette river below Portland, 9160,000; Co lumbia river at the Casoades, 9100, 000; entrance to Coos hay and harbor, Oregon, 9100,000; lighthouse at Semi ahnioo bay, Washington, 935,000; lighthouse at Middle Ground, Colum bia river, 934,000; llghthoime At Bur rows' Island, Washington, 916.000. Minor Newa llama. The 88th body from the wrecked steamer Portland came ashore at Chat ham, Mass, .. '- Special Tariff Commissioner Robert Porter has Bailed from Cuba for tb. United States, having completed hi labors. . ;. .;" ... ., Five hundred and fifty men of the New York regiment have arrlvod In Pun Franoianrt ftvm ITononlnln (o be LATER NEWS. A bin gftle tn Sun Francisco harbor a titled much dmnngo to oh ip ping. TJie pottery trnnt him .completed Iti orgHiiliallon under the Inwa ol New ,,eri,,'yi wo.otio.ooo. . ; I Steamer Koaninnln'Niae tailed from SHVnnmtli for IJnritnrt with the firat regiment, North Carolina, to help gar rison the turbulent city Tbe Paris court of cassation has granted a stay of proceedings in the Picquart trial, and thereby invokod the fury of the anti-Dreyfus press. A mining suit involving property valued at 98,000,000 has been entered in the courts of California by a Mon tana syndicate against prominent Cali fornia capitalists. ' In a recent public address In Wash ington Count von Goetzen said that the only good volunteers among the United States troops during the late war were the Rough Riders. . It is now understood that Major-General James F. Wade, prosident of the United States eracnution committee, will he appointed by President MoKin ley military governor of western Cuba. - The supreme court of Nebraska has decided that tha bondsmen of ex-Btute Treasurer Bartley will have to make good that official's shortages and steal ings from the state, amounting in all to about 9700,000. D. U. Howard, a New Mexico cattl. dealer, with two detectives, is on the trail ot Gilett, tbe Kansas plunger, on whom Howard Is 940,000 short. How ard will ask the governor of Kansas to issue reanisition papets for his extradi tion t6 New Mexico. f:- Earn Pmith, trainrohber, has been sentenced to be hanged at ; Eldorado, Kan., for the murder of citizen Bel- lord, who was one of a posse that resist ed Smith and his partner, Tom Wind. Wind pleaded guilty to eeoond-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years. The Spanish government has issued th. following semi official not. relating to tbe president's referwioe to the loss of the Maine in his message to con gress. "Spain has been treated by the conqueror with unexampled cruelty and is resigned to her fate; but she can not tolerate President McKinley'a accusa tion, for she Is conscious of her com p'cte innocence." A bill will soon be drafted providing tor the taking of the 13th census. New York savings banks have re duced inteirst on deposits to 8 per cent. A dispatch to the New Yoik Herald from Panama says Salvadoi ia now com pletely pacific. The president's message is satisfao- tory to the Cubans and is taken as proof of houenty of purpose. Atsistant Naval Constructor llobson will go to Manilla to superintend the raising of. the sunken war vessels, The steamer Rosaiio, which has Just arrived from the towns on the Lynn canal, reports that a thousand men from Pa son are making tbeir way to the coast. Francisco tie Frnnclii, who was shot dead by Antonio Rosso after t. saloon qoarrol in San Francisco, is said to have been an auent of the murderous La Mufla Society. One more request ot the Spaniards was negatived bythe peace commis sioners. Ships and products ol Spain will not be granted the same rights in Cuba and Porto Rloo aa those ot tbe United States. Diet-appointment was tbe dominant Impression loft in the kaiser a mind by bis visit to tbe Holy Laud. Ilia ad dross to the Evangelical clergy in Beth lehem just published, candidly ex pressed that feeling. From the war department oomes th. announcement that it Is proposed to send regular regiments to leliere the volunteeers In Manila just as soon aa transportation can be arranged. Tbe volunteeis will be returned to tbe United States in the order in which they left. , The finding ot the ooort ol inquiry concerning the abandonment ot the Infanta Maria Teresa during the storm of October 39, has been made public Th. court finds the abandonment was not due to any fuult or neglect on th. Sart ot any officer of the navy, and oes not think any further proceedings should be Instituted. While fighting tire in the dock the Lehigh Coal & Coke Company of at West Superior, Wis., a crew or men was oaoght by a bad cave-in, caused by tbe weakening of the pile foundation. Four were buried under thousands ot tons of burning coal. One, John Mai inowskl, has been resoued alive, but ia in a precarious condition. The other three have probably perished. Of the emergency national defense fund of 960,00,0000, the navy depart ment got the largest amount, vie, 939, 078,874. The war department expen ditures of the emergency fund amounted to 913,961.808. The state department received 9808,000 from the emergency fund. Ot this 9100,000 has beon trans feired to bankets for this department at London tor the use of the commis sion at Paris, and 90,000 was advanced to the disbursing officer for the com mission prior to its departure for Paris. Senator Hale, of Maine, ohalrman of the naval affairs committee, has intro duced a hill to revive the grades of ad miral and vlae-admiral of tbe navy. ' ' The United States government will build a railroad and a wharf in Cuba at once. The wharf is to he at Trie-'" Corla, and the railroad - will extend i from that point to the military camp at Regla, seven roHes away. This rail road will be the first to bo built In Cuba nndor other--thnn Fnelish aas. IL0IL0 IS ASSAULTED' Insurgents Stormed City the Night of December z. CAPTURED ALL BUT OSE TIIEXCH Aeeordln. to a Kpani.h Report, They War finally Repulsed Wltb . Great Loaa. Manila, Doo. 13. According to re- liable advices received from Iloilo, capital of the island of Panay, in the Visayus group, the insurge'nts attacked Iloilo the night ot December 1 and cap tured all the Spanish trenches, except one. They then notified General Kios to remove the women and children, and threatened to renew the attack on the following night. When these advices left Iloilo, Gen eral Rios was expecting reinforcements and field guns, and the plun was fur the Spanish gunboats to shell, if tha Insurgents effected an entrance.. The foreign residents were greatly alarmed, and all merchantmen have been ordered outside the harbor. Meanwhile the Spanish authorities have been advised that the Tulisanos troops are looting, in disobedience of orders, and cannot be restrained. On the ether hand, the Spanish trans port Isla de Luzon reports that the in surgents around Iloilo were repulsed with great slaughter December 6, while attempting to storm the last entrench ment According to this story, 500 Insurgents were killed or wounded by the machine guns. Death, at Manila. Washington, Doc 13. Msjor-Gen- eral Otis, commanding at Manila, has made the following report of deaths in his command: ' "December 8 Fred J. Norton, pri vate, comany F, Second Oregon, dysen tery; Frank M. Hibba, private, com pany A, Second Oregon, dysentery, heart failure.. "December 9 Harry G. Hibbards, corporal, company K, Second Oregon, typhoid fever." FILES HER PROTEST. Spain Accepts th Conaaqncae Ill- Natarcdly. Madrid, Dec 13. The government entirely approves the memorandum of protest against the action of the United States commissioners, filed by Senor Montero Rios, at Paris. The memorandum protests against tiie refusal of the Americans to surren der the securities deposited in the treas uries of Cuba and Porto Rico by private Spaniards, remarking that "never has a civilised nation committed snob an aot of violence. " Secondly, it protests against the ulti matum demanding the Philippines. Thirdly, it protests against the posi tion in which those Spaniards are placed who desire to remain in Cuba. Fourthly, it protests against the ref erence to the destruction of tbe Maine- in President McKinlcy's message to congreas. On this point the memoran dum says: "Spain has proposed arbitration, but tho United States has refused to give her the right which is granted to a criminal; namely, the right of defend ing herself. The Spanish commission ers leave the care of fixing the responsi bility for the explosion to the entire world, which 'will say whether thote are letponsible who desire the truth, or those refusing to seek it." The newspapers generally express re lief at the signing ot the treaty. The Independent organs, most of the provin cial papers and the Carlist and repub lican journals attack both political par ties, conservative and libeial, reproa sit ing them equally with having brought the country to the present pars. El Impnrcial alone publishes the contents Of the treaty, which produces a less unfavorable impresHion than had been expected, owing to the commercial and other concessions to Spain. El Liberal says: "The Paris negotia tions offer a fur sadder spectacle than the ships which are bringing back our repatriated soldiers, deplorable aa the oondition of the latter is." Sevoral members of the United States commission were inclined at first to publish the text of tho treaty, bnt Sen ator Frye made a strong plea yesterday for the observance ot oourtesy toward the United States senate, and tits ar guments prevailed. Further details, however, have been learned aa to the wording of the treaty, whioli provides that Cuba is to be re linquished and that Porto Rico and the Philippines are to he ceded. Tbe Americana are to pay for the repatria tion of the Spanish troops from all the colonies. The Spaniards are to return all prisoners held by them. They are to retain possession of all military stores and munitions of war in the Philippines, and of sucti ships aa have not been captured. The commercial treaties between the two nations, which the war ruptured, are to be lenewed at tho convenience of the two nations, Arrowsmith. 111.. Dec. 10. The private bank of Taylor & MoClure wag last night entered by robbers, who te nt rod 94,000 worth of negotiable paper and escaped. Newport News. Deo. 13Henry-Re fltt. private, company I. Fiist Ken ;....).- .,.! . ..... L.;n,.i ,t iTn, O. Brehm, private, company B, same I regiment, waa seiiously wounded last night by a sentinel who was stationed ' at the gangplank ol the transport Ber 1 lin, which brought the regiment from Porto Rico. The men started to loav the transport, but did not have pass. They ignored the Injunction of the, sen try to stop, and when .-"they attempted to pans him, he struck Vach of them DEATH OF GARCIA. fb Cuban Patriot a Victim . of the I Northern Climate. Washington, Dec. 18. -General Cal ixto Garcia, the distinguished Cuban . warrior and leader, and the head of the J commission elected by th. Cuban as 'geiobly to visit this country, died her. jtliis morning, shortly after 10 o'clock, at the Hotel Raleigh, where th. com mission has its headquarters. Th .ridden change from the warm slimate of Cuba, with tbe hardships he had there endured, to the wintry weather of New York and Washington, is responsible for the pneumonia which resulted in his demise. Be con tracted a slight cold in New York, which did not assume an alarming stage nntil early the part of last week. Lint Tuesday night, General Garcia, in company with the other members of the commission, attended dinner given in his honor by General Miles, and it was a result of tbe exposure that culminated in bis death. During the 13 hours or more preced ing dissolution. General Garcia was unconscious most of the time. At in tervals he recognized one or more of those about him. In his dying mo ments, as all through his busy and ao- tive life, bis thoughts were for bis be loved country and its , people, and, among his last words, were irrational mutterings, in which be gave orders to his son.wbo is on bis staff, for tbe bat tle which he supposed was to occur to morrow, and in which he understood there were only 400 Spaniards to com bat. Just before he 'died he embraced his son. Rev. Father Magee, of St. Patrick's church, was called in during the day, and waa witb General Garcia until the end, administering the last litea of the Catholic church. Other members of the commission and Mr. Rubens, tbeir counsel in this country, were also in tiie bed-chamber when the end came. The remains were immediately pre pared for burial, and were placed on a bier in the room in which he died. A large Cuban flag served as a covering, and the head rested on one of smaller dimensions. The face and bust were left exposed to public view. The fea tnres had a remarkable lifelike appear ance, and gave no indication of the suffering which the deceased bad borne. Just above tbe bead rested a magnificent floral piece of red and white ribbon. By direction of Major- General Miles a detachment of soldiers from battery E, Sixth artillery, under command of Lieutenant Cox, was de tailed as a body guard for the remains. General Garcia, whoee name will ever be linked with those of other pa triots who have fought against unequal odds for the freedom of his country, has hud a most active and varied life, most of which has been spent in fight ing for the cause of Cuban liberty, which he had the satisfaction of seeing accomplished so short a time before his death. He was a man of cultuie and refinement, of splendid education, and came from a distinguished family of Jaiquani.of Santiago de Cuba province, He was born in Cogquin, October 14, 1839,- and was therefore in bia 60th year. BRYAN'S RESIGNATION. Chinee Decoration for Lieutenant Colonel Vlfqoaln. . Savannah, Ga., Dec IS. General Keifer, who is in command of the re maining troops of the Seventh army Corps since General Lee'a departure for Cuba tonight, confirms the rumor of Colonel W. J. Bryan's resignation of his command. Both General Lee and General Kiefcr endeavored to induce Colonel lirvau to go to Cuba, but were unsuccessful. ' Lieutenant-Colonel Vifquain, of the Third Nebraska regiment, who will succeed Colonel Bryan upon the let ter's resignation, received notice today from the Chinese legation at W ashing ton that the emperor of China had con ferred upon bim the decoration ot the Order of the IXmble Dragon in recog nition of his services to the Chinese residents of the lepuhlic of Colombia, when he was United States consul at Panama. Lieutenant-Colonel Vitquain is a graduate of the rotal military academy of Brussels, and served in the service of the present king of Belgium. He served throughout the civil war in the Union army, and was breveted brigadier-general by Abraham Lincoln. RETURNS TO HAVANA. Major-General l.ee Started Last Night With Ilia Stair. Savannah, Ga., Deo. 13. General Lee and staff sailed tor Cuba this after noon on the transport Panama. Crowds ot people lined the wharves aa the transport passed down the river. As the tugboat cut loose, the siren taken from the Spanish cruiser Almirante Oqnendo after the battle of Santiago, nnd now on the tug Combiia, screeched the Panama a parting salute. General Lee will remain-outside of Havana un til January 1, when he will enter the oity. Tho Panama will land at Mari ana, where General Lee will establish his headquarters on tbe camp site select ed by Colonel Hecker for the Seventh corps, and will remain there until he enters Havana. Iglealaa' Brother-in-law Arrested. New York. Deo. 13. Wm. P. Lynn, brothei-in-luw ot Iglesias, president of . Costa Rioa, who came to this country 1 with the latter, is under arrest here, t 1 "e is 'l by F. 8. Lusk, of Lusk, I J" "" l" w : for profits on a Costa Rlcan railroad Carl Decker Sentenced. San Francisco, Doc 13. Carl Deck er,, known to the police all over the country as the prince of forgers, was sentenced to serve seven years in San Quentin today, for defrauding the Ne vada bank of this oity out of over 930, 000 by means ot a raised check, which he and three others presented to th. THEY ARENOT HOSTILE- Filipinos Accept the New Or der of Things. WORD FROM IEWEY AKD 01IS Aathoritlea i.ook for No Dlflleoltr In Securlog th Rcleaaa f Spaa ian rriaonera. Washington, Dec 13. The navy de partment has received a cablegram from Admiral Dewey, summarizing the ex isting conditions at Manila, and such points in the Philippines as have been visited by hi.' officers. Advioes al.o have been received from General Otis, the commandant of the United States military foices in the islands, and they both go to show a notable improvement in condition, and the growth of a bet ter spirit among those factions of tb. natives which promised to give trouble. This faot ia particularly gratifying, as tbe United States government is al ready giving considerable attention to the best means at band to redeem tne pledge it was placed under by tbe treaty i of Paris to secure the release of tbe i Spanish prisoners held by the Philip-j pine natives, mere are aoont ouu clerical prisoners, and the government is confident that their captors will de liver them opon proper representations from General Otis and Admiral Dewey, made - posaibk' through Consul Wild man. It may be necessary to tall the navy into service in this matter, lor the reason that some of tbe prisoners are held in captivity on other islands than Luzon, which can be reached best and most effective by Admiral Dewey's ships. Besides these clerical prisoners, the Americans themselves bold nearly 15, 000 Spanish soldiers as pt isoners, men captured at tbe fail of Manila. These are actually on parole about the citr, and the question is how are they to be returned to Spain. This must he set tled by the peace commissioners at Paris. TROOPS FOR MANILA. Next Expedition Will Croas th Atlan tic Ocean Inatcad of Pacific. ' New York. Dec 13. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: The next regiments to etait for Manila will embark at New York about the end of this month and will go through the Sues canal. The expedition will consist of three regiments of regular in fantry, distributed between two of the largest converted transports owned by the government, witb perhaps a convoy of two warships. Arrangements are now being made for this expedition by Adjutant-General Corbln as rapidlv aa possible, in view of its great import ance, and especially as it inrolvea co operation by the state and navy de partment authorities, aa well as those of the w.-vr department. The decision to nse New York as the point ot embarkation instead of San Francisco, whence all the earlier forcea started for tbe Philippines, was reached by General Corbin after s careful re view of a number of considerations, chief among which was the urgency for baste. The early completion of the treaty ot peace with Spain renders in dispensable a prompt increase- of the American forces, not only at Manila, but to provide additional garrisons for important centers in the arnhipelaso, which will immediately fall nnder American domination with its accom panying responsibility for the security of life and property. At the present time the government is wholly without available transports in the Pacific ocean to meet the emer gency. The dispatch of two vessels from tbe Atlantic, it ia believed, will therefore be particularly advantageous for the double purpose of bringing home from Manila such, volunteers as can soon be spared, and increasing tbe transport fleet in the Pacific The three regiments of regulars have not been selected, but as none but those now in New York state and other At lantic garrisons can be spared, the con clusion was forced upon the autliorities that economy as well as rapidity of action required them to be sent by way of the Mediterranean instead of jour neying across the continent and then undertaking the trying and monotonous voyage on the Pacific with no haven of rest after leaving Hawaii. Actual steaming distance for lull powered vessels from New York to Manila, via Sues, ia given by naval hydrographer. as 11,605 knots, while that from San Franoisoo to Manila, via Honolulu, is given aa 7,050 knots. To Manila from New York by way of the Cape of Good Hope is 13,585 miles, and by way of the Straits of Magellan and Samoa it is 16,900 miles. Found In th Baldwin Ruins. San Franoisco, Dec. 13 Another body was taken from the ruins of tiie Baldwin hotel lute last night. Wreck ers delving in the debris on the Market-street side tnrned up a charred mass of flesh, which at tbe morgue was pro nounced to b) the remains of a human being. There was .absolutely nothing to indicate the identity of the corpse, which is believed to be that ot a woman. Several letters were discovered near the body, but they ate not supposed to throw any light on the mystery, as they are directed to Mrs. Benjamin Wether hy, who, with her, husband, esoaped from the building unharmed. The Wetherbya are now on their way to Portland, Or. He ia a traveling sales man for a Massachusetts shoe bouse. Spaniards From Manila. . Barcelona, Dec. 13. The Spanish steamer Buenos Ayres, from Manila November 9. arrived todav with re patriated Spanish troops. There were 00 deaths on the steamer during th. ENGLAND WILL CONSENT. To . th Modification of th Clayton Mulwor Treaty. New York, Dec, 12. A dispatch to the Herald , froi.i Washington says: President McKi.iIey is in favor of open ing negotiations with Great Britain for the poprose of modifying the Clayton Bui wer treaty so as to permit the con itruction and control of the Nicaragua canal by the United States. Should congress during the present session fail to enact the ponding Morgan bill tbe president also favors entering into negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica looking to the construction of tbe canal under the auspices and con trol of the United States. On the authority of a high official of the administration it instated that there is absolutely no foundation for the re port that Great Britain, through Sir Julian Paancefote, has, protested lo the state department against that feature ol the president's message dealing with the canal question. On the contrary, the authorities have every reason to be lieve that the British government will consent to any reasonable modification of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty that th?., president may desire, so a to reiujfcve the obstacles which it plaeea-n the way for the control at tiwrfcanai by this government.'" g0 gatigfied are- the officials on this ;. that neeotiationswiil soon he tin- der way which it is hoped wiU-rul. minate in an agreement especially in tended lo give this government the right to construct and control the pro posed waterway. STILL REACHING OUT. Bu.ela, Germany and Franc Sa th Partitioning of China. Slflbai, Deo. 13. John Barrett, formerly ..United States minister to Siam, baa returned here after visiting Peking and the principal cities and ports. He says the situation in China is one of a most critical nature, and Manchuria is. no longer Chinese, but Russian territory. He asserts that New Cbwang, the chief northern port for tbe movement of American products, is also practically Russian, and is liable to be closed any day. Tbe only permanent safeguard to par amount American and British interests, Barrett says, is immediate and united action by tbe interested governments to defend their territory in the Chinese empire, to force reforms in the govern ment, to prevent further cessi.ms of ports and provinces, and to insist upon an "open-door" policy in ail the ports of China, including thespheiesof influ ence of Russia, Germany and France. Otherwise, Barrett contends, the im pending partition of the Chinese empire will seriously curtail the field of trade by disastrously affecting American and British influence in Asia. . , WATTERSON FOR EXPANSION. Yi here England Haa Succeeded, Amer ica Uaj xperlincnt, , . . New York, Dec 13. Tho Patria Club held its fiist meeting of the win ter touight,and entertained and listened to Colonel Henry Watteraon, of Louis ville, tbe speaker of the evening. Colonel Watterson spoke on "Our Country; Its Dangers-and Its Hopes, Past, Present and to Come." lie de clared himself in favor ot the policy ot national expansion. "I am not disposed," he said, "to agree with the optimistic young Amer ican who believes that the United Statea is hounded on the north unthe" aurora borealis, on the south by the equator, on the east by the rising sun, and on the west by eternity, but aitll 1 think somewhat that way. "As for expansion, I think that what England baa done witb safety, America may attempt. If Dewey had only sailed away but he did not, and where he nailed the Stars and Stripes, there they must stay. We must either go forward or backward, wild we cannot go backward without loss of sol (-respect. "The anti-expansionists ask how we can take. these new responsibilities when our own government at home ia so admittedly con opt On the other band, we are a natibn of producers hin dered by overproduction. We must have a greater market. Also, the Phil ippine islands are not further from th Golden Gate today than was San Fran cisco from Washington when California was annexed. The centralized power of modern' ' civilization annihilated space and knits all together; All na tional expansion for ns is but America, the boy, grown to muuhood and nat urally reaching out." SEVERE WIND STORIv Gal Blew Nlnety-SU Miles an Hour al I'olut Kcyee. San Francisco, Dec. 13. The storm which raged all over the Pacific coast last night and today was one of the most severe ever recorded by the weather burean. It extended from the northern border down to Texas and from the Pacific as far east as Nebraska. In this city the wind attained a velocity of 45 miles an hour, but at Point Reyes, right in the teeth of the gale, the wind swept along at 96 miles an hour. Considering the groat velooity of the wind, the damage done to ship ping was slight, and (10,000 will pay for everything, including the charges ot tow boat men for extrioating vessels from dangerous positions. ' A traveler can now go around the world in 60 days. Kxploalon at Vow tit Work. Wilmington, Del., Den. 13. Five powder mills in the yard of tbe Dnpont powder works, near here, exploded tin morning; Robert Mollheny, John Wright and John Moore were killed. Eight other men were seriously injured. Michael MoCann, Joint Mothio and Samuel Stewart are likely to die. Tho explosion was due to the fact that a car rtf powder being wheeled into tha pio- room overturned, the wheel of tho Tuniui'ff on tne tracks by t (