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VtHHUAl LU1111HU (At i I tMKHtf IU VIWHIMI1IV OF GILLIAM COUNTY. OF AWT PA FEB IN THE COUNTY. ADTHTIIINO UTtli f I . I 1 KKIIIIID IYIRT THVRMDAT IT ....8. A. PATTISON..., Idltor and Proprietor. Prefeairtonal oarda.,, ..It 00 par aoatb oneefiuera ,w Oofro iiai lr oolnmn. , 1 go Mr awu . I M per moots , 00 oar montk uom nut ooiamn. OMtolumn . uO0 00 mi moutk Saaliieaa loan will be cbarred at 10 oenta mi 0BR0RIPT1ON RATISl Bm (at In uuertloa ui I oaata Mr 11m Mare On year (In adranoe).. lM..M4.,.MM.fl OS after. Legal edverttoaaeaaa win la oil eases k. Barged M the party ordering lam, M total ii noi paiu in uraui HHNHIIiDHItMIIHHWIII 3 00 pi monine Thr.e miilillit, . 1 00 m 06 VOL. IX. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1899. NO. 35. Single eoplea,. aad Mid tor baton effldeTtt to faraleaad PANnON ft ni .ORR : : : : ; ; : lii trrt at Me "Mfctftaj aj CMav Orayen, at MXuli!laM mull wUIt O. II. A H. 0. Time Car4. AkUNOTOW, 000. 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Mlnii.iiu- Plyar lr-aa. 11., At. jaul, Du. I.Ua.aa r l.i alt. MllwankM. Chloaa-o and Kaat IMp.n. OoaaallaamiWija ap.aa. rraa) Parllaad. Ball arary 8a day,. 1:00 p.m. Columbia . P.n.ri'iiioay Maaaiara. .auaay Melurday . ' iV 00 u. in. To Aatnrla and way Laudluia. ' , t:t)na.in. Wlllaaialto Rlxr. 4:lp. aa. Ki.Huiiday .8aa4r Oraaon Clly. Naw. , burr,Sleia A Way lualna. liooa. m. Wlllaaiarta aad taav l:M. aa. 1,,,., . Tliur. bill airara. Man.. Wad. aud Hah ' . Or.aon Clly, Dar Km, A Way Laad lua. OOa in. Wlllaiaalta llwr. 4:p. m. Tu.a , Thnr , . Tuea.. Thuh ami Hat. Portland la Corral- aad aak lie Way Land IDfa, !,r. Klparla Inaka lar, Lr.Uwiatea ):4Ae.m. Pally Rlparla toUwlalaa Dally ti .Saturday Ea. Friday I. K. CRANE, Ajent, Arlington. W. H. HUIILIOUT, Caaaral raaMBfaf Acaat, raritoaA EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKRSE TICKS KU0M T1IK WIRES Aa Intaraatlag Oollastloa of llama Front tha Two Haaalapharaa Praaantadl la Oosdaaaad Foraa. Captain Gcarr, who wx killed al ilalabon, October 10, wan a Aiitivool Oregon. Root loaaea at Ludyimilth aro et- tnatad at butwueo 000 uul i,000 kUUad wd woumlod. Oregon aalmon egg aro Icing atint to Anntralian watnra when Iboy axe ui pucted to thrive. England haa called oat mora rcaortree and within 10 daya iun to replaou the aapturud lurcea will aail iuc Boiitb Africa. The itate will par the Iowann' fArea home. Three apecial alnepluK-caz traina and iubaUtonce will be tiuc olalied them. The rallman-Wagnnr Com pan r baa ao palled ltd atridira that even imli-pon- aeut railway Unci will turn their aleep lug eara over to the combine. Cable advicea to the war department Indicate that General Yonng'a oolnmn la prattling on toward Ban Joan, though program la dilflco.lt on account o( wet weather. The Washington regiment haa been muittered out. Abtmt 800 men, Includ ing the Seattle companiea, left by tfamer, (or home. The othera go north by rail. Although all rogimenta have their (nil quota, recruiting will be continued for the l'hilipplnea. Men will be needed each mouth to fill vacanclea by oaaualtioa and dlachargoa. - Colonel Wholley, of the Wanhinsrton volunteer infantry, haa been appointed major of the Forty-Unit volunteer in fantry and haa leen ordered to loin that regiment fur aervioe in the Philip. pinea. A party of atadenta from the Culver aity of Chicago will go to the Ken tucky raountalnn, where the recent (euda have occurred, to atndy aim pie frontlor life aa retained by the moan talniera. A Lima, rem, diapatch aaya Du rapd'a revolutionary forcea are being oloaely puntuod by the government troopa, and according to official dia patched, the aituatlon of the leader of Fern 'a latent revolution eeeme to be precariona. An elaatio bank note currency with the gold atandard enacted into law ia what riocrutary Gage will ark for In bla annual rejiort. He will recommend enactment of a law for the Inane of bank notea against dcjioiriU of Imndo and greenback!, and allowing lwnka to 1 urine notea agatnat their aaaeta under certain restriction. The recuperative powers of the Doer are regarded with wonder by tha Itritiah. The Peruvian cocoa crop ia a fullnre. The planta were damaged by lnttecte and the price haa already doubled. A profeaaional baaeliaU lnaguo for 1900, to include Seattle, Tacoina, Port land and Vancouver, II. C, ianowoa the tapia. Admiral Schley will go to Pontt Africa in command of the South At lantlo aquadron to protect American intereata during the progreaa of the war. lntereating experimenta of Marcont'a yitem on waralupa reunited in wire leia tulegraph meaMigoa being auereea fully tranamitted over 29 mlloa of pace. I'roft'eaor Arthur McGlfTert, of Union aomlnary, New York, refunee to quietly realgn trom the Preabyterlnu nilMritry, and anotiier heresy trial ooetm tuovt labia. Tha prealdout, it la aitid, coasiiler that the Germane and liritiah cauned the trouble at Samoa and th.it they iliould pay the greater portion of tha damage. At Kamloopa, fl. C, John Hr.yea ia to be tried for murder, lie ia accused by the confensiott of hia later of hav ing killed her husband, alio acting aa accomplice. Dwlght Li. Townacnd, founder of thr Postal Telegraph Company, Uuitee Llnea Telegraph Company and the fain eua Uavemeyer augar factory, is dead it New York. In hia mesaage President McKiuley will ask for an - appropriation lor a sommlaaion to be appointed to investi gate the oommerclal aud luduatri-.il con dition of the Chinese empire. Tha Aberdeen Packing Company' cannery at Fairhavon, Wash., wac burned. All machinery and stock, in sludlng 15,000 caseaof canned salmon, went up in smoke; loss, f 160,000. Captain Leary, tho naval governor ol the inland of Guam, in tho Ladronea, as forced to adopt heroic meaminw to m force hia adminlHtratlou. The friars were hostile to hia orders ao he invited thorn to leave. William Waldorf Astor has paid 1400,800 taxes in New York this year. A bust of ex-Speaker Reed ia boiug sxeouted in bronae for the Maine legis lature. George F, Edmonds haa presented ,500 volumes of standard tiooks to tha high aohool library in Burlington, VI Mrs. D. M. Rioe, of Aptos, Cal., li the olest daughter of American oarenta born In that state. She ia but 63 year Old. ' . LATER NEWS. Tba British think they inflicted terri ble loaa on the Boers in Thursday's fighting. Ex-President Harrison haa returned to the United States after an extended trip abroad. Puerto Cabello har surrendered to General Castro and the officials of the de facto government. Half a mllllnn rlnllnr.' wnrth of property waa destroyed by fire in Kan s Jity. Tha Waahlnfrtnn tmva am hmtiA. They were greeted everywhere with en tnusiasiio aemonstranons. The general belief in London is that the Boers are now waiting for more guns from Pretoria before attacking Ladyemlth. Eastern Oregon is experiencing its first labor strike. Fifty miners of the Bonanza mine near Baker City, are out for shorter hours. Of the Coeur d'Alene rioters tried in Moscow for conspiracy against the United States, 10 were found guilty and three were acquitted. The ship Charles E. Moody, lonfe overdue at Honolulu, haa at last ar rived. She waa 190 days in making the passage from Norfolk navy yard. Boers are said to have leaned letters of marque in Europe and the United Statea, and British commerce may suffer, .even If the transports do not. In his annual report United States treasurer suggests the impounding of re deemed treasury notes and thinks banks should increase their circulation. Kngland haa sent 10,000 rounds of lyddite sheila to South Africa. Ac cording to estimates, a aingle ahell of thia kind falling into A compact body will kill 800 men. John R. McLean, Democratic candi date for governor of Ohio, haa given out an address through the pre as in which he predicts that Hanna is beaten." The most Important expedition of the fall campaign chasing Aguinaldo is now on, and it ia predicted that the rebel capital will soon be untenable for the insurgents. Marconi will not operate with the signal corps of the United States, but will return to England in connection with the use of the wireless system of telegraphy in South Africa. Nicaragua wants some of Costa Rlca'aooaat territory. The govern meat has completely routed the insur gents and dealt a death blow to the re volutionary movement in Peru. The Shamrock haa tailed (or home. Vice-President llobart'a daya of pub' Ho service are said to be over. A lone highwayman held up six peo pie at one time near Pendleton, Or. It was retorted la London that one of the troopdhipe which sailed (or the Cape last week had been lost at tea. Tha Russian minister of finance aa- serta that bis country is better in con dition than either Franca or England. The disaster to the British at Lady smith waa caused by mulea running away with all the reserve ammunition. The receipts for the Jeffrias-Sharkey prizefight in New York were the largest for any sporting or dramatic event in history. The transport Hancock since her remodeling at San Francisco can lay claim to being the finest troopship in the world. . One of the greatest financial combi nations of the century is now forming It will control all the telephones and telegraph lines. Inspector-General Breckinridge of the United States army, ia in San Francisco, whore he will remain some time on official business. Announcement it made at San Fran' Cisco that tha Paciflo Coast Biscuit Company ia a go. It ia otherwise known aa the cracker trust. Germany cannot trade (or England's interests in Samoa without the ap proval and consent of Uncle Sam Negotiations to that end are now on. Wireless telegraphy ia to be used in the Samoaa. It costs much leas and will be more practicable than the cable system, in view of the coral growth in the sea. Senator Allison aays President Mc Kinley haa no authority to order with' drawal of the army and navy from the Philippines. It would require A spe clal act of congress to do thia. President Schurman, of the Philip pine commission, says that we did not acquire entire control of the sultan of Snlu'a domain in the war with Spain and we have only an external protec torate. - The international oommerclal con' gress in thoir resolutions adopted at Philadelphia favor lasting peace among nations, assimilation of trade-mark laws, parcel post system, international bureau of statistics and inter-oceanio aanal. General Funston, of the Twentieth Kansas, was charged in the San 1 ran olsco Monitor, a Catholio paper, with taking two magnificent ohalicea from Philippine churches. He haa brought suit against that paper and against Arohblahop Ireland for criminal libel A charter has been issued by the state department of Pennsylvania to the Sharon Steel Company, of Sharon, wltn a capital ot f 3,000,000. Stops are being taken in Hartford Conn., (or the erection of a free library building in memory of Noah Webster the lexioographer. Dr. Mary E. Modier ia the only wo man doctor alowed to practice in the Yukon district and the only homeopath in the entire Northwest territory. ARE EMPTY CLAIMS Dewey Made No Promises to Aguinaldo. RKP0BT OF THE COMMISSION Summary of Ita Investlgatlona lu tba Pnlllpplnae-A lllatory of tha lelaads. ( Washington, Nov. 4. -In accordance with the understanding reached at the conference at the White House yester day, the Philippine commission sub mitted to the president the preliminary report which it had promised to pre pare. The report appears to be A compact summary of conditions on the islands aa the commission left them; of the his torical events which preceded the Sjianish war and led to the original Filipino insurrection; of the exchange between Admiral Dewey and the oth American commanders and the insur gents, the breaking out and progress of the present Insurrection, and finally a statement of the capacity of the r ill pinos (or self-government. A notable feature of the report ia a memorandum by Admiral Dewey, explanatory of hia relations with Aguinaldo. The commission tells briefly how it conducted the task intrusted to it, healing statements from all classes of people in Manila as to the capability of the Filipisiog (or self-government, the habits and customs of the people, and also the establishment o( municipal governments in many .towns. All thia matter is to be included . in the final report. nietorjr ,r the Ialands. Turning to the history of the islands. the commission attaches a little impor tance to the divers rebellions which had preceded that of 1896. Aa to this movement, it declares it waa in no sense an attempt to win independence, but solely to obtain relief from intoler able abuses. 1 To sustain this statement the commission quotes from an insur gent proclamat on showing that what waa demanded waa the expulsion of the friars and the restitution to the people of their lands, with a division of the Episcopal sees between Spanish and native priests. It was also de manded that the Filipinos have parlia mentary representation, freedom of the press, religious toleration, economic autonomy and ' laws simlar to those of Spain. The abolition of the power of banishment waa demanded, with a legal equality (or all persons in law and equality in pay between Spanish and native civil servants. The commission declares that these demands had good ground; that on pa per the Spanish system of government waa tolerable, but in practice every Httanish governor did what he saw fit, and the evil deeds of men in the gov ernment were hidden from Spain by strict press censorship. Allusion is made to the powerful Katipunan so ciety, patterned on the Masonip order, and mainly made up of Tagals, as a powerful revolutionary force. The war begun in 1896 waa termin ated by the treaty o( Biao-Ka-Bate. The Filipinos were numerous, but pos sessed only about 800 small arms. The Spanish felt that it wonld require 100, 000 men to capture their stronghold, and concluded to resort to the use of money. The arrangement waa not acceptable to the people. Tho promises were never carried out. Spanish abuses be gan afresh, in Manila alone more than two 200 men being executed. Hence sporadic revolutions occurred, thongh they possessed nothing like the strength of the original movement. The insur gents lacked arms, ammunition and leaders. . The treaty had ended the war, which, with the exception of an unimportant outbreak in Cebu, had been confined to Luzon, Spain's sov- reignty in the islands never having been questioned and the thought of in dependence never having been enter tained. The report then tells how General Angustini came to Manila as governor general at thia Juncture, and war broke out between Spain and tho United States. Angustini sought to secure the support of the Filpinoa to defend Spain against America, promising them autonomy, bat the Filipinos did not trust him. Then came the first of May and the destruction oi the Spanish fleet by Dewey, with the resulting loss of prestige to Spain. Then in June, Agui naldo came. Halations With Aguinaldo. On this point the commission says: "The following memorandum on thia subject has been furnished the com mission by Admiral Dewey: " 'Memorandum oi relations with Aguinaldo: On April 24, 1898, the following cipher dispatch was received at Hong Kong from E. Spencer Pratt, United States consul-general at Singa pore: " ' "Aguinaldo, insurgent leader, here. Will come to Hong Kong, ar range with commodore for general co operation insurgents Manila if desired. Telegraph. PRATT.' " " 'On the same day Commodore Dewey telegraphed Mr. Pratt: 'Tell Aguinaldo come soon as possible." The Ounboat Sank a Poacher. Snn'Franoisoo, Nov. 4. The whal ing bark Charles A. Morgan, which ar rived today from Japanese waters, brings the story of the sinking of a Japanese sealing schooner by the Rus sian gunboat Alexis. The eohooner, which carried a crew of. 31 men, was caught poaching on Russian sealing preserves. Three of her men were ploked up by the Russian's boats, but the rest were drowned. necessity (or haste being dne to the (act that the squadron had been notified by the Hong Kong government to leave those waters by the following day. The squadron left Hong Kong on the morning of the 25th, and Mirs bay on the 27th. Agnlnaldo did not leave Singapore until the 26th, and so did not arrive in Hong Kong in time to have a conference with the com mo dore.' "It had been reported to the commo dore as early as March 1 by tho United States consul at Manila and others, that the Filiipnos had broken out in insurrection against the Spanish author ity in the vicinity of Manila, and on March 80 Mr. Wlliams had tele graphed: 'Five thousand rebels armed in camp near city. Loyal to us in case of war.' Upon the arrival of the squadron at Manila it was found there was no in surrection to speak of, and it was ac cordingly decided to allow Agnlnaldo to come to Cavite on board the McC'nl loch. He arrived, with 13 of his staff, on May 19, and immediately came on board the Olympia to call on the commander-in-chief, after which he was allowed to land at Cavite and organzif an army. Thia was done with the purpose of strengthening the United States forces and weakening those of the enemy. No alliance of any kind was entered into with Aguinaldo, not was any promise of independence made to him, then or at any other time." Flrat Idea or Indr-pendnnee. The commission's report then rap idly sketches events now historical. It tells in substance how the Filipinos at tacked the Spanish, and how General Anderson arrived, and Aguinaldo, a. his request, removed from Cavite tc Bacoor. The report states that Aguinaldc wished to attack the Americans wher they landed at Paranoqne, but was de terred by lack of arms and ammuni tion. From that point on there waa a growing friction between the Filipino and the American troops. A brief chapter tells ot the lack ol success attending the effort made at this time by Generl Merritt, through commission, to arrive at a mutual un derstanding with Aguinaldo as to the intention, purposes and desires of the Filipino people. The Outbreak. This brings the story up to the out break on the evening of February 4, with the attack upon the American troops following the action of the Ne braska sentinel. The commission, in concluding this chapter, says: "After the landing of our troops, Aguinaldo made up hia mind that it would be necessary to fight the Amert cans, and after the making of the treaty of peace at Paris his detenu ina tion was strengthened. He did not only openly declare that he intended to fight the Americans, bnt he excited everybody, and especially the military, by claiming independence, and it it doubtful whether he had the power to check or control the army at the time hostilities broke out. Deplorable as war is, the one in which we are now engaged was unavoidable. We were attcked by bold, adventurous and en thusiastic army. No alternative war left to us except ignominious retreat. "It is not to be conceived that any American had sanctioned the surrender of Manila to the insurgents. Our ob ligations to other nations and to the friendly Filipinos and to ourselves and our flag demanded that force should be met with force. Whatever the future of the Philippines may be, there is no course open to us now except the prose cution of the war until the insurgents are reduced to submission. The com mission is of the opinion that there haa been no time since the destruction oi the Spanish squadron by Admral Dewey when it waa possible to withdraw our forces from the islands, either with honor to ourselves or with safety to the inhabitants." "Should our power, by any fatality, be withdrawn the commission believei the government of the Philippine would speedily lapse into anarchy, which would excuse, if it did not ne cessitate, the invtervention of othei powers, and the eventual division ol the islands among them. Only through American occupation, therefore, is th idea of a free government and united Philippine commonwealth at all con ceivable. GOVERNOR GEER PROCLAIMS November SO a Day or Thankaglvlng Things to Be Thankful For. Salem, Nov. 3 Governor Geer today proclaimed November 80 a day of gen eral thanksgiving. The proclamatior among other things contains the fol lowing: "The year just drawing to a clos, has leen one oi general happiness and contentment. The earth has given forth abundance of ita prondcts, foi which in all coses better compensatior has been received than in former years. Our laboring classes are more generally employed at wages more nearly satis ictory than At any previous time for a generation. "The mandates of spreading civiliza tion are calling upon us as a great na tion, to carry forward the banner ol progress and enlightenment, and tht task is being performed with willing ness and enthusiasm that do credit to our recognition of duty that we could not shirk if we would and would not ii we could." Dlaeaao Was More Deadly. Washington, Nov. 4. A reoapitula tion of the casualties in action and deaths in the regular and volunteer arimea between May 1, 1898, and June 80, 1899, contained in the annual re port of the adjutant-general of the army shows a grand total of 10,076 men. The casualty list alone aggre gates 8.454, of whom 85 officers and 458 enlisted men were killed and 197 officers and 8,764 enlisted men wounded. CHASING AGUINALDO CJrst Important Expedition of Fall Campaign. REBEL CAP1TALS00N UNTENABLE Fleet or T ran. porta and Gunboats Sail to Co-Operate With Laud Foreea End Next Spring. Manila, Nov. 7. Thia evening; a fleet t)l transports and gunboats left Manila for the most important expedition of the autumn campaign. Ita destina tion is supposed to be Dagupan, or some other northern port. General Weaton commands, with a brigade con sisting of the Thirteenth . infantry, the Thirty-third infantry, two guns of the Sixth artillery and two gatlings. The transports Sheridan, Francisco de Reys and Aztec carry the troops, with the gunboat Helena aa escort. A dis patch boat waa sent ahead to arrange a rendezvous with the United States cruiser Charleston and the warships that are patrolling the northern coast of Luzon. It is assumed here that the purpose of the expedition is to move down the Da gu pan-Manila railroad towards Tarlac, in order to prevent Aguinaldo's forces making another base farther south. Dagupan and Apparri are the strongholds of the insurgents in the north. It has been the unanimous opinion of military experts that Dagupan should be made a base of operations, but suffi cient troops have heretofore been lack ing. With Generals Wheaton, Mac Arthur and Lawton moving upon Tarlac from three directions, and the moun tains hemnrng in the other side, the insurgents' capital will soon become untenable. Aguinaldo may attempt to shift bis headquarters to the rich tobac co country at the northern end of the island. It will be difficult for the insurgents to escape. Should the scheduled operations succeed, organ ized insurrection on a large scale should be'at an end early next spring,although guerrila warfare is likely to continue for a long time. No one anticipates that the insurgents will make many bard battles. Manila, Nov. 7, 10:15 A. M. Two columns of Generals MacArthur'a divi sion yesterday took Magaling, about six miles northeast oi Angeles. Colonel Smith, with two battalions of the Sev enteenth infantry, two guns of the First artillery, and a body of engineers, advanced from Angeles. Major O'Brien, with a battalion of the Sev enteenth infantry and two troops of the Fourth cavalry, moved from Calulut. Colonel Smith killed 11 insurgents, wounded 128 and captured 50, aa well as taking a lot of insurgent transporta tion. Major O'Brien killed 49 insurg ents, wounded many and took 28 pris oners. The Americans had 11 men wounded. Retreat Cut OS. London, Nov. 7. The war office has issued the following announcement: "The colonial office has received i formation to the effect that the Britii troops have withdrawn from Colenso and have concentrated further south, but we have no news o( any engage ment in that neighborhood." The evacuation oi Colenso is un doubtedly a most serious matter for the British in Natal, as it not only testifies to the complete investment oi Lady smith by the Boers, but makes the relief of Genera Sir George Stewart mte an extremely difficult operation. Ten Men Convicted. Moscow, Id., Nov. 7. The jury which has been out in the Coeur d'Alene miners' trial brought in a ver dict at 11 a.m. today. The jurymen filed into the courtroom and the verdict was delivered by Foreman Tucker. Ten of the defendants were found guilty and three not gulty. The convicted men are: Dennis O'Rourke., Arthur Wallace, Henry Maroni, John Luuoin- netti, U. K. tsurres, rrancis .Butler, is Abinola, P. F. O'Donnell, Mike Mai vey, Loins Salla. Ibose who were acquitted are: F. W. Garrett, Fred Shaw, W. V. Bnndren. Under the statutes the penalty for conspiracy against the United States and a delay of the mails is a one of not less than 11,000 nor more than 110,000, or not to exceed two years imprison xnent, or both fine and imprisonment. Boy a Reach Home. Tacoma, Nov. 7. Companies A, C, I, E and L, of the First Washington regiment, arrived today. Company F went direct home from Portland to Dayton, and company G, o( Vancouver, stopped at ita home. Companies A and L, of Spokane, went to Spokane at o'clock tonight, while the Walla Walla, Tacoma and Yakima companiea will attend the Seattle celebration, the Tacoma company going over in the morning, and the other two leaving late tonight. The First Washington regiment band accompanied the com panies coming north by rail, and dis banded here, the members going to their homes. A banquet and reception were ten' dered the companies here today, and a parade of military and civio societies escorted the companies to the banquet halls. Between 80,000 and 60,000 people cheered the returned volunteers at the depot and along the line of march. Uvea toat In a Fire. New York, Nov. 6. Fire today gutted the seven-story building At 94, 96 and 98 Mott street, occupied prin cipally by the Manhattan Bed & Spring Company, and it is believed caused the death ol wuree persons. Michael Con lin, an engineer, was killed, and Charles Smith and a youth named ' Rogers axe missing. GALE ON THE LAKES. ttany Teaaela Reported In Tronbla One Serloiia Dlaaater. Chicago, Nov. 6. The northeast gale, which has been raging for over 48 hours and brought the first snow of the reason to this locality, still continues. Life savers at various lake points have been kept busy watching for and aid Ing vessels in distress. The following vessels were reported as being in trouble at various points: Schooner William H. Dunham, ashore near St. Joseph, Mich.; steamer, name unhnown, ashore near Bois Blano Island; schooner Kate Lyons, stranded near Cathead; schooner Elgin, put in at Milwaukee, leaking badly. Tho fleet of sheltered vessels in Chi cago harbor last night was reported as greatly increased. Over 240 boAts have been reported in shelter during the last two davs, which makes an un usually large list. The schooner rigged yacht Chlqnita, with a dead man supposed to be D. S. Way, the owner and captain, lashed to the rigging, went ashore In the gale three miles east of Miller's Station, Ind. It is believed that all the crew and passengers have perished. Gar ments found in the cabin indicated that at least one woman was among the unfortunate party on the yacht. Where the vessel belonged was not as certained last night, but it was thonght it was from some Michigan port. The dead man lashed to the rigging was apparently 50 years of age. On his left temple was a deep cut, prob ably caused by a (ailing spar. The signature "D. S. Way" was found on a number of papers and effects in the cabin. The name "D. S. 'Way" was found also on the silverware. In the cabin was found a woman's complete wardrobe. In the cabin there was a fully equipped amateur photographer's outfit and among other things a large num ber of pictures. The supplies had all been bought in Charlevoix, Mich. The Chiquita was first seen by Albert Sabinske, A fisherman, who lives on the shore a mile from Miller's, as he was looking for driftwood in the morn ing. At that time he saw three "i the crew on the deck. A squad from the South Chicago life savers is patrolling the beach in search of the missing bodies. INSURGENTS FIGHT HARD. Bnt Lawton Seattera Them In All Di rect lona Their Cavalry Gone. Washington, Nov. 6. The war de partment has received the following cablegram: "Manila On November 1, Lieuten ant Slavens and 18 men reconnoitered in McArthur's front, and struck 40 or more insurgents. They immediately attacked and dispersed them, killing three and wounding a number. Nc casualties. "Yesterday, in Lawton's advance at Aliago, he struck the enemy both west and south of the city. Batson's Maca- be be scouts, reconnoitering south, struck the insurgents in ambush. Lieutenant Boutelie was killed and one scout wounded. Batson routed the en emy, and left seven dead in the thickets. "Yesterday, Bell, o( the Thirty-sixth volunteers, with regiment and troop ol the'Fourth cavalry, cleared the country of all armed insurgents from Florida Blanca to a considerable distance be yond Porac, pursuing them into the mountains, capturing nine of their cav alry forces, several guns' considerable property, killing, wounding and cap turing a number of the enemy. The insurgents' cavalry of that section is practically destroyed. Bell's casual ties were one man killed and two wounded. OTIS." A Dewey Reunion. Tacoma, Nov. 6. A. M. Dewey, special agent oi the government depart ment of labor, has announced here thai all members of the Dewey (amily re lated to Admiral Dewey would hold a reunion at the Waldori Astoria botol in New York in January or February. Dewey, who is a cousin of the Admiral has been one of the prime movers in the plan for reunion. He says accept ance have been received from all parts of the country, indicating that 1,500 Deweys will gather in New York to meet the admiral and his bride. Over 100 Deweys from the Pacific coast will be present. Admiral Dewey has been requested to fix the date ol the reunion. : Will Move to Seattle. ' San Francisco, Nov. 6. The Call says that on January 1 San Francisco will cease to lie the shipping and gen eral business center of the Pacific Coast steamship Company, and all of the local interests of that concern will be moved to Seattle. Although no public announcement of the fact has been yet made, it haa become known that Goodall, Perkins & Co., which firm for years was the company's agents and managers, have been de prived of the agency and is closing up its books as rapidly as possible in order that the formal transfer of the business may take place on or before the ap pointed date. The change is due to the fact that the Great Northern Railway Com pany, with headquarters in Seattle, has secured a controlling interest in the steamship company. llobart'a Withdrawal. New York, Nov. 4. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Vice-President Hobart's announce ment, through members of his (amily, of his retirement from publio life will make it necessary (or the republican national convention to choose another running mate for Presidnet McKinley, should the president be renominated next year. It will also necessitate the choice of a president pro tern (or the senate, to preside over ita deliberations until a new vice-president takes office.