Junction City bulletin., March 14, 1901, Image 7

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Rumored Changes In Manila's
Police System.
LOCAL OmCERS WERE OVERZEAIOUS
Cu of Alleged Treaion Merealter Will B
Referred i th Covtmor Befors
Armte AreMede.
Manila, March 7 It is persistently
rumored her that Colonel Wilder,
chief of the Manila police; Captain
Gaines, In charge of the Manila sscret
service, and Lieutenant Kllespl will
be ordered to rejoin their regiments.
No ordera to this effect have yet been
liisuod. General Da via, provost mar-
shal of Manila, denied having recom
mended these changes. The officer
themeelvea assert that the stories are
circulated by persona Interestd in
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charged in certain Quarters that the
police are over sealous in making ar
rents of alleged insurgents under Gen
eral MncArtbur's proclamations. No
notification has been given concerning
the trtai of Carman, Carranza and
others who were arrested by the po
lice on charges of dealing with the In
surgents, and the police have been
ordered to refer all cases la which
they shall subsequently obtain evi
dence to the provost marshal for re
port to the military governor for in
vestigation before making arrests.
; The commission hss decided to
double the appropriation of $1,000,000
for the improvement of Manila bar
' bor, and baa passed a bill accepting
the transfer of the Manila public
library.
A wagon train and a detachment of
the algnal corps, together with six
Macabebo scouts, were attacked by
the Insurgents about midway between
In Cavlte. Three Americana were
killed and two of the Macabebe scouts
were wounded, while one man is miss
ing. Four horses and one mule were
killed. Captain Malr, with detach
ments of infantry and cavalry from
8llang, arrived at the scene of the
surprise too late to intercept the
enemy's retreat
PASSED A BOGUS CHECK.
Man Who Served a Term In Oregon
for Offense.
RATIIDRUM, Idaho, March 7.
Harry C. Collins, alias It. D. and II. O
Davidson, and many other aliases, who
passed a 1 25 bogus check on Mrs.
O. L&vin here 8unday, waa arrested
last night by the city marshal of nit
vllle on information from the officials
of Kootenai county. Sheriff Dyer
departed last night for Rlttville, and
brought the prisoner here, today.
Harry C. Collins la the man who
operated so extensively In Lane, Doug
las, Coos, Josephine and Jackson coun
ties, in Oregon, over a year ago, pass
ing in those counties several thou
sand dollars' worth of bogus paper
He was finally caught and sentenced
from Jackson county to serve one
year in the Oregon penitentiary. Ills
time expired a couple of weeks ago,
and ue came to this section & few
days ago and began the same business
again. He was in Sand Point a few
days prior to coming to Rathdrum,
where he spent money lavishly, and it
Is stated on good authority that he
passed a couple of small checks in that
town.
Papers and letters in his possession
prove beyond a shadow of doubt that
he is the II. C. Collins who reaped
such a rich harvest from the people of
Oregon. All the letters were ad
dressed to him at Ashland and Jack
sonville prior to bis arrest by
woman and one was addressed to him
at Jacksonville in care of the sheriff
after his arrest.
Three Were-Launched.
London, March 7. Arrangements
had been made for the simultaneous
launching today of four new warships,
the Montagu, first-class battleship; the
Albermarle, first-class battleship; the
Drake, armored cruiser, and the Kent,
armored cruiser, but owing to the un-
favorable weather at Portsmouth, the
launching of the Kent had to be post
poned. The Montagu was launched at
Devonport, the Albermale at Chatham
and the Drake at Pembroke.
Porter to Stay at Paris.
Paris, March 7. The reiterated ru
mors that General Horace Porter,
United States ambassador here, in
tends relinaulshlns: his post and re
turning to America, are authoritative
ly denied at the embassy as Dure In
vention and without any basis in fact
A CUBAN UPRISINGS
tuessda Says If There Is Trouble II
Will Not Be Caused by Friends.
HAVANA, M-rch 8.A11 Investlga-
Ion into the report, circulated in the
rnlted States by a news agency, that
he United States secret service of-
clals here had oeen Informed that
plan are on foot for a Cuban uprls-
11 g and that disorder is only avoided
iow by the efforts of leaders to bold
he revolutionary element In. check,
Melted the following statement from
?cnor Gonzales Queuada, who was the
special commissioner of Cuba at
Washington, and who was, in the
llspatch, referred to as having con
firmed the statements made:
"I have not made any statements
egardlng an uprising. If . any pep
m ns are interested in fomenting an
prising they are not Cubans who are
favor of Independence, but parties
Jeslrous of seeing Cuba crushed for
ever What we have to content
ignlnst now is American public opin
ion. There Is co prospect of fight
ing here."
The harbor Jlgthermen Joined the
stevedores 'in a strike today. This
move had been anticipated. The
it earner Morro Castle, of the Ward
ne, which arrived here last night,'
rought 50 longshoremen. The Morro
'astle Is now unloading at her dock.
cssels will unload at their wharves
ntll the trouble is settled. The steve
dores asked for an increase of from
t3.50 to 14.60 allver per day.
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TREATY WITH FRANCE.
Senate Committee Favors Extending
the Time for Ratification.
WASHINGTON, March 8. The sen
ate committee on foreign relations to
iiay authorized a favorable report
upon the supplemental treaty be
tween the United States and France,
extending for one year the time within
uhlch the reciprocity treaty between
Iho countries may be ratified. The
original agreement fixed the time of
expiration at March 24, 1900, and the
tupplemental treaty extends It until
(he 24th of the present month. The
Original treaty was reported more
than a year ago. There was some
(Mscusslon In the committee as to
whether there should be an effort to
tyt the reciprocity treatlea pending
in the senate acted upon at this Bas
tion, but no definite conclusion was
reached. The roost general opinion
soemed to favor consideration of the
treaties to which little objection is
made, which are those with South and
Central American republics. There Is
considerable opposition to both tht
English and French reciprocity trea
ties. All of the reciprocity treaties
will expire by limitation before the
next session of congress.
HORSES FOR GOVERNMENT.
Washington Will Receive Every Op
portunity to 8opply .Them.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Repre-
tentative Cushman Is determined that
his state shall have just recognition
in the sale of horses to the govern
ment for use In the Philippines. He
recently called on the quartermaster
general, and impressed upon him the
fact that Washington had a quality
of horses that entitled the state to
first recognition. He was assured
that experience with horses purchased
in that state had been very satisfac
tory to the department, and that when
aales were to be made in the future,
Washington bidders would be given
ample opportunity to enter the "com
petition. ' .
The quartermaster general stated
that since July, 1899, over 50Q0 horses
aad been purchased i Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho, and that. all had
given entire satisfaction. : The de
partment recognizes the advantages of
buying horses for the Philippines In
coast states, and can no doubt be re
tted upon to live up to Its promises
POPULATION OF ALASKA.
Increase in Ten Years Has Been
31,340 People.
. WASHINGTON, March 8. The to
tal population of Alaska In 1900, as
f hown by the returns of the 12th cen
sus, is 62,592, as against 82,052 In
1890. This is an Increase In 10 years
of 31,340, or 39.4 per cent. There are
two cities in the territory with a pop
ulation of 2000 or moreNome, of
6486, and Skagway, of 3117,
The 12th census has been taken
under more favorable conditions than
the two previous censuses of this re
mote , territory, because of the in-
ci eased facilities of communication
end the introduction of a new and
large element attracted b; the gold
discoveries.
Offffi TO TtGlilS
Prisoners Will Be Released for
Guns Surrendered.
ONE MAN FOR EACH WEAPON RETURNED
Carman Cm Will Be Referred to Washing!
General TrUi May Be Induced to
Give up h Fight
Manila, March . 9 Additional In
ducements have been made to the In
surgents to surrender tbelr guns.
General MacArthur has directed all
department commanders to release
one prisoner for every gun surren
dered. An insurgent who surrenders
his gun will be permitted to name
the prisoner to be released, provided
no exceptional circumstances require
this "man's detention, in which ccse
another selection will be allowed.
The federalists report that as a re
sult of the negotiations with the in
surgent General' Trias, who is In
Southern Luzon. Trias probably will
soon surrender. '
The United States training-ship
Buffalo has completed the exchange
of crews with the warships at Ca-,
Trite, and has sailed to exchange 700
men recently from the United States
for members of the crews of several
American warships at Hong Kong
and Shanghai. Meanwhile the navy
dispatch boat Zaflro has taken 200 men
to the navy vessels in Southern Phil
ippine waters for the same purpose.
The flagship Brooklyn goes to Pe
Chi LI gulf In April to conduct the
maneuvers. The Kentucky, the Ore
gon, the New Orleans, the Albany, the
Monterey and the Monadnock will par
ticipate in these maneuvers. The
American fleet on the Asiatic station
now numbers 64 vessels.
Deported to Guam.
Washington, March 9. General
MacArthur has notified the war de
partment by mail. that in pursuance
of authority obtained from the depart
ment under date of December 27 last
he has ordered the deportation of a
number of persons "whose overt acts
have clearly revealed them as in. aid
or In sympathy with the insurrection
and the regular guerrilla warfare by
which It Is being maintained, and
whose continued residence m tne
Philippine islands is, in every essen
tial regard, inimical to the pacific
Hon thereof."
By direction of the commanding
general, the persons named were de
livered to Major Henry B. Or wing.
Thirty-seventh infantry, on board a
transport for deportation to Guam,
where thev will be held under sur
veillance or. In actual custody as cir
cumstances may require during the
further progress of hostilities and until
such time as normal peace conditions
in the Philippines has resulted in a
public declaration of the cessation of
such hostilities.
Subsequently, another batch of in
surgent sympathizers and "agitators
were deported to Guam on the United
States steamship Solace, to be held
under the same condition as the
others. The party consisted of mem
bers of the Katipunan society.
REBEL CAMP SURPRISED.
Thirty one Filipinos Captured on
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Island of Tallm.
MANILA, March 8. Lieutenant
West, vith the gunboat Laguna de
Bay, surprised an insurgent camp on
the island of Tallm, on Lake bay, east
of Manila, capturing 31 insurgents.
Many small detachments In various
localities are surrendering daily. It is
leported that negotiations are in pro
gress for the surrender of all Insur
gents on the island of Cebu.
The United States Philippine com
mission is Investigating the case of
Senor Mamje, the native Judge of the
court of first instance in Manila, who
Is accused of fraudulently aiding the
administrator of the Enrlques estate.
A Threatening Note.
London, March 9.r-"The United
states government has addressed a
note to the Danish government al
most threatening in tone," says the
nonenhaeen correspondent of the
Dally Mail, "to the effect that it would
not permit any transfer of the Danish
West Indies to any foreign power, and
that in the event of Denmark refusing
to sell, the United States will require
that island and maritime neutrality
shall be properly guarded and the
United States sphere of Influence be
respected,"
REPORT ON INDEMNITIES
Has Been Completed by the Ministers'
Committee st Pekln.
PEKIN, March llThe ministers'
committee has completed its -report
and the general principles to bo
adopted in cases of indemnities based .
upon laws in harmony with the Roman
and English systems. This decision
was not reached without considerable
discussion, some believing that the
claims of men of good reputation
should be paid in full without further
consideration. On the other hand,
a case was mentioned where a man
of high repute claims f 10,000 each for
his own, his wife's and her daughter's
nerves and 120,000 for property de
stroyed, whereas it is known that the
latter estimate Is more than twice
the value of alL ' ;
The negotiations, Mr. Rbckhill says,
are going on well and be sees no rea
son why they should not be completed
in two months, with the excepUon of
the commercial treaties, which will
probably take a long time.
General Chaffee replied to the copy
of General Yin Tschang's letter sent
him by Count von Waldersee that he
had given Instructions to the Amer
ican troops when any detachments
were sent against robbers and Boxers
to obtain to the fullest extent possible
the assistance of Chinese officials in
making arrests and punishing the
guilty. Regarding Indemnity for
losses sustained by missionaries and
native Christians, General Chaffee
pointed out that his sentiments were
well known to the American mission
aries; that he was opposed to extor
tion In every form, and that he fa
vored strict justice in every case, and
that he wculd egree quickly to his ex
cellency's proposition that the indem
nities Sir Robert Hart mentioned
should be settled by the diplomats.
Count von Waldersee will leave
soon for Tsin Tan the trip possibly
extending to SharfhaL He says he
expects to return to Pekln temporarily.
It is asserted that China has de
cided to delay her answer to Russia
regarding the Manchurlan convention
for a fortnight ",
The ministers of the powers have
resolved to modify the legation plans
so as to ai'ow the five government
boards to remain In the occupation
of the Chinese.
RADICALS IN MAJORITY.
Not a Bright Outlook for the Piatt
Amendment
HAVANA, March 11. The commit
tee on relations of the Cuban consti
tutional convention, to which was re
ferred the Piatt amendment is made
up of three radicals Silva, Villanuen-
da and Gualberto Gomes and two
conservatives Tamayo and Quesada,
Tamayo, it Is understood, is now In
favor of accepting the amendment In
its entirety. He Intends taking a
firm stand on this position, and will
send a minority report to tne con
vention, if necessary. His political
Influence and position are expected to
have a good effect with the others,
Senor Tamayo is chairman of the
committee on foreign relations of the
convention. The committee held
short secret session this afternoon
and appointed Gomes secretary.
Political demonstrations have ceased,
and there is absolute quietness
throughout the island.
The strike has V been settled, the
stevedores, lightermen and carmen re
turning to work this afternoon. The
stevedores agreed to compromise on
S3 60 American money for a day's
work, and $4 for night work. The
Ward line agent agrees' to send home
the American longshoremen.
Struck Gold in Mindanao.
New York, March 11. Frank W.
Redding, formerly of Newark, who
was a member of the Astor battery
during the Spanish war, has, it Is
said, discovered a gold mine on the
island of Mindanao, In the Philip
pines. A quantity of the dust he has
forwarded to his brother, William F.
Redding, of Newark. The latter sent
it to the United States assay office in
New York, and he has received a re
port from the government assayer
that the dust proved to be 897 fine,
and that it is worth in its crude state
f 18 50 an ounce.
Exports of American Corn.
American exports of corn have aver
aged 173,000,000 bushels a year since
1895, an increase of 254 per cent over
the preceding five years. -
:- 8ulcides In .Germany.
The number of suicides in the Ger
man empire last year was 10,700.
FIJI 8unday Schools.
There are 40,000 native pupils
In
the Sunday schools of the Fiji islands.
AlflBilHE
Cessation of Hostilities of the
Armies in South Africa.
GENERALS KITCHENER AND BOTHA MEET
Arrangements for the Surrender of the Boer
GcncraT Army SUyn and Dcwct
Do Not figure in the Deaf.
London. March 11. A dispatch
from Lourenco Marques says: Gen
eral Kitchener has granted General
Botha a seven days' armistice to en
able him to confer with the other
generals.
A special dispatch from Pretoria
dated today says General Kitchener
and General Botha had a long confer
ence on Gun hill this morning. Gen
eral Botha was alone, and General
Kitchener was accompanied by his
secretary. A dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Tuesday, March 5, evidently
held up by the censor, has just
reached here. It says General Kitch
ener 'met General Botha and other
Boer leaders at Middelsburg, Febru
ary 27, when the question of the pos
sibility of the termination of hostili
ties was discussed. Another dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Wednesday,
March 6, says the meeting between
General Kitchener and General Botha
has awakened deep interest and that
there are favorable expectations as
to the probable outcome.
According to the Sun, the surrender
of General Botha would have been an
accomplished fact before now had
General Kitchener been in a position
to conclude the terms of surrender.
When the surrender occurs, the Sun
adds, it will Include the surrender or
entire suppression of General Dewet
and will involve the termination of
the war.
TO HELP 1905 FAIR.
Utah Legislature Pledges Aid- of Cor
gressional Delegation.
SALT LAKE. March 11. Willis 8.
Duniway, representing Portland's 1905
fair committee, yesterday addressed
the members of Utah's house of rep
resentatives, and biter Interviewed
the state senators personally in be
half of the Lewis and Clark centen
nial Today both houses, under sus
pension of the rules, adopted a con
current resolution recognizing the ex
position and pledging the help of
Utah's congressional delegation in se
curing the aid of the government to
make it a great Oriental fair. The
resolution authorizes Governor Wells
to name three commissioners to re
port to the next governor of Utah the
amount of money necessary for the
exhibit by the state.
Mr. Duniway returned to Boise to
day in the Interest of the exposition.
WONDERFUL CAVE DISCOVERED.
Abounds in Curiosities and Contain
Remains of Prehistoric Races.
TACOMA. March 9. The town of
Chehalls is excited over the reported
discovery of an immense cave, by H.
F. Forest of Chicago, in the eastern,
part of Lewis county. Exploration
was made a distance of five miles,
revealing strange and wonderful
Bights. After entering a lower pas
sage beneath the main cavern, the
explorer came to a subterranean lake.
Upon the pebbled beach were found
boats of ancient and strange make
Borne petrified, others partially so. In
one of the small rooms of the first
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human beings, both giants In size, the
man 7 feet 10 inches tall, the woman
a few Inches less. Both bodies were
reported either frozen stiff or mum
mified. Hammers and drills of brass
were found. The elaborate work
must have taken many years and was
apparently done ages ago by a pre
historic race.
. Per Capita Grain Products.
It has been figured out that the
United States produced 2200 pounds
of grain tor each inhabitant; England
360 pounds. -
Floods In Hungary.
London, March 11. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Dally Express says:
Several Hungarian villages have
been isolated by the floods. All along
the banks of the Danube and its trib
utaries great damage has been done.
The lower part of Budapest is flooded
to a depth of five feet. The bitter
cold is driving wolves from the Car
pathian mountains to the villages be
low. They have killed 12 people)
during the last four weeks.