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" « • > • *-Ja • *• -i • * * . • LATtH NEWS I > PEACEMAKERS' The tirrgoii leg «lature ady otio»l«n>« it« Saturdav. 6010 OkEGON '5 A ■ J a * 4 A C««l»l«l« 9l«vl«w of Ite* T«!«gregbl4 Bt«i «f Tbl« 6r>4 ail F«»- alga I Manzanillo, (' u ' a , i« now f illy coa- trod**! by the American authorities A i an to diSiuernl-nr the repubhc of hw liter Ian ! it under dlacuasioo iq Eu ropo. Twelve men, it is said n<»w, were klILd and 18 wound«*) in the riot at Vlrdon, III. Mrs. Nancy Geer, wife of the gov ernor « L- t of <)r*g» n, rip red suddenly of heart dieeaae In < >mahs. All >|aanUh civil o>urU in Philippine territory now eubjoct to American uon* tr*»l f.av* r«»stimed !>iiair <•*» The g'»v« rnrn*’i.t now ha« 5Ä warshqw I d ’ ••nr««’ of const rodioti When mtn pleted, the r i. ■. navy will rank third. Sac rotary A1g**r haa wirad ( iovern* r Tan nor, of Hltnoi«, placing the F.ftb lllinola volunteer Infantry at Tannor'a ortlera. In cawe th* «tat* mihtla i« in- aufllcient to end the coal tioublaa. Th# Siwnith mail »learner Reina Maria Chrtalma ha« »alie*I from Ha vana fur Spain with 1,0*3 nffi rr» and tr'H’i»*. 661 c*«v «d military arohlvea and a heavy cargo of ammutdlton. A« a rcaull of eating OM>ti*d l<»l*!»-r», abrlinpa, an I tn •, tw Kn ?• of Pythia«, J. 1 Jnnr« and Charlea Young, who lire n<*ar Ramler* Of.« are d*<Jt and Walter Furrow, of th* tame i<»!ga and town, la critically ill from the aame ptnaon. Th* gv>*«*fnmeat hat app<»tti<»ned the pria*» money for the men of our war- ahi pa» Satnpwon get« lha lion*« th are* |K*wry the next largrvl num, while brhh’V will r< •• lewi than • ne • f the captains The men will receive from |3<) to |.tx) each. The lmi«erl«l Chinese govern ms nt h»« granted <0 th»* Peking • Vndh Atr "f D»nd<»n the right to open and work mines and to nmatruct ari l o,«rat« railroad« in the empire free fr< tn Chi- rmee control. This >• ths first <M>fjcws«sw a ion «ver granted l»y th* Chinees gov ernment to a lorcign syndicate. Tire annual report of l-an l Commis sioner Hermann ret 1 tn«trs that over 11.000,000.000 feet of public timber ha« ten dcstroYf*! by fire «luring ths past 35 y* h « Th«’ report mu f* r* »1 firm form lb»’ main ru‘ )♦< t f**r tl»«- at tention of the lam) * fib*-. n«»w thr* aten- log, •• they do, n<»l only the growing f(»re»ts but the f**reH lands w I ioh pro- (luctlveneM they retard indefinitely. The report that the treasure of the ktl; fa m t- f ■ al K .r' 1 t*n*l I ’rwar ’• ! t«» C a H'> is wlii.^ul i- .1. la- tl«»n. Alexandria advices to* <dv«-1 at Lon don say lb»t tbo troops who have )u«t returne-l to Khartoum are dying *.*ff like flics from enteric disorders. J« mi »«* Jam««, Jr , eon nf tbs notorious Imndil, 1 »*» l-ren pla* «*1 under arrest f »r •oupln ity in tr.” many train r b- terh-s 111 th* nut»kirt« of Kansas City. 1 h< anriiVct* <ry * f th* !*-ith f Chari»*« Htnart Darnell wr« observe.) m Dublin with a procession and exercises at the grave of the lioin« rule l» » l* r the J «pa new* states- -••I III I the anti-foreign policy recently adopt ed !>y China would te m<»difi»-d tip* n representations bring male by tbs powers. Marquis II»», An unknown white man was lwirns*l t*» death in a negro church ar I. a Fh»r*, M »«, 1-y th«» I»- gr - - s, W » t! • ig I that te'auae lb* man was III he must he affected with yrll*»w f«ver. Tbs church was entirely destroyed. The Bear Island or Pilltger Indians will «urrendvr, and the thre4tene*l war has tire svsite<l. The recalcitrants l.Mv.» a¿3aw-1 a! a esmfrrencc to me ml»» the ftgfih'T as Soon as details <»f the terms ars arranged. A terrible expericnoe ia relate! Iy ila Samuel Ensign, an American, was deprived nf hi« literty for IM l< l»»lig years, an*) robte*l of all his worldly possesatoos, and thrown Into a (-ubau dtingeon. lie finally «w* ap<*l ami re turn«*! to hi« native land. Two Llo<»llr«a upriaingl hat« orrur- rr>! at Guam »inre American rule «•• Mtabli«li«<l. Both were quickly que|. I«<l. B|uiul«h prl.-»t« incite-! the na tive. to dee.!» of violence. Th. Amer ican flag wa» hauler! down on each oo- raalon. but «»in re| la<e.| hr the local l«ilice. A young »»ilor 1» now running thing» for Vnclo Sam. A rear-end uolli«lon tietween two O. R. A N. train« occutrcl at tiulllv»ii*« gulch, neat Portland. Two engine« were wre. kerf, tour liul car* «mathe.l Into kin-llieg w.-.vl and the cat-'-—• uf the flr«l train wrecked and throwo down a «teep embankment into th« wa ter. Aluioat miracuhmaly no llv.-a were IrwL The trainmen »»rod them- •elr<w by jumping. Miw«r Mews Hwm« A genuine bliaaar.l vi«ited th« M i ldln W eatrrn alate«, do.ng «..nai.leral.le inmag«. First A Puliah prie«l ha« «ued th« ('athnlie church fur (&0,( km ) f r «1 <>mmunical- ing him. Demand of Spain Is Flatly Refused. SETTLED BY IKK PKOTOCOf Il •» mi I in London that the French rnu.l either withdraw from Faaboia ot go to war with England. The German government haa now decided to ap|olnt ¡^tmanvtilly a naval attach« at WaaLlngton, who will r»»«.h hia j««l in January. Th» Brittah «hip Bl«: gf»lt. from New York, burned off Margat, England, early M <»«• •*y murnln< Kl««*n of th* cr*w, I mnsi J** th* csptsin'« wife ami chll'lrsn, prri«be*J. teven barf*#, <xmtaliiln| 300, 000 pur*!« of naphtha have I teen burn««! at the ¡«rUulrum p»rt of A«liakban. Rns* «ia Three perauoa w^re kilteJ In lha cud flag ration, and several other« in jured. Th«* war department bae rw*«?lv6d a «ietaitei »feecni lion of th* f«»rtlfi. a- lione of Havana fh-eld«*« old fun«, iter* are 43 new funa Tbeeagtine are princi(«1 ly ot the Hubtorla am! Ordones pattern, but there are a 1» • Krupi* among them In a brad eml coll Is Ion tetvren two freight rain« nor Great Fall«, Moot.« do«* to a mi«understandtng of order*. E*g im-er I d)«rl»« Goddard an ! Brake- man Kohert T. Jun* were killed, am! Fireman A. I Ritchie wae pmteldy fatally Injured. Tte government will undertake tha lrai."|<oflalion of Chr:«tma* I - x«-* for aoldlert al Manila A steamer • I start (torn han Francisco early in N»»- vetnter tn | a« kage< tiiuol te forwarded ODOBv Only small quantities t»f ewe«’l things »til |«e arerpted. It is ann » ■ ! that Montreal and QUeteit are |«t I«- thoroughly fortified aa part of th« achmi” for the defenses of Canada. Colonel f>ait«»D, Chief of I th* irnperial defense ot mtni••ion, <• in ! Montreal, completing plane lot tit* fortification« of th* ci lira. A curious method f ai ling charities ha« been initiate*! In Fan«, where, it i« «nil••tin<**d, the «al<M>ne of the high aristocracy, which have hitherto te n extremely escluaiva, will te opened to •trangers, on reception dava, for a money <* laidrration, which will te ap plied to thr ■ 11a f ilat»Ie Witrks of whi< h th* lady of tte Louse la a patron. A rcoeption was tendered the army her«**« at the Omaha »’■¡■«Million < • lombiA will ritk no future trouble and diplomatic relation« with Italy have l*rn reversed It • ■ ' ' ' • • * Gurnet ha« teen •elected fur president <*f the Cuban republic» Pari«. Got. H —-Ths American an I .Spanish |waos eommisalona el oa*d their first two week« uf labor b»»r* to lay, and ths progress mads has twwn chiefly by negative action, owing tu ths alli- tud* of the American* lb* first article «>f the protocol pro vided that "Hpatn will rslmqulah all claim to sovereignly over an I title to Cute.** Tbs Amarirans opened th*ir Ua*e by the assumption that little or no action wa* nccresary reganling ('uha on the ground that Its disposition waa • !«’fi» Itely file ! by the term« of the pro- to*v»l. Notwithstanding at ths meeting last Thursday, tbs Hpanlards submit ted snggsstuu-.« and prop«jeit ion« amounting to bolding that tte United <i t*k< • • »■* r a •< | art uf the Cuten d»d’L TueA*lAV. telMWT Mo©- term Rloa, president of the Hpani«h cot©- mission, vertelly rep»*ate*l I it at length, and reiterated the same in summer ite»! form. Th* Americans at their < We-Ines*!ay, t**>k up th* H entation ami determined th* formula tion of th* an«w*r «-f th* United Statsa. ('areful. rxa» t. and full was th* prepare- t t**came im|««**eible, a« intend*»!, to serve a*« py <*f it on th* *pain«b tefors th»» teur of opening ths r* ”»n, a»» that the oral d.»ru»«ton might tegiU promptly« Whatever may have transpired st v*«- trrday's » **ion. whether the Spaniards tfiOffi ur W - r «• not ad vi we« I that the Unit*>l Slates declined to a««ume the ('uban debt, it may te distinctly said that with such light «« Il now ha« the Unite! states c 'otnin I aw ion will coi nsifct- enlly and tu th* end refuse to a*>«*uins all or an»* part of th«’ Cuban debt Ths Spaniard« will, if indeed H ha* not al ready teen *l«jne, have impressed upo© tl * ui t. • f.« 1 t.' at I y th»* « gi' kt ire ”f Hi* protocol, they utterly relinquished all claim jf s* vereignty over Alvi Ulla to Cuba. Tbu* possibly progress has t>oon achieved negatively, for, with the pres ent light, tiré Americana decline, or wi!i refuse th«’ r*-j"»n*ibility <»i a single ¡-cola of the so called debt. FIRST AT SAN JUAN X*«» %««(b l(*glt«i*«tt I tt(«r« th* < apllal of Vortn Hire. Washington, Ort. IM.—The follow ing dispatch was received at tho war d« pArtment this evening: “han Joan. Ort. 1H.—The Forty* Inter national Tyjx »graphical seveutb New York arrived at Han Juan Thr EDDY. Cailonel.** U n ion in bl» nnlal ►• «•ion at Syracuse, at 6 P M. It i* presumed by th* war depart N. Y., Voted Io abolish the referen- ment <>fli ia I*. inastum h a« nothing is dum. - nd to the contrary, that th* regiment A cabinet crisis ha» oorurred in Cape was permitted to land nt Han Juan. It Colooy, South Africa, and the aas< tnbly waa feared objection might te raised by lias vote! a waul of or fide nor in the the Spanish officials to th* landiiig of govern tnent. thr regiment at San J uab before formal Munl.-rer J"bn Miller «•» l>Kngi*tl a |N>«sr>-»Hin was yielded to ti»e American Han Quentin, ( al ■ for the killing of forces on tha ISth Inst. The Forty- JaitxMi (Tnl.l» In Hau Franela» <>, in So -iciith New York ha« the h< t r uf vctntair, n Tli» A liter ican peace commissioners to enter th« capital of Porto Rico. ('utiiin«H*t nt lb« l>l«lrl«-lw. were «ntertamwl in Pans with a pri- Ponce, P. R., O>t. D Th«» St art vate llieatrleal [•«■rfimianc«'. arranged ami Stripes will be formally rai«ol at In tli«lr huuor bjt Figaro. **.tn Juan Thursday. Brigadier-Gen Fraud« «montiling to ruilllmi« of doL eral Fr«’d Grant will te given commami lam bavo fiorfi iliMiivi-ri-l in the (lliiluan < f the district of san Juan, comprising ar*r*nal. 6«nor Navarre, tli« cbinl ac thu jurisdictions of Arecibo, Bayatno countant, ba« <’ouimill«<l »uiei.l« and llumacoa. with the adjernt Brigadier-General Guv V. Tl.» Pan« paaer. <'mnnii»«iou<,m <-«n- island«. Henry will te given r« »mm a nd of ili« not agro» over the Cuban debt lion. The American« claim th»’ matter . other portioui of Porto Rico. 1» Irrelevant, because I ho United hiatus THL CRISTOBAL COLON 1» not annexing Cuba. A military plot against the French government was di* over<**l and fiut- ttuted by prompt action. it 1« r« |- rt« ! in Manila that M i »b- atone, chief of the dvr northern pruv- inoee of the Philippine Ivlands, ha« rebelled against Aguinaldo, and that fighting ha« taken pla«*e between the opposing faction«. News to the effect that large num- ter« <»f jolitical prisoner* have tern horribly tortured in Ecuador by order of the government, has ten brought to ban Franc 1 wo by the «trainer Pan ama. Ilan Ky, the (Jorean minister of justice, ha* b**’n * 11* id i «(*" I for bavir g p*-rmtil«*l the brutalities p*rpetrat<-I by the populace on thu teltea of th* men reoanlly hang«*! tut conspiracy to poison the rm|-cror. (Thief Hwe*nie, of the (*hi*'ago fire deikArtment. while directing his men at work on a fire, fell into a manhole and was severely injure»!. Th* «ngmeer of the building, John Mehlrum, was killed, and ta other m* n w» re **.» •<! by eacaping st» am. Lieuteuan Hriands has written a let ter saying that the v<>y«ge f the Obdam from F’»rto Rlcu waa nut fraught with dilJlCC? fj? •♦*W»-»ie* Th* *•••*• newspaper stories of fire on the trans port and to the effect that the wognde I am! sick snl«li* rs being brought h«»me were badly fed. ate denounced as un- founded and ridiculous. Ilwti»«»« 1» < <>itn>l*»nt of ll«i»l»ig *l>«nluh < ruis«r. th« Santiago «1* Cuba, O t. I h —N»v«| (.^instructor llolraon, who has arrive! her«* from the wreck of the <ptnlsh oruu»er Crittuhal Colon, will leave to ►»„•!? !a? cn busiccag • ni <• te I with the lnfai.fa Maria Ter«-»a. whL h he *i|*** Is t<» g'-t .iff to the United Rtates tefor* the end of th* mouth. For th* last few days he hag teen engaged in pr* paring to rats« tha Cristobal Colon, a work who h Is prao- ti dily impowiibla fiorn tha sen te auso uf the <langerou*ly heavy swell. Th* operation* will, therefore, te conducted from the shore. Mr H o I muhi ha« built a trolley line out to th* "hip. a dl«tau<w ot 150 feet, with a «us}«ension bridge; and the com pressed air pump is n »w in position. On Ills return from Guan* tanamo he will push hi*operations vig orously, as h* feds ateolutdy certain uf raising th* hull uninjured. Ti e natal by tha . a In the conflict which resulted in the destru l.on of Cervera’s fleet, tin ! that "although th* American fleet In tha battle off Santiago on July 3 obeyed th* grnerai orders of itrar-A iunrai >r»tn| -*’U. given in advance to meet just such an emergency, it wa« raaen- itally a 'enptaina* fight.* ** Much credit is given Hi« tettlv ship Orcg-'u for its good work. bt»ard appdhted Tbo French wheat crop 1« e»timated at 183,000 000 bectolitera, the largeet • inre 1874. Owing to the overproduction of yarn, tho Ingrain oarpet »pinner« of the Penmylvania diatrlot have decide.! to •hut down tbeii mill« fot an indefinite period. Al while lake, near Fotealport, N. Y'., a deer hunter «Ville «ta'klng mis took a moving object In the wond« for a deer and fired, killing ln«tantly hl« lfl ycar-old «on. Chicago,Dot. 17 —The barge Church ill. loaded with ore lr ui Duluth, aanh In th« rough water off Waukegan to- ' « deck-band, John ilan»en,w«r» drowned. Th« barge waa valuod at (10,000. Lady (lay, a note.) dog ownnl Samuel IV Stannard, die.) at Mr. Htan- nard*» kennel in St txml«. The collie • ii valued at (3,000 and ha» taken firat ptiaae all over the countiy at bench aliow». Uaorg* Mulligan, a Klondike miner, Dr. C. if Wetmore ba» tendered hi» loet a puree containing HI.000 In reaignatlon a» «tiperInlendent of the c»«h and check« in a Han Franrl*x> •late I naan« aavlum at Topeka, Kan., «Irrel car. Orlpman John Ltonabu« to (lovernor Ler.|y. Among other found it and rcitorci it to him. •enaatlonal chargee the dector ec< □•<<• One hundred and twenty-three n>«n>* Chait man Jumper, of th« »late hoard tier* >>l the «acred college of cardinal« ot charltlre, with being on a continual have die.I aince l«o XIII •a.«n<l*l lira deba och for the pa«t IS month», and papal throne, and 87 •>! tin« nomtwr openly chargiw »ubordmate officiala with attempting to ruin pure women. «ere of hi« own creation nt • Terribis ('rims. Winnipeg. Manitoba. OeL 1». — A Dominion ('tty diapatch «aya a rold- blonded butcher« took place in the Ga- lu lan «rttleni. nl, ea»t of there, «ume lime within the lot 34 boura. A Ga- lician man and hi« (our cbil lren wer« f Hind dead in th« ho .... The wife 1« ml»» I ng. and 1« I u»pe led to be guilty of the crime. The wrajon need >>l an at. The man'» head we« nearly ■rvered from the body, and the ohll- .Iren'« b>»liee were mor« Or le«a muti late I it i« nnderatood the oouple lial frr-iuent quarrtda. Th« name uf th« family could not be leartiud. Dr. G. Q (’•4lun, tho note«) Ametl- can dentiet who died in Rotterdam •om« time ago, had pulled over 1,000.- 00i> teeth In the courwe of ill* practice, and »«• the first dentift to u«o “laugh ing ga»'* In practieo. Robert Robert«, an Engli«h writer on religion« iffaira, th« author of over 100 laeik« and editor of thu Chritladal* pliia, of Hirmingh.vm, England, w»i found dea.1 in hi« i.">m in ban Fianclt- so from heart diteaan. Maj. T. U. Tupper, who <11*1 tee» tif ly at Cleveland, O., waa on the aci! va lilt of the aitny for 33 year«, bating .nliatni m • private In tho HI 1th Vnil««i Slat«« cavalry in 1*83. ai.etrle «hork Killed Him Seattle, Waali , l«ct. 17. — Loul, Kay. •er, ag*l 38. an engineer, «a« killed Um morning in the Seattle «team laundry, a« a re«ult of a «bock rrcelve.1 while putting in an in. andweent lamp. Or» H«rg« <«nh. WemMI *••(»•«■ !•«! THE n«-4l** nt LIZARD ■ I WRECK. M a *> nt IM* >»*(»«••• K** m SL*<*«*r*<S GOMEZ IS OBSTINATE Iha* (nh«n laettrral KrftiSr« t«i Ills Army. IHlIifiUil New York, Oct. H.—A dispatch from Havana says: It is g nerally te hcvt««l a serious breach has taken place between the executive department of thr Cabas republic and tlir h’a !♦ rs «>< the military force« Word was received here that Genera! Wood has received a ' »uimiihi »tioii from Pr« ’idml Mu-- ■, advising that nothing te done Ly the Americans that can be coi strti«’<! as re cognizing th»* Cuban government. .Mas- so Las hero joined by his colleagues in de< luring that the titim has arrived for dlsl'znding the Unban forces Thia course will te vigorously combatted by General Gomot. General Juan Ihi aw, one of the dom-st iidvi’o rs of Gomez, has arrived in Havana to consult the opponents of Mass*» an ! all tlKW who favor a Cuban republic an ! op|M>?»e further American Intervention. General Dncasae declares that Gum* z will lea l the Insurgents ba< k Into the fid I before he will sub mit to disarming them while th** Amer ican and Spanish soldiers remain in Cuba. Colonel Waring's first inspection of the city filled him w itli surprise. Con dition« ar* much worse than he expect* rd. Everything is favorable for an out« break of fever. In normal times deaths :n Havana num Dr wD»ut 300 a week. They now average fully loo a day. The deaths are lU'wtly ther* niilt of |«<»r- liicious fever. ANARCHIST PLOT. Hing II »tut l»«*rt. a» Well <• It»«* Km l»er«»r %( «• («• Hr» A••a*sii(Ml*«l. Driidvo, * " i. (6. ---Th«- Ait-RMudria corr» S|*und«*nt <»f the lhill\ Mail, ide graphing regarding thr anarchist plot Agtinal Etni««rur William, which wa« dlacover«*»! Friday, says*. The (dot against the kaleer is hourly proving mor* imputtanì, »»eli arrwl dischwing new ramification«. Th« doc ummla found di« liMMi a plot to kill King llumtert already well malutrd Fifteen person«, all Italians, hoe lieen The original plan we. to arrested. throw a bomb of guncotton and ful minate of mercury on Emj*-ror Wil liam's carriage in a narrow str«’«l of ('airo. Wi.ru th«* Egyptian trip was abandon«* I,el a ter ate arrangem« nts were mad* by th* conspirators to send con* frdefate* to Jerusalem to carry out the plot during the dedication of the Ger man Uhuich uf Our R*>lr« nirr. |«l«r|Ml4 o»*r*1«* l(. Manila, Oct. 16.—The insurgatns at Lagaspi bavs prevented lite American st««m«-< I1«*rme no* ii”iu 10**1114 ur uu- liMt-ling, on the groan I that Ib ere are Kpaniards <»n b»»ar»l. They ate» re fu sed to allow any ot the me© ot thr United Hieles crui«er Raleigh to land without permistión fiom General Aguinaldo. THE Op»« *4 PEACE With JUBILEE • Wervlee givla« ef 4 •!•** ten <ion, Oct. 16 —The Atlantic Trans|«j»rt Company i«*u«**l lb* lull*«w Ing statement this evening r«*gsrding the fate uf the twarengera and crew of the steamer M >h«-gan, which was wrecked last Friday evening off the Lizaid, between the Mauaclsa and Low- lsn«te*. **of the passenger«. 11 have ten saved, 10 biahws have ten recovered, and 33 are mtssing Of th* crew an*! cattlemen. 30 have I***« MVel, 14 bud- l«• have been recovere*!. and 61 ar* missing. •* bi nee this «tatement w s* le»u<*l, nine Othet bullies hare D*en pl« h»*d up, in cluding two that have ten td*ntifi«*l a« those of (*i»«engrrs. The reptnls «»! the various enr re pun dents differ widely a« tu the reectir*. recoveries an<l I emms **, though nor.«’ Agree a « I o the exact hum- ter of thoe* «aved or uf the bodies re- Covere*!. Tbs te IL’S < f tte following i>AAA*»hgvrs have te n reoovrre*!: T. W. King, Dina Kir g. Manter Klr.g, Mrs Wsliar, Jams Bls* key. Mlaz If. M ( *<w* n. M Fallow«, B Fr» M Luk*. G«w urge teymour. Mias U H Warrener. Th* latest *lvl<vw ft m F»lm- oth t his even mg cay that 3» ha.lo-a bao* l*T»-n hlentifi <1, motlly the laalira of aaiior*. Fou • VS AS V*’t unidrntlfird, including th’ **» id two «*)<lerly telics. On* a| pom o te GcrMMUl. Shn wnrn • watch and wedding ring, !*»lb cn grave*! "|8* 1 v*r brooch with the letter» pa-arte Thia ta ptotebiy the Mrs. <*harl*s Duncan Nine of the I «o» I les have Ix-cn brought to Falmouth; the otter« were taken tu the Village church at St. Kevmne. Tn* raarowd paauengera am toeing sheltered in < »»ttagee along the «bom, and lb* crew al the aaiior»' hum» at Falmouth. Tu ig« have been cvniaing in the VI« ill. Ity all «lay, despite the very rough weather, in the I m >|«* ol it picking up other bodies. Th* cause of th* disaster remain* the profoundret mystery. Nobody al tempts tn explain h*»w th»» Mote-gan gol •«» far north of !»• r true course—from six to seven mil»**. There wa** no f**g at the time, while th«* wind on her |w»rt quarter was not sufficient I to prevent her answeiing the helm. Il b.ui te*n Suggested that her compass was faulty; but daylight liawtoi long after Eddy- «lone light was pa »red. * The sailors •ay the fact that the Liz.ird light war visible should have served to give the alarm. Thanb« Chicago, Oct. )H.—-The national peace Jtibllre, ot Chicago, wae tonight inangurat«-'l with a thank-giring fa r- vic« at the Auditorium. President McKinley attended and lietrn« ! to ad- thcwMMi by a Jrwi«h rabbi, a Roman Catholic prowl, a Fre-byterian clergy man and a noted colored orator. The applauee for the president wa« terrific, and at one time he was comprlie»I to rite In bia tex and reepond tu the fran tic cheering of the audience. T’ r fei- vioee, however, were of a religion« character, and at time« the admen si lence of the vast aeaambiage waa much mor* eloquent than could have tern the wlidrat applau«*. The virar of an Kngliab f*arl»h re cently dec lare«! that he believed In the immortality of animals, and that to would tar father m«wt thern in heaven than many human being« ot hia ac quaintance. Thereupon a con tide raid* part of bl« congregation roee in high dudgeon and left the church T » 5 A 4 rs « [4 SHAFTER A • Il* Atlantic Steamer Foundered With Great Loss ot Life. OYER 1Ó0 PERSUNN DROWNED I Y.ih London, (k-t 17. — Th* Atlantic Transportation Company's •tiMtDrf Mohegan, formerly th* Ulen lina the Wilwn Fuinea- tevlan I which left Dm*Ion for New York yes- t« r l»y with g' pa**»eng*»r« an i A rvw of ISO, Is aahors off the Lizard, between the Manacles and th* lowlands Il la ruui*»r*-| Chat there ha« bern • great loss of life. A c art guard m ««.»g.» r t rta that th* passengers are "drowning likt rats •• Amathet ar» • unt say* "iLidles ar«* washing ashore, one being that of a tel y lash*>i to a | plank, with U>th leg« severed.** Particulars t»f cn’t to obtain. I the Mohegan «Itti and the sea was r 1.1teh»Ml* put off frein the L from Falmouth, on* returni w HI» pass*uger*. te Ver al wet* however. It is re|**rt«*l. on th of the iifetwiat to the «h<»re. lifeboat «Ave»! sii }»*f*«»ns. Th* mast at that point ta • Itretnely dangerous, an*l has l*r<«ii tl»* eren* ot numerous wrecks How i year« ago there wa « a m**vrm»*nt *e| >n f(M»t to get a lightship plat* I there, but it failed, A diapatch fr m F«lmotith «ays thr Moh*gas it f 'U!; lrr*>J and wa« protebly bl«»wn Ashore Ly the heavy eaat wind after her ms Emery was dissi led. All the Falmouth tugs went out but wets unable to approach the vessel. A !:f*d* *t has land*»! 30uf the M be- gan's passengers and return*' ! for mor*. I ine lady died after «lie was br- ughl asliote II 1« rumored that the (Mwii|i«»a of th* Mohegan is *er mua ami AMistai.ce is urgently needed. Actoi'lmg to a diapatch J«t*t r«s « iv*«l f constituting the passengers and crew of the Mohegan, only 31 hav* tewn save*!. Tliio intelligence was L rwarded from »• '.»st guard I y t< 1* pi n*» Lil- mouth. Th* coast guards are watvh- Tvl4 •e *> • A -T • AT OMAHA II*«» (•»* Af«ai»iA*4« *<*•••«»« I «••» Omaha. t*rL I 7.—• Ma>u Grt.rtal William It. Khaftrr was a*vur*led a m<wt generous wvliMHua by iihiaí > a to day. When hi« tiain arrive.) m the morning a largo numter of ¡**»¡ Is had gather«*! at the station to greet the hero of Mnltago. Inkier, u U(>on the ex* Later, paiAillun ground«, the manife«lation ol hive and respect f»»r f *r the general were ever y iwhsrs where in svidence. evidence. This after* noon, , in the auditorium. General Rhaf- 1er a blrsftsed an audience that filled •very meh of available s|<rs in th* great building. H is ad* I re* • wo a plain, metier-« )f-fa»'l *hscu«siun of ths . .. • ” ; * *igu, an I the «imple pre- Cuban cam “ as ntatom ot taels was far Miorwaffectiva than the nowt saalted oía cal effort from ore who bad out |wrtici|*atc*i in the struggle. One of two statement« made by the He said that with get crai are new. th« capture of El Caney the campaign was practically over. It • ne***»ary, he «aid, to c imvince the HpAtHab caonMaadar that h is ca«c • a « iH»|w*teai. "Why tte Spaniards surrendered when they could have abandoned I heir p>witi«»n and kept up the war," be bai *I, !«» not un*l«-r«tar»J, but I te- Bevs It was because they bad lawn in- fortne*! If «1 th* Spaniah government had d«"ci’h*l l»» give up the fight and •urrender their soldier« in the eastern part of th* island ” Assistant secretary of War Mvihte john tBAd* an able a Idn**, commend ing N-'hraska’s part In th* Dl* war and denouncing th* tradio ers nt th* army Wu Ting Fang, th* Chine** minmster, wa « given a cordial r*> * p- lion. Heaator Thar «tun «puke elo quently. DAWSON QUARTZ FtllMfe ot th«« < l<y I*»(»*»-4» mines I (•<.•«« Th «Ir Vancouver. B. C., Oct. 17 —J If. H dd, of Chi Ago, who is Juat down from C«««lar, save a g‘d I •trike ha« been male made on Friday river Three men tc ook out 183 ea> h (rum a river bar In one » Week. H. M. Sinc'air, D m » Angel«'«, Cal., who baa ju«t arrived from Dawson, «ay« the future of D«wr««>n will tlrf^nd largely upon the opening of quart« mine«. There have lieen upwards of 4'M) quarts claim« lecovdad at Ihwsm and somo claim« in the vL inlty of the city are attracting considerable atten tion, not on account of the high grade, but of the immense Jepo<»iu* of gold« bearing or«v C <’ Black, who ha» just returned boats have gone Inte Port Hou*to* k. from I’each rivet« state« that «evrral The «learner Mobegvn, then the C|ro- pruepe* tor« up there «t«»le provision« patra, arrived at New York *»n Anguet ca<'h«*! by a tribe of Indun« whl< h had 1'4 lent, on her maiden trip fr»»nt Din always teen friendly to the white*. don. She it a «ingle-arrow «Ieri vroel The red men we^e not long >n retaliat They fl re-1 the grae in the ills of 4.610 tone regiater* <*«•> fc< t long by ing. The result was 53 fret team, and about 36 f»rt tn tri< t for tulles around i. ;n;. f i 11 She had accommoda- disaatruua to thr unscrupulous white lion for 125 paaaengera am! a -a parity men. Their hones died of starvation, fur brt wren « .<>00 an I h.ooo tune of and, half-starvt*! tlH*mk«dvea, they fl-* I Her com- from the country and returned to <hn!- freight and 500 rattle. Ha l they not left the district mander I« < 'aplaln < I r » ftl the* rom madure Been. of the Atlantic Transportation Ct»m- the Indian boetihlh » would Law bet t. Slio I« ohe of the five tarried «till further. piny’s (Irrt. versela recently pur» huM»'-l from the W hal Al«»b« x***l». Wí león- Furn*««-teyland lino by the San Fianct«*'»», (kt. 17—Thom as H. Atlantic Trai>-p-'»ruth*n Cotnpanv Company to Mobile, Mare, N••well, a p >minsnt citiaen *d B »-* 'n. replace the Mohawk. Mobile, Michigan and MiaaitAippl, which were who has just veturnnd fr»»in Alaska, fold to Ihr Cnit*'I State- g «V* ThtU’ lit to where he has »pent four month« an naully for the last 13 years, savs that be need ae transporta. the district should have a repreretita COMMERCE OF THE PACIFIC. live in congr* *»■< an*! should have the protection of adc4piate land law«. He Will It* Inrrea»««! by th* tic tent Ion <»l ate» thinks that th* prohibitory liquor ths I’hlllpplrte». law originally enforced to I rotori the Svattln, IVaati., Oct. 17. — I). E Indian«, but now ¡«»ssibie of era«ioi) Brown. g»n<'ri»l »gout of the < 'ar> . a -) Ian with a great |-*q>olalion of abita men Facifii- Railway A 8team«blp Comp.iny and lb»>u*ah'Is of mile* of unguar>lc<! at fl ong K"i>g, speaking today of the aea«*oast, «houl I te replaced by high growth of tra.le Let w - t - cii thia country license, producing 4 revenue • iftt lent znj the Orient, said. tu pay many expenses - f the ten I torr. *’The trade uf the last five yrarv zhoul i more than double In tli* next DARK DAYS FOR FRANCE five y«*nrs, owing. In the first ph* *, to inovraard tran«|'ortatl«n fa«'ilitie«t and 11»«o|ullott Nlighl Bring <»a War Kith Fngl(**l tn t!»e second pla«« Io the c!••*«» itda* lions tlial Will have to exist heteaflei London, Oct. 17 —The situation It between lliiz country and th* Orient n Pari« is regartle*! in well-informe«! t!>* result of holding th«* Piillippine quarters aa teing more sc riot hi than at IsLin ls. We are porfrrtly willing that any time «inre th* mmmunr» Tb» Hi. the United Mat» « should hold on lo Jamea'a GaZrtte thia afternoon aaya: the Philippine islands, and when one* '*A military revolution, however the matter 1» definitely settled, and peaceful, which replace* th* Itrlueon business is again in full «wiitf. it will rablnnl with niMninm-a of general«, not te long tefore the commerce of tbs would iiti|**ril th* relation« between Pa iHo will K* as great as that <»f the England and Franc* alnio-t to thr Atlantic. I «pec la By will this te tte breaking point. tern! official and rase when railroads shall open up < liina partly inspir* I Paris pa(**rs are «till to th* commercial and industrial w-»rl«l, pretending that negotiation« are pro an I makt* tLm Northw« *t Coast Its ceeding between thr two governments, and Fran«* believe« it, although rvrry- landing point." loly in England knows the statement VgwlHWt F.mpernt IV Hile«*» to bo ridiculous. Even «upj>«»iing M«j«»r A lrii*n<líía. Ktfjpt. Oct. Marchand is unconditionally with- AI»-XAn<tri« |»olicw b«vr •rrrwir»! nine drawn from Fa*lioda, th* difficulti«w lialian anrachhta •incw la«t night, and with Franc* will in no way end. Be have thrrt'by frnvtPftt«*«! a plot agittnwl liin*! it lies the whole question of Bahr« Emperor William, now »»n hta way to el Ghazal, the richest prise in the Sou th« Holy l«an lt to b* present at the dan.” (•im«erralion of th* Church of tb* ^avioi at Jernaalrtn. Tb«* fimt Mrn’*h->| ua« * •.■».»thwra l*aeia. Ilr.h.m.n Kill..I. a oaf* k«w¡a»r, a well-known anar« ht«l, Aahland, Or., Oct. IS.-—Char)«» Sny in whoa* hou««* the polir« í || r <,0V«- iv »I der, of Aaliland, a Hoothrrn Pacific two w rr Unnba of gr» at Mrctigth an-l brakeman, «a« Inalantly killed at Zu- full of bullet«. Tht« arreni w.tt ma la leka, on tlm nouth «Ide of the NiakyotM, in rona«M|u*iK« of th* in-i ifi« al noi f -iu near the itate line, in California, la« I lii* Italian conaul-f*n*ral at Cairo that nlgl.t An extra freight train w»a two anarvhiftla lia i h fl Cairo for Port • witching, an<l in jumping*» pun a mor. Slid. *i*ii i-ai u« im^e-l )<i. tuvlilig and waa thrown under the ear wheel«, which granee Jota« Al>y..lnla Rome, Oct. 17.—-The Italo «ay«: completely «everrl bi« head from til« “Frane« ha» concluded a treaty with bo>ly, tirwide« colling off one leg and Abyaaiiiia again»! England iu the Fa- one arm and othetwiae ahockingly mu tilating hi« body. •bola affair “ kuebing Worte «n (iuRbnali. Boston, <kL I?.—The gunboat Wil mington has received «ailing orders for next Tuesday, and simultaneously the navy-yard ufftdals got word to rush work on tier and have her ready I y that date without fail even if It was nr« es- sary to work overtime in all depart ments to do so. Iler sister ship, the Helens, Is under orders already to sail for China the following Tn - lay and work has been pushed on Lur ratbet than 00 the Wilmington. Swtllwr« Wanl Itifl«-«. Waibington. Oct. IS. — A dispatch wa« received at th« war department from Minnesota today, aaking for SOU Springfield riffe» »n I 60,000 round» of animeriltion, fot the u«« ■ f the p«M>ple of that »tat« in protecting them«elvee •gainat hoellle Indian». N« action bat yet tieen taken on the application. Whwloifila Mbssecr* FlbWW»«t I.arg« Imotml •* w A W* *• -«A nt H«n»t» Atal*«, Minneapolis, (kt. 11.—It ha« just leak»-*! out that a week ago but glare broke Into thcoflLe of the (onsulidate*) Milling A Hardwood Company, and after breaking open a «afe, o-raped with fS6,000 worth of United State« bonds of the recant I«« us. President Georg* Christian rwrrivwd a letter offering to return them if a re war«I wii advertised In one of the lo al paper«. The matter ha« tern placed in the hand« of the I'M al authorities. « • hie coast heibses General Wilson's Statement to the Commission. u hi r THE ENGINEERS SPENT l|«»W*a l»>(*«» Twwtl(•*««•» V «• !•« lb* C «••itlllwMtS Trwvwlllnc «• < •«•»!• tlUHRfi». Washington, Och I mmt mad* by General (tin , the chief of engine« tula ■ion Investigating t the war. wa« made pubi I ng th* plug re«« of th* s Ing a*!dltlons wer« tua try armament; Armament wa« | piar»! In i, IM 10 for «ix 13 ir • inch mortarw. and 33 raj and additional piai tform» ready for a still larger nun puait ioi n ft raí a< Among tl * purchases fur barter de frnre were 400 mile« <»f cable, 130 luna id high espimi re«, l.»’><i n« w torp« b can ««. 4 4 aswruitlighl«, etc. Twenty- sight barter« were mine»!, 533 min«* ten g planted. Ti »• el|wndilurr< ■ n barter i!efert«w lor the pefnG were f I ,- 661,000. Intrenching t»*»ls were pur- c L aiw -*) and stored at Wilt's point • ufficimi for an army *>f 30, imm ) nu n. lt>»»|’lt*l« In < hh b aiii«u(o Ws«hingti>n, Oct 15 —-Li»’«it*nAqt- (kdon-’l D J Huff w.»4 ts f»»r«’ ths war Invt »tigitii g c inmiesi. n at P ” f*»ru* n<Min St'Mion. II* I* a regular army offi*■•*r, »nd was chief surgeon in lb* Third sriuy <'«»rps st ChickamaugA H<*fY «lid not consider ths camp to bstu teen in th* iw*«t sanitary **»fidithm, but expre**«‘d the "pinion that B c*»ul«l n*»t ■ lb* teginmhg, th»’ < amp wa» «bort f medical supph*-*, du* to th* expecta tion that arriving troops would bring supplo s <>f tn»•■Ib'in* < Continuing. Dr. IL f? said the cape city uf the division hospitals was oftrti <!uuld«’«l and trebled. Il «omotimes •**:- mrred that there were eight men in tents whl’di were intend»* I l»» a *>uiiin’»- datr six, be» iu •» of delay in •»*« .rI-* * tentage |o onf* for th” In* r»-- uh » of *h< vase, which wai un* i¡»* * t* dly rApi l. i »ti . . r l a . ■ . .■ >i* j 11 ■ 1.1 * ye tr Saiilv pl» d in I 1« mad» ¡11 tte floors, te* «us! of a temporary «te fi«’« In* y in c »» h A« a rub* the nurs were without training, and till« U I o»'ca«i»>ue«| ruin«» difficulty in dealing with typhoid cases. Yet he kh«*w of •». . g £ « counL He rj-w'lfl»»») the '.i-*» of a man afflict«*! with an Infectious «lisca.*»*,wbo had te»*n compelled t*» lie Hi the open air one night on a *<x»unl of la< k of trot- ago. The doctor was «lire that no in jury r»-’»nlte«l, as th*' w«-athor wa« plrus- anL Dr. Hoff sai«i that the «hortegu id medical supplies had cutillnued for several weeks, but there wo generally «uffleirnt to meet the immriliat* de mands. He also said that min« requisi tions had teen returned Ly the W.«-di- inglon authorities te aus«’ iiupr<»|*«rlv Ailed, and he was undrt the impr«'4*ion that there Lad I «•»♦n complaints of s»*me suffering on this a* *<>unl. There w is nunstdrrable delay In tecuring floming f o the tents ORDERS TO DISBAND Vf*«»«« VV III the • tth «M «»Idler» It«»«»» hy ll«*4|U«»»< *»t I *»l«ift«-l (lay Santiago de Cute, O» t. 15.—Srnur Bar loloine Mu«», iv rein ¡»mi *d bv two menbereof hiw staff, arrived this m> rn- Ing at Mantarilllo from Salita Cru« d*d Sur, in Puerto l*rirn i|«e, ate'it 76 mi s from Manzanillo, where the Cn‘ ani now have their hea^hiuariere, an i W >.»•»•< ih»« *-<!«••* '>O^rl,«i*«»l^»j n»«i.t_.. i.l » will in>H>t to »tert a new pr»«i.|>'iil ». I to <!«*. iilo »« to th» plana f..r ilialuin.l. Ing tli« army, if diabandmrnt la co», •bb-rikl »'IviMblv, an.I a» to othuv im portant matter». II« calle.I at onoo on ('oloncl Ray. who r."..rivr.| him «'onrleou.ly, cipri i I pleaaur« at tho opportunity ol an In terview, ari l «ahi ho ho|»"l Honor M»»> •o would arrange for dlabandlng the Cuitan« und.-r General Rloa In tin neighborhood of Manaanillo, «o tbit Work In the field could leghi, lie il«o cnrne.lly a-lvi.i- I the pre.id<-nt I the Cul an provl«ional government to dlabund the Cuban troop« at all joint* now In powmwlon of th« (Jnllrd Btate* fore.-«, In order that the num night give the aa«l«tanoe •<> greatly n««..iol t< plaoe the country In a |Hmition to re- cover from the evil, of the throe-yeal war. Henof M«.«o readily agreed to carry out Coloni'l Ray'» reqneat, and «aid that General Rio« would receive ordì « Immediately to di«l-nnd fila mnn. “1 t»dl«ve," »al l Honor Maaen, in terminating the interview, “that Cuba, in two year«, will lie more pnxperouf than ever before.’’ The Interview la«ted about an hour, and apparently waa «atlafaotory tu both. Benot Maaau leave» tomorrow on hia return, going by the iuaurgeut • teaiuer F. ruin do. Blair stAln* V n«rll*»1. Lanaing, Mich.. Oct. 14 —t'pwar.l of 30,000 r-aLIcnta of other prrFtiori« ol th« «tat» war. pre «ent tolay nt tho un vclllbit of a atatu» rr»^ t**’l to th- mem ory <4 Aiiatin Biair, Michigan’« famont wai governor. General Hhaftrt wm preterit an<l rcc<-lv«<l an ovation. K«ll«f Wtatlnne an Yubna. Knbh»r*> <««■ lll«-a.,r«d. Seattle, Oct. 17. —Lot* pawngert fratti Alaska report thaï the Camvhan« bave arrange*! to place mou ni rd polir* at etated Intrrval« of from >0 to 30 tnllea along the Ynknn* frotn tho lira I watora to iHwton, «o a« to give relief to any par tire who may te travehng on the 1er thie wlntey. Thêta wlll te five or ail men et eaeh station, and they w»ll te eqQippad wlth suppliée of tomi ami mediclne. Ix>alvllle, Uolo., Oct IS. —Whil. kicking abotil aomn dirt at th« city dump, Frank Burkhart unearth*! a cave, in which he fonnii «om. very rich ore evpo««<l. The otHoera wer« at once nottfiad, an.I upon Inveatlicatlon found a racli«, from which they extract«) so •acka of gold and »liver or«. The »tuff had evidently Iwn hidden away during th« )a«t 10 day», and had Iren atolcn from different mine«, a« It waa of a different character. From »ample« «». »ayi-!. the ore la ahown to !•» eii-umou«. ly rich, and will probably prov« to ba worth (110,000. London, <Xt. 17 —Tb« Peniti« cor- reapondent of th« Dally Chronicle »ay•: Ho ine bo» I y once said of Shelley that There i» a rumor in circulation that a plut ■• un foot for a ma««» r« of th« be could not cross the street without IciMpg a he about ÍL Eut p.*ai« I } 4