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Admits) Dewey ia now the senior
uffherof tb© American naw. bavi: g
reached that p«<«ition without congrre*
• lunal action tinotigh the r«mr«ment
of Admiral Bunca.
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1 h© Amerrean Newspaper Publish*
era* A Asocial ion has ptewnta»! to the
Arigl <>• Am#i l« an joint high com«aia»ion
a carefully prepared a«g imetil id f»vut
of fr©© p«r-«»r and fr©e pulp.
Senator
McRrld© b«# ©ff©rwl an
amendment t© th© naval trill, which
providea tar th© construction of a st<»n©
drydock on tli© lohtmbia river and
appropriate# 3-^0.^^
Im’n© list©
us# in beginning the work.
On«' half lii# large«! foreign orde« for
fini»he*l st©©; ©ver »ent f© l. • r* i* try
has Leeti offcreil th# Illinois Steel ( .on
pany. of (’hleag«»
The order Atn*>>>n<s
to f3,OO0,(K)0, and is tar water pijre
to I»© us*'-! by li»© Australian govern­
ment
Tie t’arnrgie Company util
supply half the am© nt.
benalor MciBrhl© b»t mt** d:. ©1 a
f ill appwp»!Mtag 3 *.<©*8 f* » ih# 4 >»r*
cha»© or renatrurtmu <»! • launch tat
tli© u#© of the custom# offi* ial# at A#
toria
A craft < »osb © <»f giving « g*»*»!
speed and oi •• that will Stand hr •••'king
atHitil i# I a lly i ©eded in th© r«»lotns
aervire al A»l<»na, an I **©natat Me-
Itrid#*» I 4 1» intel. !# I to Supply lb*
*lrfici©iicy.
Th© German ambasaadi’r. Dr. Von
H<»llel*#ft, ha# returned tn Washington
after an ©lie« ‘ed at *eu ©. lut inf w M4i
lie h#l<! #ev©ial important ron!s»©n<es
with th© auihoritire at Berlin relative
tn American affairs, ll is eip©e|#d
thal his return will soon brtsg ai *>nt
eichat g*-« wilhlhs »lai© deperlment,
aru! |<*rha|»a directly sllh th© presi­
dent, relative tn A |iiHni'*'f of current
question# in which both counb ie# ar©
Interested.
William
F
Moore, convicted of
robbing Martin Mahon, a hotel keeper
of New Y«»rb, by the "h* ger game,'*
waa sent«’i red tn IM «©ar# in the »tat*
prison
Th*» < hsrge aga u»l M- »re w is
that he r* r •» ir*^l with l i# wife. Fayns
M *»re. (n r* t> Mahon, an.I that Mabon
was enticed by th© w »man tn ©part-
tn rot# <x cup»©*! bv the M<»«»tre an. I
It.ere oomp#*lle«l by th© hut I »an I t«v pay
blackmail.
M**»r© was mnvio|«*l on
|»i# re. i«nd Ir^al. th# jnty in llm fiisl
itietati«*© having diaagrce-l.
I vyn©
Moot© formerly r» *id#d in Fnrtlaud.Or,
Admiral
>•*! a < .«Ilf »?niun.
daughter is to
*‘|tab.M the well known syndi »1#
write! 1» critirelly ill al her h m** In
New York.
Th© O. K A N. (*.'a •t©am#l:ip
lunibia on net last trip mad© th© run
ft 'in han Franc » •> to Purlin ! .u 47
hour* «nd 55 minute«.
The American Natj<»nal tank, of
Lima. O . was rol -© I ul 3 I H. 182
Tii©
money wa» iak©n fr«»m th© lug vault.
Tt© robbery w«# p©r}*©trat©d in •« »fell*
tul manner, no damage being done to
the vault
An eipr»***» train an«! freight tr# n
met on tn© nun» tr.v- k n©ar V . »«•©iiu«#,
Ind., and tbrr© Iran.m* u were serious­
ly h»irl Ah'l a • or© «»r mot«? |-»•-••ng«-ra
btuiee-l arid acraicm*!.
Captain R. D Evans' name 1» pmut-
in«»nily menliomid #• Hear AJ'mr*l
Bunce's sue*©»»«»r in
th« Brooklyn
tiavy-V*rd, nuw that It -»«-m» to tw de-
coloil that K«*r Admiral r-amp-on will
remain ronman.ler in ■ hirl
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th«
Ninth Atlanli • .talion, an I Ib ar Ad­
miral Srhley - ill I«- amdgi.ed to »«a
doty in oomplianoe with hi» r«H|ne»t.
Th« conference l a.r-l upon th« di»*
• rm«m«i t | rn|».«al of Eni|*ior Xlciio-
I«« liaa been tiled for Ht. I’eterab i-g
■tiout llm l-eg r mrg of May i.eil. prior
to whi.li lii« RtiMian government will
• »built • tn<jallv Io lii« |»'W«r« a defl-
mt« plan of disarmament in order to
enable them to lorinnlal« lUodiflcation«
or e*mnt«i aoggration«.
A »poelal front l>««»on datml No­
vember 10 «ay»:
Report« from all
creek« tn the vicinity of ftaw.on indi­
cate that th« winter'« pro-luct of gold
will etce»l llial of laat year by mor«
than 100 jwr cmol. Several permm« ar«
r,.]M>rl,>l to liavo t*cn fm«ei> to death,
th.« of tin»» ■»< found in a kn rlli g
|w»ture ba-aid« )>la »led and doge, bo*
tween Hunker and Ikimlni.m, al th«
•urnmit.
Th« navy department i« going to !«
prepar»l for any ouiergency that may
bet rafter art«« In th« Atlantic and Pa-
ci tie ocean» by carrying on hand th«
enoitnomi «lock of nearly half a million
tom of th« I h -«1 »teaming coal for war-
•hlpa hat can lie pr<xur«d. Thia »up-
ply of the m.wt imiortant of all alnew«
of in..lorn war ia to l«r evdematinally
distributed in American porta moat
conveniently locate I for the < *»ahng f
■hi|o for any operaitoM th« navy may
camoeivably
called upon tu under«
take.
Hla«*r >* «• • I!«•«*•
Pint. Kitri-I,«, of Harvar.!, i, aald to
>■* the only man lirltig who can read
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LATER
PROSPEROUS
NEWS.
Changing of Flags in Cuba
Passes Without Disorder.
<>t«Jre# have Iwn i••!><«I f<*r tb© dir
| at< h of ad4iti<i: al (•«»>).• («• * t*1 < to
•a«ij»i m th© ma m tens neo uf g«««l r»v.
ernwent
THE GOLD AND CRIMSON DOWN
A crisis is imminent st Berlin. Th«»
eu*l<eror ami rbsi«reilor «wut> 4 sgrre.
an«! a new catiinet is l«w»k«"4 fur. The
prinrifMil treuM© •• over th© wh«»lreal©
«1 pul «ions of Ihvnes ami Austrian«.
F«rew*tl «»f V «•(•Il •«•••*
•*»•»©!»•
In
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<i»ttar«l ■»»«»*••*• K«««pllwM
Havana. Jan. 3 -The sovetsignty ot
l<in to is© United
a I mi pM««e*l from
atre at h«**r
on Jay.
Th© f«»rm «»! ties transfer w »• «imple.
r*Hi»>«ting t*f Only an •!■ hang# <•!
»{•©©ehre in the sahm of the j»«l«c©. th©
bauht'g d*»wn of th© Npar»i»h fiag arid
tl © ra>«ing in its stead of the flag of
tl Unit©*»! -t».tre *•»■ the fia¿»taff*> **•*
balote* were fir*-1
tl « palare r<»*»(.
from th© heavy gun» of th© frets and
th© wsr#)»i|©
I*rf«>r9 and after the
citango <»t fiag»
Tl # raising <»f the
Htar# sn*l Hl ripe# was gtreied with
clieets by the jre>ple, who <M«x©t«*l th#
tout# of ths building# around the pa!«*©
Atol plata
No crow.l wa# |#»rmilt«'«l to gather in
the streets In the Vi< imty of ti»« pals* ©
.
th«* *-|4M li'inSking f’H <'ti* >
Al V *>‘*4** k, a guMi«l,
I of th©
Second battalion of th© Tenth infantry,
inar»'li«*l lnl*> the Plats d*> Arms«, un*
d* r eointnan*! of Captain Van Vleet,
and fo»mr*l sruan*l the square. Cap
lain*! I ©neral (‘astel lano# WAt«'h«*l them
with Inter©«! fr«un the halreny of In#
Apartment# as C ©y entered tl»© square
and were stat «»ned st all th© street#
appva bing tli© plaaa.
No«»i»©wa» al­
lowed to entrr w itiicnit a |M»as, and ail
tie doors of the p«i#># faring th©
»qnar© wen «•? lerrd t<* b©*Jre**4. * inly
tta«»© wl.o could gel on the touf# an<l
ba)* «mire of houses in lb© neightmthood
• aw what was gmng uu l«©taro th©
palace.
With tl « gnat«! wa» tl»«* band <*f th©
s©*<>n l Illinois regiment, which ha I
• - »i »eh t«' l for th© occasion «• th©
b«*©t Imml in ttio Seventh army corp».
With th«' ban I wrt© th© buglers <>! th#
Eighth and Tenth infantry.
fb© weather was warm, th© run
bursting At intervals through the light
clouds, an*) lh© #ol‘1i”f# in blue, who
were for«?«*«! to stand in the sun, found
th© hc-it oppre«»ive. Th«» tr«xq»« were
forme*! in ©itended <>r«ler around th«»
square, three pa* os apart, and the l and
m .**• n>a--«‘«l in front of the palace en-
t« »nee ACtuM lh«i #lr«M*t al the edge of
the park.
Al II 55, Major-Genial f«o©, military
gioe-nur of the | r*»vinr*» of Havana,
with l*i# staff« Joined General Brmik©.
Ihu latter lh«*n rro--<d th© street In the
P m I mcm «, G«»neral ta'»« on on© rude of
him, and G»-n©ral ( haff«*© <»n the «»th««r,
f«dl*»w«' l by III«* other Amur I* an g«»n*
©»an» .«¡id tl-*’ Cuban «iffi^r*.
Th«» Cu­
bans wut«* dark bluu uniform#, brown
felt h it# and gray gluves, and they (If-
rie»l ma«*h«*te#.
A flourish of trumpat# greet©»! th©
pro« «-#-hm And the Spanish troop# pie-
«-iited atin* a» tin* American# ©ntared
the palac«». Th»* Cubans n*maine«) oul-
«!«!<* uni11 escorted in by mender» of
G©n< rsl Brook«*'# Mafi, th# Spanish sol­
itary rettnanlng all the while at "pre­
sent arm «. '*
A# •'«•!! a# all wer»* in. th»» Spanish
1« «»| ■ f«»-»«.*-.) a column «»f fours and
marched around the right »*>•!© of lb©
plan t*» the *!»»• ks, while tho band of
the b<’.«‘rul Illinois volunteers playrd
the Spani#h loyal march.
A* C m ; t.vn General CaMtdlaru»# was
»•*<'<trt«‘*l to the wharf to take hie de-
I m H me th«* baud played the Hpaiilsh
< *a*t<*llan«»s
royal march.
General
thanked th© generals accompanying
In n nih I g - be »l«’pp«*J into the launch
ho u«pl.
Crowd# «»f Spaniards ail
dr**»«**d in black, gAlh«*r»*d upon th«* sea
wall and silenlly »«Idi^l the fit*©t pans
out.
Men aih I women wept together.
Reprreenlattv© Nrlsufi Dingley, nf
ill at his apart-
ments al th© Hamilton h*>n»«*,iii Wa«h*
inglon. with an attack uf pneumonia,
Becaus© <jf It!« age, tn neh ouovern 4#
fell over his cutidition.
Th© new year brings Itelanl th©
greatcal ©K|«erHi>**nt
since CatlmtiS
eman**tpa!>«•», namely« th© iUHiatwm
«*! lb© local government act, which
••ally, in many of n# featur«*©, i# an
»lieftSnm uf lb© < man« i paiH'D ©cl» and
policy.
The war *l©|«©rtment hs# ■eme to th©
that .1 Will be n©cre*a* ‘ I
aeroi«! Genera) Brook©, military g* •ver-
nor «»( ( til»», the ss»i#tahre of a s|* retal
cabinet approach tug in fuin-i-«»n# tb©
late illiffiOMiirt <at»in©t **f ( uban •d*
miutslrsiiun uf the civil affairs of the
island.
The situation at I*«»ilo i# grit© Fit.
tren hunlr©d natives, fully arm©**!,
are al Meta, a sutmrb *»f Boil«».
Seven*
t«'cn ib<»u»aii.| mure, it >• r©|«*>rt«*ilt ar©
awaiting order# t<> ©mbsrk at ar venal
points <m ths island <«f Netfnw, I&
hours' sail lr»»m
AU the woni.n
hav© withdrawn, an«! mai • y fawlllo.
hat# taken refuge with the American,
Uutare Co ng ?<■*•» should past a law
authorising him to remain <»n th© •©*
live h#t, Rear-Admiral l>rw«*y will I*©
placed on th© retired li»t on fh-rember
28. |Ht>9, Only on© olher ret item ©-.nt
will occur Ibis year, that of l ommo
<h>r© H L H«» whm ’U, n«»w »<*o maiHant
nf th© B—(oh naw y.ir l. Ti * r© >♦ a
•it »ng seniiment in naval circlre Hi
favor of tli© pa»«ag«* ■ f a law which
will permit th© retention of Admiral
D©wey tip*»n th© a
vears, a# was «Ion# hi
nf ths civil wsr.
Th© Amsrlc<3> bn© steamship Paila,
wrbich has af lived in N sw Yuik from
SuuthAtnp(<»n, after a tempe»!u«*u» pea*
»#<©, tepofta that Tues>lay, December
27. in latitude 4V 2 ’>♦ north, and longi-
tu*i© 81:29 wret,atM.O in lhemotnitig.
ah© sighted a staAtncr |lj:i g signs)» «»f
distrs«#. She piovfd to I m ? lb# Bniinii
tank
»learner
\ in hil-ala,
Captain
Cl»ik, ft om Rouen, France, December
15, f<»r Phi la* I© I plii a, in balLiRt. Nhe
• b<<w«*l the signal h»lt«*r», "Must »ban*
i|un v©*e»»t.** Th© Paris Hascucd hut
crew, an«! n*» liv*# wore lost.
William K. Vander! ill, Jr., is to w© I
M ’S Viigiuiw I * r, of -»ait I’rai,
«».
Only aUmt 3i00 worth *»f property
was reootere*! frolli th©
Maria T©r©*a.
Gohl »li’prumls from A nuirai ui f<»r
th© year Ib38 amount««! i 17.w2<l.000.
Nhii*ment# to America incre.ired by
£2.000.000.
A deficit in th»» German b* » t Migar
Crop of at l«*a»i 85o,0 H» t«m# I» figuird
u|***n by Unit«©! btalre (x>h#ul Diedrich,
al Madg' burg.
Hu s.i«a tliat th© back
ward »*•»•un rcsulte»! in a <lt fideucy.
Negotiations AH’ progre»-irig In the
mattered th© payiiunt of th.* ('utmn
iHMtps, su that *m laving down tin .r
arm# they may t»* ciial l« J to enter
Bjon civil pursuit# and »am th«-ir
living. Probably n** further ap; ropiia*
tmn by cotigrere will I»© necessary to
enable th© ¡»re» dent to carry out th©
flan, if it should t© «I» > h I« m I, a» the
tnuuey w»ll eventually come out of th©
revenue« of th© island.
Th© will of th© 1st© Chari«© P. Wil­
der, of
Wrll»tay Hills, Ma»« . be­
queaths |IO2. < k >0 to Munut H«d k©
oullege.
«•««rei fai»»«
»*••«
M a ins, is critically
Part of Rwl Ko* k mountain. a< ‘»»rd-
Ing to a dispatch fr«»m Airuh». a village
of M w user land, ear
n of lie i < r
fallen Into At rule, destroying a hotel
•nd »©versi house«.
The Scene of the
ll»«»t©r presents a terrible spectacle,
the debt is of the avalanche covering a
k]uar© mile. Th© hotel, with eight
houAffW and 13 other building», were
•wept into a great heap of mal«-b w « m »I.
A new terror was ad l««d by th©outbreak
jf fir© amid the ruin«
Three »lend
bo 11 re have been re»ov©i«Hl.
It ia ©vli
mated that the damage will r©a< h
(«0,000.
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San Francisco. Jan. 8.—Major-Gen*
era! Henry <1 Merriam, who is now
in S*n Francison in command of the
department# <»f California and the (*o-
luiiihia, i# l»> )>© tran»ferr«*d to the de*
psrtment of the Colorado.
His bred*
quarters will t»e al llenver.
H© is*
reived «'fib'isl instructiuns to this effect
from Washington to!ay
Ho will go
to Denver on or aolmt January 10 neit,
4l which time General Shafter is os*
pec ted here to resume ht# own oom-
mand in tho d«j»artm©nt of California.
General Merriam *av# he h ui not the
le«»t idea who will t>© placed In charge
of his o’. I headquarter# of the ('olum*
t a, the lira hpiAriere <»f which ©re at
Vancouver, Wash.
1*11 ri«* itMM«tr©«i •’’•••-
l«hjetntog, Mioh., Jan. 8.—A «'Age
accident in th© Lak© Ruperiur mine
today c.iu««-<i th© dralh uf Sil Finnish
miners an«l serious injuries to three
mursu
Th© »lead are: Malli Tam*
muren, Takk«» Mikkaia. J. H. Kujanp*
p.*, J W. FAitai, Altre«! Mnna aim !
Gust W. John»*»n. Ti»« men were fo­
il g down the «haft in a rag«» to work
rite »*>p| <»« i I h n t# that
»«»meihing
dropped on th© cage, forcing on© siile
«d ti»© tram«» work down« su a» to tat
the men finta uff into the shafL
One
of lire wounded men sab! he thought a
ruj#» had broken. Another heard auiue*
thing strike th© Mge.
Red Kev. loti., Jan. 8. — An eiplu-
• lon ut g;i», folkiwed by fi re, at thè
<Hm> A Indiana Ptj»e Line Company’»
compre»«mg station n©ar ber© nausei a
lo«» ©alimateJ at |!00,0V0.
Engineer
W. F. Robinson w*a Uadly bnrnel.
fhitty or more towna aie deprivati of
naturai gaa by thè deetructiou of the
•tatiun.
Jam«. II. Sonthall. cwnwiele.1 of .leal-
Inga In fraudulent fuv«rum«nt lima
check«, waa arnie need In Ht. Paul to
«tal«'« prlaun lot 10 year« al bard la­
bor.
The shortage in tb© Calitarnia wine
.•top of I8U8 an*! th© fairly goo»l d«*inan«l
that ha# ©listed during tire past year
have resulted in advancing prhra.
M. Constantin, a young Frenchman
of 19. who lives in Paris, I# right fret
tall and probably bigger thin « »thei
man who ba# ever live«l.
He is per-
fectly proporttane»!.
The myatery vnrruundlng the gift <if
♦ 150,000 lu the univeratly of New
York, ha. bv-t>n olc ired up by the dla
c.vnry that Il-Ian G<«ild waa tha donor.
A ukas© haa been ¡••ned by the
Russian minister of education, Mi.
Bogotarnw, tarldddftng the wearing ut
corsets in any «slucatiunal insliluliun.
Brnjatnin S. le-ar 1« fl--l «ergwant id
octnpany U, Firm Coluradu Infantry,
nuw »tattooed at Manila. II1« father,
Benjamin K. Ix-ar, 1« a pt irate in th«
■am, company.
The government of Nirmragua, as a
result of the c*»Bape© of tb© rrpuldic
of (.’©ntral America, lias e«tahli#hcd a
decree declaring Nicaragua tu l*e au in­
dependent sovereign state.
PiMldant W. II Newman, of tha
Lak, Hlior, A Michigan Southern Rail-
mad Company, haa placed an otdet
with th, Bro>tk» hw'ouo»me wetks, of
Itnnktrk. N. Y., for 43 loconsotiveC
The total
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Howard Gould will not be calle«I
upon to aocrifirw any part <*f hie fortune
a* a result <»f hi# r»*-©?4 marriage tn
Dispatches from Bolivia say La Paa
Mi»© Katherine <'tammuna. The other
is a ------------
vast en>mupœ«*nt
ut armed men.
G<*ul«l heir« d<-< line tu profit by bis (-----
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Th« French wintaf« of l«t»H I. -.fll-
eially e.timata.1 at 83.2*2,000 h«eto-
litera, which 1« B*,000 hectoliter« tie-
low th« »intage uf la«t year.
di« regard of bit f.lb.r'» «i«b«C
Uu««»«
|1w«»Mn iMg
Th© Britiwh gov
lient favor« the
tan#I being built by <)»• United Mat©«
with guaiAUtw s « f Ha urutraliiv in
af Wil,
N«’«r Austin, Tei., a ^asterger train
e»< mjm **I a serious wreck through th© in­
tervention of a bin!. ‘••■H © un© i ad
tied a rail #<H*urely across th© Ira* k. A
few mil©« l«efore re »■ hihg th© » jm »1 a
Hrd, blinded by th«* headlight. fi©vr
against tb© glass, breaking and « tuu
gui#hn>g lhe light, whi*h n« • -«»tat©*!
running »lowly to the nest station.
The train, at reduced •per l, struck the
obstruction, tearing up the track and
damaging th© front of the engine, but
no one waa injure*I.
WANTS NO NICARAGUA CANAL
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tte<
H-*ciS!«ry Hay !>©« di-appf<»v«-i the
frrymsi-r Hawaiian cable con«resum.
Immardiai© ly upon th© rai illesi ion ut
the pestce lr»*.»ly by th© -eri.-it**, the
president will riHmunmen*! to «'ongf«ws
the enactment of h-g »latum looking to
th© settlement of ll»«» claims of Ameri­
can oitiaous tot damag* *• suftain©*! in
Cuba, Pm to Pico and other Kpanish
pt>#•«'#• it»n# which forini-d lit© »eat <»f
war. (Maims to th© amount of 3 (* -
000,000 on thi» scot© have already l*wn
lolgftj with tl»e »tale department.
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When a young woman g"ta a new liât
»he I« never eaIisrie»I until the man ■he
love« must and the girl the bates must
have l«u’.h re©n It.
tlrmtadlf»© I • nf Ch« rrumll*.
Madrid, Jan. 1.—The minister f '
foirign affaira, Duke Almodovar M
Ri«», iv about vending a note to With
ingtan to remind th© American govern
turnt of ita undertaking, by the leim«
<»f the treaty of Parla, to obtain th©
liberty of th© Hpaniab prisoner# io th©
Philippin«*.
lb© cabinet hat decided
to o|M«n a credit of 3,000,000 |‘C©rta» for
the ivpatriation of Hpaniah soldiers hi
(ditas and the Philipp.tie©.
1 lu»urr'J 1« ar« l«r.lu:ij( co lb Mi a« tic.
N©W York. J ai ». 2 — II« ad«tr»v*U«
my#. (<m< »•*« ly stat«**!, th© report» re­
;eired as to *h# y«*a*'s bus inc*
in all
sections o| Ui © country point to an an*
prwredet«t«*l %«»tum# <f «!i>m«»tic am!
oiuprt trade, wh eh I* rvfi©« i«*-l in bank
that break the high reoord
clearance
of 1803. Th© general level of petar# of
al the cl*«*# of th#
stapl© sectirit
year is at th© high©«! point rea*'l>ed lot
five year# I «ast. Railroa *1 earnings ©x-
tree*! all prevtim» years, and fiqally
there was a »mal! number of failures.
and lower Itaibilure than repotl©»l in
any year f««r at levai five years p«#l.
Tlree© gen
large have lw*©n adH©v©d. USD.
•landing th© «»ulbrrak and »’ L>IV
uf a tamgn war, an«) in sptti
iintavursbl© eumlilHu # tn »ot
tri©#, notably teatil© man*
which.
c«*tuidtie«l wit!« ut«fa*«»ral I*
w<n<th©r early in It»© year. ar-*l th*
|«*w«*«t pru'e f*»r r**>ttnn on reri or«!, ©1er-
-lard an uiJatorahta infl’ret -« w.
Hut th# cluse of the year fin wl# an im*
provemmt even in lb*'**© lire« liuti«,
I
and
return« as to retail trad© at; d t*i»licu
larly holiday buaiii«»«, a?© strikingly
i
g»w»i In all #<#eti»m#u
B s»t fr
tu distributive trai© nalora
fr««m th© gramgruwing •©»•tior • «4 th©
C*»<intry, which were tl«© firat to n>«*©l
an in»ptov«*in«*nt resulting from fr**©
foreign demand l*»r our rer©/»!». but in*
dicnliuns ar© nut wanting that ll»*» im­
provement I# gia*lulaily perculating
throug!»out the entire busiiu*## ««»m-
mQtnty, and <^»upl«*l with tl»© unprece­
dented eij*ort trad# in manufactured
g«M>ls, an«! th© fa«’t that w© ar*- »©Hing
3J wnrlh abroad f« i «’Very •hdinr’s worth
we buy, render# poreihhl th© gain# re-
|N»tt**l in Uisiributive trn.ta ««f IHV8
over 1887. ranging from lo tu 40 p* r
cent, with like© ire g« ‘«»l ©sprrt- from
the menu!*luring centers, ©reepting
tire tr&tita mdu»trric© al*< a I* iuvii -
llonod.
Tit«* ©Iport tra ta of thn
«untry tar
tire year, ©» above inliiuat«- I. i# tb©
IreaVH'wt tv* r known, at i will pro! i■>!?
SKWed «1.250 ,000 in value, tbua b©»ng
nr*wily tliiublu ti*© imi*orl». Our « i
|H>rl tra«le in iuanulacliH*<l fools, it
mu«t be «»luu rvud, is th© ta'uviewt ever
known, and fur
th© fir«t
tim© in
our country*« history esc*»*». |©d th© value
of impotts »if Similar gon«!#.
Those wer© II.53H fuilur**# in th©
Unite»! Mate# in 1-HHH, involving liabil*
ill«*» *»f 3 I i i. ‘ 3 7,1 I 7. a
> ”-i tr> a
ta.»7 ill DUHii
**f" 1 1 2 | • r < : t .1
in llabiliti«»© of V.5 |#*r »©nt. <’«*m
par«««] w ith 18’36 an I 1*05, th«* propor­
tion of de* h * shown is ©v©n larg**tt
a# compare»! with I*» »<*, faihir«*» w«»r©
fewer by 25 per cent, and il.i'tiliti* »
smaller by 0 4 jier c« nt.
Ih«er» .*•* ■* are
also shown when compart»«! with P»lH,
a year of targ«- trad©, Lut of huineron»
an«!
costly
failure»;
but
com
jmrud with 1803 there is im iiicreaM»
shown of 13 per cent in numtMT, and
20 j»er cent in habiliti»*#.
1LN
Vn»»lh«*r
1HOUSANU
Kwftil
OHOWNtD
« ^laittily
Oct urr»tl
At
II mitlt «aw
Vit toria, B.
.Lol L—Th«»
©rs Vit toria an«! Yumnguchi Muru hav»*
Arriv«»d with news from the Oiieiit up
to !>«•; »• ui I ht 15.
Another s«‘ri«»us calamity, writ» » th©
Ihitikow ot»rre»|«indent of th«» North
< : Hi;| Dr, ‘v S- w-. b,.k« bef » • . ’ ‘
|MM»|»l© »»t Hankow; «I mhi ! lu.ono of tb«»
inhabitants luive m«*t death by drown
ing, AI m » u I noon 1H-,ember 3 half the
•torvliousre •»Blending along th«» •» Ig© of
the river Ilan »uddrnly broke aw ay and
tumbled into the water on top <»f all
th© boat* there. Th© house# and Iwiat»,
with all th« people in them, dis-
Ata»ut 100
apprert*»! in a moment.
buildings and the same number of
bmitJi nt© gone.
News comes of in«»r© murders of mis*
sionaries. Th© Japan«*»© Herald r.ivs
an English missionary h»«s been mur*
dried by natives and soldiers at T«ing
Fing
A French mii*»»iunary has Iteeii
burn©»! to death st >wstow, and a Ger­
man miMionary has tx»en mot tally in­
jured in >han Tung.
fh© murder «»f
an American missionary, Mr». Rutter-
field, of L'entra!
1» rei fied.
Advices stat© that since th© atta« k
on the Russian troops st Andijan menu
time back, diS'Oijit-iii anti dis^altsfac*
tion have l**en r-f© throughout the
province.
This feeling in»« a»uui©4
such proportions that the !Cu«*r»n au­
thorities have already strengthened
their garrisons. Th»*v l^»\e. rno’et.xef,
occupi©»"! the larger villages tn torr©,
and ■fif*erfted<«d the civil by a military
admin 1strauon.
Not mor© than 20 » or
300 fanatn'M w»*te ©ngag»*d in the attack
on th«» Rutiari», yet riiui© than l,3iM)
men were arrested on auvpiciun and
fioggol in order to • Hurt infuriiiatitin.
Not only were the actual malefactor«
punish©«!, but their telati««» of all de­
grres were also ItnpriiimcJ.
in abb
tlontu this, a fine of 80*).000 rouble#
bas been lnfiict©»f < n the district.
A
rfuqu-rou» Yrer
Washington. Jan. 3.—The publish©»!
statement of lb© government receipts
and © 1 f«»nditores shows that during
tbs half year ending I m . rmUr 81, th©
r • mv «! pls
aggregated
1,8W.
again»! f 107.780.874. for th© »«me |«r
iod ls»t year.
Ac«<»r«iing to th© treas­
ury three receipts are the largest *inc»-
1888, when tiiey reached 3558,032,820,
for the entire fi»- .«I year, and D»37,
when they amounted to f 190,63 4,010
Result of a Disparate Fight
at Seaside.
TRAGEDY
CAUSED
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III* «u»**lr«M »«-Sk*M«e.
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I’Acii ir cmsT \i:\vs
Vf«ln«l
New ¥<>>*, Jan. 8.— * «ti.i-.teh fro*
I’atl. ear.:
Th« ll«ral l'a Kurvpean
e-hth»n pi ini. the («4 hi a In«:
Kuaate
is ©V
evidently beginning a
«^uipaign igaitist the Nicaragua canal«
Tl.« New V iu)a publish« # an article
karmly wlvo atmg th© Pana*
Dot ■
«©. but fillo’l with bitter d e*
>H4
lik« of ll»© (Jgitwd Mates.
Th« writer says th© prr«luminane© of
I -• Vnit«4 Nt al«© would have taren •
.able Io. Kit i»»ia a taw years sg»». but
II thi. In« change*) sine© th© last
I!. Í-- • un to say thal. having
► pain, tl>© Unit©»! Htatas
ie-l
-<»tne a cútanla! p>uty at.J an
4
I •
It
•t.
• »
ch three i
re other I«
i Hireriff Jam©# I
lard.
E
Miller »»•
1
Deputy Kh©l iff A
? •h*»t in th© l#g
1
It was cons;
ain bv ©v#«ry
i on© tiiat th© l u
for ti»© pur¡-‘<© of conrsal
tartr. and • .«¡.¡i n |« hh *©4
V! IllarJ •• th© gmhy ja»?*
Isrlv a# he wa» seen a shori
the fir© coming from ll«© I-
a wheelbarrow ImM of g N«h
Acting cw th# »usptcion tl
•«*<
Sheriff William# th:» morn
¡ a rearrh warrant, and In ecu
Senator <L W. Fulton so l o
to Sea#id© to march Will#
i«re, an*! also all the ruling
{»• had charge during Ih© w it
Ataml 3 n*eL«* k Hit» After
iff Willi am#, *'«’».ator Fulton and I
I tille# A. E Miller an I Jam«*# Litn
! th© two Istlet bsing routant» of J
• i«!e, went Io th© cottage « f Mr# s»
lx*wittan. where Wlllaid wit I
j to rearch it.
On rapping at th© rlokir they
t y w
answered Immediately
who t<d«l them to wait until hedrm
but from »ul«#e»|u«*nt ©vrnlf» t i# » i
he wanted tin© to g©l hi»
. fur actlufi. A tier a few
i open**I th© door, and on
what waa wanted, told the s
' polite manner, that he ©a#
rea rd i any uf th«* te#u!eni
charge.
Leaving Fulton, Lamen
sheriff in th© bouse, b© pi« I
tifie, and tailing Miller to í
un,
be started tar John I. Car I m’# o»tt i/©
winch he ba l in charge. a»> I wh * h ‘ ©
Said some one i>a I en-taavor© I l«j br© »E
into. There th«*y w« -« -.««m /*h« rw:» '*»
join«»*I t»r William» and Full« ti
TL©
latter a*k»’*l Willard to c*»»ue I .i k to
tli© Lewiston outlagc.
lie mad© no
objection.
It wa# on nearing th«’ ©ullage d»©
♦ #e»t>n«l time that th© tragedy o curr«’ I.
Senat«»! Fulton I » I
b*ntifi- i
©
•Inttgun cwrtiidgr# in tli© |»«m#<» aw Im-
longing to him, Hiul t’egon qiH'Mhm-! g
Willard M to whore he. got ; »-«•* ■- n
of them. Tifia neltlel Willard, al­
though h«» ali<w«*r»*«l dial a fr • i, 1 i » I
given them to him, and he I »*gau t«» g©t
ugly.
Fulton And Mill* r went hiHde th»*
cottAge, leaving Willar»!. Midriff Wil­
liams arel l«H(u» r<» »tandil 4 out’ide.
They had juwt pro ■«*<» ta I to th© mar
room when two shot# wer© h©ar I •n
quick succession, au I on running to
he «loor. Hhertff Wilburn» was ••*#!* to
throw up hi# I.and.» and fall hackw »rds
over th© bank.
In front of ti*« i»*»’i*»»
were Willard and Lam©»«, in n «I©»! ur­
ate hand ln han t struggle, although
tli© lattar iiA‘l ta»en shot thruu/h tl»o
right groin and w <»« f »*l g’OWing fi nt,
and hi# a-*»ilant w.-t** fighting wilt* t ©
desperat tan of a domon. Fui(**n »prang
at Willard’» b©.‘id, and puil¡ 4 I-im 1 »
tl»© groun I J'irnp*’*l on h - f. *
Millet
wrenched the rifle fi««m Lts band.threw
it on th© ground, and taking cut hi»
revolver beat tbo desperado o\»-r the
h**a«l.
Senator Faltan, in the meantim«*.
picke*! up tli© rifta and lol I U tllard to
remain qiltat, or he w*mi«l kill him.
Th© latter, howaver, watch© ! hi# op­
portunity, and jumping to hi» f« i
• tart«*! t*> run away, when Fulton tb© I,
m :*«i ng h i in the fir»t tune, lot #ltik*
Ing him in th© face thè secón« I lime,
carrying away th© greaier pollimi of
Willard fili, sp-
his mouth an*! n**»*
parently «lea !, and Fulton «tiri I tu
obtain help to caie f«»r lit« injur* 4 men,
leaving Mnler on guar! a ith lh«» tifi©
tn haul.
Miller •t«|;«>l I a< k to ail
Mtirer#. who was lying on tire groen I
<les|M»ral»*ly wminle-l, when Willard
was noticed to l»e fumbling with his
l»elt. U’lH kcr than a fi.iM» ire «lr* w a
revolver And fired ihre«* bullet#, lire
Aral on© bitting Miller in the left leg,
just below tli© hip.
Mill r irt»i»n«, l
the fir© with tli© rifle, th«» first I *»|. I
infilctii g a r!«**»ii wound in V\ 4lard's
sliottldet, and the #r««»n-l hitting him
in tire left side, near lire groin, killing
him instantly.
By thia lima help had arrived, and
an ©lamination waa mmie of th« In«
joro»! men.
Sliei iff W illiama a is
foun»l to have been *h«»l through tli©
right breast, an«I although | h # pulse
wa» beating ta«-blv when ©lain>no*), be
s I hiwo ) no further signs of I fe.
Lt
mors wa« shot In the right groin, and
he live»! about 30 minute* after heir g
Miller, thè
removed to Grim©«' hotel,
other deputy, was woumled in th© Ht.
but bis wound is not of a •er tuns na*
tom
tting ti»» M e r e d«»4iln© of
>n* a for Americans, which imphve
Ot he r duetritre that Amer H au do-
□•I I
I to America.
he says, ' *a«e now enter*
c«*m|*rlili<Ni with us In
l h
«»rea.
They hav© no
in alliance with their
«my. Fingían«!, and wiib
■ t < r* »»«»■’ Hu«»lan flna»icier»
' • usta «•ught to g>v« their sup
•’ I ; *»; h ui» I« H»k ng w «'n
• to •*-?
.»ly 4t* at■!” g Ure
« it
1 «»! the Panama ©anal an!
[ it u tar the general cunlrol or
i«e of tl « F. at opean powers.'*
writer «|«**d©rre th© Panama route
b© m«»r*9 besHttaia! to lluvsia
c N i sragua tool©.
• lattei canal," I © a l l#. *'evon
mg
its com pirli on p 1* '«• i bta.
l«e a purely Amer Iran uri ì lertak-
<©r©*»<» tii© Panama « anal 1 ramai ns
hands «*( our alh« a. <h© French.
1
ay !>«*u«>tnr an Internslta «nal ©n
•> with th© a l-ll(Jmi of 1 a strung
an rh nrent to B# vharrhe 1er«. **
Nov»# Vr#rnya saya:
•sia n»u»t tlrereta?©, t»e on h©r
against tl*© Unite»! Slat©«, ©«•
v in vi*w of the enormen«
of it# Pwolffe shot©« ■ nd (trit
position ecotipi*! by American«
Mu iwii h. th# Philippines, th©
. .a »i.l i L n
ia «**»>* l.laii.ia **
WILL
NOT
RETURN.
Merrill'«
<«>n*»er H»n
4ta***?*>l
M lib th« Vhllippin«» H r » « » a «»»I.
Jan. 2
Major General
Merrill an I brhle ar© in
They will Spend th© holt*
• her© an I then g’» to New York,
a here tire general w ill assume hl» po­
a# commander of the 'Irparlinenl
siili
of ti»e East
Tho general says that hl# official
etmnection with the PlUlippIrire lias
m>a»rd.
rd
H© thinks this government
simuli ign<)f4 Agonoillo. th© Filipino
A<001*11ng tn th© g©n-
representative
era
hr-! Ag^ncillo is trying to bold
up the Ur mte«l .State#,
Gem
I Merritt #?nil«*d when tli©
quretic *n of "em l>A!tn«*«i‘* l©«»f WAV
t up.
“What frevh b©i»f w furnished u«
at Minila true from Anatrali«." Gen*
©ral Merritt wat», ’*!> >t rr,«»>t of th©
in* at furnudH’d th*» army wa« canned,
and a g •►! »hare of H was taken with
«1». We *li I not ♦*«per jen» © the least
Ir*-ubi«» with il.
M «elf and mt «taff
.v* d on rann© I tn*, at part of th© time,
aud •© wein Ingi»© bret of health.**
MRS
BOTKIN
GUILTY.
< «»k*«lrt*.1 nf Murtlcr In Fir«! |>#gr©>—
I If» Impr letnittcnl th» l'»*»Altjr.
-mi FrAf.f.ic»», Jan 3.«—Rather !»
Di©
••’S' » ifpr •© nf th’*© wh«» hAt»»
fuil«>w«d th© Botkin trial, end to th©
'titir© dismay uf th© defendant and her
Attorney#, Mi», (’orib'lis Botkin wa»
Ion , >i tauml gutlty »>f murder In th©
fir*t »legre© fo» rausing ili© death of
.Mr«. J.i’.n F. Dunning, by sending a
tan uf p' isuned candy to her in D»ver,
Ihd. Th© oondeu>n«!d montar©*© will
I© »par» I an ignoti! in ion» death on th©
gall nw», however, th© Jury that funnd
h« r guilty implying ala«* th© penalty
of hfe imprisonment. Th© vur het was
v> «•vp«'»’t©‘l.
An Acquittal wa# confi­
dently awaited by ths defense, while
Hie prtMM'culktn feared a disagrremenl.
|ilf <4«l»i •Urlfcr
I l Pare. Tel., Jan. 3. —< «»nsideraMe
•»i*’ii©:ii©ut »•» rau»©«! in mining an«t
«limiting cirri»*# her«» t«»day by th© ar­
rival of authentic informal ion of one of
th© biggest g«d»l strike# y«*t made In
Northern Melico»
E. U. Beauchamp,
who arrival to*!ay from Bacerrar, ho*
n« r , by way of Casas Grande«, ChihiMt-
hua, re; >rt# th© di«M»iV©ry ©f an Im­
mer »«• f;»#ure vein of free milling gol»!
or© 20 mi * * south of Rareren*. Th©
or»» is rvpoite l to mntain 18 mint*« of
gobi to tit© ton, and tb© vein ha# i»een
(ta<ed for several mitre.
Am«*rlcan
prospectors In ( a«a» Grandes and ttir-
rounding «flairicia are arriving on tb©
arene in largt numbers.
Favteet îr«fM in th» ll nrtel.
Clvveiand, <>., Jan. I. — A« a reenll
of a nioeling of division superinten.l-
rut« of th« leak© ^hore A Michigan
Southern rail»«« I. ju.t heli here to re­
errai^- time-table., it *• amounrod
that the new font mail, which la to
be .tailed neat Sunday between New
York and San Franti««». will tie tbo
fa.lr.t regular train In the world.
That it to aay, there ia no other train
which goo, to great a dittane, in at
abort a tune «very day In th, year.
Th« total redaction in time I* I Wren
New York an I Kan Franriteo orar the
pre.ent ached ul« it a liltl, over 18
hour a.
________________
f of Washing*
I ChamU»r . f
pet bflisbel, a
revs in the
llreguii ought
tarad© wit* al.
f
>1
nt*«!
on
In-
las,
■ .t
m*l
We
r lor
a
»at ma«-
CAU»«
heve
wheel
©
»rd
al
f
«
1»'
*
I
it Iti
In
I tt
for til
w ' he 1res I©
*#
4«
»I
1er
gn
bit»
i»heatbuyer. '
îh» S h I m <«• M«»a*t.
In ! tium nrentlng on ih© i’?»’« ent con­
4 la I-,
f tl>© •’ n gta m<*»k*»l. ti»© Ta­
' * -ma 1. n »tariti an swys tb© g»w» ri offsets
n prop»« tom ar© al*
The ► pr H'r-# At© firmer
ally no si
rn huyere
nt rad fur
They at© u«H g argunx
to the mill man that t»e
ict now, 'M mw - wi i*• *» »hing!«
sk in th© spring
ht an he wottta
Th© mill man t# g*'
each year.
H© >
the tiling!© busim ##
year# ago»
Ho ku*1
-i»i©rn buyer, a * » i
nd aru!m»hcs him w
nt» vard man of the I
i any «mes a jobbet -
i, al wavs, when th© n
i» mill men will re
until Fabruary I. »I
at© pm©# Ait*l raire
deman i». 11»« year
*in 4 <>rn»r I In »<l*«i
When th© salmon I |Ml>'k O
-• Fra»«*t
river was definitely 1 ann
red thia
year, a r©j*ort wav
Kai eir*
cireulat©«! to th»«
itteUlpt W.OlId
by certain well-known pa tier«
ItaHwta on tbo P* ;
• I to
th© market,
"No »uch attempt lias
•ver taren mad© to tny kuawledg«/’
• ay» a |M»ck>*r in Ilo* Van
var (H. tX I
Province
"Tire Fra»« r pa
•un amoun!«'«l to only !t>7
but »till i think ll would iw ahm»#t Hsi*
Taking
possible to cunrer th«» market
into ©«mshtamih»n tli© whtd
pack «»f
th© Pacific <•* ’i. it would r«*i re stout
4 .’50,000
V»
ouitrol
th© mar k»»(.
A*» a r- ■« i ’ i * f th*» »mal| p
Fr is«»r Ih » year «»rhe# ar
higher.
We du uet lu«*k tai
an advance, li»»« -v«re.
l*r»j a -I «o < «rr> «>>» W»rfe
< >tt*i I ! a ti *t «• t «, having I©»*«* I th« Ira
Erb sa»b Alni t|t»»r f.t*»t**ry, <»f balcru.
and ©quipped ll mih ri 'w machinery,
I* haw pftpared to carry on work in
that Bn© in keeping with t!i© growing
dematul».
Mr H mi <«© ii I. m already in
pia«© a n©w turning machine an<l a n* w
morti*'** mnrbine, loth of th© latest j at­
tero», an ! has i *»w *>n th© ro.ul from
th© tnanufa«'tur©r# two other new ma­
chine«—a Uniw*#al wo- dworkrr !*>r
jointing aro! facing and a do»»r and
Idin l elampit g ma hin«« w th •.» h st-
tsuhrnetiL John H. Pcnn«di»k* r will
b© Mr. Hat iseii’» for«»mai> am! busin«*##
manager, and they have alraly ©Very
¡i-i«ur»nc© of pr«tR{«*mu* patronage.
• tlmstan Mill
»«»lit
There I« no truth In the report that
the old l’«rt Mad min mill, which ha»
lieen «hut down for «cvcral ye»t«. had
f-een piitchaae-l by th« Slimieni Mill
Company, of Ballard, an<l that th« com-
I any would run the old mill on a m alo
far etc.-,«fing th« pal inh *«t drtjr« of th«»
old Madison Mill (’ompaoy.
A fiat
'It-nial I« ghen th©*«» rumor» bv
D.
Aiimson, of the Stimanti M ill < «»in¡ any,
who say« that lher© is nut tho •llghlrst
foundation for sudi a rumor.
Art.r
r*-irll*nU'. Ilu.ln...
Alivi»«« from liuti«*, Moni., are tr»
ili, effeel tlial III, «in-at N ullu ru
Kailway Company contemplati-« ilio
con«tioctior. of a rut-uff front thal city
we«t lo l-ewiaton, lilahn, to eotiru-el
wllh ih, eitentlon uf tli, O. K Jk N.
Co., and lliuv ae<ur« advantageuu. and
direct mejina of aharing Portland's
trafile.
Ilvpftrtr«! ICr»Hmt«*l
fhc «a.h and door factory at Rainier
will probably 1« ternorol from that
place, an<) in antiQpatiori of thia ac­
tion the cititrni of the two IVaahi orf*
ton town., Krlao and «'a.ile Ro. k, are
making effort, to accurc the plant.
Fa*r*dlllan Tr.«l, O lib Vlr.rll.
N»w York. Jan. 2 • A dispatch lo
th« llerall from Rtn -la Janeiro •latra
that the liralilian
ha. ap«
proved a treaty of eilra-lltton with Ui«
United State«.
Atlanta, • *, Jan 2— Th« msmnr-
aide »«ntunent regarding the nation*«
ear» of Confederata dead eiprewed In
Pre#iden l M K nley’a now famona fra­
terni« "g »|e«- h l-efoi« th« Georgia leg-
i.latore ha» . ry.talliie l Into an order
to a- ertaln the h«-ation of all the Con­
federate burying groon l* In the South,
and Ibi« work liar already begun.
Georg > l a« lieen railed oil for a ll«t
of the«« place«, the adjotant-general of
the (tate having received an nffleial
letter from Washington i«|m«tlng a
full Hot of th* Confederate cemeteriea.
Logging camp« aliovo Palow«« are
making rapid headway In getting out
the large nn tn I-er of log. which «rill bo
floated down tha river neat apiing, and
the «now remain, on th» ground, th«
record lor large drier« will I», broken
tbi, winter.
While a bill« inure snow
would tat lieneficial and would b*» up-
|»reciated by the lumbermen, there I#
enough on Hi© ground to make g***<|
• lelghlng, ami th© clear, add w«-Atl»er
for th© f ast thru© wreka has l»ren ideal
fot cutting and hauling l*»g# to ih© river
bank.
Orewt flriiaiH*« lt»veviw«»»,
Ixmdon, Jen. 8. —The revenue« of
the United Kingdom f»»r th© quartier
ending December 31 «mourìte»! to L’.’M,«
H3S.83 4. an lncrr««e of L'«A8.rtb3 over
1MW7, making for the nine months ©
total of 1*78,340,4MB, an iticreaae of
I
4,348. __________________
niir«tMr«fln< «»Hfl«»««
Madrid, Jan. 8.—Th« cabinet hut
agr—d to »«nd additional funds tn <’«!•
ha (or repatriation of the Spanish
troop« remaining th-r«. The govern-
ment conalder. th« pro.|*cta h>r rrl-r —
of Spani.h prlaonerv in lb, l*hilippn>«*a
»•iy <JI«couraglnf.
Btn>ili«m. T«t-. J»h. 2 —A whnlarale
p>>i«>ning i. ri-pnrt«<i by tel-pbon« from
iifi«ll>y, Au.tln conni».
Frank Ix’-
mark, hl« wif- an4 fl»« eliiMren, wer«
th- victim«. Two are dea-!, and It I.
Itinaghl iliât non« of the other« enn r«-
■.tv-».
A'.enio wa. pl»co-l in their
coffe« ty unknown penum«.
( Vim mi»» Hiner» have ! »een »ent from
Porto Rico to Washington in an effort
to put an end to th© admlnielrelive,
financial and ©bica I ion a I condition« ••
they estai in th© ¡»land of Furto Rio»
today. They will also a«k that Porto
Kloo be admitted aa a larrituiy.
New York, Jan. 2 —N' dy men
w,r« taken (tom the receiving •’ ip
Varmont at th« nat y yard by «tranter
to Norfolk, Ya.,
fr"tn whh-h pia «
••
they will go overland to san Francia-
co, wber« they «*11 cm1 .irk for Manila
a« r«inlotccu>«nU lor AJtunal Dewey.
Manli«. Jan. 2. — Th« «ehonn-r Albi
rwpmta tli« maMacr« of the Fpaniah
f«r<l«on by th« combined
native,
force, at I’anopi, Caroline latanda.
Henry Nanti, «n »lu. iteri chief, ha«
been elected to be the ruler.
Ile i«
•ail to be favorabl« to the Amtricana.
Heattle capital is b-.i< k of a new con-
oern being organ I K n I in Spokane for the
ptir|<»ee of putting up pickle©, r»t«ups,
sauere, vinegar.
Jellire, jams, etc.
Tli© enterprise will be kn«»wn as th©
Falls City Pickle W«»rks, ami having
•©■eared a »11 years' leas© on a thr»,«‘-
•tory building, have v.orkuw-n engaged
In getting It in shaim to l»egin buslnc»».
*«n FrwMrlsr*» Fire
San Francisco, Jan. 3.— Fire which
•tarled early tonight in the b<i«inr»»
building »1 Wl 7 Ktrvenwn street cau»©-i
a
loss ©f |50,(X>0 I«* foie
it
wa«
©ttlnguiehetl. of this amount alwMit
110,000 faits on the Krougb Manufac­
turing Company, makers of pump© and
hvtlraulio machinery. Th© san Fran*
cisco artistic metal works, which oc
cupied | mi rt «>f lh© structure, were
totally destroyed, tl»e lu»s beiug placed
at 3)0,000. Tha origin of the tire ia
unknown.
l»r*.l
3. *— Georg©
P.KIrg.ehlaf deputy In tho offl,« of
City Engineer Ik-.-kwelter, wm »hot
and probably fatally
w<>tii>d<«l tliia
•voning by There-* Kerr, wltoin be had
ea«t off.
l>l»r«r*t»«l W** i * i « m *«
I. m Ang«!«», Cal.. Jan.
II. M. Rt«»ne• «n i F. P. Shes^green,
nf Oakville, who »hipp* I a rarhm laf
prunes tn (>©# Moia©«, hire received re­
turns fr«»tn th© same, liiere were 30,-
000 potimi*, f<»r which they retgited
4 1*18 tsu is net-