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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1899)
ana ?■ • »• -• I 4 • The Santiam News » » xz: * « •’ - X • • > * * «V * E j *• * i ‘ * t 3 V a » J •J -f * ** « I* * ", «• ♦ ? • • •• ♦ ’N • P, t OBEGON SCIO 4 * ’A^ » a * V • i ’ - * a OF • • rwí/c RECENT Mr«. Zaohatiah t'handler. widow of the fanmu« Michigan stateiman. 1« <lea<l al tier home in Dwtroiu ¡luring nena- tor Chandler’« career in Wasliington, Mrs. Chandler was uotsd as a «velai •nteitamer. Advices to tbe Omaha lice from ita correspondents la Northern Nebraska imlicate that the wiater-wlieal crop lias been badly damage»! by tlie recent oold anap. In many localilisw the crop • til be very light. The Ixtndon Daily Chronicle's Staab» holm cot respondent »ay* that the health of King <Near lias been r,-«torw»l. and that he ha« rrsomal the government amid general rcjoicm^i. A woman who has been idsntifled as Mrs. Rankin, uf Heattie, committed auoide in a room in tlie imperial hotel, in Portland, last week, by sending two bullets through her brain. A dispatch from Bruaael» says an es- preaa train from Calais, having lessen- gers from London on Isiaril, collided today with a stationary tram at Focal. Twenty-one psiavti* ware killed and ¡1» injured. - , ? • ■ A BY OCCURRENCE The Britisli ship Droinlanyig, from Liverpool for Vancouver, has pul Into Montevideo partlal'y <h«uiantl»l in a gala. Thu republican« In the S «ni ah chamber have deci,Ini to Imgin al one* an energetic rani|«ign against the g»>v erntnent. The bark Coloma, from Cbemainua, B. C., for China, haa arrive»! al Port Angeles, Wash., leaking badly. Cap tain Jensen repoita ¡4 feel of water in the veaael's hold. Reports have been roreive») at Hhangbai that tlie Chilean bark Kina, from Durr ar de inlet, is ashore al the sntrsnee of the port, and in a ba,I po sition. Tugs ami lighter« ate assist- mg. The North Pacific Canning A Pack ing Association, of Chicago, haa ma»le lhe first payment ol *330,000 to the various flilnng companies whose plants were recently purchase»! on lhe North sound. The purchasing company han inooiporateai with a capital of *5,000,- O00, and expects to erect a grand cen tral oannerv at Fairhaven, this year, to coat *1,600,000. A DECISIVE Report That Foreign Troops Have Landed al Manila K 11 rtb4 II Ivy* TrwffilF WHh W*glr*. Clly of .Mi-«ton, Feb. 38.—The extra dition treaty negotiate»! between Meli oo and the United Htates has baea • igne»l by Foreign Minister Mariaoal ■ml Amt'asaadoi Powell Clayton. Th» -onventmn broadens tlie ent I »esa lenten t claose to rovet not merely public moneys, but sii defalcations or thefts A copy ot the treaty lias Iwen mailed to lhe state department al Washington in the hope H may arrive in time to be act«,! npon by the senate Iwfore ad Jourtiment. -Taf MAJORITY Celi«« Siate» Sssste Ysess» • «4 Hffift»»* Hill Rudyaid Kipling, the popular author, ia said to be dying at bis hotel io New Yurk. Tefias is passing through analaiming epidemic«* meningitis Thirty deaths fiom the disease have uocurred ia Furl ! Worth ia the past week. >• • u ; ♦ •»»«-es- »» • ori ffi». • w - * i- •• • • g* - : A report from Madrid says that Fu- THERE IS CONSTANT FlQMTINQ ropean tmuga have l>«en Laud»l al Me ntis from warships. The Washington ■jffictala dlucrudll tbe story. H A repreaentative of tbe As»iclate»l Press learns that Fiet [axil Morgan la to bear toe entire coot, atuoanling to about (35.OUO, ol tbe installation ol Madrid. Feh. >*.—Aa official dis Tbe Continental Tohworo <'<w»pany. electric lights tn Hl. Paul's cathedral. at laiuisiillr, N >- I *111.803 New York. patch from Manila aays "The situation here ia very serum* worth of revenue stamps last Monday. Oolooel Amos C. Babcock, an inti The foreign wsrshqe are diserolxrkmg Tins la an unprecedented sals of alampe mate friend »-f Abrsham Lincoln, ami tr<»*pa tleoeral Kuo will leave Mi The sultan of Oman has revoke»! lhe i a prominent figure In the alolittonistI grant of a coaling station to the French ; movement In the early *3Ue. Is dead at nila and go to Zamboanga, talami of under the British a»lialra!'s thrust of Chicago. He was born In New York Min.lanao" Tbe government has receivod a long bumbardmenL Tbe Frendi concai has in 1838, and cams to llllimts In IMA. - dispatch from General Uow at Manila, entered a protest The naval oommillee of the b- ■«» but refuse« to linpert its contents. A number of young mon in Nacra- haa dtiected a favorable report on the Tha Im [«retal, which aaeerls that It mento, Cal., are organising a colooy senate bill etealing the grade ot admt- Is In a [»-«lion to know the truth of the to srltle on tbs Island of Guam They ral end intend*l f-»r Rear Admiral situalloa at Manila, says: ytup»iee to engage in the raising of the j Dewey. The committee alno decide»! ! “There la constant fighting between staple pro,IucIs of the island. favorsldy on lhe senate bill granting tbe Americana am< the Tagaloa. The The »Ivano« guard ol the North At two months' extra pay f->r naval servic» courage ami el 11 Idiom nee» of tbe latter lantic squadron, compose»! of the flag I outside the Uultad Hlatea during lbs have canard great ansiaty to the Americana, who ilo not conceal their ship Nee York ami the l»allle«hip In war with Hpain. diana. arrive,! at the Bermudas Tu«e Lieutenant Commimler <1 P. Rews, t-elief that the war will be a long and There la the grvalMt day. The squadron will proceed to j U. H N . who waa tlx» signal officer deet*c>ate on«. Havana. i with Admiral Dewey's fli—l ami who alarm among foreigners in Manila, lb» The Central t’nion Ga« Company has I etix»l apnn the bridge with tbe admiral Oom mam ieri of the foreign warship« been organite»! un»let lavi of Virginia, during tlie battle at Manila, has ar- having <lecld»i to lamí forcee to protect to control the natural gaa «alla ani rived la T-qw-ka. Kan., to visit rela their subjects.'' plants in Ohio, indiana an*l Houlhara tives. Tbe naval offi-i-r was re -ivi»l l>l«rr*diL*4 In VI uni ». Illinois. The capitai «toc* will be by tlie g vern -r and i- th brsnehea "t Weahington. Feb. 3M—Tbe govern the iegialalure.and «poke briefly I*»fore *24.000,000. ment ufficiale here discredit lite state 1**1 h lhe house and senate. Tbe Duke of Orleans has nneipeetad- ment iu the atwe dl«|>atch that the An appeal has been roceivnl hv thr fofeign warshipa Iv arrived al Hruaaela. It is reported aie disem bar king that lie con», leie tbe mouienl oppor chamber of commeica of han Francis,, linupe at Manila. Hpanish sourcea of tune for a monarchislic attempt in j on tvhalf uf the fl<»»l sufferers <-f th« Information, respecting affaire in the France He will coosull with the Hhan Tung province of China. Those Philippine islamls, are not to be relied J signing the api»al era American ami' upon, they say, aa the pri-ss and peo leaders of his party. English people. They stale that thr| ple of H|mln ibi not hesitate to circu Francis II Itawo, h«a<! of tbe great Chinese of tl>e district have mlsnl late statements inimionl to lhe Inter china and glassware exporting house nt something like *70,000 American est« of this country. B« wo A lh>tter, i« dead in Germany, money, bnt this will go but a abort Huch of the dispatch«« reaching the age»l 46 years, of apoplexy. Ills |«H- way, as Ibete are over 2.000,000 people * war department Imlay from General sonai acquaintance througlioul tl.a starving. Olis that were made public were con Vniteii Míales waa very large. According to tba statement of Col fine»! to routine matters, while Secre A hot sklrini«h « Uriel near th* onel Byrd, of the quartermaster depart tary Ix*ng said ton-glil he liad not a Manila waterworks on Tui-elay, In ment. there remain at Manila 3,18X1 ol word fiom Admiral IVvrJ during the which, on lhe Amen, an side, two com- tbe 6.000 Hpanish troop« that were entire »lay. General Otis has repeat [■anise of lite Washington volunteers turn«»l over to General <>tis, aa a result a»!ly stalnl in his dis|iatobee to tlie • eie the principal actors. Tbe insur of the euriendet of that piaca. Of the authorities here llisl he has the situa gents were driven Into the jungle, 3,600 who have been returned to Hpsin. tion well in hand, an»l there Is no ma- leaving 16 d«a»l and Ino wonndd. Two ataoul half ws:e taken back by the W»n to tielleve he would have trouble Americans wets woonde»! by the explo Hpanish governmenl, an only abuut in keeping older nt Manila, where lhe sion ol Hpringfield iiflvs In their own 1,800 have been repatiiat»! so (ar al rtMiiii of Ina trvo|*s are stationed. hand«. the expense of the United Htates. Th* Rfbela Ar* !»*• *»• rat«- Chaplain John II Thora|m>n. ,.f tbe remaining 3,000 lie expects to la«vr ■Manila, Feb. 38. — Last night the First Washington infantry al Manila, Manila lot Spain within the next two reliels eoncentiate»! in such numlwrs di»l Monday. week« near III« (Jbineee cemetery that <leneial Filian Allen Hiteboock, of Missouri, The government haa sent 4,<8>0,00<i McArthur anticipateti an attack and ha« taken the pneecrlbed oath ami en- 1» st age slam)« to Porto Rico, for use asked for rein for, «mente. Two corn teie<1 U[»>n bi» ilutiee as sei istary of in tbe postal ayaletn tliere. pani«» of ili« Twenty-third regular» lhe interior. Representative of the Kicks|»»i tribe were sent to Caloran, and a battalion The house committee on appropria of Indians are in Mexico trying to get if tlie Twentieth regulars to tlie ceme tions lisa ordeieil a favorable r»|»nrt on a concession of land fiom the govern tery, nt about midnight, but the i-xpect- tlie bill to pay Hpaia *4U,lXX>,00u for ment for a eellletnenl. The tribe -1« a»l attack was not made. Tbe rebels, Hie Philippine«. after making a great noise with bugle sir«« to move to that country. -alia ami yells of "viva independeu- A large sale of steers took place at Agimrillo, the Filipino -leli-fat«. ar -ia," an»! "muoho malo Arnericamsi,'’ rive»! in New York Monday Irma Mon- -an Antonio. Tex., on the 23d. The and firing volleys, disap|»eari<d in the lieal Agonelllo eap*ta to aail for George B. Lovingl- :i Co. Bold 8,000 3- year-olds and I3,VCO yearlings to an woods. England It. a tew days. It is lielii-v«,! their leaders are get other company. The ptice paid for The senate committee has repairte l lhe lot was *375.000. ting deeperst«. and are attempting to favorably an amendment Io the aundiy force the Du it« I Males troo|»« iu make The pine timber latids of Southwest an attack, in the hope of breaking ci»il bill pioviding fur the laying uf a cable fiom the Unilnl Htates to Hawaii Virginia. East Titinxiri and North through the American line«, but tlie I «»•stern N «th < sr.iltna have b-i-n and tbe Philippines. reliela are evidently unwilling to l»e mono|s>li*«d by Canadian ami Naw pacifinl when facing the Americana. Many Ftemh newapapava are bit England capitalists. The syndicate It ia just |»ie»ible, however, that terly assailing M. Ixiutiet, the new represent« *8,000,000. they may Im g»iade»l into such a move president, but tlie better class support Tlie Nicaiagtisn government having tie (ore more reinforcements arrive. him. and cmifideme in tlie stability ot plaewd too close a ceneorsliip on United the new government is increasing. Filli* tieimrlng K i p»«1 Iti«»» Htates cable mes«ag,»s, and falling to Kansas « ’ tv. F, b 88,—The Timas Hamuel H Hteven»»n, D. D., one ot liiteu to protests from this country, prints the details of an alleged filibus the oldest Presbvterlan mimsteis in President McKinley haa dlspatclie»l tering expedition having for its object the Unit*l Htates, is »lead iu Bloom the cruiser Detroit Io Greytowu to de the overthrow of the government of ington. III., al tlie age of 86. He was mand an explanation Guatemala, tn Central America Ac a near relative ot loriiicr Vice Presi dent Hteveneon. Tliere is great activity In the iron cording to the story, a regiment of A fire In the little city ot Port Industry, and many orders have twi n 1,000 men has been fui med in Kansas Washington, Wie., iteeiroywl *30<i,(NX) refused. Au order tor 13.000 tons of City, HL Louis and Chicago, and a »«• worth <>f properly, and rendeteti 30 atrvl rails l»-r Clune will be •rut >nd regiment has been lor med In tbe Two oom pan ire aie to leave families lióme baa. A chair factory abroad, as American mills have Ovil- East. Ksnaa» City by rail. It ia said, en route covering two blocks was destroyed, tracts for six months alma»!. Io the scene of the proponed invasion, throwing 400 men out of work. Tbe wnst-l*oti»d Burlington fast mail via ML Ixiuis and New Orleans. A rei-ently li-at all remirds Ivtwven Chi The revolution in Nicaragua Is . Guatemalan named Handoval, the rep ’ ago and < ttnaha. The distance is 608 •priMuling General Mena, al tbe bead I resentative of a former governor of of 700 Insurgents, is near ths town ol miles, ami the actual tunning time Guatemala, Is sani to lie the organiser was eight hours snd 44 minutes, Tb« Rama. The ineuigents are well airncl . at the expedition, and tl is staled that with small guus and are expecting train made 100 luikw an hour for aav« the invaders aie to receive their pay in eral spuria. Galling, Krupp and Hotchki-w cannon. <ranls of lami and other privileges, in An attempt to burn Manila WM tha areni of tbe ruooese of the levolu Michael Milana, tbe prosperous pro- Fites were start lion. pro-tor of a tMHiflblaeb(eg e(»»l,liahrn»ti| made by insurgent» In Tacoma, Oouiimtie»! suicide by filing ed in two portions of Hie city, which K»*e«wee at lb» I»lee4s. two tbi ts fiom a revolver into hl* ragisl all nigtit long, sweeping awsy Washington, Feb. >8.—Assistant brain. Fifty-two dollars was found : rows of buildings and devastating Escrwtary of War Mt->kl*john has made seres of pio|»rly. After daylight the on tbe holy, latnily trouble was the * public statement showing the total American troops drove every native out oauee of th« aoL rwoeipta from customs an»l taxes re- 'it the Jiatiicla in which fires oooutred. A new town has Imen laid out ia rtvol from lb« several porta tn the The island of Negros, the lotirlh In islamls ol Cubs smt Porto Rico am! the Alaaka, 35 miles from Juneau, which it Is exp--, ted will l»e the gateway to importance In the Philippine group, Philippines, ao far as reports have been lhe Allin goldfields. Il has been has been Completely |»arifie»l. Four »«•i-lvwl by the war department from named Taku. and is siluste»! on Taku roniniissioneis fiom the island visit»! the re »pc live dates of occu|»ation ol bay. four mil- a from tlie iu»iulb of tlie General Glia on the 82d and inform«»! «ai»l ports by the military forces of tbe inlet ot that name. him that the ineurgents had been Unit*»! Mtatea to and including Janu The Italian l>ark Harliara Luigi went ,1 riven from the island and tlie Aineii- ary 81, I8UP. In Cuba from July 18, INVH, to Janu ashore February 4 on Little Bahama can flag raised, ami they deeired Otis hank and Is ■ total loan Three of the to lake [vaseeaion, which be promised ary 31, 1MW9 (six |».rta not rvporting for January), fl,313.873 wa« received. crew were ilro«n»l and two periahed to do. fr»iia expoeure. The captain and eight Private Edwin W. Hampton, of Com In the Philippine idamle from August of the crew have arrived at Nassau, N. |»any II, Hc-ond Oregon regiment, waa is. it»». to December 81, l«VM, fl,- In Porto ItIco from August F.( ami report the losa killeil in a skirmish near Manila Tues sia.Hia. I». IBM, to December 16. I88f, f8,- Mrs. Ilowe, o| Gresham, Ol.. was day. He is the first Oregon soldier to M3, ava. drowne»l in the Willamette st Port die in battle. At tlie same time pri land Monday. Hite waa passing fro in vate« J oseph H Cardington, Christian ki|n l*»r«e*ed. Msnavna Nicaragua, F»h 38 — one steamer to another, as the bowte K Horn ami II D. Ilaxsrd, of Corn were lying st tha dock, when she tell ■ pany K. rmt Washington regiment, Preshlenl Zelaya's simy has capi urei! l*et«een them. An attempt to rescue J were killeil and Corporal W. B. Tucker, ( ili mountain ami Agues Calienles, her tailed. Hhu was on her «ay to u! (bmpany H, of the same regimeut, thus virtually terminating the Blue was seriously wounded. visit ■ eon at Salem. fields revolution. Mlnnr !l»we If»««»«. r <5 t a.’ * / • % ths Ulve» I I I flllflCK WAS A FAILURE Washington. Fei* 31. —After a eoe- uun <d neeiiy eigbt boere today, tbe Attempt to Break Through renate. Ih le evenlng. al «30 o'elock. pome! thè user and barbo« bill by thè American Lines. desisi ve vote of 30 te 8. The mettours waa umler mnenleiatioa throngbout thè day. ami no several of thè ctmimlt- tse amend mente a del er mi nel Aghi waa mede, boi la avery inalano« thè oppoei* lion availod oothing. The aharpawl S»lll«lw«e TbveeleeeS to C-«»l-li r«»lr «unirei aruae ov«r tha Nicaragua canal W »,b at l»»»lre»ll«e el Sanili bill ameodmaaL A punì of ord«r <»•*•»•! Oil»’ UrSer waa ma le agalliti II lliat il was generai legislalioa, bui thè renate, tu which Manila, Fell. 35. — With daylight thè Vioe-preeideat eubuntted thè pomi, Una morntug tbe enemy commencwl overro led it. Aaxmg lite bilie j<e»sd by Dia renate worrying tactics al various parts uf the lodar were thè folli*« ug Anthorit- Aiasruan line, apparently for the per- lag ih« legislativa aaavmbly ol thè tot* pi we of withdrawing attention from An attempt was ritory of Nrw Vinco lo ireste so ad* affalia tn ths city dil'onal iu.l«l*te*liicaa tur lire compie* ma le to rush itirrngu our eatreme left lion and furniebmg ut thè Irrntoiial nun Calocan, toil it was promptly depilo!; authortaing a rveur»ey <>f oer- obmke-1 by S not and effective luuakslry laln landa la Cheyenne cvnnty. No- and ailillery fire. In the meantime small 1*0» I Ise of Lraaka. rebels, evidsntly • me of times angaged la ths News«. last night tn the rowar lly work al The army appropriation bill tmtay Tnndo, spree»! c>el between the city • as lost sight of in the geneial dis >is- and the outposts. Kvery available cion of tlie policy of lhe government man was sent to drive them away,with relative to the I'hilippines. and sev the lesull that there waa desultory eral notable a|«ecli«a were made, eu- firing all the morning tally that of Hettle. General debate Fn»m 8 until 10:40 A M., the ■>n the bill cloaeil today, an»l tomoirvw monitor Mondanoek Joined the engage tbe bill will be taken up fur amend ment. hurling IP-inch «belle over the ment under lhe Ave minute rule. American lines Into laelue of the en A sensational feature of tlie day «as eniy aa indicated by the aignal oni|W. the speech of Johnson, of Inuiana, At II o'clock there were sharp en wl»o a fortuighl ago lua 1« seveial nota gagements at tlie Uhlneee cemetery ble Sped lies Violently attacking the ami al Man i*i*lro Macatl, alm»el si [ailicy of tlie administration during th»' multaneously, but the artillery fire consideration of the army reorganiM- from both |»iailions drove the enemy lion bill, relumed to the assault, and bock. delivers»! against the president and From the high towers of the eltv, some of hie advisers lhe mo»t scathing fires can I* seen burning al different philippic board in the bouse fm [»lints uutelde. Home of th«»« aia months. He sneered at the president |.rot*aldy doe to tbe Mondanmk’s and the influen»-re which l»e all«ge»l shells. controlle»! him. impugned his motives. It is cniieiilly reported that the na qneslli>ue»l his sincerity an,I likend lives have thr«alene»l to burn the Ke him to Dickens' mist oontemptiblr oolta ami the wall»! citv tonigbL chaiacter. charge»! the ancil lary of wai K-uiea of rebels have been arreatsd with incuculatency, and pr, hcte»l that in the Ton do district. A baiul of 40 the president would in tlie en»l be en rebels having two car low» Is o| arms an»l gulfed by mlverse public eenllment. accoutrements waa ea|>tur«i| In a bouse» Tlie discussion of this measure meu- Business is temporarily su«)a>nde»!. pied nearly lhe entire day. General Otis today iuauod a general order directing all the inhabitants of GOMEZ IN HAVANA M I la, until otlierw ordered, to confine tliemselvsw to then homes sf Th» C«b.« Oeweral Mee»l»eU mil* Mu larf Hueers. ter 7 o'clock in the evening, when tbe Havana, 1eU 37.—Tlie fsativities streets will tw cleared by the polico. tolay In liormr of the lout th anuivsi. [Tie general alao warns incendiaries aary of th» tieginning of tlie Cuban and says they will be severely dealt all ugg 1« fol iniieia'inlsiK-o wi-re moat with. Extraordinary precautions have bees S|» oii laneous and wildly cnthiiaiastui. General Goines arrived on the »i<te tahun for. ll.e •oplir>MS'..|i of further of the town from Mariana at 12 3t> P. trouble, which is threatened to lake M-, escorted by tlie Keound lllaaodi place in the city tonight. Fire has burned iu tlie Toudo dis band and three battalions. These 6»o la I ion« then returns»! tu their camp trict all day. The relela between the city ali i the and did not enter the city. When Gouiei pa»»«»l, the crowd went nut|-<»ste are being smoked nut ibis af wild with vivas, bate were flung in ternoon, and driven toward the beach. lhe air and Women »bowered floweta Hhaipaliivtere at various t arts of ths on all «nlre. The prooevaioo atopp-xl line are veiy annojlng. but olh»-r«iee frequently, eventually tiling into tbe lh»-ie ha« S-eii im further ex -it»ment main atreels of the city, [siMliig Cen aitice the fruitration ol the morning'« tral Paik and arriving al 3:3U o'clock attack. Lieutenant Eugene H. French, com at the palace. There were many floats expressing pany L, First Montana volunteers, and the fnemlship l»'tw«i-n tlie United Private Oscar Felton, South iNkota Hlates snd Cuts«. A haiidmuiie car volunteers, were killed, and two other riage, containing ladies, and d< curate») Dakotans were wonndeil. with large Hpaniah, American and Cu WRECKAGE IN THE OCEAN ban flag*, draped together with white riblions and hearing the legend, «uppund le lie Tr»-m tlie Missing "Unity. Peace and Concord," was vo alennier t’ellean. ciferously cheered. Blill another flout Port Townsend, Wash., Feb. 3ft.— repreaetiteil a Cuban woman hoi,ling an What 1» thought to be wreckage from American flag, with the aiiattcrul the ateam-hlp Pelican, which «ailed clown of Spain at her feet. fiom Seal lie tictober 13, 18i>7, for No fewer than 85,t)OU people were in Taku, North China, laden with rail line, requiring three hours to pa»» a road lomi-er ami lies, and of winch given polnL The lioisee of the Cuban nothing lia« In-en ainco heard, haa been cavalry are scrawny and ill-few!, and rr|»,rle»l to the local hydr»>graplite office the cavalrymeu are clad in vague Cu by Captain A. V. Brown, of the Brit ban onifuuns. All eariie»l Remington ish bark Collmgiove, which arrived at cathine«, with nondescript bundles of Hliatighsl, January 8. Captain Biown clothing ami bedding. They marched aay» in latitut-ln 3U degrees 36 minutes in linee of twos Tlie infantry o»» a north, longiliidu 137 degree« 40 min- sionally kept step, and aa they Iwaa.’.l ulis cast, be |iasaud through a laige the palace, presented aims. -Most of number of railroa»! sleepers of Oregon them oartleil Cuban flags stuck iu their pine, which ha»l the appearsnoe uf not rt flee. having been in tbe water a great length Affaire It« Haut««. Vancouver, B. Feb. 37.—Accord Ing to Haro»*an advicea In Sydney new» pa|*era brought by the alea invi Mio were, an Interrirne warn had with Ma tiafa in lila camp after the battle bj a reportar, who learned that Mnlaafi • a* equally ammo With Malietaa v seeing the irlanda tin ier Gei man con trot Malasia In him attack on Malie- toa'a forcee was annona not to butt tin bol ma or injure the feeling« of an) white persona The interviewer a»ldi that it appeared to him that Mataafi waa taring urge.I on againal bis per sonai withes to fight. !>•«•? Want« th» <>reg»ffi. Washington. Feb. 87.—The follow Ing dis|»at<-li baa been re,-eive»l at thr liavv department from Ib-wev: Manila. Feb. 37. — Fur political rea eons tlie Oregon should be sent here at once. The Yorktown baa arrived. The Charleston and Petrel are cruising around tha Philippine islands. Attain ate quiet. The navy department ex|iecls tlie Oregon to arrive al Manila March 10. Mal m f«rr» r»t • «•!• Arriva al M affili». Mattila, Feti. 37.—-The tranaport Scarnila. «itti thè Tweniiexh intantry on board, baa arrise»! bara troni Han Francisco, and thè troppa are bemg dieembarked. Rad f*r Toung J*a«* New York. Feb. 87 —A dispatch to the World Irour Berlin suya: The fol lowing letter, in regar J to lhe suppue*! finding of Andre, is publish»I in the Siberian Advertiser it Is from a well-known sy,»nenian namel Kjalen "I hasten to inform you that Andrw'e balloon has been found. I was run ning on enowaboee alter Elk in the private forest of booth Yenisei, and came actúes tracks ol A miros. It waa 850 Tárete from Knasoniars an,i lt)0 versts from lhe gold waahlugs In Han Vlnicli, down tn the pit ot tlie river. "The balloon and rop«« were torn end three hwliee lay it its side, uue with a broken akulL "Plesae prepare assistance so the !>el- loon and bodies can be brought to the washing« al ban Vimh, which can only be dime by mean« ot «now «hoes "I guaranis« tlie truth ot theen fact« and shall soon be in Tuiusk." NOHWtQIAN SHIP SUNDAL Ker •*»»« I it*pr*eem*ffil t4)r> ♦wytlre «»< > I* «ragú« la»t«a Noss Ctfleain, kels 37.—The steam ship .♦nmlsiJ fine 3ue strived from Blue field«* wkhwv «he Would have lieen M'isui* -Is*. fwCMntuy by General Reyes ha,i I*'4iut itaun- So the action uf Cap tain Bimmiudsi commander ot lhe UnitXat Ptivausguiila-al Marietta RerenUV Hevea dispatched a small force to seise *40.000 In the custom l»>u«e al Cape Gracias. The e«|«dl- lion was eminently «veoeoeful, but the leader, in»tea»l of returning with his men to Join Reyea. deeerted his roui» inand and eeca|e<l up tlie coasL General Reyva learned <>f Ina au'-ir dinate'a desertion Maturday last, sml gaie antico uf Ina intention of aeiamg the Hundal to give chase. The captain ot Uie Hundal. which flic« the Nor wegian flag. app«-ale»l to the British man-of-war Intrepid for ptoteetlou, wtlinh waa refused lie »hen appealed tai Tin mu nita am! Captain Hlmin mils *ww auilir* fimi he w»ul<l lolsrata no lunrirfinrvmi» W i U i the ship. The Mun- Udi 'Inti tfluu ntglil for this port. ‘Xltr rmtum of the Humlal says that wMluni ilw Uifb Bliiefislds General Revea was pisntmvug for an expedition againal Greytowu with omet of his aimy on the gunboat Hau Jacinto. The Nicaraguan oonsul here haa re- oetvod a in ess ige from Preeblenl Ze!- nyai »ilivietjng that he issue no more al *»w no now fur vessel« bound for Nloa mitrimi’ partie II il prnauiiml that the object -ill gire nr,1er Is Io pievenl any '•■».m, • . u. gbl 1« »eoi Reyat (turn till» Mil NTA.JB Tilr»« A BREAK FOR LIOERTV. N iiHtlr»«i < binate Mt«rr**4e4 1« Mffihtlffig fhlffig* I it t • r • • 11 «< g Montreal, F-b 37.—Three bun Irmi Clilncee who are bring con tilled in the emigration quaitvra of the up town C'ana-llan Facili,- railroad station await ing esani mat ion by Unitali Htatee health officiala prepaiatory to lielng ■hipped tiimngh Uie Vnitail Hlatea lo Melico, tna-ln a limali for litwiily. At a pmumcai trw| signal they took the slicks upon winch they carry their lielongiiigs ami began to break the win dows When the Are »latum police men who were guarding them Inter* f*>red they in lutti were belabored with the clubs, an ) a general riot alarm for the police was turned in. Nil [»alrol wagons responded. ami in a short time fully 8.000 |H*oplo were gathered around the station. Finally In a hand lo-hand tight letioen V-e |.>lo-eaD'l the China men the Celeetlanls were worsted. The Chinamen, it is »aid, had been told that they were uu their way to a land jf canni hale. AHMY BILL Arl4 I and» f«r Karl aina II un . Ksnaas City, Fek >7.—Jesse Jamea. Washington. Feb. 35—The senato avo of thè famous bandii, ia on Itimi committri- on irilgation today ma-ls a bera ehargad with complicità In tha train robtieiy commi liad near Ibis city. lavoratile rrp*.rl on Menatoi Hlewart'o Today's evldence gore lo prore young propiaed amendrnent tu thè suudry Jamea’ gitili. Expiras Meaacnger rivii appropriaiioa bill, i-eding 5.IMK),- Il illa pract n ally ideili ifir»l Jamea aa 000 aeree uf tand tu each of thè arld tbe olii»! ut thè gang concern*! in thè land eiatea tur reclamai ion. bold-up. The tveetlniew Pasllamewt. Pori Sai»!, Frb. 3?. — -The tranaport Ottawa. Ont.. Feh. 36—At ■ cabinet Hlierman, frtwn New York lor Manila, meeting held belay It was d«c|,|«»l to arrivi»! bere today. summon [mrliainent for March IP. • bjr • •fuffirt«*»*» la Bll»*rlffi MAY YET FAIL. Il Itch in Ih» < «su« |«f otiti«» N »•«slia*l«*HB Mal«! I»« Ita*» <>re«trr»4. Washington, Feb. 37. —It was ra- ported Hus morning that there haw horn a hitch in tlie progress of ll.e army reorganisation bill, owing to Ilia refusal of the Ihnnoorata to accept tbe ot lune. The cutoms house records provision of thè compromise bill wbioii show that all vessels laden with rail carries with it an increase in the ■ latT road lumber and ties lor tbe Orient for provided for in the Hull Itili. the past 18 m->nlbs have arrived al While the foregoing view waa ei- their destination. piewenl at the war department, at tha capítol senators generally accepted the Fif» W ffiffi M«*f Arqffiltl»4. Han Francisco, Feb. 35.—The steamer compromise as a foregone omicltiaimi, City of Peking, wliicb arrive»! today and the understanding is it wiii tie from the Orient brings tbe following along the lines Indicated last night. Hu far there baa not been ai.yclprr«. Item to the proas frum Manila, date»l sion of opiuion that «och a bill will lie January 30:. Th« findings of tba murt-marllal accepted, but even this will not go that tried l.ienutenant-Colonel Fife. through without debate. Moine sena First Washington regiment, lieve been tors hesitate to give up Hi« provision annonmol He waa convicted of for enlistment of native liooi« tn ths ‘‘neglect of duty and conduct preju Islamls, while olheta Ir.dicale then de dicial to gissi order and military dis termination to right the provision H II cipline," In isolation of th« «3d article ahoul I nut be changed. of war. Tlie sentence is one month's I1I( Iffinurg*«! ! «•••. suspension from rank, In addition to Washington, Feb. 37— Otis hat the confinement lnflict»l during lit« cabled the wdr department aa follows: five weika of arrest and lose of on« Manila, Feb. 37.—On lhe tiigiili uf month's |*«y. 8250. Tha accusatliia the 31st and S3»! ami 83d the insurg against him was debauchery on tha guv. ent tr»»,ps gat no I aci-ews to the out eminent tran«|»irl Valencia In Manila skirts of lire city behind our line«. harbor on Thanksgiving evening. Alami 1,000 entrench«,! themselves. They were completely routed yesterday rt»m»s Kseehto Marlsea. Mariana. Province of Havana, Fab. with a lies in kill«»l and wounded ot 86.—General Malinin Gomea led about 500 and 800 pnaoiiera Our Gullies at 3 30 this afternoon, and ia waa very slight. now at Marians Tills «seeiog he aenlhsr nig Slami- Csrihats. • as at a banquet tendered by the town Louisville, Feb. 37.—The National — the last, except that to lie given In To ba* to Company bought «'.'2 5,000 Havana, of a long aeriee of au< h enter wot th of tv haem »lampa yesterday. tainments. Washington, Fab. tl. — Chief Emil* Ag*4 Mlffila«** I**ffi4. Cott, ol Ilia bureau of yar»ls an<l dock« Bloomington, 111., Feb. 35.—flamuel N«w Turk. Feb. 88.—Two hoys were of the nary department, will advertise II. Stevenson, D. D.. one of tbe oldest killed, another mortally wounded and lor proposals for building a naw dry P rse by ter tan minietere In the Unit«»l several others more m leas ver limai v dock al tba Mata toland nary-yard in Htates, is dead in this city at lhe age of injured by a ten I Ac explosion today in two weeks. Thia ihwk will lie a tim- HA. He «as a uxor relative of ex-Vico- one of the mlling-rooma in a building tiar dock, and Ilia length will bo IM) I'reaident Stevenson. He Was born in of the Nordllnger-L'harlton Fireworks fast, draft 80 feet, with a width of 80 Iredell oounly. North Carolina, ami Comfiany. at Graniteville, 8. I. Harry feet at tba bottom. was educate»! at Center college, Dan Morgan, 15 years old. and Chari«« Foieman O. I «point, of lhe Tacoma ville, Ky. He camo to Illinois in 1863. Frolilein, 14 year a. are deed, and Kob shoe manufactory, was crushed to death Ths place ol lhe old magnesium er! Ihilan, 13 years. Is ba*Hy buroeil ia Tueedsy morning by being caught be the eyre; hie scalp ia blown off. and ho tween the elevator ami upper floor flaahliglil, which haa done goo»l service ia otherwise bo-lly Injuieil. Tbe buys beams whits ascending to tbe up|>«r to the photographer, I« about to be taken by a flash wand of great bril- were employed in charging canour •lory. haocy and ease ot adjustment. brrerackere an 1 sky rockets. Flrswsrk« B»pls4»4. Their R*4lffi« — er». COMPANIONS. ANO ANDRIS • a. 4 4| «ffittr*M6*ntffi I'Nn*r*«gffir J« Washington, Fab. 37.—Th» »»rretsrv of war has sent to the senate a tahulat- ei! staleorant of the ln«»eaea>) ri|»n»«« of the r» -i-iit a»lvanci»ment in grade of army offi<-erw. The secretary reco*. rnemls that the advancer»,-til in grade as pruvi»le»l for by lhe act of July 7 last be discontinue»! on tbe tet ml nation of tlie wat with Hpain. lie says tlie ad vancement* are unneOMiaary. Scores of Bui'dings Destroyed by the Fires. HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS Manila, Fell. 34 —Last night was one of terror to tho<i»an»le ol Inhabit ante uf Manila, lhe relwb niakli g g» d their oft-re|»«alc<l threats H> the i st, nt of burning •cor»’« of building» Thar Wounded an officer anil three men h» firing through win»lose during ilia < X- cltemsnt. Al ft o'clo, k an Inaendiary flr*» •»<*• rune»! In a bl»» k of brick building» occupied by <Tiim-»e in tlie t'alle la Costa, In the Hanla t'rua dialricL A Stiff brei-ae was blowing, and the in' flammability uf the »tructuiva caused tha blase to spree»1 with alarming rapidity. The city Are department waa hope- leaalv lncnm|«d»ul. and the English volunteer briga»ia from Hanla Musa was eummiMrad, and with a molern en gine, pumping a»lequate • I ream» I rum tbe caual. sue»eede»l, after lour houte of wosb. In getting lbs blase under con trol. Meantime the entire block ami the greatest pert of two others acrues the stieel were gutted. Hundmls of in habitants were rvmlrted liomel-»»» Im ped 1 ment« were place»! in lhe way <>f the firemen, and the b<we was cut five time» Tins resulted In all the na tives bring driven off the »tieets. thaw» in the immediate vicinity of llio blase Imlng coirallvd in vacant lol« and guard«,! until the eiclteaneiil was over. In many luatanoea the nallvea wi re insolent, and |>al»l no tegar»l to tlie or ders given them, am! the »ul»llera were coni pel le»i to use harsh inraeuros The bulls of their riflee end their bayou» la were freely applied. Hborlly after tuldnighl anol) er big fire waa starte-l in 11»« Tomin di»lrict, where tbe native« are ihlekeet, an,I when the flteiuen amt «»liliers alli-mot r»l to work a regular fusils»!« of nfi., and revolver allots waa fire,I from tl.» wlmlows and roof» uf building» Ail night long tlie flic apresd thr- ugh the Toudo district, awei'inng away rows of houses and devastating aor»-a ■ it territory. The damage is iio -tiuia- l»le. With »laylight, punitive tueaauiea were di-cided upon, ami lhe Americans, although tirml after their alreplswa night's work. Siam clearol the district of every iim I ivc , aílwr a «light fvmil anew. THE ISLAND OF Nt UHUS Ia»e«rg*nt« I>*l«ffi4«<>ff and tl** ittt*rl«ai> • lag ltffil»*«t Manila, Feh 34.— While th* iftiiiw ■ >n the city wall and thoae ou tMMsrd th« ships uf Duwey'a fleet In the I mi y hr im I a salute In honor of Mashington’s biitliday. finir i'omini»»ioiinrs fiom the Island of NegrtMl had an Intel View with Otis, and Inform«»! him that Hie American flag had already been over that island, ami that it« tanta were ready, anxious, ami to accept any propiwilloa the cans might offer Tlie insurgents have been driven from tlie taland entirely. Although the Ilo llu retails have given the people of Negree much trou ble. eapeeirlly in th« matter of finan cial assistance made by tlie ridwl lead ers, the liilisbilanls of Negrue liaiw persistently held aloof, ami now through the comml»aluiiers they an nounce that they want tlie advice ami help of Otis. The letter assurdi tinnì that the Americans would provili« an accepta ble government, and III the nx-snlime lie I list rucie, I them not to pay the teh- els anything. The Negros commie- Stoner« wvie deliglilml Willi Hie re, » p lion. I •••»*«••» < n I «»net I Flf* Arqt«lll*<l Ts.-oms, Wa»h . Feh. 34 —Croate advi,-ea fiom Manila «ay that Liuuten- anl-t'olonel Fite, of lhe First Wash ington regiment, court marllnlod on chai gee of intoxication, has laan ac- qullt»l, the ehaigea proving olteily without fo'in lation. When tbe charges against Fife were refuted, the case against Captain Ehr- Iti li was immdiately dropped, aa thcie was no evidence of liio guilt or uf any reprehensible action. Mnrg M«aw 14* * o|«sr*sl*u ¡■•adville, Colo., Feb. 3t.—The innw «torni continone and the isilroad traina are al a «tandstilL People who bave letl Breckentldge and other tuwns on thè Houlh Park line, I whu h no lialns bave rearhed for several wenka. say piovlslon« are very low in iboM piace«, ami many people will stai ve unless ralle! roachcu Mieta vary «non. Xlrbifui laUlena Wa»l l» Kuils-sl» City of Melico, Feb. 84.—A delega timi ot Kokapuo Indiana from th» Unlte-I Htates aro in thè city. The gronp. In trillai costume, sltemle»! Iti» |>w*«ai»l«a*** •«•«-«» «I» trx«s 1^** ffiltek* 't'i.s.* aie bere lo sollcll from thè Mexican governmenl an allotmenl of lamia tu which thè remtiani ol thè trilw desires lo emigrate. Tffi th* %H4ffil*Mffi. Tacoma. Waah, Feh. 34.—Captain Burn«, who attempte»! tu float the Glentnorag. 1« going to try to des< »md to the Amlnlena and bring up the bod- iee of her crew, and also raise the »hip. A new leather muil'ine, with a capital of *hO,OUO,OU<l, is limg organ laud at Chicago, Iu take in Hie tanner» Ire outside of the L'nitml Htalea I-rather Company. The name of the new organ Nearly all skin diseaaea aru snppneed isation will be the Am»rioau Hide A to !>• caused by microscopic insects. Leather Company. Mlnn*ffipn|l« Tribnn* H**rt3*4 <>tt|. Slam,»« tar Varia «tien. Minn«a).>lla, Minn., Feb, 87. — The five et»>ry but'dlng accept«,! and owned by the Tribune Publishing Company • aa destroyed by fire tonight. Every thing. including all ill« matly press,-« am! type ami linotype«, were deetroyed. Fortunately, not a single life was loet nor a man Injured. The loss to the Tribune Company is about *100,(XX); Insurance, *30,000. Washington, Fell. 34.— Tbe poetoffice department baa ahippnl to Porto Ki<-n 4.000.000 Cnlte.1 State« p»wtag« Stamps, with tie word« "Porto Rico," printed on each. The «hipment rm. braca» i.ooo.ooo la. 2.000.000 3«. and 500.000 each of 6 and 10 cent stampa. Airangement« meantime are bring made for a dialitici art of < 'iil-an stampa. A enske does not climb a tree by coiling siournl It, but by hold on with , tlie point« of ita era les. A make could not oliuib a glass pillar. Kodyard Kipling la eerioiirly I ill at the Hotel Grenoble, in New York I. Ila is enffe» lug *»•»• inflammation of tba langa A