The
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It's a Cold Day When We Get Left.
VOL. IX.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1897.
NO. 28.
TO SHUT US OUT.
SWEPT BY THE GALE.
APPALLING DISASTER.
' Epitome of the Telegraphic
; News of the World. ;
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
In Interesting Collection of Items From,
the New lyid the Old World In a
Condensed and Comprehensive Form
The celebration in honor of Oregon's
martyred missionary, Dr. Marous Whit
man, was begun in Walla Walla, Wash.,
, Monday. Large orowds were in attend
ance, ... The opening address was made
by Rev. L. H. Hallock. A monument
is to be ereoted over the grave of Dr.
Whitman. '
Senator Lodge, of the oommittee on
foreign relations, was at "the state do-
pirtmeht early in the week. He would
eay nothing about the Cuban situation
except that the committee had accom
plished a great deal. The first business
would be to oonflrm the annexation of
Hawaii, which woulj be done by rati
fying the treaty, or by legislation. '
Ex-Senator Corbet t and Wife of, Ore
gon, have arrived in Washington for
the session. The Post, of that city,
says that the committee on elections
will hold a meeting the first week cl
the session and report favorably on Cor
' bett's oase, and that party lines will
not be be -sharply drawn, which will
mean that Corbett would get his seat.
Asphyxiation caused the death of
three men in the Grand Trunk railway
tunnel at Port Huron,' Mich. The
train which was being hauled through
to the Canadian side, broke in -two.
The engine backed down to get the de
tached portion of the train, but for
hours nothing was heard ol the crew.
Finally a searching party found the
dead bodies, and also rescued two brake
men, in an unconscious condition.
Three members of the searching party
were also overcome, but were rescued
'by another party. The tunnel (fas
arises from the hard ooal . used by the
locomotives. .
Colonel Domville, M. P., who went
north in the interest of the Klonkide
Yukon Stewart Company, of ,London,
says his company will build a wagon
road through White pass, plaoing Bteel
bridges over the canyons. Work is to
commence immediately, and the road
is to be ready by February. They will
build steamers to run from Lake Ben
nett to White Horse rapids, around
which they will have a tramway.
From the end of this trawmay they will
have-steamers to run direct to Dawson.
These steamers, he says, will be ready
when the 'river opens. The wagon road
through White pass is to be followed
. immediately by a railway. v
One of the bills that will be pushed
in the coming session of congress is
that introduced by Representative Sha
froth, of Colorado, which provides for
changing the time when congress shall
meet. ..It is a very sensible bill, and
ought to be passed. The first session ,
of congress after an election would be
ia the January - following the election '
in November. This session could last
as long' as" would be neoessary. The ,
oongress elected in November could
legislate before another election was on 1
hand.; The second session could meet
in December previous to the coming
congressional election, and the congress
would expire before the election took
place. As the matter now stands the
first session of congress is given over4o
politics by representatives who wish to
be re-eleoted. The short session is
often a discredited and defeated con-!
gress and oftentimes enaots very bad
legislation because it will not be called
to account before the people. Pos
sibly, Mr. Shafroth's bill will get a
hearing, though such reforms as this
move very slowly. . . ".'; ...
i Postmaster-General Gary is reoeiving
many letters regarding the postal-savings
bank 'proposition strongly urged
by him' in' his annual report..
The great trial of Arroyo's murder
. ers is over, at the City of. Mexico,, hav
ing terminated with the sentence of
death propounoed on 10 of the police
officers and policemen concerned in the
butchery of the hapless wretch whose
audacious attempt on .the president's
life caused so . profound a sensation
there. The jury was out over seven
hours. '',;,';' A. .
One of the most important features
of the Behring sea negotiations not i
i .T : I j r.. .i.i . I
iiereuuyre uiHciuaeu i uihi in me evem
that Groat Britain and Canada consent
to a suspension of pelagio sealing for
one year,, the United States ' for the
same time will agree; to a suspension
of all taking of seals , for 0119 year on
Pribyloff islands. 1 constituting the
American seal possessions in Behring
sea. '' ' ;sr ii . ,: V
Ex.Governor Crittenden, of Missouri,
who Tvas , consul-general to Mexico
under the last Cleveland administra
tion, l announces that he will leave
"Kansas City next week for San An
tonio; Tex., where he will be joined by
W. J.-- Bryan and Mrs. Bryan, and that
the three will depart from San Antonio
, n a week's tour of Mexico. . Aided by
the ex-oonsul's knowledge of the people
nd oountry, Mr. Bryan will make a
areful study of Mexico's finanoial system.
Franca Will Put High Duties on Certain
American Goods. .
New York. Dec. 1 . The authorities
in Washington, according to the corre-
spondent of the Herald, hae been in
formed that France; while ostensibly
engaged in negotiations with this gov
ernment for a reciprocity treaty, is tak
ing steps, to place a prohibitory tariff
upon some American products. The
state department has been notified that
a bill is pending in the legislative as
sembly of France imposing a high duty
upon certain products, which will prac
tioally make that oountry a closed mar
ket, so far as the United States is con
cerned. Ambassador Porter probably
will be requested to make an earnest
protest against the measure.
This bill may cause the authorties
here to go slow in negotiations for the
reciprocity agreement. ' The depart
ment has reoeiVed no reply to its propo
sition that in exchange for a lower tariff
on French wines the French govern
ment shall remove the prohibition
against the importation-, of American
cattle. Unless this concession be grant
ed, the measure referred to may be de
feated and the reciprocity negotiaitong
come to naught. Should this happen,
the French government may , retaliate
by imposing the maximum tariff under
its laws upon Amerioan products which
now enter under the - minimum tariff.
As these products are few, however,
the authorities are not greatly dis
turbed over the outlook.
Dr. Van Hollenben, the new Ger
man ambassado to the United States,
will be formally presented to. the pres
ident tomorrow. He is expected to
make representations in regard to the
tariff. The state department is in
formed that Baron v(on Hollenben's in
structions contain propositions desig
nated to lead to a ! reciprocity arrange
ment. It is believed the United States
will require in return for any conces
sion the removal or abatement at least
of restrictions now imposed upon the
importation into Germany of American
cattle and beef.
The German government, of course,
will direct its efforts in the direction
of seouring the repeal of the bounty
section of the tariff law, which clearly
affeots Germany's sugar interests.
Many representations on this subject
have been made already by the Ger
man authorities. It is not likely, how
ever, that the president will recom
mend any restriction of the tariff law,
and apparently the only way in whioh
the German government can secure an
advantage for her industries would be
to enter into a reciprocity agreement..
Officials are speculating on the atti
tude of the agrarian interests of the
German empire and the German em
peror, who favors the .agrarian, party
upon their proposition to be submitted.
So far as they have gone the outlook is
not favorable. ' " "" . - -
MASSACfiE OF INNOCENTS.
Frightful Mortality Among- the. Cuban
t Concentrados.
New York, Dec. 1.; A dispatch to
the World from Havana says: The
World's first figures of Cuba's starva
tion . were timidly moderate. - They
showed the deaths o'f only 200,000 per
sons; but every painful fact unearthed
tends to prove them nearly double that
number. , When the grim returns re
all in it is now almost certain that this
Cuban massacre of the innocents will
reach 400,000. And this awful num
ber does not-include those killed . in
battle or the thousands and thousands
of women and children who died of ex
posure, disease and massacre in the
swamps. ,,,'.' ,
It now seems certain that more than
half a million people, for the most
part loyal subjects of Spain, have been
killed by the Spanish war in Cuba A
week's trip 'through the provinces of
Havana, Matanzas and Santa Clara has
tended to make' moderate this tremen
dous extreme figure.
The figures of Spanish official. reports
show but a part of the mortality. They
only give the number ' buried in conse
crated ground, and, they do not give
that fully.. '- And yet these official
ultra-Spanish reports of burial permits
issued admit that in the ' province of
Santa Clara there have died and been
buried since Weyler's fiat, 71,847 per
sons. , . ' ;
The number of people for whose ex
istence Weyler is direotly responsilbe
is 155,132, in Santa . Clara province.
And of these he has . killed. 86,216, or
over one-half of them. Santa Clara
has so far been by far the least -destitute
of the provinces. It has 'many
cattle and not a .very thick population.
Between it and the 68 per cent admit
ted dead in Pinar del Rio are the prov
inces of Matanzas and Havana; with; a
60 and 70 per cent mortality respect
ively. These percentages are estab
lished by the actual figures of some SO
cities and towns ; Applied to the den
ser populations of their respective
provinces, the total deaths since Wey
ler's "bando" will foot up nearly a
million.. .. . .
night of the Fast Mail.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1. The Union
Pacific has made a record for fast run
ning. A -mail -train has been shot
across the country from Cheyenne to
Council Bluffs, 519 miles, in 699
minutes. This is the actual elapsed
time, and includes all stops. Engines
were changed twice and one engineer
was relieved. All tha regular stops
were made. ' i
to Relieve
lee Bound Whalers.
CAPTAIN TUTTLE CONFIDENT
The Cutter Will Endeavor to Beach
Sledge Island Overland Journey
May Start at Point Rodney. :
Port Townsend, Nov. 80. The
United States revenue ou'tter Bear
sailed tonight, carrying succor to the
whaling fleet infprisoned in the icy
fastnesses of the Arotio ocean on the
Northern . shore of Alaska, between
Point Barrow and Hersohel island.
The Bear's first stopping place is un
certain, depending upon .the extent to
which Behring sea is closed by ice.
Captain Tuttle will, however, go as far
north as possible in his endeavor to
reaoh Sledge island, which is 50 miles
south of Port Clarence and five or six
miles off . the mainland. It will be easy
to cross from there over the ioe to Point
Rodney, The chance of getting to
Sledge island lies in the fact that it is
in the lee of Point Rodney, which
sweeps off the ioe carried down by the
north wind, making a sheltered stretch
of water. . From Sledge island,, the
party that is to . proceed overland, to
Point Barrow, under the leadership of
Lieutenant Jarvis, will oross over to
Point Rodney. From there the party
will go to Port Clarence, where there is
a band of reindeer.
The length of the overland journey
Will depend on the starting point. At
the best it will be in the neighborhood
of 1,000 miles. The shore will be fol
lowed closely all the way to Point Bar
row. Having landed the overland par
ty, the Bear will go into winter quar
ters at the nearest place of shelter. In
the event that the Bear cannot reach
Sledge island, Captain Tuttle said that
there was a point he knew of from
which he thought he could land the
overland expedition. He would not tell
where this spot was for the reason that
he might also fai. to reach it. The
Bear goes provisioned for one year.
Captain Tuttle and his officers are very
hopeful of the success of their mission.
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Terrible Fate of a Negro Murderer
in
North Carolina.
Southport, N. C, Nov. 80. A white
boy was brutally murdered by a negro,
and the murderer was burned to death
by an infuriated mob 'of white farmers
near here last Thursday.-,
During the fall, a party of farmers
had been fishing on .-. Cherry Grove
teach, near Little River, S. C. Mon
day, November 15, one of the farmer's
boys, named Stevens, left for his home
on the. Waocamaw river, with, an ox
and cart. He carried a package of
money. .,,The father of Stevens went
home, but found that nothing had been
heard of his son since' he- had left the
beach. , . ;.
It was learned that a negro, Nathari
Willis, had borrowed a gun and left
the beaoh "shortly after Stevens' son
I had departed for home. A posse was
organized by. the sheriff, and Willis
was traced about 80 miles to Town
Creek, N.;C; where he was found last
Wednesday,. having in- his possession
'Stevens' ox, cart and, cloth hat full of
ahotholes. He was carried by the sher
iff and posse on Thanksgiving day back
into South Carplina. - .,,. - ' '
Reports come today that Willis was
taken from the sheriff on' Thursday
night by a mob of ' infuriated farmers
and carried into the woods, where he
was ohained between two pine trees.
Light wood was piled around him,-and
he was burned to death.. , .....
The place is so far in the country
that further details could not be
learned. '-;
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Trouble vis brewing
Captain' Howe Advises Wichita Boomers
to Defy the Law.
Kansas City, Nov. 80. A special to
the Times from Wichita, Kan., says:
Captain E. L. Howe has designated
January. 10 as the day for his boomers
to move upon the Wichita reservation,
if no step toward opening it has been
taken by congress by that date. The
instructions of Secretary Bliss that the
Indian police be reinforced by regular
troops if necessary has made Howe fur
ious. ,,. v ., ' '' :'
"Damn the ' Indian' police," said
Howe today, in advising his men. "All
we want is our right according to law,
and the law allows us to go into the
Wichita mountains. We propose to go
about the matter peaceably. We shall
ask congress, when that body convenes,
to open the reservation or allow us to
go into the mountains and take claims.
We shall wait a reasonable time, and
if our petition is not granted,, we shall
move upon the land. .-We-have the
men to do it, and if these Indian po
lice, or Agent Baldwin interferes,, there
will be graves all over the reservation,
and many a regular will lie down with
the rest, too. if the -.federal , troops in
terfere. This is no time to agitate the
matter, but the federal authorities may
as well tie informed as to our inten
tions." r
I Bear Sails North
A Fearful Storm Raging; Off the Eng
lish Coast.
London, Dec. 1. The gale which
swept the English coast yesterday,, do
ing great damage at many places, raged
all night. In many places it was
almost cyclonic in its violence, and the
longlist of disasters includes a large
loss of life, many wrecks of large ves
sels and the loss of scores, if not hun
dreds of smaller craft, with ' serious
damage to property ashore at many im
portant towns. . s
At Norfolk, Bacton and Happisburg
five vessels, as yet unidentified, went
down and the crews of all perished.
A number of bodies have been washed
ashore near Yarmouth. The brig
Rugby was wrecked off Hemsby. The
coastguard made desperate efforts to
save the orew, and sucoeeded in getting'
a line on board. A dying woman was
"rocketed" in safety, and then the brig
capsized, all the rest of the ship's com
pany perishing.
A large steam collier dashed upon
Flamborough head, the famous prom
ontory on tha North sea coast, floated
off, and then foundered,, with all on
board.
A feteamer not identified was wrecked
on the Birdlongton sands, with her
entire company. '
Last evening the steamer Rose of
Devon ' went on the rocks near Red
Ruth, Cornwall, where she pounded all
night long, her crew, of 12 perishing.
This morning the bodies of the captain
and seamen, all wearing lifebelts, were
washed ashore. t '
The British ship Larnica, Captain
Burgess, was driven ashore near Fleet
wood, at the entrance of Moretown bay,
about 18 miles northwest of Preston.
The crew were saved, but the position
of the vessel is dangerous. She left St.
Johns, N. B., November 1, for Fleet
wood. , -., : 1 ;
Phenomenally high tides are reported
in many localities. The district near
the mouth of the Thames has suffered
severely, several townships being partly
submerged. The Sherness dockyard
and the Woolwich arsenal were inun
dated. Scarcely a vestige remains in sight of
Lord Nelson's old flagship, theFoudroy
ant, long fast in the sands of Blackpool.
There is a lot of wreckage near the
Goodwin sands.
' Immense damage has been done to
government property. at Sherness dock
yard and the Woolwich arsenal. . Sev
eral .thousand troops were hurriedly
ordered out today to remove thousands
of pounds' worth-of ammunition and
stores from the wharves and sheds to
places of safety. The tide continued to
rise, and invaded some of the work
shops, quenched the engines and
stopped the electric lights. The work
men were obliged to go home, wading
knee deep. ' " 1
Six vessels were wrecked between
Yarmouth and Baoton, only a few
miles apart, on the Norfolk coast, and
25 lives were lost. ...
. The brig Vedra stranded at Bacton.
The storm tore out her masts, and when
the rocket line was fired, the crew was
unable to haul it in. Finally the line
'dragged them into the Surf, and three
out of seven were drowned.
Rochester and Strood, on the Mid way,
out 80 miles south of London, have
suffered . severely. At Rochester the
gas works are flooded and the town is
in darkness; the gale is now traveling
southward and traversing various parts
of the Continent. Very rough weather
is reported along the north coast of
France. 1 ,..
A dispatch from Liverpool says that
during the gale the Russian' ship
Nikolai, Captain Karlsen, 'stranded oh
a treacherous bank near' Formboy,
south of Southport. After fearful ex
periences her sails were blown away
and the vessel was so damaged as to be
uncontrollable. One' of the crew, a
man named Karlston, was swept over
board and drowned. The captain says
no one on board slept for four days.
The vessel will probably become a
wreck. ,. : -
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Blaze on Lake Steamer Extends to
Docks, With Fearful Results.
Escanaba, Mich., Dec. 1. Late to
night a fire broke out on the steamer
Nahanta, and before it could be con
trolled it spread to the ore docks, the
largest in 'the world. Two of the docks
are on fire, and the others are threat
ened with destruction. Two of the crew
of the steamer, whose names -cannot be
learned, are known to be lost, and sev
eral others injured. The steamer was
lying at the dock loading ore. Shortly
before midnight, the crew discovered
that the vessel was on fire. The crew
made every effort to quench the flames,
but a brisk wind ' was blowing and
spread the fire with great rapidity.
From the steamer; the fire spread to
Dock No. 4, which was partly loaded
with ore and lumber. The lumber was
soon a mass of flames, and from this it
spread ' to the next dock. The fire is
still burning fiercely. The loss will be
fully f300,000. ' ; ,'.,
United States Warns Germany. ,
Berlin," Nov. 80. The state depart
ment at Washington has requested Am
bassador White to ascertain the inten
tions of Germany with respect to the
oliams of Herr Luder, whose recent
imprisonment in Hayti caused friction
between the German and Haytian governments.
Insurgents Also Loot Several
Houses and Stores.
SPANISH SOLDIERS STARVING
An Unsuccessful Attempt Made to Res
cue Rivera General Blanco's Genera
Shake-Up Excites Havana.
New York, Nov. 29. On Sunday
morning, for the first time, in the his
tory of the Cuban war, rebel bullets
sought the palace in Havana, says a
dispatch to the Herald from Havana.
The shots came from Casa Blanca, 600
yards across the entranoe to the harbor,
and while no one was hurt, the palace,
with its electrio' lights, was a shining
mark, and must have been hit. The
Spanish authorities attempt to make
light of the affair, but at the same time
a reporter for La Lucha who wrote up
and attetmpted to publish the facts in
the case, was put in prison.
The attack on Casa Blanca was made
by Brigadier-General Cardenas and 60
rebels. They entered the town shortly
before midnight on horseback, and at
the end of an hour each man led out of
town a horse with one extra head 'ap
propriated, laden with clothing, pro
Visions, silver plate and money. Before
they left they sent two volleys across
the narrow harbor entrance at the pal
ace, then cooly went to a friend's house
inside the Spanish lines and took sup
per. All this was under the guns of
Cabanas and Moro.
It is learned from an inside source
that the object of the rebels was to re
lease General Ruiz Rivera, and hang a
citizen named Fumiro who is known as
a spy. They failed in the first object
only because of some misconception of
the appointed time on the part of con
federates within the prison with whom
arrangements had been made to admit
them into, the fortress.. Fumiro man
aged to escape across the harbor.
The whole affair was well planned.
General-Cardenas came in the early
evening with two columns along the
seashore, and at 10 o'clock the men
followed. They first visited Cabanas.
Whey they saw that the arrangement
had failed, the rebels went after Fu
miro.. He fled across the harbor and
the rebels did not dare to follow. Then
the rebels went to Casa de los Frailes,
the priest's house, where they took
blankets, silver plate and money.
This house is close to Moro castle.
The priest made a great outcry, but no
soldiers came. Then the rebels sacked
the store of Fumiro, securing some
gold. They also looted other stores.
Working as quietly as possible, they
approached a cavalry outpost, securing
several horses.
. For two hours they enjoyed them
selves, then rode to the harbor and fired
two volleys at the palace. This aroused
the Spaniards for the first time, but by
the time troops turned out the rebels
had gone. The authorities made every
effort to suppress the details of this
raid, though an official report admitted
that six rebels entered the town.
The rebels approached and fired upon
Mariana last night. There was great
excitement. The volunteers were called
out, and with the troops returned the
rebel fire. The residents were panic
stricken and locked themselves in their
houses, j The rebels did not succeed in
entering the town. The lines have
been strengthened all about Havaua.
. Correspondence received from the
cast states that General Gomez is mass
ing men near Sagua, and is preparing
to march westward to strike a potent
blow before congress meets. Unusual
activity of the rebels is reported flora
all quarters. The Spaniards are also
making preparations for action, but as
yet each avoids the other. Where and
in what manner the blow that is com
ing will fall cannot be predicted, but it
is more surely coming than autonomy.
General J. M. Rodriguez, command-in-chief
-, of the western 'provinces,
k out in a manifesto stating that he
will accept nothing but independence.
He contrasts the treatment of Cuban
prisoners with that of Spanish prison
ers, and says only the Spaniards under
arms are considered as enemies. He
promises equal rights to other Span
iards if independence is gained.
General Blanco's general shake-up
of the police force throughout the island
is causing some excitement. The heads
ef departments of police were nearly all
changed. - Wherever fraud or undue
cruelty was discovered drastic measures
were taken. Secretary-General Con
gosto's knowledge and ' experience"
gained in America are of valuable as
sistance in this direction. , Special re
ports from the Herald correspondents
in Various parts of the island state that
the Spanish soldiers are as badly off as
the pacificos and concentrados. In
many places the troops have been forced
by circumstances to beg from door to
door. General Blanco is making every
effort to relieve their condition, and to
reform the hospital service,,
Vienna, Nov. 29. The unparalleled
violence in the lower house of the
reichsrath yesterday is about the only
subject of conversation throughout Au
stria today. The German progressist
party has published a note expressing
regret at the outbreak, and disclaiming
any responsibility for it.
Tornado in the Philippines Swept Thou
? sands to Death.
San Francisco, Nov. 30. The ty
phoon which swept over the Philippine
islands, October 6, caused one of the
worst disasters reported from the south
ern ocean in many years, if not in the
history of that section of the world.
Thousands of lives were lost, includ
ing many Europeans, and the damage
to property was something appalling.
Telegraphio advices concerning the
calamity have been very meager. The
difficulty of getting news . from the
islands is great at any time, and, ow
ing to the remoteness of some prov
inces visited by the hurricane, full de
tails of the storm did not reach Hong
Kong untiV November 1.
: The steamer Gaelic, from the Orient,
today brought letters and papers which
contain accounts of the ravages of the
tidal wave and wind. Whole towns
were swept or blown away.' Fully 600
Europeans were killed, and it is etti
mated that 6,000 natives perished.
The storm first struck the islands at
the Bay of Santa Paula, in the prov
ince of Samar. It devastated the entire
southern portion of the island. .
On the 12th, a hurricane reached
Leyte, and struck the capital, Taclo
ban, with great fury.
In less than half an hour the town
was a mass of ruins. The natives were
panic-stricken. Four hundred of them
were buried beneath the debris of
wrecked buildings, and 120 corpses of
Europeans were recovered from the
ruins when the native authorities in
stituted a search for the dead.
Reports from the southern coast were
received which claimed that a score of
small trading vessels and two Sydney
traders were blown ashore and their
crews drowned.
The sea swept inland nearly a m ile,
destroying property valued at several
million dollars, and causing wholesale
deaths among the natives. '
VICTIM OF CANNIBALS. '
Fate of Two Washlngtonians In Congo
Free State.
Washington, Nov. ! 80. A startling
and horrible story of the killing of two
Washingtonians and the mutilation of
the bodies by natives of the Congo Free
State has just been received here in a
letter to Leo Harman, of this city. The
men. were members of a party which,
during November and December, 189-1,
weipt from this city to enlist in the
Belgian army, for service in the Con
go. The party included Lindsay
Burke, Frank Batohelor, Barry R. An- .
drews, Harry Sparlin and a Mr. M el
lin, who was at one time a noncommis
sioned officer of the United States
army. All except Thornton and Mtd'
lin were members of the National
Guard of this district.
The information received is that Mr.'
Burke and a party of 60 natives, who
were sent out in December, 1896, to
dislodge a band of natives who revolt
ed, were ambushed and killed. 'An
Arab, who was with the command, but
was some distance off at the time of
the ambush, states that Burke was
dead before the natives reached him,
and that the most hideous looking lit
tle men he ever saw walked up and cut
Burke's head off with one blow of a
knife. , The chief then began to slice
pieces of hh legs and arms and to dis
tribute them among his followers.
There were so many of the natives that
the pieces were very small, and before
they had concluded, there was a fight
to see who would get the remainder.
The natives then left, one carrying oft
Burke's arm.
"Windeye, a New Yorker, who had
command of another detachment of sol
diers sent out on the same errand, ar
rived a few hours after the natives left.
Windeye gathered up the remains of
Burke and . buried them. When he
learned the strength of the rebels, he
hurried back to Michau and notified'
the commandant of the post.
The other Washirigtonian who lost
his life .was killed March 1, when ' the
troops, under the command of Baron
Dhanis, revolted near Kabanbarre, and
assassinated a number of officers of
their regiment, among them being
Mellin. The body of Mellin was but
chered beyond recognition. His heart
was cut out and burned. " - .
The situation is said to be precari
ous, and a relief expedition has been
sent to the resoue. Mr. Gage, another
American, is very sick at Vangine. '
Will Accept Aid From America.
Washington, Nov. ' 80., In conse
quence of the widespread destitution
among the people who have been con
centrated at certain points in Cuba, the
governor-general of the island has in
formed Consul-General Lee that United
States citizens who desire to send sup
plies to the poor and needy in Cuba
should send them to the Catholic bish
ops at the nearest point of collection,
and' these prelates would in turn oon
sign whatever might be sent to the
bishops of the island at Havana and
Santiago de Cuba for distribution. '
Fatal Boiler Explosion. -
Halifax, N. S., Nov. 30. The explo
sion of a boiler at the Gold Lakevnines,
East Halifax, caused the death of the
manager of the mine, Daniel Phail, ;
and James Hennessey and John Mc
Isaac, their bodies being terribly torn
by flying wreckage of the boiler.
Hennessey and Molsaac were testing
the boiler. . ;