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VOL. X. V HOOD RIVER OREGON, FmD AY, SEPTEMBER .16, 1898. ' NO. 17.
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Happening's Both at Home
and Abroad.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Flaoei Culled From the Fnw
Reports of the Current Week.
Manila, Sept. 14. Rear-Admiral
Dewey Baya he considers the situation
critical. He has asked for an addition
al cruiser and a battle-ship. The
Spaniards assert that Germany will
take a coaling station here, and that
Spain will retain the remainder of the
islands. " The last Spanish garrison at
Ilocos and Lagunet have surrendered,
and the whole island of Luzon is in the
hands of the insurgents, except Manila
and Cavite.
Aguinaldo went to Lelollos on Fri
day. He has announced his intention
of "convening an assembly of the Fili
pinos on September 15 in order to de
cide upon the policy to be adopted by
the insurgents. .
The correspondent bore of the Asso
ciated Press has had an interview with
Aguinaldo, who said there were 67,000
insurgents aimed with rifles. He added
he could raise 100,000 men. .' Indeed,
the insurgent leader pointed out the
whole population was willing to fight
for' their independence.
Continuing, Aguinaldo said he had
9,000 military prisoners, including
6,000 in the vicinity of Manila, besides
civil prisoners. Later Aguinaldo said
the "provisional government" was now
operating 28 provinces. He asserted
that in August he appointed -delegates
in propoition to the population.
As to the Americans, Aguinaldo re
marked that ' he considered them as
brothers; that "the two sovereign re
publics were allied against a common
enemy.'! - . '
When questioned as , to whether the
future; of the Filipinos' policy would be
absolute independence, Aguinaldo ex
cused himself from replying, and asked
what America intends to do. ;
The correspondent being unable to
answer ' this question, Aguinaldo con
tinued: : ; . ... , , .
"We have been fighting for inde
pondenoe for a long time. The natives
who profess to favor annexation are in
sincere. It is merely a ruse to ascer
tain American views."
Asked it the Filipinos would reject
the jetontion of Manila, Aguinaldo de
clined to answer. , i ' . ' ;
"Would the .Filipinos object to
Americans retaining a coaling station
if recognizing the independence of the
islands or establishing a temporary
protectorate over them?"
Aguinaldo again refused to answer.
Pending the conclusion of the assem
bly, Aguinaldo said he was confident
there .would be no trouble between
America and the. Filipinos. The in
surgent leader denied having recefved a
request from General, Otis and Bear
Admiral Dewey to withdraw his troops
to a prescribed distance from Manila
and Cavite, and he declined to discuss
the effect of such a request. Aguinaldo
further asserted that ha had never con
furred; with the American authorities
since the oapitulation of Manila, and
that he had never authorized the insur
gents to searoh or disarm Americans
orossin'g the line. -','' ..-'-.
The correspondent closely questioned
him about .. last Saturday's incident,
when the Pennsylvania troops proceed
ed to establish a new outpost. .'; The
Filipinos objected, and nearly preoipi
tated hostilities, ordering the Ameri
i. cans to withdraw in 20 minutes. They
issued ammunition, and intercepted
the American, reinforcements.. Finally
General Hale ordered all the Pennsyl
vania to advance and the rebels-withdrew.,';
... . ... .- , . ,-. '
The local governor has explained that
the tinoident was a mistake, and has
repudiated his ,' subordinates' aotion.
Aguinaldo declared to' this correspond
ent that the Filipino who made the
trouble merely pretended to be an offi
cer., and is entirely unconnected with
the insurgent army. .
Aguinaldo complained that the Span
ish were "disseminating these reports
for the purpose of fomenting antag
onism between the Filipinos and the
Americans." ;v- , : ."; :
The, whole interview conveyed the
impression that Aguinaldo desires abso
lute i independence, regarding the mis
sion of the Americans here as accom
plished, and expeots their withdrawal
"just as the French with Lafayette
withdrew after helping the Americans
in the war of independence, a war of
humanity."
Just now Aguinaldo maintains the
role of extreme friendship. 1 ' '
. Best Mines on A liltrlcaii Side.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 12. Among
the passengers from St. Michaels on
the steamer Fastnet was T. Tredfold,
who was sent to Alaska by the London
Mining Journal to examine and report
on the gold fields. He says that all
the recent, rich strikes have been made
on the American side, and little, if
anything, has been said about them.
Outside of Bonanza creek there is noth
ing to approach them in riohness, but
they are propositions requiring money
4o develop.
LATER NEWS.
. The Madrid senate has definitely
adopted the HIspano-Amerioan proto
col.. . '" "
General Brooke reports that about 18
per oent of his command are siok at
Porto Rioo.: . ',' '
Forty out of every 100 of the Fifth
regulars at Santiago are reported sick.
Five deaths have occurred among the
immunes from malaria. .
..''''....''.
A 80-bours' rain in Texarkana, Tex.,
caused considerable property loss. ,A.
train on the Texas & Paoifio road ran
into a washout and one man was killed
and six were injured. - ':
Aside from the Iossof. her 'colonies
and the sihps destroyed in battle, the
'war has cost Spain about $384,800,000.
Information to this effect has been re
ceived at the navy department from
the naval attaches of this government
abroad. -, . ,
The Cubans are out in a new mani
festo, and the necessity for. organiza
tion of a new party is set forth. !The
document appeals to all Cubans having
the progress and welfare of the infant
republic at heart to join with the
nationalists in putting the government
on a stable basis. , ,
... The Spaniards appear to be in no
great rush to leave Cuba, and the gov
ernment has been urged to take vigor
ous measures to accelerate their move
ments. The charge is made in certain
quarters that the evacuation is being
delayed so that the Spanish govern
ment may continue to collect Cuban
revenues for a time. - . ,
The cutter Bear, with the govern
ment relief expedition,, is back from the
North with the crews of tho whalers
which were crushed in the ica Three
phips were wrecked. The Oroa and
Freeman were lost last fall and the
Kosario last spring. All the crews
were saved. Some of the men were
rescued by the Bear when on the very
verge of starvation. The Bear had a
narrow escape from, destruction in the
ice off Point Barrow. ; .'",'' . .
The navy " department has arrived at
what it regard)) as a fair .and satisfac
tory settlement of the question of
awarding the contracts for the' con
struction of tho three battleships. ' The
Cramps, the Newport; News and thje
Union iron works, of San Francisco,
will each secure a big fighting ma
oh I no. Tho latter two companies will
be asked to amend their bids to conform
to the speed requirements of 18 knots,
as set forth in Cramp's plans.
- Fearing a yellow fever epidemic,
half the population of Jackson. Miss.,
have fled from the town, : ,.
The bitter passenger rate war is ter
minated. AH western roads have agreed
to a restoration of passenger rates, to
be effective September 21.
Captain James G. Blaine, assistant
adjutant-general, U. S. V., has been
discharged from the army for his reoent
flagrant escapades at San Francisco and
Honolulu.
Spain has lost another Paoifio posses
sion. Native forces captured the gar
rison of Ponape and took full posses
sion of the Carolines which this coun
try had contemplated seizing had the
war been prolonged.-' (
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has Com
pleted his investigation of the condition
of the 880 recruits of the Second Ore
gon volunteers encamped at San Fian
cisco, and has telegraphed to the secre
tary of war that he has found every
thing satisfactory. ' ;
General, Rios, governor of the Vi
sayas islands, and ad interim governor
general of the Spanish territory in the
Philippines, has wired the Madrid gov
ernment, that he has arrived at "are
understanding with th American
authorities respecting ; Luzon island."
There is reason to believe that the
navy department has selected the Texas
as the future flagship of the Asiatic
station. . The understanding is that
sho will replace - the protected cruiser
Olympia, which is to be ordered to the
United States as soon as her relief ar
rives on the Asiatic station. -,'
! A Madrid dispatch says Spain is
ready to concede our every demand,
and the impossibility of resuming the
struggle is fully recognized., ,'; The gov
ernment is evidently of the opinion that
with a strong; navy there might have
been a different story to tell of the out
come of the war; with the United
States, and deplores the fact that she
has but few ships left. ; , v" ' , ; ;
; A.Cuban patriot writes that misery
among the Cubans is on - the increase,
and that conditions in . Havana City
and province are' WOrso now than dur
ing the war, with no relief in eight.
The Spaniards, he says,, are reveng
ing themselves for the loss of , Cuba by
robbing, maltreating and oppressing in
every possible way the un fortunate
people of the island.. Chaos reigns
and; the public seivice has been com
pletely abandoned in all departments."
... Under peremptory orders from Gen
eral Miles, preparations are being made
to break up Camp W-ikoff at once, by
sending home all the soldiers. The
new order confliots with one from the
war department. ."' Preparations are be
ing made, however, to abandon the
camp in aocord with the commanding
general's order and in direct disregard
of that of the secretary.. . Alger, when
questione'd, passed the matter over by
saying Miles' order was issued in fur
therance of the department's plans.
linlERIGAM 101
Overlooked by the Spaniards
in a New Division.
SITUATION AT MANILA CRITICAL
Dewey Asks for Mere Ships Bash As
sertions of the Bpairlsh Expecting
Aid From Germany.
. The naval station at Newport, R. I.,
is to be discontinue!.
Fifty Spanish prisoners captured at
the naval battle July 8, off Santiago,
have sailed from Jersey City, on the
steamer City of Rome for home. The
men had been hold prisoners at Nor
folk, Va.
Illinois has secured the commander-in-chief
of the G. A. It., in Colonel
James A. Sexton, of Chicago; and
Pennsylvania has secured the location
of 33d annual enoampment at Phila
delphia next year.
A dispatch from Manila says: The
attitude of the Philippine insurgent
leaders is daily becoming more danger
ous. So open is their opposition to the
American authorities that the situation
is strained and reconciliation may be
difficult, t
Texarkana, Ark., is overrrun with
idle negroes, who are said to have come
from the Northern districts of Texas,
whencejthey were driven ; by white
caps, who are alleged to have made
several murderous' attacks on the
negroes. r '.'.H. , . , . ' ,
: At the Washington state convention
held at Ellensburg, Wash., the Demo
crats renominated James Hamilton
Lewis for congress , by acclamation,
and the silver. Republican convention
renominated Congressman W. C. Jonei
by acclamation. '
, It is officially announced that Senator
George Gray, of Delaware, has ' been
selected as the- fifth member, of the
Pans peace commission." This com
pletes the personnel of the commission,
which stands composed as follows: Ex
Seoretary of State Day, Senators Frye
and Gray and Whitelaw Reid. .
Two million dollars, for the purchase
of the Center Star mine, in ' Roasland,
B. C, has been deposited with the
cashier of the State Savings bank, in
Butte, Mont. i. The purchasers are an
English syndicate, of which Sir Charles
Ross, now in New York, is the head.
The stockholders who sell out are prin
cipally Butte people.. . ; .:!
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Ponce, Porto Rioo. says that ill
ness among the United States troops ia
increasing. There are now more than
25 per cent of the men unfit for duty
within a radius of a few miles of Ponce.
There are 1,000 soldiers in the hos
pitals. In some commands there are
80 per cent of the men down with fever,
principally typhoid. .... . .'
Thomas H.'WheeJer, son of General
Joseph Wheeler, and Socond Lieuten
ant Newton D. Kirkpatrick, FirBt cav
alry, were drowned while bathing near
the camp at Montauk Point. '
, Hawaiian advices announce the death
of Sergeant Orraond Fletcher, of tha
Second Oregon volunteer: engineer
corps. He was formerly county sur
veyor of Multnomah oounty, Oregon.
A Cable from Hong Kong announces
that a committee of three Filippinos,
appointed by Aguinaldo, has left Hong
Kong to confer with President MoKin
ley upon the future of the Philippines.
Several salmon, averaging 28 pounds
in weight, have recently been oaught
in the Sacramento iiver. From the
fact that the adipose fin had , been re
moved from each they were identified
as, marked fish liberated from the hatch
eries on the Clackamas river,y in Ore
gon, in 1897. ,
The president of the Cretan executive
committee has notified the foreign ad
mirals that in view of the massacre at
Candia it is impossible to continue the
effort, to organize the administration
until ' the Turkisti functionaries and
troops are withdrawn. ' He demands
the convocation of the Cretan assembly,
and proposes to place a force of Cretans
at the disposal of the international ad
ministration. ;
' Joseph Chamberlain says an Anglo
German understanding has been per
fected, and a treaty has bean signed.
England is to support the Kaiser's pre
tensions in Egypt. Chamberlain also
gave it out , officially , that England
favors American retention of the Phil
ippines. One thing .the Continental
powers most fear ; is that 'the United
States and Great . Britain may enter
into an international understanding.
A report is published in London of a
daring plot to assassinate the czar at
Moscow last week. ,The plan of the
conspirators was to allow gas to escape
into a house on the route of the czar's
procession until the atmosphere in every
room ,was saturated. One of their
number . Was to remain in the house
and strike a light when the czar was
passing in the expectation that the
house would be blown to pieoes and
the czar killed. '- The oonspirator
would perish himself as a sacrifice to
the cause. The explosion was mis
timed and a staff officer and his wife
,were killed, together with the conspir
ator. Thirty people were inlured.
EIGHTEEN WERE LOST.
Ho Farther Doubt of the Fate of the
t. .. Steamer Jessie. ,
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 14. K. B.
Wishaar, who arrived here today from
St. Michaels. Alaska, brings confirma
tion of the previously published report
of the loss of the steamer Jessie at the
mouth of the Kuskowlm river in July,
with 18 lives. The news was brought
to St. Michaels by a trader named Ling,
who said that only: one Indian sur
vived. - The bodies of Captain Mur
phy and Rev. Mr.- Weber had : been
washed ashore. The passengers of the
Jessie were known as the Columbia Ex
ploration 'Company. . Rev. Mr. Weber
had been taken aboard to pilot the
party up the Kuskowim. .The Jessie
had in tow the barge Minerva,, whioh
was washed : ashore. Following is a
list of the Jessie's passengers:
E. S. Lines, Seattle; A. C. Stetson,
Seattle; J. T. Murphy, Bowling Green,
Ky.; R.. P. Frierson, Gallatin, Tenn.;
W. T. Payton, Gallatin, Tenn.; C. ;H.
Mitohell and H. ,C, Hart, Gallatin,
Term. ; ; Engineer Kensler, Wisconsin ;
r Smallhouse, Louisville ; Eli Knud
son, Genesee, Idaho: H. C. Hadren,
Seattle; O. E. Aurud, Seattle; Dave
Allen, Kentucky; Rev. H. Weber, wife
and child; Moravian missionary; two
Indian pilots; Japanese cook. ;,
Mr. Wishaar also brings a report
that ;the schooner ;, Louise J. Kenney
had been wrecked in Behring Bea.
TWO GHASTLY FINDS.
From Atlantle and Pacific Come Stories
.1 . of Probable Murder.
"Bridgeport,' Mass. , Sept. 14. Two
packages containing ; portions of a
woman's body were found today in Mud
flats, an arm of Yellow mill pond. - In
the packages were the head of a woman
cut from the body near the ear, and
the lower limbs, which had been sep
arated from , the body, un jointed and
cut in two at the knees, then tied to
gether and wrapped in a strong glazed
paper. . The head of the woman , was
battered and jammed on one side and
had a cloth tied over the mouth. ,.
Oakland, Cal., Sept. 14. The arm
and hand of a woman who was proba
bly not over 25 years old were found in
Lake Merritt last evening by two girls,
Irene Monroe and Bertha VValler, who
we're strolling along the shore at Eighth
street. ; Taken in connection with the
recent discovery by some boys of' a
woman's head floating in the bay near
Berkley, this ghastly find : strongly
points to the commission of a murder
as yet undetected.' . ' ' ,
FIRED AT W1LHELMINA. .
Attempted Assassination of .the Queen
, of Holland. ,, ' , ,
: Berlin Sept. 14. The Lokal Anzei
ger says that a fortnight ago an ' at
tempt was made to , assassinate Queen
Wilhelmina near Amersfort, province
of Utrecht, on the road between Castle
Soostdytand-Baar. A man emerged
from Deliind a tree and fired a revolver
at her majesty. The bullet missed the
queen, but plowed the cheek of a lady
in attendance. The would-be assassin
was arrested. He is supposed to be an
English anarchist. , , ! 1
The strictest secrecy has been main
tained hitherto as to the affair, in order
not fo disturb the enjoyment of the en
thronement festivities.
An Old Man Lynched. .
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 14. A spe
cial to the Times from Liberty, Mo.,
says: At 10:30 tonight' Benjamin
Jones, a gray haired man, 68 years of
age, was taken from the Clay county
jail and swung to an iron beam at the
front entrance of the courthouse. The
mob, which consisted of about 75 men,
quietly rode in horseback, finished their
work in 80 minutes, and left. Jones
committed a criminal assault on Annie
Montgomery, an 11-year-old girl, yes
terday evening, and confessed his guilt
just before he was banged.'" " . :
British Vice-Consul Killed. V
- Candia, Sept.14. The British battle
ship Camperdown, having on board Sir
Billotti, British consul at .Can en, has
arrived here. Several other warships
have also reached the port, and rein
forcements of blue jackets have been
landed. ' ' " ' '
The British vice-consul, Mr. Cario
chino, was killed during yesterday's
fighting. , . ..,! . , , . :
The fires are being extinguished.
During the rioting the British and Ger
man consulates were burned. .
S . Enlisting; Men for Dewey.
' San FraiTcisco, Sept. 14. This week
is expected to be a busy one at the
naval recruiting rendezvous in this
city. ' , A large number of the men at
present with Admiral tlewey in Manila
have completed their terms of servioe,
and the local recruiting officer has re
ceived instructions from Washington to
enlist 800 men. .Machinists, firemen',
yoemen, musicians, seamen and ordin
ary seamen are all wanted. ;
. ' . 'Three Men Burned to Death.
USevr York,- Sept. 14. Three men
were burned to death today in a fire in
Max Steine & Co.'s whisky house, on
Vesey street, caused by the explosion
of a barrel of spirits of aloohol. The
dead are William Witt, Rudolph Schoi
enberff 'and a man known as PauL
The Corean Railroad.
.Yokohama, Sept. 14. An agreement
has been signed at Seoul, Corea. for the
laying by Japanese of the railroad, from i
Seoul to Fus'an. '
fire ai new mm
Business Portion of the Town
Destroyed.
BA'J FIRES IN SEVERAL CITIES
Arizona Mining Town Burned, With
Loss of Life Fire at Red Bluff Loss
at New Westminster Two Million.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 18. The
business : portion of New Westminster
was totally destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The property loss will exceed
$2,000,000. ,
Despair and suffering are the lot of
hundreds of homeless people. "Food,
clothing and aid of all kinds is being
hurriedly dspatched from Vancouver to
the ill-fated "Royal" oity. ,
It is, not known how many people
lost their lives, but it is feared several
have been burned to death. Campbell,
a fireman, fell off the rool of a burning
building and was killed. A woman
dropped dead from fright. One woman,
who had been oonfined two weeks ago,
died while they were moving her fioin
a burning house, whilo another. Buffer
ing from typhoid fever, who had been
twice removed from residences which
were in the burning zone, did not sur
vive the shock.
So extremely 'fierce were the flames
that apples on the trees on sides of the
street opposite the burning houses were
roasted.
Three river steamers were destroyed,
the Edgar, Gladys and Bonaocord. '
Every industry ' save the big Royal
City planing mills and the Cleve Can
ning Company has been wiped out. ,
The Canadian Pacific railway station
and bridge across Fraser river were
also burned.
The fire started about midnight on
the river front, and was caused by a
spark from a steamer.: Fanned by a
fierce gale, the flames leaped with such
rapidity that within three hours 10
Btreets were abalaze. ' The fire was
first notioed at Brackman & Kerr's
wharf, on Front street. From there it
spread down to the Canadian Pacific
railway depot and crossed the streeet
at that point. From there it went up
the street, taking in the other side of
Front street, and Oolumba street, the
ohief business thoroughfare of the city.
Block after block caught fire, and in a
few hours there was nothing left of
what had been the business portion of
New Westminster. . . : .'..', .'
The wind was blowing iuriously dSwn
Fraser river towards the mouth. If it
had been blowing the other way the
whole of the Catholic church buildings,
convent and hospital and other struc
tures, would have Been burned.
;,' This morning there was no water sup
ply for the use of the burned-out citi
zens. There was not a single butcher,
baker or provision shop that was not
destroyed, and there was only one small
hotel saved... v-. .
, Some of the burned-out people re-
f tired in the early hours this morning
in the open air in front of the school
house. They covered themselves with
blankets and lay down to sleep under
the sky. , . , .. - .
,. The loss is roughly estimated at
$2,500,000, and the insurance at U
500,000. ? - . f
Bank vaults withstood the fire. One
Insurance company's vault was blown
up by gunpowder. ;
A citizen's , committee has been
formed in Vancouver to give relief to
the sufferers. .
Mining Camp Wiped Out. "
Prescott, Ariz., Sept.1 18. The town
o.f Jerome, near here, was 'completely
wiped out this morning by fire, entail
ing a loss of over $1,000,000 in prop
erty.: Eleven bodies have so far been
recovered, while a score or more are
said to be in the ruins or missing.
The fire originated from, a gasoline
stove in a cabin, and spread so rapidly
and fiercely that it was impossible to
save even clothing. 7
Fire at Bed It In IT.
Rod Bluff, Cal., Sept. 18. Fire
broke out early this morning on Main
street, and before it was extinguished
destroyed an entire blook of the finest
buildings in the town. The loss to
property-owners will be more than
$100,000, on which the insurance is
probably half that sum. The origin of
the 'fire is unknown. The , prinoipal
sufferers from the conflagration are
Darrough & Fickert, Bank of Tehama,
A. L. Hoffman, P. R. Kestnor. and D.
S. Piinco. "
Gasoline Explosion. .
Philadelphia, Sept. 18. By the ex
plosion of 50 gallons of gasoline in the
cellar of a grocery store at 1444 South
street, tonight four'-, and possibly a
dozen lives were lost. As an immed
iate consequence o the explosion, the
building where it occurred ) and those
adjoining it on either side collapsed,
and up to 10 o'clock, four hours after
the occurrence, four bodies have been
recovered , from the ruins, and three of
these identified as follows:
Samuel Scbattenstein, keeper of the
grocery store; his 10-year-old . son,
Abraham; A 10-months-old child.
named Max Goldberg. ' The fou.ith
body was that of a girl about 10 years .
of age. -
KNIFE OF AN ASSASSIN.
Empress ef Austria the Victim of an
Italian Anarchist.
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 18. The
empress of Austria was assassinated
near the Hotel Boaurivage this after
noon by an anarchist, who was arrested.
It appears, that her majesty was
walking from her hotel to the landing
place of the steamer at about 1 o'clock,
when an Italian anarchist suddenly ap
peared and stabbed her to the heart.
The empress fell, and was carried to
the Hotel . Beaurivage, where she exj
pired.' .' ' , ''-':" -
' The stretcher upon which the em
press was carried to the hotel was hast
ily improvised with cars and sail cloth.
Doctors and priests were' immediately
summoned, and a telegram was sent to
Emperor Francis Joseph. , ,
All efforts ( to revive her ; majesty .
were unavailing, and she expired at 8
o'clock. The medical ' examination
shows that the assassin must have used
a small triangular file. ' After Striking
the blow he ran ;. along the Rue Des
Alpes, with the evident intention of
entering the square Los Alpes, but be
fore reaching it he wasr seized by two .
cabmen, who had witnessed the crime. ,
They handed him over to a boatman
and a gendarme, who conveyed him to
the police station.
The prisoner made no resistance..
He even sang as he walked along, say
ing "I did it," and "She must be
dead." v." ',v ;" '
At the police station he declared that
he was a "starving anarchist, with no
hatred for the ' poor, but onl for the
rich."..-, v i: ,'' ;' .
Later, when taken to the courthonsq
and interrogated by a magistrate in tho
presence of three members of the local
government and the police officials, he
pretended not to know French and re
fused to answer questions. The police, '
on 'searching him. found a document
showing his name to be Luigi Loa
chini, born in Paris in 1874, and an
Italian'soldier. ,
A great : crowd quickly assembled
around the Hotel Beaurivage, where
the officials proceeded after interrogat
ing the prisoner. . The polioe searched
the scene of the crime or the weapon,
and the accomplices of the assassin. ,
It appears 1 that a boatman noticed
three persons closely following the em
press, who was making purchases in
the shops.
The local government, immediately
on reoeiving the news of ber majesty's
death, half-masted the flag on the hotel
devillo (the municipal office), and pro- ;
ceeded in a body to the Hotel Beauriv-.,
age, as a token of respect. .
The excitement increased, and many
of the shops on the Kursaal weie c.lose.d.
The empress' wound was just over
the left breast. .There was hardly any
bleeding. A priest was secured in time
to administer the extreme unci ion. ..
METHODS OF ALGER.
Commission Selected to Investigate Wai
Department. '
; Washington' Sept. 18. The presi
dent has ' urged the following-named,
among others, to accept places on the
committee to investigate the conduct
of the war department:
Lieutena'nt General John M. Scho
field. General John B. GordonGeneral
Granville M. Dodge, President D. C.
Gillmafi, General Charles F. Mander
son, Robert T. Lincoln, Daniel S. La
raont, Dr. W. W. Keene and Colonel
James A. Sexton.
The message which President Mc
Kinley addressed to each follows: '
"Will you' render to the country a
great service by accepting ' my appoint
ment as a member of the committee to
examine into the conduct of the com
missary, . quartermaster and medical
bureaus of the war department during
the war, and to the extent of the causes .
and treatment of sickness in , field and
camps? , It is my desire that the full
and exact truth shall be ascertained
and made known. I cannot too strongly
impress upon you my earnest wish that
this commission shall be of such high
character as will command the confi
dence of the oountry, and 1 trust you
will consent to serve."
IN SPITE OF PEACE.
The Filippinos Still Waging War
. Against the Spaniards.
London, Sept. 13. The Manila cor
respondent' of the Times, telegraphing
September 9, says: The insurgent oon
quest of the island of Luzon is rapidly
approaching completion. Recent au
thentic reports announce the capture of
successive Spanish positions, and at
present the rebels control every foot of
the island except Manila, Cavite and a
small portion of the province of Albain.
They hold over 9,000 Spanish prisoners,
and have recently captured several
thousand rifles, some cannon, a large
quantity of ammunition, and several
armed stands. The Spaniards held out
valorously, but were fighting against
the inevitable. ' ' ,
It is undeniable that the .action of
the insurgents in pursuing the cam
paign after an armistice was declared
has caused much useless suffering and
destruction of property, and has anni
hilated their every claim to be consid
ered in any respect as the allies of the
Americans. ' ( V '
Typhoon in Japan.
Yokohama, Sept. 18. The central
provinces of Japan have been swept by
a terrible typhoon, whioh has caused
heavy floods, doing much" damage and '
destroying 500 lives.