The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, November 17, 1899, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- m . M. . -K "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE QET LEFT." , VOL. XI. HOOD RIVEll, ; OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899. NO. 2G. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by '" ' . 8. r. BLYTHE. Terms of subscription-tl.W a year when paid Ip advance. THK NAIL. The mall arrive, from Ml. Hood at 10 o'clock a. in. Wedulaya and haturdajs; depart. I ho lame rieys al noon. Kor Chenoweth, leaves at S a. m. Tuesdays, Tliuisilavs end Saturdays; arrives at p. m. fur M hit Salmon (vt ash.) leave! dally al 6 '45 a. m.: errlvn at 7 li p. in. from V III IP rialmou leaves for Ftilda, fillmer, Trout lke and Ulenwood Mouda)S, Wediies day. and Fridays. For Bincen (Wash.) leaves at 5:15 p. m.j ar riva. at i p. m. SOCIKTIE. TAIHKI. KKHKKAH IWJKKK LOME, No. I 87, I. O. O. r -Meets first and third Mon days In each month. II. J. Hibbard, N. G. I. H FiitursoN, Secretary. i .. riANHY PONT. N. 1, 4. A. K -Vt at .. ' J O. U. W. Hall Unit Saturday ol eaeh month at 'J colors, p. ni. All U. A. k. luembers In vited to meet with us. I), n. II ill, Commander T. J. Cunning, Adjutant. CANDY W. R. C, No. 16-Meets first Satur day of each month in A. (. II. W. hall at i . m. Mas. (. P. Cuiiwki.l, President. Mas. l'ituu Ihkkb, Secretary. HOO 111VKR 1.01)1. K, No. Ntt, A. P. and A. M .Meets Halurdav evening on or before tm:h f ill moon. It. P. Ll.tVlUKiN, W. M. li. Mouiikii.ii, Secretary. UOH) RIVKK CIIAI'TEH, No. if). K. A. M. Meeis third Prlday uiiclit ol each month. E. L. Smith, U. P. G. F: Williams, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. IS, O. K. 8. Meets Saturday aflar each full moon. llM. KVA HaTKU, V. M. n. E. Williams, Secretary. nl.KTA ASSEMBLY. No. 103, United Artisans. Moc-I. second and fottrtn Mondav nights of eaea nixiih at Fraternity hall. IV others and slater, cuidially Invited to meet with us. . A. P. BaTKHAM, M. A. 8. 8. tlur, Secretary. ITT AI'tOMA I.OIKiK, No. SO, K. of P.-Mwti in A. U. V. W. hall every Tuesday night. 0. ('. Makkham, C. C. M. II. Nickkikn, K. ol K. & S. IllVKKPIDK 1.0 DOE, No. S, A. O. U. W t l.ta first and third haturdays of each In uth. J, t. Kahd, U. W. J. r'. Watt, Financier. II. L. liows, Rueordur. I KI.KWII.HE LODGE, No. 107, 1. 0. O. F. J -Moeta lu Fraternal ha.ll every Thursday tilvht. O. B. Haktlit N. O. . li. 1, HtliSARu, Secretary. ry V. 6HAW, M. D. ' Telephone No. II. All , Calls Promptly Attended Offlci upstairs over Oovple's store. All calli left at tbe oftlce or residence will be promptly attended to. John llland Henderson AfTOHXKY-AT LAW, ABSTRACTER. NO TARY PUBLIC and RKAL ESTATE ACE NT. For 21 years a resident of Oregon and Wash lnsloh. lias had many )ears esperlence lu 'heal K-Jnte matters, as abntiacter, searcher of ities aud aftetit. bulls, action guaranteed or no cha.ge. J F. WATT, M. D. Hurgpon for O. R. & N. Co. Is especially eqtuptied to treat catarrh of noae and throat and diaeaiiefl of women. Special terms for otlit-e treatment of chronic caes. Telephone, office, 33, residence, 31. piUNEEU MILLS " Harbison Bros., Pbops. . JLOUR, FKKD AND ALL CEREALS . iiround and manufactured. Whofo Wheat Graham a stieclalty. Custom Krlndinit done every Saturday. During the fciiMy se ason additional days wU be mentioned lu the local culumus. MOl ItrVKIt. QKGOK. pAPERIIAKGING, KALSOSVINING, ETC. II your walls are sick or tnutilated, call on K. L,. UOOD. Consultation free. No charge for prescrip tions. , No cure no pay. O f! - ; h i nn fro a 6 A. M. till 6. P. X., and all night if necessary. C0iN0MY SHOE 6H0P. PRICK I.IBT. ,Men'i half soles, hand tticked, $1; nailed, bent, 75c; second, 50c; third, 4CV. Ijulien' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, N)T second, 35. Best stock and work in liooI Hirer. C. WELDS, Prop. JUEKUINPIKE CONFECTIONERY la tint place to get the latest and best in Confi'ciioiK'ries, Candies, Nats, Tobacco, Cigars, etc . ;;..ICE CREAM PARLORS.... W. B. COLE, Prop. p C. BROSiUS, M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Office Honrs; 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 8 aud 6 to 7 P. M., JT. HOOD SAW MILLS Tomi.insom Bros, Props. KIR AND PINE LUMBER.... Of the bet quality alwas on hand at rioet to Buit the times. J OB PUINT1NG. For Bill Heads, letter Hea'lg, Invel nues, Card, Circulars, Small Postert", Milk Tickets, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Legal Llanks, etc., come to the t. LACIER JOB OFFICE. DALLAS & SPAXGLER, DIAI.KRS IN Hardware, Steves and Tinware Kitchco Furniture. Plumbers' GooJs, Pruning Tools, Etc. We have a new and complete stock til Vartlwniv, stoves and tinware, to m ! It-It we will keep constantly adding. Our i': i fit will continue to be as low as P nlitiid prices. EEPilSilS TIIWIRE 1 JFEuliLTT. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphk News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES kn Interesting ColUctloa of Items Froej; tha Two Hemlsptaaras Prsentd . In a Condausad Form. Mahalacat In Luzon hits beun occu' pied by the Americana. The Wanhington volunteers were pre sented with meduls in Seattle. Major-General LurUow, civil rover nor 01 Havana, la visiting iu New York. Twelve socialists and six liberali were elected to the Berlin municipal council. The late John S. Pillnbury, of Minne apolis, left $100,000 to a home foi children. In Snohomish county 2,500 mtn art employed in gutting out logs and shingle bolts. Twenty men of the Forty -second regi ment were injured in a railway acci dent on their way to San Francisco. Nez Perce Indians have demanded more money than is paid for railwaj rights of way through their reservation. Assemblyman Mazet, of New York, claims he was defeated by fraud, bul his friends say they will contest the seating of Stewart. The danger of a Basuto npriidng ie now admitted to be imminent in Soutb Africa, and may render necessary tin mobilization of a second army corpn. An agreement as to the partition ol Samoa has been reached at Berlin be tween England and Germany, subject to the approval of the United States. A bark is loading 1,000,000 feet ol specially selected timber at Vancouver, B. C, for the Cramps, of Philadelphia, to be nsed in building United State; ships. The civil governor, counsellor, judge and secretaries who constitute the new government of Negros, sent greetiug to President McKinley on taking theli offices. A cable message from General Oti! says that Major Hugh McGrath (cap-' tain Fourth cavalry) died at Manila from wounds recoived at the battle of Novaleta, a month ago. Frederick J. Cross, of Honolulu, has the exclusive rights to operate the Mar coni system of wireless telegraphy in the Samoas. It is expected to hav the system in operation January 1. A $100,000 gold brick, the largest ever melted in a Canadian mine, is to be sent down from the Kootenai dis trict shortly. This year's wash-up it the richest ever known in the district. Russians and the' Japanese en the Corean peninsula are on the most friendly terms. The Russian and Jap anese ministers assert that the reports of friciton are unfounded and are in tended to distract attention from other questions. The validity of government contracts made by Bwiudler Captain Carter will be tested. The convention agreeing to arbitra tion of Samoan claims was signed at Washington. Influential San Diegans will build a transcontinental railroad via Salt Lake from their city. - Huntington denies that the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has absorbed the New Japan line. The bicycle, automobile and rubber trusts now propose one great concern With a capitalization of $200,000,000. Wisconsin lumber dealers have just bought 1,000,000 acres of timlier land on the Pacifio coast. They paid $0,000,000. Owing to the poor telegraphic and cable service from South Africa the London papers can get no news for their special editions. The submarine torpedo-boat Holland has been successfully tested by Uncle Sam and a purchase will probably soon be made by the navy department. The battleship Oregon has sailed from Hong Kong, supposedly for Cebu. She sailed sooner than expected and was seemingly unprepared for sea. A boats' crew of the British ship Pathan, recently chartered for trans port service, refused to accompany the ihip to the Philippines. Twenty-one of them were placed in irons. A St. Petersburg correspondent sayi that Russia, France and Spain have de cided to intervene and suggest arbitra tion between England and the Boers if ijermany is willing to co-operate. Otis cables that the Thirty-fifth in fantry has reached Manila. This is the regiment which was quartered at Van couver and embarked from Portland. Private'Cleary died on the voyage. The Berlin correspondent of the Paris Figaro says Emperor William is re- ilved to occupy Tiger bay, south of angola, on the west coast of South Africa, if England occupies Delagoa bay. Bonrke Cockran, the famous New York orator, was once a porter for A. T. Stewart. Charies E. Littlefleld, who succeeds Nelson Dingley in congress, will be tha tallest man in that body, being six feet five inches in height. A call has been issued by the execu tive council for the nineteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, to be held at Detroit, Mich., December 11 next. LATER NEWS. New York's annual horse show hat opened. Carnegie will compete with Rocke feller in lake shipping. Colonel Webb C. Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's private secretary. The American Municipal League will meet at Columbus, O., this week. The Bank of Athens, Athens, Ga., has gone into the hands of a receiver. Speaker Reed's rules in congresf will not be disturbed to any great ex tent. The Boers are raising more men, and all neutrals must now fight or get out of the country. James J. Corbett has challenged James J. Jeffries, and has posted a $5,000 forfeit. The ilcGiffert case will probably again be referred to the Presbyterian general assembly. Europe is in need of more money, and England, it is said, may see a per cent rate before long. Young Republicans from all parts of the United States will banquet at St. Louis in January or February. The English government declares it is not holding back the news, but is giving out all that comes from South Africa. The university of Chicago will send an expedition to Southern cities to watch the total eclipse of the sun next May. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has offored to arbitrate the piano-workers' strike now on in Chicugo. The supreme court of Oregon has affirmed the decision of the lower court and Magers will have to hang for tha murder of Sink, unless the governor intervenes. The Boers suffered a severe defeat at Ladysmith Thursday morning. Tha Boer guns were silenced after four hours' fighting, during which their losses were heavy. On liehalf of Admiral Dewey and his officers and men, Washington at torneys have asked the court of claims to And that the amount of bounty money due them is $382,800, of which the admiral is to get $19,094. Governor Roosevelt favors Wood for the governorship of Cuba. He has in duced President McKinley to agree with him on all points, but the ques tion of immediate appointment. This the president desires to leave to con gress. Corporate franchises will be taxed in Texas. Vioe-President Hobart is recovering, and is almost paBt the danger point. Montreal was visited by a fire, de stroying $5,000,000 worth of property. Russia wants a loan. The effort to get it in Germany resulted in failure. The London fog is said to be so thick that it obscures the actors in theaters. Money is going back East to relieve the stringency there due to a natural movement. . Admiral Schley says the completion of the Nicaragua canal would make the American navy invincible. Within the last week there has been much fighting at Ladysmith, but no de cisive results are attained. Banban and Tarlao have been taken by the Americans, but Aguinaldo's whereabouts is as much a mystery as before. Official returns are very slow in Ken tucky. Both the Democrats and Re publicans claim a victory, and a con test is sure. The Mexicans had two fights with the Yaquis in which the Indians were repulsed, but not without considerable loss to the Mexicans. Orders were issued in London for an additional five thousand troops to sail for South Africa between Novem ber 10 and November 18. The Union Iron Works, of San Fran cisco, is said to have been absorbed by the. Seligman syndicate, the gigantic shipbuilding trust recently formed. The Cherokee Indians will sell out and leave this country. They disap prove of the allotment plan. Mexico has given them a grant of 8,000,000 seres. An unknown man had one of his legs torn from his body while attempting to board a moving train near Kansas City. He lived but 15 minutes, dying in horrible agony. During a shopping tour in New York, Admiral and Mrs. Dewey were com pelled to seek refuge in a store to avoid the crowd of curious people who were pressing them. Assistant Secretary Allen, in his an nual report, favors the naval reserve, lie believes that it should be reorgan ized in connection with the regular navy establishment. Relations between Japan and Russia are strained. The trouble . is over Corea, and the Mikado's government is thought to be anxious to try conclu sions with the czar. A long-lost will has turned up, and with it the prospect that the estate of the late Andrew J. Davis, the Montana millionaire, will again burden the re cords of the Montana supreme court. Gen. John Bidwell, of Chioo, Cal., who led the first party of whites over the Sierras into the golden state, is still hale and hearty at the age of 80. Official estimates of the wheat crop tn France place the yield at 346,600, 5"i4 bushels this year. This is a falling off of 25,098,963 bushels from hist year. Gen. Lawton, who has been de scribed in a newspaper biography as able ' 'to drink any man under the table," tells a correspondent in Manila that he never drank a drop of liquor. TRANSPACIFIC CABLE. Tha Rout Crosses Deep Abysses and High Mountains. New York, Nov. 13. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: Rear-Admiral Bradford has com pleted the official naval project for a trans-Paci Ho submarine cable between San Francisco and Manila in time to supply congress with all the essential information at the opening of the next session that will permit intelligent con sideration of the subject and prompt ao tion for the inauguration of the great work. All donbt has been removed regard ing the practicability of the enterprise by the adoption of Honolulu, Midway and Guam as relay stations on the long line, and by the discoveries made from the naval-survey ship Nero as to th character of the . peean bed between those points. Tliij sounding instru ments of this ship disclosed an abyss in the Western Pacific over five miles deep, but a slight divergence from a straight line fortunately developed a route avoiding this insuperable obstacle to laying a working cable. At another point, on the same stretch betweei Midway and Guam, a submerged mouu tain over 12,000 feet in height was dis covered, and a reasonably level road around this was found. The physical practicability of the line now having been assured beyond doubt, it only remains for congress to weigh the military necessities and com mercial advantages to accrue from the construction and operation of the sys tem. It was represented to congress at its last session that the revenue to be expected from the Pacifio cable would not attract private capital unless it had a connection with Australia, Japan and China, as well as with San Fran cisco, Honolulu and Manila. For that reason it was deemed indis pensable that the United States should own Stronge island, in the Caroline group, or a cable landing there to in sure the working of a loop to Australia. The absence of this may deter any corporation from undertaking the oper ation of a cable across the Pacifio with out a heavy subsidy. LANDED UNDER FIRE. How Wheaton's Army Disembarked at Ban Fabian. Manila, Nov. 13. The landing of the American troops at San Fabian Tuesday was the most spectacular affair of its kind since General Shatter's dis embarkation at Daiquiri. The co-operation of the troops and the navy was complete. The gunboats maintained a terrific bombardment for an hour while the troops rushed waist deep through the surf under a heavy but badly I aimetl rilie tire from the insurgent trenches and charged right and left, pouring volley after volley at the flee ing rebels. Forty Filipinos were cap tured, mostly non-commissioned offi cers. Several insurgent dead and five wounded were found in a building which had suffered from the bombard ment. The town was well fortified. The sand dunes were riveted with bam boo 20 feet thick, which afforded a fine cover. , The Cotton Crop. Washington, Nov. 13. The monthly report of the statistician of the depart ment of agriculture will state that the most thorough investigation of the cot ton situation that has been made since 1895 has just been completed. Spec ial agents from the Washington office have visited all the principal points in the cotton belt, investigating both acre age and production. Pending the re ceipt of final reports as to picking, due December 1, no detailed statement will be issued, but the statistician states that on the basis of the highest estimate of the area under cultivation for which the department can find any warrant, 23,500,000 acres, the crop cannot ex ceed 9,500,000 bales. This estimate is based on the most complete and trust worthy information. Swept by a Hurricane. Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 13. Com munication with the eastern parts of the island, particularly the section be yond the line from Morant bay to Port Antonio, has been interrupted since yesterday. This evening, however, it is being partially re-established, and advices from various points say the heavy weather culminated in a tremen dous hurricane, which, during the night, completely razed the banana parishes. Portland, St. Thomas and Morant bay are reported severely dam aged. Details aiB xiixiously awaited. Transport Buffalo Befitted. New York, Nov. 13. The transport Buffalo will be ready for the service of carrying supplies to the Philippines next Sunday. In the last three months she has been thoroughly refitted, both without and within. The Buffalo is expected to go into commission on No vember 15, but it is feared that it will be impossible to have her in readiness, then. ' Coalmlnera' 8trlke. Chicago, Nov. 13. The Record today says: The situation in the coal-mining fields in the southern and western sec tions of Illinois has taken a serious turn, and it is said that many of the mines may be tied up within the next; 18 hours as a result of the continued action of operators in sending coal to points west and southwest where th miners are on strike. , Dynamited a Bank. Melvern, Kan., Nov. 13.- The safe and office furniture of the Melvern bank were demolished by an explosion of dynamite touched off last night by robbers, who then looted the place, se curing $600 in money and several thousand dollars in notes and checks. They escaped, leaving no clew. Berlin, Nov. 13.The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger re peats the report that the Russians are inarching toward the Afghan frontier. A TERRIBLE BATTLE Fought to CompelVenezuelan General to Surrender. FOREIGN FLEETS BOMBARDED tha City of Puerto Cabello Was Devas tated, and 650 Parsons VTera Killed or Wounded. Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Nov. 14. General Parades, a former comman der of the army of ex-President An tirade, who had refused the demand made upon him by General Castro and the de facto authorities to surrender the town, even when this was rein forced by the request of the British, American, French, German and Dutch commanders, surrendered this morning at 10 o'clock, afto'r a terrible battle. The aspect of the city is one of ruin and devastation, and it is estimated that upward of 650 persons were killed ar wounded during the fighting. Dr. Hraisted, of the United States cruiser Detroit, and the other surgeons of the various warships in the harbor are min istering to the wants of the wounded. General Ramon Guerra led in the land attack upon the town and the po sition of General Parades on Friday night. Desultory fighting continued until Saturday morning about 4 o'clock, and then a fierce struggle ensued. Gen eral Parades made a stubborn defense, but General Guerra forced an entrance into the town at 6 o'clock yesterday. As early as 8 o'clock Saturday morn ing the fleet arrived and began a bom bardment, but the range was too great, snd the firing proved ineffective. Gen eral Parades held tho fort on the hill and Fort Liberatador until this morn ing. REPORTS OF BATTLES. Sharp Work Dona In tha Vicinity ol Klmberley. London, Nov. 14. This morning's news from the seat of war in South Africa continues fairly satisfactory. The official cables are not very detailed with regard to the Belmont incident, which, except for the loss of Colonol Keith-Falcon r, was not a very serious affair. There are sij:ns of greatly increased Boer activity in Natal and along the western frontier. All the dispatches tend to show that the British are hold ing out ably. Colonel Baden-Powell reports that all was well at Mafcking on November 6. Ladyemith's latest date is November 4, while nothing ad verse is heard from the latter point, and confidence is felt in General White's ability, previous experience having shown that the Boer artillery is not very effective. It is believed that the Boer retreat will be made over the Drakeusburg range into the Zoutpansberg district, where preparations for provisioning and maintaining the Boers is said to have been made for the last stand, and where it will be difficult to dislodge them. Already it is rumored that they are in straits for food around Lady smith, and may, therefore, be obliged to abandon the siege. Dispatches from Estcourt say it hai been ascertained that tho British have laid concrete beds for firing the lydditK naval guns, showing that there is nc foundation for the fear that the lyddite ammunition at Ladysmith has been ex hausted. It is also reported from' the same quarter that some fires have been seen in Ladysmith, indicating that the Boer bombardment has been, to some extent, effective. Eight Killed by Fowder Explosion. Santa Cruz, Cal., Nov. 14. An ex plosion occurred early this morning in the glazing ' house of the California powder mill. ' Four cylinders, contain ing 15,000 pounds of powder, exploded. A small amount was fuse powder and the rest blasting powder. The explo sion wrecked the mill, blew down milei of fencing, destroyed the saltpeter warehouse, broke panes of glass in Sup erintendent Peyton's residence, some distance away, and extinguished the electrio lights in Santa Cruz. . The body of Patrick Hughes, night watch man, was found. -No cause for the ex plosion can be ascertained. Gang; of Desperadoes Broken TJp. Chicago, Nov. 13. A counterfeiting outfit and safe-blowing tools were un earthed by the police at 216 Huron stieet. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fay, the occupants of the flat, were arrested. The police say they have broken up a gang of desperadoes that have become exceedingly lively in Chicago of late. The woman confessed that she and her husband were counterfeiters, and also implicated a man known as Fred Rogers. Captain Porter, of the secret service, took charge of the implements and the spurious coin. The prisoners will be taken before the United States commissioner. . Six Men Were Killed. Flagstaff, Ariz., Nov. 14. One white man and five Navajo Indiana killed, two whites and one Navajo wounded, was the result of an attempt of a deputy sheriff to arrest a Navajo yesterday 10 miles south of Walnut sta tion, news of which has just reached here. Saved Nine Lives. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 14. William Framer, a motorman, today saved the lives of nine passengers by sticking to his post, and received injuries which may result in his death. A train of freight cars moved out from behind some buildings just as Framer's iar s.ae tiAflrintr tha CTYMftintr. The mo- tonnan reversed the current, but not soon enough, as the vestibule of the car, was hit by the train and ground to pieces. Framer was seriously injured internally ( TROOPS AT THE CAPE. Three Transports Hava Just Arrived There Mora Expected. London, Nov. 15. A dispatch from Cape Town to the war office annouces the arrival there today of the troopship Armenia, with throe batteries of artil lery and an ammunition column, and the troopship Nubia, with the Scots guard and half a battalion of the Northamptonshire regiment. This brings the total number of reinforce ments to 12,802 of which altout 6,000 are already on the way to Durban, Nine troopships carrying 11,000 men are due at Cape Town tomorrow. Armored Traiu's Trip. Estcourt, Natal, Thursday evening An armored train, with a comany of the Royal Dublin fusiliers, started at 1:30 this afternoon and reached the break of the railway line about a half mile from Colunso without accident. Captain Ilensley, with several men, recounoitered and met a native, who said the Boers were occupying the town. While the conversation was in progress the Boers opened fire from Fort Wylie, but did no injury. Cap tain Ilensley thereupon retired to the train, after which the fusiliers volleyed on the fort. As there was no response, the presumption was that the Boers had retreated. The armored train returned here safely at 6 o'clock. Captain Ilensley learned from the native that the Boers were numerous on the Lady smith side of Colonso. During the afternoon there was a cessation of the bombardment of Lady smith. A heliograph was working from Fort Wylie. All Well at Mafeklna;. London, Nov, 14. A dispatch has been received from Colonel Baden Powell at Mafcking, saying: "All is well here. After two days shelling and a heavy bombardment, a body of the enemy made a general attack on three sides of the town, which was re pulsed by our Maxim fire. The enemy is now drawing off. Our casualties were slight." CUBAN GOVERNORSHIP. Roosevelt Favors General Wood for the Important Position. New York, Nov. 15. A special to the Herald from Washington says: President McKinley will Ull congress of his intentions to appoint civil gover nors of Cuba and Puerto Rico, and may even wait for congressional action be fore announcing the appointments. Tins statement is made on the authority of a member of the committee on for eign relations who had just talked with the president on the subject. Strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the president for the imme diate appointment of these governors. Governor Roosevelt is particularly ur gent in his championship of General Wood for the Cuban billot. He wants the appointment made at once, believ ing that the time is ripe for civil gov ernment and that General Wood is just the man to effect the change with the best results for all concerned. The president is inclined to agree with Governor Roosevelt on all points exoept the immediate appointment. With congress only a few weeks off, he is considering whether it would not be advisable to allow that branch of the government to have a voice in the matter. A comprehensive plan for the government of Puerto Rico is now be ing worked into shape by Secretary Root, which will be presented in the form of a bill similar to the one now pending for the government of Hawaii. BOUNTY MONEY. Dewey's Men Defeated a Vastly Supe rior Force at Manila, New York, Nov. 15. A special to the Herald from Washington lays: On behalf of Admiral Dewey and his offi cers and men, Washington attorneys have asked the court of claims to find that the amount of bounty money due them is $382,800. The decision of the court will establish a precedent which will affect the amount of bounty to be distributed among the officers and men of the North Atlantic squadron, which destroyed the squadron of Admiral Cer vera. If the finding of the court is in accordance with the request, the ad miral's share of the bounty will be $19,994. Attorneys base their case upon the claim that the defeated Spanish foice was superior to the American squadron. It is not contended that the enemy's fleet was superior, but that, taking into consideration the guns at Corre gidor, El Fraile and other forts at the entrance of the bay and those at Manila and Cavite, which fired upon the Amer ican ships continuously, the enemy's force was superior. The bind batteries comprised 76 guns, ranging in caliber from 9.45 inches to 3.09 inches, and their weight of fire is computed at 5,820 pounds. The enemy's vessels were also sup ported by mines and torpedoes in the entrance to Manila bay and the bar it self and some of these the brief states, exploded during the action. French Steamer Stopped. Lorenzo Marquez, Nov. 15. The French steamer Cordoba has arrived here. When 70 miles out she was sig naled by the British cruiser Magic ienne, and, as she did not stop, a blank shot was fired across her bow. After her manifest had been examined, she was allowed to proceed. Basuto Chief Will Join Boer. Mazeru, Basutoland, Nov. 15.- The indications are that Chief Joel, of the Basutos, will join the Boers, who are likely to annex a strip of the northern territory of Basutoland. The other chiefs, however, are stanch, and there is no cause for alarm. The death of General Sir William Penn Symons, the British commander at Glencoe, was announced in the house of commons. SHE STRUCK A REEF Cruiser Charleston Wrecked Off North Luzon. ALL ON BOARD WERE SATED Disaster Occurred While Patrolling th Coast a Week Ago One Tear la Philippine Waters. Manila, Nov. 15. The United States cruiser Charleston, which has been pa trolling the northern coast of Luzon, was wrecked on a reef off the north west coast Tuesday, November 7. All on board were saved. Manila, Nov. 15. The Charleston ran aground near Vignun, on a hidden reef, with 85 fathoms of water on both sides. She worked hor machinery for two days and nights in trying to get afloat, but, a typhoon arising, the crew was compelled to take to the boats and seek refuge on a small island five miles away. The natives are friendly. Lieutenant McDonald and a number of sailors put off in a small boat and. reached the Calla, which brought thorn to Manila. The gunboat Helena has been dis patched to bring away the crew. Lieutenant McDonald describes the Charleston, when he last saw her, as hard and fast aground, with her bottom badly stove, and well out of the wate. The Cruiser and Her Men. Washington, Nov. 15. The Charles ton has been in Asiatic waters more than a year. She was one of tho first vessels to be sent to Manila after the destructon of the Spanish fleet by Ad miral Dewey, the navy department utilizing her for the purpose of sending ammunition and other supplies for the Asiatic station. Just previous to her assignment to that duty she had under gone an overhauling at the Mare island navy-yard, San Francisco, and there fore, was in prime condition for her duties. The Charleston is one of the vessels of more recent construction, and belongs to that class which is com monly referred to as tho new navy. SCATTERING THE REBELS. Energy of the Americans Demoralises the Filfpliios. Manila, Nov. 15. General Young is supposed to have reached San Nicholas, about 30 miles east of Dagupan, but his wagons are far behind. Colonol Hayes has captured Aguinaldo's secre tary, and Major Coleman is in Currang lan with an escort rf 175 bolomen, on his way to the province of Neuva Viz caya. A son of General Lluneras and his family are prisoners. The general barely escaped. A correspondent of the press with General Young telegraphs from San Jose that Aguinaldo did not escape to tho northwest. He and his army, the correspondent adds, are surrounded. -His last orders to the Filipino com mander at San Jose were to hold . San Jose and Carrangian at all costs. The recent encounters were too one sided to be called fights. The insur gents are mortally afraid of the Ameri-. cans, however, strong their position. They make but brief and feeble resist ance, and run when the terrible Ameri can yell reaches their ears, whereupon the Americans pursue them and slay -them. The moral effect of the news that . 60,000 troops are on their way here has been unquestionably great. , Insurgents are suffering more from disease than from the Americans, ow- ing io poor iooa, tacx oi meuicines, ana filthy hospitals, with the result that there is gTeat mortality among them. ' General Lawton has intercepted a telegram from an insurgent captain to a Filipino general, reading: ''How can you blame me for retreat ing when only 12 of my company were able to fight?" CHANGES IN THE SENATE. Effect of tha Recent State Elections Two Seats Unchanged. Washington, Nov. 15. But four ol the present state legislatures will choose United States senators. In Ken tucky, a succesor to Senator Lindsay, probably Blackburn, will be chosen, Blackburn controlling the legislature. In Virginia, Martin, having control of the leigslature, will be returned. In Iowa, Gear will be returned, and the Mississippi legislature will elect Mc Lanrin to succeed Sullivan. This will leave two seats unchanged, replace a gold Democrat in Kentucky by a silver Democrat, and in Mississippi a silver man will succeed one of his own party. The holdovers elected this' fall who will vote for United States senators are in New Jersey and Maryland. The mem bers of the New Jersey legislature, just elected, are almost universally for Sew ell, and he will probably be returned, while in Maryland the holdovers are anti-Wellington men, and will prob ably support their newly elected gover nor, Smith, for the senate in case Gor man withdraws, as he promised to do. There are holdovers in other states that will vote for United States senators, but they were not affected by the re cent elections. Marking I'p Prices, St. Paul, Nov. 15. A La Crosse, Wis., special says: White pine lum ber manufacturers have agreed upon a uniform mark-up in prices, taking effect at once. The advance is 60 cents per 1,000 in some grades or dimen sions, and $1 a 1,000 in some grades of uppers. Notice is given that all grades not advanced now will be phortly, mak ing a uniform advance of $1 per 1,000 all around on all grades. Florida has ostrich farms.