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EVENTS OF THE DA!
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
the Two Hemispheres Presented
la a Condensed Form.
The Boers credit divine providence
with their Tugela victory.
No river and harbor bill will be pre
sented at this session of congress.
The British parliament has reassem
bled. No disorder wUs ninm tested.
Alexander Dnnsmnir, the coal kin?
of the Pacific const, died in New York
city, aged 47 years.
Services in commemoration of the
martvrdom of Charles I, of England,
were held in Boston.
The transport Missouri, en route tc
San Francisco from Manila, has 17 in
sane soldiers aboard.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of the town of Winfield, Kan. Hun
dreds of people are homeless.
Lieutenant Winston Churchill tie
scribes the battle of Spionkop as the
hardest fight of the South African war
All is quiet in Samoa. The natives
are more settled than at any time since
the disturbance between the native
factions.
The sheriff of Colfax, Wash., has
off eied a reward of $500 for the capturi
of Clemens, the murderer of a man
named Boland.
A special dispatch from Cape Town
says 150 American scouts, who arrived
there as muleteers, have enlisted in
the British forces.
A cold wave is prevailing east of the
Rocky mountains. The temperature is
eight degrees below zero at Chicago and
six below at Omaha.
The Fergus Printing Company, ol
Chicago, one of the oldest printing
houses in the city, was thrown into the
streets for non-payment of rent.
Great Northern officials and em
ployes' grievance committee held I
conference and it is announced tnere
will be no strike, all differences being
settled.
Governor Taylor declares that a state
of insurrection now prevails in Ken
tuoky. He has ordered the legislature
adjourned, but the Demoorats have re
fused to obey his edict.
R. V. Wilson has been arrested in
San Francisco on the charge of having
embezzled a paokage containing $600,
while he was agent for the Great
Northern Express Company at Frank
lin, King county, Wash.
Lee Gong, a Chinaman of Fargo, N
D., who alleges St. Louis is his home,
appealed today from the United States
court to the secretary of the treasury,
and was released on bail. He was the
first of the 70 Chinamen charged with
violating the exclusion act, to be heard
by the courts.
Plague at Honolulu is under control
Dawson evil-doers are forced to
saw
wood.
Surveyors are now at work on the
Oregon Midland railway route,
A hie steel mill was wrecked in
Pittsburg by a boiler explosion.
A bill was introduced in congress to
provide mining laws for Cape Nome,
Money is now ready for the purchase
of the Salem, Or., federal building site
Census Supervisor Kelly has left for
Alaska to enter upon his duties there.
Owing to a split in the National
League, Baltimore may lose her base
ball club.
An attempt to rob the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railway train at Holden
Mo., was frustrated.
The United States transports City of
Pneblo and Senator have arrived at
San Francisco from Manila
Near Corunna, Spain, a torpedo boat.
name and nationality unknown, has
been totally lost, with all on board
Quarantine officers in San Francisco
are adopting stringent measures to pro'
tect that port from the bubonic plague
The Union hotel, at Revelstoke, B
C was totally destroyed by fire, the
blaze originating in the furnace r
The German steamer Remus has been
wrecked near Aarhaus, Denmark,
where she was bound. The captain
and 13 men perished.
Colonel Charles F. Williams, com
mander of the United States marine
corps at Mare Island, died suddenly of
hemorrhage of the stomacn.
''Nick" Haworth, suspected murder
er of Night Watchman Sandall,
at
Kaysville, Utah, attempted to commit
suicide at Salt Lake by bleeding,
Robert Fitzsimmons now claims he
was drugged when he was whipped by
James Jeffries for the championship
of the world at Coney Island, last June
A runaway electric car on the Day
ton & Xenia traction road, at Dayton
O.. left the track at a sharp curve and
was demolished, killing three persons,
San Francisco has a daily paper
printed in Chinese.
.Tosech L. Mayers, state senator
Ohio, from Coshocton, walked to the
capitol from his home, a distance of
inn n shnv hie indenendence of
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railroads.
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I Citizens of Dickinson county, Kan.,
organized a relief association for
n
j the purpose of sending
for free distribution
1 stricken district.
corn to India
In the famine -
LATER NEWS.
The Democrats will not give up the
silver plank.
The British are preparing to invade
the Free State.
William Henry Gilder, the explorer,
died at his borne in Morristown, N. J.
The transports Ben Mohr and Meade
have arrived at San Francisco horn
Manila.
Conditions in Cuba are such that the
people are not vet ready for Belf-gov-
eminent.
Major-General Otis has appointed a
civil governor .in Northern Luzon and
opened the hemp ports.
The Northern Facifio has selected
Everett, Wash., as the point from
which they will ship to the Orient.
Henry Watterson says the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad is the head and
front of the present troubles in Ken
tucky. The Echo Mountaia house, a large
hotel near Pasadena, Cal., was de
stroyed by fire. . The loss is estimated
at $100,000.
The natives of Borneo are in lebel-
lion. The trouble is serious enough to
demand the attention of a British gun
boat and marines.
John G. Brady, governor of Alaska,
says that there will be lawlessness and
a reign of terror in the new gold fields
of Cape Nome next summer.
The Hay-Pauncefote treaty, amend
ing the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, relative
to the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, was signed at the state depart
ment by Secretary Hay and Lord
Pauncefote.
The famous Cherokee hydraulic gold
mine, of Orovilie, uai., irom wmcn
$13,000,000 in gold has been taken,
and comprising 100 miles of water
ditches, 80 miles of "debris" canals
and 1,500 acres of patented channels,
has been purchased by a Pittsburg syn
dicate. The adjutant-general has received a
telegram from Assistant Adjutant Gen
eral McCain, at Vancouver barracks,
stating that Colonel Ray, at Fort Gib
bon, Alaska, reports the safe arrival
there of Lieutenant Herron and party,
who were supposed to have been lost
while exploring the Copper river coun
try. Reoruiting for the Strathcona horse,
the detachment which is being equip
ped and maintained by Lord Strath
cona, Canadian high commissioner in
London, has begun at Fort Steele, B.
C. Although the number to be taken
from this section is restricted to 40,
there are over 200 applicants for enlist
ment.
The Boers at Stormberg are hard
pressed.
The house passed the Indian appi o-
priation bill.
The transport Manuense has arrived
at San Francisco from Manila.
W. J. Bryan spoke to an audience of
2,000 people at Chicopee, Mass.
Cardinal Gibbons commends congress
for its action in the Roberts case.
Nielson, of Minneapolis, lowered the
two-mile skating record of 5:51 to 5:33.
William Stanley Ilazeltine, the ma
rine artist, is dead in Rome, aged 54
years.
A serious riot occurred in Porto Rico
during the parades of two political
parties.
Chicago trades-unionists in the Fed
eration of Labor denounced Governor
Taylor, of Kentucky.
The president has issued a proclama
tion fixing a tariff of duties and taxes
for the island of Guam.
The passengers and mail brought
from Honolulu by the steamer Austra
lia were released from quarantine.
The strike at Cramp's shipyard,
which has been in progress since Au
gust, has been officially declared off.
Wm. Goebel, the contesting gover
nor of Kentucky, is dead from the re
sult of the bullet fired by an unknown
assassin.
The British government has contract
ed with the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad Company for 1,000.000 tons
of coal.
Fire in St. Louis destroyed four
blocks, causine a property loss of
$1,500,000. One man was killed and
several injured.
A reward of $5,000 has been offered
for the arrest and conviction of the per
son or persons who made the attempt
on the life of William Goebel..
General Kobbe has occupied the is
lands of Lamar and Leyte. In the
fight at Catbalogan 10 insurgents were
killed and the Americans captured five
cannon, with their artillerymen.
Secretary Reitz, of the Transvaal re
public, says that the Boers have never
abused the white nag, and that tne
British murdered women, children and
American citizens at Derdepoort.
The value of property captured by Ad
miral Dewey's fleet in Manila bay has
been estimated bv the board of ap
praisal at $326,141. The largest items
in the statement are: "Ship and boat
equipment, $241,566; ordnance mate
rials, $14,294, and fuel, $20,568.
The appraisal was called for as evi
dence in the suit brought by Admiral
Dewey for the award of prize money,
A newsboy of Philadelphia was ar
rested under the blue law of 1794 and
fined lour dollars tor selling newa
f ! riAnfirn on Sunday.
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Admiral Schley, who was recently
made a thirty-second degree Mason,
has been a member of the fraternity
since his twenty-first birthday.
A law just passed in Norway makes
girls ineligible
for matrimony unless
! tiy 080 Bhow certificates of skill in
cooking, knitting and spinning.
FOUR BLOCKS BURNT'
Property Worth $1,500,000
Destroyed in St Louis.
ONE KILLED, SEVERAL INJURED
In the Heart of tlie Retail Section ol
the City Losses Were Distrib
uted Among Many.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 6. Property to
the estimated value of $1,500,000 wat
burned today, the greater part of four
blocks of buildings and their contents
between Third and Sixth shunts and
Franklin avenue and Morgan street, in
the heart of the retail section, being
destroyed. One fireman was killed,
nine other members of the fire depart
ment were injured more or less seri
ously, and five or six citizens were
hurt slightly. None ot the injured
will die, as far as known tonight.
The loss on both buildings and
stocks of goods is approximately
$1,500,000. Definite figures are ex
ceedingly hard to obtain. There were
six letail concerns which were heavy
losers. The remainder of the loss ii
divided in varying proportions among a
score or more of small shopkeepers oi
firms. Only two concerns suffered loss
of over $100,000 Penny & Gentles and
Schaper Bros. The buildings in which
the two concerns were housed were
owned by the Mary K. Knox estate,
aud were erected at a cost of $165,000.
Penny & Gentles' loss, which is cov
ered entirely by insnranoe, is estimated
at $135,000. Schaper Bros.' loss is es
timated at $100,000. These two con
cerns occupied about half the block on
the west side of Broadway, south Irom
the corner of Franklin avenue, and the
buildines were entirely destroyed.
The rest of the block on the west side
of the street is taken up by the build
ings occupied by the Famous dry goods
store, whose loss was comparatively
slight.
On Franklin, just back of Penny c?
Oentles. the building occupied by the
Fuch Millinery & Cloak Company
suffered a loss on the stock of $40,000.
The store occupied by D. Crawford &
Co., at Broadway and Franklin avenue,
was entirely burned, with a loss on
buildings and stock of $70,000. The
People's Housefurnishing Company, a
814 North Broadway, was completely
wrecked: loss $50,000. At 813 North
Broadway, Deere Bros.' store, filled
with a stock of 5 and 10-cent goods,
sustained a $33,000 loss on buildings
and stock.
The fire swept through the block
from Broadway to Fourth street and
burned all the buildings from 837 w
809 North Fourth street. These build
ings were c'd three and four story
structures, some oocupied as tenementi
above and stores below, while othert
were vacant. Here the St. Louii
Dressed Beef & Provisions Company,
Herboth Mercantile Company, the
Snhisler-Cornelia Seed Company, and
three small stores, suffered an aggre
gate loss of $05,000. while the lossei
on buildings amounted to fully $45,
000.
Among the firms and individuals
that suffered heavily from the fire are
the following, whose places of business
were on the east side of Fourth and
west side of Third streets:
A. Nasse. wholesale grocer; Plant
Reed Cowpanv: Krenning Glass Com
pany; nassetrg piumuing esiuuusu
ment; McLain & Alcorn Commission
Onmnanv: Bueller Block Commission
Company; Nelson Distilling Company
IIake& Sons Commission company
fSenrB-e A. Benton, produce; Bauei
Flower Company; Shaw & Richmond
nroduce. Their losses aggregate thous'
amis of dollars and are partly covered
bv insurance.
Late tonight John Cummings, pri
vate watchman of Penny & Gentles,
was arrested and is being held, pending
an investigation into the origin of the
fire. He was taken into custody as the
result of a statement by a woman room
ina opposite, to the effect that she had
seen a man answering the watchman's
description, lighting matches in the
store previous to the fire. Cummingf
denied having had anything to do with
it. And states that he was at home
when the fire broke out.
Wra. Goebel Is Dead.
Frankfort. Ky.. Feb. 6. The bullet
fired by an unknown assassin last Tues
day morning ended the life of William
Goebel at 6:45 o'clock tnis evening,
The only persons present at the death
bed were Mr. Goebel's sister, Mrs.
Brawnecker, and his brother, Arthur
Goebel, of Cincinnati, who has been in
constant attendance at Mr. Goebel i
bedside, and Dr. McCormack. Justue
Goebel, a brother, who Has been hurry
ing from Arizona as fast as steam
would carry in a vain hope of reaching
his dying brother in time for some token
of recognition, arrived 40 minutes too
late.
Hnzletlne, the Murine Artist.
New York, Feb. 6. William Stanley
Ilazeltine, the marine artist, is dead in
Rome, aured 64 years. He was a native
of Philadelphia.
Cant. Sigsbee, the hero of the Maine,
and who will take charge of the naval
intelligence bureau on February 1, has
purchased a house in Washington.
Siege Katlons at Mafeklnf,
Mafekine. Feb. 5. Sieae rations ol
bread and meat have only now been en
forced. Oats intended for horses are
now saved to supply the troopers, if
needed. Tinned milk and matches are
commandeered. Liquor is scarce.
Hot Weather in Buenos Ajrres.
Buenos Ayres, Feb. 6. One hun
dred and two sunstrokes were officially
reported in this city yesterday. Of
these 93 were fatal. The temperature
was izu in we snaue.
TREATY WITH THE SULUS
President Sends All the Correspondence
to the Senate.
Washington, Feb. 5. In compliance
with a resolution of inquiry, the presi
dent has sent to the senate a copy ol
the report and all accompanying pa pen
of Brigadier-General J. C. Bates, in
relation to the negotiation of a treaty
of agreement made by him with the
sultan of Sulu, last August. In reply
ing to the request the president says:
"The payments of money required by
the agreement will be made from the i
revenues of the Philippine islands, nn-
congress shall direct otherwise.
Such payments are not for specific- ser
vices, but are a part of the considera
tion going to the sultan, tribe or nation
under the agreement, and they are
stipulated as subject to the action ol
congress, in conformity with the prao- j
tice of this government from the earliest ,
times in its agreements with the vari-
otis Indian nations operating and gov
erning portions of territory subject to
the sovereignty of the United States."
General Otis in transmitting the
treaty, August 27, says:
"The attitude of these people hai
been a subject of apprehension for sev
eral months, and by this agreement, I
believe, the apprehonded pending dif
ferences are happily adjusted."
Secretary Root, in a reply dated
October 27, tells General Otis that
'the agreemnet is confirmed and ap
proved by the president, subject to the
action of congress, and with the under
standing and reservation, which should
be distinctly communicated to the sul-
tan of Sulu, that this agreement is not ,
to be deemed in any way to authorize
or give consent of the United States to
the existence of slavery in the Sulu
archipelago. At the same time when
you communicate to the sultan the
above mentioned understanding, the
president desires that you should make
inquiry as to the number of person!
held in slavery in the archipelago, and
what arrangement it may be practicable
for their emancipation."
In his instructions to General Bates,
under this direction, General Otis says:
"It is believed that the market price
of slaves in the archipelago is insigni
ficant, ranging from $30 to $90, Mexi
can, and that in some instances own
ers will be pleased to grant freedom to
their slaves if they can escape the
burden of supporting them.
General Otis continues to the effect
that the character of the domestio slav
ery existing in the archipelago differs,
greatly from the former slavery institu
tion of the United States, the slaves
becoming members of the owner's
family.
General Bates, in his report, stated
that when he first asked to see the sul
tan, the latter sent his greetings, say
ing he could not come to the general, be
cause he had boils on his neck, and could
not put on his coat, but that he would
recognize the protection of the United
States, requesting as a favor that he
might hoist his own flag alongside that
of the United States. The sultan's
brother went to Jolo to meet General
Bates, and the sultan afterwards joined
him. General Bates states in this con
nection that the Sulus are very jealoui
of their institution of slavery.
In his original instructions to Gen
eral Bates, General Otis instructed him
to push to the front the question of sov
ereignty, and told him he could promise
for the United States not to interfere
with, but to protect, the Moros in the
free exercise of their religion and cus
toms, social and domestic, and to re'
spect the rights and dignities of the
sultan. In return they must acknow
ledge the sovereignty of the United
States. He also instructed General
Bates that it was important that the
United States should occupy the prin
cipal distribution centers of trade, and
that Siassi, the capital, should be ocon
pied by our troops at no distant day.
A Hair-Mllllon-Dollar Fire.
Dayton, O., Feb. 6. Early this
morning a hre, tne result oi a Doner
explosion, in the tobacco warehouse ol
J. P. Wolf, threatened for a while to
do immense damage in the manufactur
ing district of this city. The fire was
finally gotten under control, not how
ever, belore luliy $5uu,uuu wortn oi
property was destroyed. The principal
losers are: J. P. Wolf & Sons, tobacco
merchants; E. Bimm & Sons, grocers;
Benedict, cigars; Dayton Paper Novel
ty Company.
mghtwatchman Snedinger was over
come by smoke and found unconscious
by firemen. Several firemen were
badly lrozen, and Fireman McCoy was
hurt, probably by falling walls.
Liquor Traffic In Mexico.
nil.- T?K K Tt.o nvaM
continue, to dnc. the ."3
the liquor traffic- in Mexico, aud
ascribes to the increasing consumption
of ardent spirits in various forms, the
augmented mortality and crime. The
Methodists here, headed by Bishop Mo
Cabe and Rev. Dr. Butler, have begun
a campaign against intemperance and
the local Catholics journals are exhort
ing theii readers to arouse themselves
to prevent the country from becoming
a prey to alcholism. It is reported
that the government will endeavor by
means of public action to aid the tem
perance movement,
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Transport Ohio Arrives.
San Francisco, Feb. 5. The trans
port Ohio, 27 days from Manila, arrived
here today. The Ohio brought 150
bodies and tWo passengers.
Cole Waved Examination."
Boston, Feb. 8. Charles II. Cole,
formerly president of the Globe
National bank, and who is charged
with embezzling and misappropriating
$900,000, the property of the bank,
waived examination today, and was
held in $50,000 bonds for the grand
jury of the district court, which sits
March 20. Benjamin E.
Smith and
Beniamin Walls, of Boston, were ac
cepted as surieties. Cole was brought
here early in January from Los Ange
les. CaL
JiT THE HEMP PORTS
Kobbe's Expedition to Samar
and Leyte.
ISLANDS ARE OPENED TO TRADE
Natives With Wooden Swords anil Bowl
and Arrows Keslsted Led
by Tagal Rebels.
Manila, Feb. 7. Brigadier-General
Kobbe's expedition in the islands ot
Luzon, Leyte and Samar has oooupied
permanently and garrisoned nine towns
with the Forty-third and Forty-seventh
regiments. This has placed on the
market 180,000 bales ot hemp,
A thousand insursrents armed with
rides, and over 5,000 armed with
wooden swords, bows and arrows, were
encountered during the entire trip.
The troops killed 75 natives, 11 oi
whom had rifles. The others were vil
lagers armed with wooden Bwords.
The Amerioan losses were one man
killed and nine wounded. The Ameri
cans captured $9,000 in gold, thb
enemy's money, and 40 muzzle-loading
brass cannon. At Calbayog, Samar,
the enemy evacuated the town, the
Amerioans chasing, fighting and scat
tering them to the mountains.
At Cabalogan, Lukban, the Tagal
general fired the place with kerosene
just before the Americans landed, and
then fought with cannon and ritles irom
the hills encircling the town, for two
hours. When the Filipinos were
driven out. the Americans did their
best to save the town, fighting fire for
several hours. Thirty stone and 70
other houses, half the business portion
of the place, was consumed. The sol
diers prevented the fire from spreading
The next day Major Allen, with three
oompanies of the Forty-third regiment,
pursued Lukban to the mountain fast
nesses, and thence to the coast town,
where Lukban was heading, in hopes
of esoape. Lukban, by taxing the na
tives. has accumulated S1UU.0UU in
gold. His captuie is probable.
At Tacloban, island of L.eyte, tne
enemy evaouated tne town ana me
Americans pursued them to the hills,
Several fleeing noncomliatants wert
killed, including three women. At
Palo, seven miles distant, the enomy
were found entrenched, and resisted.
Lieutenant Johnson and 12 scouts from
the Forty-third regiment drove out 160
of the enemy and captured tne town.
The insurgents in these towns were
mostly Visavans, who had been im
pressed into the service ol the Tagal
leaders from Luzon. The Visayans ap
pear indifferent or sullenly antagonist
tio to the American occupation. The
Tagal chiefs influenced thera against
us. but when they perceive we are
much more powerful than the Tagals,
and intend to maintain garrisons in or
der to open the islands to commerce, it
is believed the rebel party will lose its
popularity. The Americans are gladly
accepted by the inhabitants, who are
daily returning to the towns. There
is a rush of commercial vessels from
Manila to these new ports.
Two House Antls. -
Washington, Feb. 7. The Democrats
continued their assaults upon the Phil
ippine policy of the administration dur
ina the general debate upon the diplo
matio and consular appropriation bill
today. Two speeches were made by
Democratic members of the foreign
affairs committee, Dinsmore, of Arkan
sas, and Champ Clark, of Missouri, op
posing the retention of the islands.
The speech of Clark, which lasted al
most two honrs, was a notable effort.
replete with unique epigrams, and at
tracted much attention. No Republi
can spoke in defense of the administra
tion today.
Sibley, of Pennsylvania, who was
elected as a Democrat, but who made a
speech last week defending expansion,
was goaded today into the announce
ment that the Democrats could con
sider his seat constructively on the Re
publican side. Before the debate be
can, an effort was made to pass a bill
looking to the appointment of an ex
pert commission to examine into the
nuestion of the pollution of the water
supply of cities, but it was defeated.
The Chicago members consider it was
aimed especially at the Chicago drain
age canal.
Reward of 1000 Offered.
Franklin, Ky., Feb. 7. L. B. Finn,
county attornoy, has offered personally
j th "
conviction of the person or persons who
made the attempt on the life of William
Goebel, or of any one who had any con
nection with the crime.
Change of German Ambassadors,
Berlin. Feb. 7.--Count Wolff Met-
ternich, who is a great favorite of Em
peror William, and who will represent
Germany in London during the absence
of the German ambassador, Count von
Hatzfeldt-Weidenberg, who has re
ceived leave of absence owing to the
impaired state of his health, may event
ually become the ambassador's suc
cessor. It is said that the emperor is
dissatisfied with the activity the am
bassador displayed during the crisis.
It is also said that the ambassador'!
health is entirely broken.
Robert's Adrance.
Cape Town, Feb. 7. A dispatch
. from Naauwport says: There is great
' activity here and on the Rensbegr-Han-
; over road, due to the dispatch of an
! overwhelming force of infantry to seize
j Norval'i Point. The cavalry, having
completed the reconnoissance, is being
rntirnd to reconrj its losses. The Boera
at Coiegberg are virtually surrounded.
The republic of Venezuela contains
60,150 square miles. It is larger than
four country in Europe except Russia.
CLAYTON-BULWER TREATY.
Not to Interfere With the Nicaragua
Canal.
Washington, Feb. 7. The United
States and Great Britain, it was defl.-'
nitely learned tonight, have reached ;
an amicable agreement respecting the
operations of the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty as affecting the right of con
struction and control by the United
States of the proposed Nicaragua canal.
The result marks the termination of
conferences between the officials of the
state department and Lord Pauncefote
of fully a year's duration, during
whioh a number of meetings were held
and the subject fully discussed by the
representatives of the governments in
terested. Great Britain agrees to a modifica
tion of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty by
which she practically relinquishes any
claims respecting a legal control of the
Nicaragua canal after it shall have
been constructed. The result, there
fore, is to eliminate that feature of the
treaty bearing on the subject of dual
control and to leave the United States
free to construct and thereafter control
this great inter-oceanic waterway.
In all the discussion which has been
had, both in congress and out of it, for
a long number of years, over the pro
posed canal, the question of England's
rights under the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
has formed a prominent feature, and
on more than one occasion has given
rise to the question whether or not the
United States government had the
moral right to provide for the construc
tion of the canal without modification
of the treaty.
From the same authoritative quarter
it is ascertained that England has
made no demands for a quid pro quo
for her abandonment of whatever rights
she may have had under the treaty,
and whioh she now promises to relin
quish. Just what shape the agreement
between the governments interested is
to take is not named, though it is as
sumed that some formal instrument
will be drafted and sent to the senate
for its confirmation.
TREATY OF CHILE AND JAPAN
Commercial Regulation Agreed Upon
Steamer Line Contemplated.
San Francisco, Feb. 7. C. M. Vi
cuna, minister irom uniie to Japan and
the United States, who has been several
weeks preparing a report to his gov
ernment on the successful negotiation
of an important commercial treaty be
tween Chile and Japan, left for Wash
ington today. Minister Vicuna, in
speaking of the treaty, said that it em
braced reciprocity features in addition
to the "most favored nation" stipula
tion. Both nations make oertaln reser
vations as to their relations with their
immediate neighboring nations. The
provisions of the treaty look foiward
to the establishment of a steamer line
between Japan and Chile. On this
point the minister Baid:
"Chile, I think, is going to find a
great market in Japan for nitrate of
soda. Japan uses 600,000 tons of fer
tilizers annually. Steamers from Ja
pan can bring to Chile the paper, lant
erns, silks and cottons, and they can
return with the fertilizer in question
as a principal cargo.
"Japan now gets her nitrate and
other things from Germany. The lat
ter obtains them from Chile. My
country goes to Europe for tea, paper
and silks. Japan and Chile should and
must trade directly with each other.
Japan is becoming a great manufac
turer of cheap cottons. My country
can consume large quantities of light
and cheap cottons."
SERIOUS RIOT IN PUERTO RICO
Parades of Two Political Parties Clash,
and Blows Were Struck. ,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, Feb. 7.--On
the January 27, while the federals
were celebrating their victory at Fa
jardo they met a republican parade. A
collision ended in a riot, the result ol
which was that one man was killed and
six seriously wounded. Fourteen of
the town's best citizens are in jail,
charged with murder.
The federals had secured permission
to parade in order to celebrate their
victory. The republicans had request
ed permission to parade also, but were
refused, as, according to the general
orders governing elections only one
party can parade on a given day. The
republicans decided to disobey the
orders and marched to meet the fed
erals. When the victorious party saw the
republican coming they charged their
oppononts. A fierce fight ensued; re
volvers and knvios were drawn, blades
flashed in the sunlight and shots rang
out. The city police were not on hand,
but a squad of insular police charged
the mob and soon quelled the not.
Rebellion In Borneo.
Tacoma, Feb. 7. Mat Se Selleh, the
rebel leader of North Borneo, has again
stirred the natives there into rebellion,
according to Oriental advices received
here. They commenced warfare last
month, attacking Gaya bay, when the
British and Chinese shops were looted.
The rebels then retreated into the jun
gle. Several days later they were fol
lowed by a force of 250 bluejackets and
Sikh policemen. Five miles inland
these were attacked and driven back
by Selleh'a men, who fired at them
from a dense growtn oi nnaernrusn.
A number of the British were killed
and wounded.
Resolutions Condemning Britain.
Joliet, 111., Feb. 6. About 1000 peo
ple attended a pro-Boer meeting here
today. Resolutions eulogizing Presi
dent Kruger and "his stand for liber
ty," and condemning Great Britain
were approved, amid great applause.
Large Pistol Shop Burned.
Norwich, Conn., Feb. 6. -Fire this
morning burned to the ground the Hop
kins & Aliens pistol shop, and partly
destroyed several other bajldlnngs,
Loss. $400,000,