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VOL. 48 NO. 5.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1S99.
WEEKLY EDITION
YAQUINAWILL
BE IMPROVED
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tr
Commercial Bodies si
San Francisco
Have Taken the. Matter
in Hand.
1 Safe Harbor Knit Be Created at
Vote New Steamship Lines
H to Be Established.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 18.
At a meeting of the chamber of com
merce today, the Improvements, need
ed to make the harbor of Yaqulna safe,
were dicuseed: The local board of
trade w 111 join iwlth the chamber of
commerce In urging the government
to make an appropriation, sufficient to
cover the cost of the Improvement
desired, and urging that the work be
commenced without delay. If the har
bor Is Improved a! desired, a line of
steamers will be put on ..between this
city and Yaqulna.
NEW STELVMBR LIKE. .,
Portland. April 18-Within the next
month, according to the statement of
J. W. Antrim, of the firm of Conkllng
ft Antrim, shipping merchants, of San
Francisco, another line of steamers
1U be plying between that city and
Portland, and which -will return via
Gray's Hartoor. making a new ana air
ect line of water transportation be
tween .Portland and Gray's Harbor.
The company is known as the Mer
chants Steamship Line, .with head
quarters in San Francisco, and. accord
ing to Mr. Antrim. It already operates
a line of steamers to Gray's Harbor,
and another to Seattle, besides sending
vessels to other points on the coast.
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THE NORTHWEST tBOOMS.
Chicago. April 18. George H, Heffer.
general passenger agent of the Mil
waukee A St Paul ! Railroad, has just
returned from an extensive tour of the
Pacific coast. lie reports that the
Northern Pacific coast points are Just
now experiencing a wonderful reylvali
All Industries are prospering to an unV
preoedented extent. The mining In
dustry is having a boom. Mineral de
posits in the states of Washington,
Oregon and fdaho. which were scratch
ed over as long ago as 1860, are now be
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iFUOM EMPEROR WILLIAM.
A Beautiful Memorial Received by the
-.. (President. '"',.:
Washington. April 18. President Mc
Kinley has received the following from
Emperor William, Of Germany:
"Great and -Good iFriend: In com
memoration of the consecration of the
church of the Saviour, at Jerusalem,
which took place on October 31st, last,
which was so Important an event for
the Evangelical portion of Christendom
in which, to my Joy, the representa
tive of Evangelical synod of ' North
America, took part. I have caused a
number of copies of artistically execut
ed memorials to be executed, and take
the liberty, herewith, to send you a
copy of this memorial, with the re
quest that you will kindly accept it.
. "Accept the assurance of my distin
guished consideration. , (Signed.) Wil
liam II
The memorial is a condensed history
of Christianity from the biith of Christ.
The president has forwarded, a suit
able answer.
GONE TO MEXICO.
Indians Leave Their 'Reservations. Be
ing Dissatisfied.
Guthrie, O. T., April 18. iFlve thou
sand Indians, dissatisfied with condi
tions in their reservations of the In
dian Territory, have left in a body for
Mexico, to establish a union ' reserva
tion on a large lot of land near Guadala
Jara, according to reports received
here. '
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AN AMERICAN
SHIP'S CREW
Falls into the Hands of
Filipinos.
Mysterious Dispatch from
Dewey.
Lieutenant Gllmore and Party Evi
dently in Sore Distress on East
Coat cf Lnzon.
WASHINGTON, Arrll 1. The n ivy
department has given out the following
dispatch from Admiral Dewey:
"Manila. Arril 18. Secretary of the
Navy. " Washington: The Yorktown
visited Balema, Luzon, on the east
coatt of Luzon, April 12th, fcr the pur
pose of rescuing and bringing away
the Spanish force, corseting of eighty
soldiers, three officers anc" two priests
who were surrounded by 400 insurgents.
Some of the insurgents were armed
with Mauser rifles. by the na
tivfK. Lieutenant J .C. Gllmore, while
making wt?re ambushed and were
fired upon and captured, their fate be
ing unknown, as the Insurgents refus
ed to communicate afterward. Follow
lnr are the missing:
"The officer previously refetred to:
Chief Quartermaster W. Walton, Cox
swain J. Ellsworth. Gunners Mate E.
J. Nygard, Sailmakers Mate Van Poit,
Seamen W. H. Rynder and O. W.
Woodbury, Apprentices D W. A. Ven
vlilc and A. J. Peterson; Ordinary Sta
men F. Brlsolese, O. B. McDonald:
Landsmen L. T. I . d wards, F. Ander
son. J. Dillon and C. A. Morris:vy.
(Sirned) Dewey."
(The asterbdis denote the portion? of
the disjatch which could not be de
ciphered.
AN ERRAND OF MERCT.
Washington, April 18. The capture
of the Yorktown's. men was discussed
with much feeling in naval circles.
The misfortune was "felt with added
keenness, as. the navy has prided It
self thus Iat on its immunity from re
verses. The admiral's dispatch of to
day was the first knowledge that the
department had. that the Yorktown
had gone on a special mission to re
lieve the Spanish garrison at Balema.
That the capture should have been ef
fected while the; American forces were
on a mission of (mercy towards the
Spaniards, rather than In the prosecu
tion of campaign, , leads to the belief
that Spain would have no further
grounds for questioning the good faith
I with which the Americans were seek
ing1 to relieve thefcbndltlon of the Span
ish prisoners. Although the dispatch
gave no Indication that Lieutenant
Gllmore and his men had lost Uielr
lives, yet great anxiety was aroused by
the mystery surrounding their fate
while in the hands of the uncivilized
enemy.
This is the first capture of any Amer
icans, military , or naval, so that it Is
unknown how the insurgents would
treat our men. If civilized, methods
were pursued, an "exchange could be
quickly effected, as General Otis has
a large number of Filipino prisoners,
but the insurgents have been averse,
thus far, to exchanging Spanish pri
soners, and this raises the question as
to what they would do with the York
town's men.
THE, PRISONERS, i
Washington.- April 18. Tho dispatch
firkin Admiral IHwey cnuited rruch ex
filement in naval clrcls. ss soon ss fta
contents became known. It was re
ceived late in the day, and considera
ble delay was occasioned by the blind
ness of some of the cipher words. It
wm impossible to completely decipher
it. and the aterLk indicate th unin
telligsi le words. Lieutenant Gllmore,
the officer referred to as captured Is
well known in Washington, having
been stationed here for some time, and
Ms wife's family live here. He was
liora in Philadelphia, 1S54. and was ap
pointed naval cadet from Arizona rn
1TL He reached his ptescnt grade of
lieutenant In 1 SSI. ill main serviot
has been on the Monongahela. Ban
croft, Veauvlua and MachJas. besides
considerable service In boards
Just a year ago he reported to the
St. Paul, then commissioned as an aux
iliary cruiser nd served on that ves
sel under Captain Slgsbee throughout
the war. On Januaiy J4th, list, h
was ordered to the hoplt-rt ship SfJace
which was about to sail for Manila,
and cn his arrival there was assigned,
by Admiral Dewey, to the Yorktown.
The others tnentiom-d In the admiral's
dispatch are shown by the naval rec
ords as follows:
William Walton, chief quartermaster,
enlisted at Chee Foo, China; born la
Mannheim. Germany.
John Ellsworth, coxswain: f nil f ted
at Mare island, California; born in
Portsmouth. N. H.
Lyman Paul Edwards, 1-indsman: en
listed at Mare Island, California; born
in Peru. Ind. -
John Dillon, landsman ; emist-d at
Honolulu; ; born in Oal way, Ireland. -
Paul Van Isoit, salltnaker's mate; en
listed at Mare island; Calif ernla; l-orn
in France. - i
. Charles .Altrt Morrissey, landsman;
enlisted- at Mare island. ; California;
born In Columbus, Neb.
'ra:lv McDonald, ordinary senman;
enlisted at Afare .island. California;
born in pammel VaKey. California..
. William H. Iij nder, coxswain: enilst
ed a Mare island, Caltfcrnia; born in
Amsterdam, Holland.
Silvio Uri&oles. Unsman; enlisted
at San Francisco; bom in San Fran
cisco. Aliert J. Pterson, apprentice, third
class: eniutel a. San Franico; fcorn
in Oakland. California.
Orrieon Welch Woodbury, teaman;
enlisted at Gloucetter, Mass.; born in
Lynn. Mass.
Densell Cieorge Arthur Vtnvtlle1, ap-prentH-.
tec-ii J claia. enlisted at Mare
b tend, California?; bom in DudU-y, Eng
land. . , j
Fred Anderson, landsman; enlisted
in N-w York ; born Buffalo, N. Y. j
Edward J. Nygard, gunner's mate.
third class; enllsu-d In N-w York; born
lc Warsaw, Russia. ;
"MANILA. April Is. 4:3. p. m. Ad
miral Dewey has been notified of the
disappearance of J. C. Gllmo;e and
f'lurterii members of the crew of the
gunboat Yorktown. . '
Last Saturday the Yorktown anchor-;'
d off Balr, east coast of Luzon. 200
'miles from here, where there was a!
Spanish garrison of about fifty men.!
h;. h hid oeen 'defending itrelf agnlnrt
several hundred Filipinos for months
fu-u Lieutenant Gtlinore. Ensign
Stanley and a boats crew were sent up
the river from Baler bay to communi
cate with the Spaniards. Enign St.tn-ir-y.
who landed at the mouth of the
liver, reports that he he-ird three vol
leys, a bugle call and cheers np the
rive, but the automatic gun which was
part of . the equipment of the boat watj
not neara. sttniey men paaaioti to tne
Yorktown in a canoe. .
Search was made for the Yorktown's
lew. iiut no trace of them was found,
snd the Yorktown aoiled for Ilo llo. and
her corrmander cabled to Admiral
Dewey. Hi theory is that the Filiplros
had captured or sunk the boat tor that
the Spaniards had rescued the Ameri
can party.
The officers of the navy department
are confident that such of the men of
the Yorktown, as escaped being killed
outright in the first ambuscide will be
well treated by thr' Insurgents. Some
tlir-e ago the war departmnt made in
quiry as to the number of . American
prisoners held by the FMliplnoa. In
ply General-Otis referred to a number
of Sv-Wiers and said that they were be
ing fairly trcited by the Insnrgents, he
supplying the funds to defray the cost
of their food. In many, ruses he said,
the officials were only nominally In
confinement, being allowed the liberty
of the towns. The officials are hopfuI
that Gllmore and his men, who sur
vived the ambuscade, will some day re
gain their liberty. The departritnt
has sent no instructions to Adndral
Dewey as to the course he rhaU persue.
V FILIPINO CLAIMS.
London. April 19. The Filipino Junta
claims to have received a cablegram
from General Luna, commander of th3j
rebel forces ir the Manila district, di
rect from Manila, on Friday, drclartng
that General La ton. whosc object
was to proceed to Baler and effect a
Junction with the United States gun
lKat Yoiktown,' was invelsrled by the
tactics of the Filipinos into "perilously
extending his line, with the result that
one of his columns, cort-lfilng of 110
officers and men. on reaching a p! ice
called Blnagonam, was ambuhd by a
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Irge force of Filipinos, that commun
ication with the main force was sever
ed and that theii entire column was
captured.
The FUiplr.o d ices . further assert
that General Law ton, who was at La
guna de Hay, on hearing the news, "re
tired to Manila, stating that he had
be-n recalled by Otis on the ground
that a native rising in Manila was im
minent. THE STORY DOUBTED. :
Washington. Apt 11 19. The war de
partment does not credit the Filipino
assertions contained In the dispatch,
because it is , believed General O' is
would have cabled any such d'saster.
It Is further stated that .La wson could
not possibly have had In mind a Junc
tion with the Yorktown, as there is an
impassable rang of mountains be
tween th-i country to lie traversed and
the
HATCHET MEN FIGHT.
A. Highbinder War Breaks Out in
Fresno, California.'
Fresno. Cal . April 1. The bloc-dy
highbinder war, that has been expect
ed for some days, broke out In China
town this evening, and as a result,
three Mongolians occupy slabs in the
morgue, two more are at the county
hospital, mortally wounded, and nine
are behind the bars of the county jtlfe
The officers have anticipated the out
break for some lime, as it wss known
that a large-number of hatch t men
had arrived here from San Francisco.
PHlceman RapelJI, who was a block
away when he heard the first shot, ran
to the scene where two Chinese were
pumrlng lead into the body of a third
Chinese, who lay .at their feet. Fur
ther up the alley were at least a dozen
Chinamen running about and blar'ng
away at each other.
As Rapeljt ran up the alley a China
man ran past him pursued by a high
binder. 'Ihe fugitive made -fur -a dol--way.
but waa dropped on the steps, by
the bullet, from th highbinder's gun.
which struck him in the head, killing
him instantly. Rapeljl captured the
murderer. "
Policeman Mo its saw a highbinder
run ' up to a Chinaman stanJing
In a doorway. and deliberately Ore two
shots at him, killing him Instantly.
The murdered then started to run.
whereupon Mors ordered him to Stop,
but lnstoad the highbinder threw his
gun at Moras' head. Mcrss shot tin
Chinaman in the back, and he is not
exj.ee ted to recover. The fight Is be
tween the societies, Bing Kunp Tungs
and Suey On Tongs.
DESPAIR AND DEATH.
Awful Deed of a Despondent Mother
in Duluth,
Duluth, Minn., April 18. Penniless,
behind on her rent and hopeless of the
future, Georglana D. Worschak. a
widow, aged 26, shot herself and her
two children, aged 4 and f respectively
last night.
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- on. May Sth.
WASHINGTON. April 19. A confer
ence held at the White House today
between the president. Secretary Alger.
Secretary Long and Adjutant-General
Corbin resulted in confirmation of the
original decision of the administration
to at present refrain from availing it
self of the authorization Conerred by
congreas to organise a volunteer army
of Jj.OOO soldiers in addition to the pre
sent regular army.
General Otis' latest dispatch, descrip
tive of conditions in the Philippines.'
was carefully considered and it was
concluded to accept his estimate of the
military needs of the, case, so that, he
has already indicated that bis present
army is sufficient for the purpose he
i has in view, and the decision Is tanta
mount to a resolve to avoid the re
cours to additional volunteers.
Otis now has a force believed to ag
gregate about 2.000 effective men.
Secretary Alger informed him that the
trooiis now on the way would give him.
an army of about 30.000 men, after al
lowing for the return of the state vol
unteers. This Is believed, at the war
department, to meet all needs of the
summer season. To Genera Otis has
been left the selection of the organisa
tions to be sent home first and it la j
expectejd he will follow tiie pltan he has J
outlined, of relieving first the" men. who '
have been longest in the Philippines.
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WILL RKTURN SOON.
Washington, April 19. leneral Otis
has cabled the war department as fol
low:" .
Manlla. April 19. The embarkation
of tn volunteers on their return to. the
United Statea wUl begin about May Sth.
They will render willing service until
return transports are available. The
embarkation will continue through
June and July. (Signed) Otis." -,
PORTO RICANS PLEAD
fi-shlperton. Anril-19 Dr. Julio Hen.
iia and Mi'Zeno Gaodl today present
ed tJ the president a memorial drawn
up by them as commissioners of the
people ot Porto Rico, asking that the
exclusive military control over the Isl
and -be withdrawn, and that matters
relating to the various branches of the
c7ll government of the lslar.d b- turn- ,
fd over to the control of Hie depart
ments In Washington, having Jurisdic
tion over similar matters in the United
States, that The troops In the islands, ,
be reduced ' to the number nccess ryj
t-j garrison the forts and military out
oosts; that the people; of the Island be
granted all the privileges and Immuni
ties of citizen of the United States,
and that the people of the Island be
granted a territorial form of govern
ment. R. & W.
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