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4 4 v ..maftw , . : 'VOL. III. IIOLBROOK, ARIZONA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1898. NUMBER 39 LATEST WAR NEWS. Resume of Events on Land and Sea During the Week. The cable line between Hong Kong and Manila is being operated. Miss Helen Gould has given $25,000 to purchase food and delicacies for the sick and wounded soldiers in Camp Wlkoff. The transport Saguranco sailed for Santiago with Lieut. Hobson aboard. He will try his rubber bag scheme of raising the ships of Cervera's fleet. The United States auxiliary naval board force has been reduced from forty-one vessels to twenty-five. It will be completely abolished next week. The island of Luzon has an area slightly greater than that of Kentucky and slightly less than that of Virginia. Porto Rico is about half as large as New Jersey. Perfect order has thus far been main tained in Manila under American con trol. The city is quiet and seems to have resumed its normal business and social activity. United States Consul Hanna, who left Porto Rico when diplomatic rela tions between-the United States and Spain were broken off, is expected to return to San Juan. Capt. Robley D. Evans is not suffer ing from malarial fever as has been reported. The captain's only trouble is a sprained ankle, which while trou blesome, is considered trifling. For extraordinary heroism, Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee, formerly of the Maine, but now commanding the St. Paul, has been advanced by President McKinley three numbers on the list of captains. Postmaster General Smith will dis patch a commission to Porto Rico shortly to examine into the posta) ne cessities there and make recommenda tions for the establishment of a com plete service. The rumors of trouble at Manila be tween the natives and Americans are or the most part, unfounded. The fact is that the insurgents have been unwilling to disarm until assured of ' the permanence of American protec tion. , rigtfiI5l The Cuban civil authorities raised the Cuban flag over the municipal building, but Gen. Wood ordered it taken down. Cuban flags were also hoisted over the San Carlos club and over several stores, but these were left flying. The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that under existing conditions there is no reason why Spanish ves sels should not enter, load and clear at ports of the United States. Col lectors of customs will be instructed to this effect. There have been no more disturb ances at Ponce and wealthy Porto Rl cans insist there is no danger of fur ther trouble. The men who were en gaged in rioting were toughs. The Spanish are anxious for a large Amer ican force to garrison the island. Advices from Manila state that the natives are daily showing their ina bility to govern themselves. The statement from Madrid that the Amer icans have intercepted or confiscated lour telegrams forwarded by Gen. Jaudenez from Manila is vehemently repudiated. Rear Admiral Sampson will retain command of the North Atlantic fleet, notwithstanding his service on the Cu ban Military Commission, and Rear Admiral Schley will continue in his present naval command, although serving temporarily on the Porto Rico Commission. As a reward for gallantry in the storming of San Juan heights. Presi dent McKinley has decided to appoint First Lieut. Albert L. Mills, First cav alry, supreintendent of the United States military academy. This is the first time that a lieutenant has been honored in this way. Minister of War Corea says he has ordered the Captain General of Cuba and the Philippines to act in accord with the Americans, but if the Amer icans should prove unable to make the insurgents respect the armistice then the instructions were to repel any at tack upon the Spaniards. As a result of a conference at Santi ago between Gen. Wood, military gov ernor and the local authorities the pub lic schools will be opened with accom modations for 4000 children on Sep tember 15. Sectarianism will be abolished and the schools will be con ducted on American plans. The latest report in regard to the Spanish arms surrendered at Santiago say that they number 25,000, with sev eral million rounds of ammunition. Many are badly cared for and rusted. They will be taken to Springfield and New York and such as are fit will be cleaned up and used by the army. A negro soldier belonging to the Eighth Illinois was shot dead by Cu bans near San Luis. The negro was a sentinel on duty when a band of armed Cubans tried to pass him. He ordered them to halt, and upon a refusal to do so fired. The Cubans returned the fire, instantly killing the soldier. Gen. James D. Wilson has assumed control of the district of Ponce, Porto Rico, and has ordered all saloons to be closed for three days, with a view of quieting the existing disorders. They will be opened subsequently un der special regulations. Gen. Grant has established his headquarters here. Three warehouses will be built at the Brooklyn navy yard to cost re spectively, $75,000, $50,000 and $20,000. The largest will be 25x60 feet, three stories high and fireproof. This will be used for storing torpedoes and ord nance stores. The $50,000 building will be two stories high and will be used for sails, rigging, etc. At the League Island navy yard, another warehouse will be built to meet the pressure of the naval supplies. The newspapers of Madrid say the general public display considerable disgust at the hasty surrender of San tiago since hearing the stories with re gard to the adequate defensive condi tion prevailing there, told by the re turned Spanish soldiers who arrived yesterday at Cornna by the Spanish steamer Aleante. There have been six deaths among the returned soldiers since their arrival and many others are feared.. The auxiliary cruiser Resolute from Camp McCalla at Guantanamo, Cuba, via New York, with 468 marines on board, under command of Col. R. S. Huntington, arrived at Portsmouth, N. H. The marines will be landed at the navy yard. There was no sickness on the Resolute. The ship was loudly cheered as she came in, and among those who shouted for the brave ma rines were the Spanish prisoners at Camp Long. The government authorities at Mad rid deny that they had any knowledge of orders being given to Cervera to leave Santiago harbor with his squad ron. They say the order was given by Blanco. Cervera will have something to explain when he confronts a court of inquiry in this capital. He is quot ed as saying that he was compelled to make his hopeless dash from Santiago harbor by pre-emptory orders from the home government. The British steamer Trayan from Ja maica arrived at Cienfuegos with 900 tons of provisions for the Spanish army. The steamer Clinton, with Miss Clara Barton of the American Red Cross society, has also arrived with provisions for the society. The Havana municipality has agreed to re-, quest the Colonial Secretary of the Treasury to allow the importation of cattle into the island free of duty, be cause of the scarcity of cattle and the high prices which prevail. Eggs are sold at 25 cents each. At a conference between the insur gents and the Americans, the former declared emphatically that they were willing to co-operate with the Ameri cans and to surrender their arms promptly. If assured that the Islands would remain either an American or a British colony, or under the protec torate of the United States or Great Britain. Otherwise the insurgent lead ers asserted they would not dare dis arm, but must positively refuse to do so. They threaten a fresh rebellion within a month if the Americans withdraw. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Some Important Happenings in the South THAT MAY PLEASE OUR READERS An Assortment of Nawiy Event That Occurred in oar Midst That Cannot Fall to Interest. It will be a long time before Porto Rico rivals Southern California as a winter resort. That prohibition still has a strong hold on Pasadena is shown by the fact that a provision of the new charter soon to be submitted to the voters ex cludes from office any person addicted to drunkenness. An aged German named Henry Schuelz has been arrested at San Ra fael on a charge of counterfeiting. An extensive outfit for the manufacture of spurious coin was found in the woods near town, where he has been camping during the entire summer. On a cent piece dated 1863, which was received at the Los Angeles post office window are a flag In half relief and the words, "The flag of our coun try." On the opposite side are the let ters "D I X" and the words "Anybody attempting to tear It down, shoot him on the spot." The Tehachapi Times, which no doubt heartily sympathizes with the disappointed soldiers, thus satirizes the Algerian policy of the war depart ment: "The Seventh California, being denied Manila, will now probably be sent to garrison Los Angeles and pro tect it from Poker Davis and the old Water Company." It was unnecessary for the San Di ego correspondent to say that the coast survey chart compiled by Command ant Dewey in 1874-75, covering points on this coast and in the Gulf of Califor nia, is a first-rate one. Nobody would expect anything else of George Dewey. His work in recently changing the map of the Philippines has been equally ef ficient. The enterprise looking to the estab lishment of a steamship line between San Diego and the Orient is only a hint of what Is to come, in the not dis tant future, in the way of commercial development on the Pacific coast. A measure of such development was in sight before the war, but it has been given greatly increased impetus through events Incidental to the war. The Redlands Facts, which presuma bly deals in facts, says: It is reported that on Sunday, August 14, there were twenty Redlands people in one of the churches of Santa Barbara. The Facts should have been more explicit, more comprehensive in its statement. Are there no churches In Redlands? Do the people of that city have to go as far as Santa Barbara, even beyond Los Angeles, to reach the state of grace? Encouraging reports have reached Pasadena from the scene of the forest fire north of Barley Flats. A number of men who have been fighting the SPAIN SEES THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL, fire came down from Switzer's Camp through the Arroyo Seco. They say the fire there is now under control. A force of about twenty-five men is still at the fire, but it is expected that all but enough to patrol the district will leave for Pasadena. Ostrich raising in this state is now In a promising condition, several farms being in operation. Quantities of raw feathers are being shipped to New York, and the market for plumes prom ises to be more extensive this winter than ever before. The South Pasa dena farm has thirty-eight birds pair ed off, and many more young birds in the great corral. This industry bids fair to be a source of wealth in time to Southern California. The poor horse is having a hard time of it these days. Not only have elec tricity and the bicycle crowded him out of employment and made him despised and depreciated in value, but the high price of hay and grain makes it hard for him to get enough to eat. In San Diego, the president of the humane so ciety reports an average of five com plaints a day of cruelty to animals, and explains the frequency of the com plaints by the scarcity of feed and the cheapness of horses. The excellent condition of Orange county roads is a striking illustration of the wisdom of electing thorough business men to the Board of Super visors. During the past year horse whims and tanks have been placed along the various roads through the county which supply abundant water for sprinkling purposes, the result be ing that much of the wear and tear occasioned by continuous and heavy traffic Is prevented and the county is thus saved no inconsiderable expense, while these thoroughfares are a source of pleasure as driveways. The editor of an El Paso paper pick ed up his rifle one day recently and started down the street to have the gunsmith repair it. The delinquent subscribers, however, got it into their heads that he was on the warpath and every one he met insisted on paying what they were owing him. One of them wiped out a debt of ten years' standing. On his return to the office he found a load of hay, fifteen bushels of potatoes, ten bushels of corn, a bushel of Mission grapes, a load of wood and a barrel of turnips that had been brought in by delinquents. A lady remarking the fact that she was at Catalina twenty-two years ago, at the Barracks, but not at Avalon there was no Avalon then recalls two interesting facts. One is that the Bar racks at the Isthmus were established in civil war times, to prevent Confed erates taking possession of the island and raiding thence on the Panama steamers, which then carried immense amounts of treasure. The other is that the word Avalon is of comparatively recent origin, as applied to Catalina, having been given by one of the late owners.' In earlier times It was call ed Johnson's Landing. The dairymen in this section are very much wrought up over the action of the management of the Soldiers' Home at Santa Monica in contracting for oleomargarine for table use, ex cept for the officers. The contract calls for 17,000 pounds at 14 cents, whereas the lowest bid on butter was 22 cents. There is no oleomargarine made or used in this state, in fact the laws well night prohibits the use of it, as it must be used in original color, be plainly stamped and proprietors of restaurants must put up a placard stating that they use it when they do. No state in stitution is allowed to use it. Of course the Home is not a state in stitution, so there is really no re course. The matter has been taken up with the Secretary of Agriculture and there is a hope that the govern ment will be shamed out of this parsi monious act and that the contract will will be canceled and pure butter fur nished instead -of an imitation. All the dairymen ask is that butter be used, and they will take the chances In the matter along with eastern competit ors. On July 27, when the steamship Rio de Janeiro was four days from Hono lulu, a private soldier was buried at sea. Of the ceremony, so seldom wit nessed by landsmen, Brig. -Gen. H. G. Otis, under date of July 27, has thus written: "We had our first burial at sea this morning. Private Jenka of the First South Dakota regiment died at 10 o'clock last night and was buried today with military honors. An im pressive religious ceremony was held over the remains conducted by the reg imental chaplain. There was sacred music, vocal and instrumental; the ship was stopped during the ceremony, flags were half-masted, officers and men were assembled on the upper deck (port side aft), the body, encased in & canvas covering with weights attached, lay draped with the American flag, and at a signal was committed to the deep. All was over, the band playing solemn airs during the progress of the cere mony. Every possible mark of respect was shown the dead soldier under the circumstances, being at Bea and it be ing impracticable and unsafe to keep the body until we made port at Hono lulu, four days off." PACIFIC COAST NEWS Important Information (lathered Around the Coast. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST. A Summary of Late Events That Aro Boiled Down to Bait oar Busy Readers. Of sixty applicants examined at the navy recruiting station, twenty-five have passed and been sent to the re ceiving ship Independence at Mare Is land. Forty applicants are yet to be examined. San Diego The United States rev enue cutter Corwin, which was trans ferred to the navy department dur ing the war and stationed at this port to guard the harbor mines, has re turned to San Francisco. Pensions were granted to Califor nians today as follows: Christian Spei gle, San Francisco, $6; Marcus H. Wright, Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles, $8; Adolph Balz. San Francisco, $15 to $17; Edwin M. Brown, Santa Rosa, $30 to $50. Gen. Merritt is expected to return from Honolulu about September 20. It is expected that Gen. Shatter will re turn to take his former place at the head of the Department of California. General Merriam will return to the Department of the Columbia. All things come to him who wait. Michael McKenna, a very old citizen of Tucson, has just been granted a pen sion for services in the Mexican war. Fifty years is a long time to wait for a pension. Republics are sometimes slow when they are not ungrateful. The ladles of the Red Cross of San Francisco are working hard in behalf of the soldiers. - The Los Angeles Red Cross society has promised a donation of $300 to be used in connection with the furnishing of the home. Many sup plies for the Seventh California reg iment have been received from Los An geles. Gen. Rios, late governor of Las Vls ayas, is to be nominated by Spain as Governor-General of the Philippines, that is, less the bay and town of Ma nila, which, according to the protocol, fall into the hands of the Americans. The Spanish government favors the re turn to the peninsula of the civil em ployes in the Philippines and in Ma nila. A clever scheme to defraud the gov ernment has been discovered by C. E. Eldridge, who was recently appointed appraiser for Vancouver. Chinese and Japanese merchants have sent goods to their countrymen and pre pared two sets oi invoices. Those pre sented at the custom house greatly un derstate the value of the goods. The government has thus lost thousands of dollars. C. S. Olson, on behalf of himself and thirteen other prospective voyagers to the Klondyke has sued the Yukon and Northwestern Dredging and Transpor tation company for $7500 for alleged breach of contract. The complainant alleges that the company agreed to carry the parties to Dawson City, and that it failed to do so, after having re ceived the required fare, which it has so far refused to return. How nicely events have been arrang ing themselves for newspaper pub lishers of late, exclaims the Oakland Tribune. Here they have had a first class, highly sensational war to carry them through the ordinarily dull sea son and boom their circulation, and now it has convenietly come to an end just in time to let politics engage the attention. Everything couldn't have worked out better if it had been made to order. The steamer Dirlgo, the latest arriv al from Skaguay, is a veritable treas ure ship. Every one of her forty-three Klondykers have two or three pounds of nuggets for pocket pieces, and it is claimed that many have deposited $25,000 each with the purser. They have no hard luck stories. One man has $100,000 in nuggets and drafts. He will not give his name or where he is from. All thn miners say the royalty keeps them from stating the exact amount they bring. Dawson City and the Klondyke gold fields have taken several strides near er civilization this summer, and never again will the treacherous bars of the lower river n summer or the miles ot Ice and snow in winter be able to pre vent communication with the outside world. A line of powerful little river steamers, running in relays between the rapids on the upper river, have solved the question for the season that water runs in the great Northwest. Be fore the snow flies again the banks of the Yukon from Lake Bennett to St. Michaels will be studded with a con tinuous chain of road houses and mall posts.