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Che San luan Islander.
VOL. VIII. NO. 29.
fCESSION OF LUZON
Spain Will Undoubtedly
Fight Against It.
DEATH IU>W TO THEIR PRESTIGE
, . ri o an Agreement Between Kng
,„,..! «»<» A.nerW* Also Cnu.-
Inir Uneaslno**.' ' ■ - '.' *
nr(icrß for releasing 100,000 volnn-
J,H,iavei..*n issued by the govern
went.
"'7,hn Polo was drowned by the cap
•,ofhißboat rn .luring (he fishboat
■JSttLe Astoria regatta.
ftosnmelotge, Knights of Py
ihi. met i" biennial BeHfiio" in the
j;,,;,f the house of repieuentatives at
bvnaaapotia, Ind.
The British expedition in the Soudan
-flortfl terrible scenes of slaughter by
Z dervW.es. Everywhere are evi
fcsesi oi Misery and decay.
Tho 24th annual meeting of the
Am orican Banker*! Association con
vied at tho Broadway theater, Denver,
010 Tuesday. Most of the 500 dele
catce'expectcl were present
There are now in the hospitals at
rnmn Wikoff, Montank Point, more
nCI 200 me... Of these about 900
Ire in the general hospital in deten
ti(lll Many of those in the general
hospital are improving, and some are
110 being discharged as well every
day.
The war news was suppressed at San
Joss, and the people did not hear of
Spanish reverses (or weeks after they
had occurred. The truth about the
destruction of Cervera's fleet waa never
nnblkhed. The same secrecy was ob
served when Santiago fell. News of
the restoration of peace caused rejoic
ing among all classes.
Eight men were killed, possibly 10,
nnd 'five injured, two fatally, at the
Carnegie tunnel on (Jhartier's division
of the Panhandle railroad near Pitts
burg, Pa. The accident was due to the
wall of the tunnel caving in. The
dead aic: John Jones, foreman; Felix
Mills, a laborer, and six unknown
foreigners.
General Merritt lias sent, word to the (
war department that he needed no ,
more troops. This statement was in j
response to an inquiry fiom the White
House. The president and his war
maiiageis a»e well pleased with the
general's dispatch. They accept it as '
an assurance that the American com
mander has the Filipinos under his
control.
Coincident with the West Indian
enj^ar conference to assemble at Barba- :
does September 8, for the purpose t of
protesting against the sacrifice of the
colonies, Jamaica is preparing a plebis- '
cite to the British parliament, request-;
ing permission to endeavor to arrange
for annexation to the United States.
The promoters of this movement are
endeavoring to secure inter-colonial co- |
operation, but are not depending
upon it.
Tho premier of Queensland, the pre
mier of New South Wales and the pre- j
mier of Victoria, met in conference at
Sidney, N. S. W., and discussed plans
for a Pacific cable. They decided to
make the definite offer that if Great '
Britain and Canada collectively
guarantee live-ninths of the cost of lay-!
ing the new cable, they would recom
mend to their respective legislatures to
contribute one-ninth each, asking New
Zealand to contribute the remaining
ninth.
The Manila cable is again working.
Major-General Miles ia coming home.
Accompanied by his staff he will leave
Porto Rico in a few days.
The natives control the water supply
of Manila, and refuse to allow the wa
ter to run except for a few hours each
( 'ay- They have demonstrated that
tliey are incapable of eelf-government
The president has promoted Captain
tnarles D. Sigsbee, U. S. now com
inandmg the St. Paul, by advancing
'■ three numbers on the list of cap-
; :l»i 8 in the navy, for "extradordiuaiy
heroism." .■ « :
Dave Speagle shot and killed Bob
*Vnixat Wilbur, Waeh. Speagle is
J"u to have been too intimate with
fVnix'g family. Penix started out to
*»ll Speagle, and the latter killed : him
»i self-defense.
A tremendous explosion at the plant
0 the Chattanooga Powdei Company,
Jtqpttewah Station, killed , two men,
Mciub B. Eagan and Hartpn Mortchke.
n «l 'njured seriously, if not fatally,
J« others. The plant was destroyed
[l.v hre.
A digpatch from Buda Pesth to the
■ lulQn News agency saya that : while
' «giment of saldieis were crossing a
Pontoon bridge over the river Moras.
"ear Hoind, the bridge collapsed,
♦«jee hundred men were immersed
»nd over 80 were drowned.
Our warships may v soon coal vat
S° ango The contract for the
puUding of a station there is to be \ let
"mediately. Work will be carried
"J arJ rapidly and completed next
I** , aval officers declare the harbor
onir. by the United States *is f the
Saioa locked mi ol ' refage 'iB
Minor News Item.. ■ /
Unit? oH" Lane' storekeeper of th«
dm !S, ateß tranßPort Minnewaska,
7 N dea( on his boat at Savannah.
thJm tOtal earnin 8S of 56 railrolds for
423 S of Jul amounted to $24,.
tin.'.. 'an lncre of $650,278 ovei
llie same month in 1897.
tofon Of thefi business enterprise!
ia ii k ', V c ac<ltlisition of ; Porto Rico
that i.i *°* a new -cable oonnectini
"•"^•ndwith the United Btitei^
FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1898.
LATER NEWS. '£;. '
Secretary Alger, whilo on a visit to
Catup Wikoff, ordeied a furlough for a
lick soldier. j ; .>?"?/"; ;*t~ ■ r
Acting Secretory Allen saya there is
no prospect that the battleship Oregon
will return to the Pacific coast in the
near future, i ;. .^ : }
By the explosion of the boiler of an
engine used to operate a thresher on
the farm of J. F. Kirk, 15 miles west
of Eugene." Or., one man was instantly
killed; and five terribly scalded by
escaping steam. .. -; ;, •:■
At J Middletown, N. V., ice cream
prepared with lemon extract, pur
chased from a traveling salesman,
caused the death of three persons and a
score of other j aie sick, and more fatal
itios are expected. - i\f -• •;
- Merritt cables from Manila announc
ing the arrival -of the transports Rio
Janeiro and Pennsylvania. All were
well, and no casualties- were reported,
excepting ) that Piivate Wenks, *f First
South Dakota, died on the voyage. ;-'
A serious insurrection has broken out
at Nadao, in the interior of the Hainan
islands.' . The American missionaries
and native converts have sought refuge
in safe territory. The French may^
interfere if rebels are not suppressed. -
In Barcelona, Spain, the labor ques
tion seems to be approaching an acute
stage. It is estimated that something
like 5,000 workingmen are . penniless
and on the verge of starvation. Arti
cles of primary necessity have reached
extravagant prices. ;- v v
The Thinvalla line steamer Norge,
which has arrived in New York, re
ports that she sunk the French fisHing
schooner La f Coquette, "^of^ Bayonne,
France, Saturday last, on the Grand
Banks. - The captain and eight seamen
were saved and 16 went down with the
vessel. _ , #£?, l. fci ; ■:.■:■ :l f ■
Spain is apparenty willing that Cer
vera'a men remain in , America. .■ Sagas
ta's refusal to accept McKinley's offei
is now regarded with suspicion, and the
prisoners in consequence may not fare
so well in the future. ;No officers will
be liberated unless the sailors accom
pany them. - * f-r \,
• Two passenger trains came together
at Port Huron, Mich., witli serious re
sults. Many persons jtvere seriously
hurt A pauio among the passengers
followed the collision and in the rush
for the doors and windows of the ; cars
many women were trampled under foot,
many slight injuries being .* thus ; in
flicted. ~p* ■;..'■'• 'y>- ,'jyfs -I /
\- Advices from Honolulu, by the
steamship Moana, states that the con
gressional members of the commission
to report on a form of I goverrimen t tfor
the territory of Hawaii, arrived 3* at
Honolulu August' 17. - The ?commis
sioners met Dole and the cabinet, and
proceeded to organize for business. Sen
ator Gullom is chairman. 'fX
j The queen-regent of Spain has signed
I a royal decree, convening the cortes
September 5. ~-""\ ' i
; Crops in several provinces .of Russia
are wojthless this year and people are
beginning to ask the government for re
lief. A famine is feared. \
General Merritt has assumed govern
or's duties in the Philippines, and the
I command of 7 the army at Manila has
1 been transferred to General Otis.
L Correspondence publi/hed. br Secre
tary * Long goes ': to show that Commo
-1 dore v Schley agreed with Admiral
! Sampson as to the danger| of entering
Santiago harbor as long as the mines
were in position!*
i : According to dispatch from Madrid
;to a London news agency there has
been serious fighting betwsfcn the Span
| ish and insurgents in Cuba in which j
insurgents lost : : 500 killed wound
-1 cd. The report t cannot ; be confirmed
• from other sources. * ;
Madrid is irritated at the failure of
■; the Cubans': to respect the protocol in
! Cuba. 3 Trouble miry possibly wfollow,
and the Spanish government ; threatens
:* to send ; the Spanish troops in 1 Cuba
! against the insurgents unless the latter
cease their reprehensible aotions and
1 abide by the terms of the protocol.
i The first mustering out orders issued
include eight regiments of infantry, five
batteries 1 and ■: six ; troops of cavalry.
I The list as made up by th« war depart
ment include 28 batteriei of artillery,
nine regiraentsTof cavalry%nd .63 regi
ments of infantry. Both batteries of
Oregou aitillery. are included in the
j order. TV; p^- * ""£' .'
i A Madrid dispatch says the govern
■ ment has 5 advibes from Rios, governor
| of the Visoayas islands, and successor
lof General »* Jaudene« ? the | governor'
i generalship Q* the Philippines, saying
there has beep bloody fighting between
i Spanish troopa and insurgents, with an
I estimated loss to the latter of 500 men.
The Spanish losses were "nnimport*
I ant" The dispatch says a number ol
insurgent chiefs were captured and
shot. r . ?i
A Manila dispatch-says that at a
conference held between the insurgents
and Americans, the former declared
; emphatically they were wiilling to oo
! \ operate with the Americans and to sur
render their arms promptly if assured
the islands would remain either an
'' American or British colony, under the
'protectorate of eitbet nation - Other
• wise the insurgent leaders asserted they
1 would not dare to disarm. ,- v
F. A. Leach, superintendent fof the
, United States mint in PortTownsend.
1 Wash., estimates thai the gold output
of the Klondike thisyeai has been only
about $5,000,000.
The president ha« appointed Judge
. j M. Hobson. father of Lieutenant
f Hobson, of Merrimao lame, poatmaster
ft Greensboro, Ala. M'^obso. w.
,' democrat.and th«■o-iMtlo^«i-jJj
I at the earnest request of his «P»bl*^
r fellow townsmen a. a mark ci goo*
| feeling.
UDBRTY PROCLAIMING PEACst
HAVANA STILL HUNGRY.
Situatlon Much the Same as During the
Blockade.
Havana, via Key West, Aug. 24.—
The situation at Havana remains the
same as during the blockade. Provis
ions and other necessaries of life are
very scarce and prices continue high.
The colonial government imposed the
highest customs duties, which continue
in force, making prices higher and ren
dering the situation of the poor very
painful. The free kitchens which
have been established in Havana daily
furnish about 30,000 persons with food;
but owing to the great number of poor
in the city who are without food of any
sort, the amount of supplies handled
by the kitchens is quite insufficient to
relieve the distress to any great extent.
Women and children lie about the
streets, pale and emaciated, looking
more like corpses than living beings.
Considerable excitement and discon
tent exists among the insurgent sym
pathizers, -*ho condemn strongly all
the acts of the colonial government,
and many of those sympathizers are
leaving the cities and towns to join the
insurgents. During the past few days
hundreds of uniforms have been sent to
tho insurgents from Havana.
An immense majority of the Spanish
conservatives in the island, and the na
tives, favor the annexation of the is-
COLOMKL tOJIS OAT.
Inn! to the United States, whioh they
.cbnsiaer the only means of i securing
stable government -in Cuba. >i Even
most ardent Spanish residents now
favor annexation. , - f Vv *
The rumors which have been put in
circulation, relative to the report that
the Spanish f army ';wou % not obey A the
government's decision and evacuate
Cuba, are entirely baseless. !
f?r-Itl is reported that the insurgents
\ forces from the prbvlnces of i Pinar del
Rio and Matanzas are. uniting in Ha-j
vana provinoe."purposing to make a tri- j
uxnphal entry into Havana city. ".-» --i. J
Auxiliary Wlmet tmalier.
M New York, Ang, «*—The United
States auxiliary naval force, which a
! rweek ago consisted of 41 vessels in
commission, sayi the Washington cor-
I respondent of the Tribune, reduced
1 to 25 vessels yesterday, and by the end
of this week it will have disappeareil
altogether until another war shall oall (
it into service. .' * V,
Will Retain Their Command*... .
Washington, - Aog. 84.^-Sampson
will retain command :ol I the North At
lantio fleet. notwithstandlns bisservioe
1 on the Cuban military commission,
(•and Schley will oontinue in his present
1 naval command, although serving tem
ngranly on the Porto Bican eommla
! Ifon.- This statemnt was made apthor
itatively at the oat/ department to
day. "
OT.r Twenty Th«»«»«» aurt^*9w4.
I Washington. Aug. 84.—A dispatch
1 received by Adjntant-Oeneral C«rbin
tonight from Geneial Stolter Indteataj
that, with the fall of fcntiago. 18,726
Spaniards surrendered. Of this Dum
ber, a few less than «,00G were goer
' rillas and volunteers, making th«
to be returned to Spain about 81,000.
General Shafter recommends thai all
tbeoapturea Maoaer rt***o**"?*
-munition (or the same > AIPP^
some amo.l the Kortb. wijh •■ J»*-
Ued^lay m possible, : : -
PEARL OF THE PACIFIC
Old Glory Waving Proudly
O'er New Scenes.
HAWAIIAN REPUBLIC IS NO MORE
America's First Break Toward Terri
torial Expansion—lmpressive
Ceremony at Honolulu.
San Francisco, Aug. 24.—The steam
er Belgio this evening brought the fol
lowing:
Honolulu, * Aug. 12.-—Precisely *at
eight minutes to 12 o'clock today the
Hawaiian flag descended from the flag
staffs on all the government buildings,
and exactly at five minutes to the same
hour, the Stars and Stripes ; floated on
the , tropical breeze ; from every official
flagstaff.'. "•'«■" '',-*■ '"-:'» x y*' -
The ceremony of today was a most
impressive one. *To hear the strains of
"Hawaii Ponoi" for the last time, as a
national anthem, to hear the bugle
blow taps as the Hawaiian ensign sank
from its position, ; and to notioe the
emotion of many who had been | born
under it and had lived their livei un
der it, was solemn. But then came
the blight call-for raising Old Glory,
and the strains of the "Star : Spangled
Banner" broke ; forth ■ that banner ;
was unfurled to the breeze... '.?;)■. • : '
Then the cheers broke forth, and eyes
which been dim for a few mo
menta became-bright and lightened up
when the Stars and Stripes blew out
The picture presented in and around
the extensive building was ■ most strik
ing. In the grounds and around all
■ the approaches crowds of onlook-
I era of every station of a varied nation
al ty. Notably remaikable was the
number of Hawaitaus. Within ,| the
grounds the military and natal display
was ( fine. - • • Hawaiian troops, \ United
States marines, the mounted patrol,
the police and the ; guard pre
sented * a splendid - appearance, while
the platform for the exercises and the
verandas of the executive building were
gayi^with A brilliant summer dresses,
dancing feathers and ribbons and the
brightest faces that Honolulu possessed.
The unttorm of * staff and navy officers
added brightness to the sceno. A line
of these stalwart, well-dressed men,.
stretched aoroes the first step from the
veranda and made a distinctive mark
in a massive grouping, which was in
itself worthy of special notice. The,
weather "a was {. fortunately propitious.
The breeze came down Nuoanu valley
pleasantly, and '" made the noble 'flags
stream out in all their beauty. •
1 A few minutes after the hoisting f. of
the official flag, others were raised lrona
the two side towers, and from the milit
ary headquarters.:;!: /::' -y-'i- .-t.:- w-v.:;; : ;
'; Minister Sewall then : tead a procla
mation stating that President McKin
ley directs that civil, judicial and
military powers of the government shall
continue 2to tie exercised by the officers,
of the republic of 1; Hawaii. All ?«oli;
officers wHI be required to an oath
of allegianbe-t6 the United States, and•
renew their bonds to the United States
governnient Tbe powers of the minis
ter of foreigii^f&ifl ; ; will cease, so far
as they relate" to diplomatib intercourse
between Hawaii and foreign nations.
-" The municipal . legislation of Hawaii
and the existing customs }iegulatipns
will practically lemain in force until
the congress of the United States shall
otherwise determine. „ .-,,-,
t f Following the reading of tbe procla
mation. Minister Bewail made an ad
dress congratulating the residents of
Hawaii upon tbe »coomp]iaKment of
annexation. V
-; ■ rifeftl 6ollteU». .v ._.
Hamburg. Aug. 24.—Tbe pearl «sb
iag steamer Hamburg collided with the
English- schooner Catherine In the
channel daring a dense fog Sunday.
All of the Catherine's ctew except tbe
henfttman and eight men were drowned.
On member of tbe Hamburg's crew
wWUedJ|^e««Uijio*. \
SPANIARD'S FAREWELL.
Soldier's Tribute to a Victorious Foe-
Be Loves Not the Cubans.
Washington, Aug. 24.—-A document
entirely unique in the annals of war
fare was cabled today to the war depart
ment by General Shafter. It is in the
form of a congratulatory farewell ad
dress issued to the soldiers of the Amer
ican army by Pedro Lopez de Castillo,
a private Spanish soldier, on behalf of
the 11,000 Spanish soldiers. No sim
ilar document, perhaps, was ever before
issued to a victorious* army by a van
quished adversary. The president was
very much impressed by the address,
and after reading it carefully, author
ized its publication. Following is the
text of the address as cabled by Gen
eral Shatter:
Santiago do Cuba, Aug. 24.— H. C.
Corbin. Adjutant-General, U. S. A.,
Washington: The following letter has
just been received from the soldiers
just embarking for Spain:
"Major-General Shafter, Command
ing the American Army in Cuba'—Sir:
Tbe Spanish soldiers who capitulated
in this place on the 16th of July last,
recognizing your high and just position,
pray that through you all the courage
ous and noble soldiers under your com
mand may receive the greatest wiehes
and farewell which we send them on
embarking for our beloved Spain. For
CAPTAIK OB2TSBAI. ▲VQU6TL
Spanish Governor of the Philippine*.
this favor, which we have no doubt you
will grant, you will gain the everlast
ing gratitude and consideration of 11,
--000 Spanish soldiers, who are M your
most humble servants. r '."",'•".:.3' "
"PEDRO LOPEZ DE CASTILLO,
"Private of Infantry."
- SPAIN'S COMMISSIONERS.
State . Department Hecelveg Notice ol
| '-..-, ! Their Appointment. \\ '..... ,'<.-;
I | Washington, Aug. 24.—The state de
! partment today received a call from M.
Thiebaut; secretary of the French em
bassy, and in charge during the absence j
of Ambassador > Cambon, who bore a
notiflcation from the Spanish | govern
ment of the military commissioners for
Cuba and Porto Rico.; ::
'■/< Under the : peace ; protocol, each gov
ernment was to name : its military com
missioners within 10 days, their meet
ing to begin within 80 days.' The 10
days was up ; today, and, accoiOingly,
! Spain gave the official notice of the ap
pointments. They are as follows:..',
it Fpr Cuba—Major-General sGbnzales
Parrado, Rear-Admiral Pastor y Lan
dero, Marquis Montbre.
1-: - For Porto Major-General Or
tega■..y Diaz, Commodore (first rank),
allarino y Carrisco, Judge-Advocate
Sanchez del Agoila fy}LiEon^^^p|^^
In England less than a century ago it
was not I unusual'for af man to sell hie
wife Into servitude.
";']; '- . ' S«T«a Live* Los*. *' „
Pittsburg, Aug. 84.—A terrible ac
cident which seven men lost theit
lives, occurred early this morning in -
the tunnel of tbe Chartiers division ol
tbe Panhandle railroad at Carnegie.
Tbe work of tearing'out the tunnel has
been poshed night and day by a force
of 800 men. From the reports received
It seems that, by using too large a
quantity of explosive In blasting, an :
unexpected amount bf earth and rock
was loosened and caved in on thewofk-
KILLED AND INJURED.
Electric Car Struck by Llghtalag at
Pittsburgh
P'ttsburg, Pa., Aug. 26.—During a
heavy thunder storm today lightning
Btruck a summer car on the Second
avenue traction line as it was passing
Greenwood avenue, and as a result one
passenger is dead, another will proba
bly die, and four others are badly hurt
Dead—B. S. Feare, aged 26. a well
known business man of Hazelwood.
Injured—Mrs. Sarah Munhall, skull
fractured, arm broken and hurt inter
nally—will probably die; Eugene Mun
hall, her son, badly out about head;
David Thomas, head and arm out and
bruised; unknown foreigner, foot
crushed; James A. Butler, shocked.
The car, which contained about 12
passengers, was traveling at about a 20
--mile rate when the bolt struck it, ex
ploding the motors and setting fire to
the coach. The passengers were panic
stricken, and made frantic efforts to es
cape through the tightly-drawn canvas
sides.
Mr. Feare, in jumping, alighted on
his head, crushing his skull in a hor
rible manner. He lived but a short
time. All the injured received their
injuries in attempting to jump before
the car came to a standstill.
ORDERS ISSUED.
Mustering Out Has Finally Been De-
cided On.
Washington, Aug. 26.—Orders have
been issued for the mustering out of
the following regiments: First Ver
mont, First Maine, Fifty-second lowa,
Sixth Pennsylvania, Fifth Indiana,
Second New York, Second Nebraska and
One Hundred and Fifty-seventh In
diana, all volunteer infantry.
One battery Ohio light artillery,
First Illinois volunteer cavalry, bat
teries A and B, of the Georgia artillery,
Twenty-ieghth Indiana light battery,
and the New York and Pennsylvania
cavalry troops now in Porto Rico.
Other orders to muster out troops will
be announced as soon as a definite de
cision is reached.
The Porto Rican cavalry to be mus
tered out comprises troops A and C,
New York; Philadelphia city troop,
Sheridan troops and Governor's troop,
of Pennsylvania.
CAPTURED FROM SPANISH.
Twenty-Five Thousand Anns and Mil
lions of Rounds of Ammunition.
Washington, Aug. 26. — General
Flafier, chief of the ordnance bureau
has received further reports from the
officers in charge of the oaptuied Span
ish arms at Santiago. They show that
the number taken will be about 25,000
with "several million" rounds of am
munition, the exact number not stated.
The reports say that these arms are
Mausers and Remingtons, and for the
most part are in bad condition, rusty
and badly kept. The arms will be sent
to New York and Springfield, to be
cleaned np and examined critically.
Ordnance officers say that if they can
be put in proper condition they will
be made use of by the army.
BLUNDERS OF ALGER
London Times Offers Some Suggestions
Regarding American Politics.
London, Aug. 26.—Discussing the
rumor that Secretary of War Alger will
take refuge in the senate to escape re
sponsibility for his blunders in the war
office and that Senator McMillan will
become ambassador in London, the
Times expresses the opinion that if
America becomes a colonizing power,
she will be compelled to abandon this
fluctuating style of administration in
favor of trained oivil and military ad
ministrators, not likely to removal with
each presidential change, and not too
dependent upon politics for their selec
tion and promotion. It will be equally
impoitant to cultivate permanence in
diplomatio representation abroad.
Destructive Storm.
Utica, N. V., Aug. 26.—As the re
sult of a furious storm which swept
over the region north of Utica this
afternoon, over $300,000 worth of dam
age was done to property. In Deer
| field, $10,000 damage was done to farm
' property, and every bridge on the high
ways north, east and west of the place
were carried away by the swollen
streams. A washout in the canal
bank occurred near Rome as a result of
the storm. Several sections of rail
way roadbed were washed out, and sev
eral railroad bridges carried away.
Mines Will Be Removed.
Washington, Aug. 26.—Negotiations
have been opened :through diplomatic
1 channels by which it is expected that
1 tbe Spanish government will co-operate
1 with the authorities here in tbe re
moval of tbe mines and torpedoes In
Havana harbor before the militaiy com
mission - assembled : there, the naval
authorities believing this to ;be a
proper precaution before any of our
naval vesaels enter the harbor with the
commissioners. >; •-' " "^" -'.",'_ *"; *; *
; I j :' :i;v-; Paria Seaaation. ''jy~-^. „.
1 London, Aug. : 26.—The Paris t r corre
spondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
A sensation has : been created \ iii i the
American 't colony by a beautiful and
■wealthy v California lady, always 6. de
scribed as Vicomtease "i de >f Henriot,
I jumping fiom a second-floor window
in tbe Roe Blanche to the pavement,
sustaining terrible injuries. There is
no h*pe of her recovery. The opera
tion of trepanning will be performed to
night^ ;.-,::•■. -: : :;-\
1 Promotion for Philippine Tighten. ',
Washington. Aug. 80.—tbe presi
dent has called upon General Merritt,
1 commanding the military forces at
} Manila, for bis recommendations le
! garding the operations that resulted
1 in the surrender of the capital of tbe
Philippines. It is tbe president's pur*
1 ' pose to promote tbe officers who ren
dered conspicuously meritorious services
1 in tbe land fighting at Manila, just as
] was done in the case of tbe gallant
I officers at Santiago.
PBICB 5 CENTS.
THE CESSION OF LUZON
Spain Will Undoubtedly
Fight Against It
DEATH BLOW TO THEIR PRESTIGE
Fears of *a Afnemtnt Between Kh«-
land and America Also Cuiu
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London, Aug. 20.—A dispatoh to tho
Standard from Madrid, by way of
Franco, says: A very unfavorable im
pression has been caused in Madrid by
telegrams attributing to President Me-
Kinlej the intention of instiucting the
peace commissioners to insist upon the
cession of Luzon, that American com
merce should have the same footing as
Spanish In the Philippines, and that
Spain should pledge itself that none of
the Spanish colonies should be ceded
to European powers. If such are the
intentions of the United States gov
ernment, the negotiations are very sure
to be laborious, even if an understand
ing is arrived at The Spaniards con
sider the cession of Luzon, their best
and most important island, to be a
death blow to their prestige and sov
ereignty in these regions, and that it
would be irretrievably weakened by
the presence of Americans in the heart
of their colonies.
Commercial equality with the Unit
ed States in the archipelago would an
nul the only advantage and compensa
tion which they migftt have expected
to have derived from the cost and sacri
fices which have been necet>sary to
maintain their rule in the archipelago.
The separation of church and stato
would be most unpalatable to most
Spaniards, and would create grave diffi
culties in their relations with the Vati
can and the church, let alone the pow
erful religious orders in Spain, which
are always disposed to side with Don
Carlos against the present dynasty.
Last, but not least, any pledge to re
frain from ceding any part to the pow
ers would displease many statesmen
and people of all classes, who are daily
more and more inclined toadvooate tho
sale of the Spanish archipelagoes to
the highest bidder, especially to Conti
nental powers most likely to he in posi
tion to arrest the growth of American
political and commercial influence in
the far East.
BECRET AGREEMENT.
Germs of Great International Complica
tion! Are Discovered.
London, Aug. 26. — The Times'
Madrid correspondent says: The re
cent articles in the Times recommend
ing the annexation of the Philippines
by America are attracting much atten
tion h-jre. They are regarded as con
firming current rumors about a secret
agreement between the cabinets at Lon
don and Washington for joint action in
the far East.
In any case, it is feared that the un
derstanding, which unquestionably ex
ists, contains the germs of great inter
national complications.
Three months ago, when Spain sud
denly found herself alone face to lace
with a powerful antagonist, such a
prospect, would have been hailed with
delight, because it was believed that in
a general imbroglio she would be sure
to find support. Now the political sit
uation is better understood, and fears
are expressed that in a general conflict
of the great powers, whatever the re
sult, Spain would have to pay less spot
cash.
El Libeial publishes a significant
article in this sense. Trying to fore*
cast the immediate future, it says:
"Two contingencies are possible:
Either the gieat powers will, come to an
agreement about their respective
spheres of influence, or there will be a
great war. in which England will play
a leading part against Russia and
France. In the former case, Spain
would lose the Philippines because they
would be included in the partition. In
the latter case, England would begin by
an attempt to get possession of the
keys to the Meditenanean, including
Ceuta and the Balearic islands, which
may be regarded as the key hold."
•8 THE SULTAN DEAD?
Trouble of Large Dimensions Is Brew*
Ing In the Orient.
London, Aug. 26.—A dispatch to the
Herald from Tangier says: In order
effectually to check the rumors of the
sultan's death and divert the public at
tention, it is assiduously reported that
the sultan has left Marrakesh for Fez,
there to receive the embassies' official
visits, returning after the uprising has
been quelled. Meanwhile, the grand
vizier is alarmed at the increasing in
fluence of Germany, and at the Italian
demands, and is preparing to dispatch
a Moorish embassy to Europe, probably
to London and Borne, to settle out
standing claims.
The Spanish gunboat General Val
dea anived this morning with govern
ment orders for the Spanish minister.
There is great excitement at the Italian
consulate. Mohammed Torres is be
coming threatening, and the Italians
are defiant. If there is no answer to tho
nltimatum, a warship will start at inco
for Bpeasa.
There is absolutely no definite news
concerning the sultan, and the puMio
mind is undecided whether he is dead
or alive.
Bat Little Gold.
San Francisco. Aug. »».— The steam
er Brunswick arrived this evening, IS
days from St. Michaels, via Dutch Har
bor, with 3,500 pounds of whalebone
and 36 passengetrs from Dawson City.
Those coming frum the Klondike art
veticent regarding the amount of tieas
me Drought down, bat tbe total n nor
believed to be largo.