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VOL. VIII. NO. 37.
gSGSOFTHEWEEK 1
hat Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GIVES IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
rm>p'et« Kevlew of th. News of th«
1 '""ri'.t Seven Days in Thl9 nd
All Fore! Lands.
The Fiftli Illinois volunteers have
HB watered out of service.
Vrvicea in honor, of Ohio's soldier
de were held at Columbus.
AlJliostilo Pillager Indaina, except
080 l have agreed to surrender.
",' i u « u Mido-Aruerican syndicate is
Jv'fJrmca to buy up Cuban bonds.
.' w president and a cabinet will
be e '..,! i n Cuba the latter part of
th« prcseut month.
'il,c immediate establishment of a
. v ,r boepital at Havana is urged by
JoTgwns in charge there.
The transport Pennylvania arrived
3t gfus Francieco from Manila and Hon
olulu, with 29 sick soldiers.
The war investigation board has left
Wa'shhfgton for the Southorn army
camps on a tour of inspection.
Naval Constructor Hobson expresses
I Bg elf aa confident that the wrecked
Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon can be
■vei
The departure for cam of the South
, { troops now in the East has been post
poned, owing to the prevalence of yel
ls* fever.
A cash balance in bank exceeding
J300.000 now stands to the credit of
theTraus- Mississippi exposition. The
ittendance is also increasing.
Illinois manufacturers have urged
PiesiJeut McKinle? to establish open
ports in tli« new American possessions.
The president's reply was encouraging.
Insurgents at Lagaspi, Philippine
islands have refused to allow the Auieri
can steamer Hennoesa to land there, on
the giotrad that there were Spaniards
aboard.
Eight hundred Boldiers have sailed
from San Francico for the Philippines.
The expedition included the Oregon
n-sruits and the Washington volun
teers.
The United States is now formally in
possession of tie island of Porto Eico
H a eovereijjn. American flags have
been raised on the public buildings and
to in the city, and saluted with
Btional salutes.
Die O. K. & N. steamer, T. J. Potter
ran into and sunk the G. W. Shaver on
liii' lower Columbia. The accident
occurred off Deer Island, five miles
Mi Eaiama. The Shaver was struck
in the middle and in a short time waa
testing at the bottom of the river. The
night was dark and a heavy fog pre
vailed.
The Oregon legislature adjourned sine
die Saturday.
A reception was tendered the army
heroes at the Omaha exposition.
A feaaine blizzard visited the Middle
-:■'!! states, doing considerable
damage.
A Polish priest lias sued the Oatholio
church for |90,000 for excommunicat- 1
■g him.
It is said in London that the French
either withdraw from Fashoda oi
go to war with England.
Tiie German government has now
*wed to appoint permanently a naval '
«taeliP at Washington, who will reach
hi* Poet in January.
v The British Blengfelt, from New
««*,Jmrned off Margat, England,
w»iy 7 n' ia morning. Eleven of the
JS kles tho captain'e wife and
raildreu, perished.
Seven bar-es, containing; 800,000
; J*.s oi naphtha have been burned at
] « Petrol eum port of Astiakhan, Rus-1
• itiree persons were killed in the '
ond eeveral otherß in .
deST ar, department has received a
Detailed description of the fortifica-'
Cc are S aVana' Beßideß old guns, I
'» >we 43 new guns- Theße guns are !
-'■■'i^lyottheHontoriaandOrdonei
S?w tliore are a few Kruppa
fi!h* hCad" cml collision between two
grains near Qreat Falla, Mont.. '
Er.il 8 misunderstanding of orders I
£ " n nJuries Gorfdard and Brake-1
CJ; obe'1 T.June wer e :killed/ a nd
li^ nijnred Ritchie was Pf°bably
JtLJT^entwill undertake the
■uSSf »01 boxes for'
nf o, at cManila- A Bleamer will
*a», ,* Sa\ Francis^.earlyinNo.s;:
"oon hi packaßes. must be forwarded i
ihia* iiii J, Small q«antities of sweet
'*»» will be accepted. i
& methoJ of aiding charities '
«** ;; U;; Uedi"Par^.where,itis
•btonS* u6 6aloons of th« high
I?havehith^been?
AC' y elusive, will be opened to
Ijf rece Ption days, for ia 5
PM'tot Z "! f ratlon>which'^ni r be ap-;
«Ul a 3 T e MhT tab!e '»orkHof ■ which '
ady of the housejs_ a tron.- '.;-;;
The X M'"°r New" Ueillt'
«ie sepan! tUck-v COllrt of "appeals holds ;
' r parate coach law valid I
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01 aT 8 diltrh 868 by the Palista
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VictOria aiu! e t.nt two women—Queen
Inle over It ,/ mpreßS ■of China—
jti On> trone thewo.ld'a poptila.
Cbe San Jmn Islander,
FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JTJAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER £7, 1898.
LATER NEWS.
LATER NEWS.
President McKinley addressed a
/arge body of railway employes before
leaving Chicago.
Advices from Porto Rico says all
high officials there have taken steps to
become naturalized Americans.
The British ship Blenfeld burned
at the mouth of the Thames river, and
14 of those on board lost their lives.
The Nicaragua canal commission is
working hard to get its report ready foi
congress when it meets in Deoember.
The torpedo-boat Davis, while on a
trial run down the Columiba, was dis
abled by tho bursting of some boiler
tubes. Six or eight men were badly
scalded.
A French missionary and several
Chinese Catholics have been massacred
or burned to death in a chapel at Pe
king, China, by a mob. France has
demanded reparation.
The Spaniards at Havana are becom
ing insolent, and disregarding the
American doinands. Blanco has auc
tioned off cannon which rightly be
longed to the United States.
In the annual report of the third
assistant postmaster-general a strong
recommendation is made that negotia
tions be opened looking to the reduc
tion of the international rate to 2 cents
a half ounce or fraction thereof.
In a teriible typhoon off Formosa
hundreds of lives were lost. Among
the ships lost was the American bark
Comet. The crew was saved. Home
ward-bound passengers cay they passed
numerous abandoned vessels. The loss
of life must have been enormous.
The coal-mining town of Welling
ton, Vancouver island, has been the
scene of several subsidences, and there
is general alarm there owing to indica
tions that another is likely to take
place. The whole town is under
mined, owing to the extensive opera
tions for coal mining.
A dispatch from Manila says: The
insurgent general, Pio Pilar, has agreed
to evacuate Paco Paco, the last suburb
of Manila held by the Filipinos Tues
day. This completes the American
conquest of the city. The last lebel
has left Cavite and Manila, the rest of
the island of Luzon being in the hands
of the insurrectionist faction.
Disastrous typhoons, sandstorms and
floods have caused fearful loss of life
and property in the Orient. In the
district watered by the river Feng, in
Japan, hundreds of villages have been
swept away and 2,000 people drowned.
Another report says 250 towns are un
der water. Thousands of refugees are
flocking to the cities. The Ishkarie
river also overflowed, drowning over
1,000 people.
Smallpox has broken out in Dawson
City, N. W. T.
A family of five were brutally mur
dered at Stuartburn, Manitoba.
Senator Proctor, of Vermont has beeu
re-elected by an overwhelming vote.
The dowager empress of China hae
begun instituting reforms on her own
account.
Withdrawal from Crete of all the
Turkish troops there has been ordered
by the sultan.
Emperor William, of Germany, was
personally received at Constantinople
by tho sultan.
Princess Kaialani, of Hawaii, is re
ported engaged to be married to Andrew
Adam, a reporter.
All trade at Havana is said to be at
a standstill, awaiting the future des
tiny of the island.
Many officers of the staff of General
Gomez have resigned, owing to the
trouble with their chief.
During an Indian dance near Ard- '
more, I. T., one man was killed and
two were wounded, one fatally.
Liberia, through its special repre
sentative, Bishop Hartzell, is about to
ask to be taken under the protection of
the United States.
Prince Chang, president of the Chi
nese tsung-li-yamen, announces that
the health of the recently deposed em
peror is improving.
Commissioner Ogilvie has broken up
the monopoly of Canadian doctors in
the Klondike country and American i
physicians may now practice there.
Blanco has acceded to the requests
of the American evacuation commis
sioners that Red Cross supplies be al
lowed free entry to the ports of Cuba.
General Wood, in his capacity ac
governor of Santiago, has ordered the
return to Jamaica of a large number of
destitute negroes who had just arrived
from there.
A New York World dispatch from
Washington says: The United States
will assume the indebtedness of the
Cuban municipalities, but will not
agree to pay or guarantee any portion
of the general Cuban debt. It is con
sidered a big concession on the part of
the United States and a partial victory
for Spain.
Three vessels were wrecked in a
storm off the English coast. The Nor
wegian bark Frivold stranded off Spurn
head. Two members of the crew were
drowned. The Norwegian brigantine i
Augvald was wrecked off Goudon har- i
bor. Seven of the crew were drowned.
The Russian schooner Wilhelm was
wrecked off St. Andrews. Five of the
crew were saved, and one drowned.
Rear Admiral Pbelpß i* the only snr
viving member of the first graduating
class from the naval academy. There
were 47 members in the claw.
The grand camp, United Confederate
Veterans of Virginia, ha« placed iteell
on record as claiming the right to ie- (
cede from the union at will.
Queen Liliuokalani will lejive Hono
lulu for Washington about the middle i
of November, it is said, to present he*.
claims against congress tor remuner* |
tion for the loss of her throne. I
SEVERE LESSON GIVEN
Filipinos Taught to Respect
Americans.
A BATTLE BETWEEN WARSHIPS
Dewey Ordered the Rebels to Haul
Down Their Flag—Refusal i s
Followed by a Fight.
London, Oct. 21.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Times says:
Captain Aunon, the minister of ma
rine, has received a dispatch from Ma
nila announcing a naval engagement
between the Americans and the rebels
in consequence of Admiral Dewey for
bidding the latter to fly the rebel flag
from their ships.
The disps-tch adds that there were
losses on both sides, but that the Amer
icans captured the rebel ships.
The scene of the engagement is not
3tated, but it is supposed to have been
Manila bay.
Spain Advises Her Commissioners.
Madrid, Oct. 21.—The cabinet ha 9
decided to forward to the Spanish
peace commissioners at Paris an offi
cial dispatch received yesterday from
Manila, reporting an engagement be
tween the American and insurgent war
ships, growing oat of the refusal of Ad
miral Dewey to allow the insurgents
to fly their flag from their ships. The
dispatch says that Admiral Dewey, hav
ing forbidden the Taglos to hoist the
Philippine flag upon their vessels, a
series of fights ensued, resulting in loss
on both sides.
DEWEY'S OFFER TO AGUINALDO
Agonclllo Says He Promised the Fili
pinos Their Freedom.
London, Oct. 21. —The Globe this
afternoon publishes an interview which
a correspondent had with Agoncillo,
the representative of Aguinaldo, before
the former left Hong Kong for San
Francisco, on his way to Washington
and Paris to present the insurgent lead
er's views, if possible, before the Uni
ted States peace commission at the
French capital. Agoncillo, in this in
terview, is quoted as declaring that the
insurgents had a formal agreement with
Rear-Admiral Dewey whereby absolute
freedom was promised them in return
for their sasi stance. When Agoncillo
was asked if the agreement was in
writing, he said:
"No. We did not regard the United
States as a grasping power, and felt
that a verbal agreement was quite suf
ficient."
Major-Qeneral Wesley Meiritt, who
has arrived here from Paris, where he
has been giving the United States peace
sommissioners the benefit of his obser
vations as commander of the American
forces at Manila, in an interview with
a representative of the press, discredits
the statement attributed to Agoncillc
by the Globe's correspondent at Hong
Kong. General Merritt said that from
conversations he had had with Admiral
Dewey, he was satisfied that no arrange
ment had been entered into with the
Philippine leaders. The general ad
ded:
"If the Filipinos were allowed Inde
pendenoe now it would result in fight
ing between the leaders, which would
be more disastrous than any revolu
tion which has hitherto broken out.
Aguinaldo's following is slim, and if
there was an election today I do not
believe he would be chosen as presi
dent."
The trend of General Merrtit'e evi
dence or advice, furnished to the Unit
ed States peace commission at Paris
may be gathered from the following
statements, which he made today:
"While some of the Filiipnos are
able, I am not acquainted with any
one of them who is capable of govern
ing.
"I do not believe the insurgents will
resist the Americans. Bui there if
one certainty: They will never sub
mit again to be ruled by the Spaniards.
"If America takes possession of the
Philippine islands it will result in a
new era to the Filipinos and for oui
own country. The islands are of im
mense strategic value, navally and
commercially, and may be easily de
fended.
"My study of the British colonies
has greatly interested me. They ought
to prove a valuable object lesson to the
United States. The British system ie
as perfect as devisable."
Russian Spy Arrested.
Vancouver, B. 0., Oct. 21.—Ivan
Kraus, an officer of the Russian army
at Port Arthur, who arrived here today
from Japan on the Empress of Japan,
as a stowaway, has been arrested.
Kraus was discovered making maps and
plans oi the fortifications at Port Ar
thur, and he fled.
Uprising Against British.
London, Oct. 21.—The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
The magistrate of the Si-Man district,
which include! most of the territory
about to be annexed to Hong Kong, has
applied to the Canton government for
troops, to suppress an anticipated upris
ing against the British occupation.
Many Hong Kongers who are willing
to bear arms have been recalled.
Rations for 8t»rrl«« Cubans.
New York, Oct. 81.—In addition to
Ibe weekly cargo of anhy stores and
lupplies sent to the United Stater
troops in Santiago and Porto Rico,
there are on the transport Berlin,
which sailed for Santiago today, 500,
--000 rations for the starving Cubans,
The peace jubilee wa« opened at <3ii
oago by a thanksgiving service at the
Auditorium. A high wind blew down
nearly all of the costly archea that had
been erected fox the oocaifoii. '
CUBAN MUNICIPAL DEBTS.
iVlll Be Assumed by the United atate»
Government.
New York, Oct. 21.—A disptach to
the World from Washington says: The
United States will assume the indebt
edness of the Cuban municipalities,
but will not agree to pay or guarantee
any portion of the general debt.
This statement was made to the
World correspondent by the highest
authority in Washington at this time.
There can be no doubt as to its correct
ness.
By this recession from the original
instructions to the American commis
sion, the Spanish commission has won
a victory. The instructions to the
American commission were that they
were not to consider or discuss the ques
tion of the Cuban or Porto Rican debt.
The debt of the municipalities of
Cuba will be assumed by the United
States and pro rated among municipali
ties when a permanent government is
established. In making this concession
the Americans were actuated by a de
sire to protect American interests. The
water works, electric-lighting plants
and other municipal improvements
were largely constructed by American
capital, the bonus being guaranteed by
the Spanish government.
State department officials say that
the assumption of the Cuban municipal
debt was contemplated from the outset
in the event of Spain making the plea
that the indebtedness was incuxred in
improving the conditions of the island.
This view is indorsed by international
lawyers. As Spain did not derive any
benefit from the money expended in
improvements in Cuba and will not in
future, jurists say it is only proper
that the United States assume the in-,
debtedness for municipal works. The
contracts already made for municipal
improvements will also be honored by
the American government.
GOLD FROM KLONDIKE.
Output Is Estimated at Eight Million
Dollar*.
Seattle, Oct. 21.—Receipts of the
Seattle assay office and the San Fran
cisco mint of the clean-up of this sea
son's output of Klondike gold are
18,000,000. Superintendent Wing, of
the former, said his office had taken in
14,400,000, and the San Francisco
mint $3,600,000. Besides this it is
estimated that dust amounting to $500,
--000 was sent to Philadelphia, Denver
and Helena. The local assay office has
advices of a single consignment of
$663,000 now en route here.
I.ust of the Season.
Seattle, Oct. 21.—The exodus of
miners and gold from Alaska by way
of the lower Yukon river practically
closed today with the arrival of the
steamer Roanoke, from St. Michaels.
The Roanoke left St. Michaels October
8. At that time there were only three
etearuers in the harbor—the Portland,
Protection and Garronne—which were
to sail in a day or so for San Francisco,
Seattle and Viotoria, respectively.
They had only a few passengers. All
of the Yukon river steamers had gone
into winter quarters.
The Roanoke brought down about
350 passengers, and gold dust esti
mated at $1,500,000. About $1,000,
--000 was the property of three corpora
tions, the North American Transporta
tion & Trading Company, the Canadian
Bank of Commerce and the Bank of
British North America. The gold was
contained in 20 boxes. The total
amount in the possession of individuals
is estimated at $500,000. The largest
individual amounts are given as fol
lows: F. Belcher, $100,000; A. Jack
son, $40,000; K. Langlois. $40,000; S.
Alexander, $10,000; J. Laurie, $50,
--000.
Among the passengers were Captain
J. J. Healy, manager of the North
American Transportation & Trading
Company, at Dawson, and Pat Galvin,
a well-known Klondiker.
The Roanoke's passengers for the
most part left Dawson as early as Sep
tember 14. and have no late advices.
The trip down was uneventful.
Admiral Schley in Command.
Washington, Oct. 21. —Admiral
Schley was today, by orders of the
navy department, placed in command
of the naval station at San Juan de
Porto Rico. So far, the department
has no knowledge of the value of the
naval property contained in this sta
tion when it was evacuated by the
Spanish officials. Admiral Schley has
requested that he be permitted to re
tain in service for a time three or four
civilian employes who are acquainted
with the station. This bas been grant
ed. It is the intention of the depart
ment to send another naval officer to
relieve Admiral Scbley of the com
mand very soon, and to maintain a per
manent station at this most important
strategic point in the south.
To Balsa Spanish Vessels.
Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 21.—Accord
ing to advices by the Empress of Japan,
W. C. Jack, of the Hong Kong &
Whampoa Dock Company, has left
Hong Kong foi Manila for the purpose
of reporting on the possibility of rais
ing some of the Spanish vessels.
The Report Denied.
Paris, Oct. 21.—A semi-official note
says the statements that the French
warships are being placed on a war
footing and ordered to Brest are incor
rect, and that undue importance is at
tached to the incident.
Desperate Fight In the Air.
Boston, Oct 31.—Patrick Roach, 45
years ot age, and John G. Rice, aged
30, while employed in repairing the
roof of a four-story house on Hudson
street, became engaged in a quarrel.
People below saw them straggling on
the roof. They grew gradual ly near
the edge and then to the honor of .the
spectators the two rolled over and fell
60 feet to the ground. Both were ter
ribly iniured and died a few hours
later.
PORTO RICO IS OURS
Spaniards Give Up Contror
_ of the Island.
THE FLAGRAISING AT SAN JUAN
Simple and Dignified Ceremony by the
American Evacuation Commission
ers—Question of Citizenship.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct." 20.—
Promptly at noon today, the American -
flag was raised over San Juan. The 1
ceremony was quiet and dignified, un- i
marred by disorder of any kind.
i: The Eleventh regular infantry, with j
two batteries £of the Fifth artillery, ;
landed this morning. The latter pro- '
ceeded to the forts, while the infantry
lined up on the docks. It was a holi
day for San Juan, and there were many
i people in ; the streets. Rear-Admiral
Schley and General Gordon, accom
panied by their staffs, proceeded to the |
palace in carriages. The Eleventh in
fantry regiment and band, with troop
H, of the Sixth United States cavalry,
then marched through the streets and
formed in the square opposite the pal
ace.
At 11:40 A. M., General Brooke, Ad
miral Schley and General Gordon, the
United States evacuation commission
ers, came out of the palace with many
naval officers and formed on the right
3ide of the square. The streets behind
the soldiers were orowded with towns
people, who stood waiting in dead
silence.
- At last the city clock struck the
hour of 12, and the crowds, almost
breathless, and with eyes fixed upon
the flagpole, watched for developments.
At the sound of the first gun from Fort
Morro, Major Dean and Lieutenant
Castle, of General Brooke's staff, hoist
ed the Stars ' and Stripes, while the
band played the "Star Spangled Ban
ner." All heads were bared, and the
crowds'cheered. Fort|Morro, Fort San
Cristobal and the United States rev
enue cutter Manning, lying in ... the
harbor, fired 21 guns each.> Senor Mu
nox Rivera, who was president of the
recent autonomous council of secretar
ies, and other officials of the late insu
lar government were present at the
proceedings.
Congratulations and handshaking
among the American officers followed.
Ensign King hoisted the Stars and
Stripes on the Intendencia, but all oth
er flags on the various public buildings
were hoisted by military officers. Sim
ultaneously with the raising of the flag
over the captain-general's palace many
others were hoisted in different parte
of the city.
The work of the United States evacu
ation oommiflsion is now over, and all
the reports will be forwarded to Wash
ington Friday next. The labors of
both parties have terminated with hon
ors for all concerned. The American
commissioners worked without the
least delay, and in the most thorough
and effective manner.
, .' : Question of Naturalisation. .
V Washington, Oct 20.—1n view ol (
the fact that at noon today, with the
acquisition of the island of Porto Rico '
by the United States, about 800,000 '
inhabitants of that island lost their
Spanish citizenship,1 the question as to
what shall become of these people polit
ically becomes of importance.
Madrid advices report that leading
citizens in Porto Rico have already
taken : steps zto '. become naturalized as
United States citizens. This is an er
ror, for existing law provides no way
in which this change of citizenship can
be effected by the residents of i the is
land. There is no UnitedfStates court
there before which a declaration of in
tention can be filed, and in fact no
machinery at all which can be put in
motion to change;citizenship. x Inquiry
into this :subject*""at! the staU depart
ment discloses the faot that it has been
usual to ; provide a : bodily transfer of
the citizenship of people conditioned
as those in Porto Rico, in the treaty oi
peace which terminates a war. It may
be prudent for the commission at Parie
to avoid any 1 reference to r Porto - Rioo
again, in which case congress will be
called upon by the president to confer
citizenship upon the Porto \ Ricans in
the same act %as that < which j must be
passed to provide a stable form of gov
ernment for the island. ;; Should either
of these courses ■• be found ~ : impractica
ble, however, it is said >at the depart
ment that international law In its oper
ation would confer ; American citizen
ship upon these Porto Ricans, the gen
eral principle being that where a treaty
of cession is silent upon the subject oJ
citizenship, it changes with the soil.
In the case of the acquisition of \ New
Meixco, the residents of 5 the territory
were given American citizenship by
specific provision of the treaty. .
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 18.—Word i
reached %. this ''t oity tonight that I the
Southern Pacific overland train No. 3,
the westbound, ditched miles ■
west of Yuma. V.: Mail Agent George F. ■
Kellogg ] was killed. As far as learned ,
there were no other ) fatalities. ".. The
cause of the accident is not definitely ;
known, but it is thought the engine,
baggae-car and mail-car were derailed i
on account of the track being buried <
in sand. '
Dowejr Coming; Home. * •
San Francisco. Oct. 20.-Tbe Even
ing Post says that Admiral Dewey will j
arrive in this city December 8. He
will come here on the steamer City of ,
Peking, which is due to arrive here on *
that date, from the Orient. Admiral
Dewey is interested in several mining I
enterprises on this coast, and it is i
these interests that prompt his coming <
at this time. He baa written friends <
in thi« city that he baialre^iy applied J
for a leave of abaenM. — ; : ' <
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RAN ON A REEF.
Steamer Brixham IVrecked Near Fort
Wrangel—Passengers Saved.
Port Townsend, Oct. 20.—A report,
from Victoria sa^s the steamer Dirigo,
just arrived from Skagway, brings news
that the steamer Brixbam ran on a reef
on Blashe island. 30 miles south of
Fort Wrangel, and is probably a total
wreck. A number of passengers were
taken from her by the steamer Al-Kl
while bound north. Some of the pas
sengers asked the captain of the Diri
go to bring them and the crew down,
but the captain states that he was com
pelled to leave them, as the Dirigo's
accommodations were already full. The
remaining passengers and crew camped
on the island.
The wreck was above water, and the
tides and currents were swishing the
stern to and fro. Her hold was filled
with water, and it is feared that her
cargo is a total loss. The disaster oc
curred on the night of October 13. The
passengers were all put ashore without
unusual incident, although the nigh)
was very dark.
The Brixham sailed from Seattle for
Skagway October 8, with 50 passengers
and a large cargo of general freight.
She is owned by the Boston & Alaska
Transportation Company. It is stated
that she is fully insured. During the
summer she was on the St. Michaels
run, and this was her first voyage to
Lynn canal ports. She was brought
around the Horn from Boston last
spring to enter the Alaska trade. She
is valued at $70,000.
Passengers on the Dirigo say the
Brixham was four miles out of her
aourse when she struck the rocks.
Both pilots were on the bridge at the
time. A heavy fog, accompanied by a
Btrong wind, prevailed, and the steamer
was feeling her way under a slow bell.
The vessel is lying in a dangerous
position. Appearances Indioate that
her back is broken. The captain and
crew are camped on the beach, and are
doing everything possible to protect the
wreck untM assistance is obtained.
QUESTION IS SETTLED.
American Attitude In the Matter of the
Cuban Debt.
Paris, Oct. 20.—Spain can no longer
have any doubt regarding the ultimate
attitude of the United States towards
the so-called Cuban'debt. The Ameri
can commissioners have declined to as
sume it, or any part of it, by express
treaty, or by contract. They also de
slined to accept cession ol sovereignty
to the United States, for in that case
Spain would claim that such cession by
its own foice would impose the obliga
tion-for that debt. It is confidently
believed that in refusing to accept a
session of sovereignty, the American
commissioners are acting also on the
announcement to the world/in the in
tervention resolutions, disclaiming any
intention to execriae sovereignty or au
thority over Cuba except for pacifica
tion, and that to leave the island to the
control of its people.
General Horace Poiter, the United
States ambassador, gave a banquet this
evening at the American embassy to
the United States and Spanish peace
commissioners.
The meeting of the two commissions
at the same table was a notable event
here, and borrowed special interest
from the semi-prediction of the Paris
correspondent of the London Times that
the Spanish commissioners would not
meet their opponents at dinner under
the roof of the American embassy.
Riot Near Newport News.
Nowpoit News, Va., Oct. 20.—A riot
occurred at a saloon in Phoebus late to
night. Five regulars from Port Mon
roe were shot, one being killed and an
other mortally wounded. No civilians
were hurt. The names of the soldiers
and other details are unobtainable to
night. It is understood that the men
were shot by the proprietor or employes
of the saloon, which is owned by P. F.
Fagan. After the shooting, the sol
diers set fire to the saloon. At mid
night the town was in a turmoil, the
civil authorities being powerless to pre
serve order. After continuing their
threatening demonstration for some
time, the riotous soldiers were taken
in custody by a detail from Fort Mon
roe.
Death on the Bail.
London, Oct. 19.—A terrible railway
accident occurred this evening on the
Great Central railway, near Barnet,
about 11 miles north of London.
An express train, going at the rate
of a mile a minute, came into collision
with a freight train that was switching
across the track at Barnet junction.
The express piled up, a oomplete
wreck. Nine dead and 13 seriously in
jured have been recovered, and there
are others under the debris.
France Preparing for War.
Paris, Oct. 18.—The Soleil publishes
a dispatch from Toulon, which says
that Vice-Admiral Fournier, who is
now at Tunis with M. Lockroy, min
ister of marine, will return immedi
ately to Toulon, where orders have
been received to prepare the armored
crnifiers Admiral Trehourt, Bouvlnes,
Jemmapes and Valmy for active service,
and also to send to Brest without delay
the largest possible number of gunners
to man the forts and batteries.
Cretan Murderers Hanged.
Candia, Oct. 20.—Seven Mussul
mans, who were convicted of the mur
der of British soldiers during the recent
outbreak, were hanged today.
Fatal Storm in Santa Clara.
Havana, Oct. 20.—At Trinidad,
province of Santa Clara, great damage
bas been caused by a reoent storm.
Eight persons lost their lives and many
bouses were blown down.
German Exports to America.
Berlin, Oct. 20.—During the last
quarter the northern half of Germany
exported to America $11,247,880 worth
of merchandise, an increase of $8,190,
--335, compared with the same period of
1897.
PRICE 5 CENTS,
WAR DOGS GROWLING
Russia Massing Her Troops
at Port Arthur.
FOBTY THOUSAND MEN BEADY
Report That : Great Britain Hti ,' De
manded the Restoration of the .' -
. ■. Cmperor of China.
London, Oct. 19.—The Odessa corre
jpondent of theStandaid says that Rus
lia has hastily concentrated 40,000 men
at Poit Arthur, to be in readiness for
my emergency at Peking. „-if*-,.-',
Must Be Keatored.
London, Oct. 19.— dispatch to a
London news agency from Shanghai
says:
"Reports from Japanese sources are
in circulation here to the effect that Sii
Claude Mac Donald, British minister at
Peking, has informed the Chinese gov
ernment that sovereignty appertains
solely to the emperor, who has been
forcibly abducted and deposed, and
that he must be restored to his posi
tion, while Kang Yu Wei and the oth
-3r reformers must be pardoned. Fail
ins in compliance, Great Britain will
enforce these demands.
"A rebellion in Hunan province if
3ertain. Foreigners are preparing foi
a hurried depaiture. '* : ; j
WANTS OUR PROTECTION.
Liberia Seeks the Shadow of the Stan
■ and Stripes.
Pittsburgh Pa., Oct. ,19.—Bishop
Joseph O. Hartzell, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, whose bishopric is
in Africa and who is attending the
meeting in this city of the Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity, stated tonight that he
had been commissioned by the negro
republic of Liberia to go to Washing
ton and ask that the republic be taken
under the sheltering wing of the United
States. Threatened ipioads upon its
territory by the Germans, French and
English prompted the government to
seek the shadow of the Stars and Stripes.
"I am on my way to see Secretary
Hay," he said, "as the special repre
sentative of the republic of Liberia, tc
secure a protectorate, either quasi oi
actual. What they want America to
do is to say to the European powers in
Africa: ' 'We have an interest in Li
beria; this country belongs to us.'
"Whether the actual protectorate
can be established or not will depend •
upon how far the Liberian government
is willing to go, assuming that thi
United States answers favorably." .
SPAIN QUIT TOO SOON.
Took Alger Seriously and Now Hai
. Cause for Reg-rek
Washington, Oct 19.— Information
has reached the war department tha* a '
high officer of ; the Spanish army, very
recently made the statement that had
the Spaniards been aware of the condi
tion of the American army, its inability
to withstand the hardshi? a oi a cam
paign, its lack of medical and othei ■
Bupplies and general inefficiency, ias "•
told in the American papers, the Span
iards would not have given np, bat
I woald have continued the fighting for
a long time to ]. come, fully believing
that they would have been able to pre
vent the captnie of Cuba by American
arms. This ; statement ;is known to i
have been made to the American { of
cers now in Cuba,. and causes some un
easiness in official circles, as it may
mean that the Spaniards are not yet .
ready to yield the island, under the
terms cf the protocol.
LOWER POSTAL RATES.
Kfforts to Have International Foatagt
Reduced to Two Cents. '
* Washington. Oct.. 19.— Third Assist
ant Postmaster-General Garrett, in hii
annual report, recommends immediate
negotiations with the postal adminis- -
trations of England, Germany and
France to reduce the international
postal rates to 2 cents a half ounce or
fiaction thereof. ]; The report says: •
i "The department now realizes noth
ing in the way of ; levenue. Irom ocean ;
letters, practically all the postage paid "^
bn them going to the steamship com
panies carrying the mails. If the rate -'
Ihould be uced, the same stato|of' *
things would exist; the steamship com*
panics would < suffer 'no hardship and -
the stimulus ; given ; to correspondence ;
by the "■ reduction ;■•" ol rates would Ino
doubt eventually give them as much
compensation in the way of '■■ postage as
they now get.'' "V;
Murder and Suicide.
Flint, Mich., Oct. 19.— W. P. Mur
ray, of ; Clinton, : la., today ; shot > and •;,
killed bis wife, Harriet, an incurable
inmate of ••. Oak Grove I asylum, located % ,
herfl. A letter was • found in Murray's
pocket, saying that the only way to re
heve bis wife from her suffering was to
kill i her. and that, ■as it was i agaiiijißt;i
the law to -do so, the only thing he
could do was to shoot himself also. -
■ Death Before Disgrace.
Berlin, Oct. 19.—Gruenenthal, su- >
perintendent of ; the imperial printing
office, baa committed suicide. He was
charged with the tWt of bank notes
to the amount of over 4,000 marks.
Floor for Japan.
Washington, Ojt. 19.—According t t^
figures transmitted to the state depart
ment by Consul Gowey, at Yokohama,
there bis been astonishing increase in
the expotts of American floor at Japan.
In 1893 tbe total import of that flow
was 1,200,000 pounds, bat in 1806,
business had swelled to a total of
82,000,000 pounds, with a marked in
creasing tendency. Daring 1897 Umi
quality of Impoits fell off alif htly, bat - ■
tbe value increased $86,183 as OWsV
aaifri wiUi the preceding {ear. „