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VOL. VIII. NO. 38.
OOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
rolll| ,leto Review of the News of th«
j-rtKt Seven Days In This and
All Foreign Lands.
Chanoine, the Pnnoli minister of
« & r, has gued.
Ti . total registration of. voters in
Sew York was 556,889. as against 576,
-- 19ri r " |,rok"e out at pier No. 39, East
■ r Brooklyn, am l did damage to the
" ffl ••■■ ■ (1()0
--. great improvement is reported in
lie healtli of the Spanish troops at Ha-
Ua irillg the past ten days.
movement to restrict the town of
Pnllman: ui. t to its charter limitations
S been , ; proved by the supreme court
,i that state.
Another demonstration has been
made in Havana by city officials who
have not received their salaries for
many months past.
The steamer Reina de Los Angeles
ha 3 returned to Santiago after carrying
the Garcia and Cespedes factions to
Santa Cruz del Sur to attend the Cuban
assembly.
American exports are increasing
■me rapidly than those of any- other
mm In 1870 we had 7 Li percent
rf the world's commerce; now wo have
li per cent.
Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob
-900 has arrived home again. He be
lieves the sunken Spanish warship Viz
caya can be saved, but it would cost
11,000,000 to raise her.
Emperor William has designated a
la-., fountain which lie proposes to
piect in Constantinopc as a gift to com
memorate bis visit and that of Empress
Victoria to the sultan's capital.
The steamship Victoria brings news
to Tacoma that two more battles have
been fought in Formosa between Japan
se troops and the native savages, who
seem bent on exterminating all the
Japanese on the island.
Againaldo is desirous of going to
Paris lor the purpose of appearing be
fore the peace commissioners, says a
Manila dispatch, but lie is prevented
from bo (loin;,' by thu jealousies existing
between the insurgent leaders.
The principal fact brought out by the
newest British blue book is that no
offer to negotiate on the matter of pos
session of Fashoda was ever made. The
French papers now seem hopeful of a
peaceful solution of the dispute.
The canal route survey has been
completed and there is an exodus of
civil engineers from Nicaragua. Louis
Wickman, who has just arrived at New
York fiora Greytown, thinks Zelaya's
opinion m to the time of the expiration
of the Maritime Canal Company's con
cession is faulty.
Time to the Yukon will be short
ened as the result of the discovery of a l
new channel for vessels. Steamers of
moderate draught may enter the mouth
0! the river and ascend four or five
hundred miles before trans-shipping.
Expansion of territory under the new
survey is important.
The last detachment of Spanish
beeps have sailed from Porto Rico and
evacuation is complete.
The Utah troop of cavalry, which hah
keen doing guard duty in the Yoseniite,
■" been ordered to the Presidio.
Major-Ueneral Wesley Merritt, U.
•■ A-, was married privately in London
■ ■« Laura Williams, of Chicago.
Tup joint traffic association lias re
jwwj a death-blow by tho United
«ates supreme court, which hag just
mow tnat its existence is unlawful,
ail| J the anti-trust law is being violated.
* Madrid dispatch to the New York
SS! d «y« that leading men at Madrid
gale that America will not assume
l' cUban debt, that the Philippines
2 [ probably be lost and that the
„, "can commissioners' demands in
all matters will be acceded to.
•^cretary Long has taken the intitia-
; W!(P*to make San Juan de Porto
In! u » first naval station in the West
«»»> waters. Congress will be asked
. mopriate money enough to make
tioir til l T !' e best equipped naval eta
-8118 the United States has.
<ta,!l c ) Cali{oinia superior court has
tI! lbat M"-Botkin, accused of
V; D«.*r of Mrs. John P. Dunning
ti n v J^ter,ofDov er) Del.,isnotafugi,
Botti T l UStice of Delaware. Mrs.
oftilJ' aSbeen remanded in custody;
and tr« TI °f police of San Francisco,
j sedate of her trial *ill be set
Til •
'eeomuaeT^" 13* has approved the
HaTaj» « tion ° General Wade, at
•ttil n that the Spaniards be allowed
1 l t0 e^uate Cuba;
troo, 2:. .however. United States
«£S 1« Cuba and others' t0 be
temorv f take Possession of the
il> Probably f aS th T SPaniar<*B vacate
Daoly leaving Havana last. V -;'.
the v Ml"or »•»• H«-f.
Er:'t« vet,!?! 1118 ran(l cam P of confed
li * effect rJ. na adu' lted a resolution to
*** to Mr l U' ere COuld *« no BDC
"Da«^hter S 4^ innie Davis as the
tUl^avL c Confederacy," r the
,/ expired with her death. s
John Dpi • ' rv- i?S
'Dn(3«to m i° efeller will finish
iijil<l all! chase the round «nd to
? u»eltali,! i? Clal StiUl ement house
ft will be I v S! liet of Cleveland, O.
l:;uor of Mr p, the vAHa;:hbuse^in
ilr- Rockefeller's daughter.
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Cbe ban juan Islander.
FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1898.
LATER NEWS.
LATER NEWS. |
Cubans have resented the American
Assumption of authority at Manzanillo,
and the situation is strained.
Mies Nell Thompson, a Christian
scientist, died in Los Angeles, while
undergoing an extended fast.
General Butler has warned Secretary
Alger that some show of strength must
be made soon or America will lose all
prestige with the Cubana
The recent storm on the lakes was
most furious. Chicago's water front
was badly battered in spots. The sever
ity of the blow was the greatest since
1894. The total damage is estimated
at $81,500.
An electrician has made the startling
discovery that escaped electricity in
New York follows underground pipes
and resulting electrolysis cuts away the
bottoms of street-car rails and iron
foundations of all kinds of structures.
Complete returns received by the
treasury department show that the doc
umented American merchant shipping
June 30, 1898, comprised 22,705 ves
sels, of 4,747,738 gross tons, compared
with 22,633 vessels of 4,769,020 tons
on the like date of 1897.
Governor Tanner, of Illinois, says
that labor must not be imported to his
state, and if an attempt, is made the
train carrying the imported laborers
will be met at the state line and shot
to pieces with gatling guns.
President McKinley is said to have a
plan to get back at Germany by exclud
ing impure German products, and thus
retaliate against the kaiser's govern
ment for the unjust discrimination con
tinually being made against American
poik and other meat products.
The Cuban debt question has been
finally disposed of at Paris. The Span
ish peace commissioners acquiesced in
the refusal of the Americans to have
the heavy burden saddled upon the
United States. The cession of Guam to
America was agreed upon and all differ
ences regarding Porto Rico settled by
mutual understanding.
The monthly statement of the collec
tions of internal revenue shows that
during September last the total receipts
fro*t all sources were $21,713,389, a
gain as compared with September,
1897, of $8,858,883. For the three
months ending September 30, IS9B, the
receipts were $71,989,460, a gain as
com pared with the same period in 1897
of $28,196,823.
It is expected that the decision of the
secretary of the navy to retain all the
vessels purchased during the war will
have the effect of causing a boom in
American shipbuilding. It comes just
at a time when there is an unusual de
mand for ships flying the American
flag on account of the expanding com
merce of the United States in general,
and particularly on account of the de
cision of the administration to confine
trade between American ports and
Porto Rico to American vessels.
A cabinet crisis is again reported to
be imminent in Spain.
The Cook county circuit court has
decided that the Chicago wheel-tax law
,is illegal.
The Mississippi basin was visited by
a storm, and considerable property loss
has resulted.
The postmaster at Sweet Home, Or.,
has been arrested for embezzlement.
He made no returns to the government.
Tbe British steamer Moana, which
eaired from Sydney, N. S. W., for San
Francisco, had on board 2,000,000 sov
ereigns in gold.
Extraordinary precautions are being
taken by Palestine authorities to insure
the safety of Emperor William during
his tour of the Holy Land.
The Philippine insurgents have
peaceably withdrawn to the distance
desired by the Americans, except in
• Calocan, the northern suburb of Manila.
Pardo Lucero. whoae age, as shown
by the records of the missions of Los
! Angeles and Soledad, was 125 years,
died at the county hospital at Salinas,
Cal.
A Kobe dispatch says the Japanese
steamship Milagala sank after being in
collision with the Japanese cruiser
Kingsamaru. Sixty Japanese were
drowned.
A serious Indian outbreak has occur
' red at Midas, Nye county, Nev., and
the settlers have asked for arms and
ammunition. Governor Sadler has for
warded 75 rifles and a supply of ammu
nition.
Further information, received from
Forest, Miss., says that 14 is the num
ber of negroes killed in the Harpers
ville race riot. The negroes who fled
to the swamps have all made good
their escape, and the race conflict is
now at an end.
Spain wants the battleships Oregon j
1 and lowa recalled, and protests against (
the United States sending the warships (
jto Manila. She claims such action is
in violation of the terms of the proto- j
' 001, and that the status quo must be
' maintained until peace is concluded.
Cotton buyers of Dallas, Tex., on for
eign orders say that owing to the
threatened war between England acd
France^iey have received cables say
ing: "All ehipmentfr from this date j
until otherwise instructed must be
made subject to war lisks."
Graham A. Young, of the army en
gineers corps, who died at Willett's
Point, was heir to over $1,000,000.
! Thomas Greenwald, a private in bat
tery I, Seventh United States artillery.
was shot dead while trying to desert
from Fort Slocom, near New Ro
chelle, N. Y.
The Candian senate is the most pa- ;
i triarchial of contemporary upper
i houses, one-third of its members
j being in the seventies, five in the eight.
{ ies and one 94.
DESIGNS OF GERMANY
Trying to.Secure Naval Bases
in Atlantic and Pacific.
HER DEALINGS WITH ENGLAND
Said to Have Acquired tatter** ! Right!
- in Samoa—Now Trying to Make vv"
: a Grab at Santo Domingo. „ ■ . :'
Chicago, Oct. 28.—A special to the
Journal from Washington says the state
department *: has - discovered ' a ' clever
scheme on the part of , the German gov- :
ernment to acquire commercial stations
or naval bases in both the Atlantic and
the Pacific at ; points where they will
come in direct conflict with the inter
28ts of this country when the Nicaragua
3anal is built. In this same conneo
;ion, the department has also unearthed
what appears to be a breach of faith on
the part of England toward the United
States in Samoa. :; ; -
Ever since the death of King Malie
toa, Germany, has been running things'
in Samoa apparently independently of
the triple protectorate exercised by the
United States, Great Britain and Ger
many. Xi Careful investigation has con
vinced the state department that Ger
many and England have made a secret
compact whereby the latter has ceded
to the formei its rights in Samoa under
the protectorate, and has consented,
for a consideration, to allow Germany
to utilize the island as a coaling and
naval station. While this compact be
tween England and Germany is not an
actual violation of the protectorate, it
is yet practically a breach of faith on
the part of England, for, while profess
ing the . utmost \ friendliness for this
country,"it has given to its rival in the
Pacific lights which may cause a seri
ous clash. Germany is bent on secur
ing naval stations as near to ', the pro
posed isthmian canal as possible. If it
has England ' claim :in \ Samoa, it is
established at the Pacific end. For the
eastern end it is working out a plan
which may give the state department
much trouble to circumvent. It is said
that Germany .is trying to secure a
naval base at Santo Domingo. Should
it succeed here, the United States,
which expects to build the canal, would
find itself at a disadvantage at the out
set. ; Porto Rico is to be the American
naval base in the West Indies. It is
admirably situated for ; this purpose,
but should Germany secure a foothold
in Santo Domingo, it would be in a
better strategic position than would
this country. :
The republic of Santo Domingo i?
heavily in debt. Most of its bonds are
held in Germany, and the kaiser ex
pects to acquire a ; naval station by
threatening foreclosure on these bonds.
The president of Santo Domingo and
Smith Weed of New York, represent
ing the syndicate which controls the
customs revenue and stands ready for
the annual expensed of the republic,
are holding conferences. Should it be
disclosed that there is no other way to
prevent | Germany from securing the
coveted naval |base,, it :is highly prob
able the | annexation of 1 Santo Domingo
to the United States will be urged. ;)r
is aserted that annexation would be n
step by the United States to prevent
Germany securing a naval baae at the
very mouth of the canal.
. The Work of Indians.
Baker City, Oct. 28.—Word was re
ceived in this city today by telephone
from Canyon City of a serious affray,
in which Indians shot and } ; seriously
wounded Dave Cuttings, and shot
horses ridden by F. * Duncan and F.
Mosier. The Indians the**went to the
home of John High arid shot him.
His wounds are not fatal, r The scene
of i the trouble is on = the south fork oJ
the John Day river, about 80 miles
southwest of Canyon ; City.';. A well
armed posse v from \ Canyon City ~h as
taken up the trail. Hard fighting is
expected, as the Indians are well
j armed. -* -"'■;::■ - "■,-•'-• •c; /- :";■■■--. . :: .' ' '
Jones Blames the Whites. ..."■":."
Washington, Oct. 38.—Commission
er of Indian Affairs William A. Jones,
who has been for a week in \ Minnesota
making negotiations, ; whioh were suc
cessful, with the .Chippewa; Indians for
the resumption of peaceful -, relations
with the government, has > returned ;± to
Washington, and today ; made a;verbal
report to Secretary Bliss on his work.
Commissioner says the trouble is
attributable to the methods of the
whites in the vioinity, who are taking
gross advantages of ; the Indians.
- ' War Bond Issue Completed.
Washington, Oct. 28.—The treasury
department has practically completed
the issue of 00,000,000 of 8 per cent
bonds authorized at the last ,; session qi
1 congress, and the last of \ the temporary
'force of i olerks appointed i for duty in
1 that connection will be dismissed Sat-
I urday. The highest allotment of bond*
to any one subscriber is $4,480.
Hawaiian Stamps RecognUed.
' Washington, October 28.— Postmaa
tei-General Smith has issued an ordei
! that Hawaiian postage stamps be recog
nised at their face value for prepayment
! of postage on all articles mailed m Ha
waii, whether for delivery in the United
States or elsewhere. .
- . - .': Killed by a Bla.t.vr|^^
Colfax. Wash., Oct. 26.-Bmil Pear
son was instantU killed by a blast in
the Northern Pacific tunnel at Ceda
creek, 18 miles northeast of here.
night. A blast was prepared and ft«
foreman told all hands to get out. Ail
complied escept Pearson The foreman
called to him again, but he did not
£aye the tunnel. A huge lock tore ofi
11s bead. No others were hurt. Pear
-1 fa^iid^ Coroner Ferguson was gone
1 Srried* CoroneT Ferguson has ■■■,;::■
to the aoene to bold an inquest
TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Large Increase Last Tear, Despite the
Rebellion.
Washington, Oct. 28.—Henry Mor
ris, consul at Ghent, has furnished to
the state department as a matter of in
formation a translation of a repot t
made by the Belgian consul at Manila
upon the export trade of the Philip
pines during 1897.
During that year there was a great
increase in the expoit trade, notwith
standing the rebellion, the export of
hemp alone increasing nearly 44,000,
--000 pounds. Copra exports also in
creased nearly 28,000,000 pounds, al
though the business only dates from
1892, prior to which time almost all
the copra came fiom the Carolines.
The exports of sugar by Manila de
creased nearly 92.000,000 pounds, but
at Cebu the contrary was the ease, and
in the Visayas and Negros islands, the
product of sugar was greatly developed.
The export of cigars fell off from
194,456,000 in 1896, to 194,136,000 in
1897. China and Japan imported more
of these cigars than any other countries,
and only a very small portion came to
the United States.
GOVERNMENT APPORTIONMENT
Estimates for Improvements in Oregon
and Washington Rivers and Harbors.
Washington, Oct. 28.—Among the
estimates for river and harbor improve
ments to be made during the coming
year, contained in the report of Gen
eral Wilson, chief of engineers, are the
following:
river, Oregon, $40,000;
Coos bay and harbor region, $ 100,000;
Siuslaw river, $30,000; Yaqnina bay,
$40,000; Tillamook bay, $25,Q00; canal
at, Cascades, Columbia river, $100,000;
Columbia and Lower Willamette river,
below Portland, Or., $150,000; Colum
bia river, below Tongue point, Or.,
140,000; Gray's harbor, Wash., $500,
--000; Puget sound. $25,000; Everett
harbor, $50,000; Swinomish slough,
$25,000; Upper Columbia and Snake
rivers, $10,000; Clearwater river, Idaho,
$10,000; Cowlitz river, . Wash.,
$3,000; Guaging Columbia river,
$1,000; Chehalis river, Wash., $3,000.
Union Pacific Debt.
Washington. Oct. 27. —The govern
ment directors of the Union Pacific
railway, in their annual report to Sec
retary Bliss, state that the entire gov
ernment indebtedneas for subsidy
bonds issued on the line of Kansas Pa
cific railroad, including interest to
April I, 1897. was $12,891,900; that
aftet deducting the $6,303,000 realized
at the sale, there still remains due to
the United States. $6,588,900.
Proceedings have been instituted
against the Union Pacific by the de
partment of justice for securing to the
United States the sum of $6,588,900,
together with interest on the $12,891,
--900 from April 1, 1897, to February
12, 1898, and also interest on $6,588,
--900 from February 16, 1898. The
value of the unencumbered assets, the
directors say, exceeds $4,000,000.
The amount of the claims which
have been presented and which claim
right of participation in the general
assets approximate $60,000,000.
A Month Without Food.
Nevada, • Mo., Oct. 27. —A remark
able case of long life without food or
drink developed here yesterday, when
a horse, supposed to have been stolen
fiom E. T. Letton, of this county, on
the night of September 25, was found
alive in one of the stalls at the fair
grounds. It had gotten loose from its
owner and strayed into the fair grounds
where it was shut in a stall by one of
the fair managers, who supposed it be
longed to people camped there. When
found it had eaten all the pine timber
in reach, and although greatly ema
ciated was able to walk. It had sub
sisted without food or drink the whole
time.
Tragedy of the ltajr. -
Vallejo, Cal., Oct. 27.—The dead
bodies^nf Miss Emma Smith and Mrs.
Vincent Ryan were found floating in
shallow water here this afternoon by a
fisherman. Mrs. Ryan was well
dressed, and two rings, one a wedding
ring, were on her left hand. Miss
Smith, who resided in San Francisco,
is alleged to have been somewhat de
ranged mentally, and was attended by
JVlrs. Ryan, her niece. They were seen
walking on Kane's wharf, and it is
probable that a desire to throw herself
into the bay or throw her netce in.
seized Miss Smith, and in the struggle
both were precipitated into the water.
Train Broke In Two.
Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 27.—A freight
train on the Rock Island road broke
in two at the top of a steep grade near
here today. The rear portion crashed
into the front section, wrecking and de
railing several box cars. In one of the
wrecked oars were 10 men, evidently
stealing a ride. Five of them were in
stantly killed, and three are dying.
Two escaped fatal injury. The names
of the unfortunate men cannot be
learned.
The Tennessee Toughs-
San Francisco, Oct. 27.—Richard
Chetwood, of company I, First Tennes
see, was stabbed in the back this morn
ing, while in a saloon. Chetwood was
in the provost guard, and was trying to
anest an unknown Tennessee private,
when the latter stabbed him with a
bayonet. Chetwood's condition is crit
ical.
Biek Spaniards to Go Home.
Washington, Oct. 27.—The follow
ing cablegram has been received at the
war department:
"Manila. Oct. 27.—Adjutant-Gen
eral, Washington: Spanish transport
ship, expected to arrive tomorrow from
Barcelona, wishes to transport 800 oi
the 1,100 sick Spanish prisoners of wai
now here. This would relieve the situ
ation. Shall permission be given?
"OTIS."
This message was answered in the
affirmative.
A CRISIS IN FRANCE
Brisson Ministry Forced to
Resign.
CHANOINE THE FIRST TO GIVE UP
Failure to Avenge tho Insults to the
■^ ,; Army Led to the Dowfoll of
! ": the Government. *
Paris, Oct. 27.—Minister of War
Chanoine. resigned : is portfolio, fol
lowed later by the resignation of the
entire Brisson ministry. ,;^-;
- Strong I bodies1 of police | were sta
tioned in _ the ; neighborhood of the
Palace Bourbon and the Place de la
Concorde Z- th morn 'to prevent the
projected demonstration at the opening
of the chamber of deputies.
There was considerable disorder
about | the I approaches of ~ the Palace
Bou/bon. 5 Members of the League of
Patriots, who were crossing Palace de
la Concorde, shouted "Vive l'arme,"
and republican guards were obliged
to clear a passage. A conflict with the
police ensued, in which a number of
anti-Semites attacked and injured the
commissary of police, with loaded
canes. The ringleader, >M. Guerin,
president of the Anti-Semitic League,
was arrested. When M. Drummont,
the anti-Semitic leader arrived,; there
were further disturbances, with cries
of "Down with the Jews!" and cheer
ing for France.
* The session of the chamber of depu
ties had no sooner opened that M. De
rouledo made a violent attack upon the
minister of war, General Chanoine,
whereupon the latter ; arose and ex
plained the conditions under which he
accepted the portfolio. :In so doing he
declared he was of the same opinion as
his predecessors, referring to the ques
tion of reopening the Dreyfus case, a
remark which was greeted ■ with cheers
and " protests. When Chanoine J was
able to resume speaking, he asserted ho
was guardian of the honor of the army,
and concluded with saying angrily:
"I place in your hands the trust I re
ceived, and I tender my resignation in
this tribune."
After Chanoino's resignation, Pre
mier Brisson stated that the govern
ment was fully determined to uphold
civil power against the (military; The
house suspended business that the pre
mier might notify President Faure of
Chanoine's resignation. During the
suspension committees 'of | the various
parties agreed to support the order of
the day and postpone interpellations
until Friday. The senate, after a
brief session, adjourned:
After the chamber of deputies had
resumed at 5 o'clock, M. Brisson \an
nounced that the irregular resignation
of General Chanoine had been accept
ed, and that his successor ad interim
was appointed this evening. The pre
mier then ;; proposed - that the I chamber
adjourn ;un 11 Friday next, and con
cluded his remarks with "reaffirming
the supremacy of the civil power. j : >
After attempts on the *V part of the i
various deputies to discuss the alleged
military plots,-the insults to the army,
etc., their r remarks being ; punctuated
with interruptions and cheers, M. Ki
;bot, in behalf of | his friends, including
M. Meline, approved M. Brisson's state
ment and added:
'We have every confidence in the
army, and do not wish to see it at
tacked. All republicans are united on
this subject."
M. DeMahy then proposed a resolu
tion calling upon the government to
end the campaign of insult against the
army, but Brisson refused to accept it.
' M. Cavaignac, the ex-minister of
war, then I rushed to the tribune and
demanded an immediate discussion oi
the resolution. He was greeted with
hostile ; shouts, .including "Sabre
("Forgery") "Razor!" which caused a
great uproar. • The shouting of the
word "razor" • was an allusion to the
suicide of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry,
who is said to have cut his throat in
his cell at the fortress of Montevalerien
after confessing to having forged one
of the Dreyfus documents, though it
has since been claimed the razor with
which the deed was committed was not
found in the cell of deceased.
g M. Biisson then accepted:. the order
of the day, proposed by M. Bibot,
affirming the supremacy of the civil
over the military I< power. ; Several of
the deputies attempted :to speak,;but
their voices were drowned <in the up
roar which followed 4in the chamber.
The order of i the day was apopted by a
vote of 259 ayes to 2 noes. An amend
ment proposed by M. Berge, censuring
the government, "for ? not causing the
honor of ) the army to ; be:: respected,"
was lost by 274 to 261 votes. M. De-
Mahy then again proposed his resolu
tion calling upon the government to
end the "campaign of insult against the
army." The president refused to ac
cept the motion, howevet, and • a vote
was taken kon it, amid so much confu
sion that : scrutiny was - demanded.
Later, this showed that the government
was defeated by a vote of 296 to 243.
After the result »of the scrutiny had
; been announced, M.;;^ Beteau moved a
rote of confidence in M. Brisson, which
was ~ rejected, 286 to 254. When this
vote was declared, the ministers left
the chamber.
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Floating Dock Will Be Ours. - - .
Washington, Oct. 27.—Naval officers
I who have ) visited Havana harbor re
■ cently have reported 1 that the fine new
steel floating drydock, which was pur
chased by the Spanish government in
England^ and towed "£toj Havana just
' prior to the outbreak of the war, can
t not be moved, owing to neglect fon ; the
part of Spanish officers, also to their
I inability to properly manage the dock, j
The structure is large enough ;to take.
in any of oar battle-ship* " • J
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SOUTHERN RACE WAR. ;
Cleven Negroes »nd On* /White Man j
'-;•'"■- ■';;■;"':.;'.>- Dead at Forest. -'■■v;.:-:'"
' New Orleans, •- La., ■: Oct. 26.—The
Picayune's Forest, Miss, .special! says: ■
Eleven dead. negroes and one ■■' dead
white man, and one negro and three
white men seriously wounded, is the
result at this writing of the bloody war
being 'waged between " the ) white , and
black laoes lin the Harpersville neigh-;
borhood, of this (Soott) county. Bar
eral of : the rioters have been captured •
and lodged in jail at Forest today, but
the others escaped into Kthe swamp.
Large crowd of»white men are in close
pursuit, however, and more names are
hourly expected to be added to th«
death list
-«It is impossible to obtain a full list
of the killed, for the reason that some '
of the negroes : were shot down in the '
woods; and were hurriedly buried by.
the whites where they fell. >; ' '
; Governor McLaurin went to Harpers
villa last night and appealed jto the
whites not to molest the prisoners in
the custody of the sheriff. He finally
persuaded the crowd to permit the sher
iff to take the prisoners to jail. Sheriff
Stevenson had placed additional guards
at the Forest jail to prevent the lynch
ing of the rioters now in custody. The
negroes who are under arrest have made
full confession. V
WHAT THE WAR COST.
Uncle Sam's Expenses - Something Over
■ , a Million Dollars Per Day. '■
Chicago, Oct. ; —A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Uncle
Sam's expenses for the Spanish war
sink into insignificance when compared
with the cost of the conflict between
the states. Thus far the war with
Spain has cost $167,529,941, or a frac
tion over $1,000,000 per day «inqe the
beginning of hostilities—April 21—
against the enormous sum of $3,065,
--413,156 during the civil war, or an
average of $1,685,156 per day.
The largest amount paid out in a
single day during the war with Spain
was $4,110,000, July 28, or nearly
enough to construct and equip a first
class battle-ship. The next highest
days were September 19, when $3,776,*
000 was spent, and July 19, with a to
tal of $3,770,000, but the daily ex
penses frequently run * above the $3,
--000.000 mark. ? The budget for the
four months of the present fiscal year
was $125,112, 540, while the exepndi
tures for the whole fiscal year of 1897,
were only ; $83,511,713, and for this
; month the - average of $1,000,000 per
day was maintained. r.' t
In April the expenses for the army
and navy were considerably above nor
mal figures, when they reached $19,
--000,000. May showed a perceptible
increase, when $26,000,000 was spent
June was a further increase, $29,000,
--000 passing over the treasury counter,
and July showed the highest expend
iture of $43,000,000. The next month
witnessed a decrease, only $31,000,000
being spent, but September reached
nearly $32,000,000, and for the 22
days of October the : expenses were
about $19,000,000, or nearly $1,000,
--000 per day. The total disbursements
of the government for the four months
of the present fiscal year, which in
cluded the civil list, pension, payments
and interest on the public debt, was
$223,587 114. The total receipts were
only $158,754,445, showing a deficit of
$69,0000,000 for the : fiscal year; The
$3,000,000 spent on the operations of
the army and navy during the war of
the rebellion includes the period of the
first three months of 1861, when active
preparations for hostilities were being
made, and the last nine - months of
1866, when the expenses of the govern
ment were unususally heavy. :
Hawaiian^ Want a Cable.
.; Washington, Oct. 26.—0f the sev
eral commissions adjusting ° the rela
tions of the United States towards its
newly acquired possessions., the Hawa
iians will be the first ready with a bill
I for the consideration of congress. '
This, of course, will make provisions'
for the government of the island, but,
aside from this matier, there will ?be I
another of the utmost importance. It
will provide for the construction of a
cable between the'■; Hawaiian islands
ant' the United States. ; Owing to the
growing trade with this new territory
and the necessity of having quick
means of communication with its offi
cials there, congress will probably sub
sidize a cable. f:; ■
Four Mew Record*. ,
Norwood, Mass., Oct. 26.—Four new
American bicycle road records were
made today over a measured s mile by,
Frank Ourisn, of l Dorchester, V Mass. 7
The first i was the paced ; f mile, flying
start, which was : covered in 1:41 1-5,
the previous ; record ' being 1:45, made
by W. H. Dodge, of Lowell. Ourish
next made the mile paced, * stand
start, in 1:45 8-5, the old record being
held by Dodge in 1:58. The third re- .
cord was the one-mile un paced, stand
ing start, which ]was made in 3:11 1-5, [
the ■• previous record being 2:16 4-5, by•
O. A. R Foster of Teire Haute, Ind. ?
With the aid of F. Wold, Ourish broke ,
the tandem mile paced, standing start, :
in 1:54 8-6, the old record being 1:551-5,;
made by Hulman and Ferguson,
also of Terre Haute. ;.
-" Controller Treadwell, of the treasury -
department, has decided that postoffice f,
inspectors are entitled to a per diem ol
$4 for expenses only when on duty out
side of offices. . :^
Two Trespassers Killed. r '".-. -
, Leadville. Colo., Oct. 26.—Whik
walking on the tracks ■of the D. & B. j:
G. raihoad, on their way from church, '
Mrs. Cornelius Shea and daughter; v
Margaret, were struck by a passengei i 1
train and almost instantly killed. '
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. : ' . Rich Treasure Ship. ..,- ,
Sydney, K. a W., Oot 26.—The
British steamer Moanoa, which sailed
from ben for San Francisco yesterday, )
had en board 8,000,000 sovereigns la
gold.
PKICE 5 CENTS.
NINE WERE DROWNED
Sloop Johnson Swamped in
Turnagain Arm.
OVERWHELMED BY TIDE EIPB
Overloading the Cause of the Accident
* —Searching Parties Oat Looking
for the MlMlng Men.
Sunrise, Alaska, Sept. 28.—A small
sloop was wrecked in :■ Turnagain arm
early in the morn ing of September 16,
and nine men lost their lives by the ac
cident. ; The men were: Kit Carson
Payne,of Portland, Or.; Frank L. Rob
inson, of * Santa Cruz, ■ Cal. f: A. M.
Adams, of Dellevue, Pa.; Louis E. Zim- .
mer ; and J. M. Bonner, of Pittsburg,
Pa.; M. Walcott and his son Oliver, of
New j; York; Mr. Scott,V of Scbttsburg, I
111., and Chris Johnson, of Sunrise
City, owner of the sloop. . . v ";i ";
i This three-ton sloop left Peter's
Creek landing, on Kolk arm; the even
ing of the 15th, bound for Sunrise City,
near the bead of Turnagain arm. She
was overloaded so that her deck was
only six inches above the water, and
some of the men objected to making
the trip with her on that account, but
they all started finally. She left with
favoring wind and smooth water. At
about 12 o'clock the sloop passed Fire
island and steered toward the entrance
to Tnrnagain 'arm, some 20 miles away.
This was the last that was seen of the
Johnson sloop or her passengers.
Somewhere between the island arm the
tide rips overwhelmed arid swamped
the overloaded boat. The, dog belong
ing to the sloop swam to the south
shore and made its way to the mining
camps on Bird creek, and was brought
from there to Sunrise. The steamer
Pery brought in the small skiff belong
ing to the sloop, which was found float
ing bottom up near Tyonio. Broken
pieces of the aloops's cabin and several
small articles were found on the north
shore by Mr. Duncan, of this place.
Two searching parties have been out
from this town, where the men have
many friends and acquaintances, but
none of the bodies have been found. It
is probable that all the men but John
son were asleep in the hold; when the
sloop was swamped, and were carried /■
down with it. It would have been im
possible for a man to swim ashore from
the middle of the rough channel where
the disaster occurred. Several of these
men had just returned from the Copper
and Tanana- rivers, by way of the new
trail just opened by Captain Glenn's
party. They were feeling jubilant over
the discoveries they had made, and
were going, back with supplies this
winter. ; ..' ' .'v***s
The entrance to Turnagain arm, at
the northeastern extremity of Cook
inlet, is known as the most perilous
water in this part of the world. The
arm is really a rocky cayon; and three
to five miles wide. With precipitous
mountains rising abruptly on each
side, it extends nearly; through : the
Coast range of mountains. In fact the
large glacier at the eastern end extends
over the narrow ridge of mountains
and joins that from Portage bay 'on
Prince William sound. Through this
deep and; rocky gorge the wind and,
tide rush with terrible force. The tides
rise and fall some 50 feet and run like
a torrent over miles of mud flats and
reefs of ragged rook. A power
steamer can make .no headway against I
them, and a sailing vessel entering the
arm is entirely; at their j mercy, unless
the wind happens to be very favorable.
Here, when the wind is in certain di
rections, the waters pile up and a tidal
wave sweeps in like a rushing wall of.
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Adams, Bonner, Payne, Zimmer and
Scott left for the Coppe* river country
last February, going over the Valdes
glacier and thence 90 miles Up Copper
river. A From there they followed the „
Nalcheena waters of the Matamuska,
which flows into Enik arm. There °
they.built a double-end scow, 24 feet
long and 6 feet wide, and started for
civilization. They made the 175 miles
to Knik in just 12 hours, so swift is the
stream, and ; called at Stone's ■>. camp, -4:
known ;as Enik : City. They 1 arrived I\[
there 5 the latter i. part of August, and ?.' :
remained until they started on the voy-! "\L
age that ended in their death, and the
death of the four others who had joined ; ■
them there. > Robinson was pa well
known baseball player in California.
The Walcotts had intended starting a
store at Sunrise City. :j VJ *" ;
' Several parties hare made quarts and
placer locations in the mountain! west
of the Matamuska river, and will send
in their ' supplies i this winter. } Many V
miners from this district i will try to
sled their outfits over the new" trail as
far as i Copper river this : winter, and
many others ? will * pack in ? their : sup
plies with horses next spring. -
AnarchUta Follow „ Emperor ' William. .
Haifa, Palestine, Oct. 26.—The police ;
made an important arrest of ik; well
known anarchist here yesterday. Ex
troardinary precautions are being taken fj
to insure the safety of Emperor Wil- ?
liam and ■ Empress Augusta Victor I
During the time that they are her*
veiled women will not be allowed in
the streets, as the police > fear that an
archists .might assume these disguises. .
Te r SaTe the Vtzeaya. .;~-\" )i3s^jM
Santiago de Cuds, Oct. 25.—1t is re
ported'from Gnantanamo that Naval
Constructor Hobson, who left there
early last week for Jamaica, is going
to Washington to obtain Jan appropria
tion, if possible, of $1,000,000, for the
purpose of | raising the sunken Spanish
Bruiser Viscaya. The plans for rait-
Ing the Cristobal Colon have been per*
footed, and the work is progressing in
tooordaaoe with the instruction* of
Hobson, who expects .to return boat
within • month.
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