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VOL. VIII. NO. 32.

OFjiEWIEKWhat Has Happened In the

Civilized World.

GIVES IN THE PRESS DISPATOHIS

t Comply Review of tne New. Of tt»

lint Seven Dayi In Thi« maA

Ali Foreign I<aa4s.

The Ma«lri<l senate lias definitely

<loptcd the Ilispano-Araerioan proto-

°° tyFor oat ofevery 100 of the Fifthh-s ,t Santiago are reported sick.

F?ve deaths have occurred a-.nong the

iomancß from malaria.

A 30-bouis1 rain in Texarkana, Tex.,

.-oe,! considerable property loss. A

rai.. on the Texas & Pacific road ran

into washout and one man was killed

illltl six were injured.'

Aside fioin the loss of her colonies?nd'thesilipa destroyed in battle, thei",l^.-.MSpain about $384,800,000.;Information to this effect has been re-

Tjvv,iat the navy department from

the naval attaches of tiiia government

abroad.The Cubans are out in a new mani-

fegto, au<l the necessity for organiza-

tion of a new party is set forth. vfThe .document appeals to all Cubans having

the progress and welfare of the infantrepublic at heart to join with thenationalists in putting the government

un a stable basis.The Spaniards appear to be in no

great rush to leave Cuba, and the gov-

erwnent has been urtrcd to take vigor-

ous measures to accelerate their move-ments. The charge is mado in certainquarters that the evacuation is being

delayed so that the Spanish govern-

ment may continue to collect Cubanrevenues for a time.

The cutter Bear, with the govern-

ment relief expedition, is buck from theNorth with the crews of the whalerswhich were crushed in the ie.e. ' Threepiiipa weie wrecked. The Orca andFreeman were lost last fall and theRueario last spring. All the crewswere f=aveil. Some of the men wererescued by the Bear when on the veryverge of starvation. The Bear had anairow escape from destruction in theice off Point Barrow.

The navy department has arrived atwhat it regards as a fair and satisfac-tory settlement of the question ofawarding the contracts for the con-struction of tlio three battleships.! TheQtanips, tho Newport News and thefnion iron works, of San Francisco,will each secure a big fighting ma-chino. The latter two companies willbe asked to amend their bids to conformto the speed requirements of-18 knots,as set forth in Cramp's plans.

Fearing a yellow fever epidemic,liiilf tho population of Jackson, Miss.,have fled from the town.

The bitter passenger rate war is ter-minated. All western roads have agreedto i restoration of passenger rates, tobe effective September 21.

Captain James Q. Blame, assistantadjutant-general, U.S. V., has beenldischarged from the army for his recent jflagrant escapades at San Francisco andHonolulu. . \u25a0;\u25a0>!*£»

Spain has lost another Pacific posses-»n. Native forces, captured the gar-!

rison of Ponape and took full posses- jfion of tho Carolines, which this coun-'»y had contemplated 6eizing had the'war been prolonged.

Governor Lord, of Oregon, has com-pleted his investigation of the condition '\u25a0 the 330 recruits of tho Second Ore-gon volunteers encamped at San Fian-Cisco, and has telegraphed to the secre-'wr.v oi wat that he has found every-1U'lng satisfactory.

General Bios, governor of the Vi-»Jas islands, and ad interim governor- 1gneral of the Spanish territory in the 'railippinea, has wired the Madrid gov-'wnment that he has arrived at "an1owierstanding with the American'authorities respecting Luzon island."

There is reason to believe that the 'wy department has selected the Texas« 'c fntme flagship of the Asiaticall(">- The understanding is that"\u25a0»will replace the protected cruiser

jjynipia. which is to be ordeied to theliv ' St*teß as 600n as her relief ar-llves «n the Asiatic station.

ieal!adrid dispatch says Spain isjy to concede our every demand,

*rJi? impossibility of resuming thee2VSfull-Vrcc°g nizcd- The gov,*i

?«nt evidently of the opinion thatbeen a aT* "aVy tliere might havecome

a ilffe[ent Btory to tell of the out-tatM ,th,° war with the United >

li«bntaf deJ llores thefact that Bhe

"^ °ut few ships left. ... .^Ut n(MriOt- writes that misery

and tV7 ban9lS on the increase,"»«1 Iro ne° nditiOnS in aVana -Cit/hi l^incearo worse now than dnr-TlTe iL r

aHith, no relief in Bihtin thin I YeVc say8 ' aie reverig."rubbit n ;es or the 1038 of Cuba bycv*v wSJ I6 and oppressing inpeople of vi -^

ay the unfortunateai'-lthe l,, e ißlanJ - Chaoß re|

*wy.ChC Tice has been com'iy a^ndonedjn_al_i departments.

T-iie hM lor Newß Iteill ? "

«chan4 din, ? 8 ?ePai<ment of LowlThe Loildon haS suspended. \u25a0 'ventedebv CfriV°,COinoUve headlight in-

IU- has Pr ove(i Vooley.°f Springfield,Use on the r a BUcceßß andis nowljnlral. and 01l

gF °Ur> New YorkCen-r^**other railroads.Wnk at'iw" °\sbier o£ the -wreckedlail after a i' 0̂0-"^Bi^gS«lfm|iailaf^amor;> nn

atl'ered^,:ly»V Hisjl?,had gathered to lynch*m°««H to |iis 000° M are DOW Bid to

LATER NEWS.

Secretary Long has issued ordeis dis-banding the Eastern squadron. *

An Astoria paper asserts that twocases of leprosy have been unearthedin that city.

The French ministry Is now almostnnanimously in favor of a revision ofthe Dreyfus case.

Creation of the grade of vlce-admhaland its bestowal urx>n Admiral Dewey,3s to be recommended to congress bySecretary Long.

With the detachment of Commo-dore Watson from command of theEastern squadron, all work in connec-tion with the raising of the Spanishcruiser Cristobal Colon willcease.

Orders have been sent to Chaplain J.C Mclntyre, formerly attached to thebattle ship Oregon, who, it is alleged,severely criticised Rear-Admiral Samp-son and Captain R. D. Evans in an ad-dress at Denver, Colo., directing himto proceed to Denver to await trial.

George M. Hunter, company H,First Washington volunteers, has ap-plied for a pension for disability in-curred while in the service in the warwith Spain. Mr. Hunter recently re-turned on a furlough, and is staying inSnlem, Or. His application is proba-bly the first one growing out of theSpanish war.

Major-General Davis, at CampMeade, has disapproved the findings oithe court-martial in the case of Cap-tain Duncan, Twenty-second Kansas,who was convicted of tampering withthe graves of Confederate soldiers atManassas, and ordered the captain re-leased fiom arrest and restored to duty.

The steamer Discovery, which hatjust arrived from Skagway, Alaska,briUgs advices from Dawson up to Au-gust 27. It is stated that the Cana-dian police have completed a thoroughinvestigation of tho food supply for tisecoming winter. They report that theamount on hand is more than suffi-cient to carry the camp through thtwinter.

STORM-SWEPT ISLANDBarbadoes in the Path of a

Terrible Hurricane.

THOUSANDS OF HOMES WBECKED

Three Hundred Lives Lost on the Is«land of St^ Vincent?Starvation

Follows In Its Wak«.

London, Sept. 16.?Advices were re-vived here late tonight, saying that aterrible hurricane has swept over Bar-badoes, in the Windward group of theLesser Antilles. Two hundred personshave been wouned and 4,000 have beenrendered homeless.

St. Thomas, D. W. 1., S<y?t. 16.?According to the latest reports fromSt. Luoia, the storm which broke outon the island developed almost unpre-cedented violence, being accompaniedby a tidal wave and tremendous rains.Numerous land slides were caused andmany houses, bridges, and cocoa estateshave been destroyed.* A boat from the island of St. Vin-cent, 100 jmiles west of !Baibadoes, ar-rived today at the island of Qrenada.and reports that St. Vincent has exper-ienced the most violent arid destructivehurricane ever .known. Kingston, thecapital of St. Vincent, is totally de-stroyed. It is estimated , 800 liveshave been lost in that island, and that2,500 people \u25a0' are homeless. I.The bod-ies of " the dead; are being buried intrenches. Thousands are staiving'or

'being fed at the public expense. Theamount :of property destroyed in St.

!V ncen t \u25a0\u25a0-. cannot yet be }: est imated.IEvery small house ;is down, and many

| large ones jhave -been destroyed. Thedemolished buildings include churches,stores and almost all the state build-ings. Three large ships are ashore on

Ithe Windward "coast, and many smallervessels are stranded. - i. ?

No inlormation is obtainable herefrom Barbadoes as to the results of;; thethreatened hurricane of Saturday nightlast. Communication; is cut off andthe worst is feared.

I NO TROUBLE AT MANI."^ -t- '\u25a0

" ' ' - ~~ \u25a0 ?- .\u25a0\u25a0?*\u25a0;?? -" " -Admiral Dewey Has Not Asked For' Help.

"New York, Sept: 16.?A special fromWashington to the Times says: De-spite the repeated denials of both thearmy and navy departments, many pa-pers continue , publishing dispatchesfrom this city stating that AdmiralDewey is asking for ; help, and that theadministration willsend to his assist-ance immediately two battle-sbips.These reports : are beginning to annoythe department officials as well as thepresident. There is no truth in them,according to Assistant Secretaries Allenand Meiklejohn. , , :<i«'-^: , ,V; Admiral Dewey has not asked for aidat any time, * tie bas, on the ; otherhand, lepeatedly assured the navy de-partment that there is no trouble to befeared in the Philippines and that heand his squadron are quite able to takecare of ;any emergency .' that > may arise. jAssistant Secretary Allen said thatthere is absolutely no truth in the re-port that the department is coritem-plating sending ;battle-ship 9 or anyships at all to the ?. Philippines to aidthe admiral. .1 :

r "This ; department," he said, "haereceived but one dispatch from AdmiralDewey for several V days. ; That dis-patch came this morning and gave usthestaitling information .that Deweyhad discovered that he could buy jerkedbeef in Manila, and cocld thus savethe trouble and expnsee of a trip to

Australia for the purpose of,\u25a0 gettingsome of this food for his men. - I thinkthat if he was expecting trouble

I would have said: so :in the ; cablegram.We are cbnfldent that he willcommu-nicate with his own country and withthe navy department rather than a cas-ual newspaper correspondent in Manilawhenever he gets into trouble and needshelp from Hthis; government. The en-tire story is false."

QUEEN SIGNED PROTOCOL BILL

Weyler'« Agitation Resulted lvVAd-;-. * /-: jouruliig of the Cortes.

Madrid, Sept. 16.? The queen Tegentsigned the protocol this*;evening.

The ~? government had intended i thecortes to sit until an :Indemnity » bill forthe suspension of the constitutionalguarantees had been passed, but the

ithreatened agitation on the part ofGeneral Weyler '\u25a0 and /others,; together

with the evidence of divisions in boththe liberal and the conservative parties,convinced Senor Sagasta of| tadvis-abilityof closing down debates, whichwould have hindered the free progressof the peace negotiations. The cortes

willbe next convoked to ratify the finaltreaty ol peace. . .

General Primp de Rivera has de-

manded an inquiry into his adminis-tration of the Philippine islands, and

J in doing so he said the attacks of Count

' d'Almenas were only fit for the month!of a "miserable slanderer." The1 count was endeavoring to reply when1 Senor Sagasta read the deotee prorogu-ing the cortes. Count d'Almenas and1 General Rivera separated, approached

' the president in a hostile manner, and

*duel is expected. . $mmPremier Sagasta afterward read the

decree in the chamber of deputies.I It is expected that the Spanish peacecommissioners willbe appointed with-out delay. .

Troops f«r.Port» »???New Yoik, Sept l*-^"

ailed fiom Brooklyn forPonce tonight.

' She bad on board theKrst battaJk» of: the Sixteenth PennaylTania l^*i

70 r««ular ptasenfeta, 1« pertal eteita,

aßffa crew 0f76. Her oargo consistedin the main of oommi««ry roppliei for

1 the regiment! now in Porto Rico.

HIS MIND MADE UP.

President Determines Upon ? Philip-pine Policy.

Washington, Sept. 16.?Much satis-faction was expressed today over reportsfrom Madrid that the lower house olparliament bad passed the governmentbill accepting the terms of the proto-col. The upper house already haspassed this measure, so that the lastfear of legislative opposition to thetransfer of Cuba, the Ladrones andPorto Rico is over. The authoritiesfeel that this carries us past a dangerpoint, as it has been feated for sometime that the animosity of the Spanishcortes would lead to the defeat of theSagasta ministry on the question ofevacuating the Spanish islands/eitherin one branch or the other.

It is not doubted that the commis-sion will start the negotiations at Pariswith the assertion that we have con-quered Spam in the Philippines andthat Spanish sovereignty has alreadybeen forfeited there. This will not,however, necessarily signify that it isthe purpose of the administration toretain possession of the entire group ofislands, or permanently to depriveSpain of all her possessions in the Pa-cific. It is not believed- that the ad-ministration has gone beyond the de-termination to retain the whole of theisland of Luzon, but it is understood tobe the intention of the president to es-tablish, at the outset, the right of thisgovernment to determine the fate ofthe islands, and to make the condition

'which government shall be establishedthere. The matter of relinqishing pos-session of the rest of the islands is in-volved with so many conditions to beconsidered that it is realized that itmay, by forco of circumstances, be-come necessary to deprive Spain per-manently of all her possessions in thatquarter. It is. understood not to be amatter of policy to acquire all this ter-ritory, but it may become a necessity.The commercial and trade side of thequestion, as involving the developmentand expansion of oar commerce in thePacific is occupying the chief atten-tion in connection with determiningour policy.The.boundary dispute between Chile

and Argentina seems likely to developinto a great South American conflagra-tion. It is believed, as a foundation,that Boliiva has signed a secret treatywith Argentina to make common causeagainst; Chile. In case of rwar,*how-ever, Peru would checkmate- Bolivia,leaving 'Argentina to the caie of Chile.This attitude of Peru is said \to be f|u?;.to the fact J that Chile has wiped oftf10,000,000 from the ransom for theprovincus i leturned by the fprotocol.Chile is now completing her naval andmiliary preparations for a hostile.clj'max to \u25a0 the negotiations with Argen-tina. '\u25a0^'\u25a0\u25a0'- -?'&r- --? vV ':\u25a0:':-''~-~ ": -V Four QuiUiyute Indians died of . theblack m'easlea**iini one day^in^Pnyallajvalley and white bop-pickers are in IaBtate of teiror. '-"-?'. ~ : ''-,

..* It is understood that President Mr-Kinley has \ decided to offer the postof am bafisador to the court of St. James,.made vacant by the appointment ot Mi.Hay as secretary of:: state, to SenatoiHoar. The president is .yery/anxiou*to have him accept the post.

A Manila dispatch the insur-gents have evacuated the suburbs oiManila. . They did so in a grand marcliin which nearly 8,000 men took part,carrying rrifles, with colors waving,!bands playing, and shooting "VivaAmericanos" and "Viva Filippinoelibre!" 3""-?* \u25a0*-"--

The war and navy departmentiistrongly assert that Dewey hrs nevei

Iasked for lielp. Newspaper reports tc

I the contrary wero all canards, ana muchannoyance has been caused by their cir-culation. The ? Germans ;are i not | pie-

imiing to make trouble at Manila, say

the department officials- \u25a0 \u25a0 '.'

The Turkish government has sent \u25a0[ a| circular} to the powers, claiming thatithe British provoked the recent disor-| ders inCandiaand refusing to withdrawthe Turkish troops from GreteV'^Thfcircii lar has made an impressiori. ; Thebashi :bazoukß have consented to disarm

1 provided their arms are delivered tc| Turkish authorities.i The fate of the movement of the an-nexation of Jamaica to the United

| States is sealed, says the Kingston.Jamaica, correspondent iof^the NewYork Times. A movement has been

inaugurated in Jamaica having for Ite-ol)ject tl*e annexation of :? the island^to.:the ;Dominion of Canada. ' A change oinationality, would thus be avoided, andJamaica's troubles brought \u25a0 to an end.

I Three persons were: killed outrightand several others badly injured in

' Wichita» Kan., by a Rock; Island pas-

senger train, which struck a carry-allat the Donglass-ayenue|o«6ssing. Inthe vehicle were 18 persons on their,way to Buffalo. The :carry-all go-

ing at a rapid pace, and the drivercould not stop when be saw that the. train was upon him. .'. "V* --I Admiral Walker, president of theiNicaiagua canal commission, has re-

turned !to Washington. The admiralcays that about 260 men are at work

: along the 1line of the proposed canal,and they will stay there throughout

the rainy season. Admiral Walker is? coiißdent Uiatt the commission will be

able to report to congress at the ap-

proaching session. He thinks theproject be shown to be entirely

practicable and worthy of execution.- \u25a0 -\u25a0

Pret-ident JloKinlej has received ?

letter from the Thirteenth club, oi NewYork, congratulating on the factthat he signed the peace protocol on a

*Friday and proclaimed sit to the world

' on the 18th of the month.! The world's record for high Wte

I flight was broken at Blue tHiII,Mass.,jone of a tandem of kites reaching analtitude of 12,184 feet above the sealevel, a neishV»3? feet greater than wy

.kite hat been known to^bjnrf

reached heretofore.

JOE HOLLADAY GONE.

Weil-Known Resident of Portland HasTassed Away.

Portland, Or., Sept 16.?JosephHolladay died about 11 o'clock lastnight in the old building on the westside of Fourth street, between Starkand Washington, which he had foryears called his home. Death was dueto cancer of the liver.

Holladay was born inClinton county,Ky., in 1821, and came into promin-ence through his brother, Ben Holla-day, of pony express, railroad andsteamship fame. Thirty-five yearsago, Joe killed a man In Salt Lake City

?a cold-blooded murder many believe,and it cost Ben a fortune and the ex-ercise of all bis tremendous politicalinfluence to get Joe cleared. Ben thengave Joe a monopoly of the bar busi-ness on all his steamships plying be-tween San Francisco and various Pa-cific coast ports. Drinks and cigarsthen sold for 25 cents each, and Joeacquired a fortune. Joe's treatmentof Ben, when the latter was penniless,and Joe in good circumstances, is wellknown.

Joseph Hollnday was a familiar figureon Portland streets for many years, andhe took part in more litigation thanany other private citizen in the city.Those who knew him best believe heconstantly carried with the memory ofhis crime in Salt Lake and that theghost of his victim pursued him relent-lessly. His habit of carrying an um-brella at all times and under all cir-cumstances when he appeared on thestreet had always been attributed tohis idea of defense from the attacks ofhis ghostly visitor.

Holladay leaves property valued, atpresent prices, at from $150,000 to$200,000. \u25a0

Two Appointees Have Accepted.

Washington, * Sept. 16. ? Severalmembers of the ca' ir,et were at the

f White House ; today in consultation^with the ;president. Secretary : Dayspent some timethere, presumably con-ferring ;??; over ; instructions '\u25a0 to the peace|commissioners', % and ? Secretaries Long

'and Bliss were also at the mansion. \ ;/

I;-*\u25a0 Two of the gentlemen selected by thepresident to be ,' members of the com-.Imttee to investigate the conduct of the;[*,ar have practically accepted?ColonelSexton and Dr. - Oilman. The \ latterarrived in the city tonight, and willsee the president tomorrow. Favorableresponses are £ looked \ for from ; GeneralDodge ?; and Dr. Keene, thus \ insuringfour members of the body. . '~.. The Spanish Prisoners. " -. Madrid, Sept. 15.?Advices receivedfrom the Philippines say the iiisur-gen ts willirelease -onlyV eVof}theirprisoners. For instance, they willsetfree|fh*e|Spanisb|civil employes whoare in their hands. Major-GeneralsMeiritt, it la said | here, goes to Parisempowered |to ask, in the name of theinsurgents, an American protectorateover the whole of the Philippine islands.

-?: :. ; Another^VTar: Cloud. \u25a0 -'.

Rome, Sept. 16.?Italy, it is an-nounced, has declared that :s her diplo-matic relations with the republic otColombia ended, Colombia refusingto recognise the British minister as theItalian representative during the lat-ter's absence.*\u25a0?-'- . . . . \u25a0,

Brnom Baa Resigned.

Chicago, Sept 16.? W. D. Bynum,chairman of toe national Democraticparty, tendered hit resignation to tl cexecutive committee today, and GeorgeFoster Peabody, of New York, waselected bis successor. The resignationwas a great surprise to the leaders ofthe gold Democratic party. - - *

A resolution, which was adopted by{he meeting, slopping the salaries of 'all'- the officera, is said to be the real cause

'of Mr. Bynum resignation. ; .V;,.'""\u25a0''

' '*. \u25a0? '; ; "'

FRIDAY HARBOR, SAN JUAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898.

MINIMUM IS REACHEDNo More Volunteers Will Be

Mustered Out.

NEEDED IN THE PHILIPPINES

Troops Retained Will Be Subjceted toRegular Army Discipline?To Im-

prove the Morale of the Army. .Washington, Sept. -15. ?-Tremendbna

pressure is still being >brought: to bearon the war department to have moretroops \u25a0 mustered outVof the servioe.Efforts in this: direction, however, areof ;no avail. It is announced todaywith much emphasis that there willbeno more troops mastered = out. Thesituation does not admit of any furtherreduction ,in the army, and /efforts arebeing made to put those volunteers whoare retained in the servioe as near aspossible on the footing ot the regularsin the matter of drill and discipline.An effort is being made to eradicate theamateurish idea of independence amongthe troops, and to bring them down tothe strictest ;discipline.:: The purposeat the outset, when the muster out be*gan, was to muster out 100.000 volun-teers. £}.A~;little/ over 96,000 have al-ready been mustered out, and it is an-nounced positively that there willbeno more : mustered out, no matter whatinfluence is brought to bear./The retention of volunteers now in

the service and the efforts to improvethe morale of the army has in view the |Philippine situation more than that ofCuba or Porto Kico, though there is agreat deal of vagueness as to the dangerapprehended there.

POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE. ",'

Army Men Say Civilians Should Not In-vestlgate War Department. -. .

\u25a0: Washington, Sept. 15.-^he diffi-culty which -is being experienced :inthe construction of the proposed com ?

mission for the investigation of the con-ductof Ithe staff branches of"the armyduring the war with Spain has excitedsome discussion in military circles atto the possibility of > the practical fail-ure of any/ investigationl by a commis-sion. It develops that there is a de-cided disapproval among) army officersof the proposition to have the oonduclof the war investigated by a civil com-mission, which cannot be clothed withany judicial authority. The objectionis not on account of any prejudioEagainst civil authorities interfering i£military matters, but is due to the faclthat testimony before . a commlssior.hot possessing judicial authority would |be, in a manner, voluntary, and would,it is said, put officers in the attitude o: jgratuitously giving testimony whichmight be damaging to individuals or Uthe administration of the war depart-ment. '' :- - :V/"'-v" ; - /\u25a0'? :^j \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 I

-V Army officers say that it would be nctrouble to get all the information then jis concering the oampaign at Santiago,the management of the war through tlu:department and |the operation of tin imedical, the quartexamster's and tbf!commissary departments, if a tribunalor board were organized, with authoritjto compel, testimony, but that officenwillnot jeopard ize '. their own ;interest!nor put themselves in the attitude /olbeing voluntary informers J when thecomposition of the commission making.th« inquiry is not such as to make *i(jcompulsory upon 6- them *to tell what ?they may know. : They say it willb< jimpossible for^a commission not having .pqweritb;roompel"- testimony to get ai(the facts. : ,'-/./:\u25a0'.^"^/.?^?\u25a0:..'.-;:": I

Most of the officers, they say, will1make it a point of honor, as well as s j

| matter of chief interest, to decline to

'give itestimony of5 any importance un-,leas commanded. to do so.:: .LC^. filfthe commission could compel tes jtimony, any officer:^giying^teatimqnj (

Iwhioh might be damaging would have,the excuse that be bad no choice but tctellHwhat he knew. In the absence olauthority to compel testimony, the wit-,ness would have a right to conceal oi

decline to disclose any facts in his pbaseesioiT /'\u25a0'? -,'\u25a0\u25a0"/? ;;;/:y:." *':'*. :\\- V-,.r J "~~~t *.

/ PINE CREEK V COUNTRY.

Rich Quartz Vein , Discovered Near thirr \u25a0 \u25a0::".,:, - waters. ' \u0084 \u25a0 J% Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 15.?'The Bteamer Farallon arrived from Al-:askan ports with about 60 paaße»gert

: today, i^//Among the passengers wereseveral direct from the Pine Creek min-'ing district. %Reports from that sectionare favorable for the future". Consider-able excitement was created just before'they left Dy'th¥diacarlryloi|feznar£a- jbly s'rich quartz on a ridge neaitht:

iieadwaters of Pine creek, and since the jfirst rush considerable free quartz hat,been found along the creek. The ledge Sis said to be very rich, and is thought Jto be the fountain-head of the golcfound is Pine, Spruce and Birch creeks. >/ Sixteen men belonging to the Stand-'ard Oil Company expedition were ?among those returning. This expedi ,

? tion prospected the Sherley creek dis-: trict, and a number of claims were la 'cated. " The company expend^ about

$75,000 on tne expedition, \Aidh ifnow returning to spend the winten j

The Dease creek country, which wai

a promising camp some years affe, itnow the scene of active prospectflfg.,The Caasion Company has had a large

\u25a0 number of prospectors in the field, ape |baa been rewarded by the discovery ol, extensive quartz veins. c ?-. - j

;'>\u25a0\u25a0' &*?uia*l*-jmthe Koealie. t^^||Seattle, Sept. 18.?The steamer Rosa

lie arrived here tonight from Skagway,'Alaska, with 650 passengers from Daw-ison, who brooght oat about half a mil-.Hob dollars in gold dost and drafts.'WilliamStanley, of this city, bad about$160,000 in drafts. The 800 pound* oigold on which they warn issoed wai

?hipped down the river t© 8t Michael*

CRAZED BY LIQUOR.

Cold-Blooded Murder by a Tenaesse*Soldier la Han Francisco.

San Francisco, Sept. 15.?Anothershadow was thrown over the Tennesseeregiment of the United States volun-teers this evening. The victim of un-?overned passion this time was a whiteman, and the soldier killed him out-right

PBICE 5 CENTS.

Soon after 6 o'clock tonight, WalterRosser, a private of the Tennessee regi-ment, entered the Spreckles market,which comprises a number of stalls.Rosser approached the stall of A. W.Finck & Co., dealers in butter andaggs, and, leaning against the slightpartition, looked in at Henry Hilder-brandt, one of the salesmen. The lat-ter, fearing that Rosser, who was notice-»bly under the influence of liquor,would break a casket of eggs piled nearbis elbow, cautioned him.

"Say, are you going to wait on me?"demanded the soldier, annoyed at thewarning.

Hildebrandt turned to receive theDrder of the prospective customer, andas he faced Rosser, the soldier whippedout a 32-caliber revolver and shot Hil-tlebraudt in the breast. The woundedman dropped to the floor and expiredimmediately.

Not at all appalled at the result ofbis act, Rosser shot again at his pros-tiate victim, jwhose heart had justseased to beat. The second shot hit abutcher boy in the adjoining stall, whowas badly frightened, but unhurt.

Rosser was at once taken to the cityprison, where, after being charged withmurder, he was locked up.

Hildebrandt, the muidered man, was28 years old, married, and the father of

'Due child.GOMEZ STEPS DOWN.

The Cuban Leader Displeased WithAmerica's Policy.

Santiago, Sept. 15.?An uncontra-dicted rumoi was last night received byGeneal Lawton to the effect that Gen-eral Gomez had resigned the commandof the Cuban army in order to show hisdisapproval of "passive submission to

; the conditions tending to the establish-ment of the dominion of the UnitedStates in Cuba." It is said the resig-

nation was accepted by the Cuban gov-ernment

The Cubans at Santiago are muchexcited by the report. Generals Ce-breco, Castillo, Pedro, Perez and otherinsugent leaders have turned over theircommands to General Lawton. Gen-eral Perez has 8,000 men in the vicinityof Guantanamo who will disband thisweek.

Lieutenant-Colonel Rowan and Cap-tain Parker, accompanied by Lieuten-ant-Colonel Carlos Garcia, son of Gen-eral Garcia, and two other Cuban offi-cers, arrived here late last night onhorseback from Gibrara, on the northcoast. Colonel Rowan had been sent

;here by General Miles from Porto Rico.He will make observations in Cuba,geographical, climatio and military, forthe government. He was fitted outwith guides, horses and provisions bythe Cuban commander, Ferra, atGibrara, and visited Holguin, which isgarrisoned by 12,000 Spaniards, undeiGeneral Lnque. The Spaniards enter-tained Colonel Rowan and his Cubancompanions hospitably.

INCENDIARIES' WORK

Sensational Report Regarding West-minster Fire.

New Westminster, B. C, Sept. 15 ?

It is generally believed that Sunday'sfire was of incendiary origin. The

1police have arrested Jack Shepaid, afarmer, who stated he knew the fire

'would happen. Shepard is consideredmentally unbalanced. He was recentlyin jail for a trivial offense, and whenreleased swore to "do" the town.! A most sensational story has devel-oped regarding the fire. Two dis-

-1 charged prisoners recently threatenedto do up Westminster. On Sunday at10:30 Mr. and Mrs. Peebles, of West-

'minster, saw two hard-looking menraising a flag on the school building.At 11 A. M., just half an hour after,the city was in flames. The flag wasstill flying next day, and is now in

1possession of the city clerk. It is black,with a skull and orossbones on it.

Two men, who hoisted the flag, askedIndian Pere Peter to row them acrossthe river. He refused, but half anhour after the fire had started the menwere seen paddling over the river, as iffor life. The citizens claim that dis-charged prisoners raised the black flagas a signal to confederates, who firedthe oity. The greatest excitement pre-vails, and the country is being scouredfor the fiiebug fiends.

I ;Work of ? Dynamiter.

Spokane, Wash., Sept.. 15.?A mys-terious attempt was made tonight to(blow up the Northern Pacific bridge in|the eastern outskirts of the city. The

1miscreants wrapped 10 pounds of dyna-mite in a pair of overalls, placed it un-der the bridge, poured oil over thewoodwork and piled up a mass of com-

' bostibles. They then fired the bridge.The blaze was seen by a man livingnear by. He scattered the combusti-bles, and in doing so dragged the dyna-mite several feet away from the bridge.

He then started for help and had goneonly a few feet when the dynamite ex-ploded. He was thrown to the ground,but not severely injured. The fire,was (

1extinguished before the bridge had beendamaged. There is no clew to the dy-namiters. \u25a0I '?' Z

Seal Herd Diminishing.

San Francisco, Sept 15.?C. HTownsend, chief of the division of flat- jcries, United States fish commission, Iwho has been the official inspector ci \u25a0the seal herd for several years, and a?member of the recent Behring sea com-mission*, has just returned from an In- J

Ispection to«r of the islands. Biaob-\serrations from year to yeax conclu-sively prove that the herd is rapidlydiminishing in numberw, declining from10 to 15 per cent each season.

DIVISION OF ISLANDS*\u25a0 s'.-"''-./-,~ '* - / -

The Spaniards Overlook theAmericans at Luzon.

DEWEY ASKS FOR MORE; BHIPS

Bay* That He Consider* the .Situation atManila' \u25a0 Critical?Spaniard*. Ei-

; peetln* Aid From Germany.

Manila, Sept. 14. ? Rear-Admiral >\u25a0?Dewey Bays he considers the *situationoritical.}/ Ho has asked for an addition-yal cruiser and a battle-ship. V TheSpaniards ' areert-' that Germany -willJtake *:a coaling station here,' and that';,Bpain williretain tho ' remainder of the '\u25a0islands.'\u25a0; The last .\u25a0 Spanish garrison atIlocoß and Lagunet have surrendoied,and the whole island of Luzon is in thehands of the .insurgents,,except Manilaand Cavite. Z',^--\: :-/\u25a0-'\u25a0\u25a0'>;\u25a0/' :-';'-i- '-\u25a0-'/\u25a0'.< ;,; Aguinaldo went to Lelollos on Fri-vday. He has announced 'his intention ,.of convening an assembly of the Fili-pinos on September !15 in jorder to de-cide upon the policy to be adopted bythe insurgents.

The correspondent here of the Asso-ciated Press has had an interview with;Aguinaldo, who said there were 67,000insurgents aimed with rifles. Ho added ;.he could raise 100,000 men. Indeed,the; insurgent leader pointed out thewhole population was willing to fightfoi their independence.

\u25a0\u25a0 Continuing, Aguinaldo said he , had9,000 military prisoners, v including -5,000 in the vicinity of Manila, besides 'civil prisoners. Later Aguinaldo 6aid .-\u25a0

the "provisional government" was now;.operating 28 ; pioyinces. He asserted ;that in August he appointed delegatesin proportion to the population. v

f As to the Americans, Aguinaldo re- .marked that5 he considered them asbrothers; that "the two " sovereign re-publics were allied against a commonenemy.'.'-''' ?.

t^ When questioned as to whether thefuture of the Filipinos' policy would beabsolute independence, Aguinaldo ex-cused himself from replying, and askedwhat America intends to do._

The correspondent being unable toanswer this question, Aguinaldo con-tinued: " -; "We^ave been fighting ? for> inde-';.-\u25a0jjendenoe for a long time. The natives >>who pfofeaa to favor annexation are in-eincera. It is merely a ruse to ascer-tain American views. ?... :\u25a0 j*'j*

Asked if the Filipinos would rejectthe letention of Manila, Aguinaldo de-olined to answer. ". "Would the Filipinos object toAmericans retaining a coaling stationif? reoognizing the independence of the :islands or establishing a temporaryprotectorate over them?" .\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 f*.~-\u25a0;;?. '\u25a0-'Mte -\u25a0\u25a0'

Aguinaldo again refused to answer.Ponding the conolusion lof the assem ?.bly, Aguinaldo said he was confidentthere wouldVbe no trouble betweenAmerica and the Filipinos. The in-surgent leader denied having received arequest from General iOtis and Rear-Admiral Dewey to withdraw his troops yto a prescribed ,distance from Manilaand Cavite, and he declined to discussthe effect of such a request. Aguinaldo ",further assertod that he had never con-ferred with "the American authoritiessince the oapitulation of Manila, andthat he had never authorized the insur-gents to searoh or disarm Americans ;crossing the line.V*,. ?,; /.,-, \u25a0?j-..-.-.\u25a0".\u25a0'\u25a0:;* \u25a0'.',-i The correspondent closely questionedhim about last Saturday's incident, 7

when the Pennsylvania troops proceed-ed to establish v a new outpost. The :'\u25a0 ?Filipinos objected, and neariy precipi- -tated hostilities, ordering i. the IAmeri- \u2666

cans to withdraw in 20 minutes. They ':issued :ammunition, . and . intercepted <\u25a0the American reinforcements. :"iFinally ;General Halo ordered all the Pen I-vanians to advance and the rebels with-drew. ; ; - J '. >:.'

The local governor has explained thatthe incident was a mistake, and has /repudiated bis subordinates' action.Aguinaldo declared to ' correspond-ent J that the *Filipino who \u25a0 made ? the ?trouble;. merely ;pretended to be an offi-cer, and is entirelyr unconnected with'fgthe insurgent army. ?.: . , - /-\u25a0".'.

ri- Aguinaldo complained that the Span- i"were "disseminating these reports >

for the purpose of fomenting antag-onism between the Filipinos and theAmericans." ':..'"-. '*'\u25a0\u25a0>:'-. \u25a0\u25a0':\^ :\'>:rf-:>v The whole interview conveyed ; theimpression that Aguinaldo desires abso-lute independence, regarding Ithe mis-sion of the Amerioans here as accom-plished, and expects : their withdrawal"just as the Frenoh with ;Lafayettewithdrew after helping the Americansiin\u25a0 the war of independence, a ; war of;:humanity^" ' ".r .\ . . -][fJust now \ Aguinaldo maintains \ therole of extreme friendship. , fz' \~ "

fßeit Mine* on American Side. \u25a0\u0084

Vancouver, B. C, Sept?; 12.?Among

Ithe passengers from \ St. Micbaels onthe steamer Fastnet was T. Tredfold,who was sent to Alaska by the LondonMining Joof nal Ito examine and report %on the gold fields. He says that allthe recent rich strikes have been madeon the American side, and little, if-anything, has been said about them.Outside of Bonanza creek there is noth-ing to approach them in richness, batthey are propositions requiring moneytoderelop. . . :-

SpaaUh Victories Again.

Madrid, Sept 14.?Captain Annon,minister of marine, received today animportant dispatch from the Philip-pines, describing a conflict between theSpanish gunboats and insurgentflotilla, in which the former success-fully prevented an insurgent landing tapthe Visayms, According to the dis-patch, the insurgents bad live vessels,?11 of which were sunk. The Spanishlad no loss, but the telegram assertstbat hmdred. of the injnrgenU ars be-lieved to have perished.