The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04
THINGS IN A MESS
NOTHING IN THE PHILIPPINES
WHAT IT OUGHT TO BE.

| Parchins Drouth. Consuming Locusts
| and Spanish FinancIering, and All at
Once Cuban American In Bad shape
Chinese Pirates Loot ship-African
Chiefs submit-Other Foreign Items
| Sen Francisco, Aug. 3.-Following is
ar extract from a private letter dated
Manila. June 6:
Things are in frightful mess. Span
ism dollars have been introduced at per
| cent less value than Mexican Every
body wants 10 sell OFT. Native brokers
are ali over the place trying 10 sell
| houses, grounds, horses, carriages, fur
niuure estates. etc. and no buyers.
Gin the sugar provinces the cane
plants are being burned UP for lack Of
rain. Paddy is being attacked by in
sects, and in the northern rice provinces
locusts ere eating everything Up. A few
DAYS ago about forty miles from Manila,
a train was stopped owing to the i'm
mense mass OF locusts on the track.
Fighting is still going on in several
provinces and the papers here say moth
ing about il. which looks bad. The pa
pers have not even mentioned a single
''glori0sa victoria"
TO BE EXILED OR SHOT.
Washington, Aug. 3.-Consul General
Lee Of Havana has been informed by
Judge Of the military court that Ferd-
anez Chaquilo, convicted OF rebellion.
had been sentenced to life imprisonment
and IL the sentence were carried out IL
would result in his being sent TO Couta.
Africa This would dispose Of his tes-
tIm0ny as a witness in the case of GOWN |
an American who was killed by the !
Spanish troops. as effectively as though |
he had been shot. General Lee has adj |
dressed a note TO the governor general |
asking for positive information as to |
what decision the Spanish government |
has reached in the case.
Washington. Aug. 3.-Further advices |
TO the stae department from Consul |
General Lee at Havana. respecting the |
case Of the American citizen. Manuel /
Fernandez Chaquilo. are to the effect |
that ne has been sentenced to death. On /
the charge Of being found with arms in |
hand His case will he referred to the |
supreme court OF war and marine al |
Madrid. in order that it may pronounce 1
executory sentence.
CHINESE PIRATES.
San Francisco, Cal. Aug. 3.-The !
steamship Belgic arrived today from
Hong Kong and Yokohama. via Honolu-
lu, bringing the following Oriental ad
vices:
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Kong of the capture Of the British
steamer Peguv by Chinese pirates on
July T. A gang Of Chinese took passage
on the Pegu and while at sea murdered
Captain Ross and seven of his crew
and wounded sixteen others. They loot
ed the ship and then fled to the Acheen
coast The Acheen is on the Island OF
Sumatra The people are Mohamedans
and are noted for being desperate char
acters.
MISSION DESTROYED.
On June the Chinese at Vuchen at
tackled and destroyed the mission of the
Plymouth Bretren and We're about to at
tack the Catholic mission when the
Creoles interfere5. The attack on the
Plvnlouth mission was brought about by
the report that the missionaries has
killed a child. A mob of Chinese at
tackled the ladies' Home boarding
school where five white women had
taken refuge. Just as the mob broke in
the door the women escaped through a
hack gate to the house OF Mr.. Blanford.
The MOB demolished the Ladies' Home
and then proceeded to Blanford's place
and attacked H. The people there es-
ped into the hills. where they hid all
night. The Blanford place was also loot>
Ell and burned The mob then proceed
ed 10 the Catholic mission. but by this
time the soldiers had been summoned
and they dispersed the rioters. The next
dav the five women and Mr.. Blanford
we're taken away on a boat.
THE SHERMAN DISPATCH.
london. Aug. 3-The parliamentary
secretary FOR the foreign office. George
Y. Curzon. replying in the house IF
commons today t. question put by Sir
Charles Dixie. Advanced Radical. as tn
whether her maiestv's government |
would at once publish Secretary Sher-
mans dispatch Of May 10 and any reply (
thereto. said that papers We're in prepar-
alton which would indicate the dispatch
referred 20 and The reply to II. but NJ.
Curzon added that The government did
not think il desirable 70 publish the TWO
dispatches alone. because they must be
published in conjunction with the pre-
vious correspondence on the same sub
ject.
LOSSES AT CHAKDARA.
bombay, Aug "A dispatch from
Sin1la. .he summer residence - the
British Indian government. :hat tire COM .
binei casualties Of the garrison % Fort
-hakia-s in the Chitral district. which
aas relieved yesterday. and ~ the re-
ieving force under General Bl1oi. only ,
amounted n Lieutenant Rattray. ,
wounded. seven native British soldiers
killed and thirty-fve wounded. The
7ss Of the insurgen- tribesmen who
we're beseiging the place = not stated.
Six thousand tr'besmen with scaling 8
ladders. were preparing 20 attack the
tort when they was attacked nv the
irSt British column under Colonel
ana completely routed.
AFRICAN CHIEFS SUBMIT.
Caoetown. Aug 81 IS announced
that thc rising 81 natives in Bechuans-
eui hiss collapsed and that Chiefs Toto
in1 LukajaGjos. who have a thousand
followers. have surrendered 20 the
British authorities.
National Circuit Bicycle Races.
Asbu-y Park. y. Y. Aug 5-F3ve tlous- :
Ind people a.tenies The rational Circuit: :
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