Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-09-16
LATER NEWS.

minated. All western roads have agreed
to restoration of passenger rates, to
be effective September 81.
Captain James q. Blaine, assistant
adjutant-general, U. S. ", has been
discharged from the army for his recent
fragrant escapades at San Francisco and
Honolulu.
Spain has lost another Pacific possess
sion. Native forces captured the gar
rison of Ponape and took full posses
sion of the Carolines, which this coun-
try had contemplated seizing had the
war been prolonged.
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has com.
pleted his investigation of the condition
Of the $50 recruits of the Second Ore
gon volunteers encamped at San Fan-
cisco, and has telegraphed to the secre-
tary of wal that he has found every
thing satisfactory.
General Rios, governor of the vi
sayas islands, and ad interim governor
general of the Spanish territory in the
Philippines, has wired the Madrid gov
ernment that he has arrived at ''an
understanding with the American
authorities respecting the island Of
Luzon."
There is reason to believe that the
navy department has selected the Texas
as the future flagshipof the Asiatic
station. The understanding is that
she will replace the protected cruiser
Olympia. which is to be ordered to the
United States as soon as her relief ar
rives on the Asiatic station.
A Madrid dispatch says Spain is
ready to concede our every demand,
and the impossibility of resuming the
struggle is fully recognized. The gov
ernment is evidently of the opinion that
with a strong navy there might have
been different story to tell of the out
come of the war with the United
States, and deplores the fact that she
has but few ships left.
A Cuban patriot writes that misery
among the Cubans is on the increase,
and that conditions in Havana City
and province are worse now than dur
ing the war, with no relief in sight.
The Spaniards, he says. are reveng-
ing themselves for the loss of Cuba by
robbing, maltreating and depressing in
every possible way the un fortunate
people Of the island. Chaos reigns
and the public service has been COM
pletely abandoned in all departments.
Under peremptory orders from Gen
eral Miles, preparations are being made
to break up Camp Wikoff at once, by
sending home all the soldiers. The
new order conflicts with one from the
war department. Preparations are be-
ing made, however, to abandon the
camp in accord with the commanding
generals order and in direct disregard
of that of the secretary. Alger, when
questioned, passed the matter over by
saying Miles order was issued in fur.
therance of the departments plans.
The naval station at Newport, R. l.,
is to be discontinued.
Fifty Spanish prisoners captured at
the naval battle July 3, off Santiago,
have sailed from Jersey City on the
steamer City of Rome for home. The
men had been held prisoners at Nor
folk, Va.
Illinois has secured the commander.
in-chief of the G. A. r., in Colonel
James A. Sexton, of Chicago; and
Pennsylvania has secured the location
of SSd annual encampment at Phila.
delphia next year.
A dispatch from Manila says: The
attitude of the Philippine insurgent
leaders is daily becoming more danger.
Gus. So open is their opposition to the
American authorities that the situation
is strained and reconciliation may be
difficult.
TeXarkana, Ark, is overrrun with
idle negroes, who are said to have come
from the Northern districts of Texas,
whencej they were driven by white
caps, who are alleged to have made
several murderous attacks on the
negroes.
AT the Washington state convention
held at Ellensburg, Wash, the Demo
Gratis renominated James Hamilton
Lewis for congress by acclamation.
and the silver Republican convention
renominated Congressman W. G. Jones
by acclamation.
1t is officially announced that Senator
George Gray, of Delaware. has been
selected as the fifth member of the
Paris peace commission. This com.
pletes the personnel of the commission,
which stands composed as follows: Elk.
Secretary of State Day, Senators Frve
and Gray and Whitelaw Reid.
Two million dollars, for the purchase
Of the Center Star mine, in Rossland,
b. O., has been deposited with the