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BIG FIRE AT TACOMA.

TACOMA. oct. 1.-THE Tourist hotel.
under construction by the Northern Pa
eihc Land Company. was burned tonight.
There has been expended on the structure
up to date $4,000 and the officials Of the
company say the loss Is $4,000 II was
the purpose Of the land company to make
this one OF the finest hotels in the coun-
try. and It would have cost. complete
over 100000. The hotel commands one
OF the finest sites in the city. overlooking
Puget sound. September % the exposition
building burned with loss OF sl21O0O;
october the woolen mills burned, with
a loss OF 5000. These. as well as the
hotel were erected and fostered by the
land company. The coincidence OF their
des'-''otion on such closely allied dates
has caused much comment. and is be-
lleved to be the work OF an incendiary.
The land company has many friends and
few enemies and the work is believed to
be that OF an insane person.
During the fire tonight W. F. Kenmore,
Of hook and ladder No was thrown
from the ladder and two men fell upon
him. He is internally injured and may
not live.
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ALASKAN RAILWAY.

SEATTLE. Oct. 1.-THE steamship City
OF Seattle arrived today from Lynn canal.
Alaska, with 200 passengers, 100 OF whom
are from Dawson City. some leaving as
late as September 2j
The only bonanza king aboard was Will
lam Leggitt. who has spent four years on
the Yukon. Before leaving Dawson he sold
claim No. 10 ON the Eldorado for large
figure. Alex Mcdonald. who is the heavi-
est claim owner on the Klonoike, stopped
at skagway and will arrive on the next
steamer.
Last Wednesday afternoon the White
Pass & Yukon railway. the first railway
built in Alaska. broke ground on British
soil. on tho British side the railway
takes the name Of the British Columbia
Yukon railway The work OF construc-
ton will be prosecuted all the winter and
2OoV men will be kept at work. 1t is ex-
pected to have trains running to Log
Cabin. a distance of 80 miles from skag-
way bv the middle OF February,
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Each Commander Knew Exactly
What to Do and Did It at
the Proper Moment.
OREGON BORE THE BRUNT
With the Texas and Iowa. She Won
the Great Fight-New York Had
No Part in the Battle.

NEW YORK. Oct. ll-Although the
American feet In the battle on Santiago
on July obeyed the general orders OF
Rear Admiral Sampson. given in advance
to meet just such an emergency. It was
essentially a captains fight.
This is the substance OF the report Of
the naval board which has been investi-
eating the disputed points in the battle.
Rear Admiral Sampson was not present
and two orders signalled by sehley. "Close
In" and Engage the enemy" did no good.
and were unnecessary. for the ships had
already closed in and engaged the enemy
when the orders were run up.
The board finds in general way that
each ship in the fleet knew exactly what
to do should cervera come out. and did
it when he actually came out. Each
captain fought his ship on plans prepared
and given by Admiral Sampson. Even
had sehley directed the general move
menis OF the feet in the battle, which
It was necessary for him to do. they
would not have been executed because Of
the preparations made by Sampson. and
within his general orders. The findings
Of the board are summarized as follows:
The battle was fought and won upon
plans prepared by .,ear Admiral Sampson.
The directing Of the movements of the
ships done by schley during the battle
was lnconsiderable.
The New YOrA had no active part in
the fight.
The Brooklyn was not engaged at so
close quarters as has been represented by
the first report. On an average she was
two miles away from the enemy.
The bulk of the hghting was borne by
the Oregon. the Texas and the Iowa.
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FAST STEAMSHIP LINE
TO BE ESTABLISHED.
French Company VIII Establish a Line
Between San Francisco and South
American Ports. Next March.
gAR FRANcIsco. oct. Ii.-rhe enron.

sAE FRANCISCO. oct. 1.-the chron.
lcle says:
San Francisco Is TO have another d.
reot steamer communication with South
American markets on both the west and
east coasts. The chargeurs Reuins. one
OF the largest Of French steamship COM
"anies. II 20 Oestablish line Of fast steam
ers betwoea this port. Mazatlln. Aca-
pulco. Guayaquil. caIiao. Peru. valpar-
also. Chile; Montevideo. Uruguay: Santos.
Brazil; Liverpool. Hayre and possibly a
Belgian port Tho first steamer will ar
rive here next March. and thereafter a
monthly service ia 70 be maintained be-
tween San Francisco and Liverpool. with
s,oppage at the above mentioned ports.
a. Frayasse. representing the com
pany, who is In the city. says ne has re-
ceIved much encouragement from mer-
chants. and declares that the line will be
put into operation as soon as possible.
He adds:
For service In the Pacific. the COM
pany has COW under construction three
new steamers, which will have a length Of
so feet and carrying capacity OF GOO
tons each"
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GUARDSMEN
TO BE PAID
Rejected Soldiers to Receive
S1.50 per Day for the
Time They Lost.
FIVE THOUSAND SET ASIDE
Senate Wanted to Adjourn SatHr-
day, but the House Rejected
the Proposal.
ANOTHER BOARD ABOLISHED
House Bill to Do Away With the State
EauallLers-BoundiBg Of Counties
Settled New Portland Board.

SALEM. Oct. 1.-THE house this after
noon passed Senator Fulton's bill provid-
ing for an appropriation OF 1900 for the
payment OF national guards who enlisted
for tho wur with Spain and were rejected.
at the rate OF $50 per day for such SER
vice. II directs the adjutant general OF
the state. within % days. TO prepare a
certified Hist OF the guardsmen who en-
listed and were rejected. and the secre-
tary OF state to issue warrants thereon.
An emergency clause attached makes the
law operative upon receiving the sigma
ture Of the governor.
In the senate Fulton introduced a con-
current resolution that the special ses-
sion adjourn at II o'clock Saturday. oc-
tober l5. which was adopted. The reso-
luton went TO the house and was rejected.
Al the evening session the house passed
the bin abolishlng the state board Of
equalization.
Fordney's bill. establishing the bound
BiS lire b-twecn Um11 and wailowa
COUNTIES. w1ls unanimously passed By
this bill all Union county east o. the Blue
mountains and north OF Elbow gulch is
annexed to wallowa county.
The Portland charter bill. providing for
q board of public works. passed the house
tonight.
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HIGH MOUNTAIN DISCOVERED.

SEATTLE. Oct. 1.-THE C. H. Eidredgs
Geological Survey party, which has just
returned from the Cooks Inlet country.
is declared to have discovered the highest
mountain in North America. The peak.
which towers far above Mount St. EliaS
Is situated in Alaska to the right Of the
Sushltna river, The government topog-
rapher, it is said. took triangulations for
the elevation. ascertaining by scientific
calculation the exact height of the peaH.
which he declared to be more than nom
feet. The mountain was named Bullshea.
a word spoken in exclamation by the In
dian guide of the party on first beholding
the wonderful peak. The members Of
the survey are reported to have expressed
the opinion that an ascent of BulIshea
would be almost impossible, so steep are
its sides.
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ON A LONG JOURNEY.

CLEVELAND, O.. Oct. 11.-Countess
Adeline Sohimmelmann, Of Copenhagen,
accompanied by her two sons and seven
Interpreters, arrived here today on the
private Yacht Duen. The countess is do
ing missionary work among sailors, es-
pecially those of her own nationality,
and expects to enclrcle the earth in her
travels, Speaking of her visit to this
country, she said;
81 will probably spend two weeks in
Cleveland. intend to winter in Chicago.
also intend to visit the northwest,
where many of my people live, in order
to study their condition and progress"
The Duen is splendid yacht 81 feet
long and Is feet wide.
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died at the city and county hospital afinr
having been lured to this city BY tho ad-
vertisement Of matrimonial agency.
He was @ years old and came hers e
marrv an alleged "rich widow" Ho met
Mrs. Grace Allison, who has recently nE-
ured In somewhat similar case. but
when his money was gone she Is said e
have refused TO recognizes him. Just BE-
fore his death. which Is attributed to
worry and disappointment. letter for
him containing funds reached the pont
ONCE here from Mrs Eleanor Magowus.
East Pembroke. Mass.
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BEER FOR Philippines.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 1l.--A new trade
with the Philippines has sprung up. Dur
ing the past six or seven weeks not less
than $50 car loads of beer and six car
loads OF cigarettes have been sent there.
Milwaukee and St. Louis firms are ship
ping the beer. and Richmond. New York.
and several eastern cities are forwarding
the cigarettes. The articles are for the
use Of the American soldiers, though It
is expected the shipments may be well
coined by the natives
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FATAL LOVERS QUARREL.

MONTICELLO. KY. Oct. ii.-Aiexan-
der Keith. young farmer. called on his
sweetheart. Miss Lou Dick. and found =
rival talking to her Angry words were
passed and Keith attempted to shoot ths
other fellow. Miss Dick interfered. whsn
Keith turned his revolver on her and shot
her through the right breast, inhlcting q
mortal wound. He then fed.
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a WEALTHY swlNDLEa.

OAKLAND. Cal. Oct li.-wIlliam n
Allen. a recent arrival from the eas4
who claims to be worth nearly a quarter
Of a million dollars. Is locked up in ths
city prison on the charge OF obtaining
money under false pretenses. He was
arrested on a complaint sworn to By
John Ludemann. who alleges that AIIen.
to secure a mortgage on the winters hotsl
executed and delivered deeds to property
in this county and in Missouri to which
he had no title whatever.
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MRS BorKIN SCORES A POINT,

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 1.-THE warrant
for the extmdition Of Mrs, Cordelia Bot
kin, for the murder OF Mrs, John p, Dun
ming and her sister, Mrs, Joshua p. Deane,
at Dover, Del, was placed in Chief of
Police Lees 'hands today. 10 prevent
tho immediate extradtion of the accused
woman, her attorneys went before Judge
Hawley, of the United States district
court, to apply for writ of habeas cor
pus. Judge Hawley refused to entertain
the plea, saying too much time was being
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NO TRACE OF ANDRE.

NEW YORK. oct. ii-A dispatch 10 the
Herald from Trondjhem says:
The German steam yacht HelIogold, with
members Of Herr TheodOr Lerners expe-
dItIon. returned from spItzbergen. having
reached 81 degrees north. They had not
seen Andre. but had collected much Zoo
logical material.
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wasted In friyilous tactics, and suggested
that the United States circuit court OF
appeals bc Detitioned. thus avoiding long
delays Mrs. Botkn's attorneys then ap-
penled to Judge COOK. who Immediately
issued the desired papers The writ was
made returDabIe Monday.
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GOOD THING: PUSH IT ALONG.

PORTLAND. Oct. 1.-The COMMITTEES
having in charge the matter Of collecting
money with which to buy a sword to be
presented to Captain Clark. Of the battle
ship Oregon. has met with great success
1t is intended to raise 5000 by popular
subscription. WIN. Ladd is treasurer or
the committee.
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guppLIEs MAY pE LANpEp rnEE.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE war de-
partment today received the following
from Major-General Wade. daeed Havana
October II: 'The United States can lana
free Of duty supplies for the destitute at
the ports OF Bahia Honda. caibaren ana
Matanzas."
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REMARKABLE NEWS"

MADRID. OCT. 1.-THE government has
received an official dispatch from Gen
eral Rios, Spanish commander in the
Viscayas islands, saying that 1000 insur-
gents, including SS chiefs, have uncon-
ditionally submitted to Spanish authority.
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MKINLEY AT OMAHA.

OMAHA. Oct. 11.-President Mckinley
and the other members of the presidential
party from Washington were greeted on
their arrival in Omaha by the largest
crowd that has ever lined the streets
of the city
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OLD SOLDIER DEAD.

NILES. Mich, Oct l1.-General Elisha
Mix died at his home in Allegan, where
he has lived so years He was made a
brevet brigadler general in the civil war.
He was so years of age.
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NURSE AND NoBLEMAx.

CHICAGO. Oct. 1i-MIss Anne N.
Fowler. who served as Red Cross nurse
in Cuba was married today to Albert
vanshelle. Belgian nobleman, delegate
general OF the Red Cross Society on the
stan Of his majesty, LeOPO,. IL
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DIED OF MATRIMONIAL WORRY.

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 11.--Alexander
S. Sampson, of West Duxbury, Mass. has
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range, to open up a fine copper prop
erty.
Charles Francis, of Dakota. has re
turned to he Gold camp in the Black
mountain country.
Harry King, of ElizabethtoWn, has
contracted to build for the Hematite
Tunnel Company, so feet more of work
on their tunnel site.
Work on the Red Bandana near Eliz-
~abethtoWn, will be started up again
with renewed energy, as the managers
have settled their differences.
Dick Elwood, of the Gold Leaf claim
on Comanche creek, has 100 feet of shaft
sunk on a II feet vein which averages
SIS to the ton.
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The Army Bills.

The dispatches of yesterday stated
that the house committee on military
affairs had decided to report favorably
on the Hull bill for the increase of the
United States army to 100, 900 men.
This increase will be vigorously fought
by the Democrats, as the decision Of the
committee was strictly on party lines,
the Democrats voting against the
measure in accordance, no doubt, with
the policy outlined recently by Demo-
cratic leaders. There are several feat
ures of the Hull bill that will be liable
to excite hostile criticism from the
house, irrespective of party, and there
will be a fair chance of the bills being
referred back to the committee for
changes. One of these features thai
will be criticised is the increase of the
infantry companies from 100 to las men,
unless this was altered on the adoption
of the bill by the majority in the COM
mittee. One hundred and forty-five
men to a company is altogether too
many, but that provision was made to
prevent increasing the regiments of in
fantry beyond so and the consequent
increase in regimental officers.
Representative Mcclellan, of New
York, introduced, a week ago, a third
bill for the reorganization of the army,
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and if the Huh bill is reported back to
the committee, undoubtedly MI. Nc
Clellan's measure will receive more
careful consideration, as there are
some excellent points about it, and the
bill is the result of a conference of Mr..
the army. 1t makes radical changes
in the staff, consolidates the adjutant
generals and inspector generals de-
I partments in the general staff, absorbs
the ordnance department into the en-
| gineer's corps, abolishes the signal
corps. assigning its duties to the engin-
GERS and its officers to the infantry. 1t
gives the quartermaster's n commits
sary departments each a regiment of
900 enlisted men, adopts the cavalry
strength of the Miles bill, the artillery
| strength of the Hull bill and the in
fantry strength of the Miles bill. All
officers of the general staff shall per-
form a tour of duty before each promo
ton, which would give them line duty
every 10 years-copied from the Ger
man method. An equipment depart
ment is provided to relieve the quarter
masters department, and confines the
duties Of the latter solely to transport
tation.
The consolidation of the adjutant
generals and inspector generals de-
partments will be a bad move and can
| l-~-.l1, .-r n.,+:~. ,-111 ,r,~,a1 -,
army affairs claim hat this is a move
on the part of the younger officers to
| avoid proper and necessary inspection
| of posts and camps. The abolition of
the inspectors department mean that
gross and, sometimes, fatal careless
| ness will be overlooked and hushed up,
| where officers inspect officers, and it is
claimed that the ends of justice would
be much better served if the inspector
generals department was made civilian
and good business men put on that
duty. Had this obtained at the time
Captain Carter was carrying on his
stealings, he would have been brought
to justice much earlier and much more
effectively. The other features of the
bill are not bad, although the absorp-
ton of the ordnance department into
| the artillery may provoke some ques-
tioning as to the real benefit to be de-
rived. The commissary department has
too long been dependent upon the quar-
termaster's department, whereas the
new proposition is to effectively provide
for the proper working of both depart
ments without the friction that has OBJ
tanned in the past.
But there ought to be a provision in
serted in the instrument finally adopted
preventing forever and for aye commits
sioning Of officers, volunteers or other
| wise, who have not had suitable mill
tary experience. Captain Hardin, of
the 18th infantry, very justly com
plains that young men who have been
carefully trained in the military schools
of the country under the supervision of
army officers. We're given the go-by in
the late war for the appointment of po-
litical favorites who knew no more
about their duties than so many horses.
Efficiency, fitness, should be the cri-
terra, rather than political pulls which
have resulted so disastrously to the
health and morale of the enlisted men
from the commissioning Of favorites
who need two years of careful instruc-
ton to fit them for even the ordinary
duties of army and camp life.
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NEW MEXICO MINES.

The Steeple Rock Development Com
pany, of Grant county, has contracted
to dispose of it's mountain of tallings
to the Pacific Extraction Company, OF
San Francisco. The tailings will be
worked by the cyanide process.
An ore body 80 feet wide and yielding
$12 in gold has been uncovered in the
Bull of the Woods mine ear Bland by
Henry Lockhart. The Crown Point
Mining Company has also made a
strike on the Glencoe, three-fourths OF
a mile north of Bland, which is yielding
Is ounces of gold.
C. C. Cotton has been appointed SUI
perintendent Of the Edison mine, Red
River district, and has a force of men
cleaning out the works, after which
development on an extended scale will
proceed.
Work has been resumed on the Stella
property, Red River, and three shifts
are being worked.
William Glasson, of Socorro, has re-
turned from Alabama and will work on
his local mining claims. .
The strike at Copper Hill in Taos
county has created great interest
through that part of the country. Man.
ager Turner was prosecuting on the
Champion at IS feet, when he encoun-
tered eight feet of solid ore averaging
rtn b. %La- to, tl,D Itn r,,nIo ~, =, a n
up to $40 per ton. At the same time the
company has opened up an ore chute
l 900 feet from the above spot at a depth
of 200 feet, where four feet of ore, finer,
if anything, than the other find, has
been unearthed.
Marcus Ruthenburg will build a
smelter at the Val Verde works at Pas
chal. There are several thousand tons
of ore on the dump ready for smelling.
The Confidence mine in the Mogollons
is producing so tons of ore daily, and
has unlimited ore reserves in sight.
The Othello and Desdemona mines in
Cooks district are employing 125 men,
and putting out from 400 to 600 tons per
month, which is sen to the Ell Paso
smelter. The production of the mines
could be increased to 1000 tons per
month, if desired. The property be-
longs to the Kansas City Consolidated
Smelling and Refining Company.
w. III. Mackey, of the Bennett-Ste-
phenson mine, has returned to Las Cru
ces from Junction City, Kan. The
mines machinery has been overhauled
and operations have begun again.
Ton Price, of Las Cruces, has gone to
Membrilla canon, in the San Andres
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WEDNESDAY,, DECEMBER 21.

The attitude of the Republican party
of New Mexico has always been con.
sistent OH the question of the admission
of the territory as a state. We favored
the admission of the territory when the
Democratic party was united in their
opposition against it. We still favor
its admission, believing that there is no
good and substantial reason for keeping
us out of the Union as a state and be-
lieve that this can best be accomplished
by the election of a delegate to congress
who is in harmony with Republican
politics and principles.-Republican
Platform, New Mexico, 1898.
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The Washington Post, usually a fair
and righteous journal, has so far for
gotten it's former record as to suggest
that in 1900 there will be two Demo-
cratic tickets in the field, one composed
of Olney and Wheeler for president and
ct, n Cleveland and Bryan as the
candidates on the anti-expansion tick
ct. Fighting Joe Wheeler's services in
the late war certainly entitle him to
of political opponents. 1t is unjust to
place him in the company that the Post
has.
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All this talk about the people of Cuba
and the Philippines not being able to
appreciate a government provided by
the United States is simply silly. Since
the Americans have entered those ISL
ands there have been strikes among the
natives for higher wages and shorter
hours. 1t don't take long for American
resemble many of the conditions in this
country, and the next thing heard from
the new possessions will be that the
girls are insisting upon the privilege
Of kissing naval and army heroes.
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Some few weeks ago an organization
styling itself the "Anti-Imperialist''
circulated thousands of cards through
out the country for the purpose of Sc
curing signatures to a petition, to be
presented to congress, against the an
nexation of the Philippines. The sue
cess of thai scheme to secur a formid-
able array of names of citizens with
which to impress the president and
members of congress has been such
that there are grave suspicious that
people have been backward about COM
ing forward with their signatures. Any
way, the great petition has not yet been
sent to congress in a dray.
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Code Of Civil procedure,

Every practicing attorney in the ter
ritory should have q copy of the New
Mexico Code OF Civil Procedure, bound
In separate form with alternate blank
pages for a%nnotations. The New Mex.
lean Printing company has such an edi-
ton on sale at the following prices:
Leatherette binding, $1.25; full law
sheep, 81; flexible morocco, 81. so.