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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-01
Further RESOLUTIONS A9sinss Robert.

ST. LOUIS. oct. 3I.-The ESangaical Al
lance. composed OF the pastors Of all de-
nominations in the city. has una nimously
adopted resolutions protesting against the
seating of Congressman Roberts. OF Utah
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-01

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-01
NO FURTHER NEWS At HAND
An Omsnous silence From Natal
Causes n Belief That Consmuut-
cation Has Been Cot On.

LONDON. Nov. f.~-An orninnus curtain
has again descended upon affairs IL Ma
tai. No Dispatch except the a9iefai teAe-
grams Of Gen Sir George Stewart Nnife
has thus far been permitted 10 mention
the disaster and no telegram from Lady
smith has been received In London since
the aHvlces from tie British commander.
This gives rise 10 beliet that communi-
cations have already been cut in which
event some time m .st elapse before de-
tails regarding British losses are received.
II the war officials have received IL
formation on this point they have re-
Trained from Publishing Il. Cen White
estimate that tins British losses were
about ninety is evidently quite separate
from the probable loss IN killed and
wounded. apart from the captured batiai-
ions.
on this point there IL tho greatest sBs-
pensc among relatives Of the prisoners.
il Is supposed that the stampedinE %
the mules meant the carrying away Of
the reserves of ammunition. and that the
troops capitulated after firing the rounds
each man carried.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-01

received this evening a dispatch from Sir
Alfred. Miner. governor 81 Cape Colony,
saying tnat he had issued q proclamation
liz reply 10 the Boer proclamation annexing
a portion % Cape Gloomy, in the course u
which ne had RArnet British subjects 70
DISREGARD al sucn annexation proncunce-
naeBts. Sir Alfred Miner adds, however,
that So Ear as he can discover the people
north Of the Naal river accept the aiieg 3
annexation as fact.
Hospital for the Wounded.
DURHAM. Natai, Oct. 3I-The legisla-
tive building has been transformed into 4
hospital for iae Boeg and British wounded.
xao viii be treated alike
Funds for Volunteers.
LONDON. 0ct. 3l.--Walter Morrison has
sent & 90 for the aid or the Natal vo.un-
teers
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LONDON D|SMhYED BY
MAGNITUDE Of DISASTER

Continued From Page One.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
STEAMER PORTIA WRECKED.
Passengers and Crew Safely Landed
ON Films Island.

Halifax, N. s., July I0.-The steamer
Portia from New York for Halifax, was
wrecked during dense rog early this
evening on Flinn's Island off Sambro. a
point about fifteen miles 10 the eastward
of Halifax.
The passengers and crew, 115 all told,
landed on the island in the ships boats
and are all comfortably housed there.
No loss of life is report ed.
When the steamer struck most of the
passengers were on deck. The Porta took
the shoal with dun grinding shock that
sent a thrill from stem to stern and
brought all on deck TO their feet i'm alarm.
The steamer came 20 a sudden stop and
the engines which were Immediately re-
versed refused 10 Dur her off In the long
swell her stern moved gently up and down,
but her bow set imm0yably TO the rocks.
When her commander found her filling
rapidly he gave orders 10 abandon the
ship. Few of the passengers ventured be-
low TO recover their valuables after they
learned that they were in danger The Por-
tia had an unusually large number of pas
sengers on board ard her slateroom was
crowded. The PASSENGER list was lost as
well as an the ships papers, and the names
cannot he oh aimed heIe tonight
AS there were III altogether on board, il
Is estimated that there was at least sixty
passengers, summer tourists on pleasure
trip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
NEW LIEUTENANT COLONELs.
ReII, Sargent, Brereton and Plum
mcr Named Yesterday.

ReII, Sargent, Brereton and Plum
mcr Named Yesterday.
Washington. July lO.-The President has
appointed the following lieutenant colo
nels of volunteers:
Maj. ]. f. Bel, assistant adjutant gen
eral Of volunteers, now serving in the
Philippines. He was appointed from Ken
lucky 10 West Point in 1874 He went to
Manila with Gen. Merritt and has had
charge of the bureau OF military informa-
tion.
Capt. Herbort II. Sargent, who was col
onel of the Fifth Immune Regiment dur
ing the war with Spain. He was appointed
10 West Point from Illinois.
Capt. John G. Brereton, of the Twenty
fourth Infantry. He was appointed from
New Jersey 10 West Point, and graduated
in 1917 since which time he has been with
the Twenty-fourth Infantry. He was in
the batt-e ar San Juan Hin and highly
commended for his coo.ness and bravery
Capt Z. II. Plummer, Tenth Infantry
He was appointed to West Point from
Maryland in 1873. During the Spanish war
he was on duty in cuba as brigade quar-
termaster at The headquarters Of the Fit. h
corps. Capt. Plummer was recommended
for brevet for galiantry in action at San
ttagO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
GEORGIA TO GET HER SHARE.
WILL HAVE At LEAST TEN Off
GERS OF VOLUNTEERS.

waiter II. COrbctt Named as n First
Lieutenant, and Others VIII Fol
lONv-Henry Il. Thompson of south
Carolina Made CRptnin-Ap-
pointees Must Have RecOrd-Re-
publican Attitude on Gold stand
ard VIII Help the Democrats.
Washington, July 10.-(SpeciaD- dis
tribudon of army plums for Georgia and
South Carolina began to-day when the
President named Henry T. Thompson of
South Carolica ia be a captain, and Waller
P. Corbett of Georgia 10 be first Ieuten-
ant
Thompson was formerly lieutenant col
onel Of the Second South Carolina Regi-
ment end Corbett was first lieutenant in
the First Georgia. These appointments are
oniy the beginning of the long list yet to
come
Senator Bacon and Congressman Bartlett
of Georgia who had a conference with The
President this MOI ming, were informed that
Georgia would be given ten or eleven
places The state had Two hundred officers
in the American Spanish war.
Must Have Record.
THE President told us" said Senator
Bacon as he left the White House. that
he would not appoint any one who had rot
been in the volunteer service, 50 that ap-
pAcants from civil l.fe have no chance
whatever. He also said chat the officers 10
be appointed would lie selected upon their
records, We shall therefore submit a list
of names and the war department viii do
the rest"
Capt. WilcoXon Of Atlanta is an appli-
cant for appointment while Lieut.. Jack
Miller of Augusta, who has been here
for two or three days, has been promised
a commission
Will Help the Democrats.
Senator Bacon and Congressman Bart
lett and Livingston of Georgia said to-
day that the determination of the Re,
publicans to enact the god standard inlo
a law will help the Democrats in the next
campaign. They all agree that Bryan
VIII be the Democratic nominee, un.ess
he should withdraw
Senator Morgan of Alabama says tha,
the Democrats ought to nominate some
one less radical and extreme than Bryan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
GuATEMALA's GRAVE CRISIS.
Currency Troubles Have Brought
Her Near to Revolution.

San Francisco, July 1O.-Several lead
ing citizens of Guatemala just arrived on
the steamer San Juan confirm the reports
that a revolution is threatened in that
country. A prominent planter now here
said:
THE inflated currency combined with
the surplus production of coffee explains
the conditions. OF laie years every bit of
arabic land has been used for the growth
of coffee, with the result that there IS
over-prOductcn.'
The Call says that President Cabrerea
is charged with having ordered the coin
age of a silver standard piece, $50 fine, in
place of S35 fine This brought storm
about his ears, and he laid The blame upon
the superintendent of the mint who no"
lies in Jail.
In order to adjust matters, Cabrera
made a demand upon the banks for sub
sides of silver. This was refused. with
the result of the expulsion OF President
Rocenda Devola of the Bank of England
and the forced flight of Alexandra Bram-
sen of the Bank of America.
silver has been made conTaband. AH
Guatomalans who attempt to ship it are
apprehendod and incarcerated.
The treasury, foreign relations and pub
lie works portfolios in the cabinet are
now vacant, no one caring to accept either
office.
The floating of $2,50OOOO, in paper in
which the laboring people are paid, ana
which is practically worthless, has led 10
much suffering in all parts of the coun-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
WAS NO RESPONSIBILITY.
why the Government Rejected
Austria-Fungary's Proposal.

why the Government Rejected
Austria-Hungary's Proposal.
Washington July 1O.-The officials here
confirm the advices from Vienna that a
plan of arbitration proposed as means
of settling claims growing out of the Ha-
zleion, Pa, riots, had been rejected by
the Uniied States This probably disposes
of the matter. according tc the view he'd
here, as il has run the entire gamut Of dip
lomauc negotiations, and all of the plans
of settlement, including he last one of ar
bltrat.on, have come 70 naught.
AT the outset the state department called
the matter TO the attention of the Governor
of Pennsylvania who in turn, awaited The
action of the grand jury at Hazle on, which
tried the sheriff on the charge Of murder
The jury acquitted the sheriff whereupon
the Pennsylvania authorities held that they
could not recognize a responsibility which
a jury had held did not exist.
The state department took a similar
view. whereupon usjria-Hungary propos-
ed arbitration of the claims. 1t is this
last proposal which is rejected, which
seems to close the matter, as the claims
are hardly considered of sufficient i'm
portance to justify Hungary to
go beyond the diplomatic representa- lions
she has made already.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
TO GET RID or YELLOW FEVER.
Gen. Wood Has Returned and VIII
Take vigorous Action.

Santiago de Cuba, July 1O.-Gen. Leonard
Wood. the military governor, returned this
morning from the United States and i'm
mediately began vigorous action TO stamp
out the yellow fever. He finds the situa-
tion more serious than he had anticipated.
Tomorrow headquarters viii move 10
Songo, twenty miles north on the railroad.
point about 00) feet above sea leycl
This will include The administrative de-
parIments, except the sanitary and few
immune clerks on The quartermasters and
commissary's staffs
The paymastes has been ordered TO sus-
pend all payments TO the Cuban troops
until the fever has been stamped out, the
special object of the order being to pre-
vent the soldiers from drinking during the
epidemic
Many predict that there will be trouble
when the United States troops are entire
ly removed from the city, as there arc
many hundreds Of destitute Cuban SOL
dlers already here. They are expecting
payment, and have been, though for the
best reasons put off for a month
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
TO PROCEED AGAINST LEBoN.
"e'rl0ution OvertaLing the Perse-
cutOrS of Drcyfus.


Paris, July 10.-It is rumored that as a
result OF the revelation Of an inhuman
cruelty praoticed upon Dreyfus while on
DeVlIs Island, NJ. Lebon. the minister
VINO was responsible for the orders sent
to NJ Deniel, while in charge of che penal
settlement where Dreyfus was confined.
viii be proceeded against, the government
not conhning its action to yesterdays
dismissal of Deniel.
NJ. Bertillon the handwriting expert
VINO testified before the Court Of Cassa-
tlon that Dreyfus was the author of the
pordereau still remains at the head of
the anthropometic department of the pre-
lecture Of police, hut has been deprived
OF his official duties.
Baron Bauluy, another Of the aristo-
cratic promoters of the demonstrations
against President Loubet at Auteuu has
been pardoned.
1t is understood chat NJ Loubet also
desired to pardon Baron Christiuni. who
made the assault on him, but the cabinet
decided that this was quite out of the
question
Inc Gazette de France to-day publishes
the report which the project of police pre-
sented 70 the government March %, on
the Orleanist party. 1t says the League
or Patriots and the anu-Semite League
were in close relations with the Duke o.
Orleans, who sent 5000 francs to NJ. De-
roulede and large sums to Deputy Jules
Guerin. Altogether. the Royalists are SAID
to have expended 100000 francs in getting
up the Neuily barracks fiasco.
Prof. Syveton, treasurer of the League
of French Fatherland, has been suspended
from his duties at the College of Rheims
for attempts to incte an anti-Dreyfus agi-
tatiOn at Rennes
According to the same authority. Comte
Boni de Castellane also subsidized the
movement
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
FLOOD SUFFERERS NEED AID.
Gov. snyers Says II Is the Greatest
Calamity Texas Has Had


Austin, Tex, July lO.-Gov. Sayers and a
corps of assistants have spent the entire
day working in behalf Of the food sufferers
up and down the Brazos river bottoms
Reports from the stricken district to-day
are to the effect that while the waters are
rapidly recedng, the condition Of the flood
sufferers is improving very little.
The Governor received officlal reports
from Velasco, the southernmost point, that
everything was in fairly good condition
there with twenty-five feet of water pre-
yailing.
He has received a telegram from the cit
zens OF Hearne stating that they had
fought alone as long as they coud and
would now have to ask public aid that ali
the property in that section had been laid
waste, and they were starving and home
less and needed money, food and clothing
Their wants viii be supplied al once.
County Judge Bell at Beleville, wired
that there were 200 sufferers in the coun-
ties Of Mills creek, and 1000 in the creek
bottom in absolute need From numerous
other portions of the flooded districts sim
liar reports came pouring in.
Gov. 5ayers stated to-day to an Associ-
ated Press correspondent that the effort
on the part of some TO belittle the damage
attendant upon the food was actuated by
motives that he could not understand; ;
that during his long residence in Texas,
he had never seen worse calamity befall
it's people, and that from reports he had
at mis- disposal he was led to believe that
the list OF suffering would be very large.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
JONES IS sTITL CHAIRMAN.
Gov. stone Says That the Senator
VIII Not Resign.

VIII Not Resign.
New York, july 10-Ex-Gov William j.
Stone of Missouri, who has been for some
time the controlling figure In the Demo
cratic national committee, said to-day
that there was no truth in the reports that
Senator James X. Jones of Arkansas In
tends to resign the Craftsmanship of the
committee, and that Senator Martin Of
Virginia Is likely to succeed him.
II have just received a letter from sona-
tor jones' said Mr.. Stone, land he tells
me his health Is now good. He is in a
London suburb, where he will remain most
Of the summer. ! expect 10 see HIM at home
by sept. J., and | am In a position TO make
the positive statement that he viii remain
at the head of the Democratic national
committee and wiz ose no time In getting
to work after his return"
Gov. Stone laugned at the report that
he had come to New York to see Au-
eustus Van Wyck and other prominent
New York Democrats to make propar-
alton for the meeting of the national com
mittee in Chicago, July 20.
Il came here yesterday afternoon" he
said, land ] have not seen a New York
Democrat yet. except one newspaper re-
porter. No preparations are needed for
the meeting of the> national committee.
and in any event | would not come to
New York to do any preparing. | am here
to transact some business and as soon
as Il Is completed l shall start for Chica-
60"
The Tammany leaders are not showing
much interest in the coming meeting Of
the national Democratic committee They
will have a representative at Chicago on
July 70 20 report on the work OF the com
mittee, but no prominent members of the
organization will make the trip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
OFFICERS OF VOLUNTEERS.
Many Captains and Lieutenants
Named by the President.

Named by the President.
Washington, July 10.-The President has
made the following appointments in the
volunteer army the former service of each
officer following the name:
To be captains: James b. Adams, first
lieutenant Fourth L. S. V. l.; Frank F.
Crenshaw, first lieutenant, Third L. S. V.
l.; Paul G. GaHaher, captain First Ken
lucky; Jacob II. Culver, captain Second
United states Volunteer Cavalry; Charles
d. Gather, captain Ninth L. S. V. l.:
John Van Ness Philip first lieutenant
Fourth T. S. " l.
To he irst'leutenants Robert j. Arnold
captain Third Tennessee; Kent Browning
Fourth L. $, Y. L.; Thomas G. Bradley,
First United States Volunteer Cavalry;
Waiter 2. Corbat, first lieutenant First
Georgia Volunteers; James d. Fauntleroy
captain Third United States Volunteer En-
giueers; James c. Hixson, captain Fifth
United States Nounteer Infantry; William
M. Meek, first lieutenant Third Tennessee;
William +. Screws, second lieutenant
Third Alabama Volunteers: Thomas II
Underwood captain Fifth United States
Volunteer Infantry.
To be second Heutenants: William K
Armstrong, second Lieutenant Second Ala
bama Volunteers: Arthur G. Duncan, prl-
vate First United States Volunteer Cav
airy; George NJ Holley, second lieutenant
Third United States Volunteer Engineers:
Henry K. Love, corporal First United
States Nolun Leer Cavalry; Wilford Twy-
man, second lieutenant First Kentucky
Volunteers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
WRECK or A SPECIAL TRAIN.
Two Women Killed on the way to
Educational Convention.

stockton, Cal, July 1O-A Burlington
special train OF nine coaches on the way
from 81. Louis to Los Angeles loaded with
teachers going TO attend the National Ed
ucantional Convention at Los Angeles,
crashed into a freight train within 500
yards of the depot at Newman, Cal, to-day
ana two women were killed and thirteen
passengers were injured.
The killed are Miss Addie Harris. No
5'-' Dillingham; street ST Louis, and Mrs
Lena Thomas. Seneca Falls. n. Y
Nearly all the injured are St. Louis
people. with the exception of Robert
Mills, who was injured about the head
though not fatally. none of the injuries
are serious the greater number consist
of slight bruises or merely shocks.
The special was going az the rate OF
forty miles an hour. and the freight train
was taking water on the main track. The
freight train Immediately took fire, and
an empty coach, Il way car and three fiat
cars were burned
The tender of The locomotive crashed
into the sleeper killing the two women
In IN oforward berth and injuring thirteen
other occupants OF the same None of the
other coaches left the track
The Eastern passengers who were on
the sleeping car which was wrecked In
the collision at Newman ARMED in San
Francisco tonight None OF them were
seriously hurt, and all of them went to
the hotels.
Miss Alice White. who was erroneously
reported to have been killed, was more
fughtened than hurt, though she had Il
marvellous escape. She was in an upper
berth, aud was caught between the top
of the berth and the roof of the sleeper.
She was eXtricated from her perious po-
siuon with much difficulty
The bodies of the two dead ladies' were
left at Newman, and will be sent to their
homes after the inquest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
DEPREDATI0Ns OF BANDITS.
Cuban People Now Want AgricuItu-
raj Implements.

Hul implements.
Havana, July 10-The board of agricul-
ture of Puerto Principe has appointed
Senors Cardenas and Luaces a COMMITTEES
to visit Washington and ask for an ap-
preparation for the province to enable it
to purchase farming implements.
The Manzanilo rural police has killed
Robinson Arito, an escaping outlaw.
At Bayamo 5000 men are waiting pay
ment About 2,C0O weapons have been de-
livered to the Mayor.
At Bojucal TWO armed men hailed Julio
Angulo, owner of the plantation Santa
Rosa and ordered him to open The door OF
his house. He hesitated or refused and
they fred twice through tne window.
whereupon he complied The men were
Maxine Rodriguez and Antonio Morono,
who escaped from Bojucal Jail last month.
They bound Angulo, searched the house,
secured S510, and. having ordered him 10
bring an additional $50 to a spot desig
mated with an hour. under threat 10 return
and kill him, they left with the planter
horse, rifle and macnete.
A short time afterward the same men
practically repeated this performance on
the plantation Guijales belonging to Fer
min Diaz. There they obtained ten CEN
times They went next to the adjoining
farm the property of Jose Gonzales, where
they secured so and various articles Of
jewelry, finally disappearing untouched by
the bullets fred from the raided houses
after their departure.
The Mayor of Alquizar has asked Gov
Gen. .B1 coke TO cease sending ratons 10 that
point and to eXp5nd an equal amount in ne
purchase of farming implements, lin order
that our people may earn their livelihood
instead of being dependent upon aims
whose regular arrival tends 10 encourage
vagrancy and TO destroy self-respect."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
HAS REFUSED TO ARpITRATE.
Austria rian-Hunsarinns' Claims for
Dnmnges IgnoreA.


Vienna, July 10.-The Uni ed States gov
ernment has declined the proposal of the
government of Austria Hungary to arbi-
trate the claims for damages arising from
the death of Observation-Disclosures subjects
during the riotng of Haz.e.0n Pa, in Sep
tember, 1897.
The American refusal has caused sur
prise and disappointment here, especially
in view of the proceedings of the peace
conference at The Hague,
The Allegemeine MOntags Zeitung ad-
mits, how-ver, that the legal standpoint
adopted as the reason for refusal deprives
ii of any offensive OF hostile character,
and says il is inconceivable that The re
ply of the United States government should
lead 10 any retaliatory measures on the
part of Austria or TO a conflict between
the Two powers.
The official papers consider that the
matter Will now be dropped.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-11
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
GuntemaIa's Trouble Has Little Poll
ties About II.

Washington, July 1o.-The report that
a revolution is imminent in Guatemala
causes a good deal of uneasiness in Central
American circles, because ii has been
known for some time that affairs there
were in a critical condition
A weu-posted diplomat stated to-day that
tho trouble was not so much of a political
character as It was commercial and fnan-
cial. The governments has recently been
issuing large quantities of paper money
without having any considerable quantity
of coin on hand 10 redeem II. As re-
suit exchange has jumped 10 rate hith-
erto unknown, and the Guaiemalan dollar
masses current at about % cents.
To this financial disorder is attributed
the arrest Of a number OF leading hnanciers
connected with the banks of the country