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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
MORE MEN NEEDED
Otis Cannot Crush the Fill.
pinos With Present Force.
POLITICAL SITUATION Is SERIOUS
Otis Gave In to the AdministrAti0n
whom He Made His Estimate Of the
Number Of Troops Required.

New York, June IA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Major-G General Miles 10 an advocate
Of the dispatch of reinforcements TO
General Otis. He declined to discuss
the political position in the Philip
pines other than to say it was serious,
nor would he give any idea OF the
troops that should be sent to the Phil
ippines to place the archipelago under
American control.
General Marcus P. Miller. who re-
gently arrived from the Philippines.
where he governed lilo lilo. has been
living here since his return. General
Miller's view as to the number of men
required for the subjugation of the
islands is very different from that OF
General Otis. He believes IS, 200 men,
at least, are required: 80, 900 for the
control of Luzon, and the remainder
Tor the restoration of peace and order
in the other islands.
General Miller's view comedies with
General Lawton's and that of other Off.
GERS subordinate to General Otis. In
fact, in other than administration cir.
cles there is disposition to believe
that General OTIS estimate of the men
required was made when he Inew Of
the desire of the president not to raise
volunteers If possible to avoid it.
There is no truth in the story that
General Miles has applied to be sent
to Manila. General Miles would not
wish to take any action to displace
General Otis when that officer is doing
all he can to Quell the rebellion with
the limited means at his command.
Notwithstanding the report to the con-
trary, the president is satisfied with
General Ots' course, and has no inten-
ton OF relieving or recalling him. It
is equally untrue. it is asserted by Act
ing Secretary Meiklejohn. that Gen.
eral Otis has cabled that he will be
compelled to retreat unless promptly
reinforced.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
ATLlN ORE DISCOVERY.
Young Woman Locates . Vein . Milo
Long.

Young Woman Locates Vein Mile
Long.
Chicago, june a. A special to the
Chronicle from Tacoma, WASH, says:
miss frankie Flormon, of the Black
Hills, s. D., has discovered what Atlin
mining men believe will become the
greatest quartz mine in Alaska and
British Columbia. 1t consists of an ore
vein from 200 to 600 feet in width and
nearly mile long. In its course this
immense vein is intersected by Atlin
City. The ledge is a true assure Of
free milling ore. with hanging wall
Of serpentine and foot wall Of quart
ute. The largest surface assay is sat,
and many assays average So, making it
much richer than the famous Tread.
we'll mine, il these values continue
with the depth. To determine this,
shafts are now being sunk. Miss
Flormon, her father and friends have
located claims covering the entire
ledge. It was discovered by her two
months ago, while she was hunting for
mineral. She has been prospecting in
Atlin for some time with her father,
who is a well-known mining expert.
After making her first location. Miss
Flormon superintended the work Of
stripping the ledge to determine its ex-
tent. She has also acquired site for
4 stamp mill, and has water rights.
Frank Baker. a prominent Atlin oper-
fator, has bonded her interest for
$500, 900 and started Expert William
Partridge to London to sell it. T"
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Manila, June 29.-Major-General
Otis has ordered the opening to trade
Of many important ports. which have
been closed since the outbreak. Many
ships used in inter-island commerce
have been tied up in the harbor here
for months, and the shippers and mer-
chants have been urging the govern.
ment to raise the blockade.
When the decision was made known
yesterday, the scene in the CUSTOM
house was AZ animated as tie floor OF
an American stock exchange. 1t was
q busy day. Ship owners rushed to get
their clearance papers.
There will be gr eat boom in the
hemp business, which has been at q
standstill. The ships will race to bring
the first cargo before the demand weak
ems. Az there is heavy export duty
on hemp, this will greatly increase the
revenues. The interests Of the natives,
as we'll 40 the merchant traders gener-
ally, led General Otis to take this &C.
ton. Delegations from the southern
islands told him that the cession of
business was bringing much suffering
to peaceable inhabitants.
Gunboats will protect the shipping
in some ports. but elsewhere shippers
must risk oonfscation by the insur-
gents, who exact heavy tribute for all
ships they permit to sail.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
FIRST CASE UNDER NEW TREATY
Mexico Wants to Try Mrs. Rich for the
Murder Of Her Husband.

Mexico Wants to Try Mrs. Rich for the
Murder Of Her Husband.
Ell Paso, Tex. June S0.-The trial
of Mrs. Matte Rich has begun before
the United States commissioner here
to determine whether or not she shall
be surrendered to the Mexican author
tiles for trial at Juarez, on the charge
of numbering her husband there last
April. John Rich. an American citi-
zen, was mysteriously shot in Juarez.
He was brought to FL Paso in hack
next morning by his wife and died .
few days later az a result Of hiswounds.
Mexico made application for the ex-
tradition of the woman, who 10 also an
American citizen, and the case has
aroused widespread interest on account
of it's peculiar features and the fact
that it is the first extradition case I'M
der the neutrality agreement. Rich
made an ante norton statement, In
which he said his wife shot him, and
this was placed in evidence. The sur
geon also testified. and the proceedings
of the Juarez court which investigated
the killing were introduced. Today
Mrs. Rich will testify in her own be-
half.
The dead mans home was formerly
at Fort Dodge, Ia, and his father. .
banker, resides there now. At one
time the deceased lived at San An
tonic. Tex.
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San Francisco, June 3d. A Call
special from Nevada City. CAL, says:
Mrs. Norval Douglass, of San Francis
co, writes to friends here that she has
received letter. saying her son Harry
Douglass, of this city, along with 25
other picked miners from various c0un-
ties of California, who left on June 2,
of last year, for Siberia. under the lead
ership of John T. Mccall, who was
gravel mining superintendent here.
have persisted from privation and cold.
In the party were two Other miners
from this city. besides Mccall and
Doug lass, one Of them being John Arm
strong and the other Thomas Daniels.
They all went under contract to q New
York company. expecting to be gone
three wears.
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Plague Steamer Arrives.

San Francisco, June 29.-The steam
or Nippon Maru arrived today from
Hong Kong. via Yokohama and Homo
lulu. The vessel was detained at Homo
lulu for several days on account of two
deaths having occurred on board from
bubonic plague. When the Maru en-.
tered this port the yellow flag was fly
ing, and the vessel was ordered to the
quarantine station. All of the passen-
gers were landed on Angel island, and
neither doctors nor customs officials
were allowed on board. The fumiga-
ton process was applied to some Of her
more important papers. and they were
sent ashore.
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New scheme for Smuggling in Chinese

New Scheme for Smuggling in Chinese.
San Francisco. June 29.-It has been
discovered that two dies. similar to
those used by the United States and
British officials at Hong Kong in
stamping the certificates of identified
ton given to Chinese merchants and
students, 90 they may enter American
ports, have been made in this city.
The order for their execution was given
to an engraver BY two Chinese.
It 10 presumed the dies are to be used
In stamping forged certificates to be
used BY Chinese not Of the privileged
classes. Collector Jackson says that
NO acti0n can be taken in the matter
until forgery IL actually committed.
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r.rr,bl. Ip,trum.nt Of war.

Chicago. June 29.-A special to the
Chronicle from Washington says: A
shell Of terrific explosive power with
capacity to annihilate by bursting frag.
ments and q shock as effective as a
streak Of lightning. will be the feature
OF the fall campaign in the Philippine
islands. Tests of the charge Of this
terrible engine of war are being made
1t Sandy Hook, the government guard
ing closely it's secret Of manufacture.
A shell of this nature, charged with
an explosive equal to melinite or dyna-
mite, falling near battalion of the
enemy would kill or cripple a very
large percentage Of the battalion. The
chances Of escape from this tremendous
machine will be decreased 100 times,
experts say, as compared with shrapnel
discharged at the same objects.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

London, juno 80.-The johannes
burg correspondent Of the Standard
SAYS: President Kruger. it 10 under
stood here, persists in his demand for
arbitration - an essential condition Of
any settlement. In the meantime. tie
Transvaai continues buying provision
and war material. and Il has arranged
With the Hinterland Railway Company
10 have absolute control Of the railway
lines In the Orange Free State II the
event Of war.
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Second Test Of speed.

Newport. r. l., June 29.-ln good
breeze tho new cup defender Columbia
and the Defender, champion of 1897.
had . second and more thorough test OF
their relative speed. and again the new
boat proved that in windward work she
could both outpoint and outfoot the
older craft.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

Honolulu. June IL. via steamer Rio
de Janeiio to San Francisco, June a.
It is almost certain that the chest Of
$25, 900 in gold lost from the steamship
Alameda left the ship at this port. In
fact. Marshal Brown has in his posses.
sion today almost conclusive evidence
that such was the case. The man who
it 10 believed robbed the ship 10 also
known. but has skipped beyond the pale
OF Hawaiian law. He Is now in Japan,
and may eventually be caught. for the
Oceanic Steamship Company has =
powerful detective agency on his track.
The mans name 10 supposed to be Will.
son, an Australian.
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whites and Blacks Clash.

Birmingham, Ala. June 29.-Three
negroes are dead and one is not expect.
ed to live until morning, as result OF
riot between the white and negro
miners at the ore mines near Cardiff,
in Jefferson county. The dead are Ed
Ellis. Jim Dill and Adam Samples.
Those wounded are: Rudolph Will
liams and George Thomas, MORALLY.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

Cleveland, June 27.-An agreement
between the Big Consolidated Street
Railway Company and it's striking
employees was reached al 6o'clock this
evening, and it is probable that cars
will be running as usual on all the
lines Of the company tomorrow. The
agreement provides for the hearing OF
grievances and resort to al bitration
in case the men and the company can
not agree, and it also provides for the
reinstatement Of practically 80 per cent
of the old men at once, the remainder.
except those who have been guilty Of
violence. being placed on the waiting
list.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

Manila, June S0.-Captain Gales
squadron Of the Fourth cavalry en-
barked for Morong Monday. The gum
boat Napidan, which ACCOMPANIED the
troops, visited the town of Muntiulupa.
on the west shore of the lake, and
found . small body Of rebels intre1ched
there. The inti enchments were shelled
BY the Nspidan. and when the rebels
began to retreat the cavalry was land
ed. The Filipinos in firing final VOL
Icy killed q cavalry private.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
a French Duel.

Paris, June 80.-A duel was fought
this morning with swords between NJ.
Berteaux, socialist, and n. Millevoye.
republican nationalist, as result Of
the alteration which took place be-
tween them in the chamber Of deputies
Yesterday. After II. Millevoye had
wounded N. Berteaux in the left cheek.
the two deputies shook hands.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

Saragossa, Spain, June 29.-Many
people were injured during the rioting
here yesterday. Martial law has been
declared at Valencia and fighting has
occurred at various other places. The
riots here were continued today, and all
the shops were closed in consequence.
The troops fred on the mob in the
Plaza de Ia Constr uction, killing one
pereon and seriously wounding two
others.
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Miss slavin Was Murdered.

Wichita. Kan. juno 27.-When the
body of Miss Belle Slavin was found
at ? o'clock last Thursday morning in
the oface Of the National Bank Of
Commerce. death having resulted from
. bullet wound in the head. il was sup
posed that she had committed suicide.
Later developments seem to indicate
that the young woman was murdered.
Coroner Mclaughlin now says her death
vas NOT suicidal. and the police are
working on the theory that murder has
been done.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

'f"OT NeWa ItesNe.
r. Aor 10 years Roswell Beardsley has
u postmaster at North Lansing.
william Whist. of Denver. was
h. 1Aen by death while praying that
o. 'sht join his wife. who had died
81 hours before.
MAJ ne elm tree at Fort Meigs. in Ohio
Ian' e famous, Ia by the campaign Of Will
de- nenry Harrison against the In
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
Pas & The Ciea No oasl.

London. June 90.-The st. James's
Gazette. which has been remarkable
for it. jineoism on the subject Of the
Transvaal, caps the climax today BY
earnestly appealing to the British ad-
miralty to take immediate steps to
eounteIact the plan Of representatives,
OF the Clan Ha Gael from tho United
States, who are now at Pretoria with .
view Of obtaining authority to start .
6ees Of pEivateers under the TIansvaal
de-. with . view to locating Cape-
liners.
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STRIKE OF TEMPLATE MEN.
Fifty Thousand Persons Will Be Out OF
Work Saturday.


Pittsburg, Pa, June 28.-All the
tin-plate works In the country will be
closed midnight Friday. as a result OF
the failure to settle the wage scale at
the conference in Chicago. Fully 5O.-
600 persons will be thrown idle by the
shutdown. The conference. which
opened in Chicago Tuesday morning,
closed Saturday evening at 8 O'Clock,
without arriving at an agreement. The
workers wage committee. acting under
instr uctions received from the annual
convention held in Detroit last month,
made q demand for an advance OF 20
per cent. The present wage scale ex-
pires June 80, and members of the
AmalRamated Association are not
permitted to worksafter that date. un.
less the new scale is signed. About
26. 900 skilled workers are members Of
the association. and as many more are
dependent upon them. aud will be
idle while the skilled men arc unem.
plOyed.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

San Francisco. June 39.-CaL tain G.
81. Mcleod. master Of the American
bark Rufus e. Wood. reports violent
earthquake shock that he experienced
ct sea on April 2. The bark was on
the way from Sydney. Australia, to
Tahiti. The jar was 20 severe that the
captain thought he bad struck reef
and called all hands on deck. The
vessel continued to roll and pitch in
the calm go for 30 or 10 seconds.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06
TWO YEARS. SERVICE
Volunteers Will Be Enlisted
for That Period.
THREE BRIGADEs TO BE ARMED
fetal Strength Of the Army viii BE
Brought Up to 1oO,0
Men.

Chicago. June 29.-A Washington
dispatch to the Tribune says: As re-
suit of conference between the presi-
dent and Secretary Alger this after
noon. j: has been decided to begin the
enlistment of volunteers for two years
for service in the Philippines. Orders
to recruiting officers to this effect will
be sent out tomorrow. 1t 10 proposed
to arm and equip at onoe three brigades.
or about 10000, and continue the work
until the whole IS. 900 men authorized
BY law are secured.
There will be no call upon the states.
The regiments will be organized rs
United States volunteers. Officers will
be appointed by the president and as
signed to regiments without regard to
state lines. The maximum of the regu.
Lax army Of $4,000 men has been Sc
cured, and now enlistments will be for
the provisional army to make up the
total strength Of 100, 900 men. Cen
eral Otis has 20, 800 men on the ground.
or under orders, and volunteers will be
rushed to him until he has an effective
force OF $4,000.
In tho enlistments for the United
States volunteers. veterans of the late
war, including those who did not &c.
beyond the home camps, but were sea-
sonei, will be given the preference,
and the same will be true of the off,
GERS. A bIigadier. general for every
three regiments and . major-general
for each division Of three brigades will
be appointed. They will be part regu-
lars and part volunteers and General
Joe Wheeler will be among their num-
Der.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1899-07-06

Vienna, June 27.-The strike Of 1900
textile workers at Brunn. Moravia, AZ
ter lasting two months, has been set
tied by 4 compromise.
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Chicago, June s8.-A special to the
Chronicle from Cape May, N. j.. sayi
Congressman Henry G. Loudenslager.
Of New Jersey, chairman of the pen
sion committee Of the house, and w.
H. Kirkpatrick last evening beroicallJ
rescued Professor Willis L. Moore. the
chief of the United Estates weather
service, and Philander johnson. Of
Washington. from drowning. Near thu
two men we've many bathers, but John
SON and Moore got beyond their depth
and was discovered in q dangerous pre-
dicamont.
Loudenslager 10 . big athlete, and
bravely handled his man. The res
cuers were heartily cheered BY thu
crowd. which quickly gathered.
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Drowned in tho Pasir.

Victoria. B. c.. June 30.-Details of
the drowning Of five men of company
g, Twelfth infantry. United States
army, in the Pasig river, June 8. were
brought here from the Orient by the
steamer Empress of China. A number
of soldiers under the direction OF an
officer we're crossing the river on q
small craft, made Of bamboos dashed
over small boats. The men were
crossing in regular squads, but at the
time of the accident the raft was over
loaded and rapidly filled until it sank
about 10 feet from the bank. The
water was full of struggling men. fight
ing against the swift current and heavy
equipment, and before they could be
rescued five had gone down for the last
time. Four bodies have been reoov.
cred as follows:
Corporal E. Hermann. Jasper L.
Whrims, Nels Anderson. Joseph Nune.
vile. They were buried in the new
national cemetery ad joining the old
Spanish cemetery.
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TEN THOUSAND MEN.


necrutting for the Phtltpplneo win
Begin at Once.
Washington, juno 30. Secretary AL.
ger, Adjutant Corbin and Colonel Bird,
assistant quartermaster-g general in
charge of transpoi tation, had an hours
cosultation with the president to day
relating to the question Of reinforce.
ments for 6enreal Otia A definite
decision was reached to continue re-
cruiting men at all the recruiting sta.
ticns. and Secretary Alger said after
the conference that General Otis would
have 10000 when the rainy season
closed for resumption Of active opera.
tions.
The enlistments are to be for service
in the regular army and recruits are to
be organized into regiments or assigned
to regiments already formed after en-
listment. General Corbin said the en-.
listments would be for two years. Ar.
engagements are to be made at once for
increasing the transportation necessary
to get these additional troops to the
Philippines.
The decision to reinforce General
Otis by the end of the rainy season 10
interpreted to mean that active cam
paigning will cease until the bad
weather ends. By remaining quiescent
under good shelter during the rainy
season it is hoped that the health Of
our troops will be conserved and the
danger from climatic fever reduced to
q minimum.
Later in the day it was definitely de.
cided to begin enllstments for the vol.
unteer service under the act Of the last
congress. The adjutant-general's re-
ports show the regular army is up to
its full authorized strength. Recruit
ing officers in the principal cities OF
the country will be instructed immed-
lately to prepare to enlist volunteers.
The present indications ar, that about
10000 men will be wanted.
Volunteers will not be accepted in
organizations. Secretary Alger is de.
termined to adhere to that rule. Look.
ing over the act OF congress he has con.
cluded that the authorization to raise
these volunteer troops "at large" in.
dicates purpose on the part OF con.
gres to follow out the plans successfully
adopted in immune regiments.
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Not sovereign or ruling prince in
Europe failed to send Queen Victoria
Fluctuations on her 8Oth birthday.
The five-ton schooner Coke has sailed
from San Francisco for Manila. Cap
tain Freitch, tho solo occupant OF the
little vessel, expects to reach tho Fnii-
ippines In so days
The exposition OF natural and manu-
f.ctmred products Of the south will take
place at the Grand Central palace 10
Nav York. commencing OctoDet -
and ending December /. 1899.