davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
PORTO RICO ELEcrIoNs.
Progressing Slowly and People
Looking for Civil Government.

Correspondence Associated Press.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, Dec. 12.--The
elections In Porto Rico are progressing
slowly. The Republicans carried Ponce
on December 8 by about 100 majority.
According to the census of 1897 there
are over 5000 people in the Ponce dis
trict. but of that number only 4,466 are
eligible to vote, the right OF suffrage be-
ing limited to taxpayers and professional
men, about 4,440 of that number going
to the polls The Republicans claim that
San Juan viii give them tremendous
majority, and that the election through
out the island will result In an over
whelming Federal defeat.
The elections will last for at least two
months more, there being still over forty
five towns to vote.
The people are looking forward anxious
ly othe action of congress on the ques-
ton of civil government. Many expect
that Porto Rico will be Immediately
given a system of self-governmeht for
the islands, while others take a more
conservative view of the subject. The
Botein Mercantii, commenting on the SUBJ
ject, says:
"The form of civil government for Porto
Rico will undoubtedly be the one recon-
mended by President Mckinley in his an
nual message to congress, with the ex-
ception of the. highest office. the APP
pointee for which place is not known
yet. The appointments will be distrib-
uted among the most capable Porto
Ricans and Americans.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
CONDUCT OF. THE ARMY.


the Greatest Needs.
NEW YORK. Dec. IA special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Inspector General Breckinridge's an
nual report to the general commanding
Is this year, as formerly, searching re-
view Of the conduct of the army and ex-
pert criticism OF its organization Of tho
most interesting and valuable character.
1t is an unusually voluminous document.
trations. and will prove entertaining and
instructive not only to officers in the ser
vice, but to legislators who will be called
upon to consider needed reforms in the
service. 1t is notable that nearly all the
inspector generals suggestions were
adopted by Secretary Root In hts recon-
mendations to congress.
Gen. Breckinridge says: "All expert
ence shows that we may periodically have
war, and our late mobilization shows
shows what inexperience may cause us
and our children to endure.
Sanitation, where there are no family
ties nor modern conveniences,- Is more
difficult to teach and enforce among
greenhorns than the manual of arms, or
musketry, and the more troops so under
CANVAS and learn tactics and tactical on
Grafton on the ground and how to take
care of themselves, the better 1t will be
for the army, especially for the new
organization called out for the defense
of our countrys flag.
"Our present transport fleet has excit-
perhaps as fine as a lavish expenditure OF
money could so quickly make 1t, under a
department, of the government which was
almost a novice In this work, and not
controlled by men who have made such
matters a life study ~.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
THE FINANCES OF RUSSIA.
Agent Of the Governmsnt Makea .
Statement I'm AnswcP TO Articles
Intended to Make Trouble.

Intended to Make Trouble.
WARRINGTON, Dec. I'm. Routow-
sky, the agent OF the ministry of finance
Of Russia, In washington In q communl-
received the approval Of the RUSSIAN am
bassador. complains OF the attempts which,
he says. were made N Europe recently
that the relations between the governments
Of Japan and .Russia were strained.
Immediately after the statements had
Sian smbassador ana d the Japanese ' Minis
nors were started, presumably ct Berlin.
na directed asans the credit o. the
libels, directed against the eminent states
men to whose care was. intrusted the cred
Il, and an appeal made to Japan. In an
c count x before hss Transsiberian railroad
M Routowsky adds that In view Of the
S @ Il Il not oss ssposs s might leave
among capitalists and financiers in this
country an erroneous impression, he has
On e s g Ths ss Psue :0 SoW sahhs
the ordinary revenues q the Russian, gov.
roubies in isM to 1854 10000 roabies y IN
time. with the exception Of two years lissii
and 1871. the expenses were considerably
twelve years amounting to 790.000,000 rou-
bles For the same twelve years the ex-
traordinary revenues and expenses of the
government make a total Of the former Of
1126.0o0 900 and of the latter 2,075. 000. 900.
The items in the extraordinary revenues
are shown to have been. Loans. 941, 000 900
roubles; reimbursements OF. debts to the
government Of private railroads. 100000
roubles; all other, 7A000.000 roubles.
The items OF the extraordinary expenses
during the same. period were: Purchases
Of high rate bonds and payment Of various
debts, 1.03b ,0000 900 roubles; construction Of
new state railroads, including Trans
siberian road. 653.000.00o roubles; relief Of
the distressed POPULATION during famine Of
1891, 49, $1,000 roubles: increase Of capital
of imperial state bank. 100000 roubles;
warships. .s00O0,000 roubles; all other, o.
100000 roubles. and December 81, 1885,. 1t
was e,ios. 900 go. This increase, II IS stated.
was due partly to the refunding of high
rate loan into bonds at a. low rate but
principally to the purchase OF many rail-
roads by the government which are earn
ing large returns on the money invested.
The deposits Of the people in the savings
bank on January /, 1887, are shown to have
amounted to 40Oo, 900 roubles. while on
June !, 1885, these deposits had increased to
81, 900 900 roubles,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
WHALEBAcK BARGE LOST
Broke Her Tow Line and Went
Down in Lake Superior. With Her
Entire Crew of Nine Men.

Down i'm Lake superior, With Her
Entire Crew OF Nine Men.
CHICAGO, Dec. ia dispatch from
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. to the lake ma
rine news bureau. says:
Whaleback barge lis, which has been
missing on Lake Superior since Wednes-
day last, was today given up for lost, with
her crew Of nine men, The only names
known Of the lost are Captain. A. A..
Boyce; mate. Michael Stynop; cook. Will
lam Buckner.
The steamer Colgate Hoyt. which had
the lost barge In tow, gave up the search
today and passed down through the locks
bound for Lake Erie. The tug vigilant,
which was also searching for the "115."
likewise gave 1t up. While it is likely that
the whaleback company will send out It's
steamers from Duluth In a further search,
the crew Of the Hoyt have no doubt that
the barge went down in the great storm
of Wednesday.
after starting out from the head OF
Lake Superior" said the captain of the
Colgate Hoyt, I'VE ran into furious, cold
northeast gale. For forty hours we buck
ed into the seas, and finally we succeeded
in getting within ten miles of Pick island
where we got into comparatively smooth
water, the wind blowing off shore. / then
changed our course to the southwark, run
ming parallel with the shore, in order, to
keep under its protection I had been on
this course for about an hour when, at s
minutes to 6 o'clock wednesday morning,
I went In to breakfast.
"At that time / saw the lights on the
barge all right. Five minutes later I was
told the tow line had parted, and IFS was
drifting out into the lake. 1 Immediately
put the Hoyt about, and for four hours
zigzagged back and forth over the course,
but not thing could / see of the barge
1 kept up the search until dark, when
ran down to Whitefish point. There I
. met Capt. Smith, agent Of the whale
back fleet at the 500, who was on the tug
vig.lant. The two Of US then joined In the
search. We kept at It until the weather
proved too much for us, when we came
back, fearing we might be caught out on
Lake Superior in a heavy snowstorm We
had only forty tons OF coal and were in
danger OF running out of fuel.
During the gale Tuesday, when the
Hoyt was towing the barge into the great
northeastern storm, the crew could see the
men on the barge pumping water that was
colored with iron ore. This would have
indicated that something was wrong, but
no distress signal was displayed. How soon
after breaking away from the Hoyt the
1l5' went down cannot be guessed. The
lifeboat and everything on the deck OF the
barge was either washed away or frozen
SO tight TO the deck that 1t could not be
moved"
The lost vessel was built In 1891 by the
American Steel Barge Company, and was
2Ss feet long BY thirty-six feet beam. She
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
AFTER NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Cincinnati VIII Ask for the Demo-
cratic Gathering.

CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 17.-There will be
a strong effort made to have the next Dem
ocratic national convention held in Gin
cinnati, The building erected for the in
ternational saenserfsst, last spring. Is still
tional convention here.
It was desired by many to make an err
fort for the Republican convention, but it
is said that the Republican committeeman
would not consider any Ohio citv when II
was considered an Ohio man would be re-
nominated. II 10 expected that Col John
r. Mclean will do everything In his power
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

carried about 5000 tons Of iron ore and
was valued At about 10000. This Il the
frst OF the whaleback fleet to founder and
the second TO be lost. With the rest OF tho
whaIeback feet the lost barge passed to
the Rockefeller Interests in the general
shakeup OF vessel property In October.
There was no insurance on either vessel
or cargo.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
HOSPITAL SNIP MAINE.


LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE farewell ban
Quet at Carleton hotel last evening in
aid Of the fund of the American hospital
ship Maine realized R2,000 Among those
present were the Duke and Duchess Of
Connaught. the Marquis OF Lorne, United
States Ambassador and Mrs. Choate,
Lady Randolph Churchill. Mrs. Arthur
Paget. Count Boyn, the Austro- Hun
gatian ambassador, and Baron de Staai,
the Russian ambassador.
Other guests In the company of 800 were
Sir Henry Drummond Wolf, British ann
baasador to, Spain; Prince Demidoff, Prin-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

LONDON. Dec. 1.-THE British steam
er Rappahannock, Capt. Foal, from Lon
don for Newport News. has been spoken
southwest Of Gallyhead, south coast of
anchored at the time In q very heavy sea
and q coaster was standing by trying to
get hawser aboard her. No further
news has been received here.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

OTTAWA, Ont. Dec. i7.-aDr, Borden.
minister Of militia. has received an offer
from the president Of manufacturing
concern In the United States, who was at
railway, in Canada, offering to raise q
regiment Of Canadians In the United
States in such way as not to violate the
from Idaho to raise 500 men. Belides these
there. are Individual offers from all over
Canada.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
steer Tyinr Conteat.

DENVER, Dec. TIA special to the
News from Phoenix, Ariz.. says: In the
championship steer tying contest here to-
day, Id Harreil defeated Doc Goodin ty-
ing five steers in five minutes and twenty
nine seconds. Goodin claimed the worlds
championship. but Harrell only claims the
championship Of AriEona.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
RUSSIAN PAPERS COMMENT.


Has BLESSING to the beers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Disc. 17--The Novoe
vrema. which does not conceal its pleas
ure at Gen. Buffers defeat, says:
commenced, but under altog9ther altered
conditions OF opinion In England"
Tho SWEET says: The Almighty ID man
arms. God Il punishing an arrogant and
rapacious people, who have oppressed and
prosecuted other races In order to enrich
Themselves"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
LOUCn. AUGUSTINE 6 co.

cess Won Hatsfeidt, the members Of the
Maine COMMITTEES and the doctorA
After the banquet Z concert was G1ven
by American arti6ts.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18
steamer Craisneuk booked.

LONDON, Dec 17--After several at
tempts the British steamer Craigneuk,
Capt. Smith. was foated today and has
been locked. She went ashore in the
after having arrived at Hamburg from
Galveston.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

venesuela Colony Comrlain OF {
Naval Offlcer.

Naval Ofncer.
Correspondence Associated PRESS.
CARACAS. Nov. 2S.--The German col
cny IN Puerto Cabello having sent to
Emperor william a protest against the
the German training ship Stosh, at the
time OF the bombardment OF November
Ii. The charge Is that, although being
at anchor or Puerto Cabello, he did not
It Is understood that the German min
lister, Mr.. 1chmidt-Le takes virtually
the same view of the case.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Brpmo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money II It fall
each box. sc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

Placed Under Arrest.
HAVANA. Dec. H.--Mr. Connolly, who
WAS at one time private secretary of Capt.
o. M. Carter. has been placed under ar
rest here on order Of Secretary Root.
For some time Mr.. Connolly has been
employed as stenographer in the Gus
tom house.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

for his city, and other members OF the
Democratic national committee are said to
be favorable to this city.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-18

Manday. Tucsda- and Wednesday
with 50 cents worth Adams Java
Combination Coffee at Is cents per
pound. Adams Java Combination
Coffee Ia the best coffee for the
money on the Pacific Coast.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28
PLENTY OF FISH IN SAMOA.

One strange feature of this sea life
of the tropics is the regular recurrence
of migratory swarms of fish of very
small size that return in huge num-
bers year after year with such abso-
lutte regularity that the natives calcu-
late on the event on a certain date
in each year, and even within an hour
or two of the day One such swarm of
fish forms the occasion OF an annual
holiday and feast at Samoa The FISH
is not unlike the whitehall for which
the English Thames has so long been
celebrated, and each year it arrives in
Samoa on the same day in the month
Of October remains for a day, or at
the most two days, and then disap-
pears entirely until the same day the
following year Why it comes or
whence no curious naturalist has yet
discovered, nor has anybody traced its
onward course when it leaves the Sa-
moan group; but the fact is unques-
tionable that suddenly, without notice.
the still waters of the lagoon which
surround each island within the firing
ing reef become alive with millions of
fishes, passing through them for
single day and night and then disap-
pearing for a year as though ,uey had
never come.
A visit to Samoa enabled me to see
this strange phenomenon for myself,
and to witness the native feast BY
which 1t is celebrated year by year.
had been in Samoa for a month, and
in that month | had enjoyed almost
a surteit of beauty. ! had coasted the
shores " its islands in native canoes;
had bathed in the warm, still wa
tiers OF Its lagoons, fringed 70 seward
by the white reef on which the ocean
broke in golden spray, and to land
ward by the silver beach OF coral sand
fecked with the tremulous shadows or
the swayiug palms. had climbed
with my native guide the abrupt hills
covered with dense forests OF tropical
luXuriauce, through the arcades of
which | caught giimpses OF the flash
ana luster OF the oceans myriad smiles
and again We had plunged into deep
valleys among the hills where little
heailong streams murmur under the
shade Of the wide-spreadlng bread
fruit trees and wave the broad leaves
of the great water lilies OF the Pacific
is'anis.-Lippincotts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28
THIS AND THAT

II would be only neighborly for maj
prominent ex-American family ths
Castella mes, to give Mr.. Astor some
information on how TO get a the 10
a Washington star
A scientist" holds that Adam was
colored man. Then the apple was
chicken. Kansas Cinty Times.
That fond meeting between the re-
turning wife, and the stay-st-hons
SIMMER husband Is always touching
the wife being invariably dead BROKE
st, Louis Republic.
The photographers assembled IN =
Louis say that 1t is just as difficult IS
ever to photograph a baby, though
prices are lower than formerly H
make matters worse. there are more
babies than evsr.-St- Louis Post-Dts-
patch.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28

arrest in Paris, has agreed to sur
render.
Prince Henry ard his German naval
squadron have arrived at Kiao Chou,
China.
The bubonic plague is raging in
Lourenco Marques, Buenos Ayres, and
Hong Kong.
Florence Marryat cMrs. Francis
Lean, the novelist, is dying at Brigh-
ton, England.
One story says that Dreyfus is COM
ing to America and another that he
can live only few months.
The French senate began trial OF
twenty-five men charged with con-
splracy against the republic.
The anniversary of Mexico's indie
pendence was celebrated with great
enthusiasm throughout that country.
NJ. Scheurer- Kestner, former Vice
President of the French senate and one
OF Dreyfus' foremost champions, is
dead
The car is said to have decided to
close all important Russian ports on
the Pacific and Baltic seas to any but
Russian ships.
Mail advices from Picking report the
sudden and dangerous illness of the
empress dowager, and the accompany
ing report that Ii Hung Chang has
been called upon to resume his old
rank and office.
Dreyfus has published the following
declaration in a Paris paper: THE
government of the republic has given
me my liberty But liberty is nothing
to me without honor. From today |
shall continue to seek reparation for
the frightful judicial error Of which
| remain the victim"
The plague has appeared in the Rus
sian province of Astraohan in a new
and alarming form, according to re-
port to the state department from Con-
sui Heenan, at Odessa. He says that
it there takes the form of a most NAL
ignant and fatal pneumonia, yet ac-
cording 20 diagnosis it is but an OBJ
scure manifestation Of the true bubonic
plague.
Before the Anglo-Venezuelan arbi-
tration commission ex-President Ben
jamin Harrison continued his argu-
ment in behalf Of Venezuela declaring
that both sides admitted there was a
common, co-teminus boundary be-
tween Guiana and Venezuela, and that
any idea of space in which Great
Britain could advance was alien to the
views Of her ministers and to those
expressed in the diplomatic CORES
pondence.
Both England and the Transvaal are
preparing for hostilities, although the
efforts for peace are also making
President Kruger, in replying to the
latest proposals of the British govern
ment, states that the Transvaal ar
IDENTIFY desires arbitration President
Kruger is reported to have cabled a
long message to Queen Victoria beg
ging her Intervention to prevent blood
shed. England is thrown into a war
panic by the latest reply Of President
Kruger A Berlin dispatch states
that Germany has informed Kruger
that he need expect no help from that
quarter in the event of war. The
beers are massing artillery at the en-
trance to the TransvaaL War risks
on consignments to the Iransvaal are
increased 30 per cent. in view of the
threatened war.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28
FOREIGN

An anchor and buoy used by Andree
were found
The mikado 81 Japan may 20 to the
Paris exposition
Capt Dreyfus IS supposed 90 be on
his way 70 Nice.
Nine people were injured in an anti
Jewish riot In Algiers.
The Venezuela insurgents have won
4 bloody battle from the government
forces
Taies Guerin who has been defyins
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28

end OF the line. Thirteen warships,
nine revenue cutters and five torpedo
boats will welcome che Olympia when
She enters New York harbor with
Dewey. The Dewey home fund has
reached the $4,000 mark aud is ex-
9ected to pass $4,000 in few days.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28
THE sTRANGLING BUG.

The benacus grisegs, the bug that In
the east is causing terror among the
tin!d under the terrible name az the
'stranEllng bug H II + probably the
giant water beetle. and a mild mot
fensive being according to natural
Ist.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
WAR


increase.
American warsdips have begun
bombardment Of the forts on suDlg
bay, Luzon
Many deaths from starvation are
occurring among the laboring class in
Porto Rico.
Gen. Otis cabled that Private Hoon
vas in prison for forgery, not for writ
Ing to him.
The Cuban Naclonal league nomi-
mated provisional officers for the hoped
for republic.
II is definitely arranged for Presi-
dent Mckinley to visit ST. Paul and
welcome home the thirteenth regiment,
Colonel John d. Miley,
inspector general United States vol
un.essR died 81 Manila OF cerebral
meningitis.
The Chinese government has pro-
tested at Washington against Gen.
Otiss order excluding Chinese from
the Philippines.
A dispatch from Gen. Otis indicates
that the insurgent leaders are willing
to exchange prisoners and dave asked
for conference.
The Cuban National League and Ma
tional party issued a proclamation call
ing upon Cubans to work for com
plete independence.
British steamships pound from
Manila to Hongkong were forced to
stop and account for themselves by
American gunboats
Ii Hung Chang suggests selling the
Philippines to Japan as the best
remedy for what he regards as the
mistake OF acquiring them.
General Brooke reports the death of
Private Bob Roberts, Company M,
tenth cavalry who was killed by fan
at Cauto, Santiago, Sept. l6
The administration viii soon be
called upon to provide a suitable
command for Admiral Dewey upon his
retirement from flag command.
The yellow fever outbreak in
Havana Is fully under control The
number of cases In all the hospitals
are nine soldiers and seven civilians
The United states Eunboat Paragua
had q sharp engagement with in
trenched Filiqinos az san Fabian, Lu-
zon, driving them from their forttdca-
tons
Sylvester L. Wilson, Of tho Aguin-
aldo iunta In Hong Kong is well
known as a confidence man and black
leg In Kansas City whore he worked
many schemes
The enlistments for the new reei-
ments have reached 7,ii1. Return
the colored regiments are coming in,
the forty-eighth having "a aud the
torty-ninth so men,
The navy department has directed
that the Eagle and Yankton be coon
pleted at the Portsmouth navy yard by
October IL, as they are needed for sur
vey work about cuba and Porto Rico
Rear-Admlral Schley assured the
president of his Willingness to obey
orders, and his assignment to the
south Atlantic station Is not likely to
be changed lie will attend the
Dewey celebration as a private citi-
zen
The war department has decided to
have the cable ship Hooker, which is
on q reef on Corrigejor island saved
Il will be taken to Cayite. Il is es-
timated 10 De worth over 100000. The
value OF the cargo 10 Doe saved is over
$lva,vuO.
Tn pusurg "A proper representation of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-28
VETS WON'T PARADE
DEMAND POSITION OF HONOR IA,
DEWEY PROCESSION.
GOV. ROOSEVELT IGNORED

Committee Refuses to Give Grana
Army of Republic Position Bafora
Armed Division and Decision
Causes All KINDS of Trouble-Raar
Admiral Howison viii Be Presen-