Show telegraphic NEWS ravana havana oct 19 three additional survivors of the wreck of the coasting steamer triton which went ashore between dominica and mariel on the coast of the province of pinar del rio on saturday morning last have arrived here the scene among the men women and children the survivors state was terrible when the triton foundered there were persons aboard her passengers and crew and so fax far only forty nine of this number have been heard from san sam francisco cal oct 19 senator morgan and his daughters and P F M hatch the new hew minister from hawaii were among the passengers who arrived from honolulu upon the steamship r today senator morgan e expressed himself as well pleased wi with th what he saw and the manner in which he be was entertained while on the islands he is more than ever enthusiastic on the subject of annexation and intimates that hawaii may become a part of this country before the close of the coming year he said hawaii is certainly going to be a state but whether it will be at the time of its annexation or later remains to be seen should it be annexed as a territory the hawaiian commissioners will surely recommend that the islands be admitted to statehood and a special act of congress would undoubtedly follow 1 I have favored annexation from the beginning but I 1 was surprised upon investigating the matter to find that the arguments in favor of the movement had been understated in my opinion hawaii is absolutely inde spen sable to the united states and we must have those islands the only opposition I 1 found was that of a few Liliu okalani nl royalists who have no weight over there and are for the most part royalists for revenue only the senator and the misses morgan will leave here for their home in selma ala in a few days springfield mo oct 19 raymond the twelve year old son of A D allen alien stenographer in the circuit court went to school this morning carrying a portion of a stick of dynamite the explosive which the boy had found in a stone quarry was in his pocket with a knife tope top marbles and a quantity of other things common to boys pockets in jetting getting into info his seat the boy banged his dangerous collection of old junk against the desk causing an explosion which will probably cost his life and which was heard for sev several era 1 blocks the childs right hand was blawn off and in his right groin a ter I 1 wound was inflicted from whick the surgeons say the boy cannot recover chicago oct 20 A special from washington says president mckinley will issue an order placing a large district in alaska of which st michaels will be the center under the control of the military arm of the government by this action the authorities believe that the lawlessness feared as a result of the rush of the gold seekers to the great northwest territory will be suppressed the proposed mili military district will be about one lit hundred indred miles square the determination to issue the order was arrived at it is said at a cabinet meeting while no official reports of anything but a peaceful condition have reached the department private communications from responsible parties have convinced the authorities that something mote more was necessary than civilian rule the authorities say that the offenses committed within the boundaries of the district to be described by president in his order will subject those responsible to arrest by the military and prosecution by the civilian authorities before whom they will be brought the wax war department also proposes to establish an army post on the yukon river but this will not be done before next spring AN lington oct 20 the secretary of war will today issue an order creating a military reservation in that part of alaska lying within a radius of fifty miles of st michaels the purpose is to confer upon lieutenant colonel randall the necessary legal authority to preserve order and protect property in this section of the country st louis oct 20 A special to the post dispatch from liberty mo says that a mob of about masked men and armed attempted to jenter anter the county jail about midnight for the purpose of lynching lunching Lyn ching william pole foley y and frank wade murderers held awaiting awal tiny trial the sheriff summoned a few deputies and with a show of arms compelled the mob to disperse several shots were fired but nobody wa 5 hit foley who killed his mother and sister was tried last july but the jury iury disagreed Pittsburg Pa from all parts of western and central pennsylvania eastern ohio and west virginia come reports of forest and mountain fires firer all the upper region Is in a haze across the river limestone hill is a lurid slope of fire and south of Connell ville the tire fire is eating up the shrubbery endangering homes and destroying hundreds of barns in the vicinity of redford bedford county nearly one hundred men are fighting the fires two oil rigs owned by the south bouth penn and worth oil all companies have been destroyed and a large tract of timber land was laid waste the barn of john A byers a stock dealer of dunbar township has been destroyed all his stock twenty horses and the uncut crop of hay was consumed springfield on the top of chestnut ridge is threatened with destruction unless rain comes soon william hodges and son who lived on indian creek are missing and it is feared they have perished in their cabin simla oct 20 official advices advises from fort lockhart say that after the fighting on monday last between the british troops under gen sir yeatman biggs and the insurgent tribes tribesmen from chaglu on samana range the british force returned to Ahin wari ani ana that the tribesmen greatly reinforced reinforce a re o c occupied coupled in foz foice ce the heights west of chaglu the third brigade of tha th punitive expedition which ad advanced today to expects to have a lively time in clearing the heights washington oct 20 sliver silver dollars I 1 are missing from the strongbox of the treasury and may number many thousands treasurer roberts has employed experts to count piece by piece the which ought to be in the vaults recently the coin was counted by the weighing process but roberts will not give a receipt to his predecessor morgan until lie he knows the fun extent of the robbery which he suspects has been carried on for some time during this count a trusted employed was caught opening bags which contain 1000 silver dollars each taking out as many as he wished and making up the weight of the extracted silver with lead at the conclusion of the count all of the bags showed the th required weight upon the treasurers treasur ers suggestion some of the bags were opened so much lead was di discovered covered that diat a consultation was held with secretary gage and it was decided to employ a force of fifty clerks to go oger oer the counting in deail this task will consume six months and will cost the government silver city N M oct 19 reports from the Yaqui cato state that the Yaqui Indians resent the encroachment of white men in search of gold and that the indians are driving all white men out of the country A correspondent at hermosillo mexico advises white men to stay away as the indians will not allow them to penetrate to the gold fields |