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Mio jl. VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OllEGON, Fill DAY, MAY 5, 1899. NO. 20. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS VUOH THE WISES An Intending Volleetlon of Items From the Two Hemispheres preaented 1m m Condensed Form. Henry Brunot, who I confined in the Taylorvllle jail nt Pana, 111. fur the murder o( hi aunt June Biunot, made second , contention implicating lile motlior, Anna Brunot, In the crime. James and Joseph Caldwell, brother, II virtu on a ranch near William. port, N. D., quarreled and Jamei thot hi brother to death with a I Hie. lie then coramittu'd auiolde by di inking oar . bolio aoid. 1 " ' Edward Scott nabbed till ion at Jaroettown, N. V, The father had been drinking and abusing (be joung roau't mother, which reaalted iu a quarrel, . The victim la In a critical condition. The father la under arrest. Advliet received at New Orloane from Blaefielda, by the iteanislilp Jarl, atate that pandemonium reigned In that city the night ol April 18, Drunk en native aoldiera paraded tbe atieoti. . firing at lmneniiv citizen and into homes. Several peiton were wounded. The first itreet-railw ay ordinance which providea for a 4-cent fare, 10 per cent eompeiu',ion to the city and the option for municipal ownership hoe been Introduced 1 it the city council at Chicago, The com puny leuking a 80 year franchise under the terini it the Chicago Western Elevated Railroad. , The inembera of the guinoun coin mis aion have arrived in San'Fraiicinco and will go to Apia on thetiansport Badger. Judge Tripp the American ropioseut ativetay that the commissioner! ar in thorough barmony in their deaire to avoid internationnl complication and are in accord on the main imuca Involved. Jnbn Page, 77 year old, living at Springdale, Wash., applied for a pen aion. Ilia ton, James Page, company D, Second Oregon volunteers, wai killed at Manila, March 10. lie waa 80 yean old, single, and the aole up port of liia father, who la a widower. This 1 the first application for petition filed in Washington on account of the late war. . ,.. : A atory liaa tenohed Victoria from Alaska to the effect that a party of ail rntnrning Klondikera, one of whom i laid to have been bringing out consid erable treasure, have been drowned near Fifv-Mile, where the river trail it now Impassable. The atoiy whs given at Skagway hy a lata arrival, hut it I nncon Armed by the other lute comers. No name were given, ( Governor Qage hat appointed Dan Burnt a United ' Stales senator fiom California to succeed Stephen M. White. . . ' , . Ex-Governor Riohnrd J. Ogtosby foil dead near Lincoln, Neb. lie had keen in ill health for some time, but ine end waa unexpected. Daniel E. Brewer, a prominent Chi cago phyaioian, in a lecture, advocated the establishment of a Tarpeiun rock in Chicago, Unlet the ait tocuios a new code of criminal law. The Jury io the Windsor hotel Are at New York, brought in a verdict that the fire waa caused by accident. The police (till have 140,000 worth of un claimed jewelry and other valuables recovered from the fire ruin. Major Francis B.. Dodge, of the pay department. " recently relieved fioiu duty At Denver, lint been " Selected by the war department to disburse the 3, 000,000 allotted by the government for the pay of the Cuban troops. The United State Worsted Com pany, with a capital of $70,000,000, and the American Plumbing Supply & Lead Company, with an authorized onpitai of 195,000,000, have been In cotporated under the law of New Jer aey. !-,,.;-f,,.,i.''i. .-,s v :i.' ; N. M. Dyer, captain of the crnisei Baltimore, now at Manila, will return at once on account of sickness, and will arrive In Boston, June 80, The family tin notified Baltimore city officials, and they will present hliu with a word. - The president ha appointed Colonel James F. Smith of the First California regiment, to lie a brigadier-general of volunteer. The regiment I now In the Philippines, - General Smith will be assigned to one' of the brigade of General Otis' arniy, - ., At Springfield, Mo , hold attempt . was made to release from the county jail Jack Kennedy; Bill Ryan and Bill Sheppurd, who are held here pending trial (or the recent train robhery on tlx Kansas City, Fort Scott els Mem ' phis road, near Macomb, Mo. In the United State supreme court an opinion was handed down in the case of Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr., vs. O. D. Hunt, holding that copyright on a book, the content of which have been published aerially without being previously copytighted, ia invalid. ,:,.. Sllnnr Nana Item. y - i Gen, Wheeler hat recently had sot a cuff button two button that were shot from hi uniform daring the war of the rebellion. The sect e tar y of the Intel ior hi ap proved the plana o( Director Waloott for the continuation of inrvey in Alaska during tbe summer of 181)9. Disaffection in Jamaica against the government Ia growing and the senti ment to demand annexation to the United Status la gaining force. : J LATER NEWS. The beef court of inquiry ha com pleted it report and adjournod. . The specie" Import at New York for the week were $20,820 gold, and !i4. 387 ilvor. . , ' At Butte, Mont., Lathrop D. Wal lace, aited 17, died from the effect of being itrnok by a baseball while prac ticing. ; ' ;:' ' c ; v v Dewey day waa celebrated formally or otherwise In a patriotic way from Maine to Hawaii, and Alaska to Porto Kico. " ' - ; England and Russia have signed aelt-deiiying agreement regarding China Which is intended to put an end to the contention over railway; and other concession in that country. " Seventeen farmer of Pemisooot coun ty, In Southeast Missouri, have been arrested on a federal indictment charg ing them with outting the levee. No denial ia made by the farmers. L. M. Pitkin, piesident of the Va riety Iron Work Company, and one ol the best known basinet men of Cleve land, O., wat struck and instantly killed by Lake Shore Oyer, at Colts, a suburb. The report of the Nicaragua canal commission will be presented to the president soon, with the report of the Noaragua route. : The practical coat of completing the canal and opening nav igation to vessel of all nation ia: Maximum, 1185,000,000; possible minimum, $100,000,000. The United State collier Abareuda baa (ailed for Pago Pago, Samoa., In addition to structural material for the ooai pier at Pago Pago, tbe Abarenda car r let 8,000 ton of coal for the war ships at Samoa. The Iteel pier is to be put down on "T"-hape piles, wliiuh will be screwed into the coral bottom. Three persons were killed and" more than a dozen seriously injured, and 60 less seriously injured, aa the result of a wreck on the Rochester & Lake On tario railroad, near Rochester, N. Y. Two car of an excursion train filled witb passenger left the track while rounding a curve at full speed, and were completely wrecked. Five men were killed and one fatally lnjuiad by the explosion of a powder press at Dupont' smokeless powder work at Carney 'a Point, N. J. The dead are; Captain Stewart, U. 6. A., powder inspector; Harvey Smith, Joseph Y eager, Isaao Frient, Anio Mortii, Jr., woikmen. A workman named Russell was horribly mangled about the body, and lost the light of both eyet. He i not expected to live. The Rothschilds' agent ' in New York, deny that they are in the copper trust. ; .. . y Washington gossip say Miles will be given command of the Philippine army. Private James L. Oilliland waa shot by Lieutenant John Mayeski, during a riot at Augusta, Oa. ; , t " t f., Tli navy department ha repri manded Captain Coghlan, and ' the inoideut ia oonsideied closed. . The application, of American immi gration laws suite the Cubans. - It will shut put the Chinese and other objectionable aliens. . An important oonolave of Roman Catholic prelatos from Mexico, Central and South America will be held in Borne on May 88 next. The lite In copper ha resulted In the discharge of 8,000 men in Kynochs, England, where cartridge shells .are made for the government. Tbe cabinet has decided not to Send General Wheeler to the Philippines. He will command the department of Texas, soon to be organized. ' Three hundred houses in Cuta, Hun gory, have been burned. The remaina of seven women and four children have been taken from the ruins, v - Another gigantio combination with half a billion capital, whose objeot 1 to unite all the iron and steel interests of the country, ia being formed. Colorado con v iota made counterfeit silver dollars in the penitentiary at Cation City. The coins are so well executed as to deceive any one. Chicago negroes are to hold an antl lynchlng service to protest against the lynching of the Re. Lige Strickland at Palmetto, Ga., by a mob of white men. . : , ' .:; 3 ." At Eaaton, Pa., Edward Harding and J. D. German were buried under iOO tone of slate, which fell in the Pen Argyle quarry. A third wan, an Italian, wat also killed, ' A deal ia pending in Chattanooga for the purchat of Lookout Inn, on Look out mountain, by the Order of Rail way Conductors. It is the intention of the O. R. C. to convert the hotel into a university. i ..... . . At Dexter, Mo., one of tbe most flendlsh crimes ever committed in Southeastern Missouri waa the murdur of Mrs. Jane Tuttleton, widow of Watb Tuttleton, a prominent man of that Beet Ion, and her four ohildren, whose remains were partly inoinerated by the burning of theii home, 17 mile south of Madden. J. II. Tuttleton, son of Wash Tuttleton, by hia first wife, I under arrest lor the crime, and all the circumstances seem to point to his guilt, j; ,,', ,,;,J;,' There are 460 employe to every 100 mile of railroad in the United State. The Kiowa Indian In Kansas re cently chose a "medicine man" tbe white widow of the previous incumbent of the office. . Mrs. MoKinley, wife of the presi lent, hei lister and the bsrir of the late George D, Saxton own the oil and mineral right in 860 tore of land in the vicinity of the Sclo (O.) oil field. They did not know it until informed by a. man who wanted a leaee. DEATH IN ITS WAKE Terrible Cyclone in Northerr ; Missouri. A HUNDRED. PERSONS KILLED On Thonsnnd More or , Injur.d si , KlrhsvllU Hundrcila f Homes . , and etvr DwuaotUhad. St. Louis, April 89. A special to the Globe-Democrat from Kirkavllle, Mo., (ays: ; A gathering storm that had been threatening all afternoon broke upon Kirksville at 6:80 o'clock tonight in all the fury of a cyclone. A path a quar ter of a mile wide and aa clean as the prairie was swept throngh the eastern portion of the city, and 400 bulldlnga, homea and mercantile houses were leveled to the ground ', in scattered ruins. In the heavy rain that followed the people who bad escaped turned out tc rescue the injured. For two hoar not much was accomplished, as all was con fusion, but by 8 o'clock 49 dead bodies had been taken from the mine. It it expeuted that the list of dead will reach between 00 and 70, if not exceed that Nearly 1,000 people were more or lets Injured. Daylight will be necessary befoie an adequate conception of the destruction of life and property can be had. Each blanched face reports a new calamity. ; " Th lbrlt Harnln;. Intense darkness prevailed after the cyclone, and the rescuers were at a die advantage for a thoit time, until fire broke out in a doxen place in 1 the ruin and ahed light over the scene. No attempt were made to extiiiguiah the fire, and partly because of th need of light. On both sides of th atorm's path the debri was pi'ed high and burned, fiercely. In all probabil ity a number of bodice have been In einerated. The storm fiist atruck the eastern portion of the city, near that part oc cupied by the boarding-houses of the students of the Ameriaan school of oseopathy, the atate normal school and MoWard's seminary. It was just sup per time for the students, and it is thought very probable the list of dead will be well filled with students, a a large number of these boarding-houces were demolished. At far aa known tonight these three institution of learning escaped the atorra. . . yy x The (form went northwest and wiped out Patterson' nureeiy, pulling tree out of the ground and hurling tneuj through the city. i ' ' ' Jy ' ' A teooud edition of the cyclono fol lowed the first 80 minutes later. It onme a an inky black cloud, widely distributed, and covered the "whole town, but passed above the houses, do ing no material damage and irathering fury at it went. It undoubtedly struck the ground a few miles out of Kirksville.5' Work or llvseu. All the people who escaped the cal amity have turned out to rescue the in jured and hunt the bodies of the slain, and the surgeons, professors, operating tail and students, men and women, of the American school of osteopathy, together with all tbe diuggista and doctor residing in the town, have formed rescue and hospital corps, and in the darkness and rain are hunting out the unfortunates to set fractured bones, bandage the lacerated and ease tbe pain of anguished hearts. Their work is being superintended by. Mayor Noouan.' " 1 - , Nowton Dovn.tntod. - .; Kansas City, Mo., April 89. A spe cial to tha Journal from Chillioothe, Mo., says; A tornado, probably the same one that swept over Kirkville, truck Newton, a small town in Sul livan county, tonight, and caused ter rible destruction. It is reported that 16 people were killed in the city, and that many otheis were killed in the country near there. A great number of; buildings jwere . blown down. A heavy rain followed the tornado, add ing ' greatly to the 'damage. A Chi cago, Milwaukee -& St.' Paul railroad bridge ia said to have been washed out. STATUE OF GRANT President Wttnrs.es the Unveiling la Falrmonnt l'nrk. Philadelphia, April 89. In the presence of President McKinley and his wife, members of his cabinet, three generation of General U. S. Grant' family and a great crowd of people. Miss Rosemary Martoria, granddaughter of General Grant, today unveiled a lieroio equestiian statue ol her Illus trious grandfather in Falrmount Park. Although the day was not a holiday in honor ol the event, thero wo a great outpouring of patriotic citisen. Flag were everywhere displayed througout the city, and all the ships In the har bor were gaily decorated in colors. President and, Mrs. McKinley en joyed themselves immensely during their outing today. . Th unveiling was a great success in every way; not an aocident marred the occasion; not was there a hitch at any time during the day, Penoe Overtures. ' Manila, April 89. General Luna ha made overture for peace. He ha asked for a concession of hostili ties, and ha sent a messenger through the line to see General Otis about the terms of aorrender. ' ' Kxtradltlan Trenty RntlAed, Washington, April 89. Tbe presi dent ha issued a proclamation an nouncing the ratification of the new extradition treaty between the United State and Mexico. RETREAT BY RAIL. General MaeArthnr Again KouU the Filipino Armr. Manila, April 29. General Mao Arthur's division crossed the Rio Grande today, and advanced on Apalit, completely routing the flower of tbe rebel army. - r The enemy were very strongly e re trenched on the river bank near both aides of the railroad bridge. - General Wheaton sent Colonel Funston across with two companies of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, a couple of privates swimming the swift stream with a rope under a galling fire for the' purpose of guiding the raft. The men crossed in tqoada o( 80, and attacked the left flank of the rebels, who scuttled like rabbit into covered ways and trendies. The rent of the regiment was compelled to cross the bridge in single file along th stringer. All of the wood work and much of the iron work had been removed. The First Montana followed the Kansas acioa the bridge. The First Nebraska regiment, acting a a reserve, attacked -the rebels in three line of trenches, driving them out, killing 16 and wounding many. In the meantime a large body of Fili pino, estimated at no fewer than 8,000, led by General Antonio Luna on a black obarger, that waa evidently coming to reinforce the rebels who were engaged witb the Nebraskans, appeared in the open field about two miles to the left. : Emerging from the. jungle, tbe en emy formed an open skirmish line nearly two miles in length, witb very thick reserves behind. Tbey advanced at double-quick until they were about 8,000 yards fioui the American line, when General Wheaton ordered hi troops to fire. Jr, I ''- The rebel, who were evidently un aware that tbe American bad crossed the river, broke and ran in the direc tion of Macabebe. The other Filipino fled toward Apalit station. The heat in the early part of the af ternoon was terrific, but a drenching thundentorm, which oaine later, great ly refreshed the American. -: , Most of the rebel fled to Apalit ttation, where train were awaiting them. They left hurriedly, presuma bly for San Fernando, The town of San Vinoente and Apalit were simultaneously burned and evacuated by the natives. - Twenty piiaonera were captured, in cluding a Spaniard. The American troop alto captured a. bras cannon and a quantity of arm and ammunition, and the eame evening they captured a Maxim gun on the rail road."' " - ' ' ' : The fighting lasted from noon until 4 o'clock. The American loss is one man of the Montana regiment killed and three offioera and six men wounded. THE WAR IN SAMOA. A Battle Between Friendly MntlTot nnd . Kebela nt Vnilelo. Anokhtnd, ; N. Z., April 29. Par ticulars of the fighting in Samoa, con tained in advice received here from Apia under date of April 18. abow that a battle between friendly nativee and rebela took plaoe at Vailelo, and that the latter lost 100 men in killed and wounded. - Further detail of the death of En sign Monaghan, of tha cruiser Phila delphia, and Lieutenant Lansdale, of the aame vessel, have been received. They show that Monaghan was behead ed before he was dead. A deserter oH the Mataatan force says Monaghan and Lansdale were; retreating When tbey were discovered by the ohief and hi wife, who were looking for dead men. They gave the alarm and Mona ghan was shot while continuing the retreat. Later it appear the rebel returned and killed Lansdale. ; Mona ghan fought until he waa wounded, and he waa then beheaded. Suatelle, the principal rebel chief, ran away and told hia people 100 Brit ish had been kilted. Mataafan desurt ers assert that the German tent car tridge in bags of rice and sugar along the coatt in December. .Admiral Kant a, it ia asserted In the advices received, fired a blank shot April 8 serosa the bow of a German achooner whioh waa entering Apia har bor without reporting. . . The rebel wbo were in possession of the late Robert Louis Stevenson' house and some forts were attacked In tbe rear by Tamasese friendliea wbo killed three of them and wounded others. One friendly native waa killed in the fight. ,-'. ' Another Greet Tru.t. New York. April 39. The World says: "Cicrulars have been issued by tbe promoters for a combination of all the concerns in this countiy engaged in the manufacture of silk ribbon and broad tilk goods. Many have signified their willingness to enter the deal. It is proposed to form s corporation under the laws of New Jersey, to be called the United State Silk Manufacturing Company, with a oapital stock of about $100,000,000." Another Georgtn Lynching. . Leesborg, Ga., April 89. The body of Mitchell Daniel, a negro, was found in tbe road near here today, riddled witb" bullets, Daniel and other ne groes have t recently made inflamma tory talks against a family . named Laramore and ' others, charging them with complicity in a lynching near here some time ago. ' Knglneer Corps Returns. San Franolsco, April 89. The steamer Australia arrived tonight from Honolulu, bringing the engineer corps which has been stationed at Honlolulu during the past nine months. The four companlea will be returned to the respective cities where they were or ganized.,. " ' '.. : ' ' - ' ; ' In China, whioh has long been known as "the land of oppositea," the dials of docks are made to turn round, While the bauds stand still END OF THE STRUGGLE Rebels Ask for Suspension of Hostilities. OTIS WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THEM General r raise for the Volunteer., W he Will Bach Receive a Medal ol Honor for Brnvery. Washington, May 1. The end of the Filipino insurrection ia in tight, in the opinion of army and navy official. A telegram received from General Otis today announced that Agninaldo had taken what is regarded a the first tep toward aurrendering, namely, re quetting a testation ol hostilitie. Tbe text of General Otis' dispatch fol lows: ' "Manila, May 1. After taking Cal umpit, MaoArtbor's division orossed the Rio Grande river in the face of great obstacle, driving the concentrat ed forces ot the enemy back of the rail road two mile.- MacArthur report that the passage of the tiver ia a re markable military achievement, the success of whioh is dne to tbe daring skill and determination of Colonel Funston, under the diaoiiminiating control of General Wheaton. Our cas ualties are slight, the number not yet being ascertained. "This morning the chief of staff from the commanding general of the insurgent forces entered our lines to express admiration of , the wonderful (eat of the American army in forcing the passage of the river, which was thought impossible. ; A staff officer re port that the insurgent commanding geneiai ha received from the insurg ent government direction to suspend hostilities pending negotiations for termination of tbe war.' The staff offi cer witb hi party is now en route to Manila, and will soon arrive. "Lawton'a force are well in hand in tbe vicinity of Angat, east of Cal umpit, where he i waiting for mpplies to be sent tomorrow. "Yesterday a force of 1,800 Insurg ents attacked the troope af Taguig, and were driven back by the Washington regiment. Our loea was two killed and 13 wounded. , OTI3." ; . Secretary Alger laid, aa the depart ment closed, that, while it could not be aaid that peace was assured, he re garded the prospect a of, the bright est, and felt confident that the end of the insurrection waa near. To hi mind, there would be a repetition of the negotiationa which were had be fore Santiago. ' The secretary left Washington tonight for a 10 days' trip in the West, and it gave him great satisfaction to leave affair in such promising shape. . . Everybody is praising the r volun teers, a i market) change in the senti ment expieesed a few days ago, when it waa understood that the same men were pleading , to be brought home. Colonel FunBton came in for the most commendation, even the regular officers taking note with admiration of the fact that his achievements were all strictly within tbe line of the plana laid down for him by bi superior officer, General Wheaton. ' ' General Corbin said that every vol unteer who participated in tha fight ing in the Philippines tinoe peace was declared should have a medal of honor. By the terms of their enlistments they were entitled to withdraw from the service, but they had remained volun tarily; performing more than was re quired of them, which was more than the ordinary duty of a soldier. Rebels Demoralised. '' . Manila, May 1. General Otis laid today after the interview with the Filipino peace envoys: :-;!-:-' "The inaurgenta were Completely demoralised when our force orossed the river and took the trenches beyond the rebels, though their position in the Rio Grande trenches waa impregnable, for they had defied the Spaniaids there in 1896, and thought they could do it again.". "' . " - The insurgent, have gathered at San Fernando, where non-combatants re poit they are burning and pillaging. The soldier are said to be mutinous. , General Lawton ia again in touoh with Otia and MacArthur by wire, via Bocave, a new line haying been com pleted tonight. ' .' '" '''.)., Agninaldo ia at San Isidro, a town 40 miles beyond Cain pin it, almost doe north and on the Rio Grande river, the same itieam which the American crossed to utterly, rout the rebela Thursday. .....!.: Peasants and native non-combatants are now. returning to their homes within the American lines. Insurgents from Baler -declare that Lieutenant Gilare and the 14 men fiom the Yorktowh, who went there to release the Spanish garrison, are prisoners In their hands and are alive. Hrltleh Pnelne Cable. . London, April 88. The Times an nounces this morning that the Biitish government ha deoided to contribute an annual subsidy to the full amount recommended In the report of the Pa cific cable committee of 1896 for the construction of a Pacific cable from British Columbia to Australia. Cyclone In Nebra.ka. Omaha, April 83. A special to the Bee from Stewards, Boone oonnty, Neb., says: A teirifio wind and hail storm twept over this place tonight, doing great damage to property and in juring several pertont. Two and a half milee south of town the house of Mr. Russell was blown to pieces. The family sought refuge in a cave and thus escaped Injury. ' The barn and granaries were destroyed, and consider able livestock killed. MISSOURI CYCLONE. Fifty Bodies Hare Been Recovered, Bnt More Are MI.elne;. Kirksville, ' Mo., May 1. A a re sult of the tornado that swept through the eastern portion of this city yester day evening, demolishing half of the residence and otner buildings, nearly 60 dead bodies and over 70 injured person have been recovered from the ruin. ..More than a dozen of the in jured will die. . Although rescuer have been searching the ruins ever since the storm swept its fury, many are still missing, and it it thought that a considerable number of the unfortu nates were consumed in the flame that broke out soon after the storm had oeaned. ' t ' . ... . , - . ' . f Apnenl or FlnnUh Amerlcnns. ' New Yoik, May 1. At a meeting of Finnish-Americana held in this city last night, a resolution was adopted oalling upon the government at Wash ington "to use, . through its duly ac credited representative at tne court of St. Petersburg, it good offices with the czai to bring about, as an earnest of hi declared love of peace, the rescind ing of bi; majesty' ukase of February 17, and the restitution to his loyal Finnish subjects of their ancient con stitutional rights and privileges." ' A copy of the resolution, together with a signed petition from all parts of the Union, will be forwarded to tbe presi dent and to tbe secietary of state. ; Annie at. George Not nllty. Canton, O., May L The jury in the case of Annie E.. George, on trial for the murde' of George D. Saxton, came into the courtroom at 18:43 A. M., having agreed upon a verdict Be fore tbe verdict waa read the court cautioned tbe audience that there must be no demonstrations. In jpite of that there wat ioud cheering aa the clerk read the verdict of "Not guilty.'? A core of women rushed to Mrs. George and seized her hand. Congratula tions were also extended to her attor ney. - She worked her way to the jury box. took each juror by tbe hand and gave him a word and nod of thank. Then the oouH said she was dieoharged, and released the jury. , . President Is Gratified. r. Philadelphia, May 1. Immediately npon receiving from Washington the dispatch from Otiu, President McKin ley sent the following message of con gratulations and thank to the soldier in the Philippines: ' i "Philadelphia. May 1. Otis, Ma nila: Your message announcing the achievements of MacArthur' division and tbe proposal by the insurgents ol suspending hostilities la most gratify ing. Convey to the officers and men my heartfelt congratulations and grati tude for their signal gallantry and triumph. , "WM. M'KINLEY." ; Fntnre or tha Philippine. , San Francisco, May 1. Speaking at banquet tendered him by the heads of departments of the Southern Pacific Company, Collia P. Huntington an nounced himself a strongly in favor Of President McKinley'a policy ill the Philippines. He added:' ' "The future of those islands, so far a the United States is concerned, ia a problem indeed, but it ia a problem tbe solution of which will lie in the justness of our administration.' What wb shall want there first will be riot statehood, but military government, with a civil governor, able, honest and kind, whose underlying principle of action will be the deterimoation to do those things whioh are right to be done in the interest of tbe people.' 'Wlreleea Telegraphy TJeed. London, ' May 1. Wireless tele graphy was first put to practical use to day. " The Goodwins lightship was atruck by a . passing vessel, and - tha crew, utilising th wireleea telegraphy apparatus, notified South foreland that the ship wo in a sinking condition. Tug were dispatched to the assistance of the lightship. , . Strike Wna Short Lived. ' Wardner, Idaho, May 1. The Last Chance men went to woik last night t 3 for car men and $3.60 for miners. The Banker Hill ia woiking with 800 men, the fall complement being 400. Some strikers are returning to work and other are leaving town. The atrike appears to be practically ended. Glad to Get It. Washington, May 1. Secretary Hay this afternoon was notified by the French ambassador that Spain would accept through him tbe $2,000,000 to be paid under the treaty of peace for the Philippines. The payment willl be made to the Ambassador as soon as tbe president returns. Educator Goes to China. Berkley, Cal., April 89. Professor John Fryer, head of the department of Oriental language and literature in the university of California, will leave on Friday for a three month' trip to China. Professor Fryer goea in the interest of the Chinese imperial gov ernment to consult on several educa tional matters, the chief of which i the establishment of a Chinese uni versity at Nanking. , . Waxes to Be AilTnnoed. ' Birmingham, Ala., May 1. Five thousand employe of the Tennessee Iron & Railway Company Were given notice today that their wages would be advanced on a basil of 10 per cent. . Burled In n Well. Sacramento, Cal, May 1. Word has been received from Clark' station, Nevada, that three men engaged in diirging a well were oaved in at a depth of 80 feet, and little hope is expressed for their lives, though a large force ot men is at work trying to rescue them. 1 Tbe New York police have in custody two alleged robber charged with the theft of registered mail pouohes at Buffalo early this month. MINERS USE DYNAMITE Bunker Hill & Sullivan Milt Blown Up. WAEDNEE SHAKEN BY THE BLAST Property Worth From 'itlo.ooo to SeO.OOO Shattered by the . - ' - Kxploslon. Spokane, May 8. A Wardner epe oinl to the Spokesman-Review says: Wardner today has been the scene of the worst riot since the ealy labor war of 1898.- One man it dead, another is thought to be mortally wounded, anil property valued at 1360,000 has been destoyed by giant powder and fire. The damage was done by union men and sympathizers from Canyon oreek, about 80 mile from Wardner. - Thi morning a mob of from 800 to 1,000 men, all of them armed and many of them masked, seized a train at Burke, at the head of Canyon creek. There were nine box cars and a passen ger coach, and they were black with the mob, . The visitors brought with them 8.000 pounds of giant powder. After a parley of two honrs, 140 masked men armed with Winchesters, Burke in the lead and Wardner follow ing, started with yells for the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill and other build ings, a third of a mile from the depot. They sent pickets ahead., and one of these picket fired a shot as a signal that the mill was abandoned. , . This was misunderstood by the main body of the mob, who imagined that non-union miners in the mills had opened fire on them, and they begun firing on their own pickets. Ahout 1,000 shot were thus exchanged be tween the rioters and their pickets, and Jack Smith, one of the pickets, for merly of British Columbia, and a noted figure in drill contests, Was shot dead. The fatal error was discovered after a few seconds' firing and Smith' body brought down from the hilleide. , , By this time the striker - had taken possession of tbe Bunker Hill! & Sulli van mill, which tbey found ideserted, the manager having directed bis em ployes not to riek their lives by battl ing with tbe mob. :. ' ' ' : Powder was called for, and 60 50 pound boxes were carried from the depot to tbe ; mill." The heaviest charge waa placed among the machinery of the milL : Another charge , was placed under the brick office building. Other obarges were placed around tha mill. Then tbe boaiding-houee, a frame Itructnre.wa fired. Fnsea lead ing to the charge were lighted, and the strikers carrying the dead body of tbe picket, retired to a sate distance. At 8:36 P. M. the first blast went off. It shook the ground for miles, and buildings in Wardner, two mile away, trembled.' At intervals of about 80 seconds four other charges went off, the fifth being tbe largest and com pletely demolishing the- mill. The loss to tbe Bnnker Hill & Sullivan Company ia estimated from (250,000 to 1300,000. - , , ; . , ' In a few minute the striker went back to the station, the whistle was blown for stragglers, the mob soon climbed aboard and at 8 o'clock, just three hours after its arrival, the train pulled out for Canyon creek. During the fusillade from the guns of the mob, Jim Cliayne, a Bunker Hill & Sullivan mlllman, was severely shot through the hips. It is reported that he was carried off by the strikers, and hi wound is probably fatal. J. 3. Rogers, a stenographer in the em ploy Of the company, was shot through the lip, hot bis wound ia trivial. ' GREAT RUSSIAN FAMINE. Harrowing- Storlee From the Province :.:ef Kia. ::'t:1 London, April May 8. Letter from the lamina province J of Russia tell a harrowing tale of distress. ; In the province of Kaian, tha center of the famine district, the Red Cross So. -oiety alone is feeding 133,000 people. The relief delegate in the province of Ufa reports that peasants ran after him and begged for food on their knees in the snow. The St. ' Petersburg Skyya ViemomoBtl, in a vivid description of the misery and disease prevalent in Kazan, says: j "Crime, mortality and the murder of still-born infants have increased, and now scurvy and typhus are devouring the population like conflagration fanned by the wind; but this ia a casn not of houses and barns, but of human lives being destroyed." i... . . The Conference nt Mnnlln. Manila, May 8. The conference to day between Geneiai Otis and Colonel Manuel Argulezea and Lieutenant Joeu Bernal. who came from General Lutih under a flag of truoe yesterday to ank for a cession of hostilities, was fruit less. It is understood the Filipino commissioners were given the terms upon which the Americans will consent to negotiate. The Filipinos admit they have been defeated, and it is ex pected (till return with fieah proposals from General Luna. Dewey Will Soon Heturn. .Washington, May; 9.- The moment peace ia declared in the Philippines Dewey will start for tbe United States. He will be relieved from duty with the PhilipDine commission as soon as peaca is an assured fact He has written friend here that he wants no atten tions, and will come un heralded, if possible. II aays he will taWa a long leSt.. ; .' ; J : .' Poatnl-Cnrde In bi1'. Ottawa, Out., May 8 ?m post-, office department bus J-;.:idit.I that United States postal-cxnld j ! iu Canada or the United i: (! may l forwarded by the affixing of a 1 i- ht Canadian postage bUudu