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A colony of 600 nog row will locate
in California.
:. Tbe promised plow and threshing
machine combines are off.
Admiral Sampson aay our navy
should ha twice ila present sixe.
, Otis haa established oable connection
between llo Ho and Ilia inland ol Cebu.
A mimohr of schools have closed In
fit. Louis on account of the hot weather.
' CunnriVi Intent proposal la to estate
Hall a customhouse on .tin Da lion
trail...." ..... . , . I.
Johann Strauss, the late famous com
poser, was boiled with publlo tiouoia
in Vienna.
Waaler n men are urging an early ana
aion of congress to conaider currency
legislation.
Slop have baen taken by the F ranch
government demanding tha extradition
ol Eaterbaay.
James fi. Sherman haa withdrawn
In favor of Henderson fm the speaker
alilp of tha national hoiiao.
Samnaris have disarmed and are now
waiting tha verdict of tha olnt com
niiion aa to who ahnll be king.
On doatli at Chicago and two at
Pittaburg with many pioatrationa from
the heat la tha record fur one day.
Mis Lena Warren, whoie borne la
t Knappn, Or., haa mysteriously dis
appeared from pioiflu unlvoraity at
Forest Drove.
The body of tha "Barefoot King of
Hawaii" la miaaing. It ia eupposud to
have been stolon by nativea ami burled
in tha mountain.
That negotiation are In progreaa
looking toward a maminotb augar con
aol illation ia now ail in it tod by one of
tha men moat Intoieetod.
Mew Voik experienced tha hottest
Juua day on record Tuesday. Thirty
one proatrationa were recorded. The
Uiermometer reached U8.
. President Behurmau, of tha Philip
piiio commission, in a dispatch to Boo
retary I lay, haa, It ia believed, recom
mended more liberal concession to the
Filipinos, with a view of ending the
insurrection at once. -
Tha condition of affair at Manila
ia claimed to l satisfactory to tnein
bora of tlu administration, yet there ia
groat deal of 001 reapondonoa between
General Otli and the wai department
which i not made public. I j ;
'' A project for flnar iinprovemont ol
the cascade locks on the upper Co
lumbia litis betin aubmittod and ap
proved. The appropriation la f 75,000,
and the object la to prevent ny fur
ther damage bv frealiet In the river. , .,
' Admiral Dewey haa sailed from Hong
Kong. - . . f r, .-" .; ;;
Storma In the Central atatoa con
tinue. The pipe truat ia believed to be
failure.
-' Stage robbera have been captured ,la :
Arlsona. 1
The thormomotor win U8 In Chicago
twuAv YT's ! J "Jl ?
. There " Wa a Cloudburst near" lied
ding, Cal. . . ,.,...,..
Santiago papers hare been suppressed
by General Brooke.
, Natlvna will recruit our army in
Cuba and Porto Itriso:. " ,
Ureal orowda of Cuban aoldiera are
now accepting payment.
UeotgU troops Imvo been ordered out
to protect the jail at Atlanta. ; :
Kmperoi William expeota ' great
things fioin hia new possessions.
Captain Dreyfus will bo returned to
Franco on June 90, landing at Brest,
. Zola aaka for notice of sentence in
the libel action againat hint last year.
Admiral Kauta la now in Hawaii.
Ila will aail for Sau Francisco, Juno 35.
Agricultural implement makers ill
advance prices from 1ft to 26 per cent.
A tor undo a mile wide occurred in
Iowa. . Kellogg aud Thorpe building
suffered.
Information disclosed In New Mexico
unearths tour old uurdeia hitherto
unknown.
Admiral Schley heartily indoraed tha
course of President MoKiuloy In a
Speech at Salt Lako.
It la announced that the war tax will
continue in force for some time to
ooine, but will be modified,
f Tha sultan of Bulu, heretofore be
ll iered to be peaceably disposed, is said
Ito he preparing to fight this oounliy. .
i' General Otis advises the war depart
ment that Ilia Oregon regiment will
leave for the United Btutes this "week.
It will be sent direct to Portlund for
muster out at Vancouver barracks.
Minor Mans llama.
Tha street cars at Wichita, Kan.,
have been declared a publlo nuisance)
and have stopped running.
The discovery has boen made that
9,000,000 silver dollars stored In tha
Philadelphia mint vaults have rusted
from a leak,
'' Tha first annual reunion of rough
rldera will be held In Las Vegas, N.
M.. June 24. Uovemor Roosevelt and
staff will be present.
LATER NEWS,
Bcbtlrman Is leavlnu the Phil Innings
oecause his plan (or home rule war1
not approved.
Veterans of the civil war, both of
the blue and the gray, are planning a
faw and order expedition to Cuba. ,
' Miss Mabel Kaflta and Walter Hon
Jnrson wero drowned by the oapslalng
of the Flora near Stockton, California.
The southward movement of Lawtou
and Wheuton's forces proved a success.
The Filipino force wei badly routed
and disorganized.
The survey for the submarine cable
which will connect Germany with tba
United Hiatus by tha way of the Acoroa
haa been practically completed.
President Lou bet, of France, ' baa
had Ills revanche lor the recent outrage,
ile was the hero of popular demon
stration while driving to the races.
By working upon the muscles of the
abdomen, a Mew York phyaluian haa
cared a oase of appendicitis. No in
itrumenti were used, and relief came
in eight minutes. . . i
The German peace delegate at The
Hague objects to arbitration. He
affirms that Emperor William will not
pledge himself to accept decisions on
issues that have not arisen,
Tho trust mania ha reached the
brewers, and it Is aald, on the best
authority, that scheme is on foot to
form a trust with 91,000,000,000 capl
tal and buy op all the brewerlea in the
conntry.
The Alaska grand jury has con
demned the school management.
Educational work, it saya, haa been
misdirected. Tho government agent
la accused of falsehood, and bis removal
from office Is demanded.
England ha bought an additional
500,000 In American eagles to
strengthen its reserve. The report
that Kusaia ia a buyer of gold In New
York Is regarded in London as being
significant.
War seem certain between England
and Transvaal. Both are preparing
for a struggle. British troops are near
tha border arid Kruger's forcea are said
to be able to cope with any England
can muster.
Over 6,000,000,000 gallons of petro
leum, according to the treasury bureau
of statistics, are now produced an
nually In the world. Of this amount
9, 600. 000, 000 gallons are produced in
the United States, 3,160,000,000 in
Itnssia, and the remainder ia distribut
or among a doxen countries.
A tornado swept over Ban Pedio and
A tare, in the province of Valladolid,
Spain, about 160 houses being de
stroyed. Theie was also great Iota of
life. Ten bodies have already been re
covered from the ruins. Toledo haa
been visited by a great storm.. The
lower part of the oity has been flooded.
Hangiy Filipinos are being ted by
tne Americana. - -
Tho Philippine coniralasiionera have
been called home, r i-, j j ',y
The Vixen has reached Bluefields to
relieve tha Detroit.
Cota Jiloa and -Nioaragua are pre
paring for a conflict.
Mosquito coast Indiana have re
belled against Nicaragua.
Augusta, Ga., wa visited by a de
structive fire; loss, 1360,000.
A new banana trust has been formed.
It will fight a similar oiganixation
formed last winter.
The outlook ia said to be bright for
the settlement of the Alaska boundary
dispute in London,
Seven walnut-growers' association
in Southern -California have combined
for mutual protection. 1 '
.Twenty-five deaths and 83 prostra
tions is the result ol a hot June day in
New York and vicinity.
The United States ooort of appeals
holds that the alien labor law applies
only to common laborers.
The Indiana supreme court declares
that It is unlawful (or corporations to
ttempt to "destroy competition.
Privnto Clew, of company D, casual
detachment, was seriously wounded in
target practice at San Francisco. ,
Augustin . Daily, famous as a the
atrical manager, dramatist and adapter
of plays, died suddenly in Pari.
A company capitalised at 110,000,-
000 has been .organised ito I work a
mountain of copper found in Arixona.
A Havana dispatch says brigandism
is on the increase in portions of Cuba
where no United Btules soldiers aro
quartered, ,., , ' -, . ..... . , . . ... ,
The Washington State Pioneer' As
sociation has passed a resolution pro
teating against , the cession of any
Alaakau territory to Canada.
Governor-General Brooke has Issued
oiders appointing Sonar Gonsnlea do
Qttesada apeoial commissioner from
Cuba at Washington, at a salary of
$5,000. Tha appointmont greatly
pleases Gomes' following.
Judge Allen, of Lo Angeles, hold
that neoole who seoure a dlvotce in
California who go beyound the Juris
diction of the California court and
contract another marriage aud then rei
tnrn to California have no standing in
California court in an action for di
vorce. nharles Acton Ives, a well-known
lawver of Newnort. R. I., died of heart
disease while riding n bicycle.
Mntblaa Stelnbemer. who lives with
relatives on a farm in Jackson town
ship a few miles out ot Fostoria, U.,
has recovered his memory und intellect
after a lapse of 68 years.
Tim Massachusetts supreme court has
rendered an opinion holding that pas-
aengers can recover damages tor in-
Inriea to bandana from the last road
over which (heir baggage came.
FIGHT MR MORONG
A Reconnditering Party At-
tacked by Rebels.
ONE AMERICAN WAS - KILLED
fongBS Th.lr Wr ek to Cam
Tbranh th injr Kolnforea-,
. - mmt for Otis. -......
Manila, June 19. A reconnoiferlng
party of 96 American soldiers, in th
hills in the vicinity ol Morong yester
day. were attacked by 800 rebels. Th
Americana fought their way to camp
through the enemy and inflicted severe
losses on them. The AmerloajTs chief
waa killed. Five Insurgent were cap
tured and taken to Morong.
The i rebel are extremely - active.
The garrison of cavalry and North Da
kola infantry are throwing op in
trenohment. "
Ta Thrauii' Man for Otis.
) Washington, June 19, The solu
tion of the problem of bow to reinforce
General Otis without calling tor volun
teers or reducing below the danger line
the teserve force In the United States,
waa reached at a meeting ot the cabinet
today. Attorney-General Giiggs an
nounced hia opinion that the army re
organization bill, fixing the maximum
strength of the army at 66,000 men,
did not include tbe enlisted force of
the hospital corps, and the regulai
army can be increased by that number.
A the enlisted hospital corp aggre
gate 9,000 men, the opinion of the attorney-general
gives that many mors
men to the regular army for Manila.
Major-Ueneial Shatter baa now at
the Preaidio in California, ready for
arly shipment to Manilla, 3,400 re
cruits. Word was received by the war de
partment today that the Nineteenth in
fantry, under orders to go to the Phil
ippines, which came back from Porto
Itico only 700 strong, had today been
filled to its full quota of 1,600 men by
recruits enlisted at Camp Meade.
The regiment will be aent to General
Otia at once. In addition, the Twenty
fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry regi
ments, negroes, every company lecruit
ed to its full strength are under oiders
to go to the Philippines which will
give General Otis 9,000 more fighting
men in good condition. The Four
teenth infantry, also folly reoruited,
and part of the Fourth artillery, are at
the Presidio, awaiting order to sail
Thus, without issuing call for volun
teers, (he president oan send General
Otis force slightly in excess of 10,
000. General Otis has been instructed to
organize several skeleton regiments of
volunteers who may accept the propoai
tin to re-enlist lor service until July I,
1901. These skeleton ' organisations
are to be officered by volunteer officers
to be selected by General Otis from
the 14 volunteer regiments now with
him, and are to be increased to th
maximum strength by regulars sent
from here.
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M Limit Is Kallslnmu.
Chicago, June 19. Captain P. H.
Boinns, of the army leoruitliig station
in this oity, lias received instructions
from the war department to enlist an
unlimited number of men for service in
the Philippine island y j -
; LYNCHINGS IN CUBA.
Bandits Disposal! of In tho Southern
t .. V'.., I.I ..-j1 .Stylo. 's;
" Santiago' do Cuba, Juno 12. Gen
eral Wood haa been notified that An
tonio Garcia, chief ol - the Holquin
bandit, who wa captured by the rural
guards, has been hanged bythe'eiti-
aens. Seven men belonging to Uarcia a
band voluntarily . surrendered to the
rorals, but General Wood haa Instruct
ed the com minding officers to accept no
surrendera herealter, but tocautore the
bandits as highwaymen or murderers.
s Two robbera were lynched by Cuban
near Puerto Principe, two days ago.
At Sonora, recently, six bandits were
badly beaten by employes of sugar
estates, Where they attempted to oom
mii robbery, f 1 f i jf. " ,
New ' York,' June 10. James 3.
Jeffries, another sturdy young giant,
has ooine out of the West to whip
olinmpion pugilists.' At the arena of
the Coney Island Atheletio Club to
night he defeated Robert Fitaslm
nrona, world's champion In two classes
middle-weight nd heavy-weight
in 11 rounds of whirlwind fighting.
He ia the acknowledged master of the
man lie defeated. Ha waa never at
any time in serious danger, and, after
the siae-up in tbe early rounds ot the
contest, took the lead. He had the
Australian whipped from the ninth
round.
Transvaal llpato.
London, June 19. The Westminster
Gazette this afternoon says a inmor i
current from a well-informed eoaroe
that it has been pior.os.ed in a responsi
ble Quarter that tbe United States
mediate between the Transvaal and
Great Britain. It is added the sugges
tion i being considered, and that it il
"not even improbable that medialton
nay be undertaken."
fllliU In Whlto !.
Nanaimo, B. C Jnne 19. The
steamer Amur, Captain Le Blano, ar
rived here this morning from Skag-
way, and reports that on Sunday morn
ing, June 4, men were at work clear
ing snow from the White Pass & Yu
kon railway, Just over the anmmlt,
when a terrible slide ot rocks and snow
oame down the mountain side, killing
one man almost instantly, and seri
ously, If not fatally, injuring others.
At the time the Amur loft, the
name of the men weie not obtainable.
PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED.
Mldalaht J1d. Horror to tho RnSTorlnas
of tho Injured.
Kansas City.une 12, Forty-eight
passengers were more or less seriously,
three perhaps tatally injured by the de
railment of train No. 4, south bound
an the Kansaa City, Pittsbnrg & Gulf
railroad, two miles south ol Granview,
Mo., at 9:80 last night. The Iniured
were brought to this cty this morning
and the seriously hurt were taken to
St. Joseph's hospital and others to the
Savoy hotel. Those considered fatally
injured are Mr. C. B. Chandler, Jua
don, Mo.; A, J. Uorgneson, news
agent, Kansaa City; O. 1. Crawford,
Drexel, Mo. Nearly all the injured
are Missouri people.
The wrecked train left Kansas City
last night at 8 o'clock. - Two miies
south of Kansas City, the train was
derailed by spreading rails, the track
having been damaged by recent seveie
rains. Tbe smoker which contained
most of the Injured, and the chair car
Immediately following, were turned on
their side into a ditch. The Pullman
left tbe track, but remained upright.
The engine and combination baggage
and mail ear remained on the track.
. The accident occurred during a
heavy downpour of rain. The crew
went to work with a will to reaoue pas
senger. Women and ohildren were
dragged from the window of tbe chair
car and attended to aa well a possible
under the circumstances. Before ali
bad been taken out fire started in the
rear car.
The porter of tbia car earned great
praiae by bis presence of mind in" cut
ting a hole througii the roof, quench
ing the fire and rescuing several women
in imminent danger.
In the smoker, whioh waa well
filled, the passengers were compelled to
crawl cautiously the full length to the
rear, door to escape, exit through the
broken windows waa dangerous, the
darkness making it impossible to see a
foot ahead. The scene of the wreck
was in the woods, and there was no
bouse near to which the injured could
be taken. For the immediate oare of
the injured fires were built along the
track.
Aa soon as possible tha news of the
wreck was sent to Granview and a re
lief train was started from Kansae
City. The train moved at 8 A.M. and
took baok to Kansaa City all of tbe in
jured. '
CUBANS GIVE UP THEIR ARMS.
Tboa Bay Mow With 7B-Manjr Thing!
to Angor Thom.
New York. June 12. Tbe Rev. Al
fred de Barritt, who four months age
founded tbe Congregational churali in
the city of Havana, has returned to
this conntry for aid in bis religious
and educational work in Cuba. Dr. de
Barritt spoke today about present con
ditions in Cuba and the possibility of
an outbreaa against the Americana.
"If this occurs," he said, "it will
be the fault of the Americans. The
Cubans fie a peaoefol people, but they
are also proud and sensitive, and many
things have been done recently to anger
them. The Cubans feel that they are
being treated very much as though they
bad been conquered bv us. At any
rate, tbe Washington authorities should
do away with tbe present militaiy gov
ernment. It it worae than unneces
sary; it i doing an immense deal of
harm.. A great man of the Ahieiroan
officer do not like Cuban and don't
scrapie to let this be known. How
can you expect the Cuban to like
them? , General Brooke and General
Lea are liked and trusted, but their in
fluence tor good is nullified by .tbe at
titude of other officer.'
"The payment of tbe Cuban troop
and requiring them" to lay down their
arms waa a mistake. The disarming
was a great humiliation to tbe men,
and the first thing a good many of them
did with their $75 each was to buy
new guns and machetes. There is at
yet no distinct idea in the minds ol
the majority of people as to what they
really want, whether annexation or in
dependence. But they obtain their
ideas of the United States government
from the American officers' and these
idea are not favorable."! : - -
Frosldont NainM Canal Commission.
Washington, June 12. The presi
dent today appointed tbe following
commission to determine the most feas
ible and practicable route for a canal
serosa the Isthmus of Panama: Rear
Admiral John G. Walker, United
State navy; Hon. Samuel Pasco, of
Florida; Alfred Noble, civil engineer",
of Illinois; George S. Morrison, civil
engineer, of New York; Colonel Peter
Haines, United States, navy; Professor
William 11. Burr, ot Connecticut;
Lieutenant-Colonel Oswald ' Ernest,
United States army; Lewi M. Haupt,
civil engineer, ot Pennsylvania; Pro-
fessoi Emory B. Johnson, of Pennsyl
vania. . 1 ' ;
England May Aid tho Cablo.
London, June 12. The Times says
the British government has consented
to oonsider its attitude toward the
Pacifio cable projeot as tbe result ol
urgent representations from Canada
and the colonies, and is now inclined
to utilise British credit in providing
die necessary capital.
Wooduon Will Moot at . Panl.
Kansa City, June 12. The head
camp ot Woodmen of America (elected
St. Paul aa the place of meeting in
1901.
Flood la Kansas.
Wiohlta. Kan., June 12. One hun
dred and thiityfeetof traok on the
Santa Fe la washed out north of this
city, and trains are atalled. Five thou
sand aoree ol lowland are under water.
The Arkansas river is the highest since
1877, and ia still rising, and a flood il
predicted within 94 hours.
A nephew of Genreal Merrltt was re
jected in the West Point examination
becauM of defective eyesight.
REBELS ON THE RUN
Americans Whip Them Out
. of Cavite Province.
PARANAQUB AND LAS PINAS FALL
llnrd.it Day's Work Vt Dona by Otis'
Moa-lrillplno Again E
capo Captaro.
Manila, June 13. The Filipino oc
cupation of the province of Cavite lias
been broken, and, ai tbe result of the
present movement, the Americana now
control the important coast town of
Pnranaqne and Las Ptnas, while a long
line 'ol insurgent trendies facing our
south lines has been cleared.
.The insurgent have again proved
their ability as dodger. Between
8,000 and 4,000 warriors who seemed
destined to be captured, have dis
appeared, the majority eliding away
under cover of tbe night aft'er fighting
tbe Americans all day. , Some others
came to meet our troops with protesta
tions of Irienship.
Tbe Thirteenth infantry lost one man
killed and six wounded; the Ninth in
fantry one man killed and five wound
ed; the Fourteenth infantry three
wounded and tbe First Colorado volun
teer regiment 11 wounded. ; . ,
Yesterday's work was the hardest our
army has seen.- Tbe battlefield
atretched out across the entire isthmus
from Laguna de Bay to the harbor.
While the. troops were advancing, the
army gunboat Napidan. in the rivei
near Taguig, shelled the enemy, killing
several of them. Tbe monitor Monad
nock and the gunboat Helena shelled
Paranaqne and Las Pino all day with
the full power of their batteries.
The rebel sharpshooters kept in hid
ing until the American lines had
passed, and then attempted to pot
stragglers from the trees. Thanks to
their poor marksmanship, this was
without result. The whole country
proved to be a sncoesslon of small hills,
with boggy ground between tbe high,
thick grass and bushes in the hollows,
which greatly added to the difficulty of
the advance, but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy's bullets. Our
men threw away their blankets, coats
and even haversaoks, stripping to the
waist and trusting to luck for food.
Water could not be obtained, and there
waa much discomfort after tbe canteens
were emptied,
' Whlto Flags Firing.
At 6 A. M. todav, General Wbeatoo
advanced upon Lac Pinas with a troop
of cavalry, tbe Twenty-first infantry,
the Colorado regiment, part of the
Ninth infantry, and two mountain
guns, crossing two streams and entering
the town without firing a shot.
He then advanced upon Paranaqne.
The women and ohildren, and, for that
matter, many men . remained in the
towns. , No .houses wero destroyed,
though many were torn by the sheila
from the warships.: Everywhere tbe
Americans found white flags flying. '
So far as can be ascertained; the Fili
pions" loss ia about 60 killed, about
850 wounded, and 90 taken prisoners.
The whole country is networked with
trenches and the enemy scurried from
shelter to shelter. .... ,l
: Today long trains of commissary
wagons are carrying provision to the
United States troops along the road
which only yesterday was the strong
hold of the enemy, and the natives who
yesterday were probably carrying guna
are today doffing their hats and grovel
ing before the Americans with effusive
greetings of welcome.
BIG MAN-HUNT PLANNED.
Criminals to Bo Routed Out of "Holo-In-tho-Wall."
Casper, Wyo., June 13. The Hole-in-the-Wall,
for years the refuge of
outlaws, promises, to be cleansed of its
desperate inhabitant. The daring rob
ber band which looted the Union Pa
cific express at Rook Creek recently and
escaped to tbe tastn3sses of their dens
In the Hole-in-tbe-Wall, in spite ol
the fact that they were closely pursued
over plain and mountain, are to be sys
tematically hunted to their death. To
this purpose the several railway man
agers with interests in this state are
organising posses, and the outlaws will
be given no rest. It is expected 200
men will be engaged in the big "man
hunt..
The state and the express and rail
road companies have offered an aggre
gate of 18,000 each for the heads ot the
members of the baud. In addition to
this bead money, in event of success,
the men who are arranging for this
chase will be armed and fed by the cor
porations and big cattle companies of
this section during the time they are
engaged. "- -;
No Men to Bo Had.
Vancouver, B. C, June 13. The
eight-hour law goes into operation to
morrow. Reports from Nelson and Slo
can indicate that the strike aitnation
ia unchanged. The attempt of the
Duncan mine to employ Italian ha
failed. The management of the Ymir
mine is trying to secure miners. Non
union men are unwilling to work for
$3 when onion men are holding out
for 13.60.
Kruger'e Proposals.
Bloemfontein, Oiange Free State,
June 13. It is stated in official circle
here that President Kroger will pro
pose to the Transvaal raad the aboli
tion ot the dynamite monopoly.
While the Orange Fiee State la using
ita influence at Pretoria to obtain re
forms for the uitlanders In the Trans
vaal, the railway company has sent all
its available rolling stock to Johannes
burg, to be lo readiness for a possible
excitement.
DIVORCED AND REMARRIED.
Last Chapur of a Itomnntlo Story of
Troo Lovo aad War.
- Chicago, Jur.s 12. A special to the
Chronicle from Illgbmore, 8, P., 'says:
The return to this town of man and
woman, divorced five year ago, bnt
who are again husband and wife, adds
the last chapter to a romantic story of
love and war.
Five years ago Henry Ballantyne
and wife, of this place, agreod to sep
arate. They had been married not
quite 12 months. -' Ballantyne wa a
prosperous grain-buyer, and : owned
several good farm near High more.
These be deeded, to bi wife. The faw
hundred dollar he wa able to scrape
together in cash to put in his own
pocket and left to begin life afresh in aj
new location, as soon, as lie tiad gone,
hia wife aued for a divorce. There was
no defense, and deoree was granted.
The land given' her by her husband
she sold to advantage, and by ahrewd
reinvestments accumulated within the
next few year a comfortable fortune.
, The past winter she spent in South
ern California. . On her way home a
month ago she stopped in San Fran
cisco. On the street there one day she
met an emaoiated figure in army blue,
hobbling about witb tbe aid of a heavy
cane, in a Vain search for employment.
It waa Ballantyne, discharged from tbe
United States volunteer service, and
invalided home from the Philippines
after a fever which 'left him in such
poor health aa to destroy hi usefulness
as a soldier.
Ballantyne was aboct to pass hit
former wife without speaking to her,
bnt she, when she raw his waated form
and miserable condition, felt all her
old love for him revive. She burried
him into a carriage and to her hotel,
where comfortable quarters, good food
and the services of a competent physi
cian soon produced a marked improve
ment in bis health. Last week tin
two were remarried and have just re
turned to Highmore together.
CURE FOR APPENDICITIS.
Haw Torh Physician Relieves a Patient
Without Instrnmeata.
New York. June 13. Dr. George
Helmer, a New York doctor, haa cored
a patient of appendicitis in eight min
utes without tbe use of a knife, ice
packs, or poultioes. He applied one
hand to a point midway between tbe
top of tbe right leg and a point above
the stomach, then bent op tbe right
leg of the patient at tbe knee joint,
and gave tbe leg a alight twist, by
means ot a quick motion, repeated two
or three times, and the operation was
over. This forced out of the appendix
the ologging particles that occupied it.
Just back of tbe appendix is the largest
muscle in the human body, known as
the psoas magnos. It is attached to
the fermur or big bdne of the leg, and
iB the musole by which one can revolve
the leg as od a pivot at the heel. It
is this muscle which i made to do the
trick of emptying the appendix. Using
the fingers ol one band to hold the
walls -of the abdomen in place, and
to prevent rupture of delicate internal
structures, with tbe other hand a Spas
modic contraction of the psoas magnus
is brought about, which snaps it against
tbe appendix and forcea out of that or
gan whatever foreign substanoee it
may contain. '
VETERANS . FOR CUBA.
Civil War Soldier Plan a Law and Or
dor Expedition.
Chicago, Jnne 13. A special to the
Chronicle from Omahs says: Paul
Vandervoort has received a letter from
President MoKinley acknowledging the
receipt of hia letter offering to take to
Cuba a great colony ot old soldiers of
both the blue and the gray, whose
presence shall be a guarantee against
the outlawry practiced by some of the
Cubaa bands. Mr. Vandervoort ia re
ceiving hundreds of letters daily from
veterans in all pane of tbe country,
who are anxious to accompany the
expedition. .
Mr. Vandervoort was formerly com-maner-in-chiel
of the Grand Army of
the Repnblio. He says the colonists
will go In the fall, whether the move
ment has been sanctioned by tbe gov
ernment or not merely as a private
affair. The West and South seem to be
the largest contributors to the scheme.
DASH FOR LIBERTY.
alanine Broke From Wardaer Stockade
and Was Drowned.
Wardner, Idaho, June 13. Under
the fire of bis negro guard, Mike John
son, orasy and desperate, made a dash
for liberty by jumping into the river
today. Down the rapid stream he
bobbed like a great black cork, while
on the bank his keeper, breaking
through the underbrush, peppered at
him with hia Krag-Jorgenson rifle.
Somehow or other, the floating target
evaded the fire, but the treacherous
eddies were too much for him, and
Johnson was drowned. His body was
found 20 minutes later.
He waa one of the men under arrest
in the bull pen on suspicion of having
been connected with the dynamite
outrages of April 89. For some days
he had been aoting strangely, and It
was feared that he was sffering from a
re-attack of insanity, with which hs
wa formerly afflicted. , Yesterday
afternoon, an examination by tho pro
bate judge proved that auoh was the
case, and he was to have beens taken
today to Wallace for detention.
Street Bailwny Strike.
Cleveland, O., June 18. What
promises to be a long and bitter contest
between the Cleveland electrio railway
(Big Onslidated) and it 900 employe
waa inaugurated at 4 o'clock this morn
ing by a strike which tied up all of the
14 lines operated by the company.
These lines reach all sections of the
city, and they form the only means of
transportation for more than 100,000
people living in a territory five miles
long and three- miles wide at the south
end, - '-
A TEXAS CLOUDBURST
Two Towns on the Colorado
River Swept Away.
DEATHS NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
Crops In the Inundated Dlstrlet Will
Prove Total I,o Sereral
.Bridges Wrecked.
Austin, Tex., June 10. The cloud
burst of yesterday, which swelled the
livers ot this portion of the state out
of their tanks, and caused a great loss
of property, was much worse , than re
ported lastnigbr." Many people are re
ported to have perished, meager reports
tonight placing the number at 25. :.
. Today reports came from San Saba
and Manardville, small towns, 00
miles north of here, in the mountains,
saying that both towns bad been swept
by the raging floods, and were devas
tated. In San Saba, eight people weie
drowned and tbe entire town is report
ed under water tonight. The river at
that point is one mile wide and run
ning like a millrace. At Manardville.
13 houses were swept away, and this
morning -several more gave way into,
the swirling torrent and started on
their voyavge down the stream. Tbe
river is reported as . rising at other
places, and grave fears are entertained
that the entire conntry in that neigh
borhood will be laid to waste.
San Saba is located in a valley, and
vast tracts of wheat fields are under
water. These crops will prove a total
loss. Many persons, according tore
ports received here today, had diffi
culty in getting to high land before tha
rise came. The situation at Manard
ville is even more serious. A small
town located to tbe right and in the
bend of the river in the valley, it
proved an easy prey to the raging tor
rent. Seventeen people are known to
have been drowned there, and there
may be others. Of those drowned, two
were young white girls, Lydia and
Ami Wells. Tbe other were all ne
groes, wbowere living in cabins close
to the river front, and were oangbt in
the flood before they could make their
way to safety, owing to the darkness
of the night. All tbe surrounding
country is inundated. .
This additional flood baa not yet
reached Austin, but it ia expected here
sometime during the night. A 48
foot tise is expected. The big dam
and power-house at this point haa been
under a heavy atrain since yesterday,
owing to tbe terrific foroe of the flood.
The farming land below the city are
uuuer water.
Owing to the fact that all telegraphic
communication with San Saba and
Manardville waa interrupted at an
early bour tonight, no additional de
tails have been received from these
points. It is known,-however, that
the . property damage will exceed
iiou,ouu. uivesincB Huuereu eevereij,
hundreds of cattle and hogs having
been swept away by tbe resist lens tor
rent. " The river, running, as It does,
through a mountainous region to this
point, rises very quickly and falls as
rapidly. This particular rise was an
nounced by a solid wall of water 10
feet high, which swept everything be
fore it. ,. ... '..
Reports from Bastrop, 30 miles south
of Austin, state that several bridges
have been wrecked by the rushing wa
ters. The loss to the farming lands
sooth of here will represent another
1100,000., -
POSSIBILITY OF WAR. :
England Will Present mn Ultimatum to
..... . Kruger. , .
London, June 10. The morning pa-.
pers are beginning to talk; seriously ol
the possibility of war in South Afrioa.
Mr. Chamberlain, secretary of state for
the colonies, in his speech in the house
of commons yesterday, announced that
his reply to the petition of the Uit
landers, which had been held back
pending tbe result of the conference at
Bloemfontein, would now be presented
to the Transvaal. .
This reply igsemi-officially described
as "explicit but conciliatory," but it is
believed to be in the nature of a prac
tical ultimatum. The resources of
diplomacy are regarded as exhausted
with the failure of the conference.
Nothing la left, it ia felt, bnt a recourse
to force. . - ': .- ..
Fireworks Kxploded. '
New York, June 10. Thirty-six
buildings comprising almost the entire
plant of tbe Nordlinger-Charltoit Fire
works Company, at Graniteville, Rich
mond borough, were blown up this
afternoon, and the entire . fireworks
plant practioally wiped out of exist
ence. No lives were lost and but three
pei sons were Injured, two of them seri
ously. The property loss will not ex
ceed (35,000.
Graders Burled Alive.
Little Rock, Ark., June 10. It is
reported here tonight that a landslide
occurred at Ross Hollow and engulfed
23 men, all of whom are supposed la
have been killed. Roas- Hollow i
pass between two small mountain
ranges about 28 miles west of Little
Rock, on the line of tbe Choctaw
Memphis railway, now under construc
tion from Little Rock to Howeit.
' Nineteen lled From the Heat.
New York, June 10. The cool flurry
whioh atruck this oity last night had
but little effect upon tbe temperature)
that was to follow today.
The record of fatal proatrationa was
i. .. . ii- . i , i, - i ... ,-
terday, 19 persona dying in New York
and vicinity today. ,
Counteu Keterhnsjr Divorced.
Parie .lime 10 Tha r.lvil tribnnal
of the Seine today granted a divorce t
Countess bsternasy.