THE OREGON MIST. -
VOL. XVI. StTTiELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1899. NO. 28.
EVENTS OF THE M
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKR.SK TICKS FROM TIIK WIBKS
An Interesting Oolleotlon of Item From
tha Two Hemispheres lnwantad
la a Oondeusad Vorui.
Shelby miiI Mansllold, 0., wers la
undated by floods.
The wuiahip Philadelphia bin left
Honolulu fur Hun Kriinuiaco,
1'hurlua A. Littlufluld will succeed
Nelson Dingley, o( Muine, In congrea.
A great timber Arm In Norway ha
failed lor 8,000,000 kroner, Involving
bunk.
President McKlnley la laid to ba
changing in favor of culling for uiors
t too IK.
Oti la pleased with Whoaton ami
bus complimented liiiu In nil official
diSpUtull.
At Psirishvlllo, O.. clnndburat
damaged property to tha extant of
;ioo,ooo.
Hot miner and two handy revolver
caused I lie duutli of two boy at Pul
aski, V.
Tim war department refuse to accept
the Pvtinaylvuuia court! ducUlon on
army canteen.
Tli proapeot for an early settlement
of tha Cleveland street railway strike
seem bright.
Rear-Admiral Walaon ha nulveil
at Manila, ami assumed coiiiuimid of
the American Meet.
James McKemia, of Pendleton, Or.,
hua sued the O. It. it N. Co. foi $30,
000 for the loaa of a leg.
In Southern India robber are cut
ting oil the nan of their victim to
more expeditiously secure thoir ear
ring. Four trnnaMirta will anil within
week ami n tilth will anon leave (torn
Sun Francisco, carrying reinforcement
to Oti.
The British steamer Kthelwood
foiindored olT tho Jamaica coaat. Part
of Imi crew apent 18 lioma in an open
bout before they were reaoued.
A a rrault of eating Ic cream in
which lurked ptomainea, Bat of a party
of 80 picnickers were poisoned lit Ful
ton Pm k, a auhnrh of Porllund, Or.
No futulititea resulted.
Aa a leault of a new law that goea
Into effect July 1, in Nebraska, requir
Iiik ahortor hour and varioua other
legiilutioiu, many women will lone
tlmlr position, und uion will be given
their places.
At Pismo, Oil., counterfeiting
outlit and $300 In bad money have
been seized by the olllceta. The cul
prits have been arruatod. A portion
of -a counterfeits ' outfit waa alao
found at Hull ltnfael.
Lord ('evil Comptou, an English
captain, fioin the Trmnvnal, while in
Chicago, expressed aoiue interesting
opinions. He believe it would take
(10.000 men to compter Oom Paul's
domain, with ita guiiillla warfare and
natural milltiiiy atrongholda.
Australia la suffering from a wator
famine.
The Elks, 10,000 strong, are In an
nual convention in Ht. Lotiia.
Tho National Domoctatio committee
la gathering duta oo monopoliea.
A military priaunor at Leavenworth,
Kan., waa shot dead while trying to ea
oupu. A member of oongreai aaya Hawaii
will be given territorial form of gov
ernment. At the recent cnnaiatoiy the pope
created 13 new cardinal and a number
of biahopa.
The transport Sherman baa reached
Manila, which adds nearly J, 000 to
Otis' lot cos.
All volunteer roginienta now in tha
Philippine want to be mustered out
at Hun Francisco.
Article hove been signed for a fight
between Sharkey and Jeffrie. It will
take place October US.
Nearly 8,000 Cuban aoldiera have
been paid to date, and Goneral Gomel
lma commended the prepuiution of new
liata.
Major-Genoral Wood, military gov
ernor ol Santiago do Cuba, la visiting
in llualoii. He aaya Santiago I peace
fill and pi capering,
The eteamer Danube, plying between
Victoria ami Lynn canal, Alaska, waa
wrecked on the north ahme of Denman
ialand. No live were lost.
Congressman Lorenzo Danfoitb,
serving bis sixth term aa congressman
from the lUtli Ohio diatrict, died at
liia country home near Ht. Waits,
villo, (J. Ill death waa atiddon, and
wiia can sod by heart disease.
A movement I on foot to erect a
110,000 monument to the memory of
tho lute Itichurd P. Bland. William
J. Uryan ha subsiibed $200, and other
nmouiita, In all about $1,000 bar
been mined.
KlliMtr Now. Hums.
Rcur-Admirnl Walker linn purchased
for a country limine the New llauip
aliiie farm on wbioh he was born.
.lames Gannon, a young man, wa
killed In a bicycle toad race at Water
ville, O., by bla wheel breaking
down.
The Columbus, O,, police have un
earthed a school for crime lit which
boya lire taught to ateul und (lis pone of
the atolon gooda,
LATER NEWS.
Tha Fourth of July will be celebrated
In grand style in Hawaii.
Germany bus withdrawn objection,
and will now accept aibltrntion.
A six itory building burned in Bos
ton entailing a lose of $180,000.
Many building were w locked and
some atock killed in Bradley, Nob., by
a twister.
British firmness tin bad a quieting
effect In the Tranavaul, and the lioera
now talk of peace.
Pieaident Timothy Dwight ha bad
farewell to Yale, and delivered hi last
baccaluureate sermon,
Owing to the prolonged drought and
the plague of locusts Aaiatic Russia i
tlueatoned with famine.
A young woman in the Atlln eiinn
try ba discovered a vein of quart a
mil long and 600 feet wide.
Id a religious riot near Rome, seveiul
man have been killed, und troop have
been lent to quell the rioter.
At tb peao conference Kuaaia sub
uiltted propoaal to keep naviea of the
world at a (tiindatill for three years.
At the Roogh Kldora' reunion at Lai
Vega, N, M,, Colonel Theodore Roose
velt was presented with a gold medal.
Colonel Thomaa R. Cornelius, an
Oregon pioneer aud a veteran of Ilia
early Indian wan, died at Cornelius,
Or.
China will tear down hor great wall
at an enormon expense. A Chicago
civil engineer will superintend the
work.
The new American cup defender, Co
lumbia, developed great speed on her
trial trip. She beat the old Defender
in a biosh.
According to official reports the enr
reut year baa been the nioet auccesaful
one in the propagation of fish lince the
organization of lhecuminission.
At Camden, N. J., fire damaged the
Moro-Phillips chemical worka to tin
extent of $100,000. Thiee large build
ing osed in the manufacture of phoi
phate were destroyed.
The citizens of Bun Juan, the capital
of Porto Rico, propose to display tbeir
patriotism and lidulity to the govern
ment of the United Slates by celebrat
ing the Fourth of July in good Ameri
can stylo.
The body of Ensign Monnghan, who
was killed In Samoa, waa fittingly re
ceived in Portland. A requiem mas
waa laid at the cathedral and a sermon
wa preached by Archbishop Christie.
The body wn escorted to the train by
naval, uiilitaiy and church organisa
tion. Miiread ing of Older cauaej the
Linnton, Or., oolliaion.
The treaaury deficit will reach nearly
$100,000,000 for tbe year.
At an hotel fire in Oswego. N. Y.,
on woman loat her life and eight were
injured.
The Spanish government has ap
pointed Luixi Murine consul-general
at Manila.
Secretary Long will create a board
of admiral. Admiral Dewey will
probably preside.
The cruiser Philadelphia ha arrived
in Ban Franoiaco from Samoa, with
Admiral Kauts on board.
A San Franaieco cignrmaker has been
arreated by revenue officer for refilling
boxea, and imitating loieign stamps.
One of England' greatest men died
the other day at Mucolestleld, Hit
nam waa Leo Whitton and he weighed
714 pounds.
Yellow fever has bioken out among
tbe soldiers at Santiago and Puerto
Principe. Four deaths and 14 oases
have boon reported.
The coast and goodetlo lurvey steam
er Patterson will make a aurvey of that
portion of the Behring sea on the loutes
to the Alaska gold field.
England will borrow 4,000,000, re
payable In yearly installments, for the
defense worka, banaok and rifle ranges
at home and .abroad.
Porto Rloans are becoming dissatis
fied. They contend that under tbe
present arrangement they are of no
country and have no flag.
At Johnstown, Pa., the Cambria
Steel Company ba posted notices of a
general advance of wages of 10 per
cent. About 8,600 men are affected
by the advance.
At Akron, O., settlement ha been
reached in the ateet railway strike.
Ten hour are to constitute a day'
work. The niotorinen and oonductore
receive an advance of 8 cent, and
other employe i cent an hour.
Fifty hospital ambulances shipped
from Cbiougo to Tampa, Fin., over a
year ago by army officials to be for
warded to Cuba for the use of the
United State troops, have been lost.
It took 17 oar to haul the ambulance.
Tbe Filipino Imprisoned two Eng
lishmen at Taobbobona, on the island
of Samai, southeast of Luton. The
British cruiser Grafton steamed to the
point from Cebn, and her commander
demanded their releuso. When this
waa refused he landed a force of mu
rine, and cleared bis ship for action,
whereupon the Englishmen were hand
ed over.
A bill paased by the Texas legisla
ture provides for the teaching in tbe
publio schools of a course of humane
treatment to animals.
A Pennsylvania company ha the
contract to build 13 steel bridges for
the Soiitheaatern extension of the Rus
sian tretii-Slberian ruilroad.
Edward Conner, catobor in a bull
game between two local nines at Law
rence, Mass., was struck over the lioiut
py a foul ball and killed.
THE FACTS WITHHELD
Conditions in the Philippines
Worse Than "Reported.
INSURGENTS NOT YET CRUSHEJ
Praia of the Country Ureas the Freal
slant to Hand a Gnat Ariuy
to Manila.
Washington, June 84. An imprea
lion i getting abroad in the country
that the people havo not received all
the fact regarding the situation is
the Philippines. It 1 believed that
the censor i scrutinizing pieaa dia
patchea veiy curefullly, and that if
General Otia has communicated the
exact conditions to the department hi
dispatches have not been given to the
publio.
The reason for this belief may be
seen in what the publio now knowa,
that, although General Otis gave out
glowing pictures of success and the
eaily break-up of the rebellion, the In
surgents are really in a (tronger poai
tioii than two monthe ugo. It la prob
able that when the volunteer return
and are no longer subject to the orders
of officer superior to themselves soini
of the real facta connected with tht
Philippines will be brought out.
Tho political significance of Presi
dent McKinley's trip into Massachu
setts at this time ia said to be his de
sire to overcome the opposition that
has been developing to bis policy in
tho Philippines. Probably in no other
state or section i there aa much real
opposition to tbe expansion idea aa in
Massachusetts. It ia expected that the
president's visit will have tbe effect of
making friends for the administration
snd do good work towards bieaking
down the opposition to the reteution
of the Philippine.
While the picsident i away the
press of the country is growing very
unanimous in expressing the hoH that
be will retain witli the determination
of sending a sufficient army to orosh
the rebellion and uphold the national
honor of the United State in the Pu
oifio. Agulnalilo Man. Ins His Arinjr.
Manila, June 34. Aguinaldo doei
not seem to bo satisfied with the at
tempt of the insuigenta to retake San
Fernando, and be bus taken command
of General Luna's army and has massed
the largest rebel force yet mobilised,
bringing 8,000 men from the Antipolo
region. He is exceedingly trouble
some. Last night his men wounded
two members of the Seventeenth regi
ment. General MacAithu't men aie con
stantly on the alert to repel any attacks
by the rebels, aleeping upon their
arms. The general sincerely hope;
that the Filiuinot will give him an
other chance for a battle, fur the sol
diet really enjoy an opportunity U
fight them whon they can do so with
out wading through swamps to catch
them.
Railway trains betweon Manila and
San Fernando have been stopped foi
several day, while poiinnnent repair
were being made to the bridges along
tbe route, but today traffic was re
sumed. The transport Contenninl, wbioh hat
arrived hero, had an exoiting experi
ence while rounding Point Engauo,
on the northern const of Luzon, on bei
way to this port. She struck a lock
Wednesday and remained (ant for aev
eial hours, during which time shf
was surrounded by swarms of native
in canoes, who beonme menacing.
Captain Engle, who commanded ths
transport, was compelled to throw over
board 100 tons of supplies in order to
lighten the ship sufficiently to get hex
afloat. Beforo this was effected the
Filipinos bad towed the case ashore,
and were fighting over the spoils.
The cruiser Baltimore recently
grounded at the same point, but the
native feared to approach her.
Captured a Hra.a Hand.
Manila, June 34. The rebels have
learned that the American Volunteers
are returning to the United States and
the Filipino newspapers show that
they construe this to mean that the
Americans are abandoning the war and
aie encounigod thereby.
The outposts of the Washington regi
ment yoateiday captured General Pio
del Pilar' brass band of S3 pieces, tbe
member of which somehow became
separated from tbe rebel army, and
came near the American lines without
having the moans of resiatence. Some
Chinnmen of Manila have filed a olaim
against the instruments, which, it ap
pear, were leased by the musicians of
General Pio del Pilar.
Four of the wounded of the Fourth
Infantry in the recent fight with the
rebel have died in hospitals.
Wlrelvaa Tlaraphy.
New York, June 31. A diapatoh to
the Herald from Kingston, Juuiaioa,
say: The government of Trinidad bat
OecUled to adopt the Marconi system
of wirolens telographyy for communica
tion with the dependency of Tobniio.
(Tobago ia an Island in the Wind
ward group of the British West Indie.
83 mile long by 13 wide, 34 mile
northeast ot Trinidad. It wai oeded to
Great Biitain by France in 1708.)
Larger Army Nooaasary.
Washington, June 33. An officer
who has just returned fioin the Philip
pines, and who ia not now connected
with the army, is quoted as saying
that to pacify and thoroughly establish
United States government in the Phil
ippine will require an army of 160,
000 men. After the Filipinos luv
been thoroughly whiped and they un
derstand that the United KtnteB means
business, he thinks there will be tittle
or no trouble,
PAUL JONES MYSTERY.
Apirt That Nltli Launch Wa
lllown Dp Known to Mo falsa.
New Oi leans, June 34. Captain M.
P. Doulett. of the steamer Indepen
dence, has brought to tbe oity a piece
Of the wieck of the naptha launch Paul
Jones, loat in the Gulf lust January,
which throws still more mystery on
that disaster. Tbe Paul Jones was
thought to have been destroyed by the
axploaion of her naptha tank, which
would aocoont for her complete de
junction and am Id on loas of all on
boHrd.
This is now shown to have been
totally erroneous theory, for the naptha
tank was discovered by Captain Dou
lett intact and uninjured and still
tbree-fouiths full, at Grand Gaxier
island, near Breton island, where the
wreck was supposed to have occurred.
The tank was brought to the city.
Some 13 feet of the launch was still
adhering to it, and seemed to have been
out off, indicating tiiat tbe vessel was
ron down in a collision. On tbe other
hand, tho accident ocourred where no
large vesaels go, and a collision was
well-nigh impossible. The remainder
of tbe wreck will be brought to New
Orleans from Grand Gazier on tbe
next tiip of tbe Independence.
PROSPEROUS AND WELL-CLAD.
Flnlandars Ara Plonking- to Oar Shore,
to Kscapo tha ltu..Un Knout.
New York, June 24. It ia laid at
the barge office there I a ateady, grad
ual increase in the immigration ol
Fin. There were 90 on the New York
when last the arrived at this port, and
there were about as many on the Cm
bria. During the month of May, 670
Finns were passed through the barge
office. This is a decided increase ever
lust year about 50 per cent
The commissioners have not been
informed of the departure of any large
pattiea, though there ts much said ol
the preparations of many parties. The
immigrants a'e said to be of an excel
lent olaas not apparently driven from
their country by poverty, but by stress
of other circumstances, called the op
pression of Russian official. It is de
scribed as not a flight from starvation
or even from prospective want.
"It is simply the departure of the
youth of the nation, prosperous, well
clad, with money in its posket, deter
mined to seek its fortune elsewhere,
ratber than come under the Russian
kuout."
D.w.y'1 Waleome at Singapore.
Colombo. Ceylon, June 34. Tha
cruiser Olympia. with Admiral Dewey
on board, arrived here at 6 o'clock A.
M. , from Singapore, saluted the forti
ashore and was saluted by tbe latter in
return. An aid de-camp representing
the governor of Ceylon, Hon. Sir Jo
seph Weetridgeway, boarded the Olym
pia at 7 o'clock in order to welcome
Dewey and Colonel Savage, command
ing the troops, made a visit at 10
o'clock. The visits were returned at
1 1 o'clock.
Dewey was met st Jettios by
guard of honor, and, amidst cheering,
drove in tbe governor' carriage to
breakfast with Savage. The admiral
afterward booked rooms at the Gallo
face hotel and returned on board the
Olympia at 1 o'clock.
NaW Franah Ministry.
Paris, June 34. Late this afternoon
the announcement was made that Sena
tor Waldeck-Rousseau had completed
the formation of a cabinet.
Tbe new cabinet, as organized, fol
lows: Senator Waldeck-Rosseau, presi
dent of the oounoil of ministers and
minister of the interior; M. Delcasse,
minister of foreign affairs; General
Marquis de Gallifot, war; M. Delan
essan. marine; M. Monis, justice; M.
Callauz, finance; M. Millerand, com
merce; M. Leygues, publio instruction;
M. de Cras, colonies; M. Jean Dupuy,
agrioolture; M. Pierre D'Audin, pub
lic works. '
Shot by Bantrlae.
San Franoisco, June 34. The Ex
aminer prints a story strongly intimat
ing that John H. Reynold, a wealthy
member of the oaaual detachment at
the Piesidio, was shot and killed
while trying to pas the line on Sun
day morning. It is stated that mem
bers of the detachment say Reynold
was shot down by William G. Harris,
of company I, Twenty-fourth infantry,
and that Harry Watts. John Tyrrell
and Harry Barton, also members ot the
casual companies, were wounded by
Trooper William Sheehan, of tbe
Ninth cavalry.
An Ordar From Kuasla.
Bridgeport, Conn., June 84. It was
earned today that within a short time
the plant ot the American Ordnance
Company ha been visited by a repre
sentative of the czar of Russia. It ii
stated the ordnance company was asked
by tho representative whether the fol
lowing oider oou Id be filled: One hun
dred field batteries of six guns each;
six and 13-poumler quick-firing guns
and 1,600 caissons and limbers. The
value of the order would be aliout
$000,000. Officials of the ordnanoe
oom pan refuse to admit or deny thai
such order has been plaoed.
Will Aid Antarctic Expedition.
London, June 84. A. J. Balfour,
Xovonment leader in the bouse of com
mons, today assured a deputation that
the chanoellor of the exchequer waa
prepared to give substantial aid to tbe
proposed Antarctio expedition.
ttxploslon In a Coal Mine.
Wilkosbarre, Pa., June 84. A heavy
explosion of gas occurred this morning
in one of tbe lower lift of the Maxwell
collierie of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Coul Company. Three hundred men
wore at work in the mine at tbe time
and the first report was that a great
many bad been killed. Fortunately,
however, all succeeded in making their
escape, except three, who were slightly
burned. The cause of the explosion i
a mystery. Little damage wa done.
TO ROLE THE HOUSE
Movement On Foot to Form
a Procedure Committee.
WILL CURB SPEAKER'S POWER
Plan for Organlxatlon of a Colonial
Dopartmrnt With a Cabluat
Offloar at Its Ilaad.
Washington, June 36. A movement
Is on foot among Republican members
of the ' bouse to have a committee on
procedure elected by tbe house, which
will take out of the hands of the speak
ar and the committee on rule the
power which they heretofore exer
cised. Thi committee will be all
powerful iu deciding what legislation
ihall be considered and rnetnberahip on
it will be more eouuht after than on
any other committee in tbe bouse,
ihould it lie established. It ia pro
posed to make the speaker ineligible
to the committee and to Lave it of
lufflcient size to include many of tbe
leaders o' the house.
The combination for the organization
of the house and the distribution of
pationage has been completed by the
election of Henry A. Casson, of Wis
consin, for sergeant-ut-arms. The offi
cers of tbe old combine are to remain
in their places. By thi arrangement,
Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin
and Ohio will have the big places in
the bouse, asd the minor place will be
distributed am org tbe Republican
tneubeu.
PORTER FOR THE CABINET.
Will Probably Bo at tha Haad of
Colonial Affairs.
New York, June 36. A special to
tbe Herald from Washington says: A
new executive branch of the govern
ment with the title, "Department of
Colonial Affair and Foreign Com
merce," or something similar to it, is
leemed by tbe administration abso
lutely necessary to meet new condition
which confront the United State a a
result of tbe war with Spain.
The word "colonial" is repugnant
for political reason to some of the
members of the cabinet, because it
imacks of imperialism, and it is prob
able that some other title will be
adopted. The meaning, however, will
be the same. Preliminary to recom
mendation to congress on this sub
ject, data is now being compiled con
cerning the control of the colonies by
foreign powers and tbe extension of
our commerce into foreign fields, and
members of the cabinet and subordinate
officials of the administiation are giv
ing much thought and time to the de
tails of the proposed new department.
American consols on doty in the
colonic belonging to foreign powers,
especially those of Great Britain, are
to be called upon for full report upon
a lilt of question now preparing for
submission to them. Robert P. Por
ter, who ia looked upon as the probable
bead of tbe proposed cabinet office
when created, will be consulted in re
tard to the plans for extending foreign
commerce, which is to become a featur
of the new department.
STRUCK A MISSED HOLE.
Ina Kiploalon at Rouland Kills
Thraa Man.
Roasland, B. C, June 36. About
11 o'clock this morning a terrible ex
plosion occurred in the War Eagle
mine, the scene of the fatality of
month ago, and in consequenoe, three
men are now lying dead at the morgue,
another is probably fatally injured
and a fifth ia very seriously hurt.
Five men weie working in the 635
foot level with machine drills, when
one of the drills struck a "missed
hole," where the shot had failed to go
off lust night. A frightful explosion
occurred, and Charles Poet and Charles
Lee were instantly killed, while Mike
Griffin, a married man, died on the
way to tbe hospital.. Men from all
part of the mine rushed at once to the
help ol their comrades, and they were
carried out of the mine qjickly. The
injured were removed to the hospital.
Dan Green is lying at the hospital
with but faint hope for recovery.
Charles Couson has received severe in
juries to hi right arm, the flesh being
torn off, but tbe surgeons have hope
of his recovery.
The mine is closed this afternoon,
and will probably remain so until after
the funerals.
.
Amarlean Ralls ror Roaaia.
Pittsburg, June 86. Tbe Com
mercial Gazette aaya: The Carnegie
Steel Company haa contracted with
representatives of the Russian govern
ment to furnish that country with
180.000 tons of steel rails for its im
mense railroad enterprise in Siberia
and China. This is said to be the
largest order ever placed with one firm
in the world and represents an outlay
of between $4,600,000 and $6,000,000.
Killed by His Wiro.
New York, June 86. Harvey 3.
Ramsey, a ticket-seller at the Madison
Square garden, was killed by hi wife
today. Mr. Ramsey, who, it i
thought, was insane, cut her busubud's
throat with a razor aa be lay aleeping
in their room in the Gulden hotel.
Trust Advanees Price.
Pittsburg, Jnne 36. The window
glass oom bine known as the American
Glass Company, hua again advanced
the prices of window glass. The in
orease ranges from 6 to 10 per cent and
takes place immediately.
London, Jane 36. The officials of
the foreign office this morning sent
Ambassador Choate a formal memoran
dum enbodying the tempoiary agree
ment readied on the Alaskan boundary
question, I
MAY HELP KRUGER.
Orange Frae State Making War Prep
arations. Bloemfontein, Jun 30. The volks
laaJ, of the Orange Free Stale, lias
voted 9,870 for tbe increase of artil
lery, tents and other military supplies.
A resolution was adopted directing the
government to adopt the Mauser rifle
a the national weapon. The volks
raad also voted f 22,500 for ammuni
tion and 39,850 for other wai material
Kxtreme Tension avt Cape Town.
London, June 38. A dispatch from
Cape Town to tiie Outlook says: "Tha
tension is extreme. Business is at a
standstill and the general feeling it
that England must promptly bring
matters to an Issue. Th league will
have no difficulty in preventing meet
ings supporting Sir Alfred Milner's at
titude, the desire being to refrain from
embarrassing the imperial authorities.
Tbe Orange government i urging the
Tranavaul to make furtiier concession.
Many people consider Milner's fran
chise proposals are useless without the
granting of 13 seats to tbe mining cen
ter and the right to speak English in
tbe Tolksrsad. Otherwise, it will t
impossible to select representative men.
Failing in these concessions, the Johan
nesburg say they prefer a treaty
providing security and judicial and
educational reform."
DISARMAMENT NOT FAVORED.
Bat tho Conferenee May Agree to Arreal
War Preparations.
The Hague, June 28. M. De Steal,
president of tbe peace conference, at a
meeting of the committee nday, intro
duced tbe Russian propoaala looking to
the arrest of armaments, and read a
declaration disclaiming all intention ol
proposing a reduotion of the armaments
at present. But, he added, be was of
tbe opinion that if a standstill could
be agreed npon a reduction would soon
come of itself. Tbe powers, he ex
plained, had conferred with the caar
relative to the immense evil of armed
peace, and be, M. De Staal, now ap
pealed to them to devote their energies
toward the arrest of tbe continual in
ciease in - the cost of armed peace,
which lie asserts costs more than a tor
years' war.
Count Golinski, of the Russian dele
gation, moved that the powers should
enter into a negotiation of a term of
ssy five years, not to increase tbe
effectiveness of the peace footing of
tbeir foicea with the exception of colo
nial troops, and not to increase tbe
amount of their military budgets be
yond their present figures.
The speeches and the resolution were
ordered to be printed and circulated,
and tbe discussion wa adjourned un
til Monday. A naval standstill reso
lution will be introduced later.
BOLD THIEVING.
Mew York Man Gala Away With StO,
OOO From a Beaton Hank.
Boston, June 28. G. Shea, aliat
Philip Lambele, an all-round crook
and clever sneak thief, and a resident
of Chicago, ia likely to serve many
years' imprisonment in payment for
one-half days' use of $10,000. Shea
went into the Metropolitan National
bunk in Postoffice Square, at noon and
got away with $10,000. He made for
New York, where he was promptly ar
rested, a good description of the thief
having been sent all over tbe Eastern
states within an hour t'ter the rob
bery. He offered the officer making
the arrest the whole $10,000 to set bim
free. All of the money was recovered.
Chief Watts telegraphed a description
of the man to the New York police and
a watch was placed upon all of the
trains and steamship lines. It is
thought Shea rode out of town on the
electi ic cars and boarded a train foi
some suburban station.
Fruit and Vegetable Trust.
New York, June 26. It is reported
that P. D. Armour is at the head of
movement to attempt to control the
fruit ar.d vegetable trades. J. W.
Coupland, manager of tbe California
Fruit Tranaportaion Company, ia au
thority for the statement. Mr. Coup
land has just leturued from a meeting
of the fruitgrowers of tbe South, held
at Wilmington, N. C, at which he
caid an organization was effected to
fight Mr. Armour's plan.
It was said that Mr. Armour, assist
ed by others, has Beoured control of the
frnit trade of the Pacific coast and he
is now endeavoring to get control of the
fruit and vegetable trade of Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Caro
lina, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware,
Tenessee. Arkansas, Mississippi and
Texas. Mr. Coupland said the combi
nation Included the Porter Bros. Fruit
company, tbe Continental fruit express
and the Earl Fiuit Company.
Gravel Train Wracked.
Denver, June 38. A special to the
New from Julesburg, Cola, gives
meager news of a wreck which occurred
this evening, eight miles west of Jules
burg, on tbe Union Paoifio, in whioh
four men are believed to have been
killed and two others seriously injured.
A gravel train of 00 cars was running
east at the late of 25 miles an hour,
when tbe eighth oar from the engine
broke in two and 84 oais were piled up
in a heap. Two unknown men were
seriously hurt, and four more are
thought to be under the mass of wreck
age. Conductor Simpson was slightly
hurt about tiie head. - The wieck wa
caused by a broken flange.
Tallow Fever Victim..
Washington, June 84. Under yes
terday's date Governor-Geneiui Brooke
cables tbe war depaitment the death
of two more enlisted men at Santiago
from yellow fever.
Flwe Girls Drowned.
Lampasas, Tex., June 86. Mrs. T.
3. Lloyd, living seven miles northwest
of this place, with her five daughters,
and a visitor, Mis Childers, went in
bathing in a oreek today. The young
eft girls went bevand tbeir dtotb-
MORE MEN NEEDED
Otis Cannot Crush the Fill,
pinos With Present Force.
POLITICAL SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Otls Gave In to tho Administration
Whan He Made Mia Estimate of tbe
Number of Troops Required-
New York, June 2. A special to ths
Herald from Washington says:
Major-General Miles is an advocate
ol the dispatch of reinforcement to
General Oti. He declined to d.scuss
the political position in the Philip
pines other than to say it wa aeiious,
nor wonld he give any idea of ths
troops that ahould be sent to the Phil
ippines to plaoe the archipelago under
American control.
General Marcus P. Miller, who re
cently arrived from the Philippines,
where be governed Ho Ho, has been
living here since his return. General
Miller' view aa to the number of men
required for the inbjugation of tiie
island is very different from that of
General Otia. He believes 65,000 men,
tt least, are required; 80,000 for tiie
control of Luzon, and the remainder
for ths restoration of peace and ordei
in tbe otiier islands.
General Miller' view coincide with
General Law ton's and that of other offi
cer lubordinate to General Oti. In
fact, in other than administration cir
cles there is a disposition to believe
that General Otia estimate of the men
'required was made when he Knew of
the desire of the president not to raias
volunteer if possible to avoid it.
There is no truth in the story that
General Miles baa applied to be sent
to Manila. General Mile would not
wish to take anr action to displace
General Otis when that officer is doing
all he can to quell the rebellion with
the limited mean at hi command.
Notwithstanding the report to the oon
trary, the president is satisfied with
General Ota course, and has no inten
tion of relieving or recalling bim. It
is equally untrue, it is asserted by Act
ing Secretary Meiklejobn, that Gen
eral Oti ha cabled that he will be
compelled to retreat unless promptly
reinforced.
ATLIN ORE DISCOVERY.
Toung Woman Locates m Teln a Mlta
Loag,
Chicago, Juno 27. A special to tha
Chronicle from Taooma, Wash., says:
"Miss FrsnkieFlormon.of the Black
Hills, S. D., has discovered what Atlin
mining men believe will become the
reatest qnartz mine in Alaska and
British Columbia. It consists of an ore
vein from 200 to 600 feet in width and
nearly a mile long. In its course this
immense vein is intersected by Atlin
City. The ledge is a true fissure of
free milling ore, with a hanging wall
of serpentine and a foot wall of quart
site. The largest surface assay is $27,
and many assay average $8, making it
much richer than tbe famous Tread
well mine, if these value continue
with the depth. To determine this,
lhafta are now being sunk. Miss
Flormon, her father arid friend have
located claim covering the entire
ledge. It was discovered by her two
mouth ago, while sbe was bunting for
mineral. Sbe has been prospecting in
Atlin for some time with her father,
who is a well-known mining expert.
After making her first location. Mis
Flormon superintended the work ot
shipping the ledge to determine its ex
tent. She has alao acquired a site for
a stamp mill, and has water rights.
Frank Baker, a prominent Atlin oper
fator, has bonded ber interest for
$200,000 and started Expert William
Partridge to London to sell It"
Cleveland Strike Ended.
Cleveland, June 37. An agresmeut
between the Big Consolidated Street
Railway Company and its striking
employes was readied at 6 o'clock thi
evening, and it is probable that oars
will be running as usual on ail the
lines of tbe company tomorrow. The
agreement provides for the hearing ol
grievances and a resort to aibitration
in oase the men and the company can
not agree, and it also provides for the
reinstatement of practically 80 percent
of the old men at onoe, the remainder,
except those who have been guilty ol
violence, being plaoed on the waiting
list.
Missing Money Traced.
Honolulu, June 1. via steamer Rio
de Juneiio to San Francisco, June 27-
It is almost certain that tbe chest ot
$35,000 in gold lost from the steamship
Alameda left the ship at this port. In
fact. Marshal Brown lias in his posses
sion today almost conclusive evidence
that such was tbe case. Tbe man who
it is believed robbed the ship is also
known, but hat skipped beyond the pale
of Hawaiian law. He Is now in Japan,
and may eventually be oaugbt, for the
Oceania Steamship Company has
powerful detective agency on bis track.
The man's name is supposed to be Wil
son, an Australian.
Moravian Textile Strike Rnded.
Vienna, June 37. The strikeof 1200
textile worker at Brunn, Moravia, af
ter lasting two months, haa been set
tled by a compromise, .
Miss Sla.lo Waa Murdered.
Wichita, Kan., June 37. When the
body of Mis' Belle Slavin wa found
at 2 o'clock last Thursday morning in
the office of the National Bank of
Commerce, death having resulted from
a bullet wound in the head, it was sup
posed that she had conmmitted suioide.
Later development leem to Indicate
that the young woman was murdered.
Coroner McLaughlin now says her death
wa not suicidal, and the police are
working on the theory that murder ba
been done.