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Newspaper Page TextTHE 7 p. (f'u:.. OREGON VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OltEGON, FIMDAY, JULY 7, 1899. NO. 29. MIST EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKRHK TICKS FEOM TJIK WIBKS Aa Interesting Collaetlon of Items From the Two H.nbiirM rmmM la a Condensed Form. Our sale abroad have more than (loiibltul since 1880. New Orleans will farnf nit tli6 first two of the Spanish court stunngiuphor Otla nnkucl for. A new sugar com pun organised In Hnii Francisco ha f 8,000,000 to UN In llawuiuu isle. Onn of the Prince Lulgl party punned out (1,800 In (our day' tiuia at Cape Noma, Aland. Alter 90 bullotiwote taken, the Ken tucky Democrat nominated William Uoxbel lor governor. A Japaneao veaael lina arrived In San Fiuncisco and Is said to have bu boulo plague on board. Rioting ha broken out afresh In Cleveland, Several street out wet deiiiol lulled by the mob. The government will nn shell ol teiriflo explosive power iu the lull cam paign In the Philippines. The (telitht steamer Pawnee burned near Cape Henry, coast of Florida. Her crew of 84 was picked up. The llilp Selkirk went down on Apt reef, In the Philippines, with allOO,- 000 cargo. All hands weie saved. The Chicago stockyard strikei have been uooeasful, and have letimicd t woik at an Increase of So cent a day ' The peace conference will la; aald disarmament proposal. The Kuulan pronal were declared unacceptable. The 'varsity boat race whi won by Pennsylvania, with Wisconsin second. Twenty-seven thouauiid people were iu attendance. Vanderbllt liaa bought another rna In the Kail, and the rumor ia Ming re- vived that lie intend establishing new transcontinental line. An asphalt trust, to control the par ing material output of the world, has been Incnproraled Iu New Jersey with oapiMlisatiou of $30,000,000. Yellowstone has a new geyser. The siae of the opening is about the sums as the famous Fountain geyser. The eruption plays from 800 to 860 foet high. Han Franc! aoo authorities have dis covered counterfeit dies for stainpimi certiorates of identification as given at Hong Kong. They cut an important pail in the Chinese auiuijgling schemes. Crop prospects In England aud France have improved. Fir in the freight yards at Toledo, )., did 1500,000 damage. Rich New Yorkers are on their way to Alnaka to develop A mm loan mine A life sise statue of solid gold will be Colorado's state exhibit at the Pail vxositiou. Rear-Admiral Sampson will re linquish command of the Noitb Atlau tlo squadron in November. John Dull ia said to be In bad pinch and Germany ami Franca are no! fur behind. They all ueed Auierioan gold. The now Fiench oubinot la being well received. Two hostile groups have withdrawn their opposition and moat Journals are favorable. Threo hundred native Porto Itloans have been enlisted In the new battal ion authorised by the' war debarment, and 100 more will be taken. Aguinaldo expecta recognition after the next eleotion. He bus proclaimed that the present administration of the United Status will-meet defeat and Fil ipino independence will follow. Hi nee the announcement that about 10,000 volunteers were to be mustered Into the army service In the Philip pines, the president lias been deluged with applications for commissions. At Poughkenpsle, N. Y., In the col lege boat races, Pennsylvania four oared and Cornull freshmen were the winners. The elght-oarod race was an exciting contest between the Ithacan and Columbia. A dlspatoh from Pekln enya: O. A. Flitohe, interpreter of the French lega tion there, bas bean struck by a China man, and Is auffcilng from biulses. The French-minister demands a puhlio apology from the tanng 11 yemen. Kir Tboma Llptou's cup challenger Shamrock was launched nt Millwall, England. A the Shamrock reached midstream from the slipa, a barge col lided with her, atiking the vacht'i bow above the watoiline, and making a big dent. At Pueblo, Colo., the Eilers smelt ers, one of the trust plants, has resumed operations with about half the regnlai force. .The wages paid out are abouf what the company originally offered, and the men are guaranteed protection if they choose to violate the eight-hour law. Minor News Heme. For 70 year Roswell Beardsloy hn been postmaster at North Lansing, N. Y. William Whist, of Denvor, was Stricken by death while praying that f is might join' his wife, who had died 34 hour a before. The elm tree at Fort Meigs, In Ohio, made famous by the campaign of Wil liam Henry Harrison against the In dians, has fallen, ' LATER NEWS, Returning soldleis any all Philippine Daniel F. Tluinnn, former mayor of a urn, is (loilil. New York has a case of yellow fover. n came iroin Vlllm, Fifteen hundred men are now out at me v.nicugo stockyards. Secretary Algui Invented a parapet, um un a icai it proved worthless. The writing paper trust has been In oorporated, capitalized at 135,000,000, At a tumult ill the Italian aliarabr of deputies in Rome SO deputies weie injured. At Delglum the government has con ceded to the socialist the right to hold meetings. London tulegiaph oompany objects to a taenia oahle because it will hurt their 'juslncss. The California nilneia who were re. ported to have pcriahed In Siberia, are auve and well. The peanut tmst has been incorpor ated in New Jersey with capitaliza tion 01 fOU.UOO. Retail prices will advance in keen ing with those of the wholesale In the lion and ateel trade. General Harrison Gray Otis snys hi namesake should have 60,000 men to route the riiipino. The cruiser Chicago has gone to Pie. tori. South Africa to protect American Interest In the Transvaal. Dreyfus ha at last been landed in France. He wus taken to Rennes, wnere nis retrial will take place. The United State consul at Salva dor, Informs the state department that yellow fever ha made its appearance there. Under direct order from the presi dent, every nerve Is strained to get the volunteer regiment away from the Philippines without a day's delay. No colored regiments will be organ ised for service in the Philippines. Any colored men enlisted will be as signed to vacancies in the present col ored legitnents of the tegular army. Heavy rains have done great damage In Texas. It is reliably stated that one family of six person perished. The loss In cotton and corn alone will reach 11,000,000. while another tl, 000.000 will not cover the loss to railroads and other projerty. California ropott a profitable fruit season. Admiral Sampson has been granted month's leave of absence. The Dewey home fund contribution have reached nearly f 13,000. A German company will build smelter in Shasta county, Cal. Spain hus sold the gunboat Velas- ques to Veiiexuela for 150,000 franc. A steam Quo collapsed on a Missis sippi river steamer sculding five men, two latally. A fter an absence of six yeais a Min neapolis man teturned to stand trial for grand larceny. Captain Coghlari will go to Pueet sound after all, aa commandant of the naval station at Bremerton. The navy department has received information thut Admiral Dewey sailed from Colombo for Port Said. Governor Jones, of Arkansas, has Issued a pioclainatlon in wbioh be say the Importation of miners must cease. Two Japanese sailors jumped from the plague ship anchored at San Fran cisco, hoping to reaoh shore, but were drowned. The campaign will cease in the Phil ippines until the bad weather is ended. Meanwhile Otis' force will be increased to 40,000 men. The secretary of war ha sent re quest to General H. U. Otis, at Los Angeles, to come to Washington for a conference In regard to affair in the Philippines. The coroner's Investigation of the two negroes killed in the Alabama race iot, found that they were shot down in cold blood, but failed to biing to iglit the guilty parties. Railroad ticket agents in the entire torntory west of Chicago will have their income materially Increased aftorjulyl. After this date agents ill receive liberal commissions for telling tickets over foreign or connect ing linos. These commissions will run from 8(1 cents to f 4 per tioket, the av erage being about $1. A St. Louis police officer found con- oenled in a dirty trunk and a valise a sum of money exceeding (15,000 in government bonds, gold and bills of large denominations. The police think that this small fortune is the propeity of Mrs. Walbonger Waokerle, an aged German woman who is now patient at the city insane aaylum. At Wallace, Idaho, deputy aheiiffa have posted notices forbidding the pnblia observance of July 11. This is the anniversary ol the riot at uetn, seven years ago. It has ever since been hserved as Miners' Union dny, the ex ercises in the forenoon being similar to those of Memorial day, while in the (ternoon Fourth of July spot are hold. Not a sovereign or ruling prince in Europe failed to send Queen Victoria felicitations on her 80th birthday. Tlio five-ton schooner Coke has sailod from Han Francisco for Manila. Cap tain Freitch, the sole ocoupant of the little vessul, expect to reach the Phil- pplnes in 00 days. The exposition ol natural and manu factured product of the south will take place at the Gianil uentiai paince in New xorK, commencing ucuiun nd ending December 1, 1899. 35 THE CARGO SHIFTED! Steam Barge Foundered Lake Erie. in NINE PERSONS WERE BROWNED Ins Remaining- Four on Hoard War. . ricked Up-lf.role Work of Lir.-Sa.lng Crew. Cloveland, July 1. In a heavy north. east gale last night, the steam barge Margaret Olwill, laden with stone f'ou Kolley' island' for Cleveland, found ered In Lake Erie, off Loraine. Nini persons were drowned. Four membeii of the crew have been picked up by passing steamers, and brought int poit. The dead are: Captain John C. 13raun, master, of Cleveland. Lizzie Braun, wife of the master, Cleveland. Ulanchard Braun, 8-year-old ion. Mr. Cora A. Hitchcock, paasenger, of Cleveland. William Doyle, fireman, Cleveland. George Heffron, seaman, Cleveland Frank Hipp, watchman, Cleveland. Two seamen, names and addresser unknown. From the report of the survivors, the Oilwll's cargo of stone shifted while the vessel was labor ing in tht trough of the sea. Shortly before slit went down the rudder chains parted allowing her to fall off la to the trough. A the helpless craft rose on the top ol a heavy sea, the stone s.ld to leeward, the steamer listed heavily and sank. The cabins came loose from the ba'ge and floated on the water, while the re' of the ship went to the bottom. The rescued members of the erev. were floating on the surface of Lak' Erie, clinging to bits of wreckage Their rescue was attended byexhihi tions of extreme heroism, for a heav- sea was still running when they wer picked up. Captain Wi'loughby, ol the State of Ohio, sighted the wreokag about 6:16 this morning, directly in the oourse from Cleveland to Toledo The big steamer immediately put inti eervioe her life-saving crew, and afte: sailing around the wreckage for an hoo: and a half Doyle wa rescued. Hell ron was thrown a line, but be wss too weak to take hold of it, and went down in the preaence of a large crowd on board the steamer. Several attempt! were made to get the yawl into th water, but the lea was still running high, and the work was extremely per ilou. Hnffron'i death was pathetic one, for he grabbed the rope, and, being en couraged by the crowd, made a super human effort to put the rope around himself, but he was too weak, and bad to give up the desperate struggle will the wsves. The rescue of Doyle wai effected with difficulty. Expert line men walked op and down the steamer, and every time the big boat could b worked near him line would bt thrown. Finally he reached one, and quickly got it around his body. H was more dead than alive when takei In. Captain WillounJiby said he die not leave the spot till he waa suie tha' no others remained on tlie wreckage. WANT A REPUBLIC. Boolallat Raw In Haitian Parliament Lad to Rioting. Bruseels, July I. The atorm of ver bosity wa renewed in the chamber oi depuite today. The socialist led a cheering crowd, shouting "Vive la republique," to tha park, where a conflict with gendarme! occurred. Thence the mob proceeded to the publlo iquare, the shops closing as the ilotera appeared. The street were filled by a shouting mob, which eventually gathered is fiont of the war ministry, where gen darmes with drawn swords attempted to disperse the rioters. . At the conolusion of a great meeting in the town hall this evening, thou sands attempted to cross the Grands Place, in which the town hall stands. The gendarmes chaiged with draw sword, and the orowd retaliated with atone. Shots were fired on both sides. Three persons were wounded, and a po lice officer was severely stabbed with s shoemaker's knife. The rioters on be ing dispersed, assembled nt another point A large crowd gathered in tha Rue Royale, tearing up the parinj atones and using those as missiles. Finally, tha oivio guard was ordered out to relieve the police. Despite these attempts to suppreei the disturbances, rioting continued to late hour, many persona being in jured. A tramway conductor teceived two bullet-wounds. Ultimately th troops were called and 86 arrests wera made, many of those taken into cus tody being in possession of revolvers. The public prosecutor, with his entire Staff, lemains on permanent duty si the Hotel de Ville. It is rumored that one man who was wounded bas sines died. The Hrouklyn Repaired. New York, July 1. The cruiser Biooklyn, whioh was injured off the Battery Decoration day, wa tuken out of the drydock at the navy-yard today, thoroughly repaired. Colored soldlara Shoot a Saloon Man. Winnemuoca, Nev., July 1. Tim evening special train containing com panies L and M, of tha Twenty-fifth Infantry, and company a, oi me iwen- ty-fourth, colored regiments, arrived In Winnemucoa. A number ot tne men loft the train and raided a neighboiine saloon. They wreokod the bar and stole what liquor there was in sight. Chris Deiss, the bartender, was shot down by one of the soldiers. Thosa who committed the outrage then fled to the train. STARVING MINERS. Those on Kotiebue Hoand Rave Me Monejr and A.k for Relief. San Francisco, July 1. The Asso ciated Piess has received letter from Dr, J. 8. Stone, formelry a well-known physician of this city, telling oi the sit u itioii In the Kotzebue country. The letter is dated Kowak river, Alaska, mouth of Mauneluck river, January 1, 1800. Dr. Stone says that 1,600 men paid (300 passage money to Kotzebue besides buying provisions, clothing, mining tools, etc, on the strength of circulars issued by certain transporta tion companies announcing "The rich, est gold fields in Alaska," and offering other inducements to secure travel on their lines. The cicolars, writes Dr. Stone, were malicious lies made out of whole cloth, and no gold has been found on Kotze bue sound or either the Kowak, New ark or Selawik rivers, which flow into Hotham inlet, a part of the sound, or any of their tributaries in anything like paying quantities. Up to date other largo river have been prospected with no result. One thousand holes were sunk this winter, some of them 85 feet deep, with no bedrock or color being etrnck. About November 1 a rush was staited for the Aiashook on report being re ceived of gold being fonnd in enormou quantities, and hopeful prospect. Af ter journeying 16 day, cutting trails, dragging heavily loaded sleds with the thermometer registering from 45 to 00 degrees below zero, we reached Beaver City, a settlement consisting of seven cabins, only to find the report abso lutely false. The report had been started by a merchant who had supplies to sell sand by a recorder ot claim. Repoits from other rivers are just a discouraging. Of 1,600 men who came here proba bly half have returned; the remainder are here waiting for the ice to break op and for the possible airival nt a vessel to take them back to civilization. This country is cold and produoe noth ing to sustain life. Of the men wbo aie here not 60 have means to get away and must, unless the United States government sends one of it transports bete, die of cold or itarve. One-half of the terrible (offering of the people in this district has not been told. The lust news received from the states arrived on the steamer Grace Dollar, and the last papers are dated June 30, 1808. We do not know if we belong to Spain, Germany or the Uni ted States Mr. Stone wished the fart of the ne cessity of governmental aid impressed upon the people until necessary aid is sent to distressed Americans who were hoodwinked by the transportation com' panics. FIRST VOLUNTEERS. General Otis' Skeleton RetimenU Will Be Filled. Washington, July 1. The first vol unteers to be raised for services in the Philippine will be those for the skele ton regiments now being foimed by General Otis. It is not believed there will be the least difficulty in obtaining these men. It is probable that some time will elapse before the tioops of the provis ional army are sent to. Manila, but, meanwhile, tbey will be drilled and tauulit marksmanship in camp. It is estimated that three months are re quired to make soldiers of recruits. The officers oi the war department think that a number of volunteers now coming home will desire to return to the Philippines for a short service after they have had an opportunity to see home and friends. They are regarded as the most desirable for the regiments being organized by General Otis. The Situation In France. London, July 1. -A representative of the press saw Senator Depew today. He said: "I have just returned from Parts and Brussels, where I pioked up my son, who is now thoroughly restored to health, and who embarks with me Sat urday for New York. The situation in Pari, which i equivalent to France, aeem gradually becoming broader. All this spasmodic upset, this changing ol mlninsters, the cries from the . housetops are surely laving the foundation of making men divide off into .those cognate paitiea which, well defined, will, in my opin ion, yet raise Frsnoe into and keep her in the Iront rank." A Koursrogne Damage Suit. Paris, June 80. The notion for dam age brought by Mme. Resal as a result of the loss of l er husband by the sink. ing of the French line steamer La Bourgogne in collision with the British ship Cromartyshire, Jnne 4, 1898, off Sable island, N. S., has resulted in a verdict against the company of 100,000 trancs, the plaintiff at the same time being debarred from claiming any money lost with M. Resal which may after be recovered. The oourt found the copmany responsible for the acts ot the captain, who as declared to be at fault in bringing his ship to a stand still after the collision, in losing time in launching the boats, and in not furnishing the passengers with life boat. Work on Ualton Trail. Judging from the number ot blasts going off near Pyramid harbor Jack Dalton must be doing extensive woik on that end of his trail. Harvard Won Three. New London, Conn., July 1. Har vard won all the boat race today three victories over Yale in three hours and the western sky glowed crimson this evening when the Harvard 'varsity crew pulled over the finish line six and a hall lenghta ahead of Yale. After eight years of defeat, the students ot Cambiidge are tasting the sweet ot enoceBS. In Portugal married women retain their maiden name. NEGROES FIRED UPON Strikers Shoot Into Miner's Train Near Pana. G0ISO TO TAKE STRIKERS' JOBS One Woman Was Shut Throafb M Heart An Italian Led the Riot. Jlornhysboro, III.. July 8. At 0 4'clock this morning, Conductor Wil liam Kryan's train on the Johnson City branch of the Illinois Central, bearing 47 negro miners fiom Pans, wus shot into by a crowd of miners at Lawdor, in Williamson county. One negro wo man was killed by a bullet through her heart. The negroes were brought by Ham T. Bush, superintendent of the St. Louis Big Muddy mines, near Carters ville, to work in his mine there, where there is now a itrike. The miners, 50 in number, were armed with rifles and were hidden in the grass behind the company depot. When the train stopped the leader, nn Italian, got on the platform and com manded the negroes to get out. Con ductor Bryan interfered, but was stopped by a revolver in his face. The train began to move and the miner poured in a withering fire. Conductor Bryan yelled to the negroes to throw tlienselves on the floor. Half a mile furhter on the negroes were unloaded and placed under charge of guards. They were then marched to the mine. Intense excitement prevails in the Carterville coal field, and bloody riot are expected, as the feeling has been intense for weeks. FIGHT IS INEVITABLE. The Rebels Gathering to Fernando. Attack Ban Manila, July 8. A collision between the two armies at San Fernando aeem inevitable soon. The insurgents aie active all around the town, and can be leen working in the trenches to strengthen their position. Day and night forces are at work. It is estimated that 8.000 men were seen marching in the road north of town yesterday morning. The Ameri cans turned out and manned the de fenses, expecting an attack. The sol diers sleep in their clothes and break fast at 4 o'clock in the morning, so as to be ready for an assault. The commission of three Spanish officers who entered the insurgent lines a fortnight ago to make a final attempt to arrange for the release of the Span ish prisoners have not returned. Their long absence has occasioned alarm, but reports come to Manila that they were received by Aguinaldo at Tarlao aud entertained hospitably. It is said that Aguinaldo gave a banquet in their honor, all the leading families of the rebel leaders of the present cabinet at tending, hence the Spaniards in Ma nila hope that the mission of the com missioners will be successful. General Ovenshine is in the hospital suffering from fever. General Grant is commanding his troops on the south line. EXCLUSION A BLESSING. Americans Benefited by Having Been Kept Oat or Atlln. Seattle, July 8. Advices fiom Atlin mining district are to the effect that Judge Irving, who was sent into the distriot by the British Columbia gov ernment to straighten out the tangle caused by the alien exolusion act, lias arrived there and has already settled many disputes over locations. He has decided that theorginial stakes, located before the passage ot the exclusion sot, shall stand, whether the locator are Americana or Canadians. Rues H umber, of Victoria, a late ar rival, says: "The condition of affaiit in Atlin is very serious. Nearly 4,500 men are in the district doing nothing. Many have run out of provisions and money. Only a few of the claims are turning out well. I would not give over 13,000 for the best claim in the dis trict. While I am a Canadian, I con demn, in the strongest terms, the no tion of the provincial government in keeping the country closed up. Ameri cans should be thankful that the alien law kept them out." DREYFUS IN FRANCE. Famous Prisoner Reaehed Rennes, Where He Will Be Tried. Rennes, Franoe, July 8. Captain Dreyfus has arrived here. He was landed at (juidoron, and waa conveyed by train to Bruz, 13 kilometers from Rennes. There he entered a landau, accompanied by the chief of the detec tives and prefect of the departmnet, and was driven to Rennes, where 35 gendarmes waited his entrance into the town. Ten of the gendarmes entered a wagon and followed the carriage. The rest followed on foot. The party ar rived at the prison without Incident. A large crowd assembled and wit nessed the arrival in silence and with out manifestation. Women Lawyers In Franee. Paris, July 8. The chamber of depu ties adopted a resolution today author izing duly qualified women to practice at the bar. Mrs. 8outh worth Dead. Washington, July 8. Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Soutiiworth, the authoress, died at her residenoe in this oity at 8:80 o'clock tonight, and after an illness of aanosn I mVualrsi A Knai al mnntK k cist oJ vl It l vv uvaui anruua aaa aiiusiksa fajw . Mrs. Soutiiworth was prostrated by the heat, and the Infirmity ot advanced age, she being in her 70th year. She' grew rapidly worse until, a few day since, it was seen that death was inev itable. She wa attended by her son, Di. South worth. GRAVES RENTED IN CUBA. When Payment I. Dellnqnent Remains Are Thrown Oat. Havana, July 8. The citizens of Matanzas protest against restoring the cemetery to ecclesiastical anthoirtes. It is asset ted by those who are particn hirly active in their opposition that the church, though always regarding the cemetery a a leading soucre of in come, has invariably taken advantage of the poor in connection therewith. compelling tiiem to pay exorbitant sum) when renting graves for their dead, and then, at the expiration of the terms, relentlessly disinterring the remains and throwing them into un consecrated ground. Erigaaier-ueneral Le called upon the governor-general today with regard to future action against the thieves who have recently created so much trouble in the district of Gnanajay. The piompt meauies already taken served to check the outbreak of thievery, and it is not expected that there will be much more trouble there. evertheless General Lee wishes to kike steps that will be absolutely pre ventive. ' General Brooke has received a decree drawn by Senor La Nuza, secretary of justice on the advisory cabinet, by the terms of which, for the time being, citizens of ioreign countries who desire the recognition of charters and licenses hall present to their diplomatic repre sentative or consul all such documents for formal legalization.. The people in Havana are deeply in terested in the reported discovery of yel low fever serum. Most of them donbt its efficacy, but they say they will give it a fair trial if oppotuuity offers They believe that jf administered in minute doses it would not harm the patient OREGON MAN'S INVENTION. Kaval Board Kxperltnents With a Ni Xxploilve. New York, July 8. A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: Important test with thorite, a new high explosive, are being conducted by tiie board of ordnance and fortifications at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. Little is known at the war department of the characteristics of the new explo sive. It is the invention of Professor Tuttle, of Oregon, who asserts it is per fectly safe, and was willing come week ago to put a red-hot poker in a charge of thorite, declaring it could be done without causing it to explode. It Is believed to have picric acid as its base. Tests of the explosive by the inventor are said to have been very sat isfactory, and it may prove to be the material the at my boa been eeekrng. Besides thorite, the ordnance depart ment of the army bas been experiment ing with jovite, emmensite and dry and wet guncottoo, paying more atten iton to tl e last named explosive than to any other. So far none of them has given the results desired before adop tion for service use. Captain William Crozier, military attache of the Amerioan delegation to The Hague conference, wa instructed several weeks ago to stop in England on his way home and ascertain if possi ble the ingredients of liddite and the secret of the fuse nsed by General Kitch ner's army in tbe Soudan with such excellent effect. It is untrue that he has been directed to contract for any quantity of the explosive. Military officers in England have ap parently been unable to secure all the information concerning the explosive the authorities would hire to have. It is recalled that emmensite, discovered in aud used by France, was kept a se cret, but this government finally ob tained mfoimation of its ingredients and lias been testing it for some year at Sandy Hook. Tests of jovite were made by tbe army omoials several years ago and were not very successful. The navy department has tested thorite with con siderable success, and if it continues to be satisfactory it may be adopted by the naval service. Joint Paolflo Coast Terminal Company. Tacoma, Wash.. July 3. A special from NeW" York to the Evening News today says: Negotiations wiiioh have been pending for the past B0 days for settlement of the terms for a joint terminal corporation for the Pacific coast have been piactioally concluded, and the plan of organization agreed upon. Tacoma will be the center of the system, which will include various ports on the navigable waters of the North Pacifio coast, where the steam ship line of the Pacific will be cen tered. Aotive work In the carrying out of the project, which includes the Great Northern, Northern Pacifio, Builington and Union Pacifio systems, will be at once begun. Another Dlplomatlo Crista. Washington, July 8. The negotia tions in London looking to the arrange ment ol a modus Vivendi fixing the Alaskan boundary, have again nearly reached a oriaia, the several confer ences that have taken place recently between Salisbury and Choate having been dismally disappointing in results. At momenta it appeared the detail could be easily arranged, but it turn out that those very details cannot be agreed upon without tbe sacrifices of the interest of many American min ers, mainly those who are driven out of the Atlin district by the severe and discriminating Canadian laws. The Tranivaal DIIMoulty. London, July 3. The Digger News, the Boer organ in London, prints a dispatch from Johannesburg announc ing on reliable authority that the volkaraad will be asked on Monday to confirm an arrangement made by the executive counoil and acceptable to the British government. The arrangement grants a retroaotlve franchise to Uit landers resident in the Tiansvaal be fore 1890, who will be admitted to burghership, with other modifications, in the naturalization law, MURPHY'S GREAT RIDE Paced by Locomotive, He Did a Mile ia 57 4-5 Seconds. THE WORLD'S FASTEST TIME ereened From tha Wind by Hood on She Train It Nearly Cil 11 1 m Ilia Lire. New Yoik, July 8. Charles M. Murphy, of the Kings County Wheel men, rode a mile on a bicycle, paced by a locomotive, in 67 4-5 seconds to day. His course was a two-mile hoard track on a siding of the Long island railway. Murphy followed an engine and a -day coach, the latter being pro vided with a hood, which acted as a wind shield for the rider. The boaid track was laid near Maywood, L. 1., and extended fiom that station two miles east, and was as nearly peifect to a level as skill could make it. Fully 8,000 people saw Muipiiy make his dar ing tide. Engineer Sam Booth had his hand 011 the throttle of engine 74 when the word was given to start at 6:10. The engine started at a rapid rate, and be fore 400 yards had been traversed, waa running at a rate of more than 60 miles an hoar. Mnrphy was keeping well within tbe hood. As they ueared the beginning of the mile stretch, the pace was a mile a minute, and a cloud of dost obscured everything from tha view ot the spectators, who... lined tha banks on either side. On entering this pace, which would test bis speed, Murphy, in reply to a query, shouted: "I'm all right, Rend her along, but there wa no necessity foi his remarks a to speed, a tbe en gineer wa sending the big (team flyer along at top speed. The quarter waa readied in 15 seconds, and the half in 30 3-6. The time for the three-quarters was 44. At tbe finish, two of the watches Bhowed 67 4 6, one 67 8-5, an other 58 and tbe fifth 67 8-4. which was held by Sheriff Creamer. The timer agreed that Murphy had covered the distanoe in 67 4-6 seconds. Those on the baok platform who had watohed Murphy all through his won derful ride stated that the rider's handle bar had knocked against the rubber buffat at least six times and each time the concussion sent him back fully six feet, but Murphy always had strength enough to regain this distance. During tha Im TpwrTr 01 a mile. the rider covered the ground for the greater part fully a wheel' length out side ot the hood, but as be passed the finish he waa close up. Just then two strong men on board tbe train reached down and seized the lider by either arm and lifted him "aboard the car in safety. Their action undoubtedly saved Murphy's life, because he was then in such a weak condition that had he been allowed to remain on the wheel he would have been unable to contiol it, and a serious, if not fatal, accident might have happened. . Murphy was oarried to tbe front part of the car and laid on a cot where a physioian administered to him, and in less than five minutes tbe cyclist wa able to converse with those around him. Murphy seemed dazed at first, and said, in answer to queries as to why he fell back so many times: "I did that so that I might not come in contact with the planks which were being torn up in front of me." Later on, howevei, be did not refer to this, but said: "Boys, I've felt al ways that I could do this. Now that I have done it, 1 am satisfied, and so are many otheis." Before the train had reached Baby- Ion Murphy had regained his normal condition. Mnrphy rode a 28-inch wheel, geared to 130, 6,-inch crank bangers, and tha weight of the machine was 30j pounds. ' 1 GOVERNMENT OF SAMOA. Governor Not to Be Subject to Any off the Treaty Powers. San Francisoo, July 8. The steam ship Mariposa arrived from Australia, via Samoa and Honolulu, today, and repoits everything quiet in the Sa nioan islands. The commission lost no time in get ting to work and had an interview with the riavl kings, who agreed to surrend er all arms and abandon their claim to the thorne. The commission is now engaged in writing its leport. Apia is to be governed by a courcil and mayor. The judicial and diplo matic function of the consuls will be greatly resti icted and the supreme court and one law is recoguized as suf ficient for the needs of Samoa. Rev enue will be raised by indiieat taxation by mean of increased customs duties. and the poll tax will be abolished. A governor will be appointed who will not be the subjeot of any treaty pow ers, tie will be assisted by a council of three, one from each of the interest ed powers. This counoil will legislate for the Samoans and will be aided by a small body ot representative Samoans. Consuls Rose and Maxse are passengers on the Mariposa. Some of the rebels aie d (satisfied with the procalmation providing for a provisional government, and have de clined to give up their rifles. Fighting BfoCook Marries. Philadelphia, July 8. Rev. Henry 11. McCook, 68 years of age, the em inent Presbyterian clergyman and scientist, and Mrs. Eleanor D. A bey were married last Tuesday. Dr. McCook belongs to tbe fighting McCook family. Duiing the civil war he aided in oiagnizing the Forty-first regiment Illinois volunteer and served as its chaplain. During the War with Spain he visited Cuba and did splendid work in locating and rnaiking the grave of Amerioan soldiers.