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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.
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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.