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Newspaper Page TextOREGON VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JULY 28, 1899. NO. 32. nn JL JLJLJJJ EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKllSK TICKS FROM TUB WIRES An Inlereetlna; Culleetlnn of Heme rn tli Two llemlapheroa Preaanted la a VoniUnaad riirm, Repot t a ol ii fuvornlilo. foreign grain crops are A government nanny office will bo established at 8outll. Kutiani lint the hlggiiat corn crop lu sight In the liiolory ol tho alule. Loa Angolea will lasno 92,000,000 In bond for purolitiHO of watorworka. Three ton of gold dust war deposit ctl In unn day in III Kimttlo hanks. Admiral Dewey will lio hiinqtiotod ly tho American Ht Trieste, Austria Tho battleship Iowa Iihi received ul tima at Seattle to tail (ur tan Finn olaco. A reciprocal treaty between lh Unl toil Stale and tli Went Indira Im boon signed. Tlis Philippine commission loport eiicoutagiug progro toward pacillca thin ol natives. The Addison alool loundry at Uln clniiiiti. employing iiOO uion, burned; Iomi, 100,000. The Hhainiouk In a race with the Prince o( Wale yacht Uiitliinia easily bent hoi 13 minute. Throe were killed and Ihreo Injured In a i in I rond wreck neiir Portsmouth. (),, caused by a heavy log. The adiuiitlatrntiuu will ignore the Manila oorrwiiiliit' "round lobln," and await favorable news. The royalties paid to the Canadian (joviiriiiiient by Klondike mi no owner will amount to over 1100,000 thiaseu on . Five thousand Immigrant, were laiulod In Kun Francisco liiHt your. They brought with thorn a total ol 9:137,751. Tho Filipino Junta will bu moved from flong Koii to tho ialand ol La tin u n, a llritiitli colony, aix niilea from llm noilhwiwt toast of lluineo, na tho American official have watched tl.o members of tlm junta ao closely ut Hung Kong tluil the latter have found it iiuponxiblo to iiiily the inaurgont with urma. Admiral Dowry baa filed hia cliiim for naval tiounty. Auiniililo la mid to bo negotiation with General Utia for peace. Hiiciriunenlo river 8'wnmor are tied up on account of a dock lunula' alrike. Tho now French raldnot witnta to end the Dioyfua agitation and hush the KCUIIllal. Near London, Ky., na the result of a loud, five man weie killed in a pitched Imttlo. Senator and representative are said to have diotnted appuintuiouta ol new volunteer oflioora. C. H. Winn, ol Allmny, hua boon ap pointed census aupvrviaor lor tlm II rat dial riot of Oregon. Americana have gained anothor via toiy at The Hague In aeouring tho r i u 1 1 1 of revision of aibitral rowarda. MoKinley will recommend fiat con gress give Eighth army corps inonilierH, including Oregon voluuteora, apooinl btavory niedala. All of the bodioa of the dead In tho Second Oroifon regiment will bo brought home foi burial at the govorn liinut'a expense. Dissolution of the O. R. N. voting trust moiina Hint hereafter the mud will aorvo Union Paollioand itaolt rath er than Northern roads. Tho ("olorado auproine court haa de cided the eight-hour law unconstilu tionnl. Tho amultora will resume oporntiona on the old acliodule. There are now at Ht. Michaels be tween 200 and 801) stranded pruapoc tola, who do not know where their next meal la coming from. The gov eminent atntion on tho ialand la be sieged w'th piteous appoala lor aid. Atlnrtioy-Uoiioral Ulncklmrn haa rendered an opinion nt tho request of Newt Livingston, ehorilt of Grant county, Or., In which he expresses the opinion that sheriffs are not ontltled to conotruolive mileage lit serving pa pora. Nowapnpor correspondents in the Philippines have made a vigorous pro tent against tho oloao censorship of dia patchoa, and any they are forced to in il ul lie lu misrepresentation. Otia haa appointed a now censor and piomlaoa a moie liberal policy will be purauod In the future.' A frtiit tannora' combine, including 11 cotporationa and S3 plant, haa just boon formed In Ban Francisco. The now combine Includes almost every important cannery in California, and will cut a prominent tlgore In tho fruit IndtiHtry of tho alato, boaldos controll ing priooa anil dictating term to tho fruit-growora. ntlittir Ntv. ltui. Mrs. Colestina Nigro, of Philadel phia, celebrated lior one hundredth birthday by dancing throe waltxoa. Edwin O. Donnoll, the lB-year-old Krandnonhew of Iloiaco Orooloy, ha invented a wireleaa telogiaph of hio own. Prolmhlv the tidiest person In Cuba la a woman, Mr. Koso Abien. 81io own millions aud vaat estate, but I idemooiatio lu taste and favor the Unl ted State. tATER NEWS. Forty additional aurgeona are needed In the Philippines, tared on tha Koyukuk and other branohoa of the Yukon. Elilia Root, a New York luwyer, has accepted the portfolio of war. People with money are corning into the North went in great number. A big elevator burned at Toledo, O., with a pioperty loaa of $1,000,000, Prealdent MoKlnloy and Mi. Mo will take an outing at Lake C'haiu philn. Oregon' hop crop will probaly much 80,000 bale, acoordlng to lateat esti mate. At Cleveland the militia resorted to a bayonet charge to clear the at recta of rlotou atrikera. Tho buttloahlp fowa, recently over hauled at PortOrchaid diydock, la now at Hau Francisco. Secretary Alger claims the credit for the auggeatlon to aond the Kpaniah cap tured at Hantiago buck to Hpain. About 2,500 clothing workoi aie o- tstiike in Now York, and it i said tin number will be swelled to 25,001) with in two weeka. Two rapidly moving eleatrio rara crashed into each other at Los Angeles. The can were crowded, but no one was terionnly injured. Governor Tanner, of Illinois, killed a deer while in Coloiado. and the state mime warden ia alter hia icalp for shooting guuie out of season. President Diaz, of Mexico, and tils cabinet will be formally Invited to attend the ceremonie of the laying of the coiner atone of the new federal building in Chicago on October 0. The Dominion government tolograpli lie i now completed to Five Fingers, and I progruaaing ao rapidly that mes sage may be lent over it from Bkng wy to Duwsou in lens than two months. The president haa issued hi procla mation publishing to the world the reciprocity agreement between tho Uni ted State and Portugal, the first of the agreements under the Dinglcy act to bo concluded sii.oo that made with France laat year. Three negroes were lynched near Suffold, Oh., and the mob ia hunting for live moio, who are belie vod to have been mom bar of a Rang that robbed J, K. OglltiHO, agent of the Plant system, at HnrTold, nfterwarda binding him and assaulting hi wife in hi presence. Twenty-two Chicago bookmaker have been indicted. Italy has subscribed 8.000 lire to Texaa flood sufferers. Tho Union Pacific' Ogden-Omaha 1 ln will be double-tracked. Secretary Alger haa tendoiod hia resignation, to take effect in two weeks. Prince Henry of Prussia la in Cores looking out for the Interest of Uor many. Tha secrotarv of tho Chicago school boa id haa confessed etubvzloiuent of t94,COO. Fiances VV. Houly, of Vancouver, haa been appointed a lieutenant lu the reg ular army. Pieidout Angna Cannon, Mormon leader, haa pleaded guilty to unlawful cohabitation. Spanish prisoners are to be ran somed, the money to be placed in a bank until the war la over. A fir, origin unknown, destroyed more than $380,000 worth of property on the Brooklyn wator front. The wrecker of the Perth Am boy bank haa been sentenced to aix years in the New Jersey psnitontiary. The Orogon volunteora think Otla ia Incompetent and nearly all are ol the opinion that General Miles should bo in charge, A Home dispatch aaya there was an eruption of Mt. Etna, accompanied by aubtoriaean noises and a nuuiboi ol se vere earthquake shocks. Now York trolleymen have Joined the Brooklyn tiollav men in their big stilko. In Brooklyn dynamite was used to blow down the elevated struc ture The price of flour haa dropped 20 cent a banol and Is now cheaper than for sometime. The drop ia eaid to be duo to the ateady dooiease in the price of wheat. Abe Kothschlld, known throughout the country a a crook and diamond thief of the first water, ha been con victed in Texa and given three year in the pei.iteutiary. Frlnnda of Major-Genera! Shaftor are endoavoring to have him continued in hia preaent position after hia time of retirement. It ia not thought, how ever, that congioas will accede to thia. The Petrel 1 cruising around Linga yan bay, about 200 miles from Manila. Theorew ia unable to got any fresh food or fruit from anore and Ib oom polled to aubaiat on the regular ahip'a ration. A Btatoinont piepared at the war de partment aliowa that of 60 officera and 1,810 men euliatod of the Second Ore unn roalment. only 40 wore killed in buttle or died of disease during the campaign in the Philippine, a percent age of 8.62. Admiral Dowey'a oabiu ia atored with remembrance from admirera. Two iater, theMisaea Wilhite, have formed a law firm In Grant Wty. Ran. M. YVoldook-rouBseau, Fiance'a new premier, ia the most famous orator ol the French bar. Daniel Fawoett Tlomann, the oldest ex-mavor of New York oity, died at the aire of OS veara. Senator Vest, of Missouri, la the aula urvivorof the aenato branch ol tne oon federate congreaa. BATTTLE IN PANAY Large Force Natives Attacks American Troops. HAD PLANNED A SURPRISE On Hundred and Flfusa of tha Enaraf Klllad-KaauUra Lost Ona Killed auu Oua Wuund.o. Manila, July 22. -News ha been re solved here from General Smith, at Ilo lio, Island of Panay, ol a severe fight Wednesday at Bobong, between Cap tain Byrne, of the Sixteenth Infantry, with 70 men, and a foroo of 4S0 Babay lones, who surprise.! the American troop. One hundred and fifteen of the enemy were killed, a ia ahown by actual count; many wore wounded and one was taken prisoner. The American loss waa one man killed and one wounded. The fighting waa mostly at close quartet with bayonets and clubbed gun. A considerable stock of supplies aud arm haa been oaptuied by Captain Byrne, who Ib in command of the bat talion operating at La Cm lota, in the diatrict of Negroa. An ordor hua been issued regulating practice bofoie the courts and substi tuting the Amorican for the Spanish system In important respect. It abol ishes procurators who corresiond some- hat to aolicitor in the Lngliah court, all the duties heretofore performed by procurators devolving upon attorneya. Memebera of the bar must be resilient of the Ialand. Citizens of foreign gov ernments are Ineligible to practice at the bar. Members ol the American bar are eligible. The ordor gives the courts sole power to determine tne qualifications of attorneya, which here tofore lias been a function of the bat association, and the church schools have controlled admission to the bar. The changes outlined have been made in accordance with the wishes of the Filipino, and disappoint the Span iards, who petitioned to be admitted to the bar witiiout renouncing allegiance to Spain. Lieutenant J. Moore, of the Iowa regiment, shot himself today, wbile tempoiarily insane. The steamship eaturnua lias returned from Aparri and reporta that Aguinal- do, hearing that the inhabitant were preparod to welcome the Amorican 11 they came, conoentiatod 2,000 troop there and fortified the town and coast approaches atongly. NEW RAILROAD FOR IDAHO. To II Built br Ilia Oovaruor or Wla- oouaiu.. Moticow, Idaho, July 22. C. O. Brown, the chief looal promoter of the Moscow & Eastern railroad, haa juat received a telegram from Governor Scholield, of Wisconsin, in whiob the jovenor aaya that be will arrive in Spo kane tomorrow evening over the North ern Pacific, and requests Mr. Brown to meet him there to confer iu regard to the proposed Mosoow & Eastern rail way, for tho construction of whloh Governor Schoneld ia to furnish ttia oapital. The governor ia accompanied by hia ion George, a wealthy Wiscon sin lumberman. They intend to ma.e a trip to the ooaat, and, returning, ar rive here July 20. The son will then remain here in connection with the oonBtruotion of the road. The aurvey of the Moscow & Eastern ia now complete, and though the pro- motera have kept scrupulously quiei and will communioate praotically noth ing, indication are that active work on the road will begin iu the very near luture. TO KEEP SOLDIERS WARM. Had Crosa Loan. Ovarooata lor tha Sao ond Oregon. San Franc soo. July 22. The Ked atallmeiitol overcoat puincasou oy tuo society waa .ounce to .ue or,u , nient touav. me tunm """,u , upon the reoolpta of the men, anu be fore they leave oaujp they will be ex pected to turn them back to be used by incoming volunteers. Lieutenant E. H. Plummer haa ar rived here ftom Vancouver barracka to Inspect applicanta for commissions from the Oregon regiment who wiah to re main lu the aorvlce. The rogimeut 1. entitled to three commissions, and the lucky ones will be determined by Lieu tenant Plummet upon their, examina tion and the recommendation they got from General 8ummers. Lieutotiant-Colonol Randolph, Third artillery, has been ordered away on a trip through Oiegon and Washington in search ol cavalry horses. He will buy 800 or 400 before he returns. 8trm-Ktddea Texaa. Dallas. Tex., July 23. There Is a ronort from Childless, Tex., that the ban rranc.Bco, juij - ""'l nilji about midnight. Smith wa. em Croa. Society ha. taken lie question of,"" wheeiing ore from the out clothing for the returnln volunteer. ' ,80 the fu.nace. The into it. own h"J.nV1,8:rewa.redhotatthetime,.nd there Panhandle, 200 milea north of Dallaa, ' about 4 o'olock yeaterday afternoon, statea a oloudburst occurred In that and four hours later the police jailed region with disastrous results. It I Frank MoDantel, a truckman, on ns known the property loss ia very heavy, 1 picion of having murdered the girl, but not a thing has been learned of the McDanlel admitted that he waa with fate of the people of the Inundated aeo-1 Miss Fitch about 10 o'olock Wednesday tion, which embraoea a portion of eight night, when she ia supposed to have oouutle. The section is thinly sot- tied, towns are small and far apart. We Are In the Itlght. Chicago, July 22. A Tribune ape clal from Washington aaya: Senator Fairbanka, of the joint high commis sion, had a conference with President MoKinloy and Secretary Hay at the White House on the Alaskan boundary dispute. The senator teports that from peraonal observation, he ia firmly con vlnoed that the contentiona made by tliis government are coneot; and if the modus vlvendlJs agreed upon, It must be upon the teima of the United State. ANOTHER COMBfNATION. rills Tlina Il'l tin llaltlmnr Ohio and O, ft. M. With Union I'aalflo. New York. July 22. The Herald tays: A deal la under way involving the combination of at leaat four prom inent railroads, and perhapa two or three more, making a complete trnuk line from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The acheme Involve a merging of sev eral of the properties in which Kuhn, Locb & Company, E. H. Hairlman and, Bpeyer & Company are Interested, and, with their frienda, exert a controlling influence, Among these properties are the Un ion Pacific, the Illinois Cential and the Chicago & Alton, the Chicago Ter minal Transfer Comapny, the Oregon Short Llne.the Oiegon Railway & Nav Igatlon Company and the Baltimore & Ohio. It is aaserted in some quar ters that the Great Northern will come in, but this i considered doubtful, al though James J. Hill i closely asso ciated with aeveral of the gentlemen who are prominent in the railroads mentioned. Thia combination will give a com pact system, and will bring about a revolution in traffic alliance. The Un ion Pacltlo ia the keystone. Ita olosest connection at present is the Chicago Sc Northwestern, and for a long time it has been the prevailing opinion in Wall street that the Vanderbilta would attach both the Northwestern and the Union Pacific, and weie not aware un til a few weeks ago of what was going on. The Northwestern dlreotora have hurriedly considered the advisability of extending their Fremont branch to Ogden to a connection with the Central Paciflo, which ia contiolled by the Southern Pacific. Cut off from the Union Paciflo, the Northwestern will find no load to turn to for Paoiflc coast business that doea not parallel it for a conaiderable diatanoe. Thus, with the Northwestern ex tending ita Fremont, Elk Horn & Mia aourl Hiver railway from Casper to Ogden, in order to fight the Union Pa cific, and the Northern Paciflo forced to protect itself against the Oregon lines, which have recently been acquired by the Union Pacific, thero la likely to be a great time among tha great trans continental roada in the near future. DEWEY IN AUSTRIA. Greeted at Trieste by a Salut From Many Guna. Trieste, Austria, July 22. The cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey on board, arrived here yesterday. The principal newspaper, II Plcolo, has a Battering article welcoming the ad miral to Austria. The Olympia will remain here about two week. Dewey' health is perfect. . He ha not decided whetlut he will go to Carlsbad, as bad been announced, but it ib not probable lie will do ao. The admiral intends to visit Vienna. Upon her arrival here the Olympia flied a aaluteof 21 guns, which waa returned from the foit and one Greek and four Austrian war ships. Subsequently Dewey received visits from the poit authorities. United States Minister to Auetiia AddiBon Harris, and the staff of legation and consula of United Statea in Austria. The for eign consuls were received by Dewey on board the Olympia during the fore noon. The Olympia had a bad run to Aden against a monsoon, but from that point on the weather wa fine. Dewey expeota to remain on board his flagship, with the exception of occasional tiipa on ahore. Americana here find weath er cool and refreehing. Moat of the chief government offlciala areabaent on leave. British Consul Churchill waa the flrat caller on Dawey, and waa sa luted in a most oordial manner. A HORRIBLE DEATH. Laborer In a Nortliport Smelter Itoasted Alive. Nortliport. Wash.. July 22. Martin Smith, a laborer employed at the North poit Mining & Smelting Company'8 nlant. met with a horrible death laat ei of caT,ng Botb h was dangei ol (oreu,an and the yard foreman C,i .j n,. , had warned the man of the danger, and advised him to work elsewhere. Smith replied to these admonitions that as soon as he removed a portion of the heap that interfered with the track he would. A few moments at tei wards fellow workmen heard agoniz ing shrieks from where Smith was last aeen. and upon arriving on the scene the unfortunate man was found pinned down by a mass of burning ore that reached to his hips. The men worked like demous to extricate him, but In Tain, the poor fellow absolutely roast ing alive before their eyes. Ten min utes of hard work resulted in the re covery of the charred remains. Murdered In Park. Portland, July 22. The body of Clara Fitch, the 19-year-old danghter of George A. Fitch, a Southern Paciflo enaineer. waa found In Cycle Park been killed. Strangulation waa tne ap parent pause of death, Horrors of Alnakn. Seattle, July 29. F. Spellacy, of St. Mary', Ohio, a recent arrival from Alaska, reporta much scurvy In the Kovukuk district last winter. In his opinion 80 per cent of the miners on Allenkeket river had It. Though a large number died, he oan only reoall ' two names, Goff, of San Francisco, ) and James MoGraw, of New York. Both died at Arctic City. Three mem- beta of an English party that went up tb Koyukuk on the amall steamer Research to have gone insane. INGERSOLL IS DEAD Passed Away Suddenly, Victim ot Heart Disease. END CAME WITIIOUT WARNING Ouly Peraon Preaent at tha Time a pis Deeeaae Waa Ilia Wlf--Hia Lnat Word. New Yort, July 24. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll died at hi home, Walaton-on-lludson, near Dobb's Ferry, today, Hi death was sudden and uuexpeetod, and re nlted from heart disease, fiom which he had suffered since 1800. In that year, during the republican na ional convention, he waa taken ill and had to return home. He never fully recovered from the attack of heart dis ease, aud waa under the cure of physi cians constantly. For the last three days, Mr. Ingnrsoll had not been fooling well. Last night he was in better health and spent a portion of the evening playing billiards with Walston If. Brown, his son-in-law, and C. P. Farrell, his brother-in-law and private secretary. Ho seemed to be in better hoalth and spirits when he retired than he had been for aeveral daya. This morning he rose at the uaual hour and joined the family at break fast. He then aaid he had spent a bad night, but felt better. He had been Buffering from abdominal pain and tightness about the chest. He did not think hia condition at all dangerous. After breakfast he telephoned to Dr. Smith, hi physician, who ia at Bell Haven, and told him of hia exporionoe during the nigiit. Dr. Smith told him to continue the use of nitro glycerine, and that he would see hi in during the day. Colonel Ingersoll epent the morn ing swinging in a hammock and sitting on tho veranda with the members of hi family. He taid he waa better and had no pain. At 12:30 he started to go up stairs. On reaching the head ot the stairs, Col onel Ingesroll turned into his wife's room. Mrs. Ingersoll was there. To gether they discussed what they would have for luncheon, and Colonel Inger soll said be bad better not eat much, owing to the trouble with his stomach. He seemed in good spirits then. After talking for a few minutes, Col onol Ingersoll crossed the room and aat down in a rocking chair. Mrs. Inger soll asked him how he was feeling, and he replied: "Oh, better." These were hia last words. A second after they were uttred bo waa dead. The oulysigu noticed by Mrs. Ingersoll was that the white of hia eyes suddenly showed. There wag not even a sigh or a groan as death came. Doctors were hastily called, but their veidict waa that death had come instantly. BREAK AWAY FROM TRUST. Jobbers Dlaaatl.fled With the Demor alisation of Trade. Chicago, July 24. The "factor" plan in the distribution of refined sugar that is, on teima d'o'.ated by the augar trust is in jeopi rdy and may be dissolved at any time. A meeting ot wholesale grocer I and job bers heretofore intersted in furthering the plan ot the American Sugar Re finery Company, was held at the Com mercial Exchange, and the trade situa tion as affecting sugar was discussed The thing sought to be accomplished waa either ways and mean of putting a Btop to the present demoralization in the trade, or tae abandonment of the factor and the substitution of what i known as the "equality" plan, under the operation of which a jobber regu lates hi own prices. The present trouble began several months ago, when jobbers showed a disposition to break away from the thralldom of the trust. The bars were let down later by the Haveimeyer tes timony, that the factor plan had been abandoned. Western grocers then de cided to get together and agiee to woik uniformly on some nlan satisfactory to all jobbing interests. I)ewejr oa the Teaoe Conference. Vienna, July 21. In the course of an interview had with him by a repre sentative of the Neue Freie Presae to day, Admiral Dewey, when asked what he expected would be developed for the international peace coufeience at The Hague, said: "Who is to disarm first? The exper iment was tried in the United States, aud looa what it cost u to get ready in time and how we had to feai the issue. We now think differently, and are building 40 men-of-war. We shall not be taken by surprise and found unprepaied again; and it ia hard to be lieve, iu view of our terrifio exertions, that the other powers will abandon the advantage of their armamenta and give thorn up." Head Waa Cruahed. Walla Walla, Jnly 24. In replacing a pile of overturned lumber in Cham berlain's yard this morning, the body of a man was found, his head smashed by fallen lumber. Ho had evidently gotten under them to sleep. He had a little coin and waa a laborer. -Tha body was late rin the day identified a that of William Woody, of Miltou. He left a family. Jnpa and Chtneaa Fight. Fail haven, Wash., July 24. War broke out last night between 60 Japa nese on the one side and 250 Chinese on the other. The fight raged Inter mittently all night and today, knives, rocks and iron bar being the weapon, used. The total list of casualties thil evening was 10 Chinamen and one Japanese wounded. The combatant, are employes of the salmon cannery here, and the fight i the result of drunken debauch. TRANSPORT INDIANA ARRIVc. Ilrlnga Rlek toldlera From Philippine Heglnienta. 8an Francisco, July 94. The Uni ted States transport Indiana arrived to day from Manila, the journey occupy ing 82 days. The vessel was sent lo quarantine. The Indiana ha 808 lick oldleri on board and a number of Red Cross nurse. The lick soldiers war taken from the various regiments, and a great many of thorn are Buffering from wounds received In battle. Private Edward Crawford, Twenty third infantry, jumped overboard while insane, and waa drowned. Among the bodies brought back form the Philip pines was that of Major Digglea, of the Thirteenth Minnesota. Captain W. Van Patent, assistant auigeon, Fiixt Washington, and Second Lieutenant Richards, First Montana, are among the passengers. After toe qnarantine officers bad aat isfied themselves that there wa no in fectious disease on the Indiana, she anchored off the Harrison street wharf. The steamer has on board a party ol Filipino men and women for the Oma ha and other Eastern exposition, but it I possible that they may not be al lowed to land. The crew of the Indi ana i mostly composed of Filipino, among them being two graduates of the Manila university. Among those who returned on the In diana was Dr. Day Wait, of Sun Fian cisco. According to him, a Filipino wounded in battle is insensible to pain. One man had his eyes torn out by a bullet and his jaw shattered. When the wound was dressed he tore the bandage off, and two or three days later waa breaking in a horse, a though there waa no gaping wound in hia head. . The doctor cites other aimilar caaes. A bandit named Rias is giving the soldier at Ilo Ilo a great deal of trou ble. He scoura the country and mur der all who will not assist him. Six native policemen were sent to confer with him. Five of them were brutally murdered, and one returned more dead than alive to tell the tale. The Cali fornia boys made a forced march of 25 miles, hoping to capture the bandit, but be escaped and waa still carrying on hi depredation when the Indiana Bailed. Sergeant Jones, of the Tennessee reg iment, ia credited with one of the moat daring exploit of the war. He cap tured a Filipino flag by making a soli' tary charge on a band of insurgents, who thought he bad a larger force be hind him. SAILED FOR MANILA. Kin Trained Nnraea Leave Mow York for tha Phlllpplnea. New York, July 24. The 6 o'clock through train on the New York Central last night for San Francisco, oarned nine more trained nurses for the Phil ippines, sent out under the auspices of auxiliiary No. 8 for the maintenance of trained nurses. Following is the list: Miss Duensing, Miss Barbara Zeigler, Mies Amy Pope, Miss Carlotta Marshall, Miss Lyaia E. Coakley, Mis Mary Murray. Miss Mary M. Summey, Mis Helen Fraser, Mies Eatherine Yeakel. These nurse are sent in response to an appeal for more nurses cabled last Saturday from Manila to Mrs. White law Reid, chairman of the committee on the maintenance of trained nuraes, to which auxiliiary No. 8 turned over the oare of closing up it work. Adju tant-General Corbin, aa Boon as advised of the appeal, informd Mr. Reid that the eecretarv of war would send in atructiona to San Francisco to forward the nurses at once on army transports on the same conditions as formerly, that they begin work immediately for any sick soldier, on the tmnaport dur ing the voyage. He also suggested that, with a view to making this serv ice as useful as possible, it would be desirable to divide them into two de taohments and send on separate trans ports. Miss Duensing was accordingly plaoed in charge of one patry of live and Miss Fraser in charge of the re mainiug four, and in accordance witn the adjutant-general's direction they were iiiBructed to report immediately to Major-General Shatter in San Fran cisco on their arrival next Tuesday morning. WASHINGTON VOLUNTEERS. Will Probably Leave Manila About Auguat 10. Seattle, July 24. The war depart merit at Washington has given out the following information in regard to the Washington voluuteeis: "General Otia haa cabled that heavy Btorma are raging around Manila, caus ing much dealy in loading transports now there with the volunteer, to be re turned. The transport Giant leaves thia morning with the First North Da kota, First Idaho and First Wyoming volunteers. It is probable other regi mentg will leave in the following order: Thirteenth Minnesota, First Moutana, First South Dakota, First Washington Twelfth Kansas, First Tennessee. This supposition is based on the order given General Otis to return the volunteers in the order in which they left the United Statea tor the Philippine island.. There ate other transpoits now at Manila with a capacity sum oient to return the regiments men tioned above, and it is probable that by the 10th of August the First Washing ton will have left." Lynching of Six Itallana. New Orleans, July 24. Special dis- patoh from Tallulah, La., aaya: Six Italiana weie lynolied there laat night. The name, of the lynohed were unob tainable. Yeaterday, Dr. Hodgea, a prominent phyaioian of Tallulah, quar reled with an Italian. The latter wounded the phyaioian with a shot gun. The shooting created intense ex oitement. A mub immediately round ed up the would-be assassin and five of bis friend ROOT HAS ACCEPTED New York Lawyer Becomes Secretary of War. ALGER SENDS CONGRATULATIONS Tender of tba OOlce Made After tha Conference Between tha Preel dent and Senator Piatt. Washington, July 25. Elihu Root, of New York, has accepted the war portfolio in President McKinley'a cabi net. The telegram of acceptance wa received shortly after noon, while Sec rotary Long wa with the president. Secretary Alger had Just left. The tender of the war portfolio wa made to Mr. Boot last night after the conference at the White House. A the president will leave for the Adiron dacks Wednesday or Thursday, it ia probable that Sir. Root will come to Washington to confer with him before that time. It is regarded a more like ly that Mr.-Root will meet the presi dent at Lake Champlain in the latter part of the week. (Elihu Root waa'born at Clinton. N. Y., February 15, 1845, and graduated at Hamilton college and the New York university law school. He was admit ted to the bai in 1867, eince whioh time he ha been in active practioe in New York city. He was one of the most prominent member of the New Yoik state constitutional convention, where he served aa chairman of the judiciary committee.) Washington, July 25. Secretary Alger this afternoon addressed the fol lowing telegram to Mr. Root, at South ampton, on hearing of hia aooeptance of the war portfolio: "Accept my best congratulations and thanks." RIOT AND BLOODSHED. Crowded Street Car Blown I7p In Cleve land, Injuring Several. Cleveland, July 25. A Euclid ave nue car, loaded with passengers, waa wrecked by ap explosion of nitro glycerin or guncotton shortly befoie 11 o'clock tonight. The injured were as follows: Mrs. E. O. Martin, 79 Alabon street; compound fraotute of the skull, right arm broken and internal injuries, whioh may prove fatal. E. C. Martin, light arm badly cut, and bruised abont the leg and body. Mrs. Catherine Harris, 25 Cornell street, suffering from nervoua prostra tion. F. A. Smith, 69 Vienna street, in jured abont leg. and body. Albert E. russet, 12 Wallace place, legs injured. Dora Scbesslor, 11 Oakdale street, bruised about the body. Late tonight it wa. learned that Mrs. Martin, one ot the injured, would probably die. She suffered a com pound fraotare of the skull, had one arm broken and waa otherwise injured. he was with her husband, who wa Iso badly hurt. The force of the explosion was so gieat that itBhook all the house in the neighborhood, and it was heard for a distance of two or three miles. There is not the (lightest olue to the identity of the peraon who plaoed the explosive on the track. Waa an Important Victory. Washington, July 25. The war de partment received today from General Otis another dispatch, giving addition al particulars of the tight between Cap tain Byrne, with 70 men of the Sixth infantry, and robber bands in the island of Negros. It show, that the victory of the soldier, will be greater than that reported in Generul Otis' dis patch of July 21, and that the loss suf fered by the robber, waa considerably larger than before stated. Much satis faction is felt by General Otia over the result of this preliminary effort in deal ing with this disturbing element in the islands, and he reporta it aa already haying a salutary effect on other band, iuteating the locality. Lanrler Talka of War. Toronto, Ont., July 25. A special to the Tetegiam from Ottawa, says: A violent criticism of the American position concerning the Alaska bound ary question by Sir Charles Tupper, at this morning's sitting of the bouse, brought forth a statement from Sir Wilfrid Laurier. "It is clear," he said, "that there are ouly two ways by which the diffi culty may now be settled arbitration or war. I have no hope at this moment that we oan settle the matter by com. promise. No one wants war. We must exhaust every means of removing the difficulty by peaceful methods. I have not given up hope that it is possi ble to agree to aibitration. Negotia tion, are still going on. We must find some means of bringing abont a peace., ful settlement." Rape Fiend Lynohed. St. Louis, July 25. A Post-Dispatoh special from Mexico, Mo., eays: Frank Embree. a negro, charged with assault ing 14-year-old Miss Dangherty near Benton a few week, ago, waa taken from the officer by a mob at Steinmiti iud hanged to a tree, Compreaaed Air Comblna. New York. July 25. The World aaya: It ia stated on good authority that there is to be a complete consoli dation of the various compressed air power companies and ali Hated con cerns, and that they are all to be merged into one cential corporation, with Harry Payne Whitney, son of William C. Whitney, as president of the new company. The capitalization of the central company, it is said, will be in the neighboihood of $100,. 000,000.