OREGON
VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JULY 28, 1899.
NO. 32.
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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.