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OREGON VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1899. NO. 33. M 8 EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. , TKRSK TICKS FR01I THR WIRES An Interesting Collection of lUini from th Two llemt(fhers FramM In Condensed Warm, It I rumored In London thitt Salis bury way resign. Downy will spend nil o( August at Mediterranean porta. Talk of whi with Great Britain does nut alarm Washington officials. Jealousy cunsed the death at one and probably aiiotlmr at Long Beech, Oal. Two cool Ainailcana at said to liava dispersed a bowling tuob of 400 la Corea. Melklejohn will lie acting secretary ol war uutll Alger's resignation takaa pla. Mri. Rich, of Tesae, was 'taken to Mexico fur murder trial, wrapped In an American Aug. '- The Catholic aichblahop of Cleveland lias issued an appeal to tbe strikers to reapect the law. Russia and Japan are reported to be preparing with a view to a poaaibla uonriict In Corea. The Transvaal It la laid mutt com ply with England's every demand or a hot war will follow. Freight handlers are on a atrlka in New Voik. They auk for au inoreaaa f i oin IT to 90 oenti an hour. The militia was ordered out to pro teat a Georgia sheriff and jail from tuob, wlio threatened to lynch a negro. William T, Stead says the peace con ference hue achieved a great success, and went beyond the expectations of thu delegates. The threatened rate war to Miaaourl ivttr points has been averted and the reduced-rate tlckela have beeu taken off thu uiaiket. A wici k occurred on the Central Pa rlllo near Clurk'a atatiou, Nevada. Engineer Read waa killed and liia Or u.uii badly hurt. Own t'aol Kruger tendered bla resig nation a president of the South Afri ciin republic It waa not accepted, and ha later withdrew it. Information from the lower Yaqtil river, at the south end of tbe atata of Honors, In Mexbo, conveya the iutelll pence tluit an oiitlirenk bus occurred turning the Vequl Indiana. In a fight line white man and 80 Indiana were filled. ' At Ilattionbuig. Minn.. Henry No pals, a negio who attemptel toaaaaolt 'noHalinu Davis, (Saturday evening, waa raptured i.ear Bond City, Miss., and lutfr Identified by tlie young lady. A mob tied him to a tree and ahot him to death. The atenmer Bertha liaa arrived in Han Francisco from Ht. Michavla via lliialiinka with 07 passengers and ahont 91,000.000 In gold, f 760,000 of which ia in oliaige ol Purser Keye. The pur aer says tlieio ia wealth in the Capo IS'omo district, and dcclarea there la no truth in the elorina of failure to find gold which have beeu published. Plague and delayed raiui are die stressing India. . ' Completion of recruiting new regi ment! for Otia la expected within a fortnight. A mine eiptoaton near Biownavllle, Pa., killed all and entombed 70 min ers, who luter escaped. Admiral Dewey baa wired hisacoept anoe to tiecome the city 'a gueat upon hia arrival In New York. A little boy waa ahot and killed by a non-union conductor at Cleveland. Eight hundred troops are now on guard. An American lady millionaire, waa arrested in Paris for shoplifting. Hlie waa released after paying for tba atolen goods. The reciprocity treaty with Franoa liaa been signed. Concessions had to be made aa a condition of Caiubon't aigniug the convention. Bir Wilfred Laurler tefuaea to quali fy his statements In regard to the boundary dispute, and assertl that he meant just what he aaid. A small boy has testified at Chicago that he witnessed Mrs. George kill Geome D. Buxton brother-in-law of President MoKinley, at Canton, last October. Nei Perce Indiana may make trouble. The young bucks have threatened to inuider Northern Pacific extension graders, because the line oiosses tbeir leservation. Sir Wilfred Laurler, prima minister of Canada, ia to he presented by hia friends with $100,000. His salary of f 8,000 a year is considered insufficient for hia wants. '" ' Hoke Smith favors discontinuance of tbe war. He contends that audi ia the sentiment all over the South, Ha does not wunt the flag to tun, but would have the Filipinos promised complete Independence. The income of the principal charita ble institutions having their headauar ten In London, amounts to over $36, 000,000 per annum. The Fourth of July just past was more widely celebrated in foreign coun tries and participated in by foreigner! than any previous one. The equestrian atatue of Major-Gen-eial John F. Reynolds, who com manded the First coipa of the Army of the Potomac, waa unveiled at Getty burg, Pa. LATER NEWS. Martial law la suggested has method of settling tbe Cleveland strtet car strike. Fire at Tapper lake, In the Adl rendacks, dustioyed a hotel and IS buildings. Yellow fever as broken nut in 'the National Holdlois' Home, near Hamp ton, Va. Twenty governoia will attend the trust conference to be held In Chicago in September. Cubans are finding fault with the census commissioners appointed by the United Btates. President MoKlnley will tender Ad miral Dewey a reception when be ar il ves at Washigtlon. Private J sines A. Doyle, of company D, Heuond Oregon, succumbed to dys entery at the Presidio. Because volunteer would not re enlist, General Otis denied him a per mit to go into business In Manila. The tripartita oommltteo has abol ished the kingship of Samoa adjudging It to be without authority and useless. The 80-knot torpedo boat destroyer Goldsborongh, was successfully launched from the ways at the Wolfi & Z wicker Iron works at Poitland, Or. The Harilman Alaska expedition bat returned. The expedition, both from a scientific and pleasnio point of view, waa an entlie success. A journey ol over 0.000 mi lea waa made. The Nobiaskn regiment and two bat teries of the Utah aitillery, have ar rived in Ran Francisco. The Nebiaa. kana have 100 wounded men. Theii losses Including sick, amount to 804. They say they have bad enough ol Philippine fighting. The rumors regarding the formation of a Cli Ino-Japanese alliance are semi officially denied at Pekiu, and it is aa' parted that the envoys recently sent to Tokio were appointed simply to prove th friendly relations between the pow ers. A Paris dispstoh says two automo biles beat the Parlt-8t. Mole expieas train In a race between .those cities, a distance of 380 miles, making the heat time ever recorded for an automobile. The distance was covered in 7 hours and 48 minutes. General Otis has informed tbe war department of the arrival at Mauila of tbe transpoit Valeuoia. There were no casualties en route. The Valencia sailed fiom San Francisco, June 80, with headquarters B and M, Fourth cavalry, and F and H, Twenty-fourth Infantry, in all 10 officers and 464 en listed men. The California volunteers have sailed for home. Dreyfus Is repotted to be seriously ill with a fever. Amerioan stocks now command con fidence throughout Kuiope. Caroline islanders want to be an nexed to the United Statea. ' President Henreanx, of Santo Do mingo, has been assassinated. ' The body of the late Robert G. In gersoll was cremated at Fresh Pond, N. Y. The fight between the linseed oil combinations has been amicably ad justed. The messenger boys' strike in Pitta- burg has been settled. Tba boys claim a victory. At Hartford City.Ind., Ralph Shelby, a 9-year-old boy, waa thrashed to death by hia playmates. Otia reports another engagement with bandits in Cebu, In which Auieri can forces were victorious. A Chicago negress is alleged to have attempted the stealing of four children within an hour. She ia now in jail. Four life-timers in the Columbus, O., penitentiary were so nnruly tiiat special steel cells were built for their incarceration. Otia has been cabled to send volun teeia home aa soon aa possible, it being the desire of the president to have no delay in the matter. William II. Proctor, who went tot California In 1849, remained there IS years and accumulated fortune, it dead in Brooklyn, aged 84 yeara. It baa been decided to discontinue the use of coal as fuel on the Ne York, Mew Haven and Hartford rail'' road and to substitute coka for It on all locomotives. United States manufacturers will be benefited by our new treaty with, France. Farmers, however, will re oeive no help, as maximum duties will stay on agricultural products. The Illinois Central baa a new com uetitor on business from Chicago to the gulf. The St. Louis & Southwest em la building a connecting link to Chicago and Eastern Illinois. Rev. John Morrison, pastor of Cal vary Presbyterian church, of Portland, died at Carat Wiley, near the Giand Uanyon noiei, in me xeiiowsiuue run, where ha bad gone on a pleasure trip. The New York Herald's Washington correspondent says Root will he only nominal head of the war ueiartunent The colonial secretaryship is the re sponsibility for which ha is really slated. According to the Washington Times Rev. Sam Jones' Income for several ! years has been between 136,000 and I 185,000. Sarah Bernhardt says she was born In Paris and not in Amsterdam or Ij ' Havre, as most of her biographers to . late. Edirar D. Crawlord. who was recently admitted to the bar at Atlanta, Ga., is the youngest lawyer in that state, if not in the country. Ho is uoi quite ii years old. TOOK ANOTHER CITY Calamba, 30 Miles Southeast of Manila, Captured. BRAVERY OF WASHINGTON BOYS Four American. Were Killed and a Otm Wounded-Rpaulah Pris oner Were Liberated. Manila, July 80. An expedition composed of troops from San Pedro Matatl, 1'aiig and Morong, under Brig-adier-Gttnerul R. H. Hall, yesterday captured Culambu. an important town on the south shore of Laguna de Bay, alter two boms of sharp fighting, dur ing which foui soldiers weie killed and 18 wounded. Tbe trenches command ing the hatbor were under water, but tiie swampiness of the land made tbe work harder. The troops boarded cascoes Tuesday night, The force comprised 400 of the Washington volunteers, 460 of the Twenty-first Infantry, 160 of the Fourth cavalry and two guns of the First aitil lery. These and the gunboats Napidan and Coato assembled opposite Calamba. Crowds of people In carts and on foot weie seen rushing to the bills. Na tives escaping from Calamba in canoes said 100 insurgents held tbe town. A foroe under Captain McGrath, of the Twenty-first infantry, and Captain Kltenheid, landed east of the town, but found a rivei Intervening. Cap tain McGrath and Lieutenant Batson swam the river under a fire from Mau ser rifles. Having crossed the stream, the officers proceeded in cascoes to ferry the troops over. The insurgents re treated through the town, shooting from bouses and bushes aa they fled to the hills. Bravery or WuhlniUH. Three members of the Washington regiment waded from cascoes through swamps often shoulder deep, while a group of Filipinos conoealed in bay stacke were shooting at them until the Napidan focused her six-pounders and Galling guns on the stacka for a few minutes. Most of the work was done before the Washington volunteers could reach the town. The Filipinos left three dead. Of the caualties on the American side, two of tbe killed and three of tbe wounded were members of the Fourth cavalry, and two killed and eight wounded be longed to tbe Twenty-first iu fan try. There was muoh shooting by Fili pinos who emerged from the bushes with white flags. After the fighting, a dozen men holding np their hands and shouting "Castillanos," met the American cavalry. Even Spanish sol diers embraced the A met leans hyster ically. There were 60 Spanish prison ers at Calamba, of whom some were civil officials and some were soldiers. They had been given the choice ol join ing the Filipino army or becoming servants, and tbey chose tbe army, in tending to surrender to the Americans at the first opportunity. Most of the civilians readied the American lines during the fighting, but the insurgents took away others in their retreat. Armed Filipinos Captured. General Hall captured 18 Filipinos with guns. Major-General Lawton, Professor Dean C. Worcester, of the American commission; Mrs. General Lawton and Geueial Lawton'a son ac companied tbe expedition on board a launch, and sat coolly ill an anprotect ed boat close to the shore daring tbe fighting, the bullets splashing about them. Today General Hall brought to Ma nila tba Spaniards whom the expedi tion had released from captivity of more than a year. Lieutenant Larson, commanding the Napidan, today found a long-missing Spanish gunboat, which had been so oovered with bushes and fishnets as to not to resemble a vessel. The Filipinos having met reinforce ments and thinking that the Araerioans had 'evacuated the town, descended from tbe hills today, intending to re ocenpy Calamba. General Hall easily drove them back. General Hall will leave a garrison at Calamba, Lautcert Ulos ! Prison. Jollet, III., July 89. Adolph h. Luetgert, the wealthy Chloago sausage maker, who was serving a life sentence in the penitentiary here for the murder of Ms wiia, waa found dead in his cell today. Dra. Werner and O'Malley held a postmortem examination. Dr. O'Malley says Luetgert died from fatty degeneration of the heart He found that the heait was surrounded by a great mass of fat, and that it waa real ly surprising, considering the condi tion of the heart, that death had not ootue long befoie this. Will Marry Only Soldiers. Chicago, July 89. A special to the Times-Herald from Independence, Kan., says: The girls' clubs of several southern Kansas towns have resolved never to marry a young man unless he served with the famous Twentieth Kansas. Tbey say they are determined to keep their agreement and that soon er than marry a man who stayed at home tbey will remain single all their lives. Tbey intend to give the boys of the regiment a big reception when tbey return. Corcoran Is Guilty. Wallace, Idaho, July 89. Paul Cor ooran who haa beeu on trial here for several weeks for the murder of James Cheyne, a Bunker Hill & Sullivan mill man, In the Wardner riot, on April 29, was today convicted of murder in the second degree. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Judge Stewart sentenoed Corcoran to 17 years in the peniten tiary. Under the Idaho laws the pun ishment for murder in the second de-t gree Is Imprisonment toi from 10 yeara to life. SAMOA AGAIN RESTLESS. Attltnrte of tha ;! I Par Pro in lturlHsT Justlos Chambers Talks. San Franoisoo, July 81, Sainoan ad vices under data of July 14, weie re ceived to day by the steamer Moana as follows! The sltnation in Samoa la one of great uneasiness, tbe attitude of natives being far from reassuring. Several fights have occurred in differ ent poitions of the islands between supporters of rivals for the kingship, and several natives have been killed. Nothing muoh seems to have been ac complished by the high commission since arms weie surrendered by the contending factions. Chief Justice Chambers, being dis satisfied with the support extended to h:s court by the commissioners, will leave today for Washington. Their ac tion In refusing the aid asked fot to sustain the court's authority is said to have been prompted by dispatches re ceived by the German commissioner from his home government, whioh, it is claimed, ia greatly displeased with hia recognition of tbe supreme court in the kingship case, Tha commissioners have been well reoelved on all the Islands they visited. They expected to sail for the United States on the Badger on July 18. Valeaaa Tosses Mocks as Bl as Horsoa. Honolulu, July 33, via San Francis 00, July 81. The volcanic eruption on Mauna Loa Is atill in full blast. The lava flow is apparently filling np the table land, and Hilo and the whole island of Hawaii are enveloped in smoke. Vessels encounter dense clouds of smoke a bundled miles out to sea, and navigators are seriously Inconven ienced. Kiiaua is also smoking freely and Indications are this volcano will soon be in active eruption. Frank Davey, a photographer, has returned from a visit to the volcano. He says there is a series of eight cra ters; five of them were dead, but ap peared to have been active quite recent ly. One of the others was belohing forth smoke and fire and molten rocks of great size. According to Davey, the rocks were as big as horses and went so high that they cooled before falling to the ground again. It took Davey and his party 16 hours to ascend the mountain fiom the active orater to tbe summit, where their horses were left. Two men became delirious from want of water. The trip ia described as a terrible one in the extreme. All around the top of the mountain was cold, but at the crater it was very hot. The extremes were suoh aa would knock most any body out. Germans and Japanese Help Inaarsjenta, New York, July 81. A special to tha Herald from Washington says According to verbal reports to the navy from officers returning from the Phil ippines, Aguinaldo continues to get war supplies through German mer chants in Hong Kong, and Japanese merchants in Yokohama, although our consuls have been directed to keep a sharp lookout for filibustering. In more than one instance, British officers have aided the United States in pieventing the shipment of arms from Hong Kong, but omoera just re turned say there is no doubt the temp tation offered by Agulnaldo's high prices has induced merchants to vio late the neutrality laws and tiy to force tbe imperfect blockade. Twelve Spanish gunboats recently pnt on blockade duty have done re markably good service In cutting 00 supplies between different islands. Last mail reports said they had cap. utied IS different cargoes of supplies. but not any valuable munitions of war. poor on One Soaffold. Baltimore, Md July 81. Upon one scaffold, and simultaneously, four negroes were banged today in Balti more city jail yard. Cornelius Gar diner, John Myers and Charles James paid with their Uvea for criminal as sault on Annie Bailey, a 18-year-old negress. Joseph Bryan, the fourth member of the quarter, killed Mary Pack, a negress. The necks of James Myers and Byran weie broken by the fall and they died almost instantly, Gardiner's cap became disarranged in the fall and hia face was visible to the speotatora. He was apparently con scious about one momeut, after which be slowly strangled. , tnterestlnc Experiment. Manila, July 31. Iu compliance with an order received from Madrid, the Spanish transport Alva will pro ceed from Manila Immediately to the Carolina islands, in order to repatriate the garrison and Inhabitants of those islands. There Is gieat interest in the first attempt of a cable boat to follow the movements of an army. The boat left Tambay, near Taguig, at the north em end of Laguna de Bay, this morn ing, and after making connection with the land wire successfully laid 18 miles of cable. It is expected the ca bleboat will reach Calamba tonight. Oregon to Re- Knllat. Wanhlncton. Jill v 81. Lieutenant Cnlnnel-Pliimmei .who la organising the I Thirty-fifth infantry, telegraphed the ' war department today that a number ! nf men from the Recoiid Oreiron desired ' to enlist in tbe regiment and return to the Philippines if they can be granted RO dava fnrlnnoh. Tha fnrlniiffh has been authorized by the war department to aucb men as desire to enlist. The Philippine Dead. Seattle, July 81. The Times prints this afternoon what purports to be fnll and nncensoied list of fatalities in the Amerioan army in the Philippines up to June 3. The list vat furnished by Fred J. Eitel, a representative ol the Manila Freedom, who claims to have obtained it from the records in tbe surgeon-general's office at Manila, The total number of fatalities is given as 73083 offioers, 699 privates and 14 civilian attached to toe army. WHY ALGER RETIRED Friction Between Him and General Corbin. ROOSEVELT'S STRONG LETTER That Letter and tbe Itesnltlnc Confer auee Touched Affair In flilllp plaee and Cuba a Well, Washington, July 81. The interest- ing statement ia made in connection with the departure of Alger from the cabinet that Governor Koosevelt, of New York, wrote a letter urging his retirement, and also that General Otis be relieved In the Philippines and Brooke be succeeded by Wood aa mili tary governor of Cuba. This letter was written to member ol the cabinet prior to tbe last geueial outburst of anti-Alger talk, some weeks before his actual resignation. There was friction between Kooae velt and Alger, in connection with the famous round-robin Uoosevelt partici pated in getting op, while be was with the rongh riders at Santiago. Secretary Alger criticised Boosevelt lor a lettei of protest he wrote to the secretary in this connection, and there was consul erable exoitement over the matter at the time. This is said to have been entirely made np by the two men after Roosevelt's return from tbe war, but Roosevelt never appioved of the man agement of the war department. Roosevelt, in tils letter to the oahi net officer, waa very severe in his criti cism of the general conise of the war department, and Insisted that the ad ministration could not afford to be Held responsible for Alger, nor to continue the military policy In the Philippines or in Cuba. He urged that vigorous and effective operationa be insisted on. This letter was shown to the president at once, as it waa intended to be, and from this was started the renewal of the demand for Alger's retirement that resulted in his resignation. When the president sent for Roose velt, as he did some time before Alger resigned, it is stated that the object in calling him to the White House waa to talk over this letter and try to reach some understanding that wonld avoid hasty action in the matter. It was supposed, after this interview Between the pieeident and uovernoi Koosevelt, that the whole matter wonld go for two or three months before final action. and the immediate and sudden resigns' tion of Alger is attributed to friction between him and General Uoibin, be- oaose Alger desiied to copy certain documents in the department for his personal use,, an act whioh Cobrin it said to have successfully resisted by an appeal to the president Invited to Taooma, Tacoma. Wash., July 81. President C. S. Mellen, of the Northern Pacific railroad, in talking today of the rail' road situation on the coast, aaid: "We have offered the O. R. & N., which is in the Union Pacifio system, to let them run into Taooma over our tracks from Portland, and to give them terminals here, so far aa we have any say in the matter, at very reasonable terms. They may accept onr proposi tion. The terms are entirely satisfac tory. If they are not, wo will make them satisfactory. It would be to our interest, aa well as theirs, to let them run In "over our tracks, rather than build an additional line. We would rather divide tha eost and ex pense of maintaining one line than to pay all the cost ourselves The traf fic between here and Portland for many years can all be done over the one line, and not be crowded. Aa for terms, we will make terms that are aatisfactoiy." Four Killed, aeven Injured. Halifax, N. 8.. July 81. Foui men were crushed to death, seven seriously injured, and a number slightly hurt in the wreck of a construction train on the Midland railroad, in Hanis county, this afternoon. A train of Bat cars was preceding slowly along some new track, when one of the center truck! jumped tbe rails and the others behind piled on top of It. There were 85 or 80 men on the tram. All those on board the oar that first left the track, four in number, were instantly killed. One or two of those injured ate in a dangerous condition. The accident happened 13 miles from Windsor, Next War With Germany. Chicago, July 81. A Tribune special from New York says: The Heiald this morning haa a apecial cablegram from Trieste, in which Admiral Dewey ia Quoted as saying: "Our next war will be with Ger many." . The prediction of the admiral was brought about, according to the Her aid's correspondent, by a discussion ol a threatened clash with the Germ as fleefnt Manila. SSXBETA1IT OP WAV Ar.OttR. A SOLDIER'S TALE. Diversions on the Battle-field When th right Was KaclnsT. Dnring the first engagement while the company waa filing at will into the woods ahead, says Sergeant King in the Minneapolis (Kan.) Messenger, a for lorn water buffalo, the Philippine beast of burden, meandered into the rice field directly in front of the line. Tbe writer immediately directed bis fire toward the buffalo, with no appar ent result. Afterwards, during a lull in tbe firing, we shamefully confessed to having wasted out strength in this' ignoble manner and were surprised toi learn that eveiy man had done like-) wise. At all events, the beast made; good its escape, for it patiently plod-t ded ahead until the timber swallowed! it up. During the charge at Calocan a frenzied pig, of diminutive size, dashed from beneath a bamboo hull I 4. ..i , l. -11 tUa auu, apparel.!, juuguig .no. nil mv commotion was for his benefit, thought) best to retire, As the pig dashed pasw tha writer, we gently assisted with a shove from tbe butt of onr gnu and thought no more of it for some time. Afterward, upon glancing to the rear, we saw fonr or five soldiers in hot pur suit of tha same poor little swine, it ia laughable, even in times of peace, to watch another man chase a hog, but when men forsake their places, forget the loar of conflict, the hum of bullets, tbe shouts of the victors, and the wails of tbe wounded, to grapple with an eight-pound shoat, the scene becomes ludicrous in the extreme. We took the trouble to learn that the pig got away. At Calocan the rebels had mounted two monstrous muzzle-loading guns captured in former times from the Spanish. They attempted to fire one of these, with direful results. The Americana oolleoted the remains of 80 rebels killed by the explosion of the gun. The insurgents bad not tbe cour age to fire the remaining cannon, which was loaded and primed when Calocan was captured. The natives had loaded tha gun with a complete curiosity ahop. Tbe cannon waa filled with scissors, knives, coal, pieces of briok, nails, bolts, a theimometer, a horseshoe, a car link, a piece of rubber hose, and, to crown it all, a large quantity of hoop iron bad been driven into the muzzle so tightly that it waa necessary to file it before tbe oharge could be drawn. A double dose of powder waa found, and also a quantity of dyna-nite. No won der the other cannon exploded. THE ALUM BAKING POWDERS. Names of Some of the Principal Brand Bold In thl Vicinity. The recent discussion in the papers of the effect upon the human system of food made with alum baking powders and the opinions that have been pub lished from noted scientists to the effect that such powders render the food unwholesome, have caused numer one inquiries for the names of the vaii- ous alum powders. The following list of baking powders containing alum la made up from the reports of State Chemist Nicholson, of Nebraska, the City Chemist of St. Louis, the Fowl Commission of Minne sota, or other reliable authority: Baking Powder ContalnVng- Alum! K. O .Contvina Alnm JaquesMfgr. Co- Chlciwo. CALUMET ....Contains Alum Calnmet Baking Powder Co., Chicago. HOME Contains Alum Heme Baking Powder Co-, San Francisco WASHINGTON Contains Alnm Paetflc Chemical Work. Tacoma. CRESCENT Contains Alum Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle. WHITE LILY . . . .Contains Alnm I). Ferrers A Co., Taooma. BEE-HIVE . .Contains Alnm Washington Mfg. Co., San Francisco. BON BON Contains Alum Grant Chemical Co-, Chicago. DEFIANCE Contains Alum Portland Coffee & Spice Co., Portland. PORTLAND Contains Alum Beno A Baui, Portland. In addition to these, it is learned that many grocers ate selling what they oall their own private or special brands. These powders are pnt up for the grocer and his name put upon the labels by manufacturers of alnm now dera in St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City, Taooma, San Franoisco and else where. Tbe manufacturers, it ia said find their efforts to market their goods in this way greatly aided by the ambi tion of the grocer to sell a powder with his own name upon tbe label, especial ly when the grocer can make an ab normal profit npon it. , Many grocers, doubtless, do not know that the pow ders that they are thus pushing aie alum powders which would be actually contraband in many sections If told without disguise. It is quite impossible to give the names of all the alum baking powders In the market. Tbey are constantly appearing in all sorts of disguises, un der all kinds of cognomens, and at all kinds of prices, even as low as five and ten cents a pound. They can be avoid ed, however, by the housekeeper who will bear in mind that all baking pow ders sold at twenty-five cents or less per pound are liable to contain alnm, as pnre cream of tartar baking powders cannot be produced at anything like this prioo. Bad Knouch Now. Husband Don't bother me, my dear, I'm studying political economy. Wife Well, you needn't work so hard at it. Goodness knows, yon 're sufficiently strong on the economy pait of it now. Le Petit Journal. Barred. "It was a good opportunity," said the actor, "but I had to give it up." "What kind of a character was it?" "Villain." "Wasn't the ealaiy enough?" "Very liberal, and the manager a (entleman; but when I was a boy I promised my mother that I would never Imoke a cigarette." Washington Star. Tbe Monadnock block, Chicago, ia laid to have a daily population of 1,000. YELLOW FEVER HERE Thirty Cases in the National Soldiers' Home. THREE DEATHS ARE REPORTED Government Be Katahllthed Quaren ta and Will Prevent the Spread of the Malady. ' Newport News, Va., Aug. t. There are 80 casea of what is believed to be genuine yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Home, near Hampton, and three deaths from the disease were re ported today. There were several other deaths at the institution yesterday, but it cannot be stated tonight that all of them were caused by yellow fever. Newport News and Hampton will quar antine against, the soldiers' home to morrow morning. The government an thoiities at Old Point have already adopted this step, and no strangers aie allowed to enter the reservation. Quarantine Officer llobsun, of this port, went to the soldiers' home to night and verified the statemnt that there are now 30 cases of the disease at the home, and that there were three deaths from the malady today. Whilo no one outside of the soldiers' borne knew anything about the existence of yellow fever until today, it is said thai the disease made its appearance three days ago. The most rigid quarantine regulations will be enforced to prevent the spread of the malady. The news has created great excite ment in Newport News, Old Point and -Hampton, and the most vigorous meas ures will be adopted to prevent ita spread. There are 4,000 bid veterans at tbe home, and aeveral large excur sion parties went there last week. Noifolk, Va., Aug. 1. The board of health haa quarantined against Old Point, Hampton and Newport News. Police officeis have been sent out along the water front to watch for tuns, steamboata and other craft. There is much excitement. Governor Woodfin, of the soldiers' home, confirms the re port of the existence of fever there. Hampton has been quarantined from Old Point, and tbe trolley oars stopped tunning to the former place tonight. RAN INTO A WRECK. Cause of the Buiashup of the Chlcae; Bxprea at tUackawaxott- Port Jervia, N. Y., Aug. 1. Tbe ac cident on the Erie railroad, growing out of the landslide a mile east oi Lackawaxon last night, was not so ser ious as at first reported. Only the fire man and engineei of the detailed en gine of the westbound Chicago express which turned over on tbe track were killed, though a number of passengers on tbe express, the vestibule passenger train for Buffalo and Cleveland, whioh left New York at 7 o'clock Saturday, were injured. The wreck, which "occurred shortly before midnight, was preceded by cloudburst and storm which lasted two hours. A section of the bank fell on the eastbonnd tiaok diiectly in front of the freight tiain. Several trees went down with the rocks and earth, tha freight cars and engine turning over directly across tha westbound tracks of the Erie road. Sixty freight cars con stitute the train, but only 22 were de railed, and the debris was piled np on WiB westbound tracks just as tbe Chi cago express put in an appearance, run ning SO milea an hour. The engine of the express train crashed into the wreck, and the baggage oar, combina tion and buffet car and two Pullman sleepers were piled op on the tracks immediately in front of the wrecked freight cars. The first sleeper was split in two parts as a remit of the accident, and the passengers were thrown 80 feet down a bank. Fire at once broke ont, and four cars of the express train and nine ot the freight cart were burned. War 1 Looked For. Pnerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Aug. 1. The situation ia critical. An out break is momentarily expected. Tbe friends of the government are under arms and ready for action to proteot property and peace. A feeble attem pt was made to seize the body of Presi dent Heureaux by the assassins, Ra mon Caceres, Manuel Caceres, Horacio Vasquea and Domingo Pichardo, who are in the country about Moca, with their followers. The burial of Presi dent Heureaux waa conducted with fitting honors. Governor Pepin has atsembled troops in Mooa, and the governor of La Vega real has 1,000 men. The minister of the treasnry baa ar rived at Moca in hot haste. Tbe gov ernment is taking steps for tbe protec tion of business and tbe finances oi the country, and expecta to carry out the contemplated cancellation ot tbe state bank notes. In Puerto Plata there ia an nrgent demand that the govern ment send a sufficient force to Mooa to hunt down tha assassins of the presi dent. ; , Protests have been made to members of the administration against tbe propo sition to give Canada a port of entry, ' even temporarily, on Lynn canal, aa such action would bo conceding her right to suoh a port. Keduetlou In Royalty Favored. , Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 1. In the bouse of commons yesterday, Sir Charles Top per spoke strongly in favor ot a reduc tion ot tba royalty on the gold ontpnt in the Yukon. Clifford Sifton, minis ter of the interior, in reply, said that while the rovaltv was not rjermanentltf ! fixed, he could not yet consent to any reduction from the 10 per cent now col lected. - ' - Mrs. MoKinley'a health baa greatly Improved at Lake Champlaiu,