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Newspaper Page TextTHE . OREGON VOL. XVI. HT. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1899. NO. 34. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKItSK TICKS FROM THK WIRK8 An Interesting dullevtlnn of Items Ilia Twu llemlettierea I'matDlad III n Cimdeneed Form. The Belgian cabinet has reigned. Undo Sinn In aiild to lm ucgotliitiuf (ol n coaling Blutinil limit Chile. Dialliigiilaliinl Russians lira In Chi cago lo study A murium railway suiv lee. T)i rntnrntd Volunteers urn lepnrtod to ho having a iioiul time In Hun Fran cisco. Imiiirsoll lull no will. Ho Ornish, ered it uuiiiiHHiirjr, having conlldouuo in tliu laws. Tim Northern Puelllo and Great Northern Bru buliuved tu be friends once more. The KiuiliiiAt Dolphin wild Injured In New Yoilt harbor by colliding with ferryboat. Tlimo Iihh brum genorul advance In Ilia prion of lumber (rum 15 lo 90 per co Mt nines .Inly 1. Nino bundled employes of Morso'f liipyHnlii, Brooklyn, waut mote paj Mini have quit work. I. I.. Wilson killed Walter Cave tuitigh, a brother ( his sweetheart, In u tuition lit Sun Fruiioisuo. A Filipino bus tiled hii English mem lit'r nl the Filipino Junu t Hong Kong for 960,000 dniiiugu lor libel. Mm. E. 13. .Crocker has preaented Surraim-nlii lodge of Klkii with lief spa cious reslduiiou in tbiit city vuluud lit JO,000. A Christ inn St:iii t 'wt has Instituted prnueediiiga against Mrs. Ktldy mid lit'i lolltiwwii lor 9126,000, alleging criminal libel. ' Four weie killed and nix nlheie bad ly injured near Hiwinn, In., In a wreck. The tiiiin Jumped Ilia track und all the cum went over the bunk. Jitim-a Kntwislie, Dewey's duet en gineer, has been mined to the grade ol reiir-iidinirnl (or excellent seivioe In the bailie of Mun i In. The renmlnii o( John Brown's raidori will be lukun from lliupor'H Keiry and liuireil besirio tlioriM o tho their louder at North Elba, N. Y. Senator Ucvmidgn. o( Indiana, who It as feaied liml been lout, liaa been tieiinl I out nt Nagasaki, Japan, wheie he hud been quarantined. Eliliu Hoot lux taken the ontli of of fice, lie waa congratulated by Hears titiy Alitor, who prayed Hint God would give lii in alreugth ami hleta hiiu. Chicago will try to lift Dewey, Kohley, Sampson ami Oivera lor (Mo hoi 8, ilnrlng the new federal building corner time laying, President Dole ami President Dial will also be invliod. The messenger boya of Boston have gone on a strike (01 un Increase of pay. Te cup-challenger Shamrock ll about remly to mart for New York. Henry Villurd la visiting Poitland for tlie tlrsi time linoo 181M. Maitin Dots, anid to have married aix women, all but two of whom are now living, waa ai retted in Chicago. Admiral Hunts liua mixed hla flag on the liuttleahip Iown, which la now tha. flagship of the Pucilio aquiidrou. The garrison nt Fort Monroe liai been ordered to move north aa a pio CHUtlon against yullow furor. New York and Bun Frauoiaoo capl tuliala will atari a national bank In Hawaii about September 1. Kx-Aniliiiiiiloi Enstia liaa written the facts in the Diayfua caao and they are ((Kin to be published. The North Dakotus, Wyoming and Idnhoa liitve left Manila on tho tiana port Grunt. Fred h. Ilallau, ol company II, First Wash if gton, waa wounded in Hit alionlder during the cuptuia ot C liimbii. llmiibthrnwnra are making life minor-1 able for the population of Seoul. Hevontoon persons have been arrested by the police. The Al-Ki has arrived in Seattle with !lt)0,000 in Alaska gold. Una third of the amount ia (rum the faiuoui Trvudwull mi lies. (Governor Jones, of Arkansas says to long as negro outrages upon white wo men continue In the South there la no remedy lor lynch inga. Admiiul Sampson has entered suit libeling the Hpaniali Teasel Maria Teresa and claims large prixe money (or the buttle of Santiago. Hrukeman Constable was killed, Fireman Goldsworthy fatally ami Con. duclor Friune seriously injured in I. wreck mmr Winslow, Atiz. Governor Poynter waa on hand t( welcome tho Nubraaknns. They wars givtn a great ovation bv the citlssens of San Francisco and are now in camp at tho l'resldio. Two syndicates, one Inclining the richest and most powoifnl men in Kng' land, the othei lepreaentiug the hirgeat tliiiiiiflial Interests in tho United titatea, liuve (lonihined to build more than 8,000 miles of railroad in Ohinu. The report on the production of cop per in 18118 has just been submitted to the United Status geological survey by Hpoclul Agent Kirch hod. The produo tion in tho United States in that year waa 620,1)76,691 pounds, which la by tar tho largest pioduot ever lejiorted. tATEIt NEWS. Bubonic plnliige liaa mad It reap pearance at Calcutta. (Ireiit llrltaln will Inmeaao tier gar risou at Vlctoilit quite muteiially. The Mexican government, It ia laid, Inn determined to exterminate the Yaqul Imliuiia, Tha Amuriunn and German tepie seutntives of the Hiimoan comtulaaion li'ivu returnutl to Han Frannlnco. Oflluiiila at the Koltlieia' Home now believe they have fauoaediid in effect ually '.limping out tho yellow lover. Uy the collision of electric oars at Haunderstown, It. I., the uiotornian, M. W. Abbey, wai killed and one lady injured. Toral and Fnrejn, who wera on trial In Madrid for having surrendered Hnutlago lo the Amei leant, have been aeitultted. Pension Examiner Benjamin II. Hnell brutally mnrered a 18-year-old girl with whom ha had become Infutu atod in Waihinglon. ('aptain Drayfua la again fuoing his ancuaur. 11a rotriul began at Heiinos, France. There waa no demonstration. The prisoner waa firm but pallid. At Bridgeport, Conn., BO persona wera killed and a largo number In juied in a street railway accident. A trolley oui droppeJ 40 loot into a mill pond. Paris was viaitod by an electrical Sturm and many buildiuga were slightly Injured and scorns of trees dvatroyed. The lightning conductor of the Eiffel tower waa struck ten times. A coloretl American citizen, black smith, wua m Is taken fur a Kaffir at Jo hannesburg, South Africa, and dually maltreated by the police. The United States consul has taken op tha matter. Hon, John Good now, consul-general of the United Slams at Shanghai, lias rendered decision, as referee In the consular couit, that will tesult in cut ting off Agninaldo'a supply ot unns be has been leceivlng from China. A big river coal combine has been completed at I'ittsburg, Pa., and B0 of tha 102 working coal mines along the Monongahela river, together with a large number of ateamera and barges, will be merged into one concern. At Juvlsy, a suburb of Paris, two fust trains collided and IT persona were killed and 78 injured. The collision ooanurred during a thunder atoim, and it ia supposed that tho eleotrical our rent may have been responsible lor the defective signalling. During the excitement attending tha anival of battleshipa at Our Harbor, Me., a ciowded gangplank nave way and 160 poraoni were piecipitated into tha water. Nuventeeu were drowned and three died aubiequontly from in juries. The cotton duck trust ia the latest; capitalisation. i!8, 800,000. It ia said that Mexico's bad faith ia the cause of tho Yuijui Indiana' out break. North Mississippi valley corn and wheut auffered (rum hail and wind (tonus. The Charleston shelled the enemy on the Island of Cebu and compelled them to retreat. The Standard Oil Company has sue needed in purchasing the Interests ot its only competitor In Mexico. Charles Franklin, a Portland man, baa been appointed to an important po sition In the Philippine postal service. Zaoliert'e remarkable story asserting that the Alaska boundary ia outlined by monuments ia not credited at Wash ington. The hospital ship Relief has arrived In Sun Fiancisco with 830 sick mid wounded soldieis on board. Two died en route. The new bankrupt act la not popular In New York. Those taking advantage of it have not leauhed near the expect ed number. While on a tryont the new Colombia broke her mast. When the accident occurred she waa a mile in the lead of the Defenier. Duve Council waa shot and probably fatally wounded while trying to aeoura miners in Colorado for the Coeur d'Alene country. A trump at Independence, Kan., has confessed to killing two farmers who hud let him ride all day. He taya he secured but 180 In money. An American has a cinch on coal In the Btrafta of Magellan, ami patriotical ly charged the Oregon 111 a ton for supply when she made her long cruise. Kumor saya that William Waldorf Aslor became a British subject in order lo marry Lady Randolph Churchill. Ilia cli ild i en also became aubjecta of tha queen. The political situation at Port an Prince, Huyti. ia causing anxiety and numerous arresta hava been made. The United Stales minister interfered in one instance. United Stnto Sorlator Hull, wno liaa just returned from Alaska, saya tho Hudson Buy Company puid Kuasia a atated auri for 10 years' loaso on the same land now in dispute. This waa virtual recognition of ownerahip by Ituasia, and tha United Stulea cannot now buck down. Admiral Dewey ia paying tha penal ty of greatness. Curious crowdt follow him wherever he goea and kodak fleuda make Ufa a burden to him. Jerome Hull Raymond, tba new president of tha university ol West Virginia, waa a newa boy lu hia early life. The new geyser whioh recently broke out before the Fountain hotel In Yel lowstone National park, hat been named "Dewey," In honor at the haro ol Ma oila bay. j TROOPS ASKED FOR Uprising of Yaqui's Threaten to Cross the Border. N0GAMCS FKAIIS AN ATTACK Two fjMtlliiff (Inn mill fl llltltehlililt of Arl tJlorjr Multllffru Hum' A (ulna Iiulmiin by Moxltio. St. Louis, Aug. ft. A special to the Ulohe-lMniocrat (rum Noiiales, Aiix. , bayx: Two Outling gnus and u detach ment of artillery mihlici fitmi the City of Mexito, via Kl Paso, have been hurried southward oil route to lie mono of the Yaipii war. 'i'lio troops are being maiohcd uerona the moun tains fruiii points in thu mates of Chi huahua and Diiiuuifo to join tho forces now there., und other roiiirorceinunls are rushing in from all quarter. It is reported that eminnmeH havo been scut by the Yatiui leuilers to lunches and mines all ov-tr the elate of Solium wherever men of the trihe are at work, calling tliiun to arms with their compatriots ulieiuly in the field, ami many Yaqnii who am employed in the big niiniuK camps and on hacieudus um liiliortirs havo dimippeaie.d. Even in tills vicinity, !!)() miles dis tant from the scone of liostilities, the Ya(uis employed in various kinds of work are in a statu of ilmquiet, yiiiitiug their employment nnd uoiug away, ami those coming hero from uniaide points in Arizona, where there have been many Yaqui luhorors, ruiiort the pmr.e condition of alia its. They usually travel by night, nnd nightly small sfiuails ate reported panning through the town or along the load near by, ull going in a southerly direction. Some fears are exptcneed of a descent upon the town similar to that of Au gust, 181X1, when an attacking pirty look possussioii of tho Mexican custouie house in the cuily bonis of the morn ing and wore dislodged only after a severe battle in whic'j they left nine men dead on tho field and curried away some 20 wounded. In that light, com pany U, of tho Arizona militm. par ticipated, uml it ia f i om motives of re venge that tho Yuquls now on, the war path havo killed the Americana wlmse deaths havo been reported. In tha former wars thoy liuve nlwavs respect ed Americans, nevoi molesting tl.em. The situation is considered so grave thai Mayor Overton has forwarded to (iovernoi Murphy u request to ask the war department to send troops of cavalry fiom Iluacliu tor protection of thu town. lllnodr Conlllnt T. On, Los Angtden, Cul., Aug. 6. Mar shall P. Wiiuht, sou of the lute Judge Wright, of Kaunas City, lias arrived in this city from Mexico. Speaking ol the Yauuis, Mr. Wright said there was no doubt that 2,000 to 8,000 men ar under aims and engaged in a bloody conflict. Tho entire country ia iu state ol tonor, ami people aro Uoeing to the larger settlements. Milters lirlvvti Out. Austin, Tex., Aug. 5. A dispatch received here this evening from Casa Orantla, state of Chihuahua, Mexico, atnten that four American miners hud just arrived tliara direct fiom tho Up per ruqui river country, xney were driven out by marauding bunds of Yaqul Indians. Thomas Ilarvell, one of the members ot the party, who for mally lived in Austin, stated that hem uih urotiahlv 2.000 American miners and prospectors acattered th tough the Ynqui country, anil that their lives are in Imminent danger, aa tho Indians aro getting bolder and moio desperate each day. ilarvell said that the news ot the bloody outbreak among tha Yiiquis in the lower valley hint iwir maelieil the miner rtart of the stream when he left, and that aa soon as such news is received by the scat iMfMrl Ittiiiila nf Tmliaiin in the nhicer mining region, they will mussacra every white man along the rivor. AmitrlGMiia Mora unit Miir. llls:nt. Havana, Aug. 6. A Cubun general in a letter pulhished in the ludeuend cia toduy auvs some comn.unders ol tha Cuban army have taken adavntage of the (8,000,000 gratuity to gut money from the soldiers, and are granting the certificate? necessary to enable them to collect their quota. He gives throe cases of men who wore chained money by Kiimos, a colonel in a Cuban regi ment. In another instance it appears a man could not got his certificate ow ing to the lack of money to pay for it. The writer bhjs: "Every day booh that the Americana are more and more right. Many yeura must puts before the Cubans learn how to bundle money without it stiuikng to tha fingers." TWO Itecilltiilits Coilllol. Washington, Aug. 6. The number of enlistinouts yesterday were 884, milking 9,0(18, Colonel Bull's regi ment, the Twenty seventh, at Camp Meade, is now above its quu'.a, muking two regiments complete. Now York, Aug. 6. The transport MuCellan arrived hero today from Poito Kieo nnd Cuba. She brought 88 cabin and 06 steerage pnssungers, In cluding a number of discharged sol diers. New l.etliina Fouml. Boise, Aug. 6. Thoie ia increasing Interest here in the gold diHcoveriea made in the Boise river in the vicinity of Badger crock. A largo number of Boise people aro on thu scene. Thesa inuuldo several expert mining men, re ' porta from whom are eugurly awaited. K telephone niossnge tonight states I dint several new ledgea have been found, one of these being very large, iut nothing ia known of the value of I the ore beyond the fuot that it show . 'je gold in the cropings. WORSE THAN REPORTED. Tarribla Work tf ll' fttorm In Worth rn MurlUM Tallnhnsajn, Fla., Aug. 8. The first train since Monday from Garrabell, through the storm ridden gulf coast sectionreached here this afternoon. The train orew anil passengers agree in stating that reports sent oat of the destruction wrought by the storm have been extremely moderate. Carraholl it literally wiped (rum the map. Her docks and wharves, containing about 400,000 (eet ot lumber and 60,000 bar rels of rosin, were quickly awept away. Thirteen or 14 large lumber vessels in the hay were awept ashore, and arc now lying well upon dry land. These vessels contained eeveral million leet of lumber. No information ia obtain able ua to the loea of life from these vessels or from the large fleet of fishing boats in the neighoihood. Only two or three huts are left standing in Carraholl, and one colored woman is known to hava been killed by the falling of a house. Citizens of Car raholl ate in a atate of wild confusion, ami are flocking in every direction (or relief. The town la isolated and the wires are atill down. The towns of Molutyra and Curtis Mill are demolished, and large inter ests hava been destroyed. The coast resorts, Teresa and Lanark, are more aerioasly wrecked than at first reported, and visitors have sulfated great hard ships, though no Iosb of lite la yot known. Fifteen men, said to have been fishing on an island called Dog Island, just before the storm broke, cannot be found. YELLOW FEVER SITUATION. No Maw '. Mo Mora Fatalities, No ffpraad. No Contagloa. Washington, Aug. 6. Tha yellow fever situation at Hampton continues favoiuble and encouraging, in the opin ion ot the officials of the marine hos pital service. According to official re ports there has been no spread of the nontngion since yesterday nor has any of the cases now under treatment proved fatul since that time. It ia hoped to confine the disease to the sol diers' home and Phoebus, but Surgeon General Wvman thinks it too early t make a definite piophecy regarding tl outbreak. Mow In Washington Rtata. Washington. Aug. 6. Marine hos pital nffioiiila at Hampton have suc ceeded in tracing and locating a former iiunato of the soldieis' home, who is believed to have brought yellow fever to that place. Hia name ia William Thomas. He arrived at the home on a transport from Santiago, where he had been visiting fiom July 3 to 6 last He was admitted to the home aa a vet eran and Boon after developed chilla and fever. In the light of subsequent events experts believe there ia little doubt he waa affeoted with a mild case of yellow fever, although it was not diagnosed aa audi at the time. When well enough to travel, be left the home nnd his baggage was sent to Phoebus. The man himself went to Columbus City, Wash., where he now is. ltomariy for Tobareuloala. Washington, Aug. 6. A new remedy for tuberculosis, developed in France, has been repoi ted to the state depart ment by United States Commercial Agent At wood at Koubaix. It is a treatment called to the attention of the academy of music by Dr. Mendel, and consists in the daily injection into the bronchial tubes of essence of enoa lyptua, thyme and cinnamon, held in solution in olive oil. The oil in de scending slowly, comes in contact with the walls of the tube and upper lungs. The gas set free saturates the air in the lungs and acta on the mucous mem brane. In 10 cases treated, after one or two weeks there was in all a lessen ing or complete cessation of the cough or expectoration, aa well aa a return of oleop, appetite and strength. Heart anil Arm Mown (iff, Cumberland, Wis., Ang. 6.- Chris Wold, a farmer near Feskin Lake, this county, oominitted suicide today by deliberately blowing off hia head with dynamite. He plaoed a quantity of dynamite in the giound, laid liia head over it and touched it off, exclaiiinug: "Here 1 go, and the Lord go with me, " His head and arm were completely tot n away. ranlo rrvftlotnil for Qartnany. Berlin, Aug. 6. The Deutche Taget Zeitnng toduy publishes a sensational articlo predicting a goat panic in the Gorman money maiket. The paper said that during the lust Bix months 1,6116,000.000 marks of new shares were issued, of which 618,000,000 were Industrial securities which it is al leged exceeda the whole issue of 1808. A mass of evidence is quoted to prove the existence of unsound speculation. .Ttinipad From Itrooklyn Bridge. Now York, Aug. 6. Ilanna Hauser, treasurer of the Herald Square theater, in this city, jumped from the middle span ot the Brooklyn bridge at 6 o'ulook this afternoon. He was rescuod in the water and will recover. Funaton Will Fight It Oat. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 5. A let ter from General Funston waa reoeived bv Dr. It. Anthony, of the- Leaven worth Times, toduy. The general an nounces lr will stay in the army until the war in the Philippines ia at an end, and will not muster oat with hit regiment. More Dynamite Vaed. Cleveland, Aug. 6. The withdrawal of several companies of troops was fol lowed tonight by another dynamite out rage, but fortunately nobody waa hart. The explosion occurred under a Jen nings avenue car, on whioh there were aix paasengera. It smashed the flange of one wheel ami splintered the run ning board nt the side. The passen geis were badly frightened, but none was Injured, and the car proceeded on Us way to the end of the run. BROUGHT WIDE RUIN Cyclone in Florida Destroyed Three Towns. MANY SHIPS PILKD ON BEACH A Number of I.lvea Ware I.ont-SIonaj Damage Is More Than l.OOO.OOO. River Jnnotion, Fla., Ang. 7. The most disastrous cyclone that ever vis ited this section of Florida, complete ly annihilated Carrabelle, Molntyre and Lanark inn, south of here, yester day. At Carrabelle only nine houses remain of a once beautiful and pros perous town. A communication from the mayor atatea that 200 families are without homes or shelter, and many are conmpletely destitute. At Mcln tyre, only two mill boilers mark tht place of the town. Lanark inn, the famoua summer re sort, waa blown into the gulf. The Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Geoigia rail road is washed away for a distance of 80 miles. A passenger train waa blown from the track more than 100 yard. Many pasaengera were injured, bat their names are nnobtainable. Mary Williams, colore J, was killed at Carrabelle. Numerous others had arms and legs broken. Daniel Nell, of A pa. laochicola, had hia back broken and ia not expected to recover. No fatalities) are reported from Molntyre or Lan ark. Fifty ships lying at anchor in Dog Island cove and upper anchorage are now all high and dry at St. George and Dog island. Twelve were loaded with lumber and ready for sea. Nothing re mains of them but a mass of wreckage. When the Italian bark Cortesia struck, she split in two from stem to stern. Among the other vessels wrecked ware the Norwegian barka Panavala, Vale, Jafiner, Hindoo and Elizabeth; the Russian bark Latarm, and three pilot boats, and the steamers Oila and Capi tola. Forty boata of under 30 tone were lost. Nothing of the entire fleet can be aaved. Five unidentified bodiea were recov ered today, supposed tu be Bailors. Tugboats have gone from here to the aoene of the wreckage, and all possible aid ia being given. Fifty destitute sailors were brought here today and ar being cared for. A mass meeting of citizens Is being held here tonight and all possible aid will be given the Carrabelle destitute. One million dollars will not cover the loss. Steamer Creaeent City Safe. Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 7. The first Intelligence concerning the steamer Crescent City, whioh waa reported lost in Tuesday's storm, waa received here today. The steamer ia safe up tha Chattahoochee river. Only four houses remain in Carrabelle. The depot, naval stores, warehouses and mills, and, in fact, all business houses, wet completely wrecked and the stocks de atioyed. YAQUIS ON THE WARPATH. The Mexican Indian Trouble Constantly spreading. Chicago, Ang. 7. A special to th Tribune from the City ot Mexico aayai Diapatohea from Guaymaa ahow that the Yaqui insurrection ia constantly growing in extent, and all the Indiana in the towns along- the river are rising in arms and taking to the woods and mountains to join their companions al ready arrayed against the authorities. Jack Kamsev, the famous frontier character, and the American photog rapher, E. N. Miller, were on the way to Alamos when they were attacked by the Indiana and killed. It ia reported that the Romero family were captured aa they were about to embark on one of the sloops and that they wore killed. Troopa are pursu ing the bands supposed to have the family. The telegraph ." line south from Alamos has tieen cut. The In diana along the Mayo river are quiet and do not seem to be inolined to Join the insmrection. Colonel Angel Garcia Pena tele graphed yesterday that Don Carloa Hale, the noted merchant, has not been killed as reported. Official advices op to Monday, however, state clearly that after General Torres' foroes took Ba cum. thev found ten dead of the Troopa from Coacor.it. and four of the body guard of the Yaqui chiof, Maldonado, and the body ol Hale. They eay noth ing has been heard of the chief. situation la Favorable. Washington, Aug. 7. Official re ports to the marine hospital service from the Soldiers' Home at Hampton show that the yellow fever situation there continues favorahle. Surgeon White reports to Dr. Wyman that there is nothing suspicious in the town of Hampton. There were no new cases and only one death at the Home today, aocording to a report Dr. Viokery, the surgeon at the institution, sent to tha surgeon-general tonight, Dr. Vioxery expressing the opinion that tha Im mune help on the way there should be sufficient, as the epidemic seems to be checked. The cordon around the Home nnd the immediate adjoining village of Phoebus, Surgeon White saya, is as tight as he ever saw it at any place. Danlea the Allegation. Seattle, Aug. 7. -William Thomas, of Colombia City, Wash., who, it waa atated in recent dispatches, was thought by marine officials at Hampton te have introduced yellow fever in the Soldiers' Home there, said today thai there was no foundation for the state ment. He waa an inmate of the Horn for awhile aa represented, but was not sick while there, neither liaa he had any symptoms ot yellow or any other kind ot fever since returning fiom San tiago, ' : REBELS RECEIVING ARMS. Americans tines Continue righting fev atvery Foot mf Ground They Held. Chicago, Ang. 7. The Tribune's apeclal correspondence from Manila on dei date of Jane 20, says: The next campaign can haidly begin sooner than November, although the country may dry op enough towards the middle of October to permit the American troops to take the field then. The American army during the rainy season can nardly be expected to do anything more than bold what it has gained and pre pare (or the next campaign. The ground to defend ia not very great. On the south of Manila we have Imua, about 18 milea away, where the Fourth and Fourteenth infantry, with several guns from the Sixth artillery, are stationed. This teiritory was gained within tne last two weeks by the hard fighting at Paranaque, at which even the rattle of the rifles can be heard in Manila. We hold the road that runs to Imus through Paranaque and Baooor, every Inch of which was gained by bard fighting. North waid the fartheat point in the control of our soldiers ia San Fernando, 41 miles from Manila, on the railroad. The railroad is 149 miles in length in II, bat the insurgents control all tht traot between San Fernando and Da gupan, the northern terminal of the road. The Americans hold Canadaba, east of San Fernando 10 miles. They hold all the towns along the railroad, of course, to San Fernando and Ba liuag, seven miles east of Pulilan. Kepoits continually come from Ba liuag that the town is entirely sur rounded by the enemy and is about to ba carried by assault. But Colonel Page and the Third Infantry have so far diiven the rebels back with disaa tioue losa every time they have assault ed the town, and be declares he can bold it for an indefinite time, although his position there is by no means an easy one. Supplies and mail can only be carried over to Baliuag from tbe railroad under an escort of not less than 160 men, who ar invariably at tacked tome where along tbe road, both going and coming. At San Fernando two determined at tacks along the whole rebel line were made last week. Tbe second engage ment lasted three hours, when the in surgents were driven back with heavy oases. Bullets fly continually over both places and stray bullets frequently find viotims. Heavy ahlpments of arms are said to be constantly arriving from Japan and Australia and, it ia said, even from our own country. Cartridges picked np in the inanrgenta trenches bear the trade mark ot a big manufacturing firm in the United States. The insur gents have three factories where they manufacture cartridges and other mo nitions of war. If they were kept on the rnn they would have no time bo to equip themselves that they could re turn after defeat, better able to fight than they were before. Tbey are learning things every en counter with the Americans. The pa pers in Manila have continually re fer ed to the fact that the rebels weie pione to shoot too high, and they seemed finally to have learned the lea son and now they are getting their shots well down and showing a great improvement in marksmanship. The few Americans who came over to Manila a week ago Tuesday on the Esmeralda from Hong Kong were as tonished a few hours after sunrise when their ship had steamed out to quaran tine, to hear heavy cannonading from the monitor Monadnock, which was in plain eight down tht coast about five miles below Manila. Some of the pas sengers thonght it waa some sort of salute in honor of tht arrival of some distinguished naval or army hero and they eagerly questioned a Boldler who sat on tbe stern of tbe health officer's lannoh. "That," said the young man, "that's nothing. That's just a battle." It was some time before the passengers could believe the Americana and inanr genta were fighting within sight and sound of Manila, where the war had started six mouths before. The battle raged all day and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the rattleot small arms could be distinctly heard, and late in the evening the health officer told as the fighting bad been at Paranaque. CZAR WAS GLOOMY. Bad Decided to Abdicate Bl Throne Keaaon for Del Caaae'a Vlalt. London, Aug. 7 M.deBlowita, the Paris correspondent of the Times, gives an extraordinary explanation ot M. Del Casse'a present mission. He as serts that it waa decided upon quite suddenly for a "reason whioh admitted of no delay," and then gives the story which he aays he haa from "aonroe to which I am bound to attach Import ance." This is the explanation: ' Em pei or Nicholas is disappointed and tired ot the throne. The absence of an heir excites his superBtititlous feeling, and he conneota himself with a Russian legend, according to which an heiress ozar is to ba succeeded by Csar Michael, predestined to occupy Constantinople. The death ot the oaarowitoh and the failure of the con ference at The Hague led him to decide to abdicate, and on the ocoasion ot his coming viait to Darmstadt. On this becoming known in Paiis. M. Del Caase waa Bent in hot haste to dissuade him fiom carrying out this intention. Dewey In Naples. Naples, Aug. 7. The United States cruiser Olympia, with Amdiral Dewey, on board, arrived here tbis morning. As the craisei entered the port, salutes were exchanged. Logansport, Ind., Aug. 7. The boil er of a last freight engine on tha Pan handle road exploded near Winimao early this morning. Engineer Knight, Fireman Soule and Biakeman Ruft were terribly injured. Soule will probably dU). JUMPED THE TRACK Electric Car With Passengers "Plunges Into a Pond. MANY KILLED AND INJURED Four-Ton Motor Fell Forty Feet ITpon the Wrecked Car and Cruahed the Helpleaa People. Bridgeport, Conn., Ang. 8. Nearly 40 persona were killed by an accident on the Stratford extension of the Shel ton Street Railway Company at 4 o'clock today, when a loaded trolley car went off the trestle over Peck's millpond at Oronoque, about six miles north of Bridgeport, and aank in the data 40 (eet below. Thus far 86 per sons aie known to ba dead, and eeveial more injured. Only two persons are known to have escaped unharmed. It is believed that there were 48 paasengera on the car, but the indicator waa removed by a con ductor of another car and spirited away, so that at present it ia impossi ble ti say accurately the number aboard. The scene of the accident ia midway between Shelton and Bridgeport. The car waa nortbbonnd, running toward Shelton. The trestle ia 440 feet long, made ot iron, with atone foundations, and waa not protected by guard rails. South of tbe tieatle is an incline down whioh the oar ran on the trestle for about 10 feet, the trucks' left the rails. Tbe car continued on the tiea about 75 feet, when it went off the trestle and dropped into the pond below, overturn ing and completely upending. When tha oar struck, the font -ton motor and the heavy trucks crashed into it, instantly, killing many of the passengers. Three physicians, who were passengers on a car a short dis tance behind, arrived quickly and ren dered all possible assistance to the in jured. Word waa sent to Bridgeport and three ambulances and a poiieo wagon were hurried to the scene, and the injured were taken to Bridgeport gen eral hospital. A morgue waa impro vised in the main room of the town hall at Stratford, and in a very abort time 28 bodies were laid out awaiting identification. . DROWNED IN GROUPS. Dlanater to Maine Kxooralonlata nt Mount Iteeert Ferry, Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 8. A score ot persons were killed today by the collape of the gangplank of the Mount Desert ferry. Seventeen were drowned and three died from the terrible exper ience of immersion in the water and in juries while atruggling for life. The Maine Central today i an excur sions to Bar Harbor from all sections of its line in Maine, tbe attraction be ing the warships whioh were expected today. All the morning long trains packed with exaurBlonists were rushing to Bar Harbor. When the excursion from Bangor ar rived at the ferry there was a rush for the steamer Sappho. The first few pas sengers had crossed the gangplank Bafe ly, and it Is estimated that 200 people were massed on the plank. Suddenly they felt the plank give way, and a struggling, screaming mass of human ity waa plunged into the water, IS feet below the wharf. A few clung to the inclined sides of the plank, but at least 160 were struggling in the water. The piling of the wharf partially penned them on three sides, and the boat lying at tbe wharf closed the outer end ot the opening. After the first moment of stupei fac tion the work of reacue began. Ropea and life preservers were thrown to the crowd, but in the panio the people in the water clutohed one another and many aank in groups in a deatb grip. The exact numbei ot dead will not be known for some time yet, as a strong tide sweeps nnder the pier, and the bodiea may have been carried away away by it. YAQUIS PREPARED FOR WAR. It Will Take the Mexican Government n Long Time to Whip Them. Austin, Tex., Aug. 8. A special re oeived here today from Terrazas, Chi huahua, Mexico, which ia located near the scene ot the Yaqui uprising, ia to the effect that the Indians are arrang ing for a prolonged war. The special Bays: "It ia going to take the Mexican gov ernment a long time and a big torce of troops to quell the rebellion. The Yaqnia are better prepared now than ever before for a long and bloody cam paign. They aie all well fixed finan cially, nearly all of them having aaved the $200 per head whioh the Mexican government paid them when tbey signed the treaty of peace two yeara ago. Tbey have been making since then, too, and it is known to be a fact that they hava been laying in big sup plies of arms and ammunition for some time past. It baa been common talk among the American prospectors in the Ynqui valhy that the Indiana were pre paring for another outbreak, bnt as the bravea had always shown a friendly spirit toward the Americana, it was thought they would not molest them when they did go on the warpath. They are determined to recover all ot their loat country, however, and will kill everybody they find within tht limits of their old possessions." Tbe speoial also reports that a num ber of miners and ranchers in and near Cocori had been slain and their property laid waste. Senor Grullan aays that Hereaux's assassination was essential to datively of country from despotism. He also taya that the murdered president was friend of Spain in the late war.