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OREGON VOL. XVI. 8T. HELENS, OREGON, FKIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1899. NO. 35. rm MIST. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKKHH ticks fhom thr wikbs An Iiiteroatlng Collection oMteme Hi Two llemlaphores Preaented In n Oondanand rarm. A movement In mi foot lo form un spotting whlaky triiHt. Cjniet Imn been ti'l(iri!il In Cavelund, luil the stilke Ik "till on. Thirty thousand Finns will foim oolony In Newfoundland. . Former Governor W. Y. Atkinson, Of UeOlgin, (lied Hi No win II II. A woman nl noble birth died in a hovel In Chicago, Up to tliu last "lie refused nil f von. Cuvaliy horses for Manila will I taken via ll't) Alutiun island! anil Jaiuiii lo allow runt. Encouraged by the movement In oth er cltiea tli nieaaauger hoya ol Buffalo, N. V., nia on a alrike. A tank oar loaded with naptha ex ploded In a tunnel near ftnnersut, Ky., wrecking a triiln of 80 vara. A Washington kiipcIiiI anyi llltiaheii are getting it II mi hold on Cuban Mail ml American capital in alow. Carlisle, Ky.. wiia visited liy liall mi II Ion dollur lire, whio!i deatroyctl neaily the entire bualnoaa poitinn. A Chicago man baa been taken With a fit ol laughing mihI la unuttlo to check It. Ho la unconscious, but continues to giggle. J. 0. Hlldcbrand, an advertising so- lioitor In tlio tun ploy of the Portland Oregoulitu, full from veranda and met with instant iluuth. The coronei'a jury haa found that the online of tlio Bar Harbor catastro phe waa due to inauflluiuiit conslruo tion of tlio firry alip. Ambassador Choate aaya there will ba no war over tlia Alaakan hounilary dispute. Negotiations are alwaya alow lo such matters, but are impressing. Aguinaldo haa appealed t the pnw era for recognition of "Filipino lode- liendenoe" In a document dated Tar Ino, July 117, and liguod by liiioncanii- liio. The Canto Dimiluao rebels bare taken possession of bajnlKin, driving the garrison before tneiu. The foreign population and llaytiuii eutiaul have luft the plana. A broken flang-a on a wheel caused wrack on the Southern 1'uiritlu near thm Palo, Cal. Engineer Kurd and Fiieinan Wood were acalded to death Two olhtira weie earioualy mid a uum ber allKhtly Injured. An Eastern syndicate will butld a lailway 262 miles in length in Mexico. Tioopa A, D and M. Third cavalry will embark (row Seattle for Manila. The New Yoik Sun la badly tied up by the etrike of the printers and stereo typare. The new Ka m on n treaty will not be- eoniH effective until rati tied by the poweii. Catholica and friethinkera Indulged in a riot iu Spain and a nooibor were injured. In a race riot livo negroes and one white man woie wounded at Green vllle, a U During the examination ol the niel doaalai the Urityfua court will ait lo aecret session. Marahal de CBiiipna, president of the senate, predicts a miuiatuilal urlali in Spain in November. An American la to be tried In Japan tor murdering three people. It la the first cute under the new treaty. Dewey will next go lo Henna or Nice. He reluaea iHWttively lo diamine any publlu uueationa. He waa banqueted by the Italian vice-udiiiluir. Preaidnnt MuKinley will he Iu Chi. (nun during the fall featival iu Goto- ber, and will pintioipate iu the laying of tlia cornet itoue of the now tedural building. The Lake Shore A Molhigan South in Railroad Company haa plaoed an order witli the Brooke Locomotive Wotke for 16 10-wliecl pasaengai an ginal, to bo delivered a aoou aa poaal ble. The returning Samonn comniiaalon era any that an agreement lo the prea ent form of government haa been eigned by the chiefa from all trihea and factions, among whom thore area nam- bei of intelligent men. The litoatlon in Santo Domingo ll uriia. Tiiiee thouniid aohhera ate iiiider arnii to pievent an hiauirection and aimed iteameia aie patiolling tlie ooaat. Tho intotior la leported quiet, but buaineai oontinuui depieiBed, The hoavioal bntterlea yet placed on any naval vessel in the world will bo carried bv the OeoigiH, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the new battleship! authorized by tho last oongiesa. If the nuirestiona of Kual-Aduilial U'iNUI tire carried out. During the fiioal year of 18U7-8 the United States sold I3U.U00 worm o typewriters in Mexico and 1 8,000 worth In Argentina. .1. P. Brvant, the Durrtwoll (Ky. millionaire, owm the largest straw berrv oatoh in the world, .llcovei 1,700 aores and haa made his fortuno, In Kansas since 1859 every year end Ing with the Hgme 8 has beau a great oorn year, whilo every year ending with a ntnlier baa shown a failure of LATER NfCWS. Manila ll soon to have an loo-mtiklna hint. The ameltorniou'i union in Colorado as declared tho all Ike oil. M. f.lkhm 1. ullflrimv fit. nrnuftia wua tint down while going to court at ItllllllOS. Paul do Ronleda, a French deputy, win arroated at Paili for conspiring to tiveithrow the government. lllockudo of the island of Lnr.on may he uucoHsary to aiippro-ia illegal Hading between Filipino liiaurgenta. Whan the now reglmenti now form ing have been filled, It ia said Heure- tiny Itoot may ask for more volunteers to relievo those who have served in tropical countries. The llrltinh commander. Percy fit. John, di-nli-s most emphatically having criticised Miijor-Uonnriil Otis, and do- iiouncea tho purported Interview aa a faku of the woist kind. Cohinol Mint 'a colored troops have participated In their fiiat eiigageinent at the captota of Ban Mateo. Tbey he havod well, their leaders having diffi culty in holding them hack. An Arlmna meruit, while on a iproe in Denver, shot and killed two police men who had attempted to ariest him, Ho escaped and a ruwaid has been of' fered (or bia capture iluad or alive. Captalu A. II. Otis, of the First Washington volunteer infantry, has cleared himself of the charge of looting. His name waa forged to a letter, and efforti are being made to find the turgor. A Krattle dispatch aayi the reoent seizure of six Canadian fishing boats near Point Itoberta by the United Ktntei customs olllclals will probably be settled iu a duy oi so by the release of the boats. In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin, a great deal of damage was done by a atorio. In soino plaoes there was loss of I lie, due to lightning, and tho loss In crops and destroyed buildings leaches a heavy figure. Tho Americans have taken Kan Mateo, 10 miles north of Manila, Their loaa wai throe killed and IS wounded, including a lieutenant of the Twenty II i st infantry. Twenty-three of the enemy are known to have been killed. Government commissioners have el ected an agreement with the Crow In- liana, which will become a treaty when ratilied by congress. About 1,000,00(1 acres of land will he pur chased on the noilliern end of the Crow teservatiou from Fort Custer to yel low stone river and thrown open to set tlement. Tho transport Continental has ar rived In Kan Francisco from Manila. Kha narrowly missed a couple of ty phoons, and was ashore on a ooial reel where the entire ore barely escaped capture at tho hands of the Filipinos. One of the aailora waa killed by a part ing hawser, and one of the quartermas ters was stabbed by a colored cook. Cleveland striken blew up another cm with uitro-glyoeilu. Nobody waa injuied. An English torpedo boat killed the helmsman of a Fienoh fisherman who had come within the thiee-uiile limit. n the translation of words in the secret dossior the French court was of ten puxzled. Drey Ins helped them oat. Tho San Dominican rebels are meet ing with anooesa and the government is helplesa. The rebel forces luciease daily. The Insurgents wrecked the steamer Putiiruus flying tlia Aiuerioan flag. They seemed $100,000 in apecie and a cargo of genoral merchandise. A barkuener at Wallace, Idaho, knocked a woman down in a dancehall. lie was shot and killed by a soldier who witnessed the man's biatatity. England will send more Hoops to the Transvaal, and will not wait 25 years for ledreea. Secretary Chanibeiiam says the prosont state of affairs oannot be tolerated. A latter received In 'Frisco from Alaska assert! that the crew ot the Jessio wore murdered and robbed by Indians while they slept, and not d i owned aa at first reported. Two Cuban editori are on their way In Was i iiston to complain oi ine wronas ther suffored by being confined in a Cuban prison and later required to break stones on tho streets of Jla vana. At Canton. O.. Mrs. Edward Eckin- ger killed her husband and daughter with a shotsun. ami then put anouier chame through her own heart. Do mustio troubles aie supposed to have been tho oanse of the tragedy. In spite of denials on the subject, it ll said Piesident Koca, of Argentine republic, who la now in Kio Janeiro aa a guest ol Brnaii, ia uesirous oi negu tlnttnff an alliance between Argentina, ll, mil and Chile against the United Plates. A captain of a sailing vessel Jnst fiom the Philippine lias arrived in Vli-tnrla. The nantatn leveiely Mill oises the management of the campaign ..,.1 .. "Otis Is a ill If old man wun nut Icnowledue of tho necessities or the respomlbilities of his position, without ability to improve it, and the first ac tion of this government suouiu oe u recall." . Spain hai had 81 wan in the last 100 years. Ton ilmnaand lalooni have been opened in Cuba lince the war. The first cotton mill in Kansas will soon commence operatioul in nuiepenu enoe. The fratemitiei of the United Statei have 6.000,000 memberi. There wai a falling off of nearly 60 r...Mmt in the number Ol emrjeaiie uiente reported in the country last year. WEST INDIAN STORM Devastation Wrought by the Hurricane In Porto Rico. TUB DEATH LIST WILL BE LONG On Hundred Farsnns I'arlahad t Moot- arrnt fropartr I.usa Will Kna lute tha Mllllous. Ban Juan de Porto Rico, Aug. 13. A hurricane broke over the south coait and iwept northwest. There wai no abatement for nine hours, the greatest damage being done between 8 and 10 o'clock A, M. The wirea were down and communication with the Interior was for a time impossible. It is now chiefly oarriod on by couriers. At Han Juan four natives were drowned In the harbor; 80 bonnes where demolished and hundreds were unrooted. Tho damage to property is estimated at tMIO.OOO. Commissary itoiei to the value of f 50,000 were de stroyed. A dispatch by cable from Ponce, sent at 10 o'clock this morning, ays that the town waa almost de stroyed. Almost all the frame build ings are down, the bridge is swept away, and theie is no communication between the coast and the city proper. The damage to the Hirt is estimated at I3S0.000. Two natives aie known to have been drowned. The records and the property of the oustoms house are mined and all the veasles are ashore, At Abonito very little remains stand ing except tho cathedral and the bar racks. Four natives perished and three United Slates soldieis weie badly in lured. As the town is without pro visions, government relief has been dis patched thither. Kl Caney was leveled lo the ground, 200 bouses being demolished. Two United Htates soldiers wero injured there and lnanv eavalry horses killed At Catano. the entile plant of the Standard Oil Company was mined. The loss of the property is $200,000. At Bayauion, a majority of the houses were destroyed and tlio rest were flooded. Two hundred cattle were killed and the railroad was ser iously damage:!. The village of Caro lina waa literally razed. At Caguaa four poraoiri were killed. A courier who has just arrivea irom Humacao. capita) of that piovince, on the eastern coast of the island, reports wful destruction. The lose to the property is estimated at f 500,OUU, but this is the least item in the disaster. The conriei brought an official leport Horn Captain Eben Swift, of the Filth United States cavalry, who says: Iloina.'OH was tota'ly destroyed by the storm. Eight privates of troop U were injured, two fatally. Sergeant King, of the Eleventh infantiy, was injured. North, a discharged private, is missing. At the port ol Muiuacoa, 81 bodies hnve been recovered. Eight hundred people are itnrving here." Three persons were killed at LM Piedrna, and five at Junoo. Couiien from the other districts are anxiously expected at the paUoe. The steamer Blocitm, uaptain Thomas, euroute from Mayagueato San Juan, was caught in the storm, but her passengers and oiow wore saved through the heroism of Mr. Single, the flist olflcer. The coffee crop is mined and the loss ill teach millons. Very great injury haa been done also to the orange crop. No definite returns havo yet been re ceived from the southern section of the island, apait fiom Ponoe. It is certain, howevea, that the food suppliea in the Stricken districts have- been destroyed and in these quarters the quantity of government stores on hand is small. Itelief wagons will he sent tomorrow in various directions. Geneial George W. Davis, the governor-general, has cabled to the war department an appeal for assistance. Mnntaerrnt Uxvnstntod. St. Thomas, Aug. 12. The island of Montserrat, British West Indies, was oompletely devastated by a hnrri ne. All tho churches, estates and .llages are destroyed and nearly 100 jicraons killed. In addition, many are injured and rendered homeless. Terri ble distress exists among the snffeiers. Aa later advices come in it is seen that the first reports conveyed only a faint idea of the iiifferiiiga of the people and their doploarable condition. The ad ministration appeals foi help. At La Pointe-a-Pitre, island of Gua deloupe, immense dumnge was wrought, and according to a report not yet con firmed, 102 persons were killed. In the island of St. Croix, the largest of the Virgin islands, the destiuotion was appalling. It was chiefly wrought at the west end. where the smaller houses are a tangled mass of wieckage. Thirty-three persons were killed and the Inhabitants are in great distress. Yellow Fever Htnuiped Out. Newport News, Va., Aug. 12. The yellow fever epidemio is practically at an end. The quarantine established by the city against Hampton and vicin ity wbs raised tonight. The local quarantine against Norfolk will be laised Saturduy evening. The record of the acourge to date shows 43 cases, nf which 11 resulted fatally. Twelve cases weie dischaiged as cured, and 20 "nnvaiescents at the Soldiers' Home. Hrlekninkers' Strike. Chicago, Aug. 12. The bookmak ers' itilke has leached a critionl stage, and. from assertions made by the man ufacturers in answer to the deinanda of the strikers, it is believed a general tie uo ol building operations in Chi cago and a strike ot 60,000 ciaf'tamen ia imminent. A Frenchman haa invented a du plex piano, at which two people can play on different keyboardi at the lame time. AN APPEAL FOR AID. fiot Asks AasUtnnna for Porto Rlea Hnflerara. Washington, Agu. 14. The war de partment today took prompt measures for the relief of the hunicane sufferers in Porto liioo, When the press dis patches and Generl Davis' advicei made known the extent of the disas ter, steps were immediately taken to send supplies, and the transport Mc pherson waa ordered put in readiness to lail fiom New York at once. She will cairy grains and other necessaries. The secretary of war this afternoon sent the following appeal to the mayois of cities of more than 160,000 popula tion: "Sir The governor-general of Porto Rico conflims tha report that upon the 8th inst. a burroane iwept over that island, entirely demolishing many ol the towns, destroying many lives and reducing, io near ai he can estimate, not less than 100,000 of the inhab itants to the condition of absolute des titution, without homes and food. "Unless immediate and effective re lief is given to these unfortunates they will perish. Under these conditions, the president deems that an appeal should be made to the humanity of the American people. It is an appeal' to their patriotism also, for the in hah Hants of Porto Rico hava fieely and gladly submitted themselves to the goardinship of the United Htates and have voluntarily surrendered the pro tection of Spain, to which they were formerly entitled, confidently relying upon more generous and beneficent tieatment at our hands. Tha highest considerations of honor and good faith unite with the promptings of human ity to leqiure from the United Statei a generous lespouse to the demand ol Porto Hlco in distress. "This department has directed the immediate distribution of rations to the suffereis by tha army in Poito Rico, so far as it is within the power of the executive, but in the absence of any ap propriation we must lely largely upon private contributions. "1 beg you will oall upon the public- spirited and humane people of your citv to take active and immediate nieusurea in this exigency. The gov ernment transport MuPherson will be sent directly from the port of New York to Porto Rico to carry all sup plies of food which can be obtained, Further - transports will lie sent at fu tnre dates, of which pnhlio notice will be given. Any committee charged with the raising of funds will receive full information and advice upon comiuu tiicatiiur with this department. Youn reapectfully, EL1HC ROOT, Secretary of War." The war department today leceived a cablegram from General Davis, giv ing fuller details of the damage done in Porto Rico by the hurricane: "Later repoita show the hurricane was far more severe in the interior and southern pait of the island than here. Data fur an estimate of the number of Porto Ricans who have lost everything is deficient, but I am forced to believe the number on the island cannot fall below 100,000 souls and famine is impending. I ask that 2,600,000 pounds ot rice and beans, equal Tii quantity each, be immediate ly shipped on transports to Ponoe, and some here. Urgent appeals oome to all post commanders for food for the desti tute. Am I autboiized to relieve dis tress bv food issues? Rice and beans only are desiied. "There have been many deaths ol natives by falling walls. So far, only one soldier is reputed dangeionsly in jured. Several towns are reported en tirely demolished. As yet we have ie- porta from only four ports; complete destruction of all the barracks at two and at two others one company each had their barranks destroyed. No re ports yet come from the largest ports, but they were in the vortex ol the storm. At least naif of the people oi Porto Rico subsist entirely on fruit and vegetables, and the storm has entirely destroyed this sonroe of support. A report has been received at the war department from an officer at San Juan, Porto Rico, estimating that the numbei of killed amounts to 600. The same officer aaya a very serious condi tion ot affairs exists in Ponce. GIVE ENGLAND WARNING. Boers Ratting Forth the Bnormona Coal or llrltl-h Victory In Trnnavaal. London, Aug. 14. The Boer organ in London, the Standard, and 'Diggers1 NewB today published a Johannesburg dispatch threatening Great Britain in event of war, saying the Boers are de termined to wreck tho mines and irre trievably ruin the general body of shareholders by blowing tip millions of dollars' worth of machinery, adding that war will mean absolute ruin of Johannesburg, both as a town and min ing center, and saying: "Wlille It wiil doubtless end in vic tory for England, the price ot victory will be the ruin of thousands who ought to consider tho price they must pay before authorising the governmeu to declare war." Another Johannesburg dispatch pre dicts further concessions, and aaya: "The reply of Transvaal to the pro posal for joint inquiry la being delayed until the government has prepared a scheme granting Uitlandrei immediate and substantial representation, as the Transvaal will make every effort to avert intervention in the internal at airs of the country." Hollo, of Cllffdwellara. Loi Angeles, Aug. 11. Laden witn relics of the cliffdwellers, Rev. Dr, George L. Cole has returned from a journey to the ruined cities of South eastern Colorado and New Mexico. Valuable results were secured by exca vatious in an ancient communal dwell ing, as yet unnamed, which stands on tha cliff i ot. tiie Santa Fe river, 11 miles from Espanol. There were not less than 1,600 rooms in the larger building in its prime. It waa 240x800 feet. SOUTHERN MOB LAW Unusual Number of Lynch. Ings for One Day. FOUR NEGROES IN FOUE CITIEJ One Victim Taken From a Mlululppl Jail and Hancad, Wlthoo Official.' Knowledge. Port Gibson. Miss., Aug. 14. Bill Wilson, colored, was lynched here to day under peculiar circumstances. Last Tuesday Wilson wai arrested in Hermanville on a charge of assault. This afternoon the jailor, upon enter ing Wilson's cell, discovered the pris oner hanging to the county gaiiowi with several bullet wounds in hit neck -and shoulders. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of death by hanging and shooting by unknown par ties. The execution took place m quickly that none ot the officials knea what was going on. A Louisiana Lynching. New Orleana. Aug. 14. News of a lynching in Grant parish, La., has beef, brought out through the finding ot a negro's mutilated body in Naytcbal creek. The victim wai Max Singleton, who some days ago went to the house of O. V. Boyett, a planter, and asked-l for food of Mrs. Boyett, who wai alone in the house. She brought toot food to the front gate, when the negro order ed her to carry it tor him across tht road. Mrs. Bovett immediately ran into the field where her husband was at work. The details of the pursuit ol the negro, of his capture and execu tion, are very meager. Negro Fiend Lynched. : Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 14. Will Chambers, colored, arrested on a charge of oriminally assaulting the 14-year- old daughter of William Watson, waa lynohed near Bellhuokle at an early bour today. He was identified by hii victim, who is in a critical condition, Lynching In Georgia. Clem. Ga.. Ang. 14. Will MoClure. a negro, was lynched this afternoon for an attempted assault on Mrs. Georgi A. Moore, wife ot a respectable farmer of Carroll county. FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION Failure of Alexander McDonald, King of tha Klondike. Chicago, Aug. 14. A special to the Times-Herald from San Francisco says Alexander McDonald, king of the Klon dike, has failed. His liabilities an estimated at i6,000,000. His assets are of uncertain value. After know ing for two yean what it is to be a mil lionaire many tlmee over, he has shouldered his pick, and, without com plaining, has started again aa a poor miner, leaving his brioa in Dawson with a score of creditor! for whose ben efit all his interests, both mining and trading, bave been assigned, in nil formal declaration of insolvency, filed at Dawson. July 29, McDonald stated his liabilities to ba approximately 16,000,000, while there is no way oi fully computing his assets, aa his in vestments are of largely problematical value. Aa tbey will have to be sacri ficed, MoDonald himself says there will not ba enough to go around, al though he believes their ultimate valne will prove $20,000,000 at least. He is not at all disheartened, by ba sudden change of fortune. Indeed, he appears relieved. "It's too much worry," he declares, "to be a millionaire." MoDonald wai one of the oral, aa wen as one or me moat fortunate of the Klondike pio neers. Ilia bride, an English girl, al most 20 years his junior, looks at tha situation with philosophical fortitude. She sayi she is quite satisfied as long aa he keeps his health and courage. When MoDonald married Margaret Ciiishoim in London. February 6 last, his wealth was variously estimated at from $10,000,000 to five times that mm. McDonald passed through Taco ma last Ootober en route from Dawson City to London, and it was stated then in various dispatches that he carried with him for expense money fully $3,000,000. It waa also related by the press that tout years ago he passed through Taooma practically penniless, headed for the Klondike with the avowed pnrpose of "pulling out hii stake." When MoDonald went to England, . few monthi ago, to oiganize a syndi cate to oontiol the transportation and provision business ot the far north, he left his affairs in the hands ot incom petent agents. On hie return, credit ors made demands which he could not meet Before going to tiie Klondike, McDonald prospected in Colorado. Crop Failure In Ruaeia. Washington, Aug. 14. The state de partment has received a report from Consul Henal, at Odessa, Russia, stat ing that the failure ot the orops in many province! In European Russia ii mitclr more serious than is generally admitted. ' Energetio steps hare been taken to meet the situation. The famine districts are divided up and th government is acquiring knowledge of the failure in the several distrlota. War Preparation In India. Bombay, Aug. 1 4. r Preparations art about . completed for the dispatch of 12,000 trrops to South Africa. A number of transports are in readiness in Indian waters, and in tha event of war troops will be embarked simultan eously here, at Karachee and at Cal cutta. All the sawmills in Coos county are running steadily and on full time, witir the exception of the Empire, mill. whioh, it ii hoped, will start up. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. In 1898 there were 68 Saturdays, a fact of Interest to those having to pay weekly wages. A slot machine concern in Youngs town, O., says that its profits last year on 200 machines was $16,000. While the turkey's natural life it only 10 years, tha goose some times livee to 60 years. The chances at birth that a baby will eventually marry are nine in 20, or rather less than one-half, Thia result may item surprising, but it is largely accounted for by the great mortality of persons under marriageable age, espe cially of infants op to the age of 6. Dentists in Germany are using falsi teeth made of paper, instead of porce lain or mineral composition. These paper teeth are said to be very satisfac tory, aa tiiey do not break or chip, an not sensitive to heat or cold or to tha aotion of the moisture of the month, and are very cheap. A Russian officer has been making experiments, with very successful re sult, in the use ot falcons instead of pigeons as carriers. It seems tiiat they can fly very much faster. A pigeon coven 10 or 12 league! in an hour, whereas a falcon can do 16. It can also carry with ease a fairly heavy weight. ' A German doctor who haa been col lecting information about tha habits of long-lived persona,. finds that ha ma jority of those who attained old age indulged in late hours. Eight ont of 10 persons over 80 never went to bed till well into the small hours, and did not get up again till lata in the day. In 1898 vessels to the number of 7,624. with a tonnage of 6,265.659 tons, passed through the Chicago river. In 1888 the number was 10,158, and the tonnage 3,990,921. Vessels using tba Calumet harbor in 1S88 numbered 412, with a tonnage of 818,000 tons; in 1808 theie were 16,662 veseia with a tonnage of 3,208,870 tons. Protect Oar Food. The doctors inform us that alum is a poison, and that alum baking powders should be avoided because they make the food unwholesome. Prominent bygienists, who have given the matter moat study, regaid these powders as an evil that should be suppressed by tate action. In Minnesota and Wis consin alum powders are not permitted to ba sold unless they are branded to warn consumers of their true character, while in the District of Columbia the authorities have nnder the direction ot congress, adopted regulations to pro hibit the use ot alum in bread alto gether. Are not the people of other states, as well as those of Minnesota and Wis consin, entitled to warning of a danger whioh is apparently menacing them at oloae hand, and is not the whole coun try entitled to absolute protection, as tha people ot the District of Columbia are protected, by legislation which ii entirely prohibitive? Until we can have protection in tba form of a statute, how can our state boards of health, state analysts or food commissions better serve the public than by publishing in the newspapers from time to time the names of the baking powdera which they find to be made from alum? Meantime, it will aid the housewife in designating the alum powdera to re member that all powders sold at twenty-five cents or less per pound are of thia dangerous olass. Pure cream of tartar powders are usually sold at from forty-five to Hit? cents a pound. Ghurkat and Flying Fl.h. Three men of the Fifth Ghurkas were trained by experienced Swias guides one with Lieutenant Bruce in. the early '90s, and the others with Sir Martin Conway in 1894.' Good-tempered, cheerful, keen and full of fun, they became general favorites wherever they went. They, on their part, thoroughly appreciated the kindness with which they were treated, and their wonderful and delightful exper iences in Europe still afford an end less topio of conversation. The little Himalayans were intensely Interested in everything they saw, the sea and the ships proving a source ot delight. Flying fish, however, they oonld not at all understand. To suoh great weilders of the rod this mode of piscine locomotion seemed most improper. One of these fish having fallen on board of the ship, was immediately pounced upon by Karbir and Amar Sing. Be ing asked what their friends In the reg iment wonld think when told that fish could fly, the Ghurkas naively repl.ed that they hadn't tha slightest inten tion ot mentioning the fact, aa their reputations for veracity were at pres ent good, and, should they try their comrades' credulity with this travel en tale, no one would believe a word they might say for the rest ot their service. Blackwood's. Not Hard to Fit, New Girl Please, mum, while you're down town would ye be so kind as to order me a pair o' shoes? Mrs. De Style I er I do not know your size. New Girl Nor I, mum; but I think if ye get them about the size ot yours, they'll do. Mri. De Styles (hesitatingly) Dq you think you could wear them? New Girl Oh. yes. mum. After new shoes ii wet they ihrinka. N. Y. Weekly. " Bummer Coatuialng. "I don't believe in girls a-dressin in stiff clothes durin' the hot weath er." said the adipcee eldeily lady with tha large diamond earings and finger rinaa at the boarding-house breakfast table the other morning. "I make my two daughters dress in negligent cos tomes all summer, no matter wheie thevre Boin." "Mawl" said her daughter, wainlngly, from the othet Ida of the table, and the fox terrier nan turned a fit out In the basement yeatibule. Washington Post, LAB0R1 SHOT DOWN Dreyfus' Lawyer Ambushed at Rennes. WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE COURT Two Men Rnahed Oat ot a Harrow Lao and Fired at Hlra From a Kevolver, Rennes, Ana 15 Two men am bushed Maitre Lebori, counsel for Dreyfoa, and one shot was fired. M. Labori fell in the roadway. He is still alive. Maitre Labori left his house alono for tha court at alioot 6 oclook thia morning. His residence il situated in the suburbs of the town, about a quar ter of an hour's walk from the Lyoee, the route being along a solitary road beside the river Vilaine. He had reached a point half way on his journey when two men, who had evidently been lying in wait for him, rnshed out of a narrow lane and one of them fired a single shot from a revolver. The as sassins were only a couple of yards be hind their victim. The bullet struck Labori in the hack. The wounded man ottered an agonised cry and fell flat on hia face. Tha assassins immediately Bed through the lane from which they had emerged and both escaped. - At 7:80 o'clock it was announced that the bnl let had entered the atom ch; that there waa no outward bleed ing and that the physicians believe that M. Labori will die from the wound. SAW OUR DEFENSES. Britleb Officer Inepeet Columbia River Fort. Fort Stevens, Or., Aug. 15. The officer in charge at thia post received sn August 2 a dispatch from the secre tary of war ordering bin to meet at Astoria Colonel Lee, military attache )f the British government, convey him to and show bim through the fortifica itoua ai the mouth of tba Columbia. In obedience to thia order, the govern ment transport George H. Wendel waa promptly dispatched to Astoria, and, returning, lf.nded Colonel Lee and hia escort at Fort Stevens early on the day mentioned. Later, accompanied by the officers of this post, Colonel Lea went through tlia fortifications recently completed, both on the Oregon and Washington shores, the latter at Scar borough head, now officially known aa Foit Columbia, and the lormer consti tuting the new defences several hun dred yards west of old Fort Stevens. With his visit to these lor 1 1 heat ions, Colonel Lee completed tba inspection of all of the principal coast defense! ot the United States, except those at the Presidio, where he went direct from here, and which ha has doubtless in spected before this time. He paid a very high compliment to the work here, both as to the engineering and constructive skul displayed, and waa no doubt duly impressed with the power of the formidable disappearing guns mounted behind and Within the solid walla of masonry to command the en trance of the Columbia river. ,. Whether he will make any. use ot the information thus specifically gained, for the benefit of hia country, depends urxm the always possible event of war. It is certain that he ia supplied with sufficient data to make auoh informa tion ot great value in such a contin gency. WILL BE FAILURES. Hurricane will Serloudy A Bert Ink nee on tha Island. Ponoe, Porto Rico, Aug. 15. Al though the disasters which fotlwed the hurricane have not been over-estimated. tire people are peaceul and endeavor ing to make the best of the situation. Dead bodies are buried where they are found. Food suppliea are being dis tributed and repairs to bridges and roada are being pnshed forward nnder military supervision with payments to workmen daily. It is gathered from intei views witn merchant and plant erB, soma of whom owe European houses, that there will be numerous failures. The steamer Australia, with cargo, was wrecked during the burricane'on the southeast coast and the VaBco on the north coast ATLIN MINERS' CLAIMS. Canadian Kxclualon Act Ha Cauaed Them to lou lO.OOO.OOO. New York, Aug. 14. A special to tha Tribune from Washington saya: James Hamilton Lewis, of Seattle, vis ited the state department today to lay before it the complaint! of some Amer ican miners in British Columbia for whom he is counsel. They claim that they located a number of claims and developed them nnder the British Co lumbia law and that afterward a law was passed excluding them from the Dominion. Canadians came in and took their mines. The Americana estimate their loss at about $10,000,000. There will be other claims for damages, making the total about $25,000,000. Mr. Lewis wants the claims arbitrated with other pend ing matters before the joint high com mission. - . - Croaaed Uoinlnlcnn Line, Cape Haytien, Aug. 16. Twelve hundred insurgents today crossed the Yaque river under fiie of mitrailleuses. Iu the eugagment the government forces lost 18 men killed, but theie were no fatalities among tha insur gents. A dispatoh from Banlca announce! that the entire proivnoe of Neyba ia ready to rise in favor of Geneial Jim inea. Geneial Torribo Garcia ia ex pected from Cuba to asanma command f tha revolutionarv movement. . tlia corn orop. ...