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. .
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