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VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1899.
NO. 44.
EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKItSK TICKS FROM TUB WIEKS
Aa Interesting Collactlun of Items Prose,
the Two Hemispheres Presented
in a Condensed form.
The exeontive committee of the peo
ple's party haa indorsed the platform
adopted at the meant democratic state
convention la Massachusetts.
Whim the cruiser k Now Qsloans
reached tli Now York itavy-yard, It
was found that she wag to dilapidated
that it will require several months'
work to put her iu a seaworthy ooudl
tlon. It ii learned that United States Miu
Inter Loom! haa ln officially in
formed that the negotiations for peaco
In Venezuela are progressing, and that
Uie government . troops have been or
dured backward.
At the Lennox Athletic Cluh, New
York, Eddie Pantry, of Chicago,
knockod out Bon Jordan, featherweight
champion of England, after a Utile less
than two minutes in the 10th round of
very brink fight.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Vanderilp ha issued an order antici
pating the Novoniber interest, without
the discount of two-tenth of 1 per cent
per month. If thii offer in taken it will
release about 80,000,000.
Kx-Clty Treasurer C. L. Funk, of
Pueblo, Col., waa ahot and killed by a
highwayman while going to the depot
to take a train for Cripple Oeck. Ilia
pockotbook waa taken, but contained
only a ainall amount of money.
The Canadian government haa siir
veyora In the Held re-surveying the old
Kuaaian-Ameriean telegraph line from
near Anhcroft, li. C, to the Yukon
country, with a view of establishing
telegraphic communication with Daw
on.
It la rejiorted that at the coming ee
" aion of parliament the formal announce
ment will be made of the rxlm of
Delagoa bay and surrounding territory
In Portuguese East Africa to Great
llrltAln. Tho price la aaid to be $ 10,
000,000. The standard Shoo Machinery Com
pany, hat (Hod articles of incorporation
at Trenton N. J. It ia being organ
ised for tho purpose of consolidating
practically all of the important makera
of shoe manufacturing machinery in
the country. Its ol.jovt in to control
the ahoe trade of tho world.
Captain Hugh McGratli, Fourth cav
alry, who is reported to havo been seri
ously wounded iu tho battle nf Novo
lota, P. I., waa stationed at Vancouver
poet for some mouths, in command of
troop E, Fourth cavalry, and accom
panied it to Kan Francisco when tho
regiment was ordered to Manila.
There is a big stampede of miners
from Dawson to Ca(e Nome,
Tho First Washington volunteers
have arrived at San FranciHoo.
Tho medical department of the army
considers Vancouver a desirable place
for a sanitary hospital.
The Unltod Status transport Newport
has arrived at Kau Fiaucisoo, 88 days
from Manila. She has 4(15 mem!ers
of the volunteer signal corps aboaid
and 18 civilians.
t A cablegram to the war dojtfirtmont
.from General Utis states that the trans
port Indiana sailed from Manila with
48 officers and 018 men of tho Teunos
see regiment. The rogimont left no
sick.
The steamer Cottage City, from the
North, has among its passengers Sena
tor Slump, who has spent several weeks
In Alaska, visiting various points for
the purpose of obtaining information
relative to future legislation for Alaska.
President Calloway, of tho New York
Central railway was before the indus
trial commission to give testimony, re
lative to the question of railroad trans
portation. He favored a pooling law,
and advocated the prohibition of the
present brokerage system.
A riot provailod in the barracks of
company L, of tho Klghth infantry, at
Fort Snolllng. With only a dozen ex
ceptions, the company was locked In
the guardhouse, The trouble arose
from a charge of roblwry prof erred by
Corporal Fonuer against Privates Stout,
Kelly and Brazllle. They had been in
St. Paul on a spree.
Captain Cope, of the steamer Ameri
ca Mant, which left Yokohama, Sep
tember 27, reports the trannport Tatar,
with the Kansas boys aboard, sailed
two daya ahead of him, and shonld
reach here tomorrow, He thinks he
passed the Tartar Saturday night in
the fog, but he is not suro.
The Maxim-Nordenfoldt Gun & Am
munition Company, Ltd., of London,
has shipped two six-gun batteries of
mountain guns to Manila. They were
inspected here prior to shipmout by
Captain George W. Vanduson, First
United States artillery, who will follow
the guns Thursday. The ordnance is
of the latest pattorn.
Ten thousand oarpuuters have struck
In New York.
While a typhoon was raging a train
was blown from a bridge into tho river
near Utsnmomya, Japan. Six persons
were killed and many injured. Great
damage was done to property and crops.
Chief of Police Conrade, of Alamoda,
Cal., ahot and killed one of throe burg
lars who were attempting to rob the
jewelry store of A. O. Gott. Chief
Conrade was shot through the neck,
tut not seriously,
LATER NEWS.
Boston gave Dewey a watch during
th mitral . - I . ...
i.uiu ouuiriainment mere.
,ru,,MU inrimnu uy tne nnrning
of the steamer Nutmeg State at Lung
Mnntuna and ITbhu.
" ubuimi iiruujis were
entertained at a rousing reception at
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... m i , vnt.
Chicago is making arrangements for
the entertainment of Admiral Dewey
during next month.
Tho navy department hat substituted
the Hanger for the Badger as one of the
reinforcing fleet of the Philippines.
Visitors to the Yellowstone Park for
the season Just dosed numbered 8,150.
Many forelgnera were among the tour
ists. The steamer W. P. Ketohan ran
down the little schooner Typee in Lake
Huron. The Typee was instantly sunk,
and four of her crew were drowned.
A street oar filled with 48 passengers
collided with a passenger train on the
Santa Fe road at Dallas, Texas. Half
of the passengers were hurt, three
fatally.
Hie strike of the machinists em
ployed by the Canadian Pacilio has
euded, the officials of the road having
oonsented to meet a committee of the
machinists and arbitrate.
The Unverslty of Pennsylvania foot
ball eleven was defeated by the Carlisle
Indians by a score of 10 to 5, on Frank
lin Held in 25-mlnute halves. The In
diana won because they played the bet
ter football.
The sultan of Turkey was drowned in
the Bospborus, and the drowning is
believed not to have been accidental.
Several ladies of the harem are suspect
ed of complicity with members of the
young Turk party.
The Boers captured an armored train
from Kimlterley to Vryburg, killing
three British soldiers and wounding a
captain. All the othe-s on the train,
except the engineer, wore taken prison
ers. The engineer escaped.
The transport officials at San Fran
cisco, expect that five vessels will sail
for Manila within a week or 10 days.
The Tartar and the Manueuse will be
the first transports ready. The Olym
pia and Pennsylvania may go to Port
land to take on troops there.
A decision of great importance in
bankruptcy cases has been handed down
by Judge Jenkins in the United States
circuit court of appeals, at Milwaukee,
Wis. The court ruled that a judgment
secured against an insolvent person
within four months preceding the filing
of bankruptcy is void.
Diplomatic relations between Great
Britain and the Transvaal government
have been broken.
The first steamship of the Portland
Manila line will leave the latter port
about December 1st.
Peace negotiations in Venezuela have
failed. A decisive battle letwoen the
government troops and insurgents is
expected this week.
The Twentieth Kansas regiment has
arrived at San Franoisco. The occa
sion was celebrated in Topoka, Kan.,
by a big demonstration.
Preparations for receiving the First
Washington volunteers at Seattle have
been completed. An entertainment
fund of $12,000 haa been provided.
With a detonation that was felt in
towns many nillea distant, two of the
powder mills of the Aetna company's
works near Millers, Ind., blew up.
Two employes are missing.
One of the most serious car famines
ever recorded exists among the big
railroad terminals in Chicago. Several
of the roads report that the congestion
of business haa assumed the proportions
of a blockade.
The forest fire which has raged for
two days on Mount Tamalpas, Cal.,
threatening the towns of Millvalley
and Larkspur, and many costly conn
try residences, has been extinguished
by a timely rain.
The Transvaal Official Gazette con
tains a proclamation call lug upon all
burghers domiciled outBide the repub
lic to present themselves forthwith for
service, falling which they will be
fined, imprisoned, and their property
confiscated.
In the event of wax between Great
Britain and the Transvaal, as a result
of the Boer ultimatum, orders have
been cabled to the cruiser Montgomery,
which was last reported at Pernam-
buco. directing her to proceed to Dela-
goa bay and co-operate with the consul
at Pretoria in the protection of Ameri
can interests.
Dispatches from Manila .announce
that Captain Woodrtdge Geary, of the
Thirteenth infantry, was killed in ao
tion. Captain Geary waa an Oregon
boy, and went to West Point, from Cor
vallis. He served throughout the Puer
to Kioan campaign, and last spring was
transferred to the Thirteenth and sent
to .Manila.
Major George O. Webster, U. 8. A.,
retired, is dead at Fort Sheridan, from
the effeots of a fever contracted in the
Philippines a few months ago, while
commanding one battalion of the
Fourth infantry. Major Webster was
an old Indian lighter, and saw active
service with the Fourth infantry in
Cuba and Luzon.
Tnn ornntast dividend paver among
the Cripple Creek mines, ia the Port
land. Its latest dividend ia $ 60,000
for September, and it has paid stock
holders to date the sum. of $2,877,080.
uin 1 net wiill. at nrosent coin-
Vnvtwu ' ' - -
nf tha Norfolk navv-vard. has
JUMUunwv v. - - -
been ordered to command the Chicago,
which will be Admiral ticnieys nag
,.i.t n n, Month Atlantic sciuadron.
The dotail was made at Captain Rock-
well's request.
BOERS DECLARE WAR
A Large Force Has Crossed
Into Bechuanaland.
THEY SEIZED A BAILH0AD TRAIN
authorities at Mafeking Eipeot an Out
break at Any Momant-rliurghcrt
Invade Capa Colony.
Johannesburg, Oct. 14. War waa
formally declared at 10 o'clock this
morning. .
Tha lluert' Plana.
London, Oct. 14. When the cabinet
meets at noon today, it is evident the
Boer advance will be in full awing.
Judging from present appearances, the
Boers are preparing for a simultaneous
Invasion at five separate points
Lalng'a Nek, Kimberley, Vryburg,
Mafeking and Lobatsi. Therefore it is
almost Impossible to guess the plan of
campaign.
A dispatch from Durban, dated Thurs
day morning at 8 o'clock, announces
that the Boers seized Albertina station
and demanded the keys, which were
delivered to them by the station-master,
who reached Ladysmith on a trol
ley cor. The excitement at Ladysmith
is increasing, and the troos are ready
to act at a moment's notice.
Crossed Into Capa Colony.
London, Oct. 14. The Free State
burghers, according to a private mes
sage just received, have crossed Orange
river into Cape Colony and have occu
pied I'hilipetown. Their object, it is
supposed, is to cut the railway at Deer
Junction, which is considered an im
portant strategic point. According tc
a dispatch from Cape Town, It is as
serted there that the Boers have ar
ranged with Chief Linchwe, a promt
ncnt chief of the northwestern border,
to take np arms against Great Britain.
English Moved Too Lata.
London, Oct. 14. A dispatch from
Mafeking, under today's date, says Col
onel Baden Powell has just sent a
strong British force from Mafeking to
ward the border with field guns and
ambulances, presumably with a view
of occupying advantageous defensive
high ground. The movement at Mafe
king this morning is held to indicate
that he is not prepared for sharp fight
ing, but probably expects it at that
point.
Bechuanaland Invaded.
Vrybnrg, Oct, 14. A body of Boers
have cut the border fence, advanced to
the railway and cut the telegraph wires.
Two thousand Boers are now occupying
the railroad line.
Armored Train Destroyed.
Cape Town, Oct. 14. A dispatch
from Vryburg says that an armored
train has been destroyed. It is feared
that much loss of life resulted. The
news has been unofficially confirmed.
Mafeking Expects an Attack.
Mafeking, Oct. 14. Half a battery
of artillery from Kimberley has just ar
rived. Police at outlying stations have
been ordered to concentrate within the
town limits.
Natal Reserves Called Out.
Durban, Oct. 14. The Imperial re
serves in Natal have been called out.
Everybody has left Chorlestown. The
Fifth dragoons arrived this morning
from India, landed immediately and
at once proceeded to the front.
Boers Mined a Bridge.
Lrenzo Marquea, Oct. 14. Informa
tion has reached here that the Boers
have mined three piera of the bridge
at Komati port, on the Komati river.
Boers Occupy Latng's Nek.
London, Oct. 14. A special from
Ladysmith Bays: The Boers occupied
Laing's Nek the moment the ultimatum
expired.
Streaming to the Natal Border.
Volksruet, Oct. 14. President Kru-
ger'a son and grandson, as well as half
the members 01 the jraiievaui legisla
ture, are now at the front. Men arriv
ing here report that the Boers are still
streaming from the different points to
the Natal frontier, many who have been
refused by the enlisting officers going
on foot.
Murdered His Wife.
San Francisco, Oot. 14. Ellen Rich
ardson was shot in the head and in
stantly killed by her husband, Charles
Henry, in a saloon conducted by the
woman on Howard street late last night
during a quarrel between the two.
The murderer was caught with the
weapon still in his hand and taken to
prison.
Americans Burned Alive.
Marquette, Mich., Oct. 14. Willis
Magnrie, formerly an attor.yy at Mar
quette, now of the mining istrict of
Sonora, Mexico, has written that his
two mining partners, Ham soy and Mil
ler, undertook to work and prospect in
territory overrun by Yaqui Indians,
were captured and burned at the stake.
niorteotnn 111.. 14. Rraoni corn
haa advanced to S100 ton. This is an
advance of $30 in 10 days, and as
three-fourths of this year's crop is al
ready out of the farmers' hands, the
price ia likely to go higher.
Temporary Alaska Boundary.
Tiwlnn Oct. 14. Sir Louis Davies.
fAnrirlinn m inlater of fisheries and ma
rine, will confer again tomorrow re
garding the Alaskan question with the
secretary of state for the colonies. Sir
Louis todoy informed a press represen
tative that the temporary line upon
which it is expectod an agreement will
be reached will be a mere tentative
measure for the purpose of preventing
local friction while the negotiations on
the main question are in progress.
DOWN IN CAVITE.
Oeneraf Rrhwan's Kspedltlon Aeeom
pllshes Its Object.
Manila, Oct. 16. General Schwan's
expedition, having accomplished its ob
jeot, the troops ore all returning to
their former positions, abandoning the
towns taken.
General Schawn Is en route from
Peret Desmarimas to f.nus with the
infantry, whllo the artillery and cav
alry and all mnle teams aro retracing
thoir route from Malabou to Bacoor,
with tho signal corps removing the
wires. Gcnreul Trios, with the organ
ized bodies of insurgents, retreated to
Billing and Indao, at the base of the
mountain.
In Cavlte province the scene of the
hottest fights and their great successes
over tho 8panlurdn, the Filip?ma might
have been expected to make a resolute
stand, if anywhere, but after their
whippings at Covite Viejo and Novo
leta, their tactics consisted chiefly in
a continuous exhibition of their agility
and their transformation from warriors
to amigos.
The marines, while reeonnoitering
about the scene of Sunday'a encounter,
find that the trenches have been already
reoccupicd, although the enemy mani
fested more than their usual willing
ness to retreat before the Americana.
At Malabon, the Americans corralled
200 or 800 natives, supposed to be
fighting men. A few of them were
caught with arms in thoir hands, but
large numbers were found in hiding,
drenned in khaki, like the American
nniforin. A majority of them were in
the garb of amigos, but they are sus
pected of shooting at the troops from
houses, a growing habit, which flour
ished throughout the advance whenever
small parties of Americans strayed
from the main body. The prisoners
are a white elephant on the hands of
the Americans.
SHOT HIS RECREANT WIFE.
Ballet Intended for the Man Who Was
In the ltoom With Her.
Oregon City, Or., Oct. 16. A.
Brooks, of Canemoh, who la employed
in the paper mills, returned home un
expectedly between 11 and 12 o'clock
last night and found Frank Freeman
and Mrs. Brooks together in the house.
He shot at Freeman with his revolver,
but missed the mark and one of the
bullets entered Mrs. Brooks' abdomen,
perforating the intestines and lodging
against the hip bone. Dr. Carl ex
tracted the bullet, but says the woman
cannot live. Freeman was arrested
this afternoon, charged with assault
upon the woman, and was bound over
to the circuit court.
Brooks says he found Mrs. Brooks'
younger sister in the front room with
Pat Freeman, and in the rear room
found his wife and Frank Freeman.
Tie fired four shots, two hitting the
body of Mrs. Brooks. He further says
he has been carrying a pistol for a
month, expecting to return home at
midnight and find Freeman with his
wife, bnt he did not muster enough
courage to return until last night.
Freeman's father and two brothers
were drowned nearly two years ago by
accidentally going over the falls in a
row boat. The Brookses have only
resided here a short time.
- LED INTO AMBUSH.
German Expedition Massacred by Na
tives In Southwest Africa.
Liverpool, Oct. 16. The stcamei
Niger, which arrived today from South
west Africa, brings news of the massa
cre of Lieutenant Guise, German com
missioner, at Kio del Rey, near Old Cal
abar river, on the bight of Biafra, and
also of Herr Leemeyer, a German
trader, together with 100 native sol
diers and carriers, constituting an ex
pedition formed by Lieutenant Guise
to qnell disturbances near the Crosi
river, which forma the boundary be
tween British and German territory.
A native chief was taken as a guide,
bat he led the expedition into ambush.
He waa promptly shot when the Ger
mans received a volley. They fought
courageously, but were outnumbered
and Blain. The nativea then looted the
neighboring factories and murdered the
native employes, after which they
crossed Into British territory. Two
British traders, who were warned, had
a narrow oecape, managing to get down
the river in a canoe and to reach Kio
del Rey, where they found only a soli
tary German official and a half dozen
blaok soldiers.
Great excitement prevailed at Rio del
Rey when the Niger left, September 27,
as it was thought the natives might
come there. News has been sent to
the Camerons, from which point a Ger
man relief expedition could be dis
patched. -
Coneinaugh Arrives.
San Francisco, Oct. 14. The trans
port Conemaugh arrived here today, 88
daya from Manila. Fifty-seven sol
diers who deserted from the Newport
came home on the Conemaugh. Among
them were 15 men of the Fourteenth
infantry, 7 of the Third artillery, 18 of
the Fourth cavalry, 2 of the Twenty
seoond infantry, and 1 each of the
Thirteenth, Twentieth and Sixteenth
infantry.
Civil Rule for French Colonies'.
Chicago, Oct. 16. A special to the
Chicago Tribune from Paris says: The
cabinet today voted to place all French
colonies under civil authority and to
abolish all military administration.
Activity at Halifax.
Halifax, N. 8., Oct. 16. The mili
tary officers here are active on account
of the Transvaal situation. Lord Sey
mour has issued an order for all the re
serve men in and about Halifax to be
prepared to shoulder guns and go to the
Cape if neoessary.
New York, Oct. 18. The committei
for the perpetuation of the Dewey vic
tory arch iu marble has received pledget
of $100,000 toward carrying out thf
purpose
CAPTURED A TRAIN
Boers Ffred Jnto It Witli
Artillery.
PIFTERf KJilTlSH WERE KILLED
Boer KoporUd to nave Sr-Oared SeTeral
Kapolso at Mafeklng-Frea
sHata Seises a Train.
London, Oct. 16. An Kdinburg pa
per, tho Scotsman, asserts that a bat
tle has taken pWe between General
Sir Goorge Stewart White, commanding
the forces in Natal, and the Boers,
who entered Natal by way of Van
Ueenan's Pass. General White, the
Scotsman says, is very sanguine of tht
luccesii of the British movement.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegrapt
from its correspodence at Ladysimth,
dated at noon Friday, says:
"A strong mobile column under Sir
George Stewart White, accompanied by
General Sir Archibald Hunter, proceed
ed before daybreak thia morning toward
Acton Homea for the purpose of reeon
noitering. General White's object was
to observe what was going on and also
to test the mobility and efficiency of
his forces. All the men are well and
the weather is fine."
According to dispatches from Lady
simth to the Standard and the Daily
Telegraph, dated Thursday, heavy
tortus have begun and forage is scam
on the veldt. General White haa 12
guns and the Boers 11.
The Daily Mail's Cape Town corre
spondent says:
"I learn on good authority that the
Boers are attacking Mafeking. They
are reported to have already suffered
several repulses. It is generally ad
mitted that Vrybnrg cannot stand a
strong Boer attack."
The war office has received the fol
lowing dispatch from the general com
manding the Cape forces:
Cape Town, Oct. 16. An armored
train from Mafeking escorting two
seven-pounder guns sent from here to
Mafeking was attacked last night at
Kraaipon. Apparently a rail had been
removed. The train left the track, and
the Boers fired into it with artillery
for an hour and captured it."
The Ladysmith correspondent of the
Times soys:
"A subsequent reconnoisance shows
that the invading force from the Free
State numbers approximately 12,000
men."
Glencoe, Oct. 16. It is reported
that the Boers have crossed the border
at Ingogo, and that the Free State gov
enment has taken possession of the rail
way to Van Reenan, and seized a Natal
government train.
Plan to Trap Agulnaldo.
New York, Oct. 16. A special to the
Herald from Washington says: While
General Sen wan is engaged in scatter
ing the enemy in Cavite proivnee, Gen
erals Lawton and MacArthur are mak
ing preparations for an important
movement to the north of Manila.
General MacArthur and Lawton will
proceed to the north in the hope of
trapping Aguinaldo and his forces be
tween the three columns.
General Schwan's movement to the
southward of Manila is merely in the
nature of a demonstration, and for the
purpose of scattering insurgents who
have intrenched themselves in Cavite
province, the home of Aguinaldo and
the nest of the rebellion.
Situation In Bechuanaland.
London, Oct 16. A notable change
in the position of affairs is the presence
of the Boers at Martiboga, 45 miles
south of Mafeking, which seems to in
dicate that they are endeavoring to get
Colonel Baden Powell between two
fires. The gravity of the Boer ad van or
can be better estimated when it is real
ized that they will thereby out tht
railway and telegraphic communication
to the north, isolating several British
positions which must be speedily re
lieved. Four Thousand Perished.
Amsterdam, Oct. 16. A dispatch to
the Mandetsblad from Batavia, capital
of Java, says a violent, earthquake haa
visited the south side of the island oi
Ceram, next to the largest of the Mo
luccas, betwoen Booroo and Papua,
completely destroying the town of Am
hoi and killing instantly some 4,000
people, as well as injuring some 500
others. The dispatch says details of
the disaster have not yet been obtained.
Wireless Telegraph In Hawaii.
San Franoisco, Oct. 12. The steamer
Australia arrived from Honolulu today.
Among her passengers was Frederick J.
Cross, who visits this country to confer
with Marconi, the inventor of wireless
telegraphy, regarding a system of wire
less telegraphy which is to be placed
in operation among the islands of the
Hawaiian group.
Canada's Contribution.
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 16. At a meet
ing of tha cabinet today, a decision was
reached to send 1,000 Canadian sol
diers to South Africa as Canada's con
tribution to the British force now fight
ing the Boers. This is double the
number of troops asked for by the im
perial government.
An American IU-Treated. s
Cape Tewn, Oct. 16. No newi of
fighting has yet been received. It is
suggested that . with a view oi retain
ing the good will of the Easuetos, tht
authorities shall not press for payment
of the hut tax.
An American citizen has sworn to an
affidavit before the American consul
here, in which he states that he haa
been subjected by burghers of the Free
State to great ill-treatment. His limbs
bear marks showing the effects of the
treatment he has received.
COLORED LAND HOLDERS.
Coming Census Will Show a Large lay
. ereasa Especially la tha South.
The report sent forth by the state
officials of Virginia that their records
of assessment and taxation show a
large increase in ownership of land
amongst the colored people, presents
gratifying conditions which the census
officials know to bo common to all the
Southern states.
The Virginia report mentions thai
the records do not show the full, and
perhaps not half of the increase in
land ownership amongst the colored
people for the reason that great num
bers of them, having meager capital,
are compelled to buy farms on land
contracts. These contracts call tot
deeds when the payment of purchase
money, which is made in installments,
shall have been completed. While
the installments are pending, the title
is held in the vendor as a part of his
security for the deferred payments.
Thus the rea' possession is not repre
sented in the records, though the cose
is practically like that of property
which is mortgaged.
Chief Statistician Powers, of the di
vision of agriculture in the census,
who has made a thorough study of the
question of tenure, has prepared
schedule for the twelfth census which
is intended to cover the cases men
tioned. The enumerator will be in
structed to report as owners all home
steaders who have not "proved np" or
whose final proofs have not been re
corded in fact all actual occupants of
public lands and persons who have
bought land on contracts for deeds; and
those who have been foreclosed but are
holding over for redemption.
If the enumerators shall carry out
these instructions, the twelfth census
will present a fuller exhibit of small
ownership and of land ownership
amongst the colored people than has
hitherto been available.
Tenure is to be taken in the cenus
in a manner to show not simply the
number of persons who own farms,
work farms on shares, or lease farms
for a cash or other fixed rental, but to
show all the conditions of ownership
and tenure according to race and color.
In the case of land bought on con
tract, the element of duplication will
have to be guarded against, as some
vendors, still retaining title to land
which they have sold but which is not
wholly paid for, may report it as still
their own.
The intention of the census office is,
however, to give such instructions to
enumerators previous to beginning field
work, that the elements of omission or
duplication shall be brought to a mini
mum. Statistics of ownership and tenure,
derived as they frequently have been
heretofore, from the county land rec
ords, do not convey accurate impres
sions. Thousands of deeds of sale and
transfer, land contracts, partition
deeds, sequestrian papers, final home
Btead proofs, etc., are held in the homes
of the people unrecorded. The census
officials expect, in the schedules now
adopted, to avoid practically all of the
deficiencies which these conditions pre
sent in the land records, and to be able,
at the opening of the twentieth century,
to make a comparatively perfect ex
hibit of land tenure by counties and
color in all the states.
A STRINGENT FOOD LAW.
Prohibits the TJse of Araeale or Alum la
AU Articles of Diet.
The law enacted by the Missouri leg
islature, a copy of whicU was recently
published in our columns, and which
prohibits the manufacture or sale of
any article intended for food or to be
used in the preparation of food, which
contains alum, amnio, ammonia, etc,
places that state in the lead in the mat
ter of sanitary legislation.
Laws restricting the use of alum in
bread have been in force in England,
Germany and France for many years.
In this country, in Minnesota, Wiscon
sin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and
several other states, direct legislation
in reference to the Bale of alum baking
powders has also been effected. In
several of these states their sale is pro
hibited unless they are branded to show
that they contain alum, and in the Dis
trict of Columbia, under the laws ol
Congress, the sale of bread containing
alum has been made illegal.
Following are the names of some ol
the brands of baking powder sold in
this vicinity which are shown by re
cent analysis to contain alum. House
keepers and grocers should out the list
out and keep it for reference:
Baking Powders Containing AInmi
K. C Contains Alum
Mint, by Jaques Mfg. Co. Chicago.
CALUMET Contains Anlm
Manl. by Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chicago.
HOME Contains Alum
Msnf. by Rome Baking Powder Co., 8. F.
WASHINGTON Contains Alum
Manl. by PactSc Chemical Works, Tacoma.
CRESCENT Contains Alum
Msnf. bv Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle.
WHITE LILY Contains Alum
Msnf. by D. Ferrers A Co., Tacoma.
BEE-HIVE. Contains Alum
Manl. by Washington Mfj. Co., San Francisco.
BON BON Contains Alum
Men), br Grant Chemical Co., Chicago.
DEFIANCE Contains Alum
Manl. by Portland CoBee A Spice Co., Portland.
PORTLAND . .Contains Alum
Mant. by Beno A Ballls, Portland.
The housekeeper should bear in mind
that alum makes a cheap baking pow
der. It costs bnt two cents a pound
while cream of tartar costs thirty.
The quality of the powder is therefore
usually indicated by the price.
When your cone-seat chairs begin
to wear out mend the break the beet
you can by weoivng in cords, or, if
very bad, replace with a piece of can
vass securely tacked on; put on a gen
erous layer of cotton batting or curled
hair, and cover with a piece of any
kind of upholstery goods, an embroid
ered pattern, crazy patchwork or a
large "log-cabin" block. Finish the
edge with furniture gimp, and fringe
if desired. The back my be finished
with a similar panel.
WRECK OF LADRADA
Beached on St. George Island
in Behring Sea.
HAD AN EVENTFUL PASSAGE
Luckily Ho Lives 'Were Lost and Com
paratively Little Discomfort
- Cama to Passengers.
Seattle, Oct. 17. By the United
States revenue cutter Corwin, which
arrived here tonight, survivors are
brought of the steamship Laurada,
which lies a wreck in Zapadine bay,
St. George island.
The Laurada, Captain Frank White,
left Seattle September 12, for Cape
Nome, with a crew of 48 officers and
men and 20 passengers. She carried a
full cargo of general merchandise, hay,
lumber, 86 head ot cattle and 180
sheep. She encountered rough weather
from the start, and just before 9-o'clock
on the morning of September 80 waa
driven by wind and current into shoal
water in Active pass, but after a brief
detention she resumed her voyage. Be
ing loaded deep, the heavy aeas broke
over bow again and again and by the
time the open sea waa reached it had
become ao serious that she was forced
to turn back and take the inside pas
sage to New Metlakahtla, where 80( .
tons of lumber and 50 tons of coal were
pot ashore. Thus lightened, she pro
ceeded to Dutch Harbor, which waa
reached September 25.
At Dutch Harbor 80 sheep were
landed. The Laurada left Dutch Har
bor September 26, encountering con
tinned stormy weather. On Septem
ber 27 it waa discovered that a leak
had been started forward by the pound
ing of the aeaa. This increased rapid
ly, and soon it became evident that the
pumps would not much longer keep
the vessel afloat. She began gradually
to settle. The only hope of aafety lay
in reaching the Fribyloff or Seal is
lands, the northernmost of which,
St. George, is barely 225 miles from
Dutch Harbor.
At 2:30 P. M., September 28, Cap
tain White, after having skirted the
eastern shore of St. George island, and
finding it impossible to make a aafe
landing, ran the now sinking Laurada
ashore in the shallow waters of Zapa
dine bay. The fire in the lower grate
had been by this time extinguished by
the rising sea waters, and the stokers
were wading in the fire room up to
their knees.
On this side of the island are two
small frame salt houses used for the
storage and curing of sealskins by the
North American Commercial Company,
which haa a lease of the island from
the government. The smaller of these
was vacant, and the crew and passen
gers of the Laurada moved in. Pro
visions and . other necessaries were
taken from the ship. All the livestock
was successfully landed. !
It was on October 3 that the cutter
Corwin, Captain Herring, which had
left St. Michael for Seattle and San
Francisco on September 80, sighted
the signal of distress flying from tho
mast of tho Laurada. Captain Herring .
consented to receive the passengers and
crew and convey them back to Dutch
Harbor. The third mate of the Lua
nda waa left on the island to protec
the ship and cargo from being taken
possession of as a derelict, and six pas
sengers remained to care for outfits
they were unwilling to abandon. The
Corwin 's store of provisions was re
plenished from the abandoned vessel,
and the ratter made sail for Dutch
Harbor, with a total of 135 persona on
board, arriving in the afternoon of
October 4. Here the Laurada'a passen
gers were provided with blankets and
made as comfortable as possible. The
mail carried by the Laurada waa also
brought back by the Corwin, and will
be forwarded by the next available
steamer north bound. It is probable
'a relief expedition will be sent from
here as soon as possible.
Among those left at Dutch Harbor
are the wife of Captain Brown, of the
Yukon river steamboat Oil City, now
at St. Michael, and the wife and child'
of Minor Bruce. An entire printing
ontfit for a newspaper at Nome is in the
cargo of the wreck.
The Laurada was built in Great Brit
ain and became famous shortly before,
the outbreak of the late Spanish-American
war as a filibuster and successful
blockade runner.
Fair-Craven Suit.
Son Franoisco, Oct. 16. Charles L.
Fair has filed an amended answer to
the petition of Mrs. Nettie R. Craven,
who asked for an allowance of f 5,000
a month out of the late Senator James
G. Fair's estate. The answer declares
that the alleged marriage contraot on
which Mrs. Craven bases her claim is
a forgery, and in the main reiterates '
statements formerly made by the de
fense. Woman Bangs Herself.
Roseburg, Oot., 16. Mrs. Rondeau,
aged 20 years, wife of G. W. Rondeau,
committed suicide about 2 o'clock this)
morning at a wood camp near Rose
burg. The coroner's jury ' found that
she came to her death by hanging her
self by the neck to a tree, and no blame,
is attached to any one.
General Shafter to ha Retired.
New York, Oct. 18. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says: Tha
retirement of Generat Shafter from the
regular army October 16, promises to
lead to the promotion and retirement
of at least five colonels aa brigadier-'
generals and to .open the way for the
president to recognise the conspicuous
achievements of two staff ooloneb,
Lawton and MacArthur, by making
them general officers of th line,