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VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1899.
NO. 46.
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EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome of the Telegraphk
News of the World.
TKRSK TICKS FROM THK WIRES
an Interesting Collection of Item Fron)
the Two Hemisphere 1'r.Hit.d
la Cooden.ed Form
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Til Burgher aro mid to hav secured
the services of 18,000 native. .
Prolongation ol war beyond Itrltlub
expectations la now suld to be certain.
' The navy deiuu-tmcnt i to give Mar
conl'a wlrelu telegraphy a practical
test.
England will expect tlio Boers to
pay the coat of war when tlio euil
COIIle.
The government of Venezuela has
been turned over to Castro, who seems
to be very popular.
United States army oflloorg have
Imn wmt to Honth Africa to watob tlio
progress of the war.
A Chicago enndymau hat confessed
to the police that he linn 42 wlvei In
different parts of the world.
Fifteen alnk men of the Iowa regi
ment are now in the general hospital
at the Presidio, Ban Francisco,
Russia ha at lust agreed that the
clulm resulting from the seizure ol
goals in Uohrinif sea shall be arbitrated.
: Ho Ho la itirred by the expectation
of impiirtaut righting. Volley aro be
ing tired at the Amortuail outposts
nightly.
Colonel John I). Yates, one of Gun
eral Sherman's main supports in the
famous niaivh to the aea, la dead at
Ameslmrg, Out.
The battleships Texas and Indiana
re to go out of commission, aa the
officers and men are needed In the
1'htllpplnw. Othera may follow,
A Berlin dispatch says telegram
fnim Brussels announce that' in the
Tranivaal luxation circle it la stated
that France and Russia will not per
mit the annexation of the Trunsvaul
and Orange Free State to England.
' At Atchison, Kan., two robbera shot
nd killed one man and wounded an
other in atore, which they later rob
bed. Thny were pursued by a posse
and they shot and killud a policeman
and another man, both member of the
pursuers.
Canada ban made a uow proposition
(or rmancnt settlement of the Alaska
dispute. She attain ask for arbitra
tion on terms similar to those ttnK)iie!
liy the United State and Great llritatn
over Venezuela. Fifty year of occu
pancy la considered conclusive evi
dence of title, She In willing to Klve
up Skagway and Dyea, but wants Pyra
mid Harbor,
i The revolution at Colombia is spread
lug. President Kroner la reported aa In
favor of unconditional surrender.
Insurgents in Southern Luxon at
tacked Calamba, but were driven off.
v F.voleth, Mluu., In to be moved tc
make room for miuiug operationa ou
the town alto.
William II. Ilrown rode 1,000 mllea
wheel lu Hi hours, breaking the rec
ord by seven hours.
William Wilklc, aged 10, was killed
by Charles Cheliu in Chicago, aa the
result of a prizefight.
The British losses In Natal iu three
days' fighting are laid to have beer,
nearly 600 killed und wonudvd.
England'a newspaper must here
after look to the United State and
.Canada for their paper pulp.
German carp found In the Columbia
and Wilauiette rivers in great numbers
will be frozen for foreign shipment.
Thieve entered the postofllce at
Albany, Or., through a tunnel and
roblwd Die vault, securing about f M0.
The remains of Lieutenant-Colonel
Miley, Shaffer's chiof ailo, were
brought home on the Senator. . He fell
a victim to fevor in the Philippines.
Change In ranks of naval ollloera
have made it necessary to give Sampson
and Hchlcy loss advancement than
would have been given ont last sesHion
of congrosa.
Montana waa visited by a disastrous
anow storm, the woret In 20 years.
The Iom of life Will exceed 20 persona
In Teton county, and 20,000 sheep per
ished lu the storm.
A soonting party of the Thirty-sixth
volunteer encountered inaurgenta in
southwest Santa Arita, scattering them,
killing six and capturing eight, and 10
rifles. No casualties.
A cablegram has been received at the
state department from United Stutea
Consul Oudger, at Punuma, stating
that an Insurrection ha broken out
there, and that martial law has been
declared.
Itatos, Lawton and Fnnston hove re
ceived deserved appointments. Hate
haa been made major-general of volun
teers, Lawton brigadier-general in regu
lar army and Funston haa beeu given
reappointment.
One hundred years ago It was consid
ered a wonderful achievement for ten
men to manufacture 48,000 pins a day.
Now three make 7,600,000 plus in the)
name time.
It la complained that the blacksmith
of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth
how lack ol Interest in the operation
of the horseshoe' license law. The
members of the craft iu Duluth wore so
disinterested that they conceded Ihoir
vacancy to the board of examine to
Minneapolis.
LATER NEWS.
Tho PVer loss at Eland's Laagto was
ou Kinen ana 04 wounded.
John Itarrett, ex-United Rtate mtn
later to Slam, la locturiug in the South
Klght men were buried alive by
cave-in on tne laaoella mine at Cripple
uiecK, uoio.
President McKinloy and Secretary
Long attended the launching of the Shu
brick at Richmond, Va.
The Twentieth Kansas volunteers
have been mustered out. They left for
Home on apodal train.
Uolonol Hav thinks the Vnlilna trail.
an all-A-aerican route to the Alaskan
gold field, suitable for a railroad.
Agents of the Transvaal government
are in Chicago seeking to enlist Amer
icana for service in the ranks of the
lloera.
With inipresslvo military honors the
body of General Guy V. Henry was
burled at Arlington cemetery, Wash'
lngton.
The move for the Increase of the Ger
man navy waa made by Emperor Wil
liam In person, and aa yet is whol!
uuHuported.
The Fourth Infantry, 1,200 officer!
and men, has left Fort Riley, Kansas,
for San Francisco, en route to the
Philippine.
A circular Issued by the Ohio repub
Ucan state executive committee, sollO'
iting contributions from federal em
ployes hu been declare by the civil
service board, contrary to law.
According to the latest report from
Cape Town , General Joubort ha joined
hand with the Free State forces, and
there haa been some outpost lighting,
President Kruger has arrived at Glen
coe. Michael Hatal waa killed while per
fAnnlng a feat of magic In catching
bullets in bis teeth, at New York.
Leaden bullets had been substituted by
some one for the usual "dummy" arti
cle. General Fitzhiigh Lee, while visiting
in Washington, said in an interview
that the Cuban people are ateadily im
proving under the exiating protectorate
of the United States, but fare not yet
quite ready for purely Cuban govern
ment. A desperate atreet fight between
meiiilx-rs of a Tennessee colony recently
located at North Salem, Ind., and citi
toni of North Salem, resulted in the
instant death of one man and the fatal
wounding of another, and minor injur
ies for many others.
The Secial correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail at Ladysmith, describe!
the arrival of the war balloon there.
It was welcomed, he said, with wild
dances by the Kaffirs, who regard it at
a deity. General White and General
Arohilutld Hunter both ascended and
reconnoitored the enemy's position.
A national billiard association may
soon lie in the field.
Washington Is said to be the most
productive of the Fanning group ol
Islands.
It is rumored that A. D. Clarke, an
Englishman, may try for the cup to gel
even with Lord Dunraven.
Colonel Frost aays the stories ol
American soldiers looting churches If
absolutely false. He praises Otis.
The university of Oregon will play
football against the university of Cali
fornia at Berkeley campus November 18.
St. Louis' world's fair is to be s
great one. The fund has already
reached f 1,000,000. The total amount
aimed at is 5,000,000.
The White Star steamer Germanic
collided with a barge near Liverpool
and was seriously injured. She will
not sail for New York this trip.
Reverend MoKinnon asserts that
General Luna, the rebel chief killed by
Aguiualdo'a orderly, had killed his
wife and mother-in-law in Paris and
fled.
A Paris dispatch says Russia haa no
interest in Kruger's people or their lit
tle renuhllo. and will not Interfere.
Germany is said to be friendly to the
English.
A irlant brass combine is beine
formed which it is stated will comprise
all the plants in the Naugatuok valley,
Connecticut. The main omce win ue
in New York city.
TIiaIQ TJnunlun men-of-war in the
Pacific will shortly be reinforced by
six Bhips from the Eastern squadron.
'I'hu ltnrlin IWeblntt sees in this a con
nection with the rumors of the China-
Japanese alliance.
Rnnrntarv Lons will make a recom
mendation for but a limited inorease ol
tha nnw iuvv in his forthcoming annual
report. Ho will devote most of hit
energies to urging abolition of limit ol
cost in the construction of battleships.
Herr Hopeff, ex-treasurer of the Al
bert Verein, a charitable organization
mt,lr Dm nntronase of the kins and
queen of Saxony, was sentenced to im
prisonment for four yea ami nint
months for misappropriating 250,000
marks of the society's funds.
At Paris, Mo., the grand jury re
turned an indiotment for murder in the
tit i,..,r,A mrniiiHt Alexander Jester,
on the charge of murdering Gilbert
Gates, son of a Chicago millionaire, m
years ago.
"It begins," says Tin and Terne,
"to look as though Andorson and El
wood are to be the tinplate centers ol
manufacture in the West."
The union cigar-makers of Tampa,
t.--i.. 1.....A nnfnrnad a demand that
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cigar factories be scrubbed and cleaned
once a month.
There are upwards of 1,000,000 ship
pers of produce in the United States,
' j u i i, !!.,. ,.,,1 that. Imm t.hnir nuiki
aUU 16 W UCitwvo ... .
strong national organization can b
framed. ,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE
Annual Report of Commit
sioner Hermann.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SURVEYS
Itoeomniondatlou ftogni-tllii; the For
as Brvs of tlie North wast
Charg-a for Orasln;.
Washington, Oct. 28. The annual
report of Commissioner Hermann
mukes the following estimates for sur
veys for the coming year:
SO towiiililua In Central tud Wcitcrn
Or(on 70,00
Oi-cunleil l.ndi In Wahllifton SA.uoO
Public land. In lilsha IUu.iMi
Mluerftl monument. ... v 6 UK)
tiuiidurlit survey. In Ala.kn. 103,472
Of its entire grant, the Northern Pa-
cillo has now received 21,718,268
acres, and 14,851,832 acres are still
due.
A the department now considcro that
it has no authority to oxpeot payment
for sheepgrazing privileges ou the forest
reserves, the commissioner recom
mends that congress authorize the sec
retary to make a reasonable charge for
such grazing, tlio grazing to be con
fined to open areas. It is rocomioendod
that from 8 to 10 cents per head for
cattle, and 1 to 2 cents pur head for
sheep be charged In the Cascade re
serve, and at the rate of $5 per thous
and in Kainler rosorve in Washington.
He argues that so lou as tho millmen
and lumber doalorn pay a fair price for
timber supplies drawn from publio
lands, there should be an equal charge
levied upon the grazing products of
auch lands, anil hopes that legislation
to this effect will be early enacted.
When the geological survoy has ex
tended Its surveys over the reserves,
and the lands more valuablo for agri
cultural than for forest purposes have
been segregated, the commissioner
thinks a better disposition can be made
for the exclusion of sheep from the re
serves, and if it shall be held that no
teep shall graze on any reserve, the
ricultural or grazing lands should
first be eliminated entirely from the re
serve.
Among other things the commis
sioner recommends legislation term it-
ting lands within forest reserves to be
rented or leased for any purpose not
Incompatible with the purposes for
which the reservations aro created,
He also desire legislation permitting
too entry of lands within the reerva
tions more valuable for coal than for
forest ases. A larger force to push
more rapidly the work of examining
the remaining unreserved forest lands
is asked for, which could be secured
for $900,000, and $160,000 is asked for
additional special agents.
Other recommendations are for the
compulsory attendance of witnesses at
land hearings; to prevent the mining
and sale of coal during the lifetime of
a coal declaratory statement, or until
full payment is made for the land; for
changing and enlarging the Mount
Kainler National Park; that a general
v be enacted which shall repeal
imerous conflicting and undesirable
statutes respecting timber on unre
served lands, and in their stead make
due provision for the protection and use
of timber on such lands.
The report shows a grand total of
929,308,068 acres of unappropriated
and reserved pulbio lands in the United
States.
VANDERBILT'S WILL.
Its Provlalnus Mad Public-Alfred 0).
t Now Head of (ha Homo.
New York, Oct. 28. Tho provisions
of the will of the late Cornelius van-
derbilt were made publio tonight in a
statement by Chauncey M. Depew.
Alfred Gwynne Vandorbilt inherits the
larger portion of his father's fortune
and becomes practically the head of the
Vanderbilt family. Tho will mokes no
mention of the marriage of Cornelius
Vanderbilt, jr., and Miss Wilson, nor
to any quarrel between father and son
because of the union, but apparently
the father's displeasure was visited
on the eldest son, ho receiving, all
Id, under the terms of the will, but
11,600,000, and $1,000,000 of this to
be held in trust by the executors. Al
fred Gwynne Vanderbilt is, of course,
the residuary legatee, and will possess
a fortune of probably $-10,000,000 to
$60,000,000. Gladys, Reginald and
Gertrude (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney)
will receive about $7,600,000 cacfi.
But Mr. Depew states that Alfred will
give from his share enough to Cornelius
to make the latter as rich as nts Drotner
and sisters. Alfred will, therfore, turn
over to Cornelius about $0,000,000.
. Suppoaad to Ba Aitdraa' Men.
London, Oct. 28. Tho Times pub
lishes a letter from Itear-Admiral Cam
pion, summarising a story received
from his nephew, now at Fort Churoh
hill, Hudson bay, which says some
Eskimo traders up north sonio time ago
shot two white men, supposed to be
long to the Andree expedition.
Spanish Guuboat Halted.
Washington, Oct. 28. Admiral
Watson has informed the navy depart
ment that the Spanish gunboat Arayat,
sunk May, 1808, in tlie 1'usig river, has
been raised. The boat is in fair condi
tion, and will be repaired.
Itrtimby Gets a Sword.
day paid tribute to her ranking hero of
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tlie BpaniBn-Amencau war, r lag juieu
tenant Thomas M. Brumby, of the
Olyrapia, by the presentation of a hand
some sword, in recognition of his note
worthy services at Manila.
c.,tt nf Alva, in Southern Illinois.
i ,L. V. ...... n nMMifluld nf flic wnrlft
IB LIU, lUiuuai . .. .
It will give this year 600,000 bushels
of corn, an average of 100 bushels to
the acre. ..,.
BURNED AT SEA.
De.trnotlon of the George B. Stetson OS)
the t'oa.t of Formo.a,
San Francisco, Oct. 80. -Mrs. P. W.
Patton, the wife of Captain Patton,
whose vessel, the American ship George
B. Stetson, was burned at sea off the
coast of Formosa about two months
ago, haa just arrived here, and tells a
graphic story of the destruction of the
vessel. She was the -only woman
aboard.
"I did not understand at first when
the alarm was given, " said Mn, Pat
ton, "but a moment later my husband
came into the cabin and told me to
hurry and clothe the baby and myself
for a trip in an open boat. By the
time I was clothed and reached the
deck, the flames had got aft as far as
the mainmast, and the rigging almost
above my head was all ablaze.
"The longboat was in the water long
side with eight of the crew. Just a
I got Into the boat there was a loud
roar and the skylight and roof of the
cabin were lifted off by an explosion of
the gases that had formed in the room
aft. A moment later the whole ship
was a mass of flames, and as we pulled
away the mainmast fell. A few min
utes later there was a sudden roll, and
the ship went down.
"Two days and two nights we were
In that boat. About noon of the sec
ond day we saw land and that evening
we landed on the little island of Ti Pin
Tsen, which was taken from the Chi
nese by the Japanese during the recent
war. We landed at a small village of
the natives and the babv and I were
the greatest curiosities the natives had
ever seen."
The George B. Stetson was bound
from Portland, Or., for Tien Tsih, with
a cargo of railroad lumber, in com
mand of Captain Patton. She had a
crew of 20 men. On the evening of
September 10, off the east coast of For
mosa, smoke was discovered coming up
out of the forepeak. Captain Patton
tried to rally bis crew, but they were
panlo-stricken, and paid no heed to dis
cipline. The boats were launched to
save them from burning.
From the island the survivors of the
Stetson went to Nagasaki in a small
Japanese steamer.
Ia.peotlon at Vaneonver.
Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 80. Tele
graphic orders from the adjutant-general's
office in Washington were re
ceived today, directing the military
authorities of this department to re
ceive no more recruits for volunteer
service.
The Thirty-ninth regiment, United
States volunteer infantry, and two
oompanies of the Forty-fifth, recruited
here, were given general inspection to
day by Captain Henry P. McCain, as
sistant adjutant-general, department of
the Columbia, who was appointed in
specting officer for this special purpose.
The inspection was thorough in
very detail of camp and field service
and equipment.
Two hundred and fourteen pack
mules and 80 men arrived here today
from St. Louis. The mules are intend
ed for use of the army in the Philip
pines, and will be sent on the transport
Lennox from Portland.
Rivera Dl.mlMed.
Havana, Oct. 80. General Rios
Rivera, ex-civil governor of the prov
ince of Havana, whose withdrawal
from the governorship was reported
as a resignation, denies that he re
signed. He says he was dismissed,
and that he does not know upon what
grounds the dismissal was ordered.
Ho admits that he had recently re
marked that he would resign in the
event that at least one of the three
nominations he had made to publio
offloe was not approved, but he attrib
utes bis dismissal to the direct in
fluence of Senor Domingo Mendos Ca
pote, secretary of state in the advisory
cabinet of Governor-General Brooke.
Me Took Tax Money.
Eugene, Or., Oct. 8a Deputy Sher
iff H.J. Day has been found to be a
defaulter to the amount of a little more
than $2,100. He went to Portland
last Friday on business, and tele
graphed his wife from Portland Sun
day, that he would be home Tuesday.
Sinoe then nothing has been heard o
Win.
A reward of $100 has been offered
for his arrest. His defalcation is a
great surprise to his friends, as he has
always been considered trustworthy.
The money taken waa tax money col
lected in the past two months.
XHsappearanee at Sea.
Washington, Oct. 80. News was re
ceived at the war department of the ar
rival of the hospital ship Belief at Ma
nila. She reported the disappearance
at sea, between Guam and Manila, of
Lieutenant Robert D. Carmody, who
went to Guam with a marine battalion
on the Yosemite, when Captain Leary
Was sent ont as governor to take posses
sion of the) island. There are no details
of the occurrence. It appears Carmody
was taken aboard at Guam,-presumably
siok, and on orders home, or else on
furlough. It is thought possible he
may have jumped overboard while de
lirious. Missouri at Port Said. '
Port Said. Oct. 80. The United
States transrjort Missouri, with a laree
quantity of medical supplies and a
number of nurses, has arrived here, en
route to Manila.
Helen Gonld and Mormonlsm.
New York, Oct. 80. Miss Helen
Gould has given $8,000 to the League
for Social Service to be used in a cru
sade against Mormonism. The league
has issued 1,000,000 pamphlets in pur
suance of Miss Gould's directions.
They are aimed dlreotly at Mormonism
and Brigham H. Roberts, as congress
man, and will be distributed all over
the country. When they are exhausted
millions more will follow them. The
pamphlets and blank petitions will be
sent to 60,000 clergymen,
VIOLATED HIS OATH
Wealthy Visayan Plotted
Against the Government
HEAD OF AN INSURGENT JUNTA
HI Arret Majr Lead to an Ontbreak
of Watlve.-Sklrmi.U North
f San Isldro.
Manila, Oct. 80. M. Ruperto San
tiago, one of the wealthiest Vlsayans
who had taken the oath of allegiance
to the United States, and who posed as
a friend of the Americans, has been
arrested at Ilo Ilo, while other Visa
yans are being watched. The prisoner
is charged with organizing a revolu
tionary junta. Santiago owns sugar
estates throughout the island of Negros.
It is asserted that a council of 10
and the manager of the junta met daily
at Santiago's office for the purpose of
engineering an extensive scheme of col
lections for an insurrection. One of
Santiago's steamers was oaptnred car
rying supplies to the rebels. His ar
rest caused rumors of an ontbreak of
the natives of Ilo Ilo, and precautions
have been taken to prevent trouble.
A battalion of the Eighteenth regi
ment and marines of the gunboat Con
cord, formed an expedition at Concep
tion, Northern Panay, to search for the
Concord's coxswain, who was lured
ashore by a white flag, and who is sup
posed to be a prisoner. They found
the place deserted, and burned every
house as a punishment.
Want to Fight Boer.
An informal meting was held here
this evening of men proposing to pro
ceed to South Africa to fight for the
British. More than 100 Englishmen,
Australians and Americans decided to
go. They organized a party and be
lieve they can secure 200 more men.
The volunteers include ex-soldiers,
frontiersmen, Englishmen familiar
with the Transvaal, and commercial
clerks.
A Brl.k Fight.
Manila, Oct. 80. General Youug's
column, which left San Isldro at day
break, moving northward in the direc
tion of Santa Rosa, encountered the
enemy strongly entrenched just beyond
the Tuboatin river. A brisk fight en
sued and the rebels were repulsed.
Two Americans were killed and one
wounded. Pursuit was impossible, ow
ing to the width and depth of the
stream.
Filipino EBToy Wilt Not Be Roc el Ted.
New York, Oct 80. A special to
the World from Washington says:
Secretary of State Hay, when asked if
Senor Regidor, the Filipino envoy,
would be permitted to appear before
the Philippine commission, said:
"I have heard that he contemplated
visiting the United States and would
present some such plan as that outlined
by the newspapers. He would have no
official oi diplomatic status in Wash
ington, either as agent of the Filipino
insurgents or as a diplomatic represent
ative of the so-called Filipino govern
ment. The question of his being heard
by the Philippine peace commission
rests entirely with the commission it
self. The state department is not con
cerned in the matter in any way."
LULL IN THE FIGHTING.
Boer Evidently Reconstructing- Their
Plan. Engllah Are Besting.
London, Oct. 80. The war situation
this morning presents no new features.
It is presumed in Natal that the Boers
are reconstructing their plans and that
the English are resting, but telegrams
from Ladysmith, at express rates, still
ocoupy 48 hours in transmission to
London, and, therefore, it is not im
possible that something is happening.
The Daily Telegraph has the follow
ing from Ladysmith, dated Wednesday:
"Our cavalry patrols have been fired
on this afternoon and chased by the en
emy near the scene of the Reitfonteln
ngagement. The Boers show slgnB of
ecoming aggressive. We learned of
the capture of the hussars in response
to a military wire sent to Commandant-General
Joubert. " .
According to the latest account of
the first battle at Glencoe, the Boer
army amounted to 7,000 men, and
about noon another army, almost as
large, under Commanant-tTeneral Jou
bert, advanced within 6,000 yards of
Glencoe camp and then retired. The
Boer losses were very heavy, fully SOO.
On the Northern Border.
Cape Town, Oct. 80. A"" telegram
from Buluwayo, Rhodesia, says: A
Boer force is threatening Chief Khama
and Chief Linohwei, who are loyal to
Great Britain. The two chiefs' coun
try lies at the extreme northwest of the
Transvaal and includes Bechuanaland.
It seems a gross mistake for the Boers
to provoke war among the natives.
The probable explanation is that the
Boer force intends to destroy the rail
way to Buluwayo, which runs through
Khamas' country ,and thereby prevent
a movement by Colonel Plumer's force
to go to the relief of Mafeklng. Al
ready there have been stories of a Rho-
deaian armored train engaging the
Boers some distance north of Mafeklng.
Rhode Watched the Fight.
Cape Town, Oct. 80. According to
further sadvices from Kimberley, the
Boers removed their killed and
wounded in cars. No reliable estimate
of their losses has been made. Mr.
Rhodes rode out and watched the fight.
The townspeople, including the
women, mounted the trenches, watch
ing eagerly for the return of the troops.
Mr. Khodes is cheerful and trivet din
ner parties daily, at which luxuries ars
abundant.
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING.
President MeKlnlef Issue the V.aal
Proclamation.
The president has issued the follow
ing proclamation:
"A national custom, dear to the
hearts of the people, calls for the set
ting apart of one day in each year for
special thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the blessings of the proceeding year.
This honored observance acquires
with time a tenderer significance. It
enriches domestio life; it summons un
der the family roof the absent children
to glad reunion with those they love.
Seldom as this nation had greater causa
for profound thanksgiving. No great
pestilence has invaded our shore; lib-"
eral employment waits upon labor,
abundant crops have rewarded the
efforts of the husbandman. Increased
comforts have come to the home. The
national finances have been sustained
and made firmer. In all branches of
industry and trade there has been an
uneqnaled degree of prosperity, while
there has been a steady gain in the
moral and educational growth of our
national character. Churches and
schools have flourished. American pa
triotism has been exalted. Those en
gaged in maintaining the honor of the
flag with such signal success have
been, in a large degree, spared from
disaster and disease. An honorable
peace has been ratified with a foreign
nation with which we were at war, and
we are now at friendly relations with
every power on earth.
"The trust which we have assumed
for the benefit of the people of Cuba
has faithfully advanced. There is
marked progress toward the restoration
of healthy industrial conditions, and
under wise sanitary regulations the
island has enjoyed unusoal exemption
from the scourge of fever. .The hurri
cane which swept over our new pos
session of Puerto Rico, destroying the
homes and property of the inhabitants,
called forth the instant sympathy of
the people of the United States, who
were swift to respond with generous
aid to the sufferers. While the insur
rection still continues in the island of
Luzon, business is resuming its activ
ity and confidence in the good parposes
of the United States is being rapidly es
tablished throughout the archipelago.
"For these reasons, and countless
others, I, William McEinley, president
of the United States, hereby name
Thursday, the 80th day of November
next, as a day of general thanksgiving
and prayer, to be observed as such by
all our people on this continent and
in our newly acquired islands, as well
as by those who may be at sea or so
journing in foreign lands, and I ad
vise that on this day religious exercises
shall be conducted In the churches or
meeting places of all denominations
in order that in the social features of
the day its real sigiflcance may not be
lost sight of, but fervent prayers may
be offered to the Most High for a con
tinuance of the divine guidance, with
out which man's efforts are vain, and
for divine consolation to those whose
kindred and friends have sacrificed
their lives for our country.
"I recommend also, that on this
day, so far as may be found practicable,
labor shall cease from - its accustomed
toil, and charity abound toward the
sick, the needy and the poor.
"In witness whereof I have set my.
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
"WILLIAM M'HNLEY."
I It Malaria or X Wmt
Languor, loss of appetite, indigestion
and often feveriahness are the com
mon symptoms of a physiological con
dition 'termed "malaria." All these
symptoms may be and frequently are
the effect of the use of alum baking
powders in food making. There is no
question about the poisonous effect of
alum upon the system. It obstructs
digestion, prostrates the nerves, coagu
lates and devitalizes the blood. ' All
this has been made clear, thanks to
physicians, boards of health, and food
commissions. So "highly injurious to
the health of the community" does
the eminent head of the University of
Pennsylvania, Dr. Barker, consider the
alum baking powders, that he says
"their sale should be prohibited by
law."
Under these circumstances it is
worth the while of every housewife to
employ the Tory little care that is
necessary to keep so dangerous an ele
ment from the food of her family.
A pure cream of tartar baking pow
der, which is the only kind that should
be used, ought to cost about forty-five
to fifty oente a pound. Therefore, ii
you are paying much less, something
is wrong; if you are paying twenty-five
cents or less per pound, the powder
is certainly made from alum.
Always bear these simple facte in
mind when purchasing baking powder.
Popular Science Monthly.
Mule Kill Hone. :
Music caused the death, of a beauti
ful 8-year-old filly at Florence, Ala.,
the other day. A farmer drove his
valuable young mare into town, and as
he was driving np the principal street
a brass band snddely struck up its bla
tant music. The mare had never heard
a sound like that before and so startled
was she that she dropped dead in the
shafts of the trap. A veterinary sur
geon who examined the carcass declared
that the mare had died of heart failure,
due to exoitemet caused by the sound
of the uacoustomed mnsio of the brass
band. Roanoke News.
Maryland's Women Vetera.
The first election ever held in Mary
land at which women were allowed to
vote for municipal officers was held in
Arundel recently. ; The town is gov
erned by seven commissioners elected
each year by the legal voters residing
within the corporation and owners of
real estate. The census recently taken
showed that there were 858 persons at
Arundel. -
About, one German woman In $7
works in a factory;,
YOUNG IS ADVANCING
Rebels Under White Flag Fire
on a Gunboat.
THE CRAFT LATER RAN AGROUND
General Bate Ha Been Recalled From
the North and Ordered to the
onthern I. land.
Manila, Oct. 81. General Young,
with the infantry, is advancing upon
Cabanatuan under difficulties. The
country is furrowed with rivers and
deep ravines, the bridges over which
have been destroyed; the mud Is deep,
rations are short, and the transporta
tion of supplies has been delayed by
low water, and the poor condition of
the roads. There are sufficient stores,
however, to keep the brigade. The in
surgents for a long time have lived off
the country, impoverishing it. The
American horses are not yet accus
tomed to the native grass and a long
bullock train left San Fernando carry
ing hay for the cavalry. J
I The Spaniards report that there are
no insurgents at Cabanatuan. The
gunboat Laguna de Bay dispersed a
force of rebels who were engaged in
constructing trenches beyond Santa
Rosa. The boat was fired upon by a
party of insurgents bearing a white
flag. She is now aground.
Numbers of Chinese are coming to
Angeles from Tarlao, paying the insur
gents for the privilege. It is reported
that Aguinaldo and the Filipino con
gress are still at Tarlao.
There are about 8,000 insurgents be
fore Angeles. They have been quiet
for the past week.
Two thousand rebels are at Bamban,
five miles to the north.
General Bates has been recalled from
San Fernando, and ordered to sail for
the southern islands as soon as possi
ble. LADYSMITH INVESTED.
Situation Sufficiently Dangerous te Kx
cite Anxiety.
London, Oct. 81. The position ol
Ladysmith, without being alarming, is
sufficiently dangerous to excite anx
iety. Evidently the Boers are trying
to repeat their Dundee tactics. Roughly
estimated, they have 17,000 men, as
against 12,000 British. General Sir
George Stewart White has the better
artillery, but his is of lesser range.
The delay in the Boer attack is reported
to be due to the non-arrival of Commandant-General
Joubert 's column.
This has given the British a much
needed respite after their recent exer
tions. Everything, it is now considered,
hinges on General White's resources
and judgment. Nothing is known re
garding the progress of defensive works
for the protection of Ladysmith. The
censorship is more active than ever.
According to the Daily Chronicle's cor
respondent, "the new regulations limit
the number of words allowed for press
messages to one-fourth the number al
lowable before."
Farmers in the neighborhood of
Ladysmith have left their farms and
stock at the mercy of the Boers and are
congregated in the town.
" Two guns the Boers have, mounted
are powerful weapons. They are the
ones used in shelling Dundee, and it is
a matter of considerable surprise how
they managed to transport such heavy
pieces.
BURNED TO DEATH. ,
Fourteen Persons Worn Cremated In
Falre.. Alabama. . -
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 28. News was
received here today that 14 people had
been burned to death at Faires, Bald
win county, about 80 miles northeast of
Mobile. Sometime Monday night last
fire destroyed the dwellings of Harry
Gooodlaw and Samnel Smith son, ore
mating all the occupants of both houses. '
The Goodlaw family ' consisted ' of
father, mother and six children. There
were six persons residing in the Smith
son home, the husband, wife, three
children, and a sister of Mr. Smithson.
The fires are believed to have been of
accidental origin.
Storm la We.t ladles.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 8 1. After
days of continuous rain storms, a terri
fic hurricane from the southeast swept
over Santiago today, causing much des
truction. Twelve houses were wrecked
and others badly damaged. The un
precedented rainfall continues. Tele
graph wires are down, and it is impos
sible for vessels to enter or leave the
harbor. A Ward liner haa been de
layed four days. The United States
transport Bnrnside has been kept cruis
ing outside the harbor, and fears are
entertained for the safety of the fleet of
schooners from Haytl and Jamaioa that
usually arrive on Monday morning.
'Jamaica Wa. Swept.
' Kingston, Jamaioa, Oct. $1. Re- .
ports of the Bevere rain storm that has
swept the conutry arrived from various
points and confirm the fear that exten
sive damage has been done. The Rio
Cobre inundated Spanishtown, doing
considerable harm. All the railroad
lines are interrupted, and most of the
highways are impassable in conse
quence of the floods and landslides. ,
Advices from the town of Black River
report great damage to shipping and
wharves, as well as serious injury to
crops.
i Bin Hundred Sheep Cremated.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 81. The
sheep pens at the stockyards, covering
an entire block, were destroyed by fire '
last night, and 600 head Of sheep were
cremated, Four firemen were seriuosly
injured by falling walls, and one of
them, Charles Peterson, driver of a
hook-and-ladder truck, may die. The
loss is estimated at u0,000,