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THE
OREGON
MIST
VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FIILDAY, APRIL 20, 1900.
NO. 18.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKHHK TICKS FROM THK WIRES
tu Interesting Collection uf Items Fnir
Inn Two Hemispheres Presentr
m Condensed form.
Tlio Hague peace treaties weie rati'
(luil by President MoKinley.
Commodore William K. Mayo, died
it his home iu Washington, aged 70
rears.
General Itto ha boon appointed to
enmmaud the new detiartment of
Havana mid Pliiurd de Rio,
Nicaragua has landed troop In
Columbian tenitary. The nature of
tli movement In not understood.
A S .-year-old child waa scalded to
death by falling Into a tub of hot wutr
and lye, near Ashland, Or,
Indians attempted to rescue the
murderers of Mr. aud Mm. Bert Morton,
but were driven ofl by Skngway troops.
The United State government denies
t)i rcKrt thiit it has joined with ether
lowers iu threatening to laud troops iu
China.
A vote on the resolution relative to
the seating of M. H. CJimy as senator
from Pennsylvania, will be taken ou
April Si.
Thomas H. TonKiie wu renominated
for congressman Iiuiii the Second die
trictouthe first biillot at McMinu
vlllu, Cr.
Tnxa Hii'l Lousiana, to guard against
bulxinic pluiiun, tuny establish a quar
Hiitlno against Chinamen coming from
California.
An inventor of thorite ban announced
hi willingness to null the government
the right to manufacture the explosive
for i60,ooo,
The British hark Iranian, which
a 11 I'd from New York, Novcmlier 25,
for Yokolmiiiti, lmi been wrecked on
the JujMtnoiio count.
The Building Trades Assembly, of
llouitton, Texan, Iihh ordered general
strike iu sympathy with the carpenters,
causing 1.50U men to walk out.
Two negro murderer were executed
at Summervillo, Texan. When sen
tenced both asked for a duck of card,
and declined the offer of a Bible.
A nilnlHtur of llallurd, Cat., near
Santa llarbara, committed suicide by
Wowing Um top 01 nu head off with a
shotgun. Temporary Innauity waa the
cause.
Former Congressman Charles A
Tow n, of Duluth, Minn , hsa an
pounced himself as a candidute for the
vice-preRidftiitial nomiuatiou on tlio
Democratic ticket.
The contract for carrying the Aus-
tralinn and Kiiglinh cloned mails across
the 1'acllio han been awarded by the
United States governinent to the
Uceauio Steamship Comiiany (or 10
yeura at rate of $ 2 per mile.
Welwtcr Davis addrcesed an lmmenae
pro-Boer audience iu Washington,
Ctiliana have confidence in General
Gomez aud outreat him not to leave the
inland.
The Kdward T. Smith box factory
t New York, waa destroyed by ilro;
loss, $250,000.
Kx-Oovernor Pattlmin, of Pennayl
vauia, la wanted for vice-president on
the Democratic ticket.
Boers claim to have captured 11 gnna
t llloemfoutein waterworks, inntead
of seven, aa firnt reported.
Building tradenmcu in Indianapolis
have returned to work, their employers
conceding to their demands.
(ionerala in the Philippines are call
ing for moro troops. Tliey cannot hold
thu rebels down with the present force.
Ilia 65th anniversary of the birth of
King Leopold, of Belgium, waa appro
iirlntely celebrated throughout the
kingdom.
The British North American and
Went Indies squadron is to be increased
by one battleship, two cruisers aud
several torpedo lioata.
The body of an unknown young man
waa found In the Willamette river near
Oregon City, with his bead entangled
in a II nh net. It is a cane of deliberate
suicide.
The United Stntos supreme court de
cided the cane of Clrnudliug vs. the city
of Chicago, involving the validity of
the anti-cigarette ordinance of that
city. The ordinauce was attacked as
nnconntitiitioual. The opinion of Jus
tice l'eokham held the ordinance not
to be unconntitutioiial.
In his addioss at the memorial set
vices held in memory of the late Di .
Isnao M. Wine, at Isaiah temple, Di
Kmil O. Hirsoh made an appeal to tle
Jewlnh people of Chicago to raise $500,
000, whioh is the amount yet required
to lift the debt on the Jewish Union
College, iu Cincinnati. By so doing,
Dr. Ilirnch said, the great work v.hieh
wns beguu by Dr. Wine, aud curried
forward by him under diftloMltios,
could be fully accomplished.
Great Britain's naval litimutes
amount to 110,000,000.
Buffalo Bill says 80,000 Mormons
from Salt Lake will found a city iu
Wyoming.
Steamer Prairie, with American ex
hlbits for the Paris exposition, has
arrived at Havre.
It oosta $4,400,000 a year to main
tain the 84 royal palaces of Emperor
William throughout the German
empire.
LATER NEWS,
The Paris exposition was formally
upeueil.
Filipinos
Maulla.
re again active neai
Brs bombarded British trenches at
VV m ronton aud inflicted heavy damage,
Cne man was killed aud a bor fatal
ly injured in a $400,000 are which oo
cur red iu Brooklyn.
It I Mk t .
vnriug a nre in coal mine neai
Plttnburg, Pa one man perished au6
two otnorn in the pit escaped.
During the siege of Ladysmith, Gen
e:l White's total losses from si
( uaoa were 100 ofllcers nad 8,108 men
British people lunist on change in
tlio army service, owiug to the unnatis
factory conduct of the campaign againid
tna JdM-rn.
Three men are said to have found
gold in quarts formation within twe
miles of Jopliu, Mo., which assays $40
to f so a ton.
A Chinaman, possessing document!
lMiaring the seal of the court of Peking,
identifying him as empeior, was arrest'
ed at Wu Chang.
The University of Kdiubnrgh, Ncot
land, conferred the degree of LL D. oi
Joseph 11. Choate, United States am
bannador to Great Britain.
At New York, 6,000 olgarmakers.
emploved by six of the largest firms ir
that city, have been locked out. N
reawm is giveu for the action.
ltulus Wright, a millionaire anc
trrasurer of the llrtn of Morgan
Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers
was fatally shot by a woman in Chicago,
The cruisers Detroit and Marbleheac
aud guuhoats Benuiugton and Concord
have been ordered out of commission
owing to the luck of asulllcieutnumbei
of ollicers.
The Chinese government has aenl
7,000 troops to Shau Ting to aupprent
the Boxers." However, it is notori
ous that the majority of Hie troops an
members of the same society.
The transport Lake l.rie, with up
wants of 600 Transvaal prisoners, iu
cludiug French, German aud Hnnniai
nicmlicrs of the foreign legion, capture)
at llotdiof, sailed from Cupe Town foi
Kt. Helena.
The trial of Perico Pipln, who re
cently lod a small uprising agaiunt th
government oi Kauto Domingo, bui
ended with the conviction of the prie
oner, who was sentnuced to 20 years
imprisoumeut and to pay a flue of $30,
000 iu gold.
Mrs. Kruger, wife of Oom Paul, ot
being iuterviewed, said that she trust
ed God would aoou stop the mercilesi
bloodshed, but that the republic woul
lie victoriously defended, even if Pre
torla were finally taken. She added
that she had hud in the Held 83 grand
sons, two of whom were killed, foul
sous, six sons-in-law, aud numeroui
other relutivea."
Bloeiufoutoin la badly In need o
water.
The total British losses in the Boei
war are now 28,000.
A Texas town in the flooded d 1b trio'
was destroyed by a tornado.
Fishermen testing the Columldi
river near Astoria found but few Chi
uooks.
The Puerto Itican bill, aa amended
by the senate, passed the house by i
vote of 108 to 163.
Admiral Dewey denies the story ol
bis withdrawal as a candidate forpresi
dential nomination.
II. C. Frick will dispose of all hit
holdings, something like $18,000,000,
iu the Caruegio Company.
An internutonal naval demonstration
will soon take palce at Taku Cin, the
gulf of Pe Chi Li, China.
During a tight with riotous laborer)
in New York, one Italian striker wai
killed aud several wounded.
At the Georgia Populist convention,
Senator Marion Butler, of North Caro
Una, waa denounced as the "chief ol
all tiaitora."
George W. Hull, an Arizona million
aire, was or routed in New York on I
charge of perjury iu a divorce cast
ngaiunt his wife.
Competent authorities estimate that
the wastage of horses monthly by the
Briiinh forces iu South Africa, must be
calculated at not less than 6,000.
U. C. Bergin, an assaynr in the Uni
ted States mint at San Francisco, hm
been arrested for stealing small
amounts of gold daily for mouths past.
Capitalists of Berlin, through a Chi'
oflgo linn, have made an offer to pur
chiino the Ferris wheel. The wheel,
which weighs 2,200 tous, will be ship
pud to Berlin.
In Sun Francisco, 600 pounds ol
plug cut tobacco have been solxed in
various local stores by internal levemu
agents, because the paokuges were iu
sufficiently stamped.
Burglars in Chicago stole diamonds,
jewelry and silverware valued at $40,
000 from the home of Orrin W. Potter,
the multi-millionaire and ex-president
of the Illinois Steel Company.
The period of time allowed Spanish
residents iu the Philippines to elect
whether they shall remain Spanish sub
jects or adopt the nationality of the tet
ritoiy in which they reside has expired.
At a mooting of the De Beers com
pany Cecil H hod os said auuual profit
of diamond mines iu Kimberley are
$10,000,000.
Publio sentiment in England insist!
npou absolute supremacy of Great Brit
ain in the Boer states after the war'i
end.
A private cablegram from Port ol
Spain, Veueauela, says the British con
sul at Bolivar, named Lyons, has been
assassinated
IRE ORDERED OUT
Telegraphers of Two South,
ern Railways Strike.
TROUBLE C0MMKNCEI) LAST FALL
It Orsw Out of tli Hernial of Officials
ef tli Caniianln to Con
sider Urlevanoen.
Atlanta, Ga., April 14. The threat
ening trouble of the telegraphers and
other station employes of the Southern
lallway and Alabama Great Southern
railway, which has been pending for
several mouths, came to a head here
today, when President Powell, of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers, called
on the telegraphers to quit work.
The trouble commenced last fall,
when the telegraphers of each division
appointed a committee to go before the
division superinteudents and ask a set
tlement of certain grievances. Hear
ings, they say, were refused them, and
an appoal was made to General Super
intendent Harrett, at Washington, and
later to Vice-President and General
Manager Cannon. The ofllcers of the
order state that no satisfaction was re
ceived from these ofllcers, and the
grievances were finally taken to Presi
dent Spcyer, whose secretary said the
president was too ill to consider the
matter at this time.
President Powell says the commit
teemen selected to represent the men
have been dismissed to the number of
more than 20, aud that dozens of mem-
bets of the Order of Hallway Telegraph
ers have been discharged because of
their membership. He says the last
communication to the olllcials of the
company contained an offer to arbitrate
the differences. Kailroud officials say
the strike has caused them no incon
venience and has not interfered with
traflic. In a statement which Piesi-
dent Powell has issued he cays:
Die strike was inaugurated for the
following purposes:
'To secure a reinstatement of its
members who were discharged by the
Southern railway; for the right to be
heard through committees in the ad
justment of individual grievances; for
set of rules and rates of pay to gov
ern train dispatchers, telegraphers,
agents aud other station employes in
their employment, discipline, etc.; 13
consecutive hours' work tier dav, where
one or two telegraphers are employed,
including one hour for diuuer; 10 con
secutive hours, including meal hour, in
all relay dispatchers' unices and offices
where more than two dispatchers are
employed; eight consecutive hours for
train dispatchers; pay for overtime; to
abolish the practice of compelling
gents to load cotton aud the perform'
nee of other mnuual lulior; a minimum
wage scale of p S and $50 per month
for operators and $120 for dispatchers;
fair and equitable rules regarding pro
motion."
FIGHTING IN NATAL.
Uoor Attilt on the HrltUh
I.ln
Htubuornly ltonlntd.
London, April 14. A special
din-yes-
patch from Kland's Lnagte, dated
torday, says:
Fighting waa renewed beyond
Eland's Luagte this afternoon. The
Boers steadily advanced upon the Brit
ish positions. There was a continuous
rille fire and the Boer big guua were
in notion. The British replied effec
tively, and after two hours' fighting the
Boers were ohecked."
Eland's Laagte and Wepenor still
monopolize attention. At both plucea
aeries of indecisive actiona are oc
curring. The Boer report of the fight
ing April 10 at Eland's Laagte avers
that the advance on the British camp
was made with the loss of only three
mules and two horses, while the Brit
ish losses, says the same report, . must
have been heavy. The bombardment
lasted all day.
Nothing has been learned regarding
the rumor of Colonel Budon-Powell's
death, nor is there anything tendiug to
show how long the goneral advance to
ward Pretoria will be delayed. In the
absenae of exciting developments, pub
lio interest centers more upon the per
sonality of the new commanders, and
iu the supposition as to who the next
general will be to be sent home.
The announcement of the reocenpa-
tion of Smithlield by the burghers, just
received, is no news, as the small Brit
ish force at that place withdrew thenca
after the Beddernbnrg affair.
It now appears that General Brabant
himself is atAUwal North, aud thai
only a portion of his column is al
Wepeuor.
Left to Coopnr Union.
New York, April 14. When Jchn
Holstead, a well-known ten niorolx.nt,
died last May, he bequeathed sum of
money to numerous public institutions,
and the residue of the estate to Cooper
Union. It was supposed that this resi-
ue would amount to $36,000. An in
ventory of the estate, however, shows
that Cooper Union will receive $300,
000. Money-Order Syntein for Nome.
Washington, April 14. The post-
office department has nrraugod to pro-
ide first-olans money order system
for Cape Nome, Alaska.
Jnttaneno Refused a Landing.
San F'ranoisco, April 14. Thirty-
three of the 219 Japanese steerage pas
sengers who arrived on the steamer
Belgian King, few days ago, have
been refused a landing by the immigra
tion otlloials, but have appealed to the
secretary ot the treasury, aud, pending
reply from Washington, will be held
here. The principal reason for their
rejection by the officials is the discov
ery of evidence that the Japanese came
her aa ooutraot laborers.
SITUATION IN PUERTO RICO.
Foruisr Good deling Btwn Natives
and Aioarteann Lsnenlna,
Ponce, Puerto Kico, April 14. At no
time since the hurricane of August 8
last, has the condition of the poor of
Puerto Kico been as bad as it is today.
About OS per cent of the inland may be
placed in the peon class, which is made
op of a mixture of all races. In the
other 6 per cent are included the well-to-do,
educated people, such as mer
chants, planters and professional men
aud their families.
This better class is able to pass
through such times as are now prevail
ing without actual physical suffering,
but their business affairs are at a stand
still, and have been for a long time,
and this deprivea the majority of the
large laboring class of a means of live
lihood. This large body of laboring
people furnishes the very cheap and
effective labor which is needed for
agriculture and other work, but at all
times they have been in an under fed
and poorly nourished condition.
Their hardships have been greatly
added to by the scarcity of fruit since
the hurricane, and it is consequently
increased in price. Salt fish, rice and
beans have been imported free of duty
since the hurricane, but little of the
benefit derived from this has gone to
Deons. and now. when there is a vros-!
neet nf 1ft ner cent of theDlnirleT tariff
being placed on these articles, the price
han linen immtlv advanced. Merchants
hesitate to imnort lairre stocks because
of the prospect of free trade, and the
present scarcity of fruit is also cause
for the advance in prices. Rice has
gone up from 6 to 6 ceutavos pound
to 8 and 9. beans from 6 to 12, and, at
oue time, a few days ago, to IS cent
avos pound, while salt fish has ad
vanced from 6 to aliout 10 centavos.
No one who understands the situa
tion here will deny that much of the
former good feeling between Puerto
Kicans aud Americans has been lost.
Besides, Americans are fewer iu num
ber in Puerto Rico today than at any
time since shortly after the troops first
landed, and those departing have left a
long lint of defunct companies, bank
rupt business, wrecked schemes and
anxious creditors, who, in some cases,
hold choice collections of worthless
notes and checks. Not only are Amer
icana leaving the island, but large nam
bers of Puerto Kicans have gone to
Venezuela, to Santo Domingo aud to
Cuba. Three days ago more than 300
natives sailed for Cuba to obtain em
ployment there, and at least 1,000
sailed from this port alone daring the
last three months.
Much livestock is also being shipped
to Cuba. The gieatest loss to Puerto
Kico in this respect is in the large car
goes of magnificent cattle, which it
will take years to replace.
AGAINST THE CANAL.
Senato Declines to Connlder tlio Nica
ragua Bill.
Washington, April 14. An effort
was made in the senate today by Mor
gan (Dem. Ala.) to displace the present
unfinished business, the Spooner Phil
ippine bill, by the substitution in its
stead of the Nicaragua canal bill.
While Morgan's motion failed, 15 to
33, the Philippine measure had a nar
row escape from being displaced by the
Alaskan civil code bill, ou motion of
Carter (Rep. Mont.), the motion being
defeated on roll call, 22 to 24. The
feature of the day'B proceedings was an
exhaustive disoussion of the Quay case
by Burrows (Rep. Mich.).
Inland Depositories.
Washington April 14. The house
today, after a spirited debate, adopted
the resolution reported from the insular
affairs committee to authorize the sec
retary of the treasury to designate de
post ories in Puerto Rico, Cuba aud the
Philippines for the deposit of govern
ment funds. By the terms of the reso
lution, it applies to Cuba only so long j
aa tne isianu suan ue ucuuuieu vy uie
United States. An amendment to in
clude the Philippines in this provision
as to Cuba, offered, as was stated, to
emphasize the desire of the opposition
not to retain the islands, was defeated
by a party vote. A senate bill which
will permit the dependent mothers of
soldiers or sailors of the Spanish war,
even though they married Confederate
soldiers, to receive the benefit of the
general pension law, was passed.
The remainder of the day was de
voted to debate upon a resolution from
the committee on the election of presi
dent, vice-president and representatives
in congress for a constitutional amend
ment empowering the legislatures of
states to decide whether the United
States senators shall be elected by the
legislature or directly by the people.
A substitute resolution was offered
by the miuority of the committee,
whioh differed from the majority reso
lutions in giving the states no option,
but providing that in all states the peo
ple should vote directly for United
States senators.
. Work Train Wrecked.
Redding, Cal., April 14. In the
wreck of a Southern Pacific work train,
five miles below Cottonwood, tonight.
three railroad employes were killed aud
three injured, two probably tatally.
The work train was backing from
Hooker to Cottonwood, and thecaboose,
followed by five flat cars, left the track.
The cars rolled over the caboose, crush
ing it into the ground and killing three
of its five oocupauts.
British Reverse at Aahnntee.
Accra, April 18. Uncorroborated re
ports are in oiroulation here and at
Cape Coast castle that the governor of
Kumassie is in the enemy's hands.
The gieatest fear is felt for Cape Coast
castle, if a reverse has been sustained,
and if the rebellion continues. It is
understood that Siorra Leon has asked 1
for a gunboat, but the troops there are i
not in sufficient numbers to leave the I
colony. !
BY POPULAR VOTE
Eiouse Favors a Change in the
Mode of Electing Senators.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
absolution to That KHoct Adoptod
VotaoriMO to 15-TlbrV
Taotlcn Denouneod. .
Washington, April 18. The house
today, by a vote of 240 to 15, adopted
t resolntion for a constitutional amend
ment providing for the election of Uni
(ed States senators by direct vote of the
people. Fourteen Republicans and oue
Democrat voted against it. By the
terms of the resolution, the amedment
iubmitted to the legislatures is as fol
lows:
"The senate of the United States
hall be composed of two senators from
sach state, who shall be elected by di
rect vote of the people thereof for i
term of six years, and each senator
shall have one vote. A plurality of
the votes cast for candidates for sena
tor shall be sufficient to elect. The
. electors
in each state shall have the
qualifications requisite for electors of
we most numerous branch of the state
legislatures, respectively.
"When vacancy happens by death.
resignation or oinerwise, in me repre
sentation of any state in the senate,
, toe same snail De nuea lor tne unex-
P'rea term inereoi iu ine same manner
is is provided for the election of seua
tors in paragraph 1; provided, that the
executive thereof mav make temporary
appointment until the next general or
special election, in accordance with
the statutes or constitution of such
itate.
The remainder of the dav was devoted
to the consideration of private pen
sion bills. During the course of the
debate there were several sharp attacks
npou Talbert, of South Carolina, for his
xiurse in delaying action.
BOERS HEADED OFF.
Lord Roberta Checks Their Forward
Movement.
London, April 18. The forward
movement of the Boers is checked, says
Lord Roberts. This is taken to mean
not by fighting, but by disposition to
bead off their advance and bar their
way to vulnerable points in the line of
British communications His dispatch
to the war office follows:
' Bloemfoutem, April 14. The en
emv'e movements south have been
checked. Wepener is still snrrouuded.
but the little garrison is holding out
well. Troops are being moved to their
assistance. The health of the troops is
good, and the climate perfection."
The Boers in Natal appear incapable
al developing an aggiessive movement
at Eland's Laagte. Lord Methuen is
at Zwartkopfoutein, 12 miles east of
Boshof, and is sending a null, swift
columns through the adjaceut counrty.
Lord Chesham, commanding one of
these, encountered a small commando
aobut 10 miles southeast of Zwartkop
foutein. He found most of the fauna
occupied by women and children only.
An editorial note in the Daily Mail
avers that Mafeking is in a very bad
way, and that the hope of relief is far
off, as no force is advancing from the
south.
The Boer peace envoys have docu
ments the Rome correspondent of the
Daily News says showing that urgent
advices to the Transvaal to wage war
were originally made by Germany.
This correspondent also asserts that
Count von Bulow, the Geramn foreign
minister, who was said to have gone
on visit to sick brother, really went
to Milan for the express purpose of con
ferring with the delegates.
J. A. Porter Renlgns.
Washington, Auril 16. Owing to
the continued ill health of John Addi
son Porter, secretary to the president,
he has tendered his resignation, and
the president has accepted it, to take
effect May 1 next. George B. Cortel
you, of New York, the present assistant
secretary to the president, has been
appointed to succeed him. Mr. Cortel
you was born in New York city, July
26, 1862. His grandfather, Peter Cor
tolyoH, for 40 years a member of the
type-founding firm of George Bruce &
Co., and his father, Peter Cortelyou,
Jr., were, prominent figures in New
York business and social circles a gen
eration ago.
Was Not a lloer Lender.
Pretoria, April 16. United Statea
Consul Hay, in an interview, soys the
report that Captain Reiohmaun, the
United States military attache, partici
pated in the fight near Sauna's Post is
absolutely false. Captain Reichmann,
it is said, was ooenpied most of the
time attending upon the wounded
Dutch military attache, Lieutenant
Mix, who has since died. Consul
Hay has no doubt that Reichmann has
been confused with the American Lieu
tenant Loosberg, of the Free State ar
tillery, who took very active part in
the fight.
Chicago, April 16. The Illiuois
Manufacturers' Association, at its meet
ing last night, took the stand that there
should be an early revision of the war
levenue tax.
Tanderbllt Inheritance Tax.
New York, April 14. The appellute
division of the supreme court today
handed down a decision in the matter
of the appraisal of the estate of the late
William K. Vauderbilt. An order of
Surrogate Fitzgerald, declaring a cer
tain fund subject to the inheritance tax
law was affirmed. This was fund of
$5,000,000 held in trust for the benefit
of the late Cornelius Y underbill.
One pound of cork will support
man of ordinary sice in rh v.ti.
CHINESE REIGN OF TERROR
Powerful Viceroys Protest to tho Em
press Dowager.
Shanghai, April 16. A full account
has been received here of the meeting
an March 6 at Peking between the em
preBS dowager and the grand council.
Protests were read from the viceroys
and governors of nine of the 18 prov
inces against the policy of the empress
dowager. These officials are the great
est provincial authorities in China.
They declared unitedly that, if the em
press dowager persists in persecuting
the reformers and continuing her leign
of terror policy, the Chinese nnder
them will rebel against the Manchus.
The viceroy at Nanking says he has
140,000 Hunanese troops who are anx
ions to fight the Manchus, and he fears
be cannot control them. The vice
roya who united in this remarkable step
represent the provinces of Kiaug-Su,
Anbni, Kiangsi, Hunan, Hupeb, Che
klang, Fookien, Quangsi and Kwang-
tung, with an aggregate population of
180,000,000.
Until this protest had been made,
the dowager empress had been having
things qnite her own way. Though
she has desisted from her purpose to set
op new emperor, yet her wrath to
wards those who opposed her bos shown
no abatement. It is unbounded. Kin
Lien-Sban has been captured in the
Portugese colony of Macao, off the
South China coast, by Li Hung Cbang'a
detectives. Mr. Kin ned from Shang
hai last month. He is the manager of
the national system of telegraphs in
China, and headed the petition signed
by 1,200 notables against setting up
new emperor. Probably he will be
decapitated. An English law firm
here has been retained to defend him
The government has trumped up
charges of defalcation against Mr. Kin,
who is really very able and enlight
ened man.
On March 1 instructions ere wired
from Peking to Soo Chow, capital of
Kiang-Su, to arrest and put to death
the reformers Weng T'Ung-Ho and
Shen Pong. -These men had been in
very important positions in Peking,
but were easily captured in Soo Chow.
The chief reformer. Kang Yu Wei, has
fled to Singapore. The empress dow
ager has offered $100,000 for bis body,
dead or alive.
It is said that there is an official
list, prepared by the Peking govern
ment, of the names of SOO reformers
who are proscribed. A special list of
over 85 names exists of those who are
to be killed as soon as they are cap
tured.
BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Three Persons Killed and If umber In
jured In a Pittsburg; Accident.
Pittsburg, April 14. Without warn
ing aud with rush and a roar, the
four-story brick building at the corner
of Second avenue and Wood street col
lapsed today, burying in its ruins
number of people, three of whom were
taken out dead, five were badly hurt,
and several others slightly injured.
The building waa occupied by the
Armstrong, McKeivy Lead Sc Oil Com
pany. It was being remodeled by Con
tractors McGovern and Lyte, who were
converting the lower floors of the corner
store and that next door into one large
room. About 48 feet of the middle
partition had been removed, and steel
girders, supported by heavy iron posts,
were in place, and the finishicv touches
were being put on the remodeled work.
The firm this morning began the trans
fer of its stock from one room to the
other, and apparently centralized the
heavy weight of the leads and oils about
the middle of the structure. The col
lapse began by the second floor break
ing through, carrying with it the two
floors above, making breach from top
to bottom through the center of the
building.
The fact that the rear portion of the
building on Second avenue did not col
lapse saved many lives. It was in that
part of the building that the offices
were located, in which tnere were about
10 persons. Those who were in the
rear portion of the building heard the
crash and ran out of the side door into
Second avenue and escaped. The loss
of the firm will be about $40,000.
Mashonn In More Trouble-
Cape Town, April 16. The admiral
in charge of the British fleet in these
waters has refused to permit the Brit
ish steamer Mashona, Captain John
ston, to proceed beyond Du,'oan. The
agents of the vessel announce that the
cargo destined for Delagoa bay will be
landed at Durban.
The British gunboat Partridge on
December 8 captured the steamer Ma
shona, which had sailed from New
York, November 8. via St. Vincent,
November 6, for Algoa bay, loaded
with flour for the Transvaal. The ves
sel and the foodstuffs were subsequently
released on bond and the prize court on
March 13 rendered veidict that
portion of the cargo was condemned,
but that tne steamer was formally
released.
Plague Riots in India.
Bombay, April 14. Plague riots
have taken place at Cowupore,. where
the segregation camp has been destroyed
and 10 persons have been killed. The
rioters killed five constables and threw
their bodies into the burning camp.
Order is now restored, but all business
is suspended and the populace is sul
len. Troops and volunteers are patrol
ling the city, guarding the mills and
factories.
Chicago Tailors Will Fight.
Chicago, April 16. A secret meet
ing of the Merchant Tailors St Drapers'
Exchange was held last night. When
the meeting broke up it was announoed
that the members of the exchange were
opposed to receding in any particular
from the stand taken in the fight with
the Journeymen Tailors' Union in their
demand for the back shop system.
The fire of genius is frequently ex
tinguished by having cold water poured
on it. Chicago Daily Newa,
GATES THROWN OPEN
Formal Dedication of France's
Great Exposition.
THE SHOW IS FAR FROM READY
Speeches of President Lonhet and Min
ister Mlllerand Completeness and
JCttent of American Kihlblts.
Paria April 17. The exposition of
1900 is open, but it will be at least a
month before anything but buildings is
to be seen. The day's ceremonies were
a peculiar mixture of sumptuous splen
dor in the Salle des Fetes, and wide
spread confusion elsewhere Nothing
could have execeded the picturesque
staee setting in the beautiful building
in which the ceremonies were held, the
gorgeous uniforms of the diplomats and
soldiers, the splendid orchestra and
chorus and the magnificent effect pro
duced by the grand staircase, op which
President Loubet proceeded to view the
exposition, lined with some ZOO picked
men of the Republican guard, with
jackboots, white breeches, gleaming
cuirasses aud hone-hair plumes stream
ing from shining helmets. At the top
of this stairway was room, . the in
terior of which could be seen from the
Salle dea Fetes, and tbia was hung with
priceless gobelins from the Louvre.
Into this splendid apartment President
Loubet entered and walked down the
avenue to his boat. This part of the
day's arrangement was perfect, but the
rest was chaoa.
The weather today waa luckily all
that could be desired. Fourteen thous
and guests had been invited to the
function, and they had, because of the
fine wearier, only the 'dust to endure.
Had the day been wet, the unrolled
paths of the exposition grounds would
have been turned into a mass of mud.
The afternoon was holiday in Paria
by general consent, and host of
country people crowded into the city
to swell the multitudes, who from an
early hour serged in the direction of the
exposition and took up positions along
the route of the presidential procession
and at the approaches to the grounds.
The immense number of guests prao-
tioally swept the central streets clean
of cabs, of which an unbroken stream.
several deep, drifted slowlv toward the
gates between noon and 2:30 P. M.
Drifted is the correct expression for the
rate of progress, because the traffic ar
rangements were so inadequate that
hundreds of vehicles did not reach the
exposition at all, and the occupants
were either left stranded en route or
were obliged to abandon their carriages
and proceed ou foot. This was the ex
pedient ordinarily adopted, even by
several members of the diplomatic
corps and two gorgeously attired offi
cials of the Chinese embassy, after
hastily walking several blocks, arrived
in the Salle des Fetes just in time to
hear the cheering at the conclusion of
the ceremony.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
To Suppress Itnllnn Strikers at
Crotoa
Landing.
Croton Landing, N. Y.. April 17.
While everything is quiet and peaceful
in the neighborhood of the Cornell dam
tonight, nearly 800 armed deputies are
guarding the works, and each one of
them is guessing as to what tomorrow
may bring forth. The striking Italian
laborers, whose homes are in the vicin
ity of the works, are behaving them
selves excellently. But underneath
their assumed quiet there is stubborn
resolve not to go back to work nor let
any outsiders take their places until
the contractors agree to pay the in
crease of wages demanded. Strenous
efforts are being made by Italian Con
sul Branchi to bring about a settlement
of the difficulty. The strikers are very
determined iu their demands, and swear
that if outside labor is -brought here
they will fight tooth and nail to prevent
it. Angelo Rotella, who ia the recog
nized leader of the strikers, saidoday:
'This is a fight to a finish. W e earn
more money than we are receiving, and
the contractors must pay us for our
work. The state should protect us,
and, instead of sending deputies and
soldiers to help the bosses, they should
compel tbeni to treat us rightfully. If
the bosses attempt to bring the other
laborers here we shall prevent any work
being done, and if the military comet
to help them, then we will fight th
oldiers."
Attempted Hurder and Suicide.
Carbondale, 111,, April 16. Gus
Young, prominent young man of
Murphysboro, shot aud wounded Mist
Kate Van Clooster and then blew out
his brains in temporary fit of jeal
ousy. Young was real estate man
and the lady was member of one oi
the best families of Southern Illinois,
She will recover.
Tornado's Work In Texas Town.
Dallas, Tex., April 17. A special to
the News from Royse, Tex., dated April
16, says: -
"A tornado struck this place at mid
night, and it ia believed that several
lives have been lost. Eight houses
were wrecked, and at this hour the
greatest excitement prevails.
Pitcher Purchased for S750.
Kansas City April, 17. Managei
Manning, of the Blues, has closed a
deal with Pittsburg for Pitcher Chum
my Gray, formerly of Buffalo, purchas
ing him for $750.
Chile Importing Wheat.
Santiago de Chile, via Galveston,
Tex., April 17. In oonsequence of tha
poor crops, wheat prices are advancing,
and the situation will allow large fun
oortations from California