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Newspaper Page Textnn OREGON VOL. XTII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1900. NO. 23. Hi1 ft EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. T KIW 14 TICKS FROM TUK WIRES An Intvrmtliif Collaallon of IIimii. Kr.nn , tlm Two llaiiilapharea l'raaaiited In a (luiMlnniDil Form. General Buller occupied Dundee. Senator Clark, of Montana, hua r Hgneil, President Hteyn'e brother captured by ueuerai Duller. Great rush ia on from Dawson to gold digglngi ol the Koyokuk. There it do hope of action by the mo lie oo the Nicaragua canal bill this leeilon. Germany li telling Congo Free State territory, and now oocuptee about 8,000 njnare in Ilea. Senator Jonei, Of Nevada, lu trod need a bill making It a crime for rallroade to blacklist employee. The United States oourt of appeals boldi that a boycott 1 tuallolout Inter' ference with business. London paper want to oatraolae Richard Crokor in revenge for the pool tlon Tammany baa taken In the Doer war. , Democrat! complain of Kaunas City hotel uion. They object to paying Ave uollara per day lor a bed in a room with fuur other. President J. J. Hill paid $140,000 for a Nikane floor mill In order to get en entrauue to the oity for the Ureal Northern. Porto Rico and Hawaii will aend delegate to the Democratic national convention. Each island will be ac corded els delegate. The grandstand, famous glaaa betting ring and all the building ol the race track at Clifton, N. J., were entirely destroyed by Are, with loaa of 1 100,. 000. The fire waa the work o( incen diarlea. Assistant Attorney-General Boyd bai rendered a deciaion in the oaae of ex preai ounipaules, in which he holds they are not liable to taxes ai broken, by ruaaon of their Issuing money order and travelera' check. An explosion of a tank in the gaso line storehouse of A. (. Wykoff, at Rarltan, N. Y., called out the fire enginea. While the firemen were al work, a aecoud tank exploded and ite flaming ooutenti enveloped and fatally burned two men. Mr. Lelaud Stanford, on the auul veraary of her deoeaaed aon'i birth, bat delivered over to UUhop Grace the deed to the old Stanford manaon, which ahall henceforward be known ae tlie Stanford Lathrop Children'! Home. At the eame time the $75,000 tranafer waa made which le to serve aa an en dowment fund for the lnatitutlon. Congreat will adjourn about June SO. Burglar rifled the poetoffice and store at Jefferson, Or. Boiler haa taken Boers' stronghold on the Blggaraberg. The Britiah were received at Kroon tad with open arms. The minority report on the ship sub sidy bill is strongly agalnet a subsidy. The governor of Missouri has offered aid to the police In the 8t.,Louie strike. Nationalists won two-thirds of the vacant seats in the I'aris municipal gov ernment. The Chicago A Rook Island railway will probably build to Portland, Or. Surveyors are now in the field Dreyfus is in Pari and France ii worried. Officials will try to hurry him away, owing to fear of demonstra tion. Landing privileges ' Manila are held by an unscrupulous monopoly that is aooumulatlug a fortune and throt tling trade. The iiumlxr of case of bubonio plague at Sydney, N. S. W., officially reported to this date 1 816, of which 78 proved fatal. Chicago and other Mississippi valley cities are expecting the hottest May weather in years. There were lour (titrations in Chicago. Joe Barker, found guilty of man slaughter for the killing ol Charles Johnson, in Seattle, three months ago, was sentenced to IS years' imprison meat. In the United State supreme court at Boston, Charles II. Cole, formei prealdont of tho now delunot Globs National Bank, who recently pleaded gnilty on an indictment charging him with misappropriation of fuuds of th institution, was sentenced to serve eight years in Greenfield. Aleo Whitney, aged 85, society leader, was shot and killed on a street car at Augusta, Ga., by negro in a qaarrel over a seat. The negro, Gus Wilson, waa taken off a Georgia rail road passenger train at Harlem, 25 miles from Augusta, by a mob and lynched. He waa being taken tc .Atlanta for safekeeping. An American laundry plant has been exported to China. Over $6,000,000 capital it invested in this country in the manufacture oi playing cards. Coal it worked to easily in Chin that in Shuns! It tells for 18 cents pet ton at the nilnet. David T. Haraden, who died few dayt ago at Roxbury, Mass., had been - 1 . 1 1 AHA 'I ! ftl io years in uie serv.uv vi vu " i slano makers. 1 LATER NEWS. London It euthusiastlo over the relief si Maieking. Britiah force nuder Lord Dumlonald nave advanced at far aa Laing'a Nek Fire destroyed the main portion of on. murya school at Belmont, S. C. Lass it estimated at $200,000. William II. Hunt, of Montana, hst been teleoted to be secretary of state lor the island of Puerto Rioo. 13L ..A. .... . . otretn-car singers Ol Bt. Ixiull ire restrained from interfering with mail cars by a temporary injunction. Jexaa bit declared a quarantine tgnlnat San Francisco on account of the prevalence of plague in that city. Fenian sympathiser with the Boert made an attempt to blow up the Brit ith fortlfloatloua at Ktqulmalt, B. O. Congressman George B. McClellan, ton of "Little Mao," the federal gen era), 1 being urged at a running mate lor liryan. Waabington Demoorata In convention at Spokane, indorsed liryan for presl dent, Jamet Hamilton Lewlt for vice preaident. The Boert announce they will defend Johannesburg, and the consult of the neutral power have been advised to look after their citizen. Owner of Chicago breweriet have defied the oity ordinance requiring them to pay $500 license fee the first day of May each year. American warships are leaving Manila for Chinese ports to escape the hot weather which comet to that city very April, May and June. In the ooast towns of Colima and Jolisro, Mexico, an earthquake caused bouset to be submerged, boatt swamped nd several native to drown. The statue of General Grant, pre' tented by the G. A. It. to the nation, wat unvoiled in the great rotunda ol the capital with impressive ceremonies, In the senate, the proposition relai ing to the tarusportation of mail by the pneumatic tube system, wat laid on the table by a vote of 82 to 16. A work train on the Guadalajara branch of the Mexican Central road ran into an obstruction, wrecking the englue and a number of can and kill lug 11 men. Assistant Surgeon A. S. Lloyd, ol the United Status marine hospital ser vice at Chicago, hat been ordered to Sau Francisco to assist in the work ol prevention of the spread ol the bubonic plague. General Brabant ha occupied Lady- bmud. More Christiana have been massacred north ol Tien-Tain by the "boxer." Kentucky Republicans indorsed the dmluiitration of President McKinley. Disease it causing the deaths ol many American soldiers in the Philip pines. Filipino reject civil marriage, claiming it a no more than concu binage. Boer peace envoy will be allowed to present their credential at the state de partment. Colleotor of Customs Ivey has with drawn bis resignation and will serve out his term in Alaska. F. P. Dengal, who eloped from Pro- aer, Wash., with a Mrs. Brackenburg, waa arrested in Spokane. There is a strong sentiment In favor of Hepburn, of Iowa, for vice-president on the Republican ticket. Manila editors and correspondent protest against the press censorship. Many papers are shutting up shop. Four persona perished in the Ore in the Hotel Helena, in Chioago. Guests were foroed to jump from wiudowt. Klljnh Moore, aged 10, who murdered Rev. Jease Moore, hi father, at Dex ter, Mo., November 1 last, wat ex ecuted. Americans in Yucatan lose contracts on electrio aud bridge work through beiug underbid by Englishmen and Germans. Fire destroyed the worka ol the Can ada Cycle & Motor Company of St. Catherines, Out., causing a lost of half million dollars. Columbian rebels threaten Panama, great excitement prevailt in that oity and United States vessels have been ordered to the scene. An alleged nobleman, charged with forgery, in a Victoria, B. 0., oourt, twallowed glass during the trial and will die. Hit name wat Elliott. A factory it now constructing at Corvalllt to manufacture many articles of hardware, thus utilising valuable timber that hat been going to waste. Webtter Davit waa called upon to tpeak at the Missouri Republican con vention, but a debate on the question of appointing a oommittee to escort him to the stage came near disrupting the convention. Secretary Gage, in response to an in quiry from the house of representative a to the extent of the influx of Jap anese, has tubmitted a letter from Im migration Commlssiouei Powderly, stating thrat the arrivals for the nine montha ending March 81, last, wore 4,487. Governor Roosevelt ha tigned the bill compelling provision ol eeate for waitresses in New York restaurants. "Average wages In Germany: House maids, $2.88 a month; laborers, $3.14 week; carpenters, $5 a week. Minneapolis hat established and maintained for a year three public play grounds for children at a cost of $800. New York ball players saved persona in a burning building by catching them at they fell. PLAGUE IN BAY CITY Disease in a Virulent Form in , San Francisco. EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS THE NEWf (la Deaths Have Already Occurred- Many Caaes Being Wetched-The Vlotlin Are Chinese. San Francisco, 'May 19. Bubonio plague In its most virulent form actual ly exist in San Francisoo. Every en deavor la being made by the authori ties to suppress the facta at the request of local merchant! and commercial bodies, who fear the newi might hurt Pacific ooast trade. Thus far, the dread disease is con fined to Chinatown, situated in the heart of the city. Six deatht were re ported In at many weokt and a number of plague caaea are being watched. All the vlotimt are celestials. Aa epl demio it feared, but phytioiani are try ing their utmost to prevent its spread. The health board holds meetings dally and is much alarmed. The district it a squalid condition and favor the spread of the disease. Federal Quarantine Officer Keoyoun, of the port of San Franotsoo, haa co operated with the local health officers and hat offered the use of Angel island, the government quarantine and disin fecting station. A large three-hom power sulphur dislnfoctor was brought up from the island this morning aud hat been in operation all day. Ail the houses In the district are being fnml gated with formaldehyde gas aud sul phur. Kenyoun makes a personal in' speotion with the health board daily of cases nnder susplolon. All sewer in the district have been screened with netting and thousands of pounds of fish poisoned with arsenio and phosporut thrown into them for the purpose of killing rata which might distribute the disease germs. Physicians are stationed at wharves, railway stations and all outlets of the city to prevent Chinese from departing. All conveyances are searched. Chines Consul-General Ho Yow it offering every assistance in tending Chinese Into the field, and the police have sent corps of interpreters and guides, who assist the medicos in the search for plague case. The Chinese bide the sick, as they fear the quarantine, and dying celes tial! are carried "over roofs by their countrymen to avoid the health author ities. The first case discovered was H Woon York, at 788 Paoiflo street. The Chinaman had come from Stockton re cently and died six weeks ago. Dr. Williamson today tent a formal notification of the pliigue conditions to the consuls of foreign countries, with a request to suppress the news. All facts are being withheld from the pub- Ho, owing to the recent censure of lo cal newspapers. The deaths to date are at follows: Wing Chut Kin, 1001 Dupont street) He Woon York, 782 Pacific; Ho Sau. same address; Thin Moon, Pacifto hos pital; Yong Hoop, 888 Clay, aud Wing Ching. 717 Clay. Dr. Chalmers said: "Conditions are very bad, and favor a spread ol the dis ease. Thus far we have the plague In check." Dr. Kelloirg aald: "I fear an epl- demio and will suppress facts If possi ble. We may be compelled to burn the Infected houses in Chinatown." OCCUPATION OF GLENCOE. Logical Sequence of General Buller Advene. London, May 10. The war office ha posted the following dispatch from General Boiler, dated Dundee, May 18: 'We oooupled Gleuooe yesterday and the Transvaalera have now evacu ated Blggaraberg. The Free Staters on the Drakenburg are much reduced In number. The Pretoria, Carolina and Lydenburg commandos trekked north from Hatikulu on the 18th and 14th of May, with 11 guns. Eleven guns were entrained at Glencoe. The last train with ambulance left there at dawn May 16. This result bat been largely produced by the action of the Fifth division, whioh, during the last few days, has done a great deal of very bard work marohlng, mountain climbing and road making. Trains are now running to Weasel's Nek station." The war office posts the following dispatch from Lord Roberta, under data of Kroonstad, May 15: 'Two officers and six men of Prinoe Alfred's guards, while out foraging yes terday a few miles from Kroonstad, visited a farm flying a white flag, the owner of which surrendered himself, with arms and ammunition. They then approached another farm, also fly ing a white flag. When within 40 yardt of the enclosure, they were fired upon by 16 or 16 Boert, concealed be hind the farm wall." The occupation of Glencoe wat merely a logical teqnenoe of General Buller't advance and the Boers' retir ing movement. Aa usual, the Boert are reported to be flying, but alto ai usual, the aooounts add that their transport and gnnt were removed In safety, which in itself is a contradic tion of any statement that the Boert were panlo-sticken. Locomotive Blew Up. Ashley, 111., May 19. Two men were killed and seven injured, three fatally, by the explosion ol the boiler of the locomotive attached to south bound passenger train No. 81 on the Illinois Central railroad today. The dead are: Chariot Price, engineer, of Centralia, 111., and Tom Wright, of Odin, 111. The fatally injured are: Sam Ascoff, Fred Crawford and John Hampton, lection hands. MAY LOSE MILLIONS. By a Word Being Omitted In a Gov ernment Treaty With Franee. New York, May 21. A decision just rendered by Judge Townsend, who It hearing in the United States circuit court the appeals from the decision of the board of general appraisers, under the custom administration act, lessens the duties on French brandies and liquor 60 cents a gallon, and In the particular suit which wa brought by George S. Nicholas, an importer, takes $46,000 out of the treasury of the gov ernment. Nicholas, on June 10, 1898, received from France 80,000 gallon ol the cor dial known at "Chartreuse." Col leotor Bidwell assessed the duty on this importation at $2.26 per gallon. The importer appealed to the board ol general appraisers, and tbey affirmed the oolleotor'i action. Then the mat ter wat brought into the circuit court and, when the hearing came up, coun sel for Nicholas insisted that under the new treaty with Franoe, made In 1808, a year later than the passage of the tariff under which the appraise ment had been made, the dnty should have been only $1.76 per gallon. Copies of the treaties made between France and the United State were pro duced at evidence, and In the French copy the word "liquert" appears, while from the American copy the word "llquort" it missing. This deci sion it in favor of the importers, and if it boldt, meant a loss of many million dollars to the government annually. . AQUINALDO HEARD FROM. ula Latest Proclamation to tha In aurgenta. Manila, May 31. A proclamation purporting to have been issued by Aguinaldo and dated May 4, from Pollilo island, one of the Philippine group east of Luzon, is circulating in Manila. It says the commission ap pointed by President McKinley wat appointed without the authority of con gress, and hence it cannot treat official ly. It urges the Filipino not to sur render their arms at the instigation ol the commission and on promises which congress may not ratify, and also urges the Filipino to enthnsattioally wel come the commission when it arrive in the towns and provinces, asking boldly for the form of government they most desire, as the Americans permitof free dom of speech. The proclamation oloset with asking the Filipinos to strive for liberty and independence and again warns them against deception. In the Catarma district about 600 of the enemy attacked a portion of the Forty-third regiment. The Americana killed 803 of the rebels. Only three Americans were wounded. Major John C. Gilmore and 100 men of the Forty-third regiment were am bushed May 6 near Pambugan, Samar. Seventy-five of the enemy were killed and there were no American casualties. The transpoit Lennox hat returned here after landing four troops of tne Eleventh cavalry to reinforce Colonel J. F. Bell. Two troops. Major Sime commanding, were landed at Legaspi and proceeded across the country to strengthen the garrison at Liago. They found numerous entrenchments manned by insurgents between the towns, and were two day on their way. Their only lost was three horses. The officen report they killed 40 insurgents, but the natives declare 80 were killed. Panama Canal Plot. Washington, May 21. Soon aftei the senate convened today, Morgai (Dem. Ala.), chairman ol the commute on inter-oceanio canals, offered a reso lution directing the committee to maki an investigation, sweeping in its char acter, of the dealings ol Individual or corporations with a view to monopolis ing a ship canal at Panama or In Nic aragua, and whether the individuals oi corporations propose to obstruot the United States in the construction of an isthmian canal. Morgan stated that the object of the inquiry proposed is to enable the president of the United States to check and destroy a conspiracy founded on fraud, corruption and ar roganoe, against the highest rights and privilegei of the people and government of the United State. Kxploalon In a Boarding Hoots. Chicago, May 81. Twenty person! at the dinner table in Mrs. Anna Smith's boarding house were startled last night when, following an explosion in the kitchen, the proprietress of the place ran into the dining room wrapped in a sheet of name. The guests started to her rescue, but when the door into the cooking room was thrown open, it wat found to be in flames also and they retreated in fear. Two other persons were burned during the fire, which originated from the explosion of a kero sene can. The ' injured are: Mrs. Anna Smith, face, hand and body severely burned, taken to the hospital, will die; Lee Leahy, asleep on a couch In kitchen when the explosion occurred, hands, shoulders and faoe severely burned, may die; Edward Leahy, burned and hair tinged while rescuing Mrs. Smith from the burning room. Nordlund's Horrible Crimea Stockholm, May 81. A dlspatoh re ceived today from Eskilstavana says that Philip Nordlund, who was arrest ed there, hat now fully confessed that he deliberately planned the orime he commmitted on board the steamer Print Carl, on Wednesday night, when i he murdered seven men and a woman. Grand Vlalar of Morocco Daad. Tangier, Morooco, May 21. The grand vitler, Ahmed Ben Musaa, died Sunday, May 18. A convulsion in in ternal affairs is threatened, but it it believed Germany, Italy and Great Britain have agreed to maintain the status quo, so it is hoped the threatened auaiohy will be averted. Tacoma, May 21. William Patter ton, a waiter, fell from a window in the Lexington hotel last night and later died from hit Injuries. MAFEKING RELIEVED Boer Forces Withdrew From the Invertment. LONDONERS ARB ENTHUSIASTIC Bullar Oaenplas Heweastle, In Hortherat JCnd of Natal, tha Federals Retreat ing Through tha Paiaes. Pretoria, May 21 .It wat officially announced today that when the laagen and fort around Mafekiug had been severely bombarded the tiege was aban doned. London, May 21. From the mention of laagers in the Pretora dispatch, it it understood here that prior to the raising of the siege of Mafeklng, the Boer laagen around that place were vigorously bombarded by the British relief column and the burgher practi cally compelled to abandon the tiege. Bullar Tahaa Newcastle. Lonlon, May 21. General Duller, in a dispatch to the war office, dated Newcastle, May 21, says: "Newcastle wat occupied last night, and today the whole Second division and the Third cavalry brigade will ba concentrated here. I have sent the mounted force through Nqutn to expel a small force of the enemy and to re assure the natives. The enemy have burned the chapel, broken much glass, plundered many houses and taken cash from the banks, bnt otherwise tbey have not done much harm. The rail way is badly damaged, the Ingagane and Nkader bridges are destroyed, at are many culverts and the pumping ttation and water worka. Ol the 7.000 men flying before us, about 1,000 teem to have gone to Wakkeretrom and aoine by Muller'i Pass to the Free State. The remainder, who are described a disorganized rabble, have gone north and thev intend to make a stand at Laing'i Nek." Britiah at Christiana. Pretoria, May 21. President Steyn, who arrived here Wednesday and has been in close conference with the Transvaal authorities, left for the Free State last night. Addressing a crowd on the platform, he urged tbem to be of good oheer. It is reported that 6,000 British troop have surrounded Christiana, and the landrost aud other o IB la Is have been taken prisoners. Jamea Milne, the correspndent of the Renter Telegram Company, who has been prisoner here, wa liberated and escorted to the border this morning. MAGINNIS VS. CLARK. Governor Smith Appoints a Senator to trill Vaeanejr. Butte, Mont., May 21. Governor Smith today tent dispatches from here to Senator W. A. Clark, Senator Chand ler, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, and Senator Fiye, president of the senate, saying he bad disregarded and revoked the aotion of Lieutenant-Governor Spriggs in nam ing Mr. Clark to succeed to the vacancy caused by hit , own resignation, and saying he had named Martin Maginnis, of Helena, to fill tha vacancy. The governor gives as bit reasons his opinion that the appointment of Mr. Clark by the lieutenaut-governor was tainted by collusion and fraud. The dispatcboa are practically the same, that to Mi. Clark reading: "I have this day disregarded and re voked your appointment as United States senator, made by Lieutenant Governor Spriggs on the 16th inst., as being tainted with oollusion and fraud, and have this day appointed Hon. Martin Maginnis United States senator to fill the vacancy caused by your resig nation." Those to Frye and Chandler are of the same tenor, notifying them of hi action. The governor also sent a formal protest to Chandler, detailing his reasons. He ha also issued an open letter to the people of the state, denying he had any knowledge of the contemplated step when he V" Mon tana for California. He saya he went to California at the request of Thomas R. Hinds to look into the title of some mining property in whioh Miles Finlen was interested. He owed Finlen $2,000, and thought by golug he might earn a fee that would be applied on the indebtedness. "I shall prove by my condnct in the future," he concludes, "that I wa not guilty of any wrong doing or any idea of wrong." Mile Finlen is one of the Demoorata In the legislature who voted against Clark. Martin Maginnis wa delegate in congress for the territory, and, with Clark, a Democratic contestant for sen atorial honors when Montana became a state. Tagal Guerilla Warfare. Yokohama, May 6, via Victoria, B. C, May 19. The United States tians- port Thomas arrived unexpectedly from Manila Saturday last. Returning offi cers and men of the army disagree with the optimistic view of the Philippine itnation lately held by the press and the pnblio. Everything seems to point to a long and devastating guerrilla war fare, and altogether the outlook is not reassuring. A Memphla Tragedy. Memphis, May 21. At an early hour this morning the bodies of Henry Reiohman, of Memphis, and Mrs. Lily Badakin, wife of a newspaper man of Forest City, Ark., were found in the woman't apartment on Jefferson ave nue. Reiohman had been shot six times, while the woman's body received one bullet. The affair it shrouded in mystery. No weapon was found about the premises, and it Is believed to be case of murder SERIOUS FACTS ABOUT FOOD. How Can tha Danger from Alum Bi Ing Powdera Ba Aveldedf The reported cases of poisoning from the nse of alnm baking powder have awakened the public to the serious danger which menace the health of the people of this country In the num erous alum powder which are nrged upon oonsumers. Among the leading physician and scientists there is no question a to the detrimental effect which alum baking powders produce upon the system. In many foreign countries and in many cities of thia country, the authorities have absolutely prohibited their sale or the sale of bread containing alum. Kven small doses of alum given to children, have produced fatal result, while case of heartburn, indigestion, griping constipation, dyspepsia and various kindred gastrio trouble from irritation of the mucous membrane, at tributed to the continuous nse of food prepared with the alum or alum phot' phate powders, are familiar in the prac tice of physicians generally. Congreat hat recently been investi gating the subject of food, and in itt official report to the senate the com mittee tays "So far at the nse of alum in the manufacture of a food product, inch at baking powder, is con cerned, the committee, in view of the overwhelming mass of evidence antag onistic to its use, recommends that its nse in food products and baking pow den be prohibited by law." It it not possible that any prudent housewife, any loving mother, will knowingly nse an article of food that will Injure the health of her household, or perhaps cause the death of bet' chil dren. How shall the dangerous alnm pow dera be distinguished? And bow shall the danger to health from their nse be avoided? Generally alum powdert may be known from the price at which they are told, or from the fact that they are ac companied by a gift, or are cluipoeed oi nnder some scheme. The alum powder costs but a few cents a ponnd to make, and is often sold at 20 or 85 cents a pound; sometimes aa low a 10 cents. It ia impossible to nam all the alum powders in the market, bnt any halting powder sold at a low price, or adver tised as costing mnch lest than the well known, high class powders, or accompanied by a present, or disposed of under any scheme, ia of this class, detrimental to health and to be avoided. These fact should incline consumer! to torn a deaf ear to all importunities to buy the Inferior powders. The wis housekeeper will decline in all cases to take them. Good Till Ba Took to Drink. A few years since a large farmhouse en mr country place being vacant, I offered, through one of the settlements, to take some poor woman with small children who seemed to need it for a two-months' rest and fresh air. Among those sent np waa a good looking and oft spoken young woman with three mall children. She had just come from the hospital, and had a scar nearly all around her neck which waa just healing up. Her husband, a carpenter, had cut her throat in a drunken spree, nearly severing the juglar vein. She was taken to the hospital and he was tried and sent to prison. "Was he always ugly to you?" she wa asked. "Oh. no," she replied. "He was very good till he took to drink." National Advocate. "Mr. Do ley, won't yon let me look at your watoh a little while?" "Certainly, Miss Fly pp. Do yon want to consult the time? "No," replied the girl, a she opened it and examined its case and worka. "I was curious to see if water tarnished gold, or had any effect on the watch's delicate mechanism." "Water? What do yon mean?" "Well, Mr. Honker told me yon were in the habit of soaking your watch. What is the object of inch treatment, Mr. Dolly?" Harlem Life. The uncommon woet of a married lady in Damascus. Ohio, have impelled her to seek a divorce. To prevent her from going to a party she declared that her husband threw her false teeth in the fire and concealed her twitch of false hair. Now she can't go ont until be gives her money to secure new teeth, and be heartlessly refuse uuleaa she promises to renounce parties for ever more. A Buffalo milk man ia in trouble. To a customer he supplied milk which bad earthworm in it, and the custom er had him arrested. He hat decided to oarefully strain the water hereafter before he dilutes hit milk with It, aud use the worm for bait. Governor Leary, of Guam, ia a joker. He has placet! a tariff of $4 a gallon on whisky, whioh everybody there wants to drink, and yet has decided to admit free painting and statuary, whioh no body there cares about. "Your husband hat a heap to say about how the country shall be ran," said a neighbor. "I reckon he take hisself fur a purty smart man." "I reckon he does," said Mr. Corn- tossel. '"But I don't 'low he' ever goin' to set the world on fire." "No, not if he haa to git ont blBself an chop the wood fur kindlin' to start theblaze." Washing ton Star. Not One. "Young Goslin is in love with all the girls," Bald Wlntergreen. "But what particular girl is in love with him?" asked Terwilliger. The gill who would be in love with him would be no particular girl." Town Topic If men judged women by the way they treat their mother there would tie fewer of those marriages that lead to divorce. Chicago DemooraV BOERS FOR PEACE Kruger's Message to Prime Minister. th.e BUT ONE. REPLY IS POSSIBLE Anthantle New Reported to Bare Beet) Ite re) red From faeklng-Kln' oua Demonstrations London, May 22. Displayed In the most conspicuous style in the Daily Express, is the dominant war new of the morning: "We have the best reason for stating that in the last 24 hours a telegram ba been received at the foreign office, addressed personally to the prime min ister, from President Kruger, proposing term! of peace. The exact termt of the message cannot be stated; bnt we believe it is couched in an exceedingly humble strain." It Is inconceivable, of course, that Lord Salisbury can have sent any reply except the one that stands ready on the lip of every Briton unconditional sur render. Anthantle News of Mafeklng. An extraordinary Issue of the Gazette at Cape Town announces that in conse quence of what is believed to be authen tic news of the relief of Mafeking, Six Alfred Milner will close the pnblie offices today. The boisterous rejoicings over the newt of Mafeking have become riotous in parts of London, Aberdeen and Bel fast, and elsewhere in the United King dom. In the Finschley district of suburban London, a mob atoned the railway ttation master' house and smashed the windows of a draper's shop, setting the building on fire also, although whether by accident or design it is not yet known. Two clerks were injured. The house of a Boer sympa thizer at Harleston ras attacked by a large mob and the windows were shat tered. The police charged the mob and were greeted with a shower of decayed eggs. Numerous arrests were made and the police reserve were called out. QUARANTINE IS TfT" FORCE. Chinese Peaaengere to Ba Detained at Astoria ' Astoria, May 22. For the first time in the history of thla port a quarantine ha been established here against ves sels arriving from San Francisco. This relate particularly to Chinese passen gers, as thus far all others have been allowed to pass. Both State Health Officer Fulton and Quarantine Officer Hastings hare received official notifica tion of the existence of the plague at the bay city, and, while the latter has received no instructions from the de partment to establish an inter-state quarantine he deemt strict precautions necessary to guard against tm possible introduction of the disease here, and, together with the state health officer, will inspect all incoming vessels from that port and isolate all the Chinsese passenger. The nrBt vessel affected by the new regulations waa the O. R. & N. steamer Columbia, which arrived here this morning. She waa detained in tha quarantine grounds nntil a thorough inspection was made and then allowed to come to the dock. Two Chinese passengers were, however, taken to the government quarantine station, where their baggage will be fumigated, and they will be held for about 10 day. Railroad! In Noma Dlatrlct. San Francisco, May 21. Articles of incorporation of the Nome Railroad Company have been filed. The, com- . pany propose to have a main line foul miles long with a branch line two and a half miles long. The incorporators are C. D. Lane, E. J. Cutchen, C. X. Willard, P. J. Millet and F. W. Wynn. The capital stock is $100,000. The road will run from Nome toward Anvil creek in Alaska. The same persons have incorporated the Wild Goose Railway Company, with $100,000 a capital stock to operate 1 miles of road from tha shores of Behring sea near Nome, towards Anvil creek, with a branch line miles long. Mollneux as a Ceaaoler. New York, May 22. Roland B. Molineux did his utmost today to con sole Fritz Meyer, who, in an adjoining coll in the condemned men's quarters in Sing Sing prison, was looking for ward to the occupation of the electrio chair tomorrow for the murder of Policeman Frederick Smith. Genoral Molineux visited hit son on Saturday and told blm to be brave during Meyer' execution. An lnaurgent Arabueh. Manila, May 23. Five hundred in surgents, half of whom were armed with rifles, ambushed 80 scouts of the Fortieth volunteer infantry in the hills near Aqnasan, in the northern part of Mindanao. The Amerioans routed the natives, killing 51. The American casualites were two killed and three wounded. Judge W. C. Hook of the United States district court at Topeka, Kan., decided that the section of the law pro hibiting people from coming into the state and taking order for llquort is unconstitutional. Coal -Miners Fatal Quarrel. Memphis. May 82. Edward Whit tington and Denni Brogan, coal min ers, entered the lunch bouse of T. F. MoKenna and became Involved in a quarrel, during which Whittington was shot by Mrs. MoKenna, and Brogan was fatally wonnded. Heturn of the Philadelphia. San Francisco, May 21. Th cruiser Philadelphia arrived today from San . Juan del Sur, after a cruise in South American and Central American water,