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OREGON
VOL. XTII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1900.
NO. 23.
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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
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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.
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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,