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Newspaper Page Text4 nn OREGON M vol. xvir. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1900. . NO. 26. 8 EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. J'KKSH TICKS MOM Til K WIltKS All lliti-rcallng Colli i ll f H Krillll Ihu Two lliiiiUiliurKii l'rnl.,l In h t'tmilmiaed lrm. Colombian rebel threaten Panama Maryland Democrats lmv declare (or Bryan. Otis Iium landed In Han Francisco and in on Inn way to Washington. Itnthor tlum suppress the Boxers, China moans to Unlit till Europe. Tliu Itnpiihlicnns wore generally suc cessful in the election in Oregon. (Jeorgo Murphy, h Brooklyn bridge builder, Him drowned near Eugene, Or. Tim wife o( ex-secretary of Uinta John Sherman, died atMauslluliI, Ohio, Cl hi n frauds nre now known to In volve ii u amount something like $500, 0110. Boxer me said to lie approaching Tien 'J'hIu, intending to attack the city. Tho In iiiHii hint agreed to the $3,000, 000 appropriation lo the St, Louis ex position. A medical diploma raided in Chicago and "factory" wits its officers lire in jail. Lord Robert linn entered Pretoria. lll llret order after reaching the city was (or tint release of priaouvr. Miilcolin A. Moody was re-elected to congress from the Second district u( Oregon, Tongue front First district. Tho iittoruiiy (or tne Chinese Six Companies in Sun Francisco, (lied with the chirk ol the United Ntatea ciicuit court mi application (or nil injunction compelling the Imard of health o( thin city to uluiudon tli" quarantine which it lum imposed upon the Chinatown district. tlimrge O. Perry, o( Dubuque, Iowa, has been appointed I' ul tod Mates mar- hIiiiI (or Alaska, He was several times chairman of a congrcsinual commit ti'D. It in hIno Minted that lieorge ('ran, i( Unit city, Senator Allison's format law partner, and twice postmaster n( Dubuque, will he federal judge of Alaska. Special dispatches received from Aljlem portruv a serious situation. Thounuida of Moors are mussing- at J'"yrls and in the nolj-hliorhoixl, pre paring for a determined attack upon the udvanco posts of the French. Tli French columns have joined hand at Zouliia, but the ineu Buffer terribly Iroui heat and thirst, and hundreds of camels died. The French tire prepar ing entrenchments and are oonltdcnt of their ability to repel ail attack and even to take tho olIcUHlve against l-'tilg if necessary British agonl are buying horse in Eastern Orcogn. Another den h from plague has oc curred in hau I'muoisco. Congress Iiiih npproprintoi about $iiO,UO0,0(H) tlilH session. liner are making strenuous efforts to out Huberts' commimcatlous. Tliree men wore killed art a result of a feud at San Augustine, Texan. Twenty-live armed in mi reditu aur rendered at Calcro, island of I'aiiuy. Charles I'arroll, of Albany, Or., (ell from 1111 excursion train and win in Htnutly killed. Wlrlos telegraphy will be estab llshod in San Francisco, l'uerto Uioo mill the Philippines. Mm. Alsoiim Parson Stevens, one of the best-known woman souiulologist in Chicago, died suddenly at the Hull bouse. Robbers attempted to hold op a train 110 lulled from St. Louis, but the plucky light of tho express messenger tiuil baggage master prevented tliuir work from being successful. The Russian inlnisler of marine has taken measures to increase the ellloien cy of the Baltic, Ulack Hea, Mediter ranean mid Asiatic Heels. Under the instructions given, three battleships, three coast clofenso ships, one cruiser nud tho imperial yacht are to be hole! in reserve In the llnltic; five battle' plans, three torpedo iiuiinontH, one transport, one third-china cruiser and one training ship in the ltlack ten, and in the Mediterranean, the Knsman miuiidron will comprise one battleship, three gunboats and one torpedo gun boat. Iahus Klopsch, of Now ' York, pub- liaher of thu ChriNtian Herald, wlio is lit llombay, writes of the famine atrlekun districts in India in the fol lowing torma: "livery where 1 met tin most shocking and revolting scenes. The (amino camps have been swept bv cholera and smallpox. Fugitives, seat tering in all directions and stricken '.J flight, were (ound tlyh y. in the fields ami roudsido ditobes, The numbers at one relief station were increasing at the rate of 10,000 pur day." The discharge of the prosidont of the Amalgamated Association of Tin Workers precipitated a strike at the (ireat Western Tiiiplate Works, Joliot, Illinois, throwing out 1)00 ineu. The wage question in not involved. Heven hundred injunetlims were filed tipou strikers and labor leaders in the fieorge's CJroek, Maryland, coal mining region, restraining llieiii fr interfer ing with miners who desired lo lesume york. LATIR NEWS. Russia and Japan may oome to war is result of the lioxen movement. The American warships Nashville nd Monacaoy have been ordered to laku, China. Oenerul I'lo del Pilar, the Filipino leader, was captured by American six mile east of Manila. Two men were Instantly killed and sight seriously injured by the explosion of a boiler at a brick work at Aiinis- ton, Ala. The Doxer movement 1 spreading throughout Uhlua. Kusnia gives notic that if the powers do not act she will go it alone. An explosion, caused by mining fuses at the custom department, at Oporto, Portugal, killed two persons and injured Hi. narry uekicer, a well known pro. motor of Western railroad properties, shot and killed himself in hi apart meuts at .New York City. One man was killed and four hurt by the (ailing of a Ireight elevator the Nichols & Shepherd Implement building at Kansas City. A flra in the oil redoing ami salt peter district ol Hamburg, Germany, destroyed projierty to the value ,uou,uuu marks, including muny dwellings. A lannery owned by Fayette, 8haw & Co., at Miller, Wis., was destroyed hy (Ire, causing a loss of flOO.OOO Nino hundred men were thrown out ol employment. The investigation of the affairs nl Adolph A. Knhu, junior member of the linn of Kuhn Pros., brokers, of Chi cage, shows he has left a shortage ol 1,0,10,000. The president has approved the find ings and sentence in the case of Cat). tain Doming, of JIutTalo, assistant com missary o( subsistence, U. 8. V., tried at Sun Francisco ou a charge of forgery and embezzling public funds. Alexander Stevenson, a line repairer ol the Utah Kloctrio Light & Power Company, of Salt lke, was instantly killed by electricity on Third Sontii and Main streets. lie went np a pole to do some work, and look hold of a live wire. His Isjdy hung suspended in the network of wire in tho presence of hundreds of people. In Japan a new law just put into op. eration forbids smoking by persons un der 20 years old, and also forbids the selling of tobacco or other smoking material to youths of this age. Fines are provided for the smoker and for whoever sells to him the stuff. The law provides also (ot fining the parents of such yonthful smokers, because they did not touch their offspring better habits. Indiana Democrats indorsed Bryan Kobert's army is resting at Pretoria Democrats of Missouri indorsed the Chicago platform. l'.nd of the Chicago labor trouble seem to be in sight. Wolvorton's plurality (or supreme judge of Oregon is more than 10,000. Affairs in China are gradually work ing up a crisis of the first magnitude. The legislature of Oregon will be lie. publie.au on joint ballot by a majority of 24. Chicago people contributed 5,000 toward the relief of the Indian famine sufferers. A Christian journal in Japan has been suspended for showing disrespect to the imperial house. Alexander M. Dockery, of Oalluiin county, Missonri, has been nomiuated by the Democrats (or governor. Fire at Susanvtlle, Cal., destroyed three blocks o( stores, containing forty buildings, entailing a large loss. London papers think that the l!rit lb squadiou is recognized as inferior to the Husslan as well as the Japanese, Chinese soldiers attacked the Boxers near Poking, and in the engagement which followed many were killed on both sides. A nispatch from Cucuta, department of jjautiiuiler, Venezuela, say that after 13 days o( fighting, the Colombian revolutionists have routed the govern ment forces near Buracamauga, captur ing a number of prisoners, including tleueral Peunsolan. Secretary Long has issued an order (or an experiment of the utmost im portance. The purpose is to see how much time would be occupied in put ting into condition (or active naval service a part of the United States tleet to meet an emergency. Judge Morrow, of the United States circuit court at San Francisco, on com plaint made by Jew Ho, has granted ail order temporarily restraining the board of health and chief of police from prohibiting the surgeons employed by the Chinese to care (or their dead, entering the quarantine line. Steps have been taken to organize a national Negro party in Philadelphia. Prominent negroes bishops, ministers, editors and lawyers at a meeting de cided to place a presidential ticket in the Held with negro candidates. The phiu is to organize the party in every state of the Union, and nominate can didates for itate and congressional olll oe. An American wator hyacinth which is not infrequently an obstrution to na vigation in southern rivers has been successfully killed on the Melpomene canal, ivew Orleans, by a chemical spray. A license to sell intoxicants was given to a man in Benton, Ky., with the proviso that 110 one should be al lowed to "treat" in his barroom, and that every patron must pay for his own liquor. CLOSED WITH SONGS Picturesque Scene When the House Adjourned. ILL ANIMOSITY WAS PORUOTTES r'ir of III 11 I.h.I Itnjr Was th a Via- lury uf tlis Olil Coiirr0S tli Naval Hill. Washington, June 9. In marked contrast with the exciting incident at tending the bitter struggle of the clos ing hours 6f the session, Speaker Hen derson laid down his gavel at 5 o'clock this afternoon at the conclusion of one of tho most picturesque scenes which has ever occurred in the hall of repre tentative. Party passion and personal rancor, which have brought the house to the brink of actual riots at times during the last 48 hours, gave way in the closing half-hour to good fellow ship, which ended in a patriotic out burnt that stirred the crowded gu Her lei to the highest pitch of enthusiasm. During a brief recess, taken within 80 minutes ol the time fixed for the final adjournment to give the president an opiMirtuuity to adix his signature to the bills that were being rushed to him (or approval, a group of members, led by Murcer (Pep. Neb.), Ball (Dem. Tex.), .Fitzgerald (Ddin. Mass.), and Tawney (Pep. Minn.), congregated in the area to tho left of the speakers ros trum and began sinigng patriotic airs. The gallerie.4 were banked to the doors. "Columbia, the (iein of the Ocean," "Auld Lang Syne," "The Kod, White and Blue" successively rang out. A the sinking proceeded, members joined the group, until, without regard to age or party, the entire momebrship of the house joined in the choruses. The spectators in the galleries applauded each song until the strains of "Dixie'' filled the hall. Then their unbouudoo enthusiasm broke out in wild cheers. But the enthusiasm "Dixie" evoked was not to be compared with the re markable (lemoustiation which tol- owed, when, in a clear and ringing tenor, Fitzgerald (Item. .Mass.) started the national anthem with the inspir ing words, "Through the Dawns' Early Light." In an instant all the men, women and children in the galleries were on their feet joining in the sing ing. The mighty chorus fiom thousand of throats reverlierated through the hall, milking the pulses leap and the blood tingle. It was a magnificent and sonl-inspiiing spectacle. The ladies kept time to the rythm of the music with their naudkerchiels and the men lieat the measure with their hands. The speaker, pausing as he en tered the hall, raised his voice also. The excitement produced by the scene overcame a white-haired old man in one of the public galleries, nud when the song ceased he jumped upon his seat and shouted: "That is the song of the angels in Heaven." Jle was plainly a crank, lint as he showed a disposition to harrangue the house, he was qmclky elected. After Speaker Henderson had mads graceful farewell sH?ech, thanking the members for their courtesy, and had declared the house adjourned, the members testified to hiB popularity by singing "For He' a Jolly Good Fel low," and the newspaper correspond ents in the press gallery celebrated their emancipation from the burdens of con gloss by singing tho "Doxology." The principal feature of the closing day in the house was the reversal of its action last night in turning down the conferees on the naval bill for yielding ou the item relating to ocean survevs. Overnight the sentiment of the house underwent a complete change, aud to lay the members voted by a large ma jority to accept outright the senate amendment, which goes much further than the compromise which the con ferees oflered last night. The new con ferees, led by Cannon, who had brought in a compromise which they considered more satislactory, wore iguominiously pushed aside. It was a distinct vic tory for the old conferees Foss (Hep., 11.), Dayton (Itep., W. Va.), and !iiiiimiiiga (Dam. N. Y.). The other features of the closing day was the course of LeuU (Dem., O.) in blocking unanimous consent legislation. For three days he had objected to bills be au. se the majority would not allow the testimony in the Coeur d'Aleue in- estimation to be printed, and he main tained his position to the end. Canadian Army Food Rcamlal. Ottawa. Ont.. June 9. The onnosi tiou in the house of commons endeavor-! d to make a scandal out of the einer- gency food supplied to the Canadian soldiers now in South Africa, and which waa supplied by the Canadian govern- ment. F. D. Monk charged that a spurious article was sent instead of the geuuiiiH. Dr. Borden, minister of mili-1 tin, stated that the emergency (cod was ' purchased under contract from Dr. K. Devlin, of Montreal, aud was tested mouths before it was bought from the contractor. Another test was made of the samples ou hand, and tbe tests were satisfactory. Tbe chargo of the opposition is that Dr. Devliu did not supply the class uf goods that he agreed lo do. Chicago, Juno 0. A special to the Kecord from Victoria, B. C, Bays: Nows was brought from the Fast by the steamer Kmpress of Japan that a seri ous uprising against the British has agaiu broken out in North Borneo. Many refugees who arrived in Labuan say that the cause of tho outbreak wa the general dissatisfaction against the rule of the chartered company. In the fighting several British wero killed and seven wounnoa. twenty-nve Chinese were killed, and the environ oitv were totally destroyed of thf ' EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES. What ilr. Atkinson Fropoaes to Aoeom pllsli In tho Island. Chicago, June 9. Dr. Fred W. At kinson, recently appointed superintend ent of public instruction in the Philip, pine, i in Chicago. He was princi pal of the high schools of Springfield, O., for several years, and was appoint ed to hi present post on the recom mendation of the president of Harvard University. "The education problem in the Philippines," laid Dr. Atkinson, at the Auditorium last night, "is most complex. I would not care to outline a plan nntil I have anived on the ground and studied the situation. Ho fur as I have been able to learn, the people ol the islands are apt and eager to learn, but I am convinced that some special course of study will have to be introduced. From advices which 1 have received (rem .Manila, 1 learn that Father McKinnon, an ex-Chaplain in the United States army, has estab lished several schools, and $ 40,000 has been spent in the purchase o( text books. "A nearly as I can learn, 5,000 Fil ipino children are attending the schools in Manila alone. I believe that our policy should be aggressive and at the same time conciliatory, and in all probability we shall be obliged to de vise special educational courses to meet the conditions existing in the islands." Dr. Atkinson will leave (or San Fran cisco today, and expects to remain in the Philippines (or several year at least. A NAVAL EXPERIMENT. Putting War-hips In Condition for Ira uiodlalo Service. Washington, June 9. Seeretarj Long has issued an order (or an experi ment of the utmost importance to the navy. The purpose is to see how mnch time would be occupied in putting into oondition (or active naval service a part of the united btates fleet to meet an emergency. The vessels selected for the experi ment are the battle-sbipe Indiana and Massachusetts, now laid up in ordinary at League Island, with a skeleton organization of officers and men aboard Captain Dickens commands the Indiana and ha six olficeis and about 150 men nnder him. The Massachusetts is Tinder command of Captain Train, with four officers and about 150 sailors Order have been telegraphed Admiral Casey, the commandant of the League Island yard, and the two captains above named, to put the ship into con dition for immediate service, to last at least 60 days. No notice ha been pre viously given of the department's in teution. By the terms of the order the ships must clear League island inside of three day. The ollicer who have projected the experiment hope to do better than that. The ships each have abont 650 tons o( coal aboard, but must be supplied with food, maps, bedding, ammuni tion, eto. The hardest question to deal within the present straits of the navy is that' of personnel. Officers were wired at once, and it was necessary to rob some of the bureaus of the navy department of much-needed assistance. The o ilicer most 1 emote from League Island is Lieutenant Wilson, at Bos ton, so that all of them should be aboard ship by tomorrow night. The Hartford's crew, now at Norfolk, has been ordered to leave tonight (or League island, and from her numerous crew the complements of the Indiana and the Massachusetts will be brought to the standard. About 300 ineu and 13 ollicer will be required for each battleship. CYCLONE OF FIRE. Town on the Mesnba Iron Kan-re Wiped Out. Duluth, Minn., June 9. The entire business and most of the residence sec tion of the town of Virginia, on the Mesa oh Iron range, wag wiped oat of existonoe today about noon, and it only took 60 minute to do it. In that time fully 165 buildings were reduced to ashes. Telegraphic communication was cut off very soon after the first news of the fire oaine, and was not re sumed entil this evening. The news tonight indicates that it was a veritable cyclone of fire. The entire country around ia parched and ready to burn. The Dames broke out it the Moon Ss Kerr mill, on the shoie of Silver lake, southwest of the town. The main business section of the city is about rive blocks from the mill, and over this intervening territory the flames spread fiercely, carried directly to the business buildings by a tierce southwest wind. Within an hour it had carried everything between the mill and the railroad station, eight block away, The path of tbe names was as clean ont as that of a oyolone. The territory over which the fire traveled covered about 12 blocks, about nine of which were thickly built up. Tonight there is not a business house, hotel or store etanding in Virginia. The residence portion o( the town was only partially burned. The school house is untouched, K also are most of the churches. The loss is estimated at $500,000. more than $124,000 insurance is ried in the town. Not car- A member of the San Fraucisco Mu sicians' Union has been fined $50 for violating tbe laws of the organization. A New Transport. New York, June 9. An Erie basin shipbuilding firm has begun work on the transport Kilpatrick, whose recoil rtructlon will cost $408,000. The nruction win cosi $4us,uuu. ine 1 Kilpatrick is intended to ply between I San Francisco and the Philippines. I San Francisco and the Philippines She will be entirely remodeled, her engines will be overhauled and large iteel deck houses will be built on the ipar deck. A farina boiler is a necessity, as with one mere is no uuuger 01 icoruuiug. CAPTURE OF PILAR Real Filipino Leader Taken by Americans. HE WAS CAUGHT NKAR MANILA IUwt (Hand of St Americana Afaln' 600 In-urgent at Catubls;. Manila, June 11. General Pio del filar, the Filipino leader, ha been cap tured near Manila. Bravo stand at Cstublg-. Washington, Jane 11. Perbap the most thrilling and picturesque incident f the entire Philippine war occurred at Catubig, on the island of Samar, where, April 15 last, a party of 81 en. listed men of company K, Forty-third volunteers, held at bay a lorce of some 600 insurgent during four day of fierce fighting, reinforcements arriving just in the nick of time. The war depart. ment ba received repoit from Captain II. M. Day, of the Forty-third volnnteer infantry, and rirst Lieutenant J. T. Sweeney, of that regiment, who com manded the rescue party, giving all the detail of the attack, siege and the relief. According to the report the attack on the garrison at Catnbig began with out warning, Sunday morning, April 15. rroin the hill on all sides, from very point of vantage in the town and Irom a deserted church directly adjoin ing came a rifle and cannon fire of tar rible intensity. Tuesday morning. bandful of burning hemp were thrown Into the barracks from the insurgents in the church and soon the soldiers refuge was on fire. All effort to sob- due the fire failed, and, finally, the lit. lie band, made a dash for the river bank. Some were killed before the bank was reached, other (ell dead in a boat in which it was intended to make the opposite shore, and when trench waa finally dug with bayonets, only 16 of the 31 were left to roan it. Here, for two more days, Corporal Car son, handling his men with the judg ment of a veteran, held out under 1 terrible fire nntil the arrival of Lien tenant Sweeney's command, which had been ordered to supplement the garri son at Catubig, and which was on it way up the river on the steamer Lao Aug. Not until within a quarter of mile of Catubig, says Lieutenant Sweeney, in his report, did tbey bear the noise of the engagement. Then be realized that he and his men were sore ly needed and he ordered the captain of tbe steamer to run his boat at top speed. Tbe Lao Aug steamed up to Catubig under a rain of Mauser bullet from both shores. Tbe small boat were lowered, a landing effected, and the rescuers fought their way through the open to their comrade in the trenches, buried the dead within reach, brought back to the boat the besieged party, numbering now only 13 men, and tben steamed down the river. The Ashantee War. London, June 11. According to dispatch to the Daily Mail from Accra, dated June 8, a native rumor is in circnlation that Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodson, governor of Gold Coast colony, made a sortie from Kum- assie, where be bad been besieged by the Ashantees, but was forced to retire and ultimately to surrender. Mail ad vice from Aocra, dated May 17, say: rifty thousand Ashantees are in arm and the insurrection is spreading. It is impossible (or white men to go into the interior successfully during the rainy season." Negotiations Are Off. St. Louis, June 7. Negotiations be tween the strikers and the St. Lou if. Transit Company, looking to a settle ment of the strike, are off for the pres ent, and probably will not be resumed intil the strikers agree not to demand the discharge of the men now in 'he employ of tbe company in ordei .that they may regain the positions they gave up when the strike was declared. Kxplotlon In a Mine. Gloucester, O., June 11. Two hun dred miners were imnrisoned at 7 A. M. today by an explosion of gas in mine No. 3. It was thought at first that the loss of life would be very large, but the work of the rescuers was carried on so energetically and success fully that all were rescued and saved by tonight except three, who were killed. Ainerloan 8tonk for Japan. San Francisco, June 8. Japan is seeking American and European cattle to intrdouce among native herds and improve the general stock on the is lands. Four Japanese government offi cials, specially commisioned to select and purchase fine stock.' have arrived heie. They will inspect the herds ol this state before going East and to Europe. They propose to get the best grades of breeding stock known. Mississippi River Boat Sunk. ' New Orleans, June 11. The river boat T. P. Leathers sank yesterday at Bouger'a Landing, 85 miles above New Orleans. The loss is $37,000. There were 70 persons aboard, all of whom reached the Bhore safety in lifeboats. Admits Killing Hurton. . Skagway, June 11. Tbe trial of the 12 Indiana charged with murdering Bert Horton and his young wife, fiom Eugene, Or., on Lynn oanal, 85 mile , 1 v Us V" 1" he h'ghest cou.t of Alaska in this oily jenieruay, uugo luuivillt) DEUWUD, recently from Wyoming, on the bench Only one of the Indian has pleaded. He is Jim Hansey, who first confessed that he killed Horton. In pleading ha aid: "I killed the man; I did nof murder the woman,," OOM PAUL TALKS. Correspondent Found Him In Machndodorp. Car London, June 11. The exentive office o( the Transvaal government are in a railway car, which is shunted on a switch at Machadodorp. President Kroger caused the interior of the coach to be reconstructed some time ago, with a view to contingencies that have now arrived. A correspondent of the Daily Express, who went from Lou. renco Marque to see President Krnger, was received yesterday. The presl dent sat smoking a long pipe. II looked worried, but bis bearing itself wa quiet and determined. He did not make tbe least objection to being interviewed. Tbe correspondent was equipped for the interview by cables from London. "Yes," said President Krnger, "it ia quite true that the British have 00. enpied Pretoria. This, however, does not end the war. The burghers are fully determined to fight to the last. They will never surrender so long as 600 armed men remain in the country I feel encouraged by the fine work Steyn and Dewet are doing ia tbe Free State." The correspondent suggested that the war wa over, inasmuch as the capital had been taken. "The capital," exclaimed President Krnger, with energy, "what is a capi tal? It does not consist of any parties. lar collection of brick and mortar. Tbe capital of the republic, the seat of the government, is here in this car. Theie ia no magic abont any special site. Our country is invaded, it is true, but it i not conquered. The ravernment is still effective." fieferring to the reason why he left Pretoria, President Kruger said: "I wa not foolish enongh to be taken prisoner. I provided this means of locomotion precisely for tbe same reason as our burghers supply them selves with horses when they take the field. It is necessarjr that I should be able to move quickly from place to place. That is all. Bye and bye this oar will take me back to Pretoria. For the present, it enables me to keep away from Pretoria, where I could be of no sevrice and where I should only play into tbe hand of the enemy. RUSSIA WANTS MORE MONEY Ia Need of More Cnah to Complete the Trans-Cnoonelan I.lno. New York, June 11. The advices from London that M. Botbstein, a well known financier of St. Petersburg, would soon arrive in this country, with view to looking over the situation here as an agent of his government and determining whether or not a large Russian loan could be floated in the United States, are aaid by leading for eign bankers in this city to be accurate Whether or not M. Rothstein shall ultimately be successful in his mission, however, it is not believed by promi nent local financiers that he will be able to place a loan of any magnitude in the United States for the next few months, until the presidential campaign shall be ended. It may be remembered that in Feb ruary of this year, the Russian imper ial government negotiated a loan of $15,000,000 with a syndicate o( New York banks, trust companies an insur ance companies. In exchange 101 their money the syndicate receive four per cent bonds, guaranteed principal and interest by the Russian govern ment and secured by a first mortgage on the Wladikawkos railway system. Tbe loan now sought is also for rail way construction, according to a Wall street man intetrested in the February operation, who said: "M. Kothstein, president of the Rus sian Imperial Bank of St. Petersburg, and one of the government' trusted agents is, I have been informed, com ing here to get money for the Russian trans-Caucasian railway. This is one of the longest road in the world and i not completed by any means. Money ia needed. M. Rothstein is coming from London here, and is going to Washington to see the Russian minis ter, through whom all negotiations are to be made." The London report also said that a large Russo-American bank might be established here as an outcome of M. Rothstein' visit, but this is regarded by high authorities here as exceedingly unlikely. l'Uzue lu Brasil. New York, June 9. A dispatch to tbe Herald from Rio Janeiro says: It is announced that during the last 24 hours there have been eight new cases of plague. An official bulletin says that sinoe the plague appeared there have been 88 cases in which 26 have proved fatal. The South Atlantic squadron, under command of Rear-Admiral Schley, has been ordered to sail for Montevideo. Fire In Baker City. Baker City, Or., June 11. At 10 o'clock this morning Carter & Miller's slaughter house wa burned to the ground. Tbe buildings are a complete lose; value, $600. Large stocks of hides were on band and are partly dam aged. No insurance. One of the em ploye waa burning offall, and a strong wind which sprung up is supposed to have carried sparks into the dry build ings. The entire loss ia about $1,000. , Labor is paid three cents for produc ing 144 boxes of matches. Labor buy these matches back and pay $1.44. Toloano Comes to Life. Sao Francisco, June 11. Captain O. Stores, of the transport Leelanaw, reports that a volcano in the South seas, whioh has been quiet for many years, has again resumed aotion. Th volcano is located on the Dedicas rooks. Babuyan islands, near where the cruis er Charleston wa lost. The Leelanaw passed within three mile of the rocks, and clouds of steam were observed com ing from tbe crater. Tbe water about the island were also troubled, A BLOODY SUNDAY Half a Dozen St. Louis Strik ers Shot Down. DEPUTY SHERIFFS DID SHOOTING Several Outbreak In Various Part the Cltr-Mllltla Is Being Prepared for Action. St. Louis, June 12. The day just ended has been one of the most event ful and bloody since tbe great strike on tbe lit. Louis Transit began more than a month ago. There were numerous encounters between strikers and other individuals and the constituted author ites, resulting in (our deaths and the wounding of five or more person, mostly strikers. The dead are: C. Edward Thomas, striking con ductor on the Cboteau avenue line; shot in breast by deputy sheriff; died on the way to hospital. George Kine, striking motorman on Delniar avenue line; shot in abdomen by deputy sheriff; died at city hospital. Fred Boehm, aged citizen, shot and instantly killed while standing in hi front yard by deputy sheriff. Ed Bnrkbardt, striking conductor on Delmar avenue line; shot in head; may die. The day was quiet nntil this after noon, when the police were taken off a number of street car lines for the pur pose of giving them a rest and to test the ability of the Transit Company to operate without friction. Tbe most serious trouble broke ont between 6 and 7 o'clock in front of the six-story building on Washington ave nue, between Broadway and Sixth streets, occupied by the sheriff's posse comitatus as a barracks and bead- quarters. Several hundred striker had gone to East St. Louis earlier in tbe day to attend a picnio given for their benefit, and toward evening began returning home. Tbe trouble was pre cipated when 150 striker in uniform and headed by a drum corps, came west on Washington avenue. In their caps, some of them had cards bearing these words: "Union or nothing; liberty or death." Just a they were passing tbe bar racks, a car of the Park avenue division was going west. A number of tbe men broke from the line and rushed for the car which was without the usual police guard. A brick wa- thrown through tbe car window and a shot wa fired by somebody not known. At tbe first intimation of trouble the sheriff's rosse swarmed from the build ing and si rrounded the crowd of strik ers, calling on them to disperse. Other shots were fired. Then several depu ties turned loose tbeit repeating shot guns, loaded with buckshot. A far a can be learned only four men in the strikers' ranks were hit. Not a deputy was wounded. Under the command of Colonel Cav- ender, the deputies arrested 20 of the strikers and took them into the barracks, where they were searched. Three re volvers and a number of pocket knives were secured, and the prisoners were taken to the Four courts, where they were locked up pending an investiga tion. The remainder of the striker ' fled, followed by a squad of mounted police that had been summoned. They dispersed without further trouble. CHINA GETS WORSE. vll Foreigners in Peking Are Under Arms to Fight. Tien Tsin, June 12. The special train that went to examine the line and reconnoiter returned last night. The railway was found clear two mile beyond Yang Tsuh. The engineers, with the guards, walked a mile and a half further. They found the tie and two bridges burned, and the railway torn up. v The first repair train, with Admiral Seymour and his staff, 650 British, Captain MoCalla's 100 Americans, 40 Italians and 25 Austrian, left this morning at 9:30. A Hotobkiss and other guns were mounted in the center of the train. A second train left at 11 o'clock, with 600 British, Japanese, Russian and French troops. Repairing matter and new rails were taken along. There are 31 foreign war vessel at Taku. A message from Peking to the admirals asserts that the situation is hourly growing more dangerou for for eigners. All those at Peking have taken refuge in Legation street. The civil males are under arms to fight with the regulars, if necessary. The ap proaches to Legation street are sur rounded by howling mobs of undis ciplined soldiery, with cannon and bayonets. Tbe international guard were holding on the mob, which screamed insults and threat. To Prospeet Siberian Coast. San Francisco, June 12. The Rus sian syndicate headed by Count Charles Bogdanovitch, that is to prospect the Siberian coast for gold, sailed for the frozen north on the ohartered steamer Samoa today. There are about 40 in the party, all told, among them being 27 miners, headed by II. Robert, of Comstock fame. Paul de Lamschkaff- sky also accompanies Count Bogdano- ltcb. He was formerly a Russian mail agent, and know every bay and inlet on tbe Siberian coast. The vessel cleared for Alexander bay, and will be gone about six months. Hallway Nearly Destroyed. Lou ion, June 12. General Fores tier Walker wires to the war office from Cape Town, under today' date a follows: "Information reoeived from natives early yesterday report the en emy in three columns near Honing Spruit. The railway ha been almost completely destroyed between America and Koodeval."