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Newspaper Page TextHE ORE VOL. XYII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1900. NO. '28. nn MIST EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TURKIC TICKS FKOM THR WIRKS Ah Intereatlug t'ullenllon uf Itema Preen the Two lleinlauherea Preeented In a Comlemed Farm. Two thousand stand of arm hv been given up liy the Boer at Pretoria. The battleship Oregon mid 8,000 Amarleuu troop Will go to Taka at once. American ship took no part Id the bombardment aud seizure ol the Chi ne fort t Taka. A special session of congrons ratty h sailed. The situation In the far Kait asemt to demand It. Three of the forte at Taka were com pletely destroyed by the bombardment from foreign ship, end tlx British v elscapturad four Chlneee torpedo boata. Mra. Ileveridge. wife of United Btatei Senator Bevaridge, of Indiana, died in a sanitarium at Danavltle, N. Y., ol heart failure. Sb bad been 111 aeveral tuouthi. Half of the business portion of the city of Illooimngton, III., including five squares of the finest buslneas blocki of the city and the court houau, were destroyed by fire, with losses estimated at 1,000,00U. Negotiation! for a eommerolal treaty with France have been aatiafactorily oonoludeil by the Brazilian minister ol foreign affaire at Kio Janeiro. Franot will grant a reduction of 20 per cent on the duty on Brazilian coffee. The Paolflo Oil Worka Company waa incorporated at Tacoma. Waah., with a capital of f 260,000, to bore for oil in gulch, almoat in the heart of the city. Sample oil from outcropping in dlcate rloh depoalt. Work will b proaeonted at onoe. A dlapatch from Lord Roberta aeat from lretoria, Juno 10, glvea an official varslon of an attack on a British poel at Zand river, June 16, by 800 Howe, with three guna. It aaya that General Knox, with a mixed foioe, drove off the Boer, who left four dead and four pria- ouera on the Held. The ilritiah loi waa Major Seymour aud two men killed and nine wounded. The French government wilt hare 4,300 troope at Taku when the rein- forcementa just ordered have arrived there. They will reach 'aku before June 10. The dispatch of a cruise dlvlalon, which waa decided upon, will give Franoo m strong naval force, oonalating of seven modern cruiser- three of the flrst-clais and four of the eeconil olaaa four guuboata and a dla patch boat. Chlneae forta at Taku fired on foreign vessels, but were eoon .foiced to tor render. Ruaaia haa demanded of China an In demnity of 60,000,000 taela for tha damage done ti the railroad from Tiea Tain to I'ekln. John Vaaa, one of the beat-know mining eiperta on the 1'acltlo Coaat, died of consumption at Baker City, Or., aged 46 year. Trouble la rife in the northern part of the Republic of San Ooiinngo. Many arreata have been made, inclining lead era of the former government party. In oonaequence of the gravity of tin ltuation in China, England haa order ed the Seventh Bengal infantry at Simla, India, to proceed to Hong Kong. J. C. Pardee, aged 86 yeara, a brake man on the Southern Paoifio train, who Uvea in Aahland, Or., waa killed al Dunsmulr, Cel., by bein run over by train. ' Information from Pekin, brought te Shanghai by refugeea, eaya that tht oity ia in a state of panio. - Incendiary Urea are of nightly occurrence, aud aooree of outragee are reported. Wo men and children from Tien Tain an pouring into Shanghai. The ohlel danger there ia the faot that the native town, behind tha European settlement. is full of bad onaraotera, whoae atti' tude la becoming every day more Inso lent and menacing. At Needles, Cal.. the federal guars tin inspector has been prevented front molesting passengers on Santa re truini at the state line and bia authority is Ignorned by the railroad officials. Or ders have been issued to all conductors to take up 4he pass of the inspector, Mr. Jenkins, if presented, and collect hie fare. Jenkins has wired to Surgeon Kenyoun for instructions. The con' duotors have also been ordored to give tha inspeotor no information. 8. J. MoCowan, superintendent of the Phoenix, Aria., Indian Industrial School, having boon direoted to inves tigate the condition of the Pima In dians on their reservation on the Gila river, SO miles from Phoenix, who were reported to be suffering from famine, states that 8,000 Piuiaa aud an equal numoer of Papa goes are in great distress. Congress has appropri ated $88,000 for the relief of the In dians and rations will soon be distri buted. The tobacco trust bat established a virtual boycott on independent dealers doing business In New England. Statistics of tha criminal populatloi of the United States shows that .only sis per cent of the total number ol criminals are women. Tha Montreal Star claims it has evi dence that the Clan-na-Oael planned tha Weltand canal explosion aa a re prisal on Canada for tending troops to South Africa, , - LAIfcR NEWS, American' and Russians fought fide oy sine si Tien Tain. Five children perished by the burn lng of a house at Solomouvllle, Arizona, Men from the U. S. S. Monocacy have been sent from Chee Foo to Tien Tsin. Ilrigbsm II. Roberta, found guilty oi unlawful cohabitation at Salt Lake, was fined $160. Charles Mofford, a maniac of Cedar Kapiits, Iowa, alow a whole family, men aniea ntmseii. Four miners lost their lives by explosion in the Champion mine, Champion, Mich. Cologne, Germany, waa vlaited by cyclone, which demolished many build lugs and throw down a number of factory buildings. Eight people were killed outright and 64 severely injured by a collision between a freight and excursion train near Green Day, Win. Frank Gilomre, a white man, of New Orleana, waa lynched by a mo for the criminal aaaault aud brutul murder of a 60-year-old woman. a neiacnmant oi u Americana wore caught in ambush by Filipinos on the island of Minuanao, with the result that nine were killed and 1 1 wounded Five men were killed by a oyolone which visited No Man's Land, Okla horns. The storm swept the country for 60 miles. Thousands of cattle were stampeded aud many killed and injured. Joaeph Mullet and James Fitzharrla, the Irishmen, who served sentences in an English prison for complicity in the rnoenlx park murdera, aud who ar rived at New York, May 27 last, hav been deported. The great foreat Urea in the Huachuca mountains, in Cochise county. Art suns, have burned themselves out Muny thousand arcea are denuded and f 600,000 worth of line lumber has boon destroyed. A 'prospector named Nod oyes Is believed to have lost bia life, Settlements in Ecuador, near the Colombian frontier, have been saokoc by Colombian irregular soldiers sud great cruelties were indicted upon tht inhabitants, says a Guayaquil, Ecua dor, diKpatoh. It is expected that another invasion will occur and that the Colombian regulars will participate, The situation ia grave. A conflict be tween Colombia and Ecuador is iin ininent. Ninety persons were killed and 872 wounded in the recent conflict between the troops aud tenants in the Varna district, Bulgaria. A state of siege has been proclaimed in the districts of Varna, Shinala. Tirnova, Rasgrand Ruatchuk aud Klstovats. The govern ment is anxious to limit the number of newspapers, and has issued string eut regulations aa to the qualifications which must be possessed by the editors Hunter's advance oolumn occupied Krugersdorp without opposition on Juno 18. Admiral Schley's squadron, whioh has been in quarantine at Montevideo, baa been released. A Rnaaian admiral was in com mand of tha floet that bombarded and destroyed the foils at Taku. Railway and telegraphla com muni cation between Cape Town and Pre toira is now completely restored. Thievos cracked the safe of the Gam' brinui brewery, in Portland, Or., and escaped with between $000 and $700 lo cash. A young man named Robert Jackson. of Riddle, Or., accidentally ahot him self while door hunting. He was in stantly killed. Ry the death of David D, Wells, son of the late David A. Wells, of Norwich, Conn.. Harvard University is rloher by about $87,000. After July 1 the office of Indian agent at Warm Springs, Or., will be dispensed with, at which time Agent James L. Cowan will be dropped. Hawalisns have met in convention at Honolulu and have formed an inde pendent political party. They have already begun tbe fight for statehood The statue of Washington presented to the city of Paris by the Daughters of tha Americen Revolution has arrived in Paris. The pedestal has already been prepared, and the unveiling will take place July 8. Uniform wages of $3 for nine hours' work a day is demanded by tbe line men working for the Canadian Paoifio Telegraph Company, the Great North west Telegraph Company, the Canada- Atlantic, the Bell Telephone Company. Over 800 men have quit work owing to tbe refusal of the companies to ao cede to their demands. Assistant Secretary Taylor has ren dered a deoision adverse to the appeal of James Kltsharrls and Joseph Mullet, from the decision of the immigration officials at New York, who held them for detiortatlon on the ground that, baring been oonvioted of felony in con nection with the murder of Lord Cav endish and Thomas Henry Brioe, in Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 1882, they cannot be permitted to land in this country under our immigration laws. Br the death of Thomas E. Miaco in New York six theaters and a large fortune are left to his 16-yoar-old daughter Edna, his sole heir. A monument to Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick has been set up at hta birth place, Cornwall, Conn., and it was dedicated on Memorial day. Berlin postal authorities estimate that no fewer than 160,000 postal cards without any addresses at all are mailed in the German empire eveiy year. THE TICKET MADE DP President McKinley Renomi nated at Philadelphia. ROOSEVELT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT tpeeehea of tha Day Were Made by Foraker, Depew and tha Eias plra State Oovarnor. Philadelphia, June 23. President McKinley was unanimously renomlnat sd fur president of the ' United States by the Republican National convention at 1:48 o'clock today, and an hour and 10 minutes later Governor Roosevelt, f New York, was unanimously select ed to stand beside him in the coming battle. Snob unanimous demonstrations In honor of the nominees of a national convention have never before been equaled iwrbaps in the history of poli tics in this country. It was a love feast, a jubilee, a ratification meeting There was a fine setting for today's ipectacular drama. Bright peonies at either end of the stage made two flam ing bits of color. Throughout the vast multitude (ana moved ceaselessly to and fro like the wings of a crowd of alarmed gulls beating the air. There were no preliminaries. The wrangle expected over the question of reducing the representation in the South was averted by the withdrawal of ex-Sen ator tjuay's proposition. The great hall became quiet as Senator Lodge, tending before 16,000 eager faces, tavel In hand, announced that nomina tions for president of the United States were in order. The reading clerk ad vanced to the front of tbe platform He was about to call the roll of states for the presentation of candidates. When Alahamal was called, a thin. red-whiskered delegate from that state rose and summered the first right to apeak to Obio. A flutter of handker chiefs filled the air, and cheer after cheer went np from thedelegates in the pit, as Senator rorakor, of Onto, strode oward the platform. At the end of a half hours' speech. the senator placed McKinley in nom ination, amid enthrusiasm unbounded. Seconding speeches were made by Iheodore Kooaevelt, Senator Thurston, John W. Yerkes, an orator from the Blue Grass state, and Governor Mount, of Indiana, but before the latter con cluded the convention was impatient for a vote, and several times tried to howl him down. Calling tha Roll. Then the roll of states was called aud delegation after delegation rose in solid blocks and cast their votes for McKinley. When Chairman Lodge mane tho announorment that the preai dent had been renominated for the term Beginning march 4, iwi, were was tbe same wild storm which had been raised by Foraker, and when it was over Rooxevelt's nomination for the ice-presidency evoked a succession of similar demouatiations. Lafa Young, who was with Roosevelt in Cuba, nominated him on behalf of the state whioh had originally came to Philadelphia for Dolliver. His nom ination was seconded by Delegate Mur- ay, of Secretary Long's state, and Del egate Ashtou, of Washington, who came here for Bartlett Tripp. Chaun cey Depew wound up the oratory on behalf of the state whioh declared for Woodruff. Do pew's speech aroused the most dazzling dreams of the coun try's future. During every pause, the band played but one air, the tune which Colonel Koosevelt had heard In the trenches before Santiago. At 8:14 o'clock tbe convention, which bad done the unparalleled thing of nominating both the candidates for president and vice-president unani mously, adjourned. Governor Roosevelt drove from the convention ball with Mr. Odell, seated in the rear of an open landau. He lifted his broad-brimed hat to the ""con tinuous ealvos that greeted him as he passed through the densely paoked street, like a conquering hero fresh from new victories. Tonight the faces of MoKinley and Roosevelt are on all the badges, and their names are on very lip. Roberts Found Qutlty. Salt Lake, June 88. The jury in the case ot B. II. Roberta, on trial for un lawful oohabitation, returned a verdiot of guilty. Roberts, in an agreed state ment of facta put before the jury, ad mitted that he entered into a polyga mous marriage with Maggie B. Shipp and lived with her and his legal wife, Sarah Louisa. It is claimed that Rob erts relies on the supreme court to re verse the verdiot on technical grounds. Striken Wrack a Bridge. Gunnison, Colo., June 28. The Colorado Ac Southern Railroad Com pany's iron bridge across the Gunnison river, 2 miles above this town, was wrecked by an explosion of giant pow der early tha morning. Tbe explosion is believed to have been caused by sym pathisers with the strikers at the coal mines, to prevent the running of trains to the mines. The animal that first sucoumbs to extreme cold is the horse. Tarrlbla Tragady In Ban Pranalaoo. San Francisco, June 28. Henry E. Pike, a bookkeeper, shot and killed his former wife, and then committed sui-1 olde tonight at the horn of Mrs. Pike. Pike left a letter full of abnse of bis former wife, accusing her of many im-1 proprieties. Pike formerly lived al Denver, where he was in the employ I of the Denver A Rio Grande railroad. II came to this oity about eight yeara ago. it is thought that his mind was deranged. REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. Party's Frlnelplee Adopted by Philadelphia Contention. Philadelphia, June 28. The follow ing is the text of the platform adopted by the Republican National convention The Republicans of the United States, through their chosen represen tatlves. met in national convention looking back upon an unsurpassed rec ord of achievement and looking for ward into a great Hold of duty and op portunity, and appealing to the judg men) of their countrymen, make theae declarations: The expectation in which the American people, turning from the Democratic party, entrusted the power of the United States four years ago to Republican chief magistrate and a Re publican conuresa, has been met and satisfied. When the people then as sembled at the polls, after a term Democratic legislation and adminstra- tion, business was dead, industry par alysed and the national credit disas- trously impaired. The oountiy's capi tal was bidden away aud its labor dis tressed and unemployed. The Demo crats had no other plan with which to improve the ruinous conditions which they had themselves produced, than coin silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Th Republican party, denouoing this plan as sure to produce conditions even worse than those from which relief was sought, promised to restore prosperity by means of two legislative measures a protective tariff and a law making gold the standard of value. The peo tile, by irreat majorities, issued to the Republican party a commission to en act these laws. This' commission has been executed, and the Republican pledge is redeemed; and prosperity more general and more abundant than we have ever known bos followed these enactments. There ia no longer any controversy as to the value of any governement obli gations. Every American dollar is gold dollar or its equivalent, and American credit stands higher than that of any nation. Capital is fully employed, and everywhere labor profitably occupied. McKinley' Administration. We indorse the administration of William MoKinley. Its aota have been established in wisdom and in patriotism, and at home and abroad it has distinctly elevated and extended the influence of the American nation Walking untried paths and facing un forseen resionsibilities, I'resident Mc Kinley baa been, in everv situation the true American patriot and upright statesman, clear in vision, strong in judgment, firm in action, always in spiring and deserving the confidence of his countrymen. Bound Bfonay. 'We renew our allegiance to the prin ciple of the gold standard, and declare our confidence in !the wisdom of the legislation of the Fifty-sixth congress. bv which the parity of all ol our nionev and the stability of our cur rency on a gold basis bas been secured Pro taction. We renew our faith in the policy ol protection to American labor. In that policy our industries have been estab lished, diversified and maintained By protecting the home, competition has been stimulated and production cheapened. We commend the policy of the Re publican party in maintaining the effi ciency of the civil service. ine ad ministration bas acted wisely in its effort to secuie for public service in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and tbe Philippine islands only those whose fitness haa been determined by training and experience. We believe that em ployment in the public service in these territories should be conn tied, as lar bb practicable, to their inhabitants. Fublio movements looking to a per manent improvement of the roads and highwaya of the country, meet with our cordial approval, and we recom mend this subject to the earnestjeonsid eration of the people and of the legis latures ot tbe several states. We favor the extension of the rural free delivery service wherever its ex tension may be justified. We favor home rule for and tbe early admission to statehood of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla homa. We favor the construction, owner ship, control aud protection of an isth mian canal by the government of the United States. In the interest of our expanding com mcroe, we recommend that congress create a department of commerce and industries in the charge of a secretary with a seat in the cabinet. We approve the annexation of th Hawaiian islands to the United States. Tha Philippine.. In accepting, by the treaty of Paris, the responsibility of our victories in the Spanish war, the president and the senate won the undoubted approval ol the American people No other course was possible than to destroy Spain's sovereignty throughout the West Indies and in the Philippine islands. The largest measure of self-govern ment consistent with their welfare and our duties shall be secured to them by law. To Culm, independence and self-government were assured in the same voice by which war was deolared. The Republican party, upon its his tory and upon this declaration of its principles and policies confidently in vokes the considerate and approving judgment of the American people. Portabta Sawmill Blew Hp. Hamburg, N. Y., June 88. A boiler of a portable steam engine uned to pro pel a tawmill explodod hear the village of Eden, Erie county, this evening, in stantly killing three men John Flem ing, Alexander Fleming and Bert Main looser. Taooma will offer a $160 silver cup for a competive drill between the 19 companies ot the National Guard, which will celebrate there July 4. BATTLE OF TIEN TSIN Eight Hundred Americans in the Fight FOREIGNERS ARE HARD PRESSED Belnforeamnta on tha Way Up Proat laku Tragedy In Pakln Palaoa Xaara la Vary Meager. London, June 28. The silence of Pe kin continues unbroken, four thous and men of the allied forces were hav ing sharp defensive fighting at Tien Tsin Tuesday and Wednesday, with a prospect of being reiuforced Thursday, This is the situation in China, as set forth in the British government dis patch: "Kight hundred Americans are tak ing part in the fighting at Tien Tsin. says tbe Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Exjiress, cabling last evening, and they apparently form a part of supplementary force, arriving with Germans and British after the conflict started. It is impossible to estimate the number of the Chinese there; they had a surprising number of guns This information appears to have been In ought by the United States gunboat Nashville to Che too and telegraph thence to Shanghai. The Chinese are deserting Shanghai in large numbers and going into the in terior. Reports from native sources continue to reach Shanghai of anarchy in Pe kin. According to these tales, the streets are filled day and night with Boxers, who are wholly beyond the cuntrol of the Chinese troops and who are working themselves up to a frenzy and clamoring lor the death of all for- eigners. The English consulate at Shanghai is said to have receievd from influential natves roportsof a tragedy in the palace at Pekin, though precisely what is not defined. The consulate thinks that Admiral Seymour, commander of the international relief column, was mis led from information from Pekin and, consequently, underestimated the diffi culties on his way end the Chinese power of resistance with Maxim guns and Maueeis. The consulate at Shang hai still believes the foreign ministers at Pekin are safe, although Japanese reports received at Shanghai allege that up to June 15, 100 foreigners had been killed in I'ekiu. BAD FIRE AT PITTSBURG. Damaga la Over a Quarter of a Mlllloa Uollara. Pittsburg, June 25. Fire in one of the principal down-town busuess blocks today cause a loss of If 250,000, involv ing eight buildings, containing many office tenants. The aggregate insur ance will more than cover the amount. The fire broke out in the rear of the Eicubauni Company's printing estab lishment, supposedly caused by spon taneous combustion. The Kichbaom building fronted on Fifth avenue, a few doors below Wood street, was six stories high and was tenanted by many officeholders, Duff's college occupying the two upper floors and the Holmes Electric Company the third floor. Be fore tbe firemen could do much effect ive work the fire had communicated to the Exchange National Bank building. next door below, and from there to the Ilunsey building, adjoining. Simul taneously the fire extended to James Piatt's saloon aud restaurant and A M. Murdock's flower store on the up per side. For a time the entire block bounded by Fifth avenue, Wood street, Diamond and Market streets seemed doomed to destruction. Immense fire brands were carried bv the wind to buildiugs in all directions. The greatest excitement prevailed in the rooms of Duff s Business College, where 60 or more students were at work. The extension of the flames was so rapid that these people bad to run for their lives, not having time to gather their belongings together. Re ports were rife that several students id perished, bnt it is known tonight that all. escaped unhurt. Morocco's Demand. London, June 26. The Times says this morning: "June 9 the government of Morocco sent a formal demand to the French government for Euiopean arbiitatiun of the questions in dispute between Paris and Tangiera. Morocco contends that she possesses a mass of correspondence with the Algerian Deys (lurkieh governors ol Algeria before the French conquest of 1830), conclu sively proving that tbe Oasis of Tuat, nearly equal distant from Morocco, Algeria, Tunis and Fezzau, formed' part of the Moorish empire and was so recog nized by the predecessors of France in title." llraily Returna to Alaaka. Washington, June 26. It ia given out here that Governor Brady, of Alas ka, will return to Alaska in a few davs. Od May 16 the Republicans of Alaska assembled in convention declared that Governor Brady's coutinuanoe in office was inimical to the interests of Alaska. The governor blames congress for slow legislation, and believes that he can make explanations that will be entire- satisfactory to his people. In ltnbela' Ilanda. Ciracas, June 25. The Colombian revolutionists have occupied Bucara manga, on the Venezuelan frontier. Cuiouta, a town in the department of Santander, also on the Venezuelan frontier, continues in possession of the revolutionists. - Printing Preaamen adjourned. Milwaukee, Wis., June 85. The In ternational Printing Pressmen and As sistants' Union adjourned sine die today. PROCLAMATION TO VICEROYS laaned by tha Foreign Adralrala at Takn. London, June 26. Tbe admiralty bas received the following dispatch from Kear-Admiral Bruce: "Takn, June 26. No communica tion from the oommander-in-cbief in seven days or from Tien Tsin in five days. The allies hold the Taku forts and Tong Kq securely, and they will advance to the relief of Tien Tsin when in sufficient strength. Troops are ex pected from Hong Kong tomorrow and 800 from Wei 11 ai Wei the following day. It is believed that fighting is con stantly proceeding around Tien Tsin, Our garrison there should be about 8.000 men. "ine following proclamation was agreed to this morning, to be issued forthwith: " 'Theadmlralsand senior naval offi cer of the allied powers in China de sire to make known to all viceroys and authorities along the coasts and in th citiea and province of China that they Intend to use armed force only against the Boxers and people that oppose them on their march to Pekin for tbe rescue of their fellow countivmen.' " The date that the above dispatch win sent off from Taku is not given, but it its probably June 19 Several dispatches from Shanghai continue to recount wholesale slaughter at Pekin. The soldier and Boxers are said to be massacring each other, and tbe Chinese manobus are also reported to be engaged in tbe slaughter. Prince Tuan ia alleged to have sacked and burned the palace. The emperor is re ported to have been killed, the dowager empress is represented as- missing, and in some quarter it Is believed she haa committed suicide. All tbis purports to have been contained in a letter from Pekin received by a high official Chi naman at Shanghai, where it is hoped the desperate struggle between the leaders and the dowager empiesawill prevent the sects combining against the Europeans. PEACE WITH TAGALS. riltplno Leader at Manila Agree Vpoi Torma, Manila, June 25. Two hundred Fil ipinos met tbis morning in Manila tc determine honors ole and decorous methods for securing peace. The re sults were submitted this evening to General MacArthur, who accepted them. The leaders of the meeting will use their influence to induce Aguinaldo to accept the arrangements. If they are snpccessfui, as they hope to be, they believe Aguinaldo will issue or ders in conjunction with the American authorities for tha cessation of hostili ties. Tbe meeting which wa the first of the kind since the days of the Filipino congress, was composed of the distinct revolutionary element, the Americanist being lacking. Thirty political prison ers were released from jail this morn ing in order to attend. Senor Paterno presided and Senor Buencamino, the originator of tbe movement; Senor Flores, General Pio dei Pilar, General Garcia, General Macabulos, and other prominent revolutionists were present. It waa pointed out that the questions to be considered were military and oiril, the military concerned with a cessation of hostilites, and the civil with the determination of the political status of the Filipinos. Tbe immed iate object of the meeting was to effect peace, and consequently tiie leaders could consult with the civil commis sion as to political matters. It was evident that Senor Paterno was con vinced that he could obtain Aguinal- do's sanction to a peace based upon the following seven clauses, which, after four hours, were unanimously acoepted as compatible with an honorable peace: First A tn nesty . Second The return by the Ameri cans to the Filipino of confiscated property. Third Employment of revolutionary generals in tbe navy and militia when established. Fourth The application of the Fili pino revenues to succor needy Filipino soldiers. Fifth A guarantee to the Filipinos of the faxercise of personal rights ao- corded to Americans by their constitu tion. Sixth Establishment of civil gov ernments at Manila and in the prov inces. Seventh Expulsion of the friar. The statement ot the seventh provis ion was vociferously acclaimed, the entire assembly shouting, "expel, ex pel." Yellow Fever in Cuba. Havana, June 25. The unuaally heavy rains that have been falling throughout Cuba have caused yellow fever in places where it has been un known for years. Fortunately, except at Santa Clara and Quemados, the United States troops have escaped. At Quemados two cases are reported, among the member of General Lees staff Major Kean, chief surgeon, and Captain Hepburn, signal offioer. Cap tain Hepburn's case is serious, but Major Kean's ia light. Mrs. Edmund, ! wife of tbe late Major Frank Edmunds, is convalescent. She has not yet been told of her husband' death. Havana has developed only three cases thus far. in spite of the gloomy prediction of what would occur as soon as the rainy season, from which the'eity did not suf fer last year, was really at hand. MlnUter Drowned While Bathing. Sonoma, Cal., June 85. The Rev. F. B. Bartlet, pastor of the Episcopal church of St. Mary the Virgin, of San Francisco, haa been acoidently drowned, while bathing, in Sonoma creek. Captain George Towle Dead. New York June 26. The death Is announced in London of Captain George F. Towle, U, S. A., retired, aged 66 year. j TO INSTANT DEATH Thirty-five People Lost in a Georgia Train Wreck. WAS A DISASTROUS WASH-OUT Trentendoua Itnlna of the Pnat Tvt Weeka the Cauaa of tha lieaeter. Atlanta, C.&., June 26. A passenger train on the Macou branch of the Southern railway ran into a wash out ne and a half miles north of Mo Donough last night, and waa complete ly wrecked. The wreck caught fire md the entire train, with the excep tion of the sleeper, was destroyed. Every person on the train, except the accapunta of tbe Pullman car.Jperished. Not a member of the train crew escap ed. Thirty-five people in all were killed. The train left Macon at 7:10, and was due in Atlanta at 9:40 last night. McDonough station was reached on time. At this point connection is made for Columbus, - Gs., and every night the Columbus train is coupled on and hauled through to Atlanta. Last night, however, for the first time in many months, the Columbus train was reported two hours late, on ac- ' count of a waah out on that branch, aud the Macon train started on to Atlanta without its Columbus connec tion. Tremendous rains, of daily occur rence for the past two weeks, have swollen all streams in this part of the South and several wash outs have been reported on the different roads. Camps creek, which runs into the Ocmulgee, was over its bank and its waters had - spread to all the lowlands through which it runs. About a mile and a half north of McDonough the creek comes somewhere near the Southern's tracks, and, running alongside of it for some distance, finally passes away nndei tbe road by a heavy stone cul vert. A cloudburst broke over that section of the country about 6 o'clock last night, and presumably shortly after dark washed out a section of the track nearly 100 feet in length. Into this tbe swiftly moving train plunged. The storm was still raging and all tbe car windows were closed. The passengers, secure as they thought, and sheltered comfortably from the in clement weather, went to death with out an instant's warning. The train, consisting of baggage car, a second class coach, first-class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into kindling wood by the fall. The wreck caught fire in a few minutes after the fall, and all the coaches were burned except the Pullman car. Every person on that train except the occupant of the Pullman car, perished in the dis aster. There wo no escape, as the heavy Pullman car weighted down the ' others, and the few alive in the sleeper were unable to render assistance to their fellow passenger. MACARTHUR'S REPLY. He Grants the Filipinos Nearly All They Aak For. Manila, June 28. General Mac- Arthur has given a formal answer to tbe Filipino leaders who last Thursday submitted to him peace proposals that had been appioved earlier in the day by a meeting of representative insurg ents. In his reply he assured them that all personal rights under the United States constitution excepting trial by jury and the right to bear amis would be guaranteed them. ; The promoters of the peace movement are now engaged in reconstructing tho draft of the seven clauses submitted to General MacArthur in such a way aa to render it acceptable to both sides. The seventh clause, providing for the expulsion of the friars, General MacArthur rejected on the ground that the settlement of this question rests with the commission beaded by Judge Taft. That portion of the Forty-third in fan try which formerly garrisoned the island of Sainar will proceed to tha island of Leyte, giving the garrison there the needed reinforcements. Tbe battalion of the Twenty-ninth infantiy which was sent yesterday to Samar will act aa the garrison there. The Aahantee Rebellion. Prahsu, June 26. Sufficient sup plies have at last been collected and the Dual advance to open communica tion with Kumassi is ready. On the road from Asbantee to Kwahou are three villages where are garrisoned some 7,000 fighting men, who have practiced the rites of Fetish worship and pledged themselves te help the Ashantecs. Rooaevalt to MoKinley. Washington, June 25. The follow ing ia the text of Governor Roosevelt's message to I'resident McKinley: "New York, June 25. Hon. Wil liam McKinley, Washington, D. C: I appreciate greatly your congratula tions, aud am proud to be associated with you on the ticket. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Birmingham, Ala., June 28. Heavy rains the past few days have dona heavy damage. It has rained every day this month in this section, the to tal rainfall since the first o' April be ing 24.93 inches. Reports from the farming districts are that the fields have been so soaked with water that the farmers have been unable to do any work for several weeks, and grass ia running away with the orops. Cotton baa suffered more than any other crop, while fruit and vegetables are rotting.