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VOL. XVII.
.ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JCJLY 20, 1900.
NO. 31.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th-i Telegraphic
News of th, World.
TKR8R TICKS FRO .riiR WIRKS
An Inti-re.lliig Collciillnii of Hum. Prom
the Two llnillir. I'm. 'nu 1
In a CmiuViiaml form,
Boer have retired from Senekal.
British storinol and took the town of
Bethlehem, Duwot retreating.
The empress dowager Hniiin hold the
relgne of government lu China.
Three men were killed by the explo
ion of holler t an oil worki la
Astoria, Oregon.
The total casualties of the British, as
a result of the Boer war, up to date are
48,108 officer and num.
St. Loul street oar itrikcr again
have their busses running In opposition
to the Transit Company.
The French ship L'Aquttalne hai
ailed from Toulon with BSD Infantry
and artillery for China.
Mew York tallora arc again planning
a big strike. Contractor! are violating
agreement wade several year ago. ,
Dr. Charles F. McDonald, the organ
Ixer of our postal moiiity ortler system,
died at Hamilton, Ontario, aged 71
year.
Southern negroe may go to Hawaii.
Plantation owner of the inland will
make them good offer with a view to
dispensing with the troublesome Jap
laborer.
A plot to assassinate President Mo
Kiuley baa been frustrated. It waa
concocted by a group of Spanish and
Cuban cousplrwtora who bad bead
quarter In New York.
George A. Morse, an agod and a boo
lutely helplesa patient iu the Agnew'i
inaaue asylum, at Ban Joae, Cal., wa(
tlowly boiled to death in a bath in the
men'a ward of that Institution. He
wa placed iu a bath tub, and after the
hot water w turned on the attendant
left the room for a towel, forgot hi
patient, and did not rut am until the
imbecile wa fearfully burned.
A serious Are i lagiug on Bull moun
tain, Railroad creek and Fompey'
I'illar, on the north ride of the Yellow
tone river, Moutana. It i extending
east to the Mussel Shell river, and ia
weeping the range like tinder, aa
everything ia dry. A lato report aay
that 20 head of home belonging to
Ramsey, of Hilling, were ourued.
Vast Hock of nheep are in great danger.
Tien Tain la hard pressed by 80,000
Cbineae.
Cuban are pleased at the withdrawal
of Anioricau troop.
St. Lotii atreet car employe have
reuewed their itrike.
Chinese imperial troop are defend
Ing the foreigner in Pekin.
Chinese do not waut religion and no
amount of war can make them accept
it.
Battleship Oregon will not be sent
to Taku again unless atwolutely neoes
aary. It I ald America i to have 11,000
men in the force of 100.000 to be used
lu China.
The iteamer Itoaalie arrived at Beat
tie from Lynn canal, with $000,000 in
Klondike gold.
: American trade will be injured if
the power decide to make war on the
Cbineae empire.
The Oregon must remain in dry dock
00 day, She ha arrived at Che Poo
aud will go to Japan at once.
' Li Hung Chang i again urging the
powers to Intervene and establish a
atroug government in the Chinese em
pire. George llorrick, Is held at North Ya
kima on a charge ot killing a aquaw on
the reservation. He claims self-defense,
Itumoi is current that the Chicago A
Alton, Kauaas City Southern and Un
ion I'acitlo railway will be amalga
mated. "
Dr. Henry D. Cogawell, a well
known philanthropist aud prohibition
ist, ia dead at Ban Francisco, aged 80
yean.
Commissioner of Patent Duell I
aid to be out for the nomination for
governor of New York on the Repub
lican ticket.
Japanese laborer in Hawaii are dls
contented. Plantation manager have
conueeded everything asked for aud still
they are not satisfied.
The converter and billet mill of the
Illinois Steel Company at Joliet, III.,
resumed operations and nearly 1,000
men were put to work.
Kusiian. French and German admi
rals at Tien Tain ate said to have ex
pressed themselves a unfavorable to
Japan' being given a free bund.
Roy O. Gage, of Company C, Third
regiment, O. N. O., in their annual
encampment at Balum, waa drowned
In the Willamette river while bathing.
During the last 18 year the popula
tion of Germany has increased 14 per
cent, but the number of dootora' in the
German empire ha iuoreased no lea
than 66 per cent. If this ratio is
kept up, any atatintician can forsoe the
time when . every German will be a
doctor, and the whole German popula
tion, having no patienta on whom to
practice, will have to migrate to field
Where physician are a shade leas common.
LAIkR NEWS.
American athlete were mcceiaful at
the Pari tournament.
An all day fight between the Boer
and Hi Utah at Platkop resulted indeci
sively. The Ruaaian minister at Pekln ia
aid to have been boiled to death by
Boxers.
Nine houae were entirely consumed
and many other damaged by fire at
Duuirauir, Cal,
' A German paper my the seizure of
Klao Chou ba caused the present trou
ble with China.
Fire at Durnnt, h T., wiped out the
greater portion of the town, caualug a
loaa of $ 100,000,
All foreigner have been removed
from the town of Wa Chou, China, aud
are safe at Shanghai,
United State Senator John II. Gear,
of Iowa, died at Waahinuton City of
heart disease, aged 70 year.
A large part of the budnea district
of I'reaoott, Arixona, were burned,
oaualng loa of $1,000,000.
The steamer City of Topeka ai rived
at Beattle fiom Lynn caual with be
tween $700,000 and $1,000,000 in gold
duet from Klondike.
Twenty square miles of forest were
ban red by a fire started by a firecracker
near Grub Gulch, Cal. The loss will
be hundreds of thousands.
General rain has fallen over nearly
all India during the pant few day and
the prospect are that crops have im
mensely improved. The famine area
has generally been benelitted.
Klght-hour shifts for all underground
men at the United Verde mine and an
increase of 10 per cent In wattes for
miners In certain portions of the mine
were announced at Jeionie, Aria.
Advice were received from Sydney
that tribal wars are raging at the Solo
mon group. There has been fierce
battlu between the Marian (Boys) aud
Ma lata tribes. The losaes on each aide
were heavy.
Dynamite was explodod under a
Tranait car in North Bt. Louis, and
four passenger were injured. A su
burban car. the only union line in the
city, aocidently ran into a itriker'
'bua wagon and Injured 12 occupants,
two seriously.
Judge Thomas Ayer, of the United
States oourt of appeals at Bt. Louts,
ha handed down an opinion declaring
that John P. Koeae, the Iowa Miner'
Union official who waa sentenced to
Imprisonment In Kanaa (or violation
of a atrike injunction, waa illegally
restrained of hi liberty, and granted a
writofbabea corpus releasing him.
Judge Ayer ruled that the lower court
erred in iucluiug Reese under the in
junction. William Abies, an old resident of
Tacoma committed suicide.
Rich gold strikes have been made on
the Koyukuk, some claim staked out
yielding $4 to the pan.
Robber held np an Illinois Central
train near I'aduoah, Ky., blew np the
express car and secured $10,000.
The empress dowager ha ordered
the suppression of the Boxers and the
protection of the legation at Pekin.
A Pullman car wa turned upside
down near Redding, Cat., the nine oc
cupant were all more or lea injured,
but none fatally.
Thirty-six bodie, horribly dlsflg
ured, have been recovered from the
hull of the steamship Saale, recently
burned at Hoboken, N. J.
County Commissioner Campbell, of
Spokane ooouty, Wash., wa killed by
an U. ll.ee J. passenger train near
Latah, Idaho. He wa crossing the
track in a buggy.
A flood of gold I pouring In from
Alaska. The receipts of the govern
ment assay office at Seattle in the fis
cal year were $13, 630,820. This
month' recepts may exceed $0,000,
000. The Chinese government I sorry for
the recent outbreaks, but holds the
powers blamable. The empress dow
ager says the attacks on Tien Tsin we.
the result of the bombardment of Tien
Tain.
Bavagc of the Caroline islands at
tacked ft shipwrecked British crew,
aeiioualy wounding two of the British,
and were only driven oil when an
American cattle dottier came to the
rescue of the Biitlah.
On the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
a dell borate attempt to wreca me
Washington express, bearing $8,000,
000 in gold to the subtresaury in New
York, came very near being successful
at Folsom, short distance outside of
Philadelphia. ,
The general freight agent of leading
Western roads have formed an arrange
ment for the pooling of business. Joint
agencies are to be established at Kan
sas City, Omaha and Bt. Paul. A
joint agent Will be placed in charge of
the tralllo at each of these cities.
Colombian revolutionists, under Gen
eral Juan B. Gonralea and Simon
Chaux, have captured the city of Pop
yan, capital of the department of
Cauca. On the march to Fopayan the
revolutionist took all the cities near
the Hcuadorian frontier, including the
Paport Tonloo.
Robert Fitasimmona will meet both
Sharkey and Ruhlin next mouth.
Gold hunters in Russia are governed
by arbitrary laws, one of which com
pel them to turn over all gold they
may find to the Imperial treasury,
which pay - the miner at a standard
rate. This law may seem tyrannical,
but it has oue inestimable advantage
no gold digger in Russia oan tell extra
no gom nigger in deputies today approved the commer
ordinary romances about the riohnes , . . ulr,, n, nui u...
of hi claim when the official figures are I
thereto stop him. (
I TRAPPED BY BOERS
Another British Force Falls
Into Dutch Hands.
THE CAPTURE OF NITRAL'S NEK
Lord Robert Il.port. the Csaualtl.
JIaavy-Another KngH.h Defeat
North of Pretoria.
London, July 14. Lord Robert it
port to the war olllce. under date of
Pretoria, July 14, as follows:
"The enemy, having failod in their
attack upon our right rear, aa men
tioned in my telegram of July 9, made
a determined attack upon our right
Hank yesterday, and, I regret to say,
snoceeded in capturing Nitral's Nek,
which wa garrisoned by ft squadron of
the Boots guarda, with two guna of a
battery of the Royal artillery and five
companies of the Linoolnshiie regi
ment. The enemy attacked in superior
numbers at dawn, and, seizing the
hill commanding the Nek, brought a
heavy gun fire to bear upon the small
garrison. Nitral's Nek 1 about 18
mile from here, near where the road
crosses the Crocodile rivet. It was
held by us In order to maintain road
and telegraphic communication with
Kustenberg.
"The fighting lasted, more or less,
throughout the day, and immediately
on receiving information this eveninf
of the enemy' strength, I dispatched
reinforcement from hereunder Colonel
Godfrey, of the King's Own Scotch
Borderer. Before, however, they
reached the spot, the garrison had been
overpowered, the guns and the greater
portion of the squadron of the Grays
had been captured, owing to the horses
being shot; also about SO men of the
Lincolnshire regiment. A list ot the
casualties has not been reoeived, but
I think they are heavy.
"Simultaneously, an attack was
made on our outlets, near Durdepoort,
north of the town, in which the
Seventh dragoon were engaged. The
regiment wa handled with consider
able skill by Lieutenant-Colonel Low,
snd kept on their supports, and would
probably have suffered but slight loss,
had not our troops mistaken some
Boer in the bushes for our own men.
"Smith-Dorrien had a small engage
ment with the enemy yesterday near
Krugeradoorp, and indicted heavy loia
en them.
"Boiler report that the Boer who
were destroying hi line of railway
near Paarde Krall were driven off yes
terday, after a short action.
"Hart reports from Heidelberg that
lh surrendering of Boer arms and am
munition continue in that district."
Dual B.I.MS Frenchmen.
Paris, July, 14. M. Lasos, the prom
inent Nationalist deputy, whose name
bad beeu connected with the most dis
orderly Incident in the chamber of de
putio during the past session, fought
a duel with swords today with a news
paper man, M. Gerault Rich, in a su
burb of Pari. The meeting wa the
outcome of an article written by the
latter in the social organ, La Petite
Republique. In the 11th round,
La-, os was wounded in the right arm
nd the duel waa stopped.
Canp.D May Bun Bryan's Campaign.
Detroit, July 14. Daniel J. Cam
pan, who returned from Chicago today,
said that 'the Democratic national com
mittee had asked him to aocept the
chairmanship of the National Demo
cratic campaign committee, aud upon
bia declining the offer, had refused to
accept the deolination and had asked
him to take the matter under adivse
ment. Mr. Campau said he will soon
give the committee a final answer.
Philippine Postal Service.
San Francisco, July 13. United
State Postoffloe Inspector James W.
Erwin, of this city, has received order
from Washington to proceed a early
a possible to the Philippines and assist
In the organisation of the postal sys
tem in the islands. . He will sail on
the transport Sumner next Monday.
Mr. Krwin recently aided in improving
the Cuban postal service.
Heat Wave In London.
London, July 14. An exceptional
heat wave i causing numerous sun
strokes and prostrations. In London
the thermometer registered 129 degree
In the inn and 86 in the shade at noon.
Oil Tank Exploded.
Boston, July 14. By an explosion
of an oil tank in the railroad yard at
Somerville, during a fire last night,
over 100 persons were more or lea in
jured, and two are reported dead.
Electrio Car. Collide.
Springfield, O., July 14. Two car
collided on the Dayton, Springfield &
Uibana electric road last night, and
telescoped. Probably 20 persona were
injured.
Sulolda of an Old Illlnolaan.
Chicago, July 11, F. B.' Gossitt,
founder of La Grange. 111., and one of
the best-known men in this section,
today committed suicide by shootine.
He was 80 year old and was despond
ent from long illness.
Rait Milt Start. Up.
Milwaukee, Wie., July 14. The rail
reducing mill at the Bay View worka
of the Illinois Steel Company started
np today, after being idle two week.
Over 200 men are affected. The scale
agreed upon ia proatically the same as
last year's.
Italy Approve. Commercial Treaty.
Rome, July 14. The chamber of
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ENGLAND TAKES AN ISLAND.
Ral... Her Flag Over Nina, In the South
Paolflo Ocean.
Vancouver, July 14. The iteamer
Mlowera, from Byduey today, bring
new that Great Britain ha added an
other to her island possessions in the
Pacific. H. M. B. Porpoise in June
planting the British flag on Nine or
Bavage island, situated 800 miles north
east of the Tonga group. The princi
pal pioduct is copra, of which 700 tons
are exported annually.
The terms of the British protectorate
over Tonga have been modified as a re
sult of a conference between Basil
Thompson, the British representative,
and the Tonga king and chiefs, when
an agreement was sinned by which no
troaty is to be made without Great
Britain's consent. In case of tbe Ton
ga government being in need of assist
ance, it is to apply only to the British
government and not to any other
power.
Upon the return of II. M. 8. Porpoise
from Tonga, the commander reported
that Falcon island, which disappeared
in 1898, has again appeared. Tbe
shape of the returned island is like a
whale's back, and it ia considered to be
a aerion danger to navigation. Falcon
ialand ia aaid to owe its disappearance
and reappearance to submarine vol
canio activity. It location is south
west of the Friendly islands.
Advices from Apia say that the little
ialaud of Niufu, or Hope, has been
completely devastated by a disastrous
hurricane which swept away 800
bouses. Thirty-eight natives were
killed. Tbe cocoanut crop was entire
ly destroyed and the natives are report
ed to be on the verge of starvation.
Ilandlt. Attack Mexican Train.
Mexico City, Mexico, July 14. A
dariug train robbery took -place Tues
day night near Chihuahua, on the Mex
ican Central. After tbe train aide
tracked to let a passenger train pas it,
it was found that the spikes on the sid
ing had been pulled out. The train
was derailed and the train crew at
tacked by ft dozen bandits. Many
shots were fired. Meanwhile the pas
senger train arrived and tbe crew, tak
ing in the situation, pulled back to
Chihuahua with the erew of tbe freight
train. With a force of police and rur
ales the passenger train returned to tbe
scene of tbe hold-up. The robber had
broken into several freight ears and
carried away booty. The police and
soldiers started in pursuit, and one
robber waa captured with some booty.
Thus far this ia the first train hold-up
on record in Mexico.
A Marvelous Kacape
Accra, Gold Coast Colony, July 14.
Sir Frederick Mitchell Hodgson, gov
ernor of the colony, who recently ar
rived here, after having been besieged
at Kumaasie by rebellious tribesmen,
and privations to which he has been
subjected, in the course of an inter
view said be considered bia escape the
most marvelous on record. He attri
buted its success to tbe secrecy main
tained concerning the route chosen.
The carrier who accompanied him be
came so weakened by starvation that
everything waa abandoned and tbe
party subsisted upon plantains. They
endured great hardships. Fortunately
the rains were not heavy. Had it been
otherwise all would probably have suc
cumbed. Lady Hodgson pluckily
shared all tbe dangers and privations.
Furlough. Suspended,
London. July 13. There is consid
erable comment here owing to an ad
miralty order suspending the further
granting of furlough to crew of the
ships belonging to the channel and re
serve squadrons; The order is reported
to be connected with the mannevera of
the French fleet in the channel.
Cholera lu India.
Simla, July 13. Cholera ba ap
peared in severe epidemio form at
Kohat, 25 miles south of Peshawa.
Two hundred and seven cases and 77
deaths occurred among the Sepoys and
camp follower between July 3 and
July 9. The prospect for the monsoon
ia slightly more favorable.
Tbe orders for General Wade to start
for the scene of the threatened Indian
uprising in Minnesota have been coun
termanded, as the secretary of the in
terior hag received advices from the
Rainy Lake region that affair have
quieted down and that there ia.no
longer any reason to apprehend trouble
from the Indians.
Mew Freight Transport..'
San Franoisoo, July 14. The new
freight steamer Califoiuian, with a ca
pacity of 8,000 tons, ba been charter
ed by the United States government to
carry freight to Manila. The Strath
gyle, a vessel of equal sixe, will also
be loaded at once with stores for the
Philipdines.
Dynamite Vuder a Home.
Williamsburg, O., July 14. Un
knowu peruoua placed dynamite under
one oorner of the residence of Henry
Wilson, just west of here, early this
morning. The room above waa wrecked
by the explosion and William Wilson,
a 10-year-old boy, wag killed. Miss
Kate' Tucker waa severely injured.
The other occupants of the house es
saped injury.
London, July 14. The war office
luuouuoes that General Buller reports
that 059 prisoners released by Boers
have arrived at Lady Bin it h.
Charted With Murder.
San Francisco, July 14. Charges
looking to the trial by court-martial
have been preferred with Colonel Long
against Captain Charles T. Baker, of
the United State transport Sumner.
The cause of the complaint is that Cap
tain Baker caused the death of Henry
B. Ryan by confining him In the
"brig" or prison aboard ship, while he
was ill. In consequence of this a
charge of murder ia preferred against
Captain Baker.,
ALLIES DRIVEN BACK
May Be Forced to Abandon
Tien Tsin.
Position bf,comiug untenable
Ll Hunt Chan; Will Remain at Cants'
Until International Troop. H.
Ilefeated Taan'. Force.
London, July 16. The scanty cable
dispatches received today add nothing
to tbe knowledge in London of the
Chinese situation. It is stated posi
tively from Canton that Li Hung
Cbang will remain there until the al
lied tioops have defeated Prince Tuan's
forces, and will then go noith to lend
his powerful aid in arranging term of
peace, co-operating with Prnce Ching,
Yung La and tbe other pro-foreign
viceroy. For the present Li Hung
Cbang considers that he can best con
trol and direct the viceroy from Can
ton and also keep in check tbe turbu
lent province of Kwang Tung.
All the foreigners and missionaries
have evacuated Wan Chau and have
arrived at Ning Fo. Large bodies of
Boxer appeared at Wan Chan and
threatened to exterminate tbe foreign
er and Christians. They also distrib
uted banners, badges and inflammatory
anti-foreign appeals.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Express, telegraphing under date of
July 9, asserts that the Chinese are
daily driving in the allies. They have
mounted, says the correspondent. 13
fresh guna in advantageous position,
with which they are now keeping clear
the streets of the foreign settlement,
the incessant shooting rendering the
neighborhood quite untenable.
Tbe Daily Mail's St.' Petersburg cor
respondent says that in the last six
hours' battle outside of Tien Tsin, the
Cossacks captured six Krupp guns and
killed numbers of fleeing Boxers. The
Chinese lost 8,000 killed, inolnding
General K
BOLD PLAN OF THE BOERS.
Botha's Army I. Trying: to Recapture
1'retorla.
London, July 16. Lord Roberta
dispatcn. reporting still another un
fortunate occurrence, throws a serious
light upon tbe state of affairs in Sooth
Africa. There has been some com
ment recently regarding tbe virtual
absence of pi ogress by the immense
army under command of Ixrl Rob
erts, but few, could have been found to
believe that the scattered Boers were
able to inflict such ft defeat so near
Pretoria.
Instead of the surrender of all of the
remaining Boers being imminent, as
recent telegram had hinted, it seems
they have been making a concerted at
tempt to surround or recapture Pre
toria, with so much success that in tbe
region which waa supposed to be paci
fied, and in which no attack was ex
pectd, they snoceeded -in inflicting a
serious defeat, and capturing two guns
and some 200 men. It is evident that
General Botha ha considerable force,
seeing that he is able to press Lord
Roberts' lines at half a dozen points
around Pretoria, from the springs to
tbe southeast of tbe city northward to
Middelburg and Durdepoort and thence
southward to Nitral's Nek and Krug
ersdorf. Lord Roberts omits to give tbe name
of the oommander concerned, giving
rise to the belief that worse remains to
be told. Even if the mishap be not
more grave than bis information at
present implies, it proves that the situ
ation ia still serious, and that there is
no possibility of any troops being spared
from South Africa for China, but on
the contrary, it will still take a long
time to clear the country of the Boer.
News lias reached London that Lord
Roberts has been suffering from a seri
ous bowel complaint, and that Lady
Robert was hurriedly summoned to
Bloemfontein.
Gunpowder Plot In Pari..
Paris, July 16. Inquiries are being
made into what may possibly turn out
to be a Berious attempt to destroy the
grand palace of the Champs Ely see,
Wednesday night. A watchman of
cellars which were filled with package
cases and a large quantity of other in
flammable material overheard con
versation between two men, leading
biin to believe that a plot was on foot
to set fire to the building. The mis
creants fled -upon hisypproacu. A
search the next morning resulted in
the discovery ot two hermetically seal
ed boxes filled with black powder.
The chemical properties of this pow
der have not yet been disclosed by tbe
authorities.
Fire, at I'ltt.bnrs.
Pittsburg, July 16. Six coal and
Ice store houses, three stables, ft frame
dwelling, a number Of outbuilding
and six Pennsylvania freight oars were
destroyed by fire today at Sewickly, a
uburb of Pittsburg. Samuel Woods,
stableman, was burned to death, and
eight horse were cremated. The loaa
is 150,000. The Garland Chemical
Worka at Rankin, Pa., were burned at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon. The loss
is $100,000. The fire was caused by
the explosion of a tank of chemicals,
but no one was injured.
Klectrlo Storm In Iowa.
Dubuque, Ia., July 16. A teirifio
electrio storm, accompanied by a rain
fall of 1.72 inches, raged here for three
hours today. Nellie L. McQnillman,
aged 16, was killed by lightning. The
Fourth street incline railway station
was struck and shatterod. It is be
lieved great damage waa done in the
country.
A good many men boast ot their
methodical habits who never have any
thiug but unpaid bills to file away.
HUNDREDS BURNED.
Oil Tank Exploded Scattering Oil Over
Ihronsof People.
New York, July 16. A special from
Boston to tbe Herald aays: By the
explosion of an oil tank in Somerville
last night nearly a hundred persons
were more or less injured, and early
this morning two were reported dead.
Many of the injured are in the Cam
bridge, Somerville and Massachusetts
general hospitals, while others were
taken to houses near the scene of tbe
explosion.
In the yard of the Boston & Maine
Railroad, near the old McLean asylum,
among more than a thousand freight
cars filled with coal and general mer
chandise, were three oil tank of the
Union Oil Company. When one of the
ear caught fire and made a blaze that
could be seen all over Somerville. hun
dred of people flocked to the yards.
Tbe Somerville firemen arrived prompt
ly enough, but had to carry hose
through all kinds of place, while the
fire burned briskly and the crowd drew
closer and closer. It is estimated that
toon after the fire started fully 1,000
persons were in the freight yards, and
score, of the roost daring were on top
of freight cars near the fire.
Suddenly there was a rumbling noise.
One gieat sheet of flame shot into tbe
air, and a huge oil tank which bad
been on ft car went up on end, scatter
ing' blazing oil in all directions. Tbe
huge tank of oil, one of three, on as
many cars, had exploded. Tbe burn
ing oil fell upon men, women and chil
dren in the throng, who shrieked with
pain and terror. Six men on top of
one box car were thrown to the ground
with their clothing on fiie. Men and
women, with their garments burning,
ran about tbe yard in tenor. Some
were so badly burned that they drop
ped. Those who were not on fire help
ed them, and were themselves burned.
Meanwhile the railroad men were
performing acts of heroism. The oil
tank which had exploded was on s car
between two others, and those were in
danger of going up nt any minute. A
locomotive wa backed in and- started
to draw out the train. A railroad man
ran up, threw a heavy sleeper beneath
the wheels of the burning tank, the
coupling broke, the car stopped and the
oil tanks were separated.
Fifteen persons were taken to the
Somerville hospital. Joseph Hayden,
of engine company No. 1, who was
standing on tbe oil tank at the time of
the explosion, died early thia morning.
KETTELER lO BLAME.
Would Kot Call Additional Guard, for
the legations.
New York, July 16. A d aptach to
the Herald from Berlin says:
A letter has just been published her,
from Lieutenant von Loeecb, attache
ot the German legation at Pekin . It
is dated May 29, and shows that the
early failure to increase the guards of
the various legations was due to the
action of the late Baron von Ketteler.
The letter states that after tbe first
attack by , tbe Boxers on the Pekin
Hankow railroad, , meeting of tbe
ministers was hold to decide whether
additional troop should be seut for to
protect the legations. Baron von Ket
teler wa very much opposed to this
being done, while the French minister
was very much in favor of thia course.
The latter was, however, overruled by
his colleagues. , M. Pichon was so hnrt
by thia refusal to ask for guards that
he wept.
Another factor th. led the ministers
to leach thia unfortunate conclusion
was the desire of the diplomatic corpa
to take their usual summer holiday
and it waa feared that if additional
troop were sent for they would not be
able to do so.
Later on, as the Boxer movement in
creased, a second conference of minis
ter wag called, at which it waa re
solved to bring detachments of at least
60 men to guard each legation.
A Runaway Freight Train.
Redding, Cal., July 16. Last night.
When a freight train bound for Oregon,
drawn by two engines, waa climbing
the heavy grade above Upton, a coup-
1 ng gave way, and 80 cars, loaded
with fruit, started back. They passed
through Sisson seemingly at the rate
of 70 miles an hour. Half a mile be
low Sisson is the Pioneer Bos Factory.
Here seven of tbe cars broke loose and
pitched over than embankment. - Tbe
others continued on their mad course,
A i Big Canyon, three mile below Sis
ion, tbe runaway train again parted,
some of the cars flying the track and
being dashed to pieces. The other
half dozen oontinued over a high tres
tle around a loop and finally shot off
tbe rails below Mott, aftei running 10
miles. All the timbers are in splin
ters. Fortunately, no trains were en
countered by the runaway.
Robber. Caught In the Act.
Marshaltown, la., July 18. Four
men were caught in the act of robbing
Mason Wbitehill'a general store at
State Center today. A number of citi
zens surrounded the building, and ft
pitched battle ensued. Ben Whitehill,
one of tbe proprietor, was shot in the
leg. One of the robbers was also
wounded, and with one of his associ
ates was captured. The other two es
caped. . ; ''
Political success, like anything else,
depends almost entirely on the amount
of rustling a man does. .
Surgeou. for Cape Noma.
Washington, July 16. As a result
of conference today between Assist
ant Seoretary Talyor and tbe officials
of the marine hospital service, two ad
ditional surgeons have been ordered to
! proceed at once from San Francisco
to Seattle, and thence by boat to Cape
Nome, to assistsin stamping out the
smallpox now epidemio at that place.
When woman dislikes ft man, it I
her favorlit mods of abuse to charge
that he lead a dual life,
BIG FIRE IN PRESCOTT
Losses Aggregate More Than
$1,000,000.
MANY HOMELESS AND PENNILESS
Principal Bu.lnee. Portion ef the Tows
OeUroyed Merchant. Keadv
for Bu.lnea. In Tent..
Preecott, Aril.. July 17. A scene of
great desolation and a feeling ot deep
est gloom pervades thia town today.
All that remain ot the principal busi
ness portion of the town is tottering
walls and pile of charred and burning
debri.
Tbe tire, which started at 10:48
o'clock last night, waa not under con
trol until 8 o'clock thia morning, when
the fighters went ft considerable dis
tance in advance ot tbe flame and blew
up the building on tbe aouth side of
Goodwin street, preventing tbe fire
from crossing that atreet. The moat
conservative estimates of the total losses
are from 1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
The burned district embrace , live
blocks, in which were located the prin
cipal mercantile houses, both bank,
both telegraph offices, the three news
paper office, four hotels and every
saloon and restaurant exoept one In
the town, besides scores of private resi
dence. To add to the prevailing
gloom, ft high wind has prevailed all
aay, sending smoke, dust and burning
embers in every direction, rr quiring
tbe greatest vigilance to prevent an
other outbreak of the flames. Owing
to the chaotic condition existing today,
It is impossible to obtain an accurate
account of the loss or individual insur
ance. From interview with insurance
agents, the total insurance does not ex
ceed (350,000.
At daylight this morning team were
at work hauling lumber to the public
plaza, and thi evening it la covered
with tents and temporary frame build
ings. The occupant will ba ready for
business tomorrow. Both banks have
secured temporary quarter and will be
open tomorrow. The Bashford-Bur-meister
Company will be open for busi
ness tomorrow in their warehouse, two
block from the plaza.
Hon. W. A. Clark, of the United
Verde Copper Company, who was visit
Ing the works at Jerome, wired draft
for $500. All the sufferers from the
fire are provided with food, ahelter and
clothing, and it is not thought any
outside assistance will be required.
The only business houses remaining
in the town are Goldwater Bros., A.
Blur-berg and Mr. K. R. Blaine, dry
good; Joseph Dougherty, T. W. Otis
and J. I. Gardner, grocers, snd W. W.
Ross and W. P. Covilland, drag etoraa.
Tbe express office and postoffloe were
both out of the fire limits, but the
latter had ft close call. All tbe mail
and effects were ready to move at s
moment's notice.
The office of the supervisor of census
for the territory waa located in the
Prescott National Bank building, and
contained all the official itatiaticaof tbe
oensna of the territory, but they were
removed to s place ot safety.
The Western Union opened its office
this morning in ft grocery store, and
the Postal has opened an office st the
railroad depot. The electrio light
pole and wires were in the burned dis
trict, and the town will be ia darkness
until they can be replaced. The com
pany also owna the telephone system,
and lose mora than half its inatru
ments. Many citizen who yesterday wen
comfortably fixed are today homeless
and penniless, a number losing both
their business plaoes snd their resi
dence. An army of carpenters have
been busy all day putting np tempor
ary structures, many of which have
been completed and will open for busi
ness tomorrow. '
, Of the three printing offices ia town
all that waa a d waa about 80 cases
of type by tbe Courier. Tbe destruc
tion of the others was complete. J. C.
Martin, proprietor of the Journal
Miner, saved only his books. ' Included
in hi loss waa a Mergenthaler linotype,
installed in the office only three month
ago. The two papers have already
made arrangements for continuing pub
lication, although but little insurance
waa carried by either. Most ot tbe
heaviest loser will rebuild at once.
The origin of the fire was unknown
until this evening, when it waa learned
that a man rooming over tbe bottling
worka wa lying in bed reading by
candlelight when piece of loose paper
en the wall caught fire. He ran out
to give the alarm, and before other
reached the place the lire was beyond
control. 1
tore Bain. In Tea as.
Dallas, Te July 17. Northern
Texa has been deluged by rains for
more than 12 hour, and the indica
tion are that the storm ha only be
gun. The downpour at Dallas wa ter
rifio. Streams are swollen and train
are delayed because of washouts.
Youngstown, O., Jnly 14. The
severe storm last night caused a ud
den rise in Mill creek, sweeping sway
a bridge and washing out railroad
tracks, causing damage amounting to
50,000.
100,000 Fruit Fir la California.
Newoastle, Cal., July 17. -Firs to
day destroyed all the fruit house and
leading business houses of tbe town.
The loss will exceed $100,000. Over
100,000 boxes ot fruit were burned.
The Southern Pacific Company wa the
heaviest loser. Their loss in fruit in
ear and rolling (took la estimated at
$5,000.
Soma) woman amount to nothing out
llda of their church.