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OREGON
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VOL. XYII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBIDAY, JULY 27, 1900.
NO. 3fc.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th j Telegraphic
News of thf. World.
TKRSR TICKS PRO UK WIRKS
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An Intratlti C'ollxi-lluit of )Uim Khiip
he Two lliiiUliiru. I'm nu a
tti a Cnr-fenuM jfcvin-
Llama, Tel., was demolished by a
tyolune.
St. Louis Transit Company refuses
to srbitrate w 1th the striker.
Chicago Chinese, having jtint learned
of the trouble lu China, are greatly ex
cited. Twenty person were proatrated by
beat at New York. Temperature 100
degree,
Foreign warship have their gun
trained on Che Foo, in anticipation ol
au outbreak.
Fleet ol the revolutionist haa been
captured by government force in Co
lumbian rebellion.
The big steel plant of the Federal
Rtool Company, at Lorain, I'a., bai
been clowd duwn, throwing 4.0UU men
out of work.
' Two transport, with 1,200 officers
aad lueu, tailed frm Manila for Taku.
The hospital ship Relief liai alio been
not to Takn.
Mr. Elisatmth C. T&lman, wife of
General J. C. Tolm&n, and a pioneer
of 1864. died at tier home in Ashland,
Or., aged 71 years.
At New York city, Terry McGovern,
feather weight champion of the world,
defeated iu three rourdi, Frank Krue,
light weight champion of the world.
Mealing claim are to be arbitrated.
Russia, United Htate and England
nave llnnlly agreed on a method of dis
poiing of long pending liehrtug tea
trouble.
In Bombay, India, for the week endV
ing July 7, there were 8,828 cases of
cholera in the famine district, of which
6,474 were fatal, and in the native
atatea 9,620 case, of which 6M- were
fatal.
Joe Bartoni, a wealthy sheepman if
West fall, Malheur county, Or., was
accidentally killed while stacking hay
on bin ranch, being struck by a derrick
fork, one irong of which pierced bl
neck.
Peoria, CO mile outhwot of Dal
le, Texan, was swept hy a eycloue,
killing three persons. Two churches,
several dwelling houses aud au im
mense amount of farm property waa
destroyed.
The first suit for damage growing
out of the Fourth of July utreet car ac
cident at Tacoma, in which 48 livei
were loot, ban been filed by Harry Gaul,
for the death of hi on Harry, for $5,- j
000. Many other suits are expected.
Demand for harvest haudg lu Eastern
Oregon ia enormous.
More aoldiera are needed for garrison
duty in the I'hllippinoa.
Cbineae reformers are using every en
deavor to save the foreigner.
A mountain of gold bearing quart 1
aid to have been found in the Ulue
river district.
A daughter of Theodore Havemnyer,
the sugar king, thot aud aocideutly
killed herself.
Manila ia now the counterfeiter'
paradise. Dig snap In making Ameri
can dollar out of Mexican dollar.
Andy Smith, 70 yearaold, waatriick
with paialyai at Kahuna, Wash., and
when found hud boon four day without
food or water.
Heavy rain atorm are raging in
Northern Wisconsin. All railroad
have suffered from washout. Hail did
great damage lo crop.
It ia reported that 10,000 Boer ore
preparing to emigrate to America.
President Kroger will refuse to surren
der until hi supplies are exhausted.
Theodore (iroil, aged 00, an employe
of the woolen mill at Oregon City,
Or., wa accidentally' drowned while
attempting to get into a boat to row
home.
The American bark MoNear'waH lost
on a reef near Laysau island, near
Japan. The passengers and crew spent
two day on the water and lauded on
Laysau ialand.
Judge W. If. Waahington, of Phila
delphia, a direct descendant of Augus
tine Waahington, father of George
Waahington, i dead at Castle Creek
Hot Spring, Arlaoua, of consumption.
He wa 4S year old aud a lawyer of
fecogul&ed ability.
A Holland submarine torpedo boat
way protect the port of Portland, Or.
Two of the new one oon to be con
tracted will be assigned to aervice on
the Pacific const, aud one may come to
the Columbia river.
The Washington government will take
every precaution against vloleuce to
Chinese in the United Htatea, which 1b
intimated in nine Mictions, in order
that the force of our demand for satis
faction from China ahull not bo weak
ened by counter claims.
Chinch bug are doing great damg
to Kanaa crop.
American trade with China ia .
chiefly in the region where the dia-'
turbanoe i greatest. I
! A a tea m automobile wa built in
England in 1884. It wa regarded aa
ja enrioaity.
t An Oklahoma woman want a di
vorce because her huahand had killed
7 men, After the 30th be drew thf
Una. .
LAlkR NEWS.
Lebanon, Or., had a (10,000 lire.
Lprd Robert ha attaoked Middle
ourg,
Tien Tain and neighborhood are clear
f Chinese.
Oriental war 1 affecting the world'
money tnarketa.
Forty persona were Injured at a street
:ar accident at Nile, Ohio.
The New York Republican state con
tention will be held September 4.
Minlater Wn ha word that the
Pekln authorities are protecting the
foreigner.
Crop prospect in the Paciflo North
west Indicate yield of 40,000,000
bushel of wheat.
The Cunary liner Campania cnt in
twain a bark, which sank at onoe, oar
rylng down 11 men.
Colombian trxip will light the revo
lutionist outside of Panama, to a not
to eudanger the oity.
Populists refused to go into the Idaho
fusion, aud nominated a full ticket,
Democrat and Oliver Republicans
fu slug.
Li Hung Chang got cool reception
at Hong Kong. Russia ha called on
the border provinces of Siberia for the
reserve.
The Fight infantry i returning from
Cuba to go to China. Heavy artillery
ha been ordered to leave Fort Keilly
(or the Orient.
Hawaiian plantation owner are
trying to induce 6,000 Puerto liican
to move to the Pacific ialand on ' a
three year' contract.
Document relating to plot against
the American authorities in Manila
have been found in a rebel lecruiting
office in Kan Miguel.
The Yaqui Indian, of Mexico, are
reported to have been broken np, and
the government will offer them induce
ments to return to their farms.
Tho Fraxnr river fishermen' strike
I now deemed beyond aettlement, a
teriou collision between peace officer
and striker having taken place.
Count Caatellane, husband of Anna
Qonld, fought a duel with Count
Orlowskl in the suburb of Pari, in
which Orlowaki wa alightly wounded.
The executive council of the Ameri
can Federation ol Labor iaaued an ap
peal to all wage-worker to organize
union or Join those already in ex
istence. The Chinese minlater at Pari hat
notified Delcasae that the foreign min
ister were safe July 18. The Belgian
government ha received word that
they were alive on the 20tb.
Smallpox 1 prevalent at Nome City.
lioxera are reported on the Corean
frontier.
The ihingle mill at Toledo, Or., wa
totally deajroyed by lire. ,
There 1 said to be a laok of harmony
between the allies in China.
Fire in Pomroy, Wash., destroyed
property to the value of $10,000.
Prince Tuan ha an army of 16,000
men ready to tight the foreigner.
Republican of Idaho nominated D.
W, Standrod, of Bannock county, for
governor.
Prince Tuan ba issued an edict to
fix a definite date for a general upris
ing in China.
The steamer Cntch ha arrived at
Vancouver, B. C, from Skagway, with
1800,000 iu gold duat.
Milk dealers of Chicago are being
prosecuted for naing formaldehyde to
praerve their produot.
Ban Francisco Chlueae may fight the
lioxera. American born Mongolians
are organizing a national guard com
pany. -
The steamahlp Garonne, juat return
ed from Alaska, has been chartered br
the United States and will be used to
curry supplies aud troop to China.
Knglund is alarmed over report that
Chinese are invading Siberia, thus giv
ing Russia an excuae for descending on
Pekln and holding territory conquered .
Germany, Russia and France have
come to an agreement regarding future
action in China. Russia will oatry on
a seperate campaign against Fekin on
the north.
The Chlueae empress is alleged to
have proposed to Japan a wholesale
massacre of foreigners in both countries.
Ll Hung Chang is said to have been
implicated in the affair.
The postofilce department has order
ed that beginning August 1 all mails
for the Hawaiian islands shall be for
warded exclusively to San Francisco or
other American ports for dispatch, and
that the present practice of dispatch
ing these mulls via Vanoguwr, B. C,
be discontinued.
New locomotives just pot on by the
Denver & Rio Oiande Railway have an
unique attachment aa safeguard
tgninat robbers, in the way of a nonle
on the roof of the cab. These oonneot
with the hot water of the boiler, and
point at the rear end of the tender.
The nozxle can lend a mixed stream of
steam and boiling water at 200 pounds
pressure that would kill anyone in it
range.
a ninniimhiii, M. V.. school teaoheT
whipped a school boy and exploded a
torpedo, lie may aie.
A six year old boy at Acorn Ridge,
Mo., shot his brother dead as the re
sult of a quarrel. j
Japan haa appropriated 60.000,000
vim or war nurrjoses. A ven 1 about
the same a our dollar. i
The Christian Endeavor convention
tn London will be attended by 10.000
delegate. 8,000 from America.
GIVEN IIIS PASSPORTS
Russia Sends the Chinese
Minister Home.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS SEVERED
The Chinas Invasion of th Amur Prov
iso la equivalent to a Oeelnm
Una of War Against Kuasln.
New York, July 21. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Lon
don says:
The Chinese inavsion of the Amnt
province la equivalent to a declaration
of waragainat Russia, which, constru
ing it aa auch, ba banded the Chinese
envoy at Ht. Petersburg bl passports
today and requested him to leave th
country, along with the member of
hi mission.
Th importance of this Chinese dec
laration of war against Russia, and of
this bold invasion of Russian territory,
lies in the fact as the matter now
stands, that it virtually releases the
oxer from bl obligation to the foreign
power to act in concert with them in
China. He i placed thereby in a po
sition to act independently, not only
with reference , to the defense of his
dominions against the Chinese invasion,
but also as regards the carrying of war
into the enemy' country and an event
ual marcn upon Pekin.
Should a Russian army, proceeding
from Siberia, reach Pekin and captur
it before the allies could get to it from
the Pacific coast, the czar would be
able to dictate terms to China inde
pendently of the other powers, aud
without any regard to their wishes, vir
tually establishing himself a mastet
of the country.
The British and German govern
ment, alarmed at the idea of this
eventuality, have today decided to
abandon the policy which they have
panned nntil now and to declare wa
upon tb Chineae government. thu
placing themselves in line with Russia
and France, and the United States is
expected to follow suit immediately.
France has, Indeed, already issued,
todav. a decree forbidding the sale of
arms or war material of any kind to
the Chinese, while Germany has al
ready prohibited the Chinese envoy at
Berlin from communicating with his
government except through the German
foreign office, and ia preparing to give
htm hi paasports. Herein London,
the Chinese miulstor has already packed
all belongings, removed his boy from
the schools and cancelled all his en
gagement, so as to be ready for im
mediate departure..
, In addition to the corps of the Im
perial Chinese army, which has in
vaded Siberia with orders to drive all
foreigner out of the rich gold-bearing
Amnr province of the oxar, there are
Ave other corps, one of which is en
gaged in destroying the Russian rail
road in Manchuria and in driving all
the foreigners, especially the Russians,
f-oin the northern porton of the em
pire; another is to occupy the roads be
tween Pekin and Sham Hai Kawn; yet
another is to conoenttate at Nanking,
while oolomnsare being direoted in
hot haste to Tien Tsiu, to the bodrers
of Corea and to the neighborhood of
Shanghai.
Altogether the Pekin govenment ir
estimated to have under arm at th
present moment no less than 1,000,000
men, splendidly equipped with Musei
rifles, smokeless powder and quick-firing
ordnance, and carefully trained
under the direction of Danish and Ger
man officer. Tbl huge army is un
der the orders of Prince Tuan.
In addition to this, there is the Chi
nese fleet, reconstructed and reorgan
ised since the war with Japan, and
comprising 16 flrst-olana cruisers oi
the very latest type. These are cruis
ing about the Yellow sea, with theii
decks cleared for action.
Inasmuch as five vessel of the allied
fleet,linclnding the British battleshix
Terrible, are cruising about in tht
same waters, reconnoitering various
towns and fort and inviting the latter
to open fire upon them, news may be
expected at any moment of a naval bat
tle. Nine other foreign men-of-war are at
anchor off Shanghai, with the object ol
assisting in the defense of that city in
the event of its being attaoked by tne
big Chinese army, which ia now with
in one day' march of the place.
Bonolosa Artillery.
rMr-rn .TnlvSl. A niece of "horse
less" artillery, otherwise a Colt's rap
id fire, mounted on an automobile, oi
Tuanial nnnstriiotinn. todav started on
an experimental trip from Fort Sheri
dan to Washington, ine carriage, oe
sides the gun, carried Major A. P.
Davidson and three cadets fro-n the
Northwestern military academy. Mis
Helen Gould, accompanied by General
Joseph Wheeler, saw the party set out
frnm Vnrt fihnridan narlv in tha dav.
General Wheeler gave Major Davidson
a note to be delivered to uenerai luues
in Washington, while Mis Gould
slahrnt them eood lnok. and remarked
that if the automobile could be used
for carrying guns, it oouldbe used for
Red Cross work. The vehicle ia a four
whnnl contrivance. weitih 2.300
pounds, and is driven by gasoline. At
Washington Major Davidson will en
deavor to demonstrate that the inven
tion Is practicable for use in actual
warfare.
Torrid YTeathor la Karon.
London, July 80. Torrid beat con
tinues throughout Europe. The mer
cury Indicated 85 degree in the shad
this morning. The hospitals are busy
caring for victims of heat prostration.
Nine fatal eases axe reported today.
Laborer are obliged to knock off work
during thtr-hottest hour of the day.
AUTHOR OF IT ALL.
fct Hang Chan; Looked Vpou a Orig
inator of tno Plot.
London, July 21. The Shanghai cor
respondent of th Daily Express says:
"Intense indignation la felt here at
the honor in Hong Kong that have
been accorded to Li Hung Chang, who
i looked upon in Shanghai a the orig
inator of the whole fiendish anti-foreign
plot.
"A Chines merchant who has just
arrived from Pekln gives horrible de
tails of the masaaore. He say be saw
European women hanled into the street
by shrieking Boxen, who stripped!
them and hacked them to pieces.
Their dissevered limb were toaeed to
the orowd and carred off with howl ot
triumph. Some were already dead,
baivng been shot by foreign civilian.
He says he saw Chinese soldier car
rying the bodies of white children aloft
on their spears while their companions
shot at the bodies. He gives other de
tail too horrible to be particularized
here.
"It seem that the Boxer leaders had
organized a plan, including the offer
ing of rewards and rich loot, for the
annihilation of Europeans thronghont
China, and that Prince Tuan' soldiers
have been emphasizing the opportunity
the soldiers have had of seizing th
bodie of white women."
TORTURED BY BOXERS.
Tho TarrlbU Fat of Ono of tho First
Victim.
San Franolsco, July 21. A Chroni
cle special from Victoria, B. C, ays:
Advice received from North China
contain particular of the awful torture
inflicted on the Rev. H. V. Norman,
who, with Rev. C. Robinson, wa
among the first of the American mis
sionaries to become victims of the Box
ers. A correspondent writing from
Tien Tsin on July 7, says some refugees
who bad arrived there gathered from
Chineae ghastly details of the torture
inflicted on Norman.
j It seems that he fell into the hands
of Li, the head man of a little town
bard by the little Anglican mission,
where he and Robinson had their bead
, quarters. In a quarrel between Boxers
I and Christians, the converts had driven
I off the Boxers from the mission and Li
vowed vengeance. This he took in a
s horrible manner "when Norman was
. thrown into his hands.
I After hi capture by the rioters,
from whom Li took the captive, the
missionaiy was stripped by the retinue
of Li and a collar of iron fastened to
his neck. A short chain was attached
and he was tethered to a stake. The
Chinese men, women and children then
poked sharp sticks into his flesh and
jabbed him with tridents. When be
sank down, weak with the loss ot blood
and half erased by the awful torture,
and waa nnable to get upon hi knees
even, the ohain being too short, he
strangled slowly. Molten lead was
then thrown on hi nnde body and a
be writhed in agony, he wa stabbed
to death. His body was cut to pieces.
Robnson, the other mssionary, was
slaugthered withont being so long in
agony. He was cut down by a mob
and hacked to pece almost instantly.
A number of the mission convert were
slaughtered. Some were asked to re
cant and those who did so to save their
lives were saddled and bridled and
forced to crawl to the temple idol.
THE HOT SPELL.
Caused Sovontr Death at How York
Yastordar.
New York, July 20. The hot
weather today caused or contributed
toward the death of more than 70 per
sons in this city and vicinity. Aa
many more stricken ones are in the
hospitals, and some of them will suc
cumb before the night is over. More
than half the fatalities were among
babies and little children, and there
are now about 40 bodies of the little
one lying at the morgue at Bellevue.
This waa the third day of the spell
of intense heat. Late tonight th tem
perature moderated. r Early this morn
ing the sun began it deadly work, and
before the day wa fairly well started
tha hosiiitals were bnsv. OH the
' street the temperature ranged from 98
to 105, and the official report from th
weather bureau, high above ground,
was 94 deg. shortly before 6 o'clock
tonight.
One death was from an attempt at
suicide made while the subject wa6
' otazed with the heat. Many little
children are badly hurt by falls from
fire escape, on to which they had
erawledfor relief from the- oppressive
weather.
Transports Sail.
San Francisco, July 19. The United
States army transport Sumner, bearing
a detachment of troops, surgeon and
hospital assistants, sailed today for
Nagasaki where it is generally believed
further orders will be received direct
ing the vessel to proceed to Taku,
China. , At least two officers who
ailed on the transport are under direct
orders to join the forces under . com
mand of Brigadier-General Adna R.
Chaffee, at Takn.
Mrs. J. S. Felton, of Corvallis, Or.,
whose husband dlea some month ago,
ha been endeavoring to support herself
by raising chickens, bnt is naving hard
luck. Of 300 fowls she has raised,
thieve have stolen all but three dosen.
81dny Kdaertoa,
Akron, O., July 21. Hon. Sidney
Edgerton, aged 83, died here today.
He was the first justioe of the supreme
couit of Idaho, and the first governor
of Montana, having been appointed by
President Lincoln. He was twice
elected congressman from this district.
Chicago, July 21. James Nicol.
vice-president of the Chicago board of
trade, was suspended for one year at a
meeting of the directors tonight. The
charge wa buoket-ihopping.
ACCURATE SAMPLING 1
Considered Essential to Ac
curate Assaying.
A PRACTICAL MINER'S VIEWS
Protest Alnst th Uo of Assay Co
lineal, aa Dooautontary '
, Krldoaeo.
"Accurate sampling 1 qute a essen
tial a accurate assaying, for if the
ample does not truly represent the lot,
or mass, from which it wo taken, the
subsequent assay will be valueless.
The assayer ot chemist will usually re
ceive the samples already prepared,
but as he will occasionally be called
npon to take hi own sample a knowl
edge of the art of sampling ia essen
tial." In the Northwest a majority of the
samples brought to an assayer are
taken by the prospector, or other inter
ested party, and as the assay certifi
cate are often nsed a the document
ary evdence of the value of the proj
ty, the assayer should be very careful
to state on the face of soch oertficates
exactly from whence he obtained the
sample on which the assay was made.
If an assayer samples the ore him
self, be owes it to bis client so to state,
as it donbles the value of the certifi
cate. If be did not take the sample
himself he should place the lesponsi
bility of the sample where it belongs,
by stating who did take it. Without
some one known vouching for the ore
of the sample, ataay certificate should
carry no weight a document. This
can heat be accomplished by the as
sayer seeing to it that hi printed cer
tificate blank ia worded to cover the de
sired points, telling the whole .story
and protecting him from any after talk.
I must protest, also, against the
habit of certain assayer in filling in
the valne of the ore on the assay certifi
cate, as they do, at the price of the
metal in marketable shape delivered in
New York. It show a gros ignor
ance on the part of the assayer as to
the value of the ore here, and often
mislead the prospector frightfully, at
the same tme furthering and opening
the door for fraudulent practice. I
have seen, this summer, assay certifi
cates npon which the copper of 5 per
cent ore was figured ont at 18 cents,
equal to $18 per ton, whereas no smelt
er could afford to pay more than about
one-third that price.
A good practical rule to use in figur
ing out approximate values of a sul
phide ore, at present market quota
tions, is as follows:
Allow $1.25 for every per cent of
copper the ore contains.
Allow 40 cents for every per cent of
lead the ore contains.
Allow 50 cents for every ounce of
silver the ore contains.
Allow $20 for every onnce of gold
the ore oonatlns.
These values are for ore delivered on
the line of railway.
The prospector ha to sample hi
own claim and wishes to know the
truth. Naturally, I ask how he ia to
do it, and the following remark are
for his benefit, not for the professional:
Iu sampling a lead, if the vein is so
that it will all have to go for treat
ment, a section of uniform thickness
right across the whole face of the lead
should be taken for ore samples.
Another, and quite as satisfactory a
method, ia to Bample all the rock that
come out of the prospect, or sample
the dnmp, if there is any, by cutting
channel through it on the same princi
ple as in sampling a ledge.
It mast always be borne in mind in
sampling that there is liable to be a
great difference between the dump and
the fine ore, and consequently a due re
gard mast be had to getting the proper
proportion of each.
Hand-picked samples are never reli
able, and should always be avoided.
Experienced mining men frequently
take hand samples of particular clasaes
of the ore in a mine, have these assayed
and often from these results they esti
mate what grade of ore they are min
ing. Thia may be correctly done, and
it is wonderful bow close to correct
assays experienced men can "guess;"
but it is uncertain at the best, and
dangerous for inexperenoed person to
attempt to be guided by such eatim
mates. Assays cannot be averaged, unless
one knows the actual weight of the ma
terial represented by each assay, and
only then by a long calculation, too
long to describe here, exoept briefly.
In nine cases out of ten when the
"average assay of a mine" is spoken of,
it is incorrect and is usually obtained
by adding np a number of separate as
says and dividing the mm by the num
bers of such assays. It quite correct
to take an average sample, have that
assayed, and call it the average assay;
but this is seldom done. The correot
t average assay may be obtained by mul
tiplying the weight ot eaob lot ol tne
ore by the assay of such lot. and the
produot of such multiplication and
divide this anra by the sum of the
weights of the various lot of the ore.
I The quotient of inch division wiH bs
"the only correot average assay" obtain
able, a M. ROSENDALE,
In Portland Telegram.
Cnstlo Cms; Tarora Bnraod.
Dunsmuir, Cal., July 23. Castle
Hraa Tavern a faahinnabla summer
resort in the Sierra mountains, was
destroyed by fire, together with its
contents , at an early hoar this morn
ing There were 800 guests in the ho
tel. All escaped without injury. The
fire originated in the laundry. The
total loss Is estimated at $200,000.
The hotel was owned by the Paoiflo
'Improvement Company, one of the in
corporations of the Southern Paciflo
Company.
NAGASAKI THE BASE.
fapaaoso Oovoramont Olvo It Cho
Iful Assont.
Waahington, July 28. A wa an.
ticlpated, the Japanese government ba
given it cheerful assent to the applica
tion of the united State government
for permission to land troop and mili
tary supplies at Nagasaki in transit to
Taku. China. This privilege wa de
sired in order that the Pacific trans
port plying between San Francisco and
Manila should not deviate from the
regular route, but that the troops and
stock carried by them and intended for
service in China might be transferred
at Nagasaki to other vessels of the
transport service and taken direct to
Taku. The Japanese authorities not
only have agreed to the proposed use of
Nagasaki, bat they aim have assured
the United State government that they,
will facilitate the movement of Ameri
can troop and supplies as mnch aa pos
sible. The quartermaster's department
of the army haa provided three Urge
transports of the Philippine aervice for
use on the line between Nagasaki and
Taku, and it i expected in thi way to
expedite the movement of troops to
China.
The state department ha issued the
following bulletin:
"The secretary of state received thia
morning a dispatch from Consul Fowler
at Che Foo, dated midnight, July 19,
saying a Shanghai paper of the ISth
said 'all foreigner were murdered.
Fowler wired the governor demanding
the truth. The governor replied that
hi courier left Pekin on the 11th, and
all then were safe, but Pekin, east
city, had been carried by the rebel,
with the intent to kill."
IMPROVED TOURIST SLEEPERS
Ballrond Are Acceding Donalds
of Middle Claue.
In response to the demand of the
time the O. R. & N. ana it connec
tion are placing in operation a much
better grade of tourist sleepers for Pa
cific Coast service than at any previous
time. The largely increased traffic to
this section of the country has demand
ed all the improvements of latter-day
transportation, and in consideration of
this the railroads are establishing a
service which is excellent in every par
ticular. Not only are the wishes of
the first-class passenger served, but
those who are traveling to and from
the East on second-class ticket are
splendidly cared for. There was a time
when a tourist sleeper appealed to a
limited number of people who were
traveling on the "cheap" order, in
every meaning of the term. Now,
however, there has been a radical
change. With the better tourist sleep
ers in operation the class of passenger
has been improved, and one may now
travel npon them and enjoy all the
privileges of a first-class aleener at a
greatly reduced rate. "
Daily, on the O. R. fc N. east-bound
fast mail, is attached- one of these
latest improved tourist sleepers, a
model of beauty and hansome appoint
ments. The new cars are almost an
exact counterpart of the first-class
sleeper.
One noticeable feature of the new
tourist car is the absence of a smoking
apartment. The new cars being bnilt
by the Pullman Company are not pro
vided with smoking apartments. This
new departure ha been taken because
of the fact that most through trains
aie provided with composite cars,
which provide a smoker for the sleeping-car
passengers.
Two Kills Burned.
Spokane, Wash.. July 23. Fire this
afternoon destroyed the large lumber
plant of the Hoiiand-Horr Mill Com
pany and cansed a loss of $30,000: in
surance, $18,000. It also destroyed
the Crescent shingle mill; loss, $2,000;
insurance, $1,000. A spaik from the
engine of the Holland-Horr mill was
carried into a dust bin. The dust ex
ploded and in a minute flames were
sweeping through the mill. Two work
men were knocked down by the explo
sion and burned about the face and
hands. In an incredibly brief period
flames had extended to the lumber
vurds and soon acre of seasoned lum
ber were aflame. It was the hottest
raflagration since the great tire of
.39. Three firemen were overcome
uy the intenes heat and smoke, but ie
covered later.
Troons to Leave Aiisoaa.
Clifton, Ari., July 21 Orders have
been received to put in readiness for
leaving six troops of the Ninth cavalry
(colored), which are garrisoned at Fort
Grant, Hnachuca and San Carlos, es
tablished to protect settlers in the sev
eral Apache regions of Arizona. The
negro troops will be relieved by four
troops of the Fifth cavalry at Jefferson
barracks. Mo. The action will likely
call for a strong protest from settlers,
who claim they would be left unpro
tected from sanguinary Indiana if the
change were made. According to or
der received the six companies will
go to San Francisco, probably the last
of the month.
French Victory In West Arrlee,
Pari, July 23. The Matin publish)
a dispatch from Tripoli repotting a
French victory in West Africa and tha
death of Rabat, former Sultan of
Bornu, in the Soudan. The eldest son
of Rabat was wounded in the tight.
Omar Benigrahim has been placed on
the throne of Bornu.
Synapothetlo Strike Threatened.
St. Louis, July 23. A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex., says:
It has been informally decided by the
Trrtrini Asttficiatinn and American Fed
1 eration of Labor that unless the strike
trouble on the Consolidated -street rail
' way lines are settled by next Sunday,
there will be a general walkout of the
trades for the purpose of showing sym
pathy and through a general boycott
and suspension of business compel arbi
tration. There are 4,000 men in the
tiades who will respond, it ia said.
SHIP CUT IN TWAIN
Cunard Liner Campania Coh
lided With a Bark.
THE SAILER SANK IMMEDIATELY
Clvea of Her Crow Wore PrawaooV
Cninpnnla Mot Mnch
' Pamaced.
London, Jnlv 24. A dense fog hung
ver the Irish channel yesterday morn
ing, and tbe Cunaid line steamer Cam
pania, en route from New York tor
Liverpool, struck tbe Liverpool bark
Embleton, bound for New Zealand,
amidships, cutting her in twain. Th
Embleton sank immediately. Seven of
the crew were lescued, bnt it i be
lieved the, other 11 member of the
ship's company, including the captain,
were drowned. Tbe Campania bad
her bows stove in, but arrived safely at
Liverpool, five and a half hour late.
Tbe Campania had a narrow escape
from aerioua disaster. The fog had
delayed her passage since Friday noon,
and a tender went out from Queens-
town four miles, a Captain Walker
would not take the liner near shore.
At Tuskar light, the fog wa becoming ,
denser every moment. When the Cam
pania was about 80 mile northeast ot
tbe light a phantom ship rose suddenly,
without warning, directly across her
bow. Thirty seconds later the phan
tom had become a solid aailing vessel,
into which the liner crashed, ber steel
forefoot going through the Embleton
like the clean cut of a sword, nd
dividing ber just abaft the mainmast.
The forward half sank iniuntly. Tbe
tern swung viciously round, and the
mast and yard for a moment tore at
the Campania. A lnmp of -wreckage
came down on her deck. Then the
stern of tbe bark also disappeared, and
tbe face of the sea wa littered with
splintered timbers, boxes, barrel, the
upper work and lighter cargo, tbe deck
bouse and auch thing. Then there
was nothing.
From the instant when tbe phantom
came into view from the bridge of the
Campania until tbe last vestige of the
vessel vanished some 80 or 80 second
had elapsed.
According to the Embleton' surviv
ors, for nearly half an hoar before the
collision, the captain and first officer
were below at breakfast, and, although
tbe fog whistle of a large steamer could
be heard every minute, the bark never
shifted her course, the helmsman re
ceiving no order. When, at 8:25 A.
M., the second officer, to use bis own
phrase, "heard tbe rush of a steamer'
bows," he shouted down to the captain,
who rushed on deck, but he waa too
late to give an order.
The Capmania Vaa under one-third
steam. The captain, first officer and
pilot were on the bridge. The engine
were instantly reversed, and the helm
put hard down. No precaution was
omitted. Some of her passenger bad
even grumbled at what tbey called
superfluous caution. After tbe erash
and the sudden cries, the boat were
quickly gotten out. There were no
sign of panic; the crew wa every
where at their stations; the bnlkheada
were closed and everything possible
was done to save life.
Some of the Campania's plate were
bent hy the collision; her fore peak
filled with water; her fore topmast wa
broken ahort off and her steel rigging
torn and twisted.
The passenger held a meeting, adopt
ed resolutions oi thanks to the captain
and crew, and subscribed 700 for the
relief of the survivors and the families
Df the lost.
Ichth Infantre for China.
New York, July 24. Two com
panies of the Eighth United States in
fantry moved off tbe transport MoClel
lan this afternoon and started for Fort
Snelling, Minn. Other members of
the regiment ore en route from Cuba,
and, after the recruiting of tbe organ
ization to its full limit, it will be sent
to China. The men have been in Cuba
18 months, but they looked to be in
fine condition. About 2,600 person
were at the dock to meet tbe aoldiers,
and the Young Men' Christian Asso
ciation proivded coffee and other re
freshents. The other eight companies ot
the regiment were delayed by a atorm
all Cape Hattera.
, Cleared the Track and Saved l.lves.
Three Lakes, Wi., July 24. A
laborer early to day removed a pile of
lie from tbe Northwestern tracks, that
bad been placed there during the night,
just in time to prevent the passenger
train due here at 4:80 A. M., trout
striking them. He also removed a
number of rocks from a bridge a abort
distance away. His actions probably
saved the lives of 80 member of a
local club, who were on the train.
Engulfed a a Lava Flow.
Yokohama, Jujly 23. Mount Ain
ma, near Bandaissn, which was the
scene ot a volcano disaster in 1888,
broke into eruption Tuesday, July 17.
Hundreds of person were killed or in
jured. Several village were engulfed
by the stream of lava from Mount
Aiuma, and great damage wa done in
adjacent district.
Heavy Artillery for tho Orient.
Fort Riley, Kan., July 24. Rush
order have come for the Seventh Unit
ed State battery ot heavy artillery at
Fort Riley to proceed with all baste to
the Orient, calling for oiders at Nag
asaki. General Merriara promulgated
tbe order, in Denver. The battery waa
organised daring the Spanish war, and
since that time ba been idle. Tha
equipment embraces the heaviest cali
ber guns in the service, with full com
plement of mortars, attended by 250
men and 10 officers.