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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUUCJST 17, 1900.
NO. - 33.
OR
MIS
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of tho Telegraphl
News of this World.
TKRSK TICKS VIM ?iiK WIRES
An Interesting Collection tit Hems rrum
ho Two tleiiilaphertie I'rcs Mu t
In a Coflniiaed JTivw
Ht. Louis striker blow up a car with
aynatnlte.
Ilarrlsmltli surrendered to the Brit
ish August 4.
Russian troops looted, tortured and
murdered at 'J'iuu Tula.
Towne declluos the Populist nomlun
tlon fur vlce-presldeut.
Li Jiang Chang says tlie Chinesr.
tniiHt Unlit if tlie allies advance.
American want (ienerul Mho Arthur
to lend the international forces.
Chines) ro)rtod to have 170,000
troopi between lien Tsin aud l'eklu
Insurgent are troublesome in the
vicinity ol Cagayan, Inland of Mlu-
dauao.
Governor Oner lava he will ofToi
Oregon troop if war ahall be declared
against China,
Fire in the boart of the city of Illue
fields, Mcnragna, did damage to tin
mount of 1176,1)00.
Three people were killed and 1 1 in
jared in col Union on the Mouon
roots, near Lafayette, lad.
Conger cable that the situation of
the ministers ii precarious. Imperial
troop are tiring on the legations.
Hatter? O, with ita 7-inch Mlge
guna, the luruest in the army, and 178
men, have left Fort Hi ley, Kan., for
China.
Memorial serivces for Humbert in a
Catholic ohuroh at Waiihiiigtion augnr
better relatione between the papacy
and the Italian government.'
It la stated positively that President
Kruger Is willing and anxious to sur
reuiler, providing a satisfactory promise
la given aa to hia ultimate deotination.
A. II. Zeigler, of Santa Cru, Cel.,
formerly a justice of the pence in
Idaho, killed bin wife by cutting hei
throat, aud attempted auicide by hack'
lug hia own throat.
Fire at riponocr, Tioga county, N.
Y., deatmyed the aaw mill, grist mill
and the lumber yard of A. Zeeley, the
(irove hotel, the town electric light
plant, the I-ehigh Valler railroad na
tion, and other property, entailing a
loss of 160,000.
Democrat sweep Alabama.
General Miles voluuteera to go to
China.
New parasite discovered which du
troys army worm.
Prince man and Li ring llo:ig are
iu control of affair at l'ukiu.
The allies were defeated in a battle
with theChineae at l'eit Bung.
Transport Logan arrived at Han Fran
cisco with refugees from Tien Tain.
Itich strike made in the Concord
group of mines iu Hutnpter district.
The assassin who had desluns on the
life of Italy's new king was arrested.
The Dritieb are slowly closing in on
President Stoyn aud General Duwet.
Good prospect for Southern I'ucllln
railroad to build a line to Klamath
Falls.
, Russia and United States are nego
tiating to uphold the integrity of
China.
Telephonic communications between
German and French cities have been
opened.
Ex-government officials claims re
ports of disease in Cape Noino section
are untrue.
Japanese government prohibits the
emigration of laborers to the United
States and Canada.
Mrs. Carrie N. Walker, supreme
nomroander of the Maocahees, died at
her residence in Detroit, Mich.
Lt Hung Chang has otllcially not I Hod
the consuls at Hhanghai that the min
isters left l'eklu under escort August 8.
Dennis Coghlan, the wealthiest man
In Toledo and Northwestern Ohio, is
dead. Ills fortune amounted to $15,
000,000. A collision occurred on the St. Louis
Southwestern railroad, near Fine Uluff,
Ark., in which five men were killed
and two sertously injured.
The count of the population of Buffa
lo, N. Y., just completed at the census
ollloe is 853,219. The population in
1890 was 855,004. The increase is
87.11 per oeut.
A destructive forest fire la sweeping
the timber area between the Upper
Ueyser Basin and the lake in Yellow
stone National l'ark. The line of tire
Is 10 miles long and spreading rapidly.
Chicago packers have been asked by
the government to furnish 2,000,000
pounds of meats within 80 days for the
American soldiers in the Orient. This
is said to be the largest requisition
ever Issued by the government of the
United States,
If you never begin a task you will
never finish lt.
According to Mr. Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, the skins of superfluous
dogs in Nebraska are tanned and made
Into gloves. This might give a valua
ble hint to many large cities where
great numbers of stray dogs are killed
annually. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars' worth of oauine pelts are im
ported annually for this purpose, dog
akin being one of the best materials for
loves.
LATER NEWS.
Extreme hot weather
(lie East.
eontlnues in
Prince Tuan is preparing to esoape
irom renin.
The Klondike gold yield thii year Is
o,uuu,uuu,
Several persons were killed by
storm In New Vork.
Governor Koosevelt will sneak in
uregon in September.
Seattle Inaugurate a move (or an
international fair in 1904.
There is a great demand for timber
and farm lands in Oregon.
Hot weather killed 89 persons
In
New York aud l'hiladelphia.
Bryan bas decided to make general
campaign tour of the couutry.
riealing schooner Minnie, of Victoria
was wrecked in Northern waters.
King Victor took the constitutional
aath before the Italian parliament
General Randall is given authority to
loud destitute persona out from Nome
The ringleaders in the Pretoria plot
to capture Lord Huberts nave been ar
rested.
General MacArthur sends news of
the surrender of a Filipino command
of 17i).
Jefferiea is noxious to meet Fitzsim
mons and Sharkey In the last week- of
August.
In the French naval maneuvers a tor
pedo lioat destroyer was sunk and 42
lives lost.
Many American soldiers were proa
tratud by the beat in the advance on
Yang Tsun.
Chinese viceroys want the United
States to prevent the lauding of troopi
at Shanghai.
Fifteen persons were killed by rail
road train striking an omnibus in
l'euusvlvauia.
Congressman Overstreet says the
Republican must work hard to control
the next bouse.
Encouraging development! are re
ported from the butupter district of
ha stern Oregon.
8ix persons were killed in an Italian
railroad wreck. The king and queen
went to the scene.
An advance guard of the internation
al column has pushed on from Yang
Tsun to occupy Tsal Tsun.
A London newspaper correspondent
writes a bitter complaint of the oou
duct of affairs in South Africa.
The French press and people are not
pleased with the appointment of Von
alderaee as coniiuander-in-cbief,
The Russians lost COO killed at Peit
Hang.
Democrats opened their
national
campaign.
Fin in a Butte, Mont., mine caused
$100,000 damage.
There will be no yellow peril, so far
as Japan is concerned
Wisconsin Republicans nominated
Robert M. La Folletle for governor,
The postoftlce at Colfax Wash., was
burglarised and $40 iu stamps secured
A telegraph lino from Valdes to Cape
Nome, Alaska, is under construction.
Lieutenant-Colonel Iloare'e garrison
at F.laud'a river has surrendered to the
lioers.
Rrynu and Stevenson were formally
nulilled of their nomination at Indian-
polls.
General Miles says the situation in
lil tut is serious, lie says the move
ment of troops is difllcult.
Heavy rains in the Yellowstone Na
tional Park completely extinguished
the forest Area which had burned for
some time.
River improvement will precede and
naval station accompany the location
f a government drydock on the Colum
bia river, Or.
One man was
killed and four ser
in a collision on the
and Northern, near
lonsly injured
Spokane Falls
Spokane, Wash.
General MucArtlmr'a official report
f the sickness in his army on July 81
as follows: Sick in hospitals, 8,755;
sick In quarters, 1,081.
The third battalion of the Fifth in-
tuntrv, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illi
nois, has been ordered to China to join
General Chaffee's command.
The Columbia Southern railway is
extending its telegrapn line through
Harnev county, Oregon, which is
thought to be a good indication that
the railroad will shortly follow.
The wife of Dr. A. McDonald West
water, of Liaoyang, Manchuira, coor
mitted suicide at Anna iu consoquence
of mental depression caused by her ex
citing experiences at New Chwuug
just before her departure from China.
Wheu bids were opened at army
headquarters at Chicago for the trans
portation of troops from Fort Sheiidan
to San Franciasoo, the Chicago &
Northwestern was found to be the low
eat bidder at 97 per capita from Fort
Sheridan to Ogden. From Ogden to
the coast the troops are carried by the
Southern Pacific. This is the lowest
bid ever made for the transportation of
troops.
If there enters ' your soul a sense of
peaoe which makes yon forget all that
is behind you, all that is mournful and
cou fused in your past, that is God.
Some time ago the Princeton, N. J.,
university presented to the British
mnseum 250 specimens of North Ameri
can birds' eggs many of them of rare
species. Now the British museum re
I plnrnnAtAM Tit tireuAntiiitf tn the Prince.
ton university 2,000 mounted birds, in
cluding brilliant specimens from India,
Australia and the Malay island.
YANG TSUN CAPTURED
Allies Are a Quarter of the
Way to Pekln.
OBJECTIVE POINT OF ADVANCE
City Will Be H.ld as a Base for Wuf
(liar Operations aistjr Casual
ties Among1 Americans,
Washington, August II. The oap
tore of Yang Tsun, the first objective
point of the international forces, was
the supreme news of importance re
ceived today on the Chinese situation
The first word of this capture, effected
last Monday, came to the signal oliice
at the war department from Colonel
Hcriven, the general officer at Che Foo,
saying:
"Che Foo, August 11. Signal Of
fice, Washington: August 0 Yang
Tsun captured today. Wire up.
Need own transportation. All well.
"8CRIVEN."
Half an hour after this measage a
cablegram came from General ChatTee,
giving additional details of the capture
and showing that it bad been at the
cost of about 60 casualties among the
American troops. General Chaffee's
dispatch is as follows:
"Yang Tsun, August 6. Yang Tsnn
ocoupied today. Wounded Second
Lieutenant Frank R. Long, Ninth
infantry. Casualties, about 60 men,
Ninth United States infantry, Four
teenth United States infantry and bat
tery F, Fifth United States artillery.
Nearly all from fourteenth infantrv.
Names later. Manv men prostrated by
beat and fatiguo. ' CHAFFEE."
Hardly less important was a dispatch
from General Teranchi, second in com
mand of the Japanese stuff, sent to tb
war office of Japan aud transmitted to
the legation here, statiug that the in
ternational army would total 60,000
men August 15. to advance on Pekln.
This dispatch stated that on the 4th,
when it was forwarded, the advance
had not begun. This was at first in
comprehensible, in , view of the fact
that fighting has actually occurred.
But the later statement that the inter
national force would total 50,000 men
on the 15th appear to make clear Gen
eral Terauchi'a meaning and to recon
cile it with General Chaffee's dis
patches. The present movement cl
some 10,000 men doubtlesa is viewed
in the light of a reconnoissanee in (
lorce, uo uihiu uiuvoiuoiis ui mo amir
of 60,000 to follow on the 15th. This
makes clear the meaning 01 General
Chaffee's dispatch that Yang Tsun was
the objeotive point. The war depart
ment has been puxxled on this point.
It would appear, however, from Gen
eral Terauchi'a dispatch that the first
foice of 16,000 men, having opened op
communications to Yang Tsun, brought
forward supplies and established this
advance base, the way would then be
clear for the advance of the larger force
on the lfith.
The eaDture of Yanff Tsun is there-'
fore an important strategio branch of didary wtib having a compact orgaui
the fast matuiing military plans. The tion, extending over the entire ays-
place ia about 18 miles beyond Tien
Tsin, and a little less than a quartet ,
of the way to Pekiu. Colonel Scriven'i
statement that "wire op" contain!
muoh meaning, as it is explained at
showing that there is telegraphic com
munication with the army in the field.
Aside (mm the assurance this gives, oi
speedy transmission of news from ths
front, it gives the additional assurance
that the line is intact back to the first
base of operations. The capture ol
Yana Tsun the day following the bat-,
tie of Peit Sang is regarded as a highly
suooessful military achievement, and ,
especially in view of the fact that it
was looked upon as a stronghold whose
capture might give the foreigners con
siderable trouble.
Hurricane In Colorado Town. I
Denver. August 8. A special to the .
News from Sterling. Colorado, says: A
terrible and destructive hurricane '
struck this plaoe at 6:16 this evening'
acoomnpanied by a cloud buret of short
duration. An unusually heavy rainfall
oontiuued a greater portion of the
lght. TheCatholio church, a large .
edifice, was completely wrecked, and
leveled to the ground, and several rest-
or partially destroyed. ISO persons
were injured. Telegraph and tele'
phone wires wore blown down and the
railroad was blockaded with overturned
cars.
European Preparations,
London, August 9. The Sebastopol
correspondent of the Daily Grapbio
says that the Russian government will
send 135,000 additional troops from
Odessa to the far East before the end
of the year. Berlin dispatches say it is
rumored there that an agreement has
been reached between Emperor Nicho
las and Emperor William whereby Ger
man troops will be permitted to pro
ceed to China by way of Siberia.
Chinese Flooded the Country.
Tokio, August 11. A dispatch re
ceived here, describing the capture ol
Peit Sang by the allied forces, con
firms the previous acoounta and adds
that the advance of the Russian and
French troops, numbering 6,000 men,
has been prevented by the enemy flood
ing the oountry.
Philippine Postal Service.
Washington, August 11. A oiroular
has been issued by the war department
giving an order to tlie postorfice de
partment to the effeot that all offioes
in the Philippine Island hereafter
shall be under the control of the gov-ernor-genreal,
to whom duplicates of
all reports are to be made and to whose
approval the aotion of the director of
posts in the matter of appointments are
subject. A similar order was issued
soma time ago relative to Cuban postal
affairs.
A CHEMICAL WONDER.
; Will Have the Faelfle Coast Millions
or Dollars.
It Is impossible to estimate the
amount of money expended , annually
on the Pacific coast, or even in Oregon
alone, for the replacement of wooden
articles caused by atmospherio decay
The humidity of onr climate produces
marvelos growth and greeness, bnt lt
also causes rapid deoay. The growing
tree with tap filled veins endures for
centuries, but the felled timberof com
uierce, rapidly deteriorates whether
employe'! on land or in water, In con
tact with soil or exposed to the air,
The truthfulness of this assertion
cannot be denied. It is within the
knowledge of all who use wood; from
the taxpayer of Portland, who sees bis
bridge timbers, trestles and paving
blocks drop with sickening rapidity
into the limbs of things to be repaired
at his expense, to the farmer on hi
ranch, who is constantly lamenting the
frequency with which bis fence posts,
hop poles, house supports, barns aud
sheds call for renewal and an sggra
vating outlay of time, work and money
Are these ilia remediable, or must
they be endured by future as they hav
been by past generations ? This is
question of absorbing importance to
urban aud rural dwellers alike in the
humid Pacific coast belt. Fortunately
an encouraging response may be given
to tne inquiry.
A certain German wood preservative
known us Avenarius Carbolineum, ab
solutely prevents decay and extend
the longevity and usefulness of wood
structures from one, two or at most five
years to at least twenty. Avenarius
Carbolineum is a chemical wonder and
is so recognized by governments and
individuals all over the world. It is
astonishing that a remedy of such value
against timber disease should have
only recently found recognition in
section where its services are so im
peratively demanded.
Applied with a brush this remark
able preparation penetrates to the very
vitals of the article treated, acting like
living sap and not only fights off decay-
but adds a considerable percentage to
the tensile strength of the structure,
It is apparently exempt from evapora
tion, as the whittlings of a stick
treated exhibit moisture years after ap
plication. Now that actual experience
in this territory has been added to the
knowledge afforded by foreign testy
monials, Avenarius Carbolineum is cer
tain to become a staple commodity
, saving immense annual outlay in re
pairs and adding very materially to the
purposes for whioh our leading pro
Uuot timber, can be employed
CUBAN JUDICIARY,
The Havana Press Accuses It of Cor
ruption.
Havana, August 11. The press
unanimously criticises and condemns
what it terms the corrupt condition of
the Cuban judiciary system. Bold
chaiges have been made by the news
papers that judges and other members
of the court have been receiving fees
for cases coming to trial in the courts
and which they themselves have to de,
a.vu . Vin f n I ... n 4...
c'oe. The Post charges the Cuban iu
tem, so perfect that "corruption is con
ducted with absolutesafety," and adds
"lnere are members of the courts
"ho retain their law offices and leave
tne arraii-8 of tne offices to those who
were ineir cierxs oeioie they were on
the bench. These oleiks arrange the
details of representing the old clients
01 those judges aud arrange the fees,
l'tc-
In tins way a judge upon a bench
decides a case at issue while really rep
resenting one of the parties to the suit,
end the result may be imagined in each
instance in wmcb this is the case."
The Suit Against Mealy,
New York, Augnst 11. General
Henry L. Burnett, United States dis
trict attorney, returned here today
irom WasblUgton. He bad a confer-
enoe with Secretary of War Root and
Attorney-General Griggs as to the fu-
ture course of the government to be
taken in the Necly case. General Birr-
nett said that the suggestion -in Judge
! Laoombe's opiuion will be followed
.and the criminal charge of bringing
stolen funds into the United States will
be discontinued. In the civil suit for
wrongful conversion, the order of ar-
the suit itself will be pushed for the
recovery of the money.
Tried to Rob a Dying Man.
New York, August 9. A dispatch
to the Herald from Lima, Peru, says:
Pedro Villavicenslo, a rich house
owner of this city, died last night,
leaving an estate of 8,000,000 soles.
On the eve of his death some of his em
ployes tried to get the Bank of Peru to
cash a check of 20,000 soles, bearing
Senor Viavicensio's forged signature.
The fraud vf?is detected by a clerk and
the accused employes were arrested.
Sale of the Harper Plant.
New York, August 11. The Harper
Bros.' building iu Pearl - and Cliff
streets, together with all the printing
presses and other apparatus on the
premises, and with all the rights to
publish the Harper periodicals, were
sold at the New York Real Estate Ex
change today for $1,1 00,000 to Alex E.
Orr, chiirimuu of the reoragnigation
committee for the publishing house.
Walter Rusnell Johnston Dead.
New York, August 11. Walter Rus
sell Johnston, for more than 40 years
organist of St. Paul's Methodist Epis
copal Church, is dead of heart disease.
Although he had never received any
regular musical training, Mr. John
ston was considered one of the most
proficient musioisns In this oity. His
musical career began when he was only
8 years of age, at which time he played
in St. Mary's Episcopal Church,
Brooklyn
, .
GOOD SALMON CATCH
Yielded More Money
Year Than Last.
This
FISH WEBB OF FINEST QUALITY
Detailed Eitlmate of the Individual
batches and Comparison With,
Those of Last Tear.
Astoria, August 13. The fishing sea
son just closed on the Columbia river
has been a remarkable one iu several
particulate. While the run of salmon
bas been light and the pack ia small
compared with that of former years, the
price of raw fish has been such that
more money has been paid to the fish'
ermen, trapmen and seiners for their
labor than for several seasons. The
quality of the fish caught has been er
ceptionally good, commanding the
highest market figures, and, notwitb
standing the advance in raw fish, the
packers have sold their product at
prices which netted them a much bet
ter profit than they received a year ago,
Thus, while the pact shows a slight
falling off from that of 1899, the season
of 1900 can be regarded as a more sue
cessful one so far aa the profits of all
directly engaged in 'the "industry art
concerned.
Official figures show tlie spring pack
on tne uoiumitia river for tne season
of 1899 to have been 278.000 cases,
While it is impossible at this time to
get exact figures, a carefully prepared
estimate places this season' pack at
262,090'cases. This estimate is on a
basis tf four dozen one-pound cans to
tne case. About 40 per cent of the to
tal pack was put up by the Columbia
River Packem' Association, commonly
known as the combine, which consists
of a combination of 10 canneries. Be,
side the above, there were 1,600 tons.
or what would equal 60,000 cases, of
salmon shipped by the eol, J -storage
men. The estimated pack of the indi
vidual canneries, compared with the
estimate at the close of last season, is
as follows In cases:
Canneries. 1S99.
wno.
rjnlon Kiauermen's Co-onerstlre- 2U.UUO
22.UUC
Ha ii bom
Columbia River Packing Co..... H.50O
Hoolh Packing Co 24,OUU
Mcfjowan. Chinook................... 7,500
9,0110
13,(1. W
20.0OC
14.00C
s.u
Meilowan, Cavcmdeji
Megler 16,000
Pillar Hock .... 1;.',!)
Warren, Cathlamct
Warren, CaticadeL. 17.000
1,U
. 2K,0O0
!0,iHJ
11.000
7,000
102,000
4,001
Heulert 2,600
Columbia River Pavkra' Associa
tion. Astoria 132.500
Columbia River Packers' Associa
tion. CaMCadeti
The Dalles Packing Co 1.500
William Hume ...., 8,000
Buckheit Packing Co 12,uuo
Totals....
276,000 2&l,0Oi
Battle With Bandits.
Good land, Kan., August 13. Tlie
two men who held up a Union Pacific
passenger train near Hugo, Colo., last
Sunday, killing Mr. Fay and plunder
ing the passengers, were killed today
by a sheriff's poese at the Bartholo
mew ranch, three miles east of this
place. The robbers were located in
the house on the ranch in the morning,
and the posse lined up and cut off
escape. After a fusillade between
the robbers and the posse, in which
Riggs and Culleus. deputies, were shot.
one of tne robbers jumed from a win.
dow and sought to escape, but was shot
to death. The posse then lay siege to
tbe bouse in whichjthe remaining rob
ber stood guard with a Winchester,
and dually succeeded iu sotting fire to
the building, which was destroyed
with its occupant. The robbers have
not yet been identified.
The Hot Wave.
Philadelphia, August 13. The in
tense heat today resulted in two deaths
and 20 piostrations. The maximum
temperature, 98 degrees, was reached
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The mini
mum was 80 at 4 o'clock this morning
At 8 o'clock the mercury had reached
the 85 maik, and by 10 o'clock had
umped to 92. At noon three addition
al degrees were noted, and at 3 o'clock
96 degrees was registered. The aver
age for the past four days has bees.
higher than for any similar period on
record. Many large factories through
out the city are working on half time,
the heat of the afternoon being too great
for the employes to endure.
Floods In New South Wales.
Victoria, B. C, August 18. News
brought from Australia by tne steamer
Aorangi is to the effeot that terrible
floods occurred in New South Wales
nnng July, as a result of which some
hundreds of people were rendered home
less, while the property loss was
enormous. People bad to flee for their
lives from the tloods, while tbe result
of years of labor was swept away in a
few hours. Iluwkesbury and the Na-
peau valley suffered most. Appeals
are being made for aid throughout Au
stralia.
Glass factories to start Up.
Pittsburg, Pa., August 13. The of
ficials of the American Window Glass
Company announce that all the factor
ies iu the oountry controlled by that
uouibiuution will be started up Sep
tember 1, with the exception of one
plant iu thU city. No date has been
fixed for a wage conference with the
employes and the window glass manu
facturers. Colorado Sues rullmen Company.
Denver, August 13. The state of
olorado today began a suit against
he l'ullman 1'alace Car Company for
11,085, which it is claimed is due the
state as an incorporation fee. The
company is incorporated in this state
tor only if luu.uuo, wlule in Illinois it is ,
incorporated with a capital of $74,
000,000. The suit is brought to fore
tbe company to incorporate anew here
aud pay the incorporation tax on its
entirTcapital.
,y the
capital.
PLOT TO CAPTURE "BOBS."
A Bold Boer Conspiracy Nipped la the
Bod.
London, August 13. The Daily
News baa tbe following dispatch from
Pretoria, dated August 9:
"A plot to shoot all the British offi
cers and to make Lord Roberts a pris
oner Has been opportunely discovered
Ten of tbe ringleaders were arrested
and are now in jail.
"It is probable that it ia 'pait of i
conspiracy of which the attempted ris
ing at Kannersbnrg waa tbe first lndi
cation."
Details of the Plot.
Pretoria, August 13. Everything
was prepared in the plot to make Lord
Roberta a prisoner and shoot the Brit
ish officers, and tbe conspiracy was only
discovered at the last moment. The
conspirators numbered about 15. They
had planned to st fire to the houses in
the extreme western end of the city,
doping tbat tbe troops would be eon
ceatrated there. The plan was that
the conspirators wire forcibly to enter
all houses occupied by British officers
and kill the occupants. The Boer sym
pathiiers were acquainted with the
plot, and several had been told oft t
secure tbe person of Lord Roberts ant.
to hurry with him to the nearest com
mando. Horses bad been obtained for
this purpose. The affair has created a
tremendous sensation.
Pretorlans Involved.
Pretoria, August 13. The plot dis
covered to make prisoner of Lord
Roberta and shoot all the British offi
cers, included a number of the towns
people, who were in communication
with the enemy. It wis arranged that
the capture and killing should take
place on the evening of Tuesday last,
Intense indignation prevails throughout
the army, and the general opinion is
that the leniency of tbe British invited
such a conspiracy. It is considered
that no measure for the repression of
such plots can be too strong.
HOT WEATHER IN THE EAST,
All Reeords Broken In Cbleaa;oltany
Deaths and Prostrations.
Chicago, August 13. Hot weather
records for this city were broken again
today. For 25 years, or since ths
weather bureau waa established, there
has been but one term ot hot weather
in whioh tbe mercury reached 90 for
five consecutive days. The average
maximum temperature for these five
days was 92. There have been now
six days on which the temperature has
gone above 90, and tbe average max
imum for the six days has been 93.5.
Today was the hottest of the present
season, the mercury reaching 95 in the
Auditorium tower at 8 o'clock. On
the street it was two degrees warmer
than in the tower.
The prolonged heat ia having a seri
ous effect on business. All those who
can leave the city for point along tbe
lake shore and the woods are going.
and many have materially curtailed
their houra of labor. Gangs of labor
ers all over the city laid off during the
afternoon. There were fonr deaths due
to the heat, and 29 prostrations, three
ol whioh are expected to prove fatal.
The fonr deaths today make a total of
17 doe directly to the heat. It ia esti
mated tbat over 100 death of people
already IU have been hastened by the
weather of this week.
For the week the mortality list has
been mounting with great rapidity, the
increase being attributed entirely to
tbe heat. There were 465 deaths last
week., and with the present ratio of
increase there will be 600 this week.
The ratio of death, according to the
coroner, will increase steadily a long
as the hot weather continues.
Cost ot the Mollneanx Trial.
New York, August 13. Tbe oonvio
tion of Roland B. Molineaux for the
murder of Mrs. Kate Adams, it has
been ascertained from an authentic
source, was obtained at an expense to
New York county of more than $100,
000, says the Herald. One of ths
chief causes of this enormous expense
was the large amount of money de
manded by handwriting expert.
Could Not Hear the Whistle.
Pendleton, Or., August 13 The
fast mail, east bound, struck the wag
on of J. C. Saltmarsh, a farmer driv
ing a four-horse team from town today,
throwing him a long distanoe from the
track. Saltmarsh suffered fraoture of
the skull, and will die. He wa deal
and could not hear the numerous
whistles of the engine.
Sealing Schooner Minnie Lost.
Victoria. B. C, August, 13. A
letter wa reoeived this morning, via
Seattle, by Mrs. Jacobson, wife of ths
owner and master ot tbe sealing
schooner Minnie, in whioh waa report
ed tbe total loss of that vessel in Bear
ing sea. The orew was saved. No de
tails are given. The schooner and
equipment were insured for $4,000.
British Force for China.
Simla, Augnst 11. Including the
Fourth brigade, the strength of the
force proceeding to China is 446 Brit
ish officers, 1,064 non-oom missioned
aud native officers, 13,970 men, 11,850
followers, 1,150 drivers, 2,520 horses,
4,300 ponies and nvules, Is guns, 14
jiaxims and 1,800 imperial serives
troops. It is expected that the entire
force will have sailed before the mid
dle of noxt mouth.
Cut to Fleoea Under a Train.
Pocatello, Idaho, August 18. James
Whalen, a butcher of this place, fell
between the oars of a moving freight
train three miles north of here thii
forenoon, and was cut to pieoea.
Whalen was intoxicated, and waa steal-
ing a ride.
Two Deathe la Flttsharc
Pittsburg, August 13. Today th
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FIFTEEN WERE KILLED
Train Crashed Into a Loaded
Omnibus. : - ,
SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED
Aeeldent Occurred at Oraile-C-osslnf ,,,
Where No Watchman Is -
JKmployed. " """"
Blatington, Pa., Augnst 14. Fifteen
persons were instantly killed aud 11
others, several of whom wilL. die, wore
seriously injured tonight in a grade
crossing, about three miles from this
oity, a passenger train on tbe '.Lehigh
Valley & New England railroad crash
ing into an omnibus containing 28 per
sons. All tbe dead and injured were
in tbe omnibus. But three of the- e
cu pants escaped injury. . ,
lne omnibus passengers were re
turning to Slatington from a" TuneraTT !
The dead and injured were nearly l alli;
relatives of Sophia Scboeter. wIiohb' a
obsequies they had attended; ' The ac- '"'
cident occurred at 5 o'clock at a sharp"'1''1
curve. The train was a special, and '
waa running at a lively rate . of speed..
ine omnibus came along at a good ,,f
rate of speed, the occupants unconscious , ;
of any impending danger. As the bus ,i m
swung around the curve tbe engine
came in sight. It was too late to stop " ' 1
either the omnibus or the train, and, M''
as the driver of the former whipped up '
the four horses to cross the track ahead ., n
of the train, the latter crashed into its '
middle. The occupants were thrown, ..
in all directions, bruised and bleeding, ;
The 15 dead were killed outright,,.., ,
Phvsicians and a special train: were v,i
sent from here and the injured .were1 u. 4
taken to South Bethlehem. .. ' v.wih
No watchman is employed to warn '"'
teams or pedestrians of any approach- ' ;
ing train, and those living in the vicin- ,
ity state it is impossible to hear an an-: ,, ,
preaching train. The horses , drawing ,
the bus escaped unhurt. s i..i T
DID DOUBLE CRIME.:' ! ',','
H ordered His Friend and Bobbed the , t
Express. i:,vi,;- -f;:i --s! T
Colnmbus, O., August 14. Charles ' !
R. H. Ferreil, a former employe of the j
Adams Express Company, was arrested
this afternoon in this city, and con-
teased to the killing of Messenger Lane.,, k,
and the robbery of tlie way an fe of the- i - a
Adams Express Company, on thePeui-, i)t
sylvania east-bound train Friday nii.'htt: i
One thousand dollars of the money he
stole was recovered. , ' ,; " '''''i
Ferreli was to have' bean mnrrwxt !
Thursday next to Miss Lillian Coatlow,., Jtl
daughter of an engineer on the Peancryl.- , j
vania line. He bad been , discharged
from the employ oi tbe Adams Express; i!
Company, and confessed tbat ' 'the i "'
motive ot tne roooery was to'' secure
money for the approaching wedding.
The money recovered he ,had given to
Alias Uostlow to keep for him. suviuit
ne nan saved it from bis earnings, .w
Ferreil is but 22 years of age, f He was,.
at the home of his affianced and in her
company when placed under arrest. 1 ' '
When tbe officers took 'hiin into
custody he assumed a nonchalant de-! '
meanor, Dut when he found that ) ne w
could no longer carry out the; decep"''f
tion, he made a full confession. (After,1 !!
his statement had been taken by Chief ' "
of Police Tyler and he was led to a ceil',"
in the police station, he was in a state ; , ,
of nervous collapse, and orders were . I
given that he be watched closely to pre-
vent hia doing himself bodily injury.'! "J"-'
The confession of Ferreli nisclosed tt ""'
premeditated and blood curdling crime,' Y "
almost impossible to believe, lie said'
he had become desperate because of hia;.,,.
inability to secure employment and a , i v
realization of tbe fact that be .must 'in
have money to defray the expense of a ji
his approaching marriage. The1 rob-"' ;
bery, including tbe murder of Express f "'
Messenger Lane, had been ' planned "u
carefully. Ferreli had no accomplices ' ( J
and no confidants He knew Lane well,.,,'!;
In fact, they were friends, and i9 re- j,,,
lied upon Lane's conSdenoe. to-, help ,!j
him execute . the crime. - He knew
that considerable money was, always
carried by the messenger between Kt,.- yt
Louis and Colnmbus, and that he was on
certain to secure a large sum- if he rob" "'
bed tbe way safe. y ;" ''-1""
Nine Struck hy Lightning-.,''';--!. ,i
New York, August 14. Nine persons'' "
who sought shelter under trees 'in' the '' '
woods in the Bronx section , daring a ' !
storm this evening, were. qtjrucX by..';!,
lightning. They were Jamea Brownr ,.,
a Hungarian tailor, of this city, hia f
wife and five children, and Bertha,;
LesohowiU and Bertha Silverman.' -. i
They were taken to Fordham hospital.1 "-
At a late hour tonight attending ptiysl-' ' ''
ciana said they thought Mrs. Brown,, ' '!
two of her children and Bertha Silver- '' '
man could not possibly Jiye, ,,The ",,
physician said Bertha , Leaohowitz-,,
would either die or become hopelessly . I
insane. The party wa camping outv - '
Flague Situation at Manila. ' . " . i
Washington, August 14. Marine , ,
hospital service advices from. Manila, ''
just received, state that the 'number of - '
plague cases there is diminishing'. ' No - '
information has been officially commu
nicated hero regarding the reported;
action of the Singapore health officers' '"
in quarantining against Manila.';'," , '."
Six Klllrd In a Tralnwreok .In Italjr., .,
Rome, 'August 14. A train bearing-'
many notable persons, who . had : bren
attending the recent ceremonies here, -'
collided with another a few miles-' ont- ' '
aide the city. Six persons were. kilted,
outright, and several others fatally' In-',:',
jured. The king and queen, went ,'iiu; ,.,
mediately to the scene of tb acciihtn&Y
Tbe names of tbe victims hare not bcen-di
ascertained, but it is understood that
Grand Daka anJ Duoh6, . Herre, -of
I Russia, are safe.
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