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VOL. XVII.
St. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1900.
NO. 37.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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epitome oi mo Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKRSR TICKS FROM VHK WIRES
An Interesting Collection of It.im From
he Two lfemlaiheree Pres'in J
In Con-lenaed Voi-m.
The fcirvln envoy are on tlmlr way
to Tien Tsin.
The Hag o( the alllea float (rum (he
I'ekiu Imperial palace.
Two uieu went liiimue in De Molne
la., on account ol heat.
rive men were smothered in a oca I
mine at laaaquah, Wash. ,
Fltaimmoua refused to take f 100,000
to lone hia tight to Kharkey.
Foreat lire caused 110,000,000 dam
age in Colorado and Wyoming.
Seven persons were killed in a freight
train collision at henaoio, N. Y,
The new treaty with Spain ha lieen
Igued by Minister Storer at Madrid.
The United Ktates goverumeut haa
rejected Li Hung Chang 'a pence terma.
Democratlo paper demand the with
drawal of American troops Iroui China.
81 x men lout their live by the cav
log in ol a well at Guthrie, Oklahoma
Chineae viceroy auk that no lndlgul
tiea be shown the emiieror aul em
press.
Intense heat killml (our persona In
Kt.Ijoula, where the thurmouieter regie
tered UU degrees.
The tranaport Sherman h'ft Kan Fran
ciaoo (or Nagasaki with 1,000 olllcera
and men (or China.
Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, ia
engaged to I'rince Frederick Adolf, o(
Meoklinburg-Schwerlu.
fit. Paul's population, aitconling to
the United HUtea ceusua, ia 103,082;
that of MlnneapollH, SO',718.
Keveral Uvea were lout and much
property destroyed hy terrific electrical
wind and rain Rtqrme in Maryland
Colonel Marchand, of Frenx-h Faahoaa
(ante, haa been appointed to the general
i tall ol the China expeditionary force
One fireman dead, (onr injured and
1.10,000 worth of property deatroyed la
the work of a firebug in two Urea at
Peoria, 111.
Oerationa have lieen reaumed at all
the factories of the National lilaaa
Company at Pittsburg. The reauinp-
tion iflves employment to 4,000 ineu.
Hoi Bloom, a music' publisher of Chi
cago, hai brought auit for 36,000
damagea against the Union restuuiaut
and hotel for refuahig to serve him
while he waa olad in a shirt waiat and
minus a coat. The manager of the res
taurant, when qaeationed regarding
the refusal, aid that putroua wearing
shirt walata would only be served at
tables adjoining the main diulng room
No person would be permitted to enter
the dining room unless wearing a coat.
Count von YValdursee started for
China.
Itonmanla and Bulgaria are on the
verge of war.
The emperor and empress duwagor
have left I'ekiu.
Hector Stewart, ot Nevada, will
support MoKiuley.
A tornado did great damage in aev
era I Wisconsin towns.
Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls left an
eatate valued at f'.'BO.OOO.
Japanese are beginning to distrust
the Coutiuental Kuropeana.
Chicago's population as shown by
the United States census, is 1,01)8,675.
More rebel are reported to have sur-
rendered in the United ritutea of Co
loin lila.
A drnnkea Kansas doctor killed three
persona, and was shot dead by a slier
iff's son.
William M. Johnson, of New Jersey,
ncoeeda Perry 1 loath as assiatant
postmaster-general.
Lord Roberts issued a proclamation
proscribing severe penalties fur Boers
who violate their oaths.
Estimates of the shortage in the
PaciHo coast salmon pack vary between
00,000 and 1,000,000 oases.
A posofllce employe killed a Kansas
C'.ty woman and wounded her husband
as a result of quarrel over reut.
The Chinese government asks that
Conner or some other American be ap
pointed to open peace negotiations.
The Willamette valley hop crop is
practically out of danger. The yield
will be heavy and prices i re advancing
The state Board of agrioulture orders
the erection of 160 additional stalls for
livestock exhibit at the state fair at
Salem, Or.
The reported of the plague In Manila
for the two weeks ending July 17, as
just reported to the murine hospital
aervice, ia seven now cases and five
deaths. Oi the new cases four were
Filipinos and three Ohinese.
Over 6,000 Roumanian Jews are en
route to Canada. The majority are
penniless.
President MoKlnley and the king of
Portugal exchanged congratulatory
messages over the new direct cable.
, II. N. Ross who washed out the first
gold in the Black Hills 26 years ago la
now the marshal at Custer City 8. D.
Statistlos compiled by the Railway
Age show that 28 companies control
147,000 mile of railroad in the United
State and Canada.
LATER NEWS.
Largs masse ot Boxen are
i'ekiu.
till In
Chinese rally their forcea and nra.
I . . " .. ..... r
a m uoic the aino in Pekin.
The Russian commander In Pekin
forbids communication with Chinese.
It was I'rince Turn and not l'rtnot
Tuau who was captured by the Japan
neae. Three young women were drowned
while bathing at Findlay Lake. New
York.
Boers laid a trap for General Buller'i
cavalry and suoueeded In capturing a
number.
The United Mates will not sacrifice
its guaranteed rights and privileges lu
China.
Food supply at Tien Tain is Insuffi
elent for refugee and a famine la iin
mluent.
Japan haa notified Li Hung Chang
thut negotiations will be impossible
until plenipotentiaries aooeptable to
the power are appointed.
The population of New Orleans at
announced by the census bureau it
887,104, eagiuat 242,08V in 1890,
increase of 45,006, or 18.02 per cent
Fire deatroyed the top floor of
building lu New Yurk City occupied
by llirkemeld-Ntrausi Company, maun
facturers of ladies' uuderwear, causing
lore of auo,000.
Five overturned Ashing smacks were
found with all their sails flat on the
water in the Gulf of Georgia, 16 milet
from Vancouver, B. C, after a gale,
and as a result several fishermen were
drowned
The Yaqui Indians, who have been
fighting the Mexican troops in Souora
have sued for peace. Two thousand oi
the bucks yet under amis refuse to
join the tribal noogtiatious, fearing
that it means annihilation
Twenty thousand packing house em
ployea in the big cities of- the country
may be thrown out of employment Sep
tember 16, ou account of being unabl
to secure what they consider an equlta
ble adjustment of the wage scale.
Joseph Krouke, a butcher in the Ft'
lish district of Detroit, Mich., known
as "King of 1'olea," a power in poll
tics, was accidentally killed in his own
ice house by being pinioned between
two chunks of ice and frozen to death
At II el lien, Mont., thieves stole
96,000 worth of gold from the asaav
office of the Jay Hon Id cyanide plaut
The gold was in a retort and represent
ed a two-weeks clean-up of K A
Harsh 'a cyanide mill. The amalgam
was red hot when takeu from the office,
having just come from the furnace
Borula won the $10,000 trotting
takes at Ruadville, Mass.
The Russian expedition to China
consists of 876,000 troop.
Wisconsin Democrats and Populists
fused on presidential electors
Kight thousand lloers, with artillery
are assembled at Mauhadodorp,
Cables are received announcing the
safety of missionaries at Pekin.
Carl Smith, the well-known Auieri
oau sculptor, died at Copenhagen
Two persons were killed and many
wounded by a mob at Akron, Ohio. :
Amei loans attacked the imperial pal
ace in I'ekiu and captured four courts
The United States' reply, rejecting
the Chinese offer, was sent to Li Hung
Chang.
Louis U. llohmrioh was nominated
fur governor of Wisconsin by the Dem
ocrats.
The population of Philadelphia, ao
cording to the United States census, is
1, 303,097.
Three persona wete burned to death
at Denver from efforts to kindle a fire
with coal oil.
An anarchist meeting he'd in Berlin
was dispersed by the police, who ar
rested the speakers.
Captain II. J. Keilly, of the Fifth
United Statu artillery, was killed it
the assault ou Pekin.
United States Consul Fee, at Bom
bay, India, reports to the state depart
meut that cholera is raging there.
United States Marshal Hasey, of
Ketchikan, Alaska, shot and killed
Dan Robinson, a onunery boss, while
the latter was resisting arrest.
The vest makers ol New York city
have won their strike foi the union
scale of wagea and the 10-hour work
ing day. The strike affected 2,000
men, women and girls.
Fire in the immense elevator of the
Amerioau Cereal Company at Akron,
Ohio, damaged the plant $76,000. A
hundred and fifty thousand bushels of
graiu were ruined.
King Osoar, of Sweden, has formally
agreed to act a arbitrator of the claims
(or compensation for losses sustained
by British and German subject and
Amerioau citizen in Samoa.
During the last few weeks duels
have caused a perfect slaughter in Italy.
A many a foui duelist were killed
in one day. During the last year 3,400
duel have been fought in Italy, and
480 -death have resulted. Most of
these combats were between army
officer and based on the most trivial
pretexts.
Mr. Samuel Swartwood, wife of a
railroad engineer living in Wilkesbarie,
Pa., haa just given birth to her 86th
baby, 90 of whom are living.
Lewis Wilklna, a farmer near St.
Paul, think he's the tallest man on
earth. He wa bIx feet when 10 year
old, and la now 8 feet lla inches.
Chaunoey Depew in London denied
that American railroad are over capi
talised, and aays every business in the
United State is healthier than ever
before.
THE CRISIS IS PAST
No More American Troops
Will Be Sent to China.
THEY WILL BE SENT TO MANILA
Abovt 4,000 Are on the Way to the Fa.
JCaat-Na Mora righting Km
ported la China.
Washington, August 26. The import
ant development in the Chinese situ
ation today was the decision of the
government not to send any more
troops to China. All the troops at sea,
amounting to about 4,000, together
with those under order for service in
the far Kaat, which have not sailed
amounting to about 8,000 more, will
he sent to Manila. These troops will
sail on the same route, and, upon
touching at Nagasaki, will go to Ma
nila, unless there are developments iu
China not now oxpecled which will
make their presence in that country
necessary. Secretary Root said today
that no more troops were being sent
to China, because they were not needed.
With the arrival at Taku of the Han
cook, and the troops she carried, Gen
eral Chaffee, will have 6,000 available
men, which is deemed sufficient for all
present purpose. The decision of the
department waa not based npon any
recommendation made by General
Chaffee, but upon reports received from 1
him, which made It apparent that no
more troop were needed.
The announcement of the diversion
of the troop was mai'e in the following
bulletin, which was posted at the war j
department this evening:
"The government has decided that
unless required by future develop- I
menta, no more troops are to be sent to
China. Orders have accordingly been
cabled to Nagasaki for the Meade, '
which is due there today with four
troops Third cavalry, fonr companies '
Fiteentb infantry and company K, bat- j
talion of engineers, to proceed directly
to Manila. Similar orders will be
given to the other troops which are un-1
der orders for China via Nagasaki."
It was stated at the department that
the encouraging condition in China
was the main reason why the orders of
today regarding the troops were issued.
Beside the troops on the Meade, there
are now at sea the Warren, with two
squadrons of the Ninth cavalry and re
cruits; the Sherman, with one battal
ion each of the Second, Fifth and
Eighth infantries. The Logan 1
scheduled to sail September 13 with
two battalions of the First and one bat
talion of the Second infantry. It waa
said at the department that 6,000 or
7,000 troops would be affected by the
order.
A dispatch wa received from Gen
eral Chaffee today, dated Pekin, Au
gust 30, which wa not in response to
the request aeut him a few days ago to ;
report the conditions and requirements,
General Chaffee did not report further
fighting in Pekin, and for that reason
the Washington officials feel assured
that hostile demonstrations in the Chi
nese capital have oeasl (I. The dispatch
related largely to transportation condi
tions, and stated that the railroad be
tween Takn and Pekin could not be
used at the present time, as portions of
it had been destroyed by the Chinese.
General Chaffee will co-operate with
tha other commanders in China in
reconstructing the road for the use of
the allied forces. General Chaffee
also reported that the telegraph line
which was constructed by the signal
corps frvm Tien Tsin to Pekin i fre
quently interrupted, being cut, proba
bly, by hostile Chinese.
American Iron In England.
London, August 24. At a meeting of
the Bar Iron Association in Birming
ham yesterday Sir Benjamin Hinkley,
the well-known colliery proprietor and
ironmaster, who presided, attributed
the high price of iron to the action of
the owners. He ridiculed the idea
that the Americans, "who are sending
a few tons of iron, in reality steel, to
this country," were going to oonimand
the tiade of tha world. Ebeneier
Parks, member of parliament for Cen
tral Birmingham, said English value
would be brought down in consequence
of the Importation of American iron at
present prices. The meeting adopted a
resolution declaring that American
competition waa not serious enough to
ustify a reduction of current prioes,
and deciding that these must be main
taiued until raw material is cheeper.
Maaeota Intercepted.
San Fratroisoo, August 25. Thiee
young boy from Utah, who were on
their way to China aa masoots of the
Second Infantry, were reclaimed by the
polioe today. The youths will be re
turned to their relatves. The boy are
Lewi Edgar, aged IS year; Conrad
Holland, aged 12, and Lawrence Lew-
Han, aged 13 years, of Salt Lake City.
Holland, who ia the spokesman for the
trio, made the follwing statement:
The soldiers of the Second infantry
stowed us away on their train aa mas
oots, and we were to go to China. The
plan was to stow us away on the trans
port, too, but the police reached us too
soon, we want to go on to unma, "
Victims of New York Blot.
New York, August 84. The British
consul in this oity stated today that he
haa reoelved 10 complaint from ool-
ored men claiming to be British aub
jeots who state they were injured in
the recent race riot in New York.
These men claim to be natives of B rit-
ish possession in the West Indies.
Rudyard Kipling expresses the opin
ion that, though short stories may be
made auocessful in youth, the best
novel must be written in maturity.
IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
Americans Altanked the Imparls! Pal
ace In Pekin.
London, August 34. "Today 1,600
Americans attacked the imperial pal
ace," says a dispatch to the Morning
Post from Pekin, dated August 16,
"and captured four of the courts. The
American flag is flying over the im
perial granary and the imperial bank
has been looted."
Describing the relief, the Daily
Mail correspondent cables:
"August 12, the Tsung 11 Yamun
requested a conference with a view to
peace. No armistice was granted,
however, and that night we endured
the longest fusillade of the whole siege.
It lasted 12 hours. August 18 the
Tsung li Yamun begged to be excused
from any conference, saying that the
members were too busy. Later they
wrote that they had forbidden firing od
us and would court-martial any whe
disobeyed. During the evening many
shells fell in the legation grounds.'
the Daily Chronicle publishes an
interview with the Japanese ministei
in London, which lepresent him ai
having said:
"The empress ia the heart and sou
of China. As long as she lives, so long
as she remains in China, whether the
supreme power ia taken from her oi
not, she will always be the greatest
force, the one above all other to b
reckoned with. The difficulty will be
to get any one who can speak for her.
I fear that the power must oome to a
final understanding quickly. Riots,
anarchv, bloodshed and misery through'
out China will be the inevitable result
of the policy that does not immediately
disclose itself. The government must
be re-established."
The Jaapnese envov expressed hit
approval of the reported American sug
gestion regarding a conference of the
powers and said he believed that satis
factory pecuniary compensation could
be secured, despite the fact that the
revenue are pledged.
Field Marshal von Waldersee, ex
presses the opinion that his labors in
China will be of long duration, "ai
pacification will be a difficult under
taking." Three hundred and seventy-five
thousand Russian troops are already in
the far East or already on the way there
by laud and aea and under orders to
embark.
BOER FORCES MASSED.
Eight Thousand of Them Ara Gathered
at Mlchadodorp.
Twyeelaar, August 24. Tbrougl
secret intelligence agents, the British
authoritiea learn that General Louii
Botha, the commander-in-chief of the
Boer foores; General Lucas Meyer,
the commander of the Orange Free
State forces, and General Schalkburger,
vice-president of the Transvaal repub
lic, with 8,000 Boers, have assembled
at Machadodorp (generally understood
to be the headquarter of President
Kruger, on the Pretoria-Delagoa bay
raili-omlt. with the whnln KftAr nrtii,
lery, including the heavy pieces form'
erly at Pretoria.
Pretoria Plotter Convicted.
Pretoria, August 24. The trial o.
Lieutenant Cordua, formerly of the
Transvaal artillery, on charge of beinf
concerned in the plot to kidnap Gen
eral Lord Roberts, wa concluded to
day.
The prisoner was found guilty of all
the counts in the indictment against
bim, but sentence was deferred untii
the findings of the court shall have
been confirmed by Lord Roberts.
Colonel Godfrey, the judge, in sum
uiiug up, caused a sensation by declar
ing thut a violation of parole was pun
ishable with death. Hia speech, which
dilated on the weakness and vaguenesi
of the prisoners' defense, was listenec
to with profound interest by the audi
ence, whioh was mostly composed bj
men of Dutch birth. A period of il
minutes was occupied in considering
the verdict.
Motorinan Responsible.
St. Louis, August 24. In a verdict
rendered today the coroner' jury,
which has been hearing an inquest ovei
the remains of Blanche E. Skeele, whe
waa beheaded in an accident on the
Transit line Sunday, finds Motormat
W. 11. Gilberto guilty of criminal oar
lessness. Gilberto was locked np by
the police. A crowd of South siden
who saw the accident made an attempt
to lynch the motorman Sunday, but he
escaped.
Eaportatlona From Cuba.
Washington, August 84. According
to a statement made today by the di
vision of customs and insular affairs ol
the war department, the total exporta
tiona from Cuba through the port ol
Havana for the seven months endin
July 81, 1900. was 916.608,608, ai
against 116,796,971 for the same period
last year, a decrease of $98,366. The
total exports from Havana for the
mouth of July alone were $3,237,'
864.
Dakota Crops Damaged.
St. Paul, Minn., August 82. Spe
oials to the Dispatch tell ol heavy dam
age to property and crops in North Da
kota by severe electrio storm. Af
Nicho'son, Towel and other placet
many buildings were wrecked and can
lifted from the track by the fierce
wind. The rainfall was over twe
inches.
Boiler Kxploalon
Glenford, O., August 83. Manna
Helsford'e sawmill boiler exploded to
day, killing Lavlga Dupler, Else
Winegartner and a man named Mo-
Laughlln. The bodies were horribly
mutilated and blown a great distance.
The owner of the mill wa seriously
injured. The cause of the aooident ii
unknown.
The transport Strathgyle left Sat
Francisco for China with 763 horse foi
the use of the army in the Orient.
IN ANOTHER BATTLE
Americans Help Defeat Box
ers Near Tien Tsin.
1 CRUSHING DEFEAT INFLICTED
Contradictor? Reports aa to the Whin
atbouta of thai Empress Danpr
' Karl LI Converted.
London, August 27. Five hundred
American troops participated in a sig
nal defeat ot Boxers outside Tien Tsin,
August 19. The fact is briefly report
ed from Vienna. Details of the en
gagement came from the Renter agent
at Tien Tsin in a dispatch dated Au
gust 20. In addition to the Ameri
cans, the force consisted of S75 British
and 300 Japanese, all under the Brit
ish general, Dorward. The fight took
place at a village six miles southwest
of Tien Tsin, where the allied forces
found a considerable number of Box-
era, whom they engaged, killins over
300 and taking 64 wounded prisoners,
who were sent to the hospitals of the
allies. The village was burned. The
Americans had five wounded, the Ja
panese six and the British none.
Hundreds of Boxers' flags', spear and
swords were captured.
From Shanghai comes a report, anal
ified by the assertion that it is from
purely Chinese sources, that the em
press dowager, after proceeding one
day' journey from Pekin, became ter
rified at the looting by General Tuns
Fun Siang' troops and went back to
Pekin.
A Chinese telegram from Siuan Fu
saya that Prince Tuan ha been cap
tured by a detachment of the allies.
Other Chinese messages record the
formation of a provisional government
in Pekin by the allies, but this ap
pear to be a purely military measure
and merely an elaboration of the
fcheme for dividing the city into sec
tions for police purposes.
Li Hung Chang has received word
that the allies entered Pekin easily be
cause the troops of General Tung Fun
Siang utterly refused to face the allies.
According to the Shanghai correspond
ent of the Daily Express, Earl Li. re
cognizing the futility of an attempt to
drive the foreigners from China, now
proteases conversion to reform princi
ples. Old Man Still Game.
New York. August 27. "Whipped
into insensibility in less than two
rounds," ia the story in brief of Tom
Sharkey's meeting with Bob Fitzsim
mons at the Coney Island Sporting
Club tonight, Fitzsimmons was the
victor, Sharkey wa the loser. Fitas
aimmons said all along that when an
opportunity presented itself he would
prove conclusively that ha was Shar
key's superior and settle accounts for
the injustice done him when he met
Sharkev in California four vnnra
Sharkey waa eonnallv ,nfitnt tht
be would prove to be Fitzsimmons
master in the ring, but the result of
tonight's battle and the brevity of it
proved that Fitzsimmons ia still
great fighter and able to beat the best
of the heavyweights. He has beaten
Corbett, Ruhlin and Sharkey.
A Han Franelaco Boyeutt.
San Francisco, August 27. The
Building Trades Council, representing
28 trade orgainzuttons, has ordered a
general boycott of all goods turned out
by nine-hour planing mills. The ac
tion is the result of the millownera'
peremptory declaration that under no
circumstances would they consent to
arbitration or accede to the demands
of the employes for an eight-hour work
day. Resolutions declaring the nine-
hour mills unfair and ordering the
tmrin i,in,, tomfnao r "hanHi !,
or work on anv building where unfair
mill work constitutes a oart of the '
structure," hare been adopted
by a
unanimous vote of the council.
Oinahaa Population.
Washnigtoni August 27. The popu
lation of the city of Ohaha, Neb., ao
ording to the official aooount of the
eturn of the twelfth census is 102,555
for 1900 against 140,453 in 1890.
These figures show for the oity as a
whole a decrease in population of 87,-
497 or 26.78 per cent from 1890 to
1900. The population in 1880 waJ
80.518, showing aninrcease of 109,934,
or 360.23 per cent from 1880 to 1890.
Electrlonl Storm.
St. Joseph, Mich., August 37. The
worst electrical storm of years btruck
here early today. The steeple of the
Lutheran ohurch was splintered by
lightning, and 10 barns, a few mile
south of here, containing the season's
harvest, were also struck, and it is re
ported, were burned to the ground. A
huge wave, like that which reoently
visited Chicago, advanced 10 feet np
the shore, washing away a number of
small boats and thousands of feet of
lumber.
Statue of Apollo Found.
Athens, August 27. A magnificent
marble statue of Apollo, life Bize, has
been discovered in this vicinity. Its
workmanship is of the fifth century, B.
C, and it is believed to be the first in
existenoe. Archaeologists are delight
ed at this important discovery.
Lightning Killed Children.
Milwaukee, August 27. During an
other storm tonight two children ot
Charles Zunker were killed by a bolt
of lightning while at play in a barn on
their father's farm, two miles north of
the city. The county hospital was
struck hy lightning ahd a section of
the root torn away.
The population ol Indianapolis is
169.164, against 105,430 in 1890, an
increase ot 63,728, or 40.44 per cent.
TRAVELING
mars
DAY
They Have Planned a Great
Parade for Sent 8m
Portland Carnival Will Be a Big Rneeeaa
by the Men Who Never. Know Detent
la Their Unilr Bu.ln.ia They Want
Their Customers to Join Them.
Portland, August 87. It is now
conceded fact that Traveling Men's Day
at the hike' carnival, to be held in
Portland, will be one of the greatest
Utractiona of the fat. September
has been set as Travelers' Day. and
ivery traveling man in the Northwest
will be in line in one of the most
uniqne and instructive parades ever
witnessed on any street. Each travel'
Ing mau will be decked out in a linen
duster, wearing a white crush hat with
a blue ribbon band and carrying
umbrella. There will be at least 1,000
f them in line. There will also be
jumerous fleets, each representing the
traveling men of the different oen
turies, from the loth to the present
date, with elaborate costumes suited
for the occasion. They will also show
the different method by which they
travel, including the pack mule, stage
coaches, buckboards, freight trains and
Pullman car. The hotel accomoda
tioas which they have to contend with
will not be left out of this parade. It
is the desire of the travelers and alio
of the houses they represent, that all
of their customers and friends be pres
ent that day so they can see the travel
ing man in hi every day trials, show
ing both the good and bad of their
trips. The boys are making special
preparation to treat their customer
and friends in a royal way.
GENERAL CHICAGO STRIKE.
The Plan Is to Tie Up Building; Opera
tlona In the City.
Chicago, August 27. Unless the
plans of the leaders miscarry every un
ion man connected with the Building
Irades Council will be called out on
strike before Labor Day.
ine plumoers have already been or
dered out and the intention is that all
other unions whose men are working
sha'.l follow suit. Owing to increased
activity in the building trades within
the last few days, many nnion men
have been put to work, in some places
with the consent of the business agents,
and it is the purpose of the unions to
stop the work wherever the bosses be
lieved they had won a victory and
show them that the tabor organizations
are still in the fight. The business
agent of one of the largest unions said:
"Contractors have oome to believe
that it is comparatively easy sailing for
them now, and accordingly have been
i andertaikng some large job with the
idea that there would be no further
I trouble from the union. They will
find to their disgust that many of the
' men whom they supposed to be non
, onion men have become members of the
unions and they will sipmly be nnable
to do any work. It is the only thing
that i left the union unless they pro
pose to give np their 'fight. The idea
of helping the contractors along the!
jobs has been a mistake which ia gen
srally recognized now and they will
Snd there is a lot of fight left among
the men yet.
AN ALL-DAY ENGAGEMENT.
right
Between QrobUr'a and Baden
. Powel's Forcea.
London, August 27. Lord Roberta
reports aa follows:
"Boiler's division marched to Van
wyck'a Vlei, 16 miles south of Belfast,
yesterday. His casualties were 20.
"Paget reports from Hammanskraal
that Baden-Powell engaged Grobler's
' gnrd all day yesterday. Grobler
"! anX ' nnaar n
Baden-Powell occupied the rail
waa uiivwi uau U Ui XAlinnr river.
way
I station of that name. Daring the
tight Baden-Powell's advance and that
of the enemy galloped into each other,
the Rhodeaians losing Colonel Spreck-
ley and lour men killed and seven
wounded. Many of the Boers were
killed or wounded. They were at Cy
ferknile this morning. Plnmer and
Hickman were closely pursuing them.
"It seems certain thatDewet finding
it hopeless to make hia way eastward
ha recrossed the Magaliesberg with a
few wounded, with the intention of re-
turning to the Orange River colony.
He was in a very different condition
from that when he left Bethlehem with
six or eight guns and 2,000 men. His
guns have mostly been buried and hit
personal followers cannot be more than
800.
War May Be Averted.
London, August 87. Numerous dis
patches appear in the morning papers
regarding the Bulgaro-Roumanian situ
ation, growing out of the demand of
Roumania for the suppression of the
Macedonian revolutionary committees
whose headquarter are at Sofia.
What appears to be the most reliable
summary of the latest developments
comes frm the Vienna correspondent of
the Standard who says: "The convio
tion prevails that the eonfliot between
Roumania and Bulgaria has now lost
much of its acuteness, and that In the
end Bulgaria will satisfy the Rouman
ian demands."
New Orbleans, August 27. Sam
Fields, a young negro, waa shot tc
deat by a mob of white men last night
near Whitehall, in Livingstone parish.
Fields had attempted an assault on
Mrs. Peter Poohe.
Jamesville, Wis., August 37. A ter
rific hail, wind and rain storm visited
this section this afternoon. Several
farm buildlings were destroyed, and
whole fields of tobacco are cut U
piece. The, damage la estimated af
$100,000 ---
TO ATTACK THE ALLIES
Chinese Reported Rallying
Their Forces at Pekin.
HAVE 9,000 TROOPS AND 15 GUNS
Russian and Japanese Cavalry Were
Kxpected to Eneounlir The a '
SeTeral Day a Ago.
Washington, August 28. A dispatch
received at the Japanese legation today
from the foreign office of Japan, con
veying the latest and most authentic
information of the situation in and
around Pekin. In a measure the ad
vices were of a disquieting nature as
they indicated that the Chinese had
rallied their forcea and weie preparing
for an attack upon the allies in I'ekiu.
If it should prove tbat the allied forces
were besieged in Pekin it would ac
count for the lack of advices from Geu
eial Chaffee. As made public by Min
ister Takabira the dispatch from the
Japanese foreign office at Toltio is as
follows:
"An official telegram, dated Pekin, '
August 18, was received at Tokli from
General Yamaguchi, commander of the
Japanese forces, to the following effect:
'The capital ia now entirely cleared of
the enemy. A cavalry regiment which
had been sent to Wan Shau Sban
(where the empress dowager's palace
is located), report that the imperial
family, who bad left Pekin August 14,
started, after a short rest at Wan Shau
Shan for the west, and were under the
escort of General Maa and hia troops,
consist Ing of only about 500 horsemen
and 20 carts. The Japanese forces oc
cupied the treasury department, in
which over 2,000,000 taels in silver
and a large quantity of rice were
found.'
"Another telegraphic dispatch, dated
Taku, August 23, states that as the
Chinese troops and Boxers, who bad
gathered at Nan Yuen, were about to
attack the foreign forces at Pekin, Ja
panese and Russian cavalry were ex
pected to encounter them on the 20th.
The dispatch iuither states that Chi
nese infantry, 9,000 strong, with 15
guns, are advancing from Sban Tung
to make a rear attack on the allies."
A copy of the dispatch was transmit
ted to Actins Secretary Adee, at tho
department of state and by him fur
nished to the president. While the
newa of a possible rear attack upon the
comparatively small force of the allies
waa not received with snrpiise, gener
ally, it was not regarded as serious, aa
the foreign forces are believed to be
abundantly able to take care of them
selves against any force of Chinese
likely to be sent againtt tbem.
LOST IN A DESERT.
Three Hen Found Perishing Because of
Lack of Water.
El Paso, Texas, August 28. Three
men, who had almost perished from
thirst, have been found in the desert
near the Goleran church, 60 miles
north ot 1 Paso. One of the men is
Professor R. H. Cook, who recently
came to this city from the East The
men left Almo Gordo, N. M., on bicy
cles, Thursday, bound for El Paso.
They took the overland road through
the Tularosa valley. On that route
there is a desert of sand 70 miles wide. '
When the men bad gone about 30 miles
their bicycles broke down and they had
to walk. One of the men leahed the
Clorean church, but had to be treated
for several hours befpre he could speak.
He then told of hi? comrades. Two.
men with jugs of water tied on their
saddles went back in search of the
missing men. One waa found 15 miles
away exhausted and unconscious lu
the sand and waa brought to the ranch.
The other, Protessor Cook, was found
80 miles further away in spasms and
would probably have died in an hour
had he not received water. All the
men are now in a critical condition.
The names of the other two men were
not learned.
Morocco Asked to Pay.
Tangier, Morooco, August 88. A
United States warship has arrived here
to suppoit the claim arising out of the
marder last June of Marcus Essagin,
naturalized American citizen, who
was the manager ot a rrenon nrin.
Essagin, while riding on horseback.
jolted against the mule of a Morocco
priest. A dispute ensued, during
which Essgin, in self-defense, drew bis
revolver and fired, wounding a native.
This waa a signal for a general attack
upon the American, who received doz
ens of knife wounds and whose body
was burned, according to some ac
counts, before life was extinct.
Cut by a Negro.
St. Joseph, Mo., August 28. An
unknown negro boy probably fatally
slashed Angus Morrison, superintend
ent of bridges for the Chicago Gi eat
Western railway, tonight, aa be was
hurringy to oatoh a train. Morrison's
throat was cut, probably with a razor.
Morrison can give no reason for the
ssanlt, unless it is beoause he acci
dentally brushed against the negro.
The empress dowager, the emperor
and the Chinese court have fled to the
province of Shen Si.
Attacked by Boodluma.
St. Joseph, Mo., Angust 28. Be
cause St. Joseph did not win both bull
game today, a gang of hoodlums were
angered and assaulted Umpire Dick
Ebright for calling out a player at first
base during the eighth inning. Tha
police could not, or would not, prevent
disgraceful scene. Ebright and the
Denvei players were pelted with mis
sies and fled to point of aafety. Pitcher
Schmidt, of Denver, felled several
member ol the mob with a club.