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Newspaper Page TextTHE ORE GO VOL. XVII. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1900. NO. 38. MIST EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of tfc Telegraphic News of thft World. TKIISK TICKS FlUito 7HR VVIRK8 An Interesting ColtiTtlon ut Items From -lie TW Ileinlapiinrea I'res lb t In a CnManaeil JV.ui. Roxeri attain pteil to mine the Amerl can legation, A strike ot 140,000 aulhrHoile coal minora is threatened. General Chaffee In preparing to win ter 15,000 men lu Pekin. Tim huttle-ahip Alabama averaged 17 knots vu her official trial. Tlio Nehalem and Tillamook fisher men's strike in at an end. Several of MlniMtHr Conger's gueata have arrived at Tiuu Tsiu. A movement to clear the country on Hi of Pekin is in progress. Official American dispatches are be In tampered with in China. From St. rjterHlnirtf It ia repotted that ixtiuie uegntiatioua have begun. Primary return Indicate that Croker will control the New York Democratic convention. Senator Hcott, of Went Virginia, says the Rcpnhlicuus will lone 100,000 votes in New York. Heavy Hunting la leported to have occurred ut Machudodurp, between liners and llrlilnli. 1'. O. 8tewart, member of the pro viHiutial government of Oregon, ia dead at Tacoma, Wash. Four townships surrounding Sho shone I 'a II a, Iduho, have been reserved for a uatioiml park. San Francisco's population, accord ing to the United States cenaaa, ia 84J.782; Bostons', 600,8U3. Ten aiuare miles of forest reaerve in the Han tialirlol rvarvation, near Los Angeles, C'al,, have already been awept ly lire, and atill tlio (lamoa are devour ing the timber. It waa reported from Sturtevaut's Camp that the Are had spread ou the north aide of the west fork of the Han Gabriel river and the riu t Ii side of theTejunga river, between Devil's canyon and the Short Cut. .Tone Caatroy Garcia, who waa arrest ed in Havre, France, on July 20 laat, charged with ahaoonding from I'orto Kici. with f 12,000 of United States fumla, hna arrived in New York. He wna in the cuatotly of Luis llarrioa, assistant chief of the inauhir police of l'oito Rioo, who weut to Havre to bring hack the alleged emhezxler. Hy hia extradition the French government recognises the sovereignty of the Unit ed Status lu I'orto liico. Fltxsimmnns announces hia retire ment from the ring. The district weat of I'ekln waa token by the allied forcoa. , Denver's population ia 133,859; thai of Baltimore 60H.B57. The allies are sai l to have loat 1,800 men in battle in I'ekin. Senator Carter will accompany liooaevelt ou hia Western trip. Minister Conner reporta the situation practically uuchuuged in I'ukln. Ilressi, the assassin of King Hum hurt, attempted to commit suicide. - General Olivier, the Boer leader, waa captured by the British at Win burg. General Lnng Wn ia declared to be the real author of the anti foreign out break. The Hankow uprising waa started by followeri of Kung Yu Wei, the re former. Gold Hill poatoffice and a to re aafe was cracked by burglara and over $800 aeouied. Two men were killed and three men and a woman wouuded in u Gil man, III., riot. Cauiille d'Arlvlto, the opera singer, was married to 15. W. Crulin, an Oak laud iiiiUiouaire. The I'opnliat national committee ac cepted Stevenson aa the vlce-preaideu-tiul noiuinoe of the party. The naval veteraua' parade waa the feature of the second day of the O. A. It. encampment at Chicago. WOrk on The Dal lea portage road closod lor want of funds. Company being organized to complete the same. Oregon timber lunda offer good chance for investment. Situation re viewed by former Michigan, lumber man. Niuholaa Aylward, aged 78, an In mate of the county iulirmary. at St. Joseph, Mo., died from the effeota of a beaiiug administered by Jack Han Ion, an attendant. Hanlou cannot be found. A wholeaale Jail delivery oconrred at Red Lodge, Mont., Persons outside priod oft a window bar and opened the uella with skeleton koya, and four Montana deaperadoei inude their escape. It ia atated that Germany will take more first prizes at the Paris exposition than any other nation. Fifty residents of Massillon, O., left for Oklahoma, where tbey will take up clalma on government laud and estab lish a colony. The comptroller of the treaaury has decided that a common carrier is respou Bible for the lose of gooda reoeived by It, even though audi gooaa are not ao oompanied by a bill of lading or ship ping directions. LATER NEWS. French reinforcemeuta are landing at Tuku. The public debt increased nearly $3,. 000,000 in August. Philippine volunteeri will begin re turning in November. There are 88 suapected eaaea ol plague in Glasgow, Hootlund. C'liarlea A. Towne opened the oam palgn in Iduho for the Demorcata. General Otla Ima lu.n .( command the department of the lakes. The goveinor of Shun Tung has 80, 000 men ready to oppose German ex pansion. Id Hung Chang Ia intriguing to set . i , vna wreiguers to quarreling among tjieniamvea. Thirteen persona were killed and many injured by a railroad collision at Jiatlluld, l'a. The C'hineae situation now dependa on the responaea of the powers to the Kukho-American proposals. W. W.'Rockhill, American commis sioner to China, aaya now is the time to settle the atutua ol foreigner in China. The Brallamer copper mines, situated on Howe Hound, near Vancouver, B, U., have been sold to English capital ists for 1 3.000,000. A 18-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed hia 16-year-old brother at Hutchinson, Kansas, while attempting to remove cartridges from a revolver. Secretary Fostera' annual report of the cotton crop of the United Statea makes the crop for 1808-1000 9,4116,- 416 bales, against 11,374,840 laat year, About 35,0110 idle tinplate workers of the American Tinplate Company have resumed work, owing to the tin- pi te makers agreeing to a new wage scale. Fire destroyed the plant and yarda of the Otter Creek Lumber .Company, at Hambletou, W. Va., with 12,000,- IHI0 (vet of lumber, causing a loss of $200,000. Six hundred longshoremen who went on a strike recently at the Erie rail way ore oocics, returned 10 wora penn ing a settlement of their grievances by arbitration. A serious conflagration occurred at Gnu.vmaa, Honors, Mexico, a few daya ago, which consumed the general mer chandise estahliahment of F. A Aguil- lar. The building covered an entire block and waa the largeat of its kind on the west coast of Mexico. The stock of gooda carried waa valued at $1,000,000, on which a loaa of $300, 000 was sustiiiued. A German gunboat has been ordered to Ainoy. A plot to burn Shanghai has been discovered. llryun has deoided on an Eastern stump tour. Seventy nilsstonarioa from China reached Vancouver, B. U. Washington fuaioniats renominated John It. liogers for governor. Nancy C. EofT, groat aunt of Gov ernor Geer, died at Maoleay, Or. Ilreaal, the assassin of King Hum bert, waa sentenced to life imprison ment. It ia reported that Prince Tnan and 1,500 Iloxers were killed in great battle. Earl Li asks the appointment of sev eral Chinese officials to the list o( peace makers. Vu. the governor of the province of Hhen Hi, is riorted to have invited the foreigners in his province to come to bis protection. About August 21, 60 accepted the invitation and all were massacred. It Is said that the Standard Oil Com pany will soon be purchasing the pro duct of California wells, now having obtained in the East a number of tanks for the storage, which will be located at Hakerstleld, where ground has been secured for them. The Uuited Status transport Thomas a i rived at San Francisco, 29 days from Manila, via Yokohama. She has on hoard 261 sick and wounded soldiers. 31 military prisoners, 51 cabin passen gers, 173 in the steerage, and seven stowaways. Seven deaths occurred during the voyage. Ia London, the Duke of Manchester was adjudicated a bankrupt, entailing bis resignation from all bis clubs. The petitions to the bankruptcy court In cluded one from the young nobleman himself, whose acceptances are so widely distributed in unknown lands that his friends for soma time have strongly urged this radical course. Dr. P. 8. Kellogg, who haa iuat re turned from two years' service as a sur- eeon in the Philippines, denies the charges of neglect on the transport Sherman, made by Captain Crenstiaw, of Atlanta, in his ante-mortem state ment! Dr. Kellogg, who came home on the Sheiman with Cienahaw, says the captain was badly wounded; that it was only a question of time when he should die, and It was at nia own request that the captain was allowed to come home. Dr. Kellogg avers that Crenshaw had every possible Attention, including the best phyaiolans and uuruea. Inulinh arm nxneriment with a bi cycle corpa aa a defensive force ia pro- uounoed a success. After H vim? with her husband for 41 vours a Topeka woman haa discovered that be is not her affinity and asks ,vori!e. Work has begun in Baltlomre on the ver aerivct (or Rear-Admiral Schley, lie made from the silver coin cap- red on the Spanish oruiser Cristobal jlon. The cost, when Completed. ill be about $8,000. FUSION AT SEATTLE John R. Rogers Renominated for Governor. CONTEST WON ON EIGHTH BALLOT Bagara Man Fornsd Nomination of II ob- aurtaoa, of Suukitiia, anil Itunald, of Vaattlo, for Congroaa. Congresamen-at-large F. C. Robert son, of Spokane; J. T. Ronald, of King. Governor John H. liogers. . Lieutenant-Governor W. E. Mo Croakey, of Whitman. Supreme Judges E, C. Million, of Skagit; Klchard Wiusor, of King. Secretary of State J. A. Brady, of Snohomish. Attorney-General Thomas Vance, of xsklma. Treasurer W. E. Kunuer, of Spo kane. Auditor L. Silvarthorn, of Douglas. Land Commissioner O. K. Hol- comb, of Adams. Superintendent of Public I us true tion F. J. Browne, ot King. Presidential Electors James Mo Neeley, of Pierce; N. O. Blallock, of Walla Walla; J. G. Helm, of Pacific; George T. Cotterill, of King. Seattle, August 81. John R. Rogers was renominated for governor by the union Democratic convention on the eigth ballot, at 1 o'clock this morning. He received 708,4 votes, or 6), more than the necessary number. The con test throughout was moat exoi ting, and great disorder many times marked the course of proceedings in the tonven tion. Rogers on the first ballot re ceived 638 votes, and gained on every ballot until his final victory. He waa actually nominated on the seventh bal lot, but in the confusion and through a misunderstanding aa to the vote of the Walla Walla Populista he lost four votea intended to be cast for him. He then wanted only 1 votea. The chairman ordered another vote, which wna decisive. The unexpected turn of events in Roger a direction came about with the nomination of Robertson, of Spokane, tor congressman. This state nominates both congreasmen-at-large. It was the plan of the anti-Rogers faction to put J. T. Ronald, of King, whom a great majority undoubtedly favor, against Robertson, for one nomination, and thus kill oft Robertson, and leave the way open to Yoorhees as a candidate for governor. Robertson proved a very atrong candidate, and led Ronald, and aa the balloting proceeded seemed cer tain to defeat him. Many delegatea voted for Robertson, expecting to give Ronald the second nomination. The King county man had made a combi nation with Thurston Daniels for the other nomination, and he could not honorably enter the second contest. Dauiols dually solved the problem for King county and saved Ronald's neck by offering to withdraw. Ronald and Robertson were then nominated by ac clamation. The Platform. The following platform was adopted by the convention: We, the representatives of the Dem ocratic, Peoples and Silver-Republican partiea of the atate of Washington, as sembled in joint convention this 29th day of Auguat, 1900, respectively re affirm our faith in the principles enunciated by our respective national conventions; and we pledge our earnest support to the peerless representatives of the people, William Jennings Bryan and Aitlai K. Stevenson. We atill believe In the Declaration ot Independence, and therefore hold it aloft in preference to the impeiialistio policy of the Republican party. Wo oppose trusts and combinations which comer the products of industry anil levy tribute ou the people. We denounce these twin relics ot barbarism imperialism and militar ism whether in the form of traata at home or greed of conquest abroad. We pledge our reperseutatives in oongress to work for the passage of measure providing payment (or the time consumed by our state volunteers in the late war with Spaiu. We favor just and liberal pensions to the true and faithful soldiers of the United States, including the gallant Indian war veterans. We demand such legislation as will insure to the farmers and producers ol the state of Washington a reduction of freight rates and fares to a just basis. We demand the inauguration of such measures as shall give the people the right to express themselves, when they so elect, upon all important ques tions, by the system known as direct legislation. We commend the official condnot of all our state ollloers, and call attention to the contrast between the present ex cellent financial condition of the state and the blight and ruin prophesied by the opposition to sorely result from the election of our state officers. We commend the wise, courageous and patriotic manner in which the Hon. George Turner, our' representative in the United States senate, bus defended the honor ol his country and full! I led his duty to the people of the state of Washington. Lainii Kxvloped. Vanoouver, B. C, Sept. 1. A. Rescia, wife and child were burned to death here this morning. Their two story frame bouse was discovered on fire about 8 o'clook and as soon as the flames were partly extinguished, the firemen entered and found the charred remains of Mrs, Rescia on the lower floor. Resoia was in bed with the burning clothes wrapped around him, suffocated. The baby had rolled from the bed to the floor in its agony. MURDERED BY SIBERIANS. t. Soott SlorrUon, of Chisago, Snot of Katlvoa Cautaln Oilier Vrowned. Seattle. Sept. 8 The steamship Sen ator, which arrived today from Nome, brought news of brutal murder, in which the lite of F. Scott Morrison, of Chicago, was sacrificed to the blood thirsty savagery, of Siberian natives. She brings also the report of tbe drowning of Captain Gil ley, a noted Alaskan explorer, whose good or bad fortune it was to have killed five North ern Indians some years ago while they were trying to take forcible possession of a veasel of which he was master. Gilley was captain ot the sailing schooner Edith, which, with F. Scott Morrison and Edward Foregren, as pas sengers, sailed from Nome, August 8, (or Siberia on a trading and prospect ing expedition. Tbey had enlisted the services of an Indian named Sam to pilot them to Siberian shores, where they arrived the Friday following their departure. That afternoon waa passed in making exchangea with the natives, who appeared to be both friendly and peaceable. About 10 o'clock at night, Morrison retired to hia stateroom, and a few moments later shots trom ashore were heard. The reports had hardly subsided when Morrison xchtimed: "I've been shot." His shipmate hurried to his assistance. They found that the bullet had penetrated the aide of the schooner and stateroom, enter ing Morrison's groin. A few minutes later the vessel set sail for American shores, but Morrison succumbed to his injuries at 6 o'clock the next morning, The next day, when .in the vicinity of Sledge island, 15 or 20 miles off Nome, Captain Gilley went on deck and seated himself on the rail of the ves sel. A second later the boom swung around, striking him. He toppled over into the sea and drowned before assistance could reach him. Hia body was recovered. Foregren assumed command of the Edith, and, with the aid of a Sledge island Indian, succeed ed in reaching Nome in safety. Mor rison was a passenger to Nome on th first voyage of the Jeanie, which reached tbe district May 2. With M C. Anderson, he was engaged in the saloon and general merchandise busi ness at Nome. His widow and five step-children, one of whom, H. C. Heisler, accompanied him to Alaska, survive him. Captain Gillev was 60 years old and a. native of the Island ol Borneo. He had been a resident ol Alaska for nearly two decades. His fight with the Indians, in Which 10 are said to hare been slain, occurred at Cape Prince of wales. Jack ' Hawkins, a passenger on the Senator, says the steam schooner Samoa arrived at Nome from Sibera tbe night the Senator sailed. In cross ing from the czar's domain, her pas sengers, composed of Russians, Eng lish and Americans, are reported to have engaged in a general row, result ing in the master of the vessel calling for the Uuited States marshal as soon as he reached Nome. Hawkins did not learn the particulars, though he is inclined- to believe that there was Beri- ous trouble aboard. The Senator sailed an hour after the Samoa's ar rival. TAFT COMMISSION. Ready to Katabllah CIyII Governmont la the Philippines. New York, Sept. 8. A special to th Herald from Washington says: All arrangements have been practi cally perfected by the Taft commission (or commencing its duties in comnnec. tion with the establishment of civil government in the Philippines. The committee will assume on September 1 all the functions which properly belong to the legislative branch of the govern ment. It is not proposed that it shall be in supreme control. Major-General Mac Arthur will be the executive of the islands and the commission will be co ordinate with him, jat as the execu tive and legislative branches in the United States are ou the same plane. Civil government will not be establish ed excecpt in those towns where the military authorities are satisfied there is no danger ot insurrection. The commission, and the . military will work together to propitiate the natives and induce them tj return to their peaceful avocations. l or the suppression ol those lnsur geuts who continue in arms it is under stood measures will be taken as soon at the dry season begins. General Mao Arthur will soon have a force ot nearly 70,000 effective men, who will be used to destroy the insurgent organization! wnen operauuus uuu uugm. WEBFOOT BONANZAS. A little Booklet Given Away by lha O. K. N. Co. The famous Pat Donan has written another of bis inimitable "folders" for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. This1 time it is a descrip tion of the gold fields of Eastern Ore gon hot such a description! The glories, the Tidies, the possibilites of tli is wonderful region are set forth in a way to cause throbs of interest in the most phlegmatic man that breathes. The folder is entitled "Webloot Bo nanzas," and is given away to anyone who will write W. II. Hurlhurt, gen eral passenger agent, O. R. & N. Co., 1'oitlaud, Oregon. Canadian ntrlko JCndod. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 8. The strike of railway mechanics on the Canadian Pacific railway has been de clared off, and the meuin all the shops from Fort Wiilliam to Vancouver will return to work tomorrow. At Winni peg some ol the strikers resumed work , this afternoon. The only matter now lu dispute is tue ntie ui wngea w uo paid machinists, and this will be set tled by arbitration. Tbe strike lasted 28 duvs. and was everywhere quiet and orderly. I LOOTING IN TIEN TSIN American Soldiers Took No Part in It. UNDER PEREMPTORY ORDERS Chinese Art Reaponeiulo for the Plllag Iuat and Olaorder That Followed lha Kntry of the Alllei. Washington, Sept. 8. Officials ol the war department are positive that the soldiers ol General Chaffee's army took no part in the extensive looting which followed the fall of the Chinese city of Tien Tsiu. At the direction of Secretary Root, peremptory orders were issued to military officers to exert every effort to prevent the looting and to punish severely disobedience of such orders.1 For this reason and from re ports which have come to the depart ment, the officials are confirmed in tbe opinion that our men refrained from disregarding the orders of their super iors. They think that the Chinese themselves are responsible for much of the pillaging and disorder following the entry of the allies into the oity. mere is considerable property in ohsrge of our army at Tien Tsin tor safekeeping. Mtrenffth of Allied forco. Washington, Sept. 8. The following telegram from the Japanese foreign office was received today at the Japa nese legation: "A t ilegram from Pekin gives the strength of the allied forces which took part in the relief of Pekin as follows "Japausese, 6,600 infantry, 200 cav alry, 450 engineers and 68 guns. "Russians, 8,300 infantry, 180 cav alry, and 22 guns. "British, 1,832 infantry, 400 cav alry, and 13 guns. "Americans, 1,600 infantry, 150 marines, 75 cavalry and 6 guns. "French, 400 marines and 18 gnna. "On the 26th, 70 Chinese surrend ered. Of these, five each were detain ed by tbe Japanese and British forces for the purpose of ascertaining the state of affairs among tbe Chinese, the rest being set at liberty. On the 27th, 260 more surrendered, most of whom were guards and court officials. One of them, a military officer, after being brought iu the Japanese headquarters, where he was kindly treated, waa sent to the palace to make the necessary preparations for the parade of the allied forces through the palace, to be held on tbe 28th in commemoration of their successful entry into the city. As a large number of court ladies were fotmd in the palace, eveiy precaution was taken to protect them from insult sml assurances were given them of tbe readiness of Japan's force to supply them at any moment with food and other necessaries.". Fire at a ltaoe Track. Proivdence, R. I., Sept. 8. Shortly after the beginning of tbe racing in tbe closimi day of tbe grand circuit meet ing at arragansett Park this afternoon fire broke out in one of the stables near tbe three-quarters turn and with great rapidity destroyed three stables. a number ot cattle sheds and burned to death four race horses. The horses de stroyed comprised three in the string controlled by B. Simon, of London, Out. The Ace, with a record of 2:05 and valued at $4,000; Maud K., a green mare without a record and valued nt $1,000; Ackman Jim, with a record of 2:16)4 end valued at $1,600, and Charles A. Guyer's brown mare. iley Essa, valued at $1,500, were the animals destroyed. The loss on build ings aud fixtures amounts to $6,000. A Swedish. X.oan. New York, Sept 3. Albert H. Wig- gins, vice-president of the National Park bask, said today it waa true that the bank had been approached by rep resentatives ol the Swedish government with inquiries as to the chance of plac ing a $10,000,000 loan in this country. Mr. Wiggins said he was not prepared to say yet whether the proposition had been favorably received. The proposed loan is in the form of bonds bearing 4 per cent interest lor the first 10 years i nd 3 per oent for another 10. It is unofficially stated that the bonds will be offered at 98 and accrued inter est. Iavid Slnton, of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Spet. 8. David Sinton, one of tbo richest citizens of Cincin nati, died at his home here today, agd 93 years. He left a fortune estimated at $20,000,000. He had large real estate interests in Chicago and New York, as well as here, and owned big cattle ranches in Texas. He had given much money to public institutions. His only heir is the wife of ex-Con gressman Charles P. Taft, proprietor of the Cincinnati Times-Star, and brother of Judge Talt, of the Philippine commission. Vlre In New Orleaita, New Orleans, Sept. 8. Fire tonight destroyed the building at 64 Canal street occupied by the Fairbankks Scale Company, entailing a loss of $200,000. Keller Bros.' shoe factory, adjoining. suffered a loss of $100,000, and the Morris buildiug, corner of Canal aud Camp streets, sustaiud about $50,000 damages. Welsh Coal Miners' Strike. CarditI, Wales, Sept. 8. A meeting ot the strikers at Cardiff today con firmed the action of their committee in agreeing to a resupmtion of work, the company having acceded to the de mands of the strikers. About 50,000 colliers weut to work this morning. Washington, Sept. 3. A dispatch from General MaoArthur announces that Second Lieutenant H. N. Way, Fourth infantry, was killed near Villa VTeja, Luson, August 88. ALUM BAKING POWDERS IN CONGRESS. Keport That Kvldeneo of Their Harm fulness la Overwhelming. The committee on manufactures of the senate were some time ago directed to investigate the food adulterations. and accumulated a volume of testimony upon the subject from tbe best inform ed parties and highest scientific author ities in tbe country. One of the greatest sources of danger to pur foods, the committee state in their report, exists - in alum baking powders. The committee found the testimony, they say, overwhelmingly condemnatory of tba uae of alum in baking powders, and recommended that such use be prohibited by law. Senator Mason, discussing in the sen ate the report ot the committee and the several bills introduced to carry the recommendations of the committee in to effect, said: "When we made this report we msde it baaed on tbe evidence before ua, and the evidence ia simply overwhelming. I do not care how big lobby there may be here for the alum baking puw der, I do not care how many memorials they publish, there ia no place in the human economy of human food for this thing called alum. The overwhelming evidence of tbe leading physicians and scientists of this country is that it it abaolutely unfit to go into human food, nd that in many cases if tbe gentle man will read tbe evidence, some ol the physicians say they can trace cases in their own practice theie are dis eases of the kidney due to tbe perpetual use of alum in their dailv bread. "When you mix a mineral poison, as they all say that alum is, it is impossi ble to mix it always to suuh a degree that there will not be a residuum left of alum, which produces alumina, and which contributes lately to the diseases of tbe people in this country. "I want to give the senate an' idea of the class ot men we bare called. They are the leading scientists from every college ol the United States that we could get hold of." Senstor Mason, from a long list ol scientists who had testified as to the hurt fulness of alum baking powders, and as to tbe health fulness of cream ol tartar powders, mentioned the follow1 ing: Appleton, John Howard, professor ol chemistry, Urowu University, Prov idence, R. I. Arnold, J. W. S., professor, Univer sity of New York. At water, W. O., professor and direc tor, government experimental station, Washington, D. C. Barker, George F., professor, Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Caldwell, G. C., professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Chandler, C. F. professor, Columbia University, New York. Chittenden, Russell H., professor, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Cornwall, II. B.. professor, Univer sity of Princeton, New Jersey. Crampton, C. A., professor, Division of chemistry, Washington, D. C. Frear, William, professor, State Col lege, Pennsylvania. Jenkins, Edward H., professor, de partment of agriculture, state of Con necticut. Johnson, S. W., professor, Yal Col lege, New Haven, Conn. Mallet, John William, professor, University of Virginia. Mew, W. M., professor, Army and Medical Department, United States government. Munroe, Charles Edward, professor of chemistry, Columbian University, Washington, D. C. Prescott, Albert B., professor, Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Price, A. F., madioal director, Unit ed States Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C. Smart, Charles, lieutenant-colonel. assistant surgeon-general, United States army. Sternberg. George M.. Surgeon-Gen eral, United States army, Washington, D. C. Tucker, Willis G., professor of chemistry and chemist of state board of health, state of New York. Vaughan. Victor C, professor, Uni versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Van Reypeu. W. h... Surgeon-Gen eral United States Navy, Washington, D. C. Wiley, Prof. H. W., Chief Chemist department of agriculture. United States, Washington, D. C. Wyman, Walter, Surgeon-General, United States Marine Hospital. Wash ington, D. C. Mr. Pettigrew Was there any testi mony which showed that there were cases of injury to health aa a result of constant use ot alum? , Mr. Mason Yes; I can turn yon to the testimony. Mr. Pettigrew I do not care to have the senator turn to it. I simply want to emphasize the point. I agree with the senator. It has always been my own impression that alum baking pow der is injurious, but I wanted to bring it out and make it emphatic, if the proof sustains that position. Mr. Mason I quite agree with the senator. It is claimed that there is not a country in Europe that does not prohibit the use of alum. Certainly three or tour of tbe leading countries of Europe to which 1 have had my atten tion called prohibit the use of alum in baking powder. Mr. Pettigrew Did the chemists who came before the committee, these professois, generally testify was it the result ol their evidence that the cream ol tartar baking powder ia healthy and does not leave a residuum which is injurious to health? Mr. Mason Yes; X say emphatic ally, yes; that the weight ot the evi dence is, that wheuever any ot these distinguished men, who have a nation al reputation, tbe leading chemists ot the colleges, were interrogated upon the point, they stated that fact, a very one ot them, to my recollection. REAR-END COLLISION Excursion Train Crashes In to a Milk Train. THIRTEEN KILLED MANY HURT Loeomotlre Flanges Through Passengel Coaches and f rushed Them aa If They Were Egg Shells. Philadelphia, Sept. 4. Thirteen persons killed and over 80 others in jured is the appalling record of a rear end collision between an excursion train and a milk train on the Bethle hem branch of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad this morning at Hat field, Fa., 27 miles north of this city. The wrecked train consisted of 10 day coaches and was the first section ot a large excursion made up of people from Bethlehem, Allentown and sur rounding towns, to Atlantic City. This section carried only those persona who lived in Bethlehem and Allen town. It left the union station in Bethlehem at 6:05 A. M., exactly 85 minutes behind the milk train. The latter train consisted of two milk cars and two passenger coaches, and had stopped at every station on the road from Bethlehem en route to Philadel phia. At 6:64 the milk train drew up at tbe milk platform at Hatfield, and in less than two minutes the special excursion train, running at the rate of 35 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the milk train. The locomo tive plowed through tbe two passenger coaches and crushed them as if tbey were eggshells. Tbe milk car immed iately in front was also badly damaged. Four persons on the passenger car of tbe milk train were almost instantly killed. Fortunately, there were very few persons on this train. the excursion train was a picture ot indescribable horror. The locomotive, a mass of bent and broken iron, firmly held the bodies of its engineer and fire man beneath its great weight. Behind the engine six ot the 10 cars were also a mass of wieckaee. The first car was broken in twain and tbe other five cars were thrown on their sides, completely demolished. Nine persons were killed in tbe first two cars, and tbe others in those coaches were badly maimed. As soon as the crash came, a terrible cry rose from the smashed oars, and those who had not been injured crawled or jumped from the cars and went to the assistance of tbe injured. Many were pinned down by wreckage and and bad to be freed by the liberal use of axes. With three or four exceptions. tbe dead were killed instantly, the others dying on their way to the hos pital. All the injured were first taken to a shed at the Hatfield station and the dead were removed to a barn. Mes sengers were sent to the nearby villages for physicians, and a relief train was ordered . fiom Bethlehem. With 15 doctors and half a dozen nurses, a ape cial train waa sent from Bethlehem, but before if reached the scene of the wreck it waa signaled to return to Bethlehem, as a special carrying nearly all the injured had iitarted for that place. On the run from Hatfield to the hospital three of the injured died. Muoh trouble was experienced in keep ing tbe relatives away from the injuied on the train, so that the doctors gatli - ered from near Hatfield could attend to the wounded. The special train arrived at Bethle hem at 11:30 and was met by fully 5,000 persons all clamoring for news from the wreck or trying to learn whether relatives were among the vic tims. The news of tbe wreck reached Bethlehem at 8 o'clock and spread like wild fire. All the policemen in town were gathered at the station, and was with great difficulty that the injured were removed to the waiting ambu lances and other vehicles which con veyed them to the hospitals. All dur ing the day people from" Allentown, Catasauqua and other places came pour ing into Bethlehem, and confusion reigned throughout the city. . Tbe second section of the excursion, made up of persona from towns other than Bethlehem and Allentown, left soon after the first section, but was (lagged before it reached Hatfield. As it could not get through on account of tbe blocked tracks, it was returned to Bethlehem, and there was great re joicing at the narrow escape of its oo oupanta from the catastrophe. The coroner of Montgomery county visited the wreck early and spent the entire day at the scene. He at once directed the removal of the dead to Lansdale, short distance south ot Hatfield. He promises rigorous in vestigation into the horror. Wracked In Bearing Sea. Seattle, Sept. 4. Tug Wallowa, from Nome, brings news of the wreck of tbe dismantled bark Mercury in Behring sea. The bark waa being towed to this city by the tug and sprang leak in a heavy gale. She was stripped of some machinery and abandoned in Cook strait, whore she sank. She was owned by Captain E. E. Caine, of this city, and was sent to Nome last June in tow of a tug with a coal and lumber cargo. She had been condemned as a sailing vessel. She was built 49 years ago in New York as A full-rigged ship. - No Chinese Keed Apply- -. ... Lima, Peru. Sept. 4. The Peruvian senate yesterday bad under , considera tion a proposal for preventing Chinese immigration, in view of a possible ex odus from China as a result of the pres ent disturbances. Plague at Olasgew. Glasgow, Sept. 4. Another death. supposed to be due to the bubonic plague, occurred here today. Ninety- three cases of the disease are now der observation.