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VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fit ID AY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1900.
NO. 40.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th; Telegraphic
' News of the World.
TKRHK TICKS FRO THR WIRES
An Interesting Collection of I tame From
Two Hemispheres Fm UK 1
In Cotvlensed Xc.uu
The throe silver parties in Colorado
will fuse.
Frimoe will accept Prince C'hlng m
peace envoy.
Americans and French nearly
clashed lu Pekin.
Lord Roberts I pushing operations
In Eastern Transvaal.
American soldiers took no part in
the looting ol lieu Tain,
Many gulf ooaat towni In Texas suf
eroti eeverely from the itorin.
The state department is not ready to
begtu negotiation) with LI Hong Chang.
Now Hampshire Republicans nomi
nated Clieater 11. Gordon (or goveruor.
Colonel W. II. Kiiuw, ot Illinois,
will make Kopublican speeches in Ore
gon. The steamship San Pedro arrived at
Seattle Irom the north with DUO pas
sengers and 180,000 in Nome gold.
American on thoir way to bant gold
in Siberia got the boat ot a trick at
tempted by Russians, and seven Yankee!
took 80 Russian.
The controller ot the onrrency hai
iaaued a call (or the oondltion ol na
tional banks at the o'.oae ot business
September 1, ltfOO.
The population ot Duluth, Minn , at
officially anuounoed by the census
bureau, is 6:',UUU, an increase in popu
lation ot 10,804, or CD. 9 per cent from
lo0 to 1000.
At Reno, Nevada, a wreck on the
Nevada, California & Oregon extension
derailed 14 cars ot beef cattle, reduc
ing the oars to kindling wood and kill
lug 20 head ol fat steers.
The destruction of shipping at Gal
veston may reduce the volume ol early
eottou deliveries at Lancaahire, Eng
land . Reports from there show that
20,000 looms had stopped and that 84,
000 operators were idle.
The poatmaster-gennral lias received
communication from F. W. Vaille,
director ot poat in the Philippines,
showing that there will be a surplus ot
receipts over expenditures up to June
DO of $19,447. This doea not include
fee tor money orders of $0,600, and
there is one department, that ol Baoo
lor, yet to hear from.
The government transport Law ton
sailed from San Francisco on her
errand ol mercy to the fur north.
With all available space bblow decks
devoted to bertha, provided with bed
ding for nearly a thouauud peraons, be
sides the regular complement of offi
cers and crew, the big transport will
proceed to Cape Nome, stoppiug at
Seattle tor supplies.
Ueneral Joeeph Wheeler has retired.
Japanese troops will not withdraw
from I'ekin. ,
ThH Amerioan troops will winter In
the Philippines.
Republiouns carried Maine by 81,
000 to 88,000 majority.
An appeal is issued by Texans in be
half of the Galveston sufferers.
Germany and England are said to
have ugreed to remain in Peklo. -
Humor is denied that stock graiing
on forest reaerves is to be restricted.
Galveston's death Hat numbers fully
1 ,000. Borne estimates place it higher.
Texas City and many smaller towns
near the gulf were paitially wercked.
Oregon has been naked to erect a
building at the Buffalo Pan-American
exposition.
Oregon prune prices have been
boomed by action of the California
Fruit Association.
' Ninety-three missionaries arekuown
to have been killed and 170 are missing
from the recent uprising in China,
Henry Watson died at his home near
Albany, Or., aged 70 years. He was a
pioneer of 1847, and an Indian war
veteran, ,
The Kureka shingle mill at Harrison,
Idaho, was burned recently. The lose
will amount to about $15,000, of
which only $5,000 la coveted by luiur
enoe. At Rook Creek, in Tark cruuty.
Mout., Frank Forrest, a ranch hand,
aged 20, shot and killed Willis Hoard,
a well-to-do rancher, aged 80; fatally
wouudod Mia Laura Linn, aged 18.
and then committed suicide by shoot
ing himself through the heart.
Henry A. Chittenden, a journalist of
note and the man who aecured for Oak
land, Cel., the $260,000 Carnegie free
publio library, is dead at that city of
throat affliction, aged 64 years. He
served as reporter and editor on
Eastern papers. For 16 years he was.
employed by James Gordon Bennett,
working on the Herald and Telegram.
Chioago police have reoovered a $1,
000 poodle that was abducted the other
day, but there are a number ol $4.86
children quite' hopelessly missing, to
say nothing of a $36 parrot.
Earl Calvin Titus, of Iowa, and ol
the Fourteenth United States infantry,
was the first soldier to plant the Ameri
can flag on the walls ol Pokin. It will
be remembered that a certain Titui
battered down the walls of Jerusalem.
After all, there may be something in
pain. .
LATER NEWS.
Boxers are again active at Pekln.
A gradual reduction of the Russian
forces in Pekiu has begun.
Other towns in Texas besides Gal
veston are in need of assistance.
General French has oocupted Barber
ton, capturing 100 Jioers and some roll
lug atouk. '
At Taooma, Wash., the North Taoo
ma shingle mill was entirely destroyed
by lire. Loss nnkuown.
John Wllaon, pioneer merchant ol
Portland, Or., who began business
there in 1860, is dead, aged 74.
The exodus from Galveatou grows In
number as the facilities for getting
way from the city are increased.
At Kan Claire, Wis., seven men wer
drowned by the overturning of a boat :
while trying to cross the river at thai i
place. I
Mexican thieves eutered saloon at
Guthrie, Arizona, for the propose ol
robbery and were compelled to kill
two men and then escape.
Three men were drowned and two
gasoline launches sunk as a rseult of a
collision between the small craft and '
steamer at Stockton, Cal.
Another plague case has been re
ported at Glasgow, making at total ol
17. In addition there is one suspect
and 116 peraons under observation.
Near Nauaimo, U. C, two coal
trains collide 1 on the center of a tres
tle, killing lour men and reducing on
engine to scrap iron. Misplaced sig
nals was the cause.
The division of customs and insular
affaire nf the war riniutrtinnnt has vivAn
out for publication a statement of the ;
receipts of the Havana custom house j
k, ih.i.n,iiii ixi n.i moo .iinw. !
inn that the total reoeiute lor the
mouth were $901,930.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men convened at Dee Moines adtpted
resolutions denouncing the governor ol ;
Idaho (or maintaining martial law in i
the Coeur d'Aleue district, the gov
eminent for naing the government ,
troops and oongreaa for making public j
the testimony taken at the inveatiga- j
tion by the bouse committee last win-!
ter.
The Iloer delegates, Messrs. Fisher,
Wolmarans aud Wcsaels, have ad
dreaaed an appeal to all nations for in
tervention in Son tli Africa. The ap
peal concludes as follows: "In the
name ot juatice aud humaulty, we ap
peal to all peoples to come to our aid
in this supreme moment and save our
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be heard."
Conger advices Americans to leave
China.
Colorado Democrats nominated J. B.
Oran tor goveruor. ,
General Botha is said to be making
overturns to surrender.
Forest llres destroyed no timber in
Cascade reserve this season.
A man toll from a fruit tree at Eu
gene. Or., with fatal results.
Negro vandals were tried by court
martial aud shot at Galveston.
New York Democrats nominated
John B. Staucbfleld for governor.
A number of vessels were lost or
stiauded in the gale ou the lakes.
Americnu tjroops await the presi
dent's word to march from Pekiu.
Fire at Narragansott pier, R. I.,
destroyed property worth $350,000.
President Kruger is at Loureuco,
Marques preparing to aail for Euiope.
From 16,000 to 20,000 Chinese con
verts were massacred in July by Box
ers. Nine persons were killed in South
ern llllnios by the wrecking ot a the
atrical car.
Throe thousand bodies of storm vic
tims have been buried at Galveston.
The property loss is estimated at $15,-
000,000.
The city ot Dallas, Texas, has sub
scribed nearly $16,000 in cash and six
carloads of olotning for the South
Texas flood sufferers.
Dr. Dennis Dowling Mulcahy, onoe
su active Ferlan agitator, who was
imprisoned in England in the latter
pint of the '60s with O'Douovan Kossa
and others, died in Newark, N. J.,
aged 69 years.
The trouble that was threatened be
tween the whites and Indians, arrayed
on one side, against the Japs, on the
other Bide, in the hop fields above Puy
allnp, Wash., seems to have been avert
ed, at least for the lime being. No ac
tual clash has yet taken place, but
there is bad feeling hot ween the fac
tions that may at any time break out
into open hostilities.
The pliieue is again increasing in
India. Over 12,000 deaths are report
ed to have occurred during the last
week. Lord Curaon of Keddleston,
viceroy of India, has cabled the India
office that good rains have fallen in
Madras and Central Bengal and on the
Gangetio plain, relieving all present
anxiety regarding, the autuiun crops
In theao territories. The total number
now receiving famine relief has fallen
to 4,834,000.
Teats are the diamonds of the fairies.
The ''missing link" has again been
found, this time lu Java, where Dr.
Dubois has unearthed certain fossil re
mains of such an interesting charaoter
that Prof. Haeckel, the celebrated Ger
man biologist, lias determined to go
there himself and investigate. Dr.
Dubois is firmly of the opinion that the
bones belong to a species intermediate
between the highest ape and prehistoric
man,
TWO PROCLAMATIONS
Issued by Americans and Reb
els in the Philippines.
flltST IS OF SPECIFIC CHARACTER
Warn the Natives Agalnet Continuing
Ouposlllon-The Other Urges
Thiu to Meruit.
Washington, Sept. 15. The postmaster-general
has received from F. W.
Vaille, director-general of posts in the
Philippines, copies of two undated
proclamations, one by the American
commissioners and the other by the in
surgents. The American proclama tion is of
a
pacific charaoter. but warns the natives
that they have nothing to expect Irom
continuing opposition to the Ameri
cans. It promisee free transportation
home to all insurgents who surrender
their arms, and directs the confiscation
of all money and hemp belonging to
the insurgent government. The na
tivea are notified that the Amerioan
soldiers are expected to par for every
thing they obtain from the Filipinos in
the way of food and supplies, and it
requests the natives to report any case
of looting or extortion to the nearest
military commander.
The Filipino proclamation, limed lu
reply to this, announces that for a
period of 10 days amnesty will be ex
tended to all Filipino spies in the em
ploy of the American forces, if they
present themselves to the
Insurgent
military or civi. un.unwOT
A single
exception is mauo m me case oi one
Marcello Abinsay, who is denounced as
an outlaw beyond the pale, and a re
ward is offered for his apprehension,
dead or alive, while the death penalty
is pronounced against anyone found in
his company at the time ol Ms capture.
The proclamation further declares that
all the threats of the Americans of pur-
aning the iuauigents to the bills are
idle, as the American forces are short
of food aud ammunition, and have re
ceived no reinforcements tor manr
mouths.
STORM IN NEW ENGLAND.
Dealroyed a Million Dollars' Worth of
Property.
Boston, Sept. 15. The now famous
West Indian hurricane which started
10 days ago from the eastward of Porto
Uioo, puahed across Uuna and Jamaica
d thread about theGuif of Mexico,
entered New England yesterday and
inhabitants in this corner of the coun
try have nearly $1,000,000 to add to
the leugtbeuing Hat of property which
tiiis storm destroyed.
It started into life scores of wood
fires, and in muny sections of New
KnglHnd thousands of acres of wood
limit tin nlilHta and aeveral a cores ol
noHgeH have been burned. In South
ern Massachusetts the losses will ag
gregate a big sum. Reports are also
received form varioua parts of New
England of damage to the telegraph
and telephone wires, houses unroofed,
orchards denuded of their fruit nd
great damage to standing corn and
other crops.
The gale was also severe off the
coast, but it blew off shore, so that
moat of the shipping fouuJ little diffi
culty in getting a lee.
Highland light reported a gale of 45
miles an hour and no vessels in sight.
Along the water front of Boston har
bor the yachts which had not been
hauled iuto winter qamters were
tossed about and some broke from their
moorings. '
Arnold Allowed an Appeal.
San Francisco, Sept. 15. fn the
embezzlement oaae of Julian B. Arnold,
eon of Sir Edwin Arrnold, United
States District Judge Dellaven has al
lowed an appeal from his adverse de
cision to the circuit conrt of appeals.
The hearing will be held during the
October term of court. Commissioner
Heaoock gave the accused man his first
hearing, and ordered that he be extra
dited to England for trial. Judge
Dellaven afllrmed the order.
Attempted Train Wrecking.
Abilene, Kan., Sept. 16. Th.-ee at
tempts wete made last night to wreck
Union Pacific truius west of here. Ties
were plied on the track In front of the
local passenger train, and the "Flyer,"
west-bound, and heavy iron on the
track before the "Flyer," east-bound.
Tbe obstructions were discovered and
the trains stopped in time to prevent
any damage.
Forest Flrea In Maaaachaaetta.
Plymouth, Mass., 6ept. 15. The
forest fires which have been raging in
this vicinity had, up to noon, destroyed
property to the value of $150,000.
The wind shifted this monring, and
there was then a prospect that the fire
would be checked. Mrs. Joseph A.
Brown, of Long Pond, dropped dead
Irom excitement when the fire threat
ened her home.
Silk Weavers' Strike. .
Allentown, Pa Sept. 15. The Giv
ernaud silk mill, employing 450 hands,
is idle. The 800 weavers struck today
ngatust a decreuae of 15 per oent in
wages. . The superintendent of the
mill said the cut was only temporary.
Last of Abdah'a Forces Defeated.
Paris, Sept. 15. The minister ot the
colonies, M. da Crais, has received
dispatch announcing the defeat of the
lust remnant of the 'orces of Abdah,
the famous Arab chief who was long a
thorn in the side of tbe French in
Southern Sahara, and who was recent
ly killed aud bis army dispersed by a
Frenoh column. A large quantity
arms and ammunition, as well as rich
treasure, tell iuto the hands of the
trench. ,
NATIVE TROO'PS.
Question of Replacing: Volunteer Troops
Willi IrUlpluo Soldier..
Manila, Sept. 17. As the time ap
proaches for the volunteers to leave
these islauda and return to the United
States, in order that all may be mus
tered out there by J one 80 next year,
the question of how to replace the de
parting troops has brought the matter
of an armed native militia to general
notice.
For more than a year there has been
la the service of the United States a
detachment of native Macsbelie scouts,
and their work lias in the main been
satisfactory. It is argued that other
native righting organizations can be
nsed with as good a result as the Maca-
bebes, especially if the authorities take
advantage of existing tribal hatreds
and jealousies in selecting native sol
diery to operate against the Taguls.
In many of the village garrisons
throughout the islands, native inhabit
ants are being employed as a local po
lice force to protect their own villages
againat depredation anil attack from
robbers and other malefactors. These
local police are in some cases given
firearms and uniforms, and they have
at times done effective work iu the
limited field of action allowed them,
namely the protection ot their homes.
They have also been used in operations
against the insurgents, both in Luzon
and in the Southern islands. In Leyte
they did good work two months ago
when they helped eight American sol
diers repel a fiersistent insurgent attack
upon their town, and two weeks ago,
near Lipa, 20 native policemen went
out alone against 40 insurgents, scat
tered the enemy, killing one. and re
turned proudly to their town with two
of their number wounded.
These are the beginnings of what
muat eventually come to pass in the
Philippines, namely the organization
and use of native soldiers to preserve
order in the counrty. Just how these
men will be organized and officered is
not yet decided; but Major Allen, of
the Forty-third regiment, on Samar
island, has lately been given permis
sion by General MaeArthor to organize
two companies oj Visayaus for use
against the insurgents, and Colonel
Keunon, of the Thirty-fifth regiment,
now stationed in Cabanatuau in the
Nueva Ecja, province of Luzon, has
been experimenting along tbe same
lines with Ilocanos from the northern
portion of Luzon inland.
In Decern Der of last year, about 600
Ilocanoa came to' Colonel Kennon, at
Cabanutuan, and asked to enlist under
the American flag. Colonel Kennon
at once opened negotiations with the
corps headquarters in Manila in the
matter, and June 1 he was granted per
mission to enlist 60 Ilocanos as scouts.
During this intrim of six mouths the
600 men were employe! as far as pos
sible as road builders, ration carriers
and guides. The success of this first
detachment in the service will ptoba
bly soon lead to the enlisutment of
other Ilocanos tribesmen.
THE WRECKED CITY.
Galveston Slowly Keeoverlng From the
Terrible It low.
Galveston, Sept. 17. More than
2,000 dead bodies have been identified
and the estimate of Mayor Jones that
5.000 souls perished in Saturday's hur
ricane does not appear to be magni
fied. The city is being patrolled by
troops and a semblance of order is ap
pealing. Though the city appears pitilessly
desolate, the authorities of the com
mercial aud industrial interests are
setting their forces to work, and a start
has at least been made toward the re
sumption of business on a moderate
scale. '
The presence of troops has bad a
beneficial effect upon the criminal
classes, and the fear of a brief, but
desperate, reign of anarchy now no
longer exists. Tbe saloons have at
least temporarily gone out of business,
and every strong-limbed man who has
not his owt abode to look after is be
ing pressed into service, so that first
oi all the water servioe may be re
sumed, the gutters flushed and the
streets lighted.
The further the ruins are dug iuto
the greater beoomes the increase in the
list of those who perished as their
houses tumbled about their heads. On
the lower beach yesterday a searching
party fouud a score of corpses within,
Biuall area, goiug to show that the bul
wark of debris that lies straight across
the island conceals many more oodles
than have been accounted for.
- Fire at Port Huron.
Tort Huron, Mich., Sept. 17. Fire
at noon today destroyed the entire
plants owned by the MoMorran Mill
ing Company, the Port Huron &
Northwestern Elevator Company and
D. McMorran & Company. The loss
will reach $235,000, covered by insur
ance. One hundred and fifty thousand
bushels of grain stored in the elevator
were destroyed. '
BulTitlo Untchera' Strike.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 17. Eight
hundred butchers employed in the
packing houeea of the Jacob Dold Pack
ing Company aud Kliuck's and Dana
bay, packing houses are on a Btrike,
owing to the refusal ol the Dolds to
discharge two men who refused to pay
their dues to their uuiou. Duld claims
to have 150 men at work today. .
Chtne Funds Confiscated.
Pekin, Sept. 17. Tho Kusso-Chincaa
bank, which, as announced yesterday,
dosed hero today, and removes to
Shanghai, will oonfisoato, as part of
the indemnity to be paid to KuseiR, the
imperial universitr fund of 6,000,000
taels deposited with it, against which
the Chinese drew for the paysuent ot
their troops.
Pittsbutg, Sept. 17. The Carnegie
Steel Co. has given $10,000 to the Gal
veston relief fund.
FIVE THOUSAND DEAD
The Galveston Victims "Will
Reach That Number.
BODIES STILL STREW THE BEACH
If and rede Rurnod and Burlod at 8e
Ihlrty-fliro Hundred Borufro
Ar at Houatoa.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 17. The Post
today prints a list of 2,701 names of
the Galveton dead, compiled Irom var
ioua sources, but believed to be authen
tic. There were hundreds of bodies
burned and buried in the sea and in
the sand, wheie no identification was
possible. Other hundreds were buried
on the beach of the mainland, few of
whom have been identified. Some
bodies are still in the ruins ot Galves
ton and scattered along tbe beach of
tbe mainland and in tbe marabes,
where they were thrown by tbe water.
Some of these bodies have been sent 20
miles inland along small water courses
by tbe rush of high wstera. Taking
all things into consideration there
seems no longer any doubt that the
number of dead will reach beyond the
estimate of 5,000 which baa been made
by Mayor Jones and other reliable citi
zens of Galveston.
About 1,800 refugees arrived here
from Galveston last nght and are being
cared for as well as possible. Four
buildings have been set apart for tbe
benefit of rufgees, but of the 8,500 who
have reached here so far not more than
800 remain public charge, the re
mainder having gone to tbe homes ot
relatives and friends. .
Agents of several insurance compan
ies are passing through to Galvetton.
They say tbat there is certain to be
much confusion. They do not know
what action will be taken by the com
panies concerning tbe payment of
claims without proof of death, which,
in many cases, will be imossible.
Contributions of money continue to
come in, as do supplies of all sorts.
E. D. Dorchester, manager of the
Velasco Terminal railroad has reached
this city. He says three-fourths of the
Velasco people lost tbeir homes and
four persons were drowned. Eight
bodies were washed ashore at Suif
Side, supposed to be from Galveston.
INTENTIONS OF KRUGER.
It Is Said He Will Bet Up His eortra-
. ' uieut In Mosambloiue.
Ne York, Sept. 17. A dispatch to
tbe Tribune from London says:
The Mail's correspondent in Lonren
co Marques learns that Mr. Kruger has
resigned the presidency of the Trans
vaal, but remains a member of the ex
ecutive. General Botha is said to have
been so incensed at the cowardly con
duct of his forces that be has resigned
the supreme command, and Viljoen is
now comuiandant-ueneral. Aocording
to a Lisbon message to the Express,
Mr. Kruger proposes to set up the seat
of his government at Mozambique.
Kews from tbe seat of war in South
Africa is indecisive, but it is clear tbat
Lord Iioberta is making a concentrated
movement upon Komatipoort, and has
left Pretoira in order to direct it per
sonally. Ian Hamilton is returning to
the railway from Lydenburg; Pole
Carew is pushing east towards Nel
spruit'; French is making for Barberton,
and Buller has divided both his forces
and cut off a portion of them from
communication with the commandos
between Nelspruit and Komatipoort.
Lydenburg apprently was abandoned as
soon sb it was captured, and the Brit
ish forces are in hot pursuit of the rem
nant of the Boer army, and driving it
eastward to the Portuguese frontier.
These tactics are bold, bet in accord
ance with Lord Roberts' strategy Binoe
February. Komatipoort is the new
objective point, and when it is captured
Lord Roberts will be oiedited with
having ' taken possession of the lsst
Dutch railway line and closed the door
into neutral territory. Tbe work of
pacification will not have been
thoroughly worked out, but the main
object will have been secured, as was
done when Blomefontein and Pretoria
were occupied.,
Mew Law Creates a Mob.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14. When
the new law adopted by the last legis
lature preventing the uae of trading
stamps went iuto effect the first of this
month, Manager Buntty, of the trad
ing stamp store, 1329 Fulton, issued a
circular announcing that he would
cease operations today. Since the is
suance of the circular thousands ot
women who held trading stamps issued
by the various stores doing business
with Buntty have besieged him and
made bis life unbearable. He has
been compelled to barricade himself
and . seek aid to prevent summary
aotion on the part of tbe infuriated
women. i
: Aduilrel Sleerd Deed.
Rome, N. Y., Sept. 17. Eear-.Vd-inirul
Montgomery Sicard died of apo
plexy at A. M. today, at his summer
home at Wetternville.
Our desires often loom up so large
that we fail to see our mercies behind
them.
Sympathy From Pwra.
Lima, Peru, Sept. 17. The house
of representatives has sanctioned a mo
tion to scud a cablegram to, the presi
dent of tbe United States, expressiug
tbe condolence of the people ot Peru
over the disaster of Galveston.
Montana Miners Killed.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 17. Thomas
Kelley aud James Murray were killed
in tbe Stowart mine this morning by
an explosion of powder in tbe magaziue
ou one of the lower levels.
pan'a Attitude Toward China.
The racial differences that exist be
tween Japan and China have probably
led some obaervera to believe that the
two peoples are naturally antipathetic.
The war of 1894 4ias been cited as proof
of this, and in tbe present criais in the
Far East it appears to be taken lor
granted by many that the Japaneae
people will regard China's misfortune
as their opportunity. That there is
no valid reason for thinking that this
Is Japan's attitude, and that thoae who
are moat prominent in guiding Japan's
publio policy sincerely desire to estab
liah and foster friendly feelings with
China, is ably shown by Durham
White Stevens, Esq., counsellor of the
Japanese legation, in his article, "Ja
pan's Attitude Toward China," which
appears in tbe current issue ot Collier's
Weekly.
Kara Philippine Jiw.li.
The rarest corals In the world are to be
found in the Philippines. As precious OS
this jewel is, there ia atill a rarer one. and
that is health. It may be possessed by
any one who will use Hosteller's Stomach
Hitlers for indigestion, dyapepsia, belching,
heartburn or rleeplessness. Try it.
Southern Moonahlnora.
The gneat majority of moonshiners
are to be found in the mountain fast
ness of Georgia, Alabama and Tennes
see, and here they live in conditions
of civilization as crude as tbeir ances
tors, most ot whom were English fugi
tives from justice who reached this
country more than a century ago. In
deed, in many respects tbese descend
ants have retrograded rather than ad
vanced. Had ther been surrounded
(or a century by a Chinese wall they
could not have been more destitute or
ignorant of tbe modern conveniences,
ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
Congress Ia Acting to
Hale.
Suppress Theli
Tbe report of tbe senate committee
on manufactures upon the subject oi
food adulterations and food fiauds has
created a sensation in congress and
awakened great interest throughout
tbe country.
If there could be published a list of
the names of all articles of food found
by the committee to be adulterated or
made from injurious ingredients, it
would be of inestimable valne to the
public.
Tbe recommendations of the commit
tee that the sale of alum baking pow
ders be prohibited by law, will make
of special interest the following list of
names of baking powders which chem
ists have found to contain alum:
Baking- Powders Containing: Alum:
K. C Contains Alum
Manr. by Jaqun Mfg. Co., Chicago.
CALUMET Contains Alum
Manr. by Calumet Baking Powder Co., Cbicago.
HOME Contains Alum
Mant by Home Baking Powder Co- San Francisco
WASHINGTON Contains Alum
Manr. by Pacldc Cbcmloal Works, Tacvma.
CRESCENT Contains Alum
Manr. by Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle.
WHITE LILY Contains Alum
Manf. by D. Ferrera A Co., Tacoroa.
BEE-HIVE Contains Alum
Manf. by Washington Mrg. Co., San Francisco.
BON BON Contains Alnm
Xant by Grant Chemical Co.. Chicago.
DEFIANCE Contains Alum
Manf. by Portland Coffee A Spice Co.. Portland.
PORTLAND. Contains Alum
Mant by Beoo A Ballis, Portland.
It is unfortuLte that many manu
facturers of alum baking powders stati
that their powders do not contain
alum. It ia only right that consumers
should have oorreot information as to
the character of every article of food
offered to them.
Superstition In Yucatan.
"Apropos of the wonderful ancient
ruins in Yucatan," said a New Orleans
college professor, "there is one very
fortunate circumstance which has pro
tectea them almost entirely from spoli
ation by the Indians. It is currently
believed by the natives all through that
part ot the country that tbe ruins are
haunted and that devils will carry
away anybody who attempts to molest
them. This superstition has been en
couraged by explorers, and is a better
safeguard than a picket of soldiers."
Do Tour Feet Aehe and Burnt
6hake Into your shoes A lieu 'a Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight or
new shoes feel easy; gives instant relief to
corns and bunions. It's tbe greatest com
fort discovery of the age. Cures swollen
feet, blisters aud callous apots. Allen's
Foot-Ease is a certain cure for ingrowing
nails, sweating, smarting, hot. aching feet.
We have over 30,000 testimonials. Itcures
while you walk. All druggists and shoe
stores sell it. 25c. Trial package FKKK
hv mail. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le
Roy. N. Y.
It is a hard matter to discern rightly,
whether a good or an evil spirit does
provoke thee to covet this or that.
DXAFNCSS CANNOT Bat CTJBatT
By local applications, aa they cannot reach the
diseased portion ol tho ear. There is only one
way toouredoalnes, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness ia caused by an In
flamed condition ol the mucous lining oi the
Eustachian Tuua. When tbia tube gets in
fianied vou have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it ia entirely closed
deafness Is the result, and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and t h Is tube restored to
its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed
lorever; nine cases out ot tea .are caused by
catarrh, which la nothing but an uitlemed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
ease oi Desiness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall s Catarrh Cure, Bend lot
.ironl1 J. CHENEY aV CO, Toledo, a
Bold by Drungists, 76o
Hall's Family Pills are the teat.
Deliberate muoh before doing or say
inn anything, for you have not the
power ot recalling what has been said
or done.
' All farmers are not good judges of
butter and lose the advantage of hiuh
prices thereby. They keep oream too
long or fail to use a thermometer when
ohnrning, making mistakes that might
be avoided by taking precautions
against selling an inferior article.
Better make of every sorrow step
ping stone to higher, nobler thought
and deed than to hang it against your
hear to weigh yon down . itijo the
slough ot despondency, '
MORE TROOPS READY
British to Have Men Conve.
nient for China.
SOLDIER FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Americana Han Beg-nn Construction of
Ftrnaasal Tologntph Hetweow
Tioa Tain and Pekiu.
London, Sept. 18. In accordance
with the prediction of Sir Rert Hart
that there will be turther hostilities
in China in November, the press un
drestands tbat the British government
is already considering the transfer ol
troops from South Africa to India lu
order to make it practicab'e to send
more British troops to China. The
military authorities consider the war
in South Africa so far ended tbat
troops may now be safely moved.
It is possible that the Russian lega
tion has already been removed from
Pekin to Tien Tsin, but there is no
definite news as yet as to whether Li
Hung Chang will after all go to Pekin.
General Dorward is going to the capi
tal, leaving the British troops at Tien
Tsin under command of Brigadier-General
Campbell. Vice-Admiral Alex
ieff has returned to Taku.
Tbe Americana have begun at Ho Si
Wu a permanent telegraph line be
tween Pekin and Tien Tsin.
Tbe Pekin correspondent of the Daily
Mail says that tbe assassin of Baron
von Ketteler has been shot.
Tbe Morning Post's representative at
Pekin says that tbe question ia being
discusse-1 of sending relief to a few
British, French and Amerioan engi
neers, who are besieged in a, city 200
miles south of Pekin.
Chinese officials estimate tbat 20.000
disbanded Chinese soldiers, by the
simple expedient of turning their coats,
managed to remain behind in Pekin.
Other dispatches confirm the report
that in addition to Hsu Tung, the
guardian of the heir apparent, Ya Lu,
viceroy of Chi Li, and Wang Yi Yung,
president of the imperial academy,
with 200 members of official families,
committed suicide when tbe allies en
tered Pekin.
HUSTLED BY A MOB.
Ohio "Boxers" Forcibly Expel Oowle
Teachers From the City.
Mansfield, O., Sept. 18. A mob to
day drove Zion Elder Ephriam Baa
singer, of Bluffton, Ind., and two ol
Dowie's converts here out of the city,
and thus broke the monotony ot the
usual routine followed for the past lour
Sundays.
Elder Bassinger was in the city yes
terday, held several meetings without
molestation, and had a number of con
sultations with bis attorney, A. A.
Douglas. He left last night, but re
turned again today and was holding a
meeting at the home of E. H . Leiby,
when the officers went there and took
him to tbe depot, followed by a jeering
mob of several hundred. He was
target for apples, tobacco quids, mis
siles and kicks, as ha was escorted to
the depot, and when he arrived there
he was pitiable sight. The passenger
train was missed by about two min
utes, and while they were waiting for
tbe next train tbe mob went to the
borne of E. H. Leiby and took himfund
Frank Calver, both Zion followers,
and marched them to the depot. When
an express train arrived all three were
put on it and hustled out of tbe city. .
CLUBBED TO DEATH.
Brutal Murder of a Portland Saloon
Keeper Mot It Was Kobbery
Portland, Or., Sept. 18. A brutal
murder, followed by robbery; was com
mitted at an early hour yesterday
morning in a saloon on the southwest
corner of Fourteenth and Marshall
streets, H R. Dickel. the proprietor of
the place, being the viotim.
Although the tragedy oocurred about
2 o'clock, nothing was known of it un
til nearly 4, when Partolman Wheeler,
on his regular rounds, was passing the
premises. He noticed that tiie saloon
was lighted np, which was something
unusual, and he proceeded to investi
gate. On entering a little cardooin at
Jhe rear, be found the ' body of the
murdered man in a corner, : leaning
against the wall, where the murderers
bad placed it after riling the pockets
and helping themselves to the contents
of the safe, whloh it is thought
amounted to over 150.
Hew Burlington Line Opened.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 18. The first
train over the new branoh of the Burl
ington road from this oity to Dead
wood, S. D., left this oity at 11:80 to
night. The first train from tbe north
will complete its journey of 455 miles
at 11:80 tomorrow night. This new
route to the Black Hills country is al
most due north from Denver, the main
line of the Burlington being left be
hind at Brush, Colo. The road then
leads across Eastern Colorado and
Western Nebraska and into the Black
Hills.
Tbe Russian government is investi
gating tbe cost and probabilities ol
ouick delivery of 80,000,000 feet ot
lumber from Puget Sound to Vlaidyo
stock. '"' ," '
Three Negroes Lynched.
St. Louis, Sept. 17. A special to
tbe Post-Dispatch from Memphis,
Tenn., says: A masked mob of be
tween 60 and 100 men broke into the
jail at Tunica, Miss., early today and
took out three negroes, whom they
strung up to a tree within 100 yards of
the jail. , Not a shot was fired., , Each
negro bad committed a murder.. The
lynching ' is a oliinas of the intense
feeling agaiuit desperate ne,Toea which
baa been brewing in the ueighlnuliood
ol Tuuica (or months.