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VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1900.
NO. 43.
EVENTS-OF THE DAY
Epitome of thj Telegraphic
News ol the World.
TRUNK TICKS FftOk VilK WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
he Two Hemispheres Fmitl 1 ,
In m Vor -tensed Iftvm v
TAie alliet captured Shan Hal Kwm,
German routed a Boxer force near
Pekln. ..
Roosevelt reoelved groat ovation In
Lincoln, Neb.
Haunt poke in Chicago on the Tarn
many ice trout. '
Minister Wa confirm th reported
indictment of Piluu Toaa. -
Prospects are again good (or settle
ment of the Chine question.
British election returns ooutluue to
ihow large Conservative gains.
A business block at Shaniko, Or.,
was completely destroyed by lira. ;
Daily Democrat of Moutann, noinl
Dated Thorn 8. llogau for goveruor.
Massachusetts Democrat nominated
full Mate ticket, beaded by Hubert
Treat Palue, Jr. , : 1 . ; ',
A negro fteuil wa burned at the
take at Wetumpka, Ala., (or an at
tempted criminal assault.
The population of the city of Seattle,
MoHlcially announced by the United
Htute census bureau, la 80,071, aa
tgaiust 4:1,387 in 1HUU, an luoreasaof
S7,b34, or 8S.11-' per cent.
The reruvlan cabinet ha resigned,
awing to unanimous vote of ceneare
by cougrew, being Inevitable aa a re
sult of the scandal in connection with
the purchase of arm in Belgium and
the alleged oe by Seuor Itelamuude,
si-mlnlster of finance, of government
fuuda for hi private trammel Ion. .
According to seml-olHclsl state
menta, the Russian naval estimate for
1110 1 how a total of B7,ua7.8t)U rou
bles, an Increase of 10.000,000 rouble
tor the curreut year. The ordinary ex
penditure wallow 60,000.000 rouble,
of which 16,000.000 la intended to
trengttieu the fleet, 8,000.000 roublei
for harbor work at Li bail, 3,000,000
rouble to be expended at Vladlvoatock,
aud 8,000,000 at Port Arthur.
Kate Canuaok. wife of George Can
mack, the Kloudike nillliouairo. Hied
a uit in the uperior oonrt at llollls
tar, Cal., for divorce, allegiug deser
tlon and iufldellty. She demand half
pf the community proerty, which oon
ist of valuable Klondike mine, real
estate in Seattle and other place, and
large corns duponited In Ilollistpr, Han
Pranolsoo and Seattle bank. . The en
tire proparty m appraised at f 1,900,
000. Caruiack proposes to contest the
lult, aud a sensational trial Is antici
pated. '
Ilrltlih recapture their guns from the
Boers.
Bryan mad a doxen apechea la
Minnesota. ,
Germany denie any agreement with
France aud Russia. ;;
Many business men will join excur
sion to Walla Walla.
Roosovelt spoke to 80,000 or 40,000
Nebraskan in MoC'ook.
Idaho miners convicted ol conspiracy
to obstruct mail train duriug big strikt
of 18UU.
Vahlngton itookman confer with
Commissioner Hermann regarding
graxing on foreat reserve.
The population of the city of Los
Angelea, Cal., according to the census
of 1000, la 103,479, an Increase of 63.
048, or 108.8S per oent since 1800. "
Within a radius ol 12mileso( Sump
tor, Or., six luaiber mill aro in opera
tion. The timber in that district is of
splendid quality and there is an active
market for it. ; V. .,
John E. Hudson, president of the
American Bell Telephone Company,
died suddenly In the Boston & Maine
railroad station at Beverly, Muss.,
while waiting for a train.
The 700" employes of the Reading
Iron Company, of Deanville, Pa., de
cided today to accept the 85 per cent
reduction in their wages, to take effect
October, and against which they
struck. ; . . -
The Austrian steamer Lloyd has
sailed from Lourenco Marques, having
on board 400 Transvaal refugees, part
of them being Irish-Americans.' All
their expense .have been paid by the
Tausvaat government.. Knob man re
ceived 80 shillings and will be paid
If IS. B0 on landing at any port which
may be selected by them.
81m Leep was killed at Carson.' Or.,
by being run over by a logging wagon.
The aocident occurred one-half mil
from Brown's saw mill, where he was
employed. He was driving a heavily
loaded four-horse logging wagon down
a steep giade, when the brake tailed to
work, and the homes ran away. Th
driver jumped, but was caught under
the load. Deceased was 85 years old.
Two of the horses were killed outright.
A man in North Missouri is named
South West. , , ,
Lord Robert 1 due In London on
November 1, Buller la to command In
South Africa.
. The postal service establishment of
the United States is the greatest busi
ness concern in the world.
Belgium use more tobaoco, in pro
portion, than any other country, about
110 ounces per capita yearly, whilt
Italy uses only 28 ounces,
LATER NEWS,
Tba Boers tr active in Orange River
Jolony.
Roosevelt tpok to two big meeting!
in Chicago.
Japanese troops are withdrawing
now China.
Rourke Cookran discussed the Issues
in Topeka, Kansas,
Th battleship Texa may be perman
ently retired from service.
A collision on the Great Northern
line near Seattle resulted In the death
of an engineer and the serious injury
of another.
A tornado itruok the town of Biwa
bik, in Northern Minnesota, killing
nine persons, lnjuriug several othen
and doiug damage to the amount of
1600,000.
The seoretary of the interior has de
cided to dispose of the Indian lands
ceded to th Chippewa in Minnesota,
amounting to 74,12ft acres. They oon
siat Of pine and agricultural lands.
Fire on the dork of the Atlantic
Transport Line, in the North river.
New York, destroyed one of the piers
of the company, wtb all the meridian
dine on it, entailing a loss of 1176.000.
The population of the city of Taco
ma. Wash., according to the United
State census for 1600, is officially an
nounced as 87,104, aitaiust 88,001 in
18U0, an increase of 1,708, or 4.84 per
ceut. , ...
It i officially auuonnoed by the oen
sns bureau that the nrmnlMtinn nf tha
state of New Hampshire ia 411,688.
in 18U0, the population wa 87,B0.
th iucrease being 80,068, or 9.80 per
cent.
LI II una Chang has ordered the re
lease and safe escort to l'ekin of Ave
Belgian engineers and 15 missionaries,
who have been kept prisoner many
w'k at I'ao Ting l'u. Li Hung
Chang 1 apparently doing bia utmost
to please the powers.
At Trenton, N. J., Kddie Moilriile,
10 years old, died from bnrna receive.)
while playing "Indian" with compan
ion. McBride was tied to a stake aud
bia clothing saturated with gasollue
and then ignited, The boy broke loose
and ran screaming to his home, where
be died.
The war department has approved
an exhaustive opinion by Judge Advocate-General
Lielier to the effect that
absentee from a volunteer teglinrnt.
save priaomirw of war, are discharged
from the set rice on the same date upon
which their orgsuiaation I mustered
out. Th decision wa ImiHirtaut a
affecting the pay and status of many
o Ulcers serving on detaohed duty.
Fightiug has bioken out again In
Asbantee. . .
Shan Hal Kwan forts surrendered to
the British.
A plot to assassinate President Mo-
Kluley baa been discovered.
In a train hold-up near Council
Bluffs, on robler waa killed.
Passengers on Nome steamer were
vaolnated on account of new outbreak
of aamllpox in Alaska.
Evidence claimed to have been found
which prove that Monnt Baker mine
r not in American territory.
in an explosion at the Corning (few-
der Works at Santa Crua, Cal., C.
Merler, an employe, wa killed, and J.
Valencia was fatally injured.
Portuguese officials at Lourenco.
Marques have warned President Kruger
to make no mote soeeche and forbid
hi wearing tusiguia of olllce.
The latest report of cotton damage
to the state ol Texas by the receut
flood place the estimate at 400,000
bale. The value i estimated at not
less than 820,000,000.
Boera captured a British convoy and
wrecked a train. Of the convoy's
escort of 60 men only 12 escaped and
in the train wreck, live Briton were
killed and 19 injured, . ; .,,.
The population of Arkansas, aa o 111
cUliy announced by the United State
census bureau, is 1,811,604, an In
crease over the population of 1880 of
188.885, or 10.SB per cent.
General Wood, commanding the
United States forces in Oub, has made
hi annunl report to the war depart
ment. It contains his reoommeudation
that all troop In Cuba be mouuted, to
gether with an account of the with
drawal of the troops duriug the past
year. The health of the ti oops, he
says, has been good, and their conduct
is commended. ,
C. E. Gallaway, aged 89, died at
Denver, Colo., from injuries received
by being struck by tramway car.
He was believed to he the oldest news
paper editor in the United State He
was born in Portage county, O., Feb
ruary 18, 1812, learned th printing
trade in Lawreucevllle, Ind., and pub
lished aud edited newspapers in Ohio,
Illinois, Missouri and Utah.
Private letter received from Havana
tnitlnnta that mnoh aDorehension ex
ists among the Americans there regard
ing the yellow fever, as tlie conditions
grow woVse instead of improving,
flivllian emtdovee in Cuba seem to be
subjeot to the disease, and in several
government offices many nave ueen
stricken. There Is yet no fear ot the
fever spreading among the troops.
Pearls are being found ip great quan
tities in the Black and St. Francis riv
er, in southwest Missouri.
General Richard O'Grady Ilaly, the
new commander-in-chief of the British
troop in Canada, won the distinguish
ed service order in the Kgyptian expe
dition of 1888.
Diirimr the last three years Russia
has been oalontzinii Siberia as far as
possible. At least 800,000 colonists
have been sent Into the country over
th Trans-Siberian railway,
NAVY SHOWED FIGHT
Chinese Fleet Tried to En.
gaffe Russian Cruiser.
BUT THE LATTF.lt GOT AWAY
Allied Squirt rnn. Will Fare th Wa
sUlps to Capitulate, or KIm
Will ItMtray Tbeia.
London, Oct. 8. It I repotted In
St. Petersburg, according to the corre
spondent of the Time at the Russian
capital, that the Chinese fleet in For
mosa strait attempted to engage the
Russian cruiser Rurlk, but the latter'
speed Irustrated the plan. The corre
spondent says the allied aqoadron will
force the fleet to capitulate or will de
stroy it.
Shanghai telegrams announce that
the imperial edict, dated September
80, ordering the court to be removed
to Siuau Fn, wa issued owing to the
famine at Tai Yuan Fu, capital of the
province of Shun Si. They also ex
press the opinion that the object of the
reoeut edict regarding the degradation
of the Chinese personages of high rank
is merely to gain time to enable China
to tie In a better position to dety tbe
powers, a the new capital will be vir
tually inaccessible to foreigners, The
Shanghai correspondent of the Morning
Post, discussing this aspect of the caae,
remarks:
"The German troops have no means
of transKirt. and any attempt to fol
low the ChiufNe court would be, there
fore, quite futile." i ' .
11m suya the Chinese firmly believe In
tho existence of a Ritsso-German agree
ment, under which Russia will take all
tbe territory north ot the great wall
and Germany the provinces of Chi Li
ami Shan Tung.
The Times' representative at Shang
hai says:
"It is believed here that highly in
flammatory edicts are being issued
secretly, and thut the recent public
edict are only iuteuded to hoodwink
the powers.''
MILLIONS FOR LEVEES. '
Why Mot H. a Portion of This Waaay
fur ltrviMr.r
The hiatory of levee construction on
the Mnisiaidppl river has been a long
one. The tlrat levee was begun in
1717, which was, when completed, on
mile long, erected to protect New Or
leans, then a mere village. This levee
was tour feet hiuh and 18 feet across at
the top. It was not, . howxver, until
after Louisiaua had been ceded to tbe
United States that levee construction
was begun on a large scale. A the
work progressed u'p the river and addi
tional basius and 1 Kit torn s were en
closed, the levees necessarily iuoreased
in height. The average height of the
levees in Louisiana above New Orleans,
Is now between 18 and 18 feet, and this
heigh, proved insufficient in the great
Hood of 1807. This Hood indicates to
the otticial engineers that three or four
loot additional will be required.
' Fortttitts Appropriated.
Million and millions of dollars have
been appropriated by the federal gov
ernment for the building of these levee
and other constructions intended to
protect the surrounding country Irom
floods, and millions more must be ap
propriated by every congress to come
uuIbks other steps are taken to prevent
these floods. These measure ot the
government are merely palliative; they
do not go to the root of the evil. The
report of Captain Hiram Chittenden, of
the government engineer ooips, how
ever, shows that there 1 a way to
strike at the trouble itself, and largely
prevent the flood instead of trying to
enclose them between bank alter they
have become such.
Storage Kfsrvolrs.
He shows in his oiiicial report that,
by the building of a series of great
storage reservoirs at the head waters of
tns Missouri, floods can be prevented
through the diverting of the excess of
water into these artificial lake.
Surely this is something for congress
to give its attention to. Here is a
practical plan. An ounce of preven
tion is worth a ponui of oure. Con
gress will go ahead appropriating mil
lions every session for flood prevention
without a question, but it will not ap
propriate the same amount lor a plan,
which, according to the government's
own engineers, promises far greater re
sults. Of course, the storing of ttase
reservoirs would mean tho reclamation
ol lurge tracts of land to irrigation;
but this need not worry congress, even
its Eastern members, for the Kastern
merchants are already alive to the situ
ation, and realise that the reclamation
of the arid West would open to them
the finest market in the world.
GUY E. MITCHELL.
Confessed to Kobberr.
" San Francisco, Oct. 8. A man giv
ing the name of Frank W. Travers bas
surrendered himself to the police, al
leging that he robbed hi brother, D.
;. Travers, of 41 Park Row, New
York, of 11,000, last July. He say
that he stole the money from the cash
drawer after his brother had refused to
loud it to him.
Lloyd MvKtui UarrUou Dead.
Spriugflold, Mas., Oct. 8. Lloyd
MoKim Garrisnu, aged 83 years, a New
York attorney, ia dead after an illness
of about six weeks with typhoid fever.
He was a relative of William Lloyd
Garrison, the note abolitionist.
Powder Rxploelon.
Shamolkn, Pa., Oct. 8. By an ex
plosion at Asbury Powder Mills, near
here, last night, two men were killed
and another was so badly burned thai
he i not expected to recover.
A FURTHER CONCESSION,
till tbe Miners tufas to Ketura ta
. Work.
Philadelphia, Oct. 6. -There were
no developments of special importance
today In th miners' strike. An in
teresting feature was the Reading Com
pany's notice to it employe that in
addition to its offer of a 10 iei cent in
crease, it was willing to enter into
arbitration with them relative to any
grievance they may have. None of
the strikers, however, ha yet indicated
sn intention to return to work. Af
fair were extremely quiet today
throughout the anthraoita legion.
General Gobin in command of the
state troop recently sent to Schuylkill
county on request Irom tbe sheriff, to
day directed another of tho regiment
to return home tomorrow. One regi
ment left Monday. There remains but
one regiment, a buttery of artillery and
a company of mounted troops.
A secret conference of the leading
officials of the miners' organization was
held at Hazleton. At its conclusion,
President Mitchell said the question of
calling a joint convention had not been
considered. He 'added that out of
143,000 mineworkers, only about 6,000
Sr at work, and these, he aaid, would
be out in a short time. The time limit
of the Lackawanna Company's offer of
increased wanes will expire tomorrow,
but strikers generally express their
determination to pay no heed to th
offer.
BATTLE IN ASHANTEE.
Bard righting Between British Foreee
and Natives.
London, Oct. 5. A dispatch ft the
Morning Post from Kutnassie report
that heavy fighting took place fast Sun
day between Colouel Willcock's column
and tbe Asbantee, at Aba Ashu.
"Alter heavy fightinii," says the dis
patch, "tbe British column made an
ineffectual attempt to charge the
Asbantee positions, but wa obliged to
retire and to resume tbe rifle duel
while awaiting reinforcements. Event
ually, after bard work, Colonel Will
cocks oaptured tbe positions and occu
pied tbe "village of Isnashn without
more opposition. Recently the British
carried three other villages at the
point of the bayonet and burned them.
Seventy Ashanteea were killed. The
British lossea were Major Meliss and
Captain Luard, severely wounded;
three officer sliiihtly wounded, three
men killed and 28 o'hers wounded.
A flying column of .800 men, with two
guns, wa sent Monday in-puisuitof
the enemy."
Boere Captured Convoy.
-London, Oct. 6. The following dis
patch ha been 'received from Lord
Robeitc
"Pretoria, Oct. 4. A convoy of 23
wagon, escorted by 60 mounted men,
wa attacked by 140 Boer October 1,
near Dejager Drift, while on the way
to Vryheid. Twelve of the men es
caped. Tbe fate of the others ia not
known. ; ..,.."
"The Boer derailed a train near
Pan yesterday evening. Five Cold
stream guards were killed and 19 in
jured. 'Commandant Dirksen, who has been
opposing Paget, ha surrendered, after
a personal visit to Komatipoort to as
sure himself that Kruger has gone'iuto
Portuguese territory." . . r
Th VllUlobet Snfe.
Washington, Oct. 6. The dispatch
from General MacArthur last week an
nouncing tbe disaster sustained by
Captain Shields' party on the Island of
Marinduque, left in doubt the fate of
the gunboat Villalolios, which had con
veyed the troops to Torrijas. In con-
sequence the nary department has been
receiving a number of telegrams aud
letters from friends and relatives of the
crew of the gunboat, asking for infor
mation aa to the affair.; A cablegram
was sent to Rear-Admiral Kempff, at
Cavite, and tin following reply has
been received: ,
"Caite, P. I., Oct. 5. Seoretary
Navy, Washington: No truth in any
unfavorable reports concerning Villa
boloa or her crew. Manila paper ol
September 8 published false reports.
KK.MPFF."
Buuinns Won Two rights,
St. Petersburg, Oct. 4. Tbe war
office announces that dispatches from
Kharbarovsk and Khnrbiu say General
Tschitschagoff sent Colonel Kopeiken
with a detachment of Cossacks, rail
road troops and volunteers to engage a
force of Chinese, who had occupied
tbe railroad at San Cbakan. The Rus
sians won two onbstinate fights. Forty-three
dead Chinese were left in the
trenches alter the second engagement.
Nn Strong Drink for Tommy.
London, Oct. 6. Lord Wolseley, the
commander-in-chief, in an open letter
asks the public wishing to honor the
returning soldiers "to refrain, while
extending them a hearty welcome,
from offering them intoxicating liquors,
as, like all of us, they are open to
temptation." The commander-in-chief
also ays he trusts the greeting to the
brave soldier will be something better
than an incitement to excessive drink.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6. Reports from
all parts of tbe state iudicnte that the
Democratio majority in today's elec
tion for state officer, members of tbe
general assembly aud local county
offices, will be about 50,000. There
being practically no opposition to the
Democrats, the rote was light.
I'lttiburg Plumbers Struck.
Pittsburg, Oct. 6. Fifteen hundred
journeymen plumbers, employed by
115 firms in Pittsburg, struok today for
uniform wages and a revision of the
rule governing the trade. , All the
shops owned by members of the Mas
ter Plumbers' Association are affected.
Jenloaey Was the Cause.
Rouklin, Cal., Oct. 5. Russell
Landl tonight shot and killed bis wife
aud mortally wounded. Constable W.
J. Clyde. Jealousy wa the cauae.
AT LEAST MNE KILLED
Work of a Tornado in North-
eastern Minnesota.
ME PROPERTY LOSS IS 1100.000
LeeomotI.ee Were Shifted from the
Traeke and Pounded Inte Scran
Iron Mlnee Disabled.
Biwabik, Minn., Oct. 0. The tor
nado that raged in this vicinity last
evening wa most violent. Tbe storm
cnt a pathway 150 feet in width
through tbe northwestern corner of tbe
town, completely wrecking several
buildings. The property loss is esti
mated at 1100,000 and the known fa
talities number nine, with a scoie or
more injured, some severely.
The storm swept in a northwesterly
direction after leaving here and struck
a little Finnish settlement near Pike
lake, where number of building;
Were wrecked, in one of wbicb an en
tire family, consisting of husband, wife
and four children, were instantly
killed. So far their name have not
been obtained. It is believed when
the more remote district are heard
from further casualties may be re
ported. The house in which the Marowita
family lived wa completely wrecked,
and the body of Mr. Marowita wo
found 400 feet away, every bone in
her body being broken and ber clothing
completely stripped off. The body of
ber bnsband waa found amid the debris
of their home horribly mutilated.
William Ililstrom was struck on the
bead by a falling tree and bia skull
crushed. He afterward died at the
hospital.
Tbe engine houseof tbe Dnloth, Mis
sissippi & Northern railway was com
pletely wrecked and a number of loco
motives and cars were abifted from the
track aud pounded into (crapiron.
Tbe engine on which Murray and An
der n were when tbe storm broke was
blown from the track and the men
were pinned beneath it and horribly
burned by tbe escaping steam. Sev
eral cars were blown from tbe Dulutb,
Mississippi & Northern track and wure
found in the Duluth mine pit, hun
dreds of feet away. Many of the
building destroyed were owned by tbe
mining companies, and tenanted by
their employes. The sbaftbouse and
buildings of three niinaa were reduced
to kindling wood.
The tornado which lasted les than
five minutes, was preceded by an un
usually severe thunder and rain storm.
Tbe rain bas flooded many of tbe open
pit mines, and they cannot be operated
for some time.
Esploelon or 7.500 Pennds f Dynamite.
- Duluth, Minn., Oct. 9. A special
from Eveleth, Minn., tonight, reports
a disastrous explosion. Seven thous
and Ave hundred pounds of dynamite
in the powder magazine at the Pruce
mine, situated a balf mile from town,
blew op about 5:30 o'clock this after
noon. A bole 100 feet square and 25
feet deep marks tbe spot where tbe
magaaine stood. The force of the ex
plosion was so great that it smashed
every pane of glass within a radio of
two miles. The mine laboratory and
warehouse) were totally wrecked.
At least 200 people were hurt more
or less from being thrown down by the
shock or hit by shattered glass. The
explosion was plainly felt at Biwabik,
13 miles distant. The cause of tbe ex
plosion is unknown.
Boers Short of Ammunition.
London, Oct. 9. -It is estimated, ac
cording to the Pietermaritaburg corre
spondent of the Daily Mail, that 4,000
to 5,000 Boers have retreated from Pil
grim's Rest, northeast of Lydenburg,
with four long toms and 32 other guns.
The correspondent understands that
their long torn ammunition is almost
exhausted .
Lord Roberta, the Dail Mail an
nounces, will leave South Africa dur
iug the last week of October. Tbe au
thorities have decided to limit the
number of colonial troops who are to
be the queen's guests in London to 500.
Crime of nn Insane Mother.
New Yoik. Oct. 8.-Mrs. Lillian
Smith, of Inwood, borough ot Manhat
tan, while Insane this afternoon shot
and killed two of ber children, wound
ed a third and committed suicids.
Tbe tragedy took place in the old
Frank Leslie mansion. Mrs. Smith
was the wife ot Walter N. Smith, who
has been connected with a large grocery
house in this city for 81 yean. They
had been married 13 years. Mrs.
Smith had been in poor health of late,
and long brooding over the prospect of
death ia believed to have unsettled ber
reason.
American Collier Planted.
Sues, Oct. 9. The American steam
collier Emir, which recently sank in
the Sues canal while on her way to
Manila with coal for the American
fleet, but was successfully floated yes
terday, has atrived at Sues roads. She
is unable, however, to enter the port,
as she draws too much water. Her
cargo is being discharged, and divers
will examine her bottom to ascertain
the extent of her injuries.
Peary Not Yet Coming Home.
St. Johns, N. F.. Oct. 9. Tbe fail
ure of tbe Peary exploring steamer
Windward to return from the north
lead local observer to believe that
the explorer will not attempt to get
back thi autumn. Probably the sea
son just passed was an open one in the
far north. Should that have been the
case, Lieutenant Peary . ia likely to
have taken tha Windward into some
high latitude, hoping to nse her in
further expedition next season.
DEVASTATION IN TRANSVAAL.
Coasnl-Oenerni Stews' Report Sn the
Stntn Department.
Washington, Oct. 8. An interesting
picture ol tbe Transvaal and Free State
in August, after tbe wave of war had
passed over the country, is presented
in a report to tbe state department
from tinted State Conaul-General
Stowe, at Cape Town, dated August
17 last. He had just returned to the
Cape from a trip through tbe two re
public. He ay that for hundred
of mile all th wire fencing i down
ind cannot be used again. The post
have been burned for fuel and must be
replaced with iron posts, owing to the
scarcity of timber. The plowing In
progress is limited, compared with
former years, and there will be large
market for American cereal. By
Marcb, 1901, agricultural machinery
will be wanted.
Meat and livestock will continue to
be imported. Johannesburg had only
three days' supply of meat when Mr.
Stowe left the town. While the Boera
who bave returned are anxious to get
to work, aeveral month must elapse
Before things settle down to a normal
basis. The government i building a
new line of railway from Harrismitb
to oonneot with tbe Orange Colony sys
tem, so that th Netherlands railway,
with its 200 per cent dividends, will
no longer bave monopoly in the
Transvaal. ;Tber will be a big de
mand for bridge material and electrical
mahcinery and supplies.
Lord Robert ha appointed an ad
visory committee io assist him in tha
reopening of Johannesburg, and to ns
enre the return of tbe mining popula
tion, which the prosperity of the town
depend upon. It is queetinnable
whether an undesirable element com
mon to all mining town will be al
lowed to return to Johannesburg.
TELEGRAPH TO SKAGWAY.
The Mne Ie Completed and the Pint
Mesenge Sent to Settle Yesterday.
Seattle, Oct. 6. The tint telegram
from Skagway to Seattle, marking an
epoch in the history of business be
tween Alaska and tbe outside world,
was received here today. The time oc
cupied by tbe message in transit was
seven hours, which, however, will be
reduced one-balf as soon aa tbe line ia
in working order and business reduced
to a system.
; Tbe route taken by the message waa
from Skagway to Atlin, thence over
the old Atlin-Lillooet line to tbe
Fraser river, thence to Ashcroft and on
to Vancouver, from whiob place it wa
ent to Seattle.
The line over which it passed to Van
couver la that which tha Canadian
government bas been engaged in con
structing for the past four months. It
is not yet completed, and wilt not be
for about a week. However, in order
to get tbe first message through today,
a temporary line waa put np connect
ing the unfinished portion between
Lillooet aud Ashcroft, and in this man
ner tiie transmission of the message
was accomplished.
According to the reports received
here today, tha whole work of . the Ca
nadian government will be concluded
by October 10, alter which tbe through
me will be open lor commercial busi
ness. .
TO PUNISH KEBELS.
Whole Regiment Will Be Sent to
Mnrtndnqne.
Washington, Oct. 6. The following
cablegram ha been received at the war
department:
"Manila, Oct. 6. First infantry
goes to Marinduque, October 6, on
Sumner. General Hare is to com
mand the island, with orders to push
operations until insurrection is stamped
out absolutely. He will have 18 full
companies of infantry for the purpose.
Anderson's first operations developed
nothing. No reports since October 2.
"MACARTHUR "
The above dispatch relates to rein
forcements sent to the Island of Marin
duque, where Captain Shields and 61
men of the Twenty-ninth .volunteer in
fantry were either killed or captured
by the insurgents. At that time Gen
eral MacArthur sent Colonel Anderson
and two companies of the Thirty
eighth volunteer infantry, with the
Yorktowu and two gunboats, to the re
lief of Shields and his command, if
they were still alive.
. Colllelon nt San Prnnoteea.
San Francisco, Oct. 6. The naval
reserve ship Marion and tbe United
States ship Ranger were in collision
this morning and both were damaged
aliont the lowei rigging and along tha
rails.
Captain Bolles and Bulger, local in
spectors of steam boilers, commenced
an investigation today of the cause of
tbe collision between tha steamer
Columbia and the ferryboat Berkeley.
Tbe captains ot the two vessels and
members ol both crew were examined
aa witnesses. Additional evidence ia
to be taken and the case will then be
lubmitted for decision.
Andrup'e Greenland JCxplorutton.
Copenhagen, Oct. 8. Lieutenant
Andrup's Greenland expedition has ar
rived bere.on board the Antarctic. The
members of tbe expedition explored
and approached hitherto unknown
stretch of land extending from Cape
Town, latitude 69 degrees 88 minutes
nortn to Agassis land, 6? degree 23
minutes north.
Dutch Warships Ordered South.
Shanghai, Oct. 8. The Dutch war
ships Gelderland and Holland have
suddenly been ordered to Swatow and
Amoy respectively. .
Chnrged With Mnlleys Harder,
Wallace, Idaho, Oct. 6. -The coron
er's inquest on the body pf Matt Mai
ley, wbo was murdered Monday morn
ing, concluded today. Tbe verdict
charges Ed Rica with the crime, Rio
is in custody.
GOOD FORTUNE
HOW AN ENTERPRISING FARMER
STRUCK IT RiCH.
Shattered by Dli, Robert White,
- While BndeUTorlng to Cure HI naeir,
Made n Fortauntn DUeovery.
From the Democrat, fhelby vllle, lad.
Near Waldion, Ind., resides Mr.
Robert White, one of tha best known
farmers of the community. H I well
ituated, and just now ha bad. an un
usual share of good fortune.
In bis earlier days Mr. Wbite was
strong and atbletio, but now while on
the declining side of forty, hard work
and disease bave made biin a different
man, although today be is in good
health. .
For a number of year he ba been
troubled with rheomatiim, catarrh of
the head and stomach. Often in bad
weather his ailment would be aggra
vated and be would be in a serious con
dition. . ,
When the grippe visited this lection
seven years ago, Mr White wa one of
those attacked by this fearful disease
a- d was oon fined to his bed for severs 1
day. After recovering enough to sit
np for a few day, concluded ba waa
well enough to get out about hi work.
He went oat too soon. Most all pa
tients do that. He bad a relapse and
was confined to bis bed for several
weeks. Mis old disorders became
greatly affected. Too efforts of bis
physician, who had been attending
him. all the time, proved nnavailing.
The doctor was dismissed. Several oth
ers were tried but their treatment was
nseless,
I Mr; White doctored himself and nsed
many remedies said to be good lot his
diseases, but be was not helped.
He went to Matisville and took tha
baths, but they did him only tempor
ary good. "It seemed impossible to
get relief,", said he, "and I did not
know what to do.
; "At last I waa persuaded to try Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People,
and they cured me. I commenced
taking them last June, and alter taking
five boxes, I was entirely cured. Tbey
relieved me Irom ail suffering. Of
course I suffered from rheumatism
most, and I am now completely cured
of that. I bad tried two catarrh spe
cialists, who were said to be good for
the trouble, and they each said my
case was incnrable. Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People cleansed out
my system, purified my blood, and I
am now strung and well. These pills
relieved me of miserable suffering, aud
my only regret is. that I did not bave
the good fortune' to take them seven
years ago. I have recommended tbe
medicine to number and the dealer
in Waldron says he has a large demand
for it"
It waa nature's own remedy that ac
complished this cure caused by impure
blood, for Dr. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People are composed ot vegetable
remedies that exert a powerful inllu
ence in purifying aud enriching the
blood. Many diseases long rupposed
by the medical profession to be incura
ble nave succumbed to the potent influ
ence of these pills. Thi universal
remedy is sold by all druggist.
Ginger and Ita .Ueen. -
In a hundred thousand farm houses
the essence of Jamaica ginger is regard
ed ss on of tbe most valuable of family
medicines. It is still used with sugar
in the colli water furnished to baying
bands for drinking. It makes a whole
some beverage for any one in hot
weather, ' l": ';
Persons of weak digestion will find
a few drop of the essence useful if
token in water before breakfast with
out sugar.
Ginger tea, made fiom the root, is of
service, like catnip tea or sage tea, to
produce presperation in colds, or to
stimulate tbe system after exposure.
It is more palatable than the deooo
tiona of sage and catnip.
In toothaches s bit of root ginger
chewed slowly will remove tbe pain
and make one comfortable tills dentist
can be consulted
Nearly alt tbe good effects of alco
holic stimulants can lie secured from
ginger. But the so-called ginger habit
has to be guarded against. So has the
ooyenue pepper habit
An Overwhelming Thought. '
Our sun is a third-rate sun, sitnated
in the milky way, one of myriads of
stars, and the milky way is itself one
ot myriads of sectional star accumula
tions, for these seem to be countless,
and to be spread over infiinity At
some period of their existence each of
these suns bad planet circling around
it, which, after untold ages, are fit for
some sort of human beings to Inhabit
them for a comparatively brief period,
after which they' still continue for
years to circle around without atmo
sphere, vegetation or inhabitants, aa
the moon does around our planet. There
is nothing so calculated to take the
conceit out ol an individual who
thinks himself an important unit in the
universe as astronomy. It teaches that
we are less, compared with the uni
verse, than a colouy of ants ia to us,
and that the difference between men is
less than that between one ant and an
other. London Truth . , . ,
They who know God love Him, aud
they who love Him learn to know Him
best. - - .
It is a curious and interesting coinci
dence that white the old confederate
cruiBer Alabama wa for a long time
known a "No. 390," the new battle
ship Alabama was numbered "390'' at
the builder's yard before ber iptine was
decided upon, and without any thought
of the original. .
Brown I can hit a good oanteloupe
every time. . . : .
Inn., Vnn mini Wolf Bnv Ituer
do yon do it- by pbysiogomy or psy-
vuoiogyr isuiauauuiut journal, ,