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VOL.' XIX.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1902.
NO. 32.
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MIST.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THK FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
A ComprKiulv Rtvkw of tht Important
ItappinlnJ tf Ft Wk. Presented
III i Condsnsed rorm. Whith li Mori
llkily to Provt Interest to Our Many
Kuitn
Secretary Hoot hat gone to Kurop
for rlmrt vacation.
Fifty-six pertnii were drowned In
lurry Unit accident in Kuwtia.
The oniipli't" unofficial abstract give
flimnlxirluln 278 plurality (ur governor
ol Om
(it-im'ThI MacArthur ha aaaunntd
tdini ornry command ol the department
of the l-""''
Tli height o( tlie flood linn been
reached in tli" Mlswiealppl valley and
Hi river In falling lowly.
. .t v, ,l
Davii Merrill, the
JapmiuM) fluhermen on the Kraiwr
river are having trouble with the
In.liiiii and white flubcrmcn.
The war department U preparing to
build many mw quarter and barrack
tliMiighout the liuitwl Htate.
A rhiladwlpbla Udepbone company
haii made arrangpmetna to lnUll an
larin ayatnui. A mibm-ribcr In the
evrning tetla central what time he
winhi' to ttet up, and at that hour the
Ldxplmne bell will ring. It ia nw
miry for the milxn'rllier to take down
the receiver in order to atop the bull
ringing.
Cholera 1 raging in Upper Egypt.
At leant half of the cane are fatal.
The whlow of Lord Panncofoto will
be granted a much larger penaion than
ia ordinarily given.
A steamship aituk on the Ell river,
Germany, anil only 30 of the 186 p
ftdiigcr were waved.
Clin Htahl, a former Portland car
lwnter, waa carriwl out to eea and
drowned while bathing at Peaaide.
The war department ha allotted
1450,000 for-the eitablUhmont of a
groat military poat at Chickamauga.
The tranaport Sheridan baa arrived
nt Kan Frnnciaeo fiom Manila with
part of the Thirteenth lnlantry and
'Ihird cavalry.
The coalminera' convention at In
iliunu)o)i voted againat a general
trike, bht adopteil tho aaaeaanmnt plan
fur helping thoe already out.
Levee along tlie MlHaiaaippi river
near Keokuk, Ia., Rave way, flooding
many acres In Miammrl, Iowa and
Iliinoi. Tlie damage will reach at
leaat (1,000,000.
Throe people were killed by light
ning in Ht. Clair county, llllnol.
The coronation of King Edward ha
lawn definitely fixed for Augnat .
The Chicago froighthandler are dia
wtlHfliid and may go on trike again at
any time.
Immigration for the flacal year of
1H02 ahow an Increaae of ltl0,Ho
over 1901.
Fire at Block Ialand, R. L, destroyed
three hotel and noveral other mall
liuilding. .
In a head end colllalon on a Winion
sin road between two freight train,
both engineer and one fireman were
killed.
A French doctor Inoculated himself
with consumptive cow matter in order
to disprove Prof. Koch' theory.
John D. Rockefeller offered Smith
college, Northampton, Ma;, (100,000
on condition that a like lum be ub
icribed. Col. II. H. William, of uprlngfield,
O., former pottefflce inspector in Cuba,
predict that Cuba will aoon apply f'"
annexation, auch action 1 desired by
a majority of the people.
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RELIEF FOR STRIKING; MINER8.
Hew Their Leaden Expect le IUIh Defense
Nad ef $500,000 Pr Week.
IndIanaKlli, July 23 Only Pre!
dont Mitchell ami one or two member
of the national executive board are In
town at the present time. The care
of the national organization now will
be to aee to tbe col lection-of the de
fense luinl that la to carry on the
strike. Secretary Wilson, flnanuiai
head of the union, ia In Chicago thin
week and will lorn no time ia making
provision to handle till! vmna It I.
believed that all the voluntary contri
bution from the various district and
local organization will be turned into
bia hand within the next 10 day.
Them are estimated at about (400,000.
A part of the contribution hat already
Ix-en turned In, Ohio leaving a check
for lO.OOH More It delegation left
Indianapolis, and (50,000 Irom llllnol
li exported tomorrow. A systematic
plan will he adopted lor ctnvaasing (or
iiiiIhI.Ia iitiBf.rlnliiin. n.l 1. l ......1... 1.1.
that central labor union in all big
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Murderei Outlaw.
cities will he aakfel to take charge of
the task. The miner hope to raise
1250,000 a week from the public contri
bution, a that sum will bo needed to
bring the sum up to (500,000.
In a atateinnet issued today Presi
dent Mitchell 'estimate that contribu
tlmia Imm il 1st r lets, snlslistricta and
local organization for defraying etrike
ripenaea will amount to (400,000,
and estimnte the weekly assessment
from the 24 districts of the country at
(244,000, of which (7,000 I expectel
from Colorado miner. The total num
ber of anthracite etriker in the Penn
sylvania field i estimated at 150,000,
and the total number of dependent in
that field I placed at 760.000. The
number of striker (bituminous) In the
West Virginia field ia estimated at
25,000, with 75,000 dependent.
TO DEFEND COAST.
Pujet Sound te Hav Artillery Poiti Sum
ef $240,000 Mai B Sat Alio.
Waahington, July 23. The war de
partment hat tuken tep to dofend
Pugot sound more effectually against
foreign enemies by authorliing the con
struction of ooat aitillery posts at
Fort Wordon and Casey. For thi
purpose (240,000 has been allotted for
erecting frame barrackt and officers
quarters for two companies of coast
artillery each, together with guard
hone, eUible and admlniitrative
office, and other smaller bnilding
necessary to equip an army post. The
buildings will be erected by contract,
according to plana being prepared by
the quarternmater's department. It i
proposed to provide quarter for one
company at each post, before the full
equipment ia undertaken, as the de
fense now in position are without
proper protection.
A general sum has been aet aside for
erecting small building and making
repair at the coaat artillery poBta,
ll. h will Include work at the mourn
of the Columbia river.
forty Thoutand Strike.
New York, July tt.-Tb 25,000
raiment maker who struck yesterday
for higher wage and hoiter hour,
were Joined today by about 15,000
others! who asked that 6 houis be
considered a week ' work As this Is
the dull season In the trade, it ia ex
nccted that it will be some days before
the various Interests get together.
About nine different unions are en
gaged in the strike
Ouitcd From Kaaaai.
Topeka, Kan.. July 2S.-The
preme court today i".ed wri ousting
'. !..,. n.wik rnninanv from the
tne Amen" . , , ,
state of Kan.. and depriving it of the
riuht to transact misine ra
tion in this state until it .eenrea a
charter. The order wa grante-1 upon
the petition of the county attorney of
Shawm county, and grow, out of the
fl' ,Tfor the contract to .upply the pub
iif schools of the entire .tate with
gohool books.
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NEWS OP THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PART8 OF OREGON.
Comintrtlal and Pinaaclal Itapptnlnji of Im.
Frtnt4A BrM Rtvttw of trw Crewta
and ImprovcmcnU of tht Many laduitrlai
Thrwthi Our thriving CommoewulOi
-UUt Market tapert.
The prune crop in Marion county
will be about 40 per cent lest thi year
than last.
The Pacific Coast Lumlier Cnmoanv.
of Albany, ha been Incorporated With
ftu.uou capital stock.
During this warm weather anout 000
patient of the state insane asylum en
joy a picnic twice a week.
Several attempts have been mude the
past week to burn Fort Btevena, but in
each Instance the flame were discov
ered in time to prevent serious destruc
tion. Placer mining on the Sn ike river is
proving very profitable In some places
this season. The clean-up from one
bar for the season ia estimated at (10,-
000.
A representative . from a Nebraska
Arm lias nurchiiaed 1.000 head nf nvtra
fine horses in Crook county and will
ship tlieni r.OHt during August ana hep
tuluber. Considerable difficulty is being ex
perienced in securing labor to pull flax
in the fields around Salem. The work
is exceeding tiresome and hot and the
pay amail.
A big ledge of nickel, gold and copper
has been found in Josephine county.
The new vein is one of the largest
bodies of ore ever ui covered in South.
ern Oregon.
Towushlp 8 south, range 9 went,
fcih.ti nwutrvation. has been thrown
open for settlement and as soon a the
land office. at Oregon City wa open
there were more than enough in line to
file on the 142 claim.
Tho weather of the past month has
been exactly what the hop crop has
needed. All appearances point to an
vield. and with the present
Muli nriiwa. the nresoects are that the
hop grower will be one of the best paid
producers tins year.
A street fair will be held at La
Grand thia fall.
riai-kamaa count, boo arower have
old 32,000 pound of the 1001 crop at
20 cent per pound.
M.fl.m muntv farmer anticipate
much trouble in getting band to work
in the harvest fields tbis year.
The committees are active in the
preparations for the street fair to be
held In Baker city in eepiemoer.
Timber lands In Klamath county are
fiiut. In the neighborhood of
UOO filing have been made already thi
season.
The first free rural mail delivery
m.i. n Nnnthnrn Oreson will be es
tablished out of Ashland about the first
of September.
a violent wind storm did serious
damage In Umatilla county last week.
Much fruit wa knocked on me tree
and tome grain blown down.
t Lnwitwra. shells and other relics
of the historic Fort Sumter, in Charles-
hav. have been eecured lor me
soldier' monument in Poitland.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 63064c;
valley, 65c; blueatem, 66c.
Barley-$17.60 for old, (16.60 for
new crop.
FlnurBet trade. (3.063.60 per
barrel; graham, (2.953.20.
MUItuffg Bran, (15016 per ton;
middling, (21.60; short, (18;
chop, (16.
Oats No.l white, (1.151.20;gray,
(1.06(81.10.
i.. Tlmnthv. 112(315: clover.
(7.60Q10; Oregon wild hay, (5(96 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanke, 7685c
percental; ordinary, 60c per cental,
grower prices; weets. fi.zois.ou
per cental ; new puibmjob, iu.
Butter Creamery, 2021c; dairy
1618o; store, 15 16c.
Eggs 20(8 22o for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12X
a)13e;YoungAmerica, 13gnc; iao-
tory price. 19 ic less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, la.oucg
4.60; hen, (4.005.60 per doaen,
liailXc Per pound; spring, 11(8
UXo J pound, (2.604.60 per do
en; duck, is.oua.uu per uuu, .u-
key, live, 1314c, dressed, 1003100 per
pound; geese, (4.005.00 per doaen.
Mutton Gross. 283o per pound;
dressed, 60 per pound.
Hog Gross, 6cf Jressed, 77ttr
per pound.
Veal 738c per pound.
Beef Gross, cow, 33Xr steer.
8XXc; dreesed, 78c per pound.
n. nm7c: new crop 170180.
Wool Valley,12X15;Katern Ore-
gon, 8(14Hct mohali. wwtnc ponna.
The body of Jesse James is to be ex
humed at St. Joseph, Me., ana nunea
in the family lot at Kearney,
tri.o n..rllnalnn At Northwestern rail
1 in1 i' "n . ,
null. 105 milea long, will be shifted
from narrow to atandard gauge in ten
hour. One rail Is to be moved.
T..p.ul.lni drover Cleveland Is
about to publish, a book on ethics of
a.,ut lie declared in an interview
that fishing i the best means he knows
of to preserve health.
QXlN BOATS IN ACTION.
Naval Entafemant Take PI tea Off Panama
Between Gevcnment a4 Rebel Boat,
Panama, Colombia, July 22. The
Insurgent gunboat Padilla and ftarien
appeared last night between Flemonlco
and Ottique island. Governor Salazar
thereupon ordered the government gun
boat Chuchuito and Clapet to put to
sea and meet them. . Heavy cannonad
ing wa heard at 10 A. M. and contin
ued until 4 o'clock thi afternoon. It
wa heaviest at 10 this morning. At
2 o'clock the Darien was een in tow of
the Padilla, and It I believed that she
had been hit. The government fleet
wa handicapped by the absence of the
gunboat Boyaca, the keel of which is
being repaired, and it is thought prob
able that this fact was known by the
insurgent General Herrera, who de
cided to attack Panama in ordei to pre
vent tha government , from helping
General Bents' troops at Agna Dolce.
The United State steamer Ranger,
which arrived here from Cbiriqui, came
within the line of fire. During a part
of the heavy firing the waa back of
Flemonico ialand.
A representative of the Associated
Prest wa informed by United States
Consul Gudger that American interests
at Panama bad not been materially
interfered with.
Tbe government gunboat Boyaca,
which ia at La Boca, hurriedly com
pleted repairs and I going ont at 6
o'clock. The Padilla has gone. Tbe
Ranger left tbe bay after the Padilla
started, taking the same course as the
revolutionary gunboat. No explana
tion is offered for tht movement.
It is thought probable that a great
battle ia being fought at Agua Dolce.
Whatever the result of this shall be to
General Herrera' army, General Sala
zar, the governor of Panama, aaid to
the representative of the Associated
Press, the revolutionary forces will
suffer terribly and an attack by them
upon Panama will be rendered impos
sible, even if they are not defeated.
General Salazar ha blind confidence in
hia troops.
BALTIMORE TORNADO.
Severot Storm That Has Visited That City ia
Sevealeea Yean.
Baltimore, Md, July 23. The tor
nado which struck Baltimore yesterday
aftercoon, involving the loss of li lives
and a widespread destruction of prop
erty, was the severest that bad been
known in this section for 17 years.
No storm had beta forecasted. Almost
vithout a moment' warning an irre-1
siatible wind, apparently ia tbe nature
of a whirlwind, came op from the
southwest, and in an instant the water
of the harbor were converted into a
seething cauldron, frail boat were
capsized, while the staunchest veasels
at anchor were violently rocked.
A careful estimate today shows that
200 houses were unroofed during the
storm. The roof of the William street
Independent Methodist thurch was
lifted high in the air and blown over
tlie roof of other bouses a distance ot
150 feet. The etone spire of the Holy
Cross Catholic church was hurled to
the ground. A part of the roof of
Trinity Protestant Episcopal church
was torn off, while the historic teeple
of St. Mary' Star of the Sea Catholic
church was demolished completely.
The public squares and parks were
damaged badly. Patterson park is a
scene of desolation. The whole extent
of these pleasure grounds is strewn
with broken branches and uprooted
trees and the debris completely blocked
up tbe driveways. Many handsome
tree in Franklin square and Drnid Hill
park, as well as all the shade trees,
were uprooted bodily, falling across
thoroughfares and blocking them tem
porarily. Much damage was done to
house fronts in all sections of the city
by tbe falling trees.
In the business section numerous
plate glass windows were blown in,
while telegraph and telephone service
was crippled.
AMERICAN PACIFIC CABLE.
Contract Has Been Let la Loads lor Section
from Honolulu te Manila.
London, July 22. The Commercial
Pacific Cable Company signed a con
tract with the Telegraph Construction
Company in London this week for the
manufacture and laying of its cable
from Honolulu to Manila, touching at
Guam. The construction company
guaranteed to complete the cable by
June, 1903, if furnished with the neces
sary soundings. In the event that
these cannot be furnished the company
agrees to finish the cable laying within
such time thereafter as is necessary to
take the soundings.
Having two steamer capable ef car
rying 6,000 mile of cable, the company
is able to complete within a year work
which would take other contractors two
year to do. The steamer Silverton,
at Woolwich, is now loading the San
Francisco-Honolulu cable, 2,400 miles,
snd is expected to sail for San Francis
co in August. Eighteen hundred miles
of tbis section have already been man
ufactured and are being taken aboard
tht Silverton.
Government Salaries Will Bt Paid.
Washington, July 22. By direction
of the secretary of the treasury, war
rant covering the salaries of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St.
Louis and the other government eni'
oloves will be issued at once. Pay
ment has been withheld two months
pending the signing by the fair direct
ors of the contract binding them to
keep the exposition closed Sundays.
The withheld warrant amount to
(8,600.
DEATH INTHE ELBE
IPANIC ON EXCURSION STEAMER
CAUSED LO88 OF LIFE.
Chaaged Her Course Suddealy, Croatia, the
Bowa of a Tug, Which Immediately Ran
tier Dowa At Least Fifty Persons Are
Believed to Have Bean Prawned Par
ticular of the Disaster.
Hamburg, July 23. The steamship
Primus, of Hamburg, with 185 passen
gers on board, wa cut in two and sunk
by the tug Hanea on the river Elbe at
12:30 o'clock yesterday morning. So
far as II ascertainable about 60 persons
were drowned. The Primu was an ex
cursion steamer from Buxtehude, prov
ince of Hanover. Prussia. The disaster
occurred between Blankenz and Nien-
stadten.
At the time of the accident the
Primus was crowing the river channel
near Blankenz from the southern to
the northern fairway. According to
witnesses aboard the Hansa, the
movement was made too soon. The
Primns struck the tug's engine room,
and the Hansa endeavored to posh her
ashore, but the tug grounded and the
ships parted. The Primus then sank.
In the interval, however, about 60 of
her passengers were able to reach the
Hansa by means of ropes and ladders.
Seventy more were picked ip by the
tug's boats, while others swam ashore.
The disaster caused deep gloom here.
Many children lost both parents. The
choral society which was on board the
excursion steamer consisted mainly of
workmen. There were no foreign pas
sengers. The captains of tbe vessels
gave themselves op to the police.
The Primus was the oldest boat on
the Kibe. She was built in England
in 1844 and bad never before met with
an accident. The Hamburg-American
line, which owned the Hansa, issued a
statement to the effect that tbe weather
was fine, tbe moon waa shining and
both vessels were steering absolutely
clear of each other. Suddenly the
Primus, when about 450 feet from the
Hensa, put her rudder hard apnrt and
crossed the bows of the latter.
"Thi mistake," continues the state
ment, "rendered a collision unavoid
able. The only possible step for the
Hansa to take, namely, to go full speed
astern, was immediately carried ont,
but without avail. Less than a minute
elapsed between the time the Primus
changed her course and the collision.
Boats were immediately lowered from
the Hansa and ropes and ladders were
thrown overboaid. Fifty persons were
rescued by the boats. At the same
time, the Hansa tried to push the
Primus ashore, but being of deeper
draft, grounded herself before the pas
senger boat. Tbe Primus floated down
stream and sank 200 feet from the
Hansa."
GEN. BARNE8 DEAD.
Noted California Lawyer Expires Suddenly-
Great Orator and Scholar.
San Francisco, July 22. General
William H. L. Barnes, one of the lead
ing lawyers and one ot the most elo
quent orator of the Pacific coast, is
dead, of hemorrhage of the lungs. He
was 66 years of age.
General Barnes, who was a man ol
splendid physiuue, was first taken ilk-
March 16 last, with throat trouble,
which necessitated an operation. He
rapidly recovered, and was apparently
in his usual health nntil a week ago,
when he was prostrated at the Cali
fornia hotel with a severe hemorrhage.
The next day he rallied somewhat, but
a succession of hemorrhages followed,
each greatly reducing his btrength, and
at 7:15 yesterday evening he peacefully
expired.
When President McKinley visited
this city the summer preceding his
death, he became a warm admirer of
General Barnes and promised on his
return to Washington to appoint the
general United States minister to
japan. His assassination put an end
to all hia plans, although it was an
nounced that President Roosevelt in
tended to carry out the late president's
wishes in this respect.
General Barnes was a man of remark-
ablo versatility, being noted as 1
scholar, lawyer, linguist, lecturer, au
thor. artist and actor, although it was
as a lawyer and orator that he made
a national reputation. In lnt0 he
formed a partnership to practice law
with Joseph H. Choate, the present
ambassador to "the court of St. James,
but when the Civil war ,broke out,
Barnes left the law foi the army, be
coming a member of Fit John Porter's
staff. Retiring from the army on ac
count of impaired health, he came to
California.
New Surgeon General of Army.
Washington, July 23. The president
has designated Colonel R. M. O'Reilly
to be surgeon general of the armv, to
succeed General Forwood, who will re
tire on September 7 next. Colonel
O'Reilly will have until January, 1909,
to serve as surgeon general. lie was
appointed from Pennsylvania as a
medical cadet in 1864. He is a gradu
ate of the medical department of the
university of Pennsylvania.
Great Storm In Russia.
Kieffe, European Russia, July 23.
A torriental rain storm, accompanied
by violent wind and hail, broke over
Kieffe yesterday afternoon and turned
the streets into veritable torrents, flood -
Imh mII... and rlmurniiio IK mviinantn I
before they were able to escape. Large ,
trees were uprooted and railroad em-:
bankments were washed away, necessi-1
fating the suspension of traffic. The
losses sustained are very heavy.
PACE 18 TOO RAPID.
Count Matauuata, of Japan, Looks for Crash
la This Country.
Vienna, July 21. Connt Matauuata,
ex-minister of finance of Japan, who
recently returned from a month's visit
to tbe United States, said to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press:
"While I was greatly impressed with
the tremendous energy of the Ameri
cans and their wonderful commercial
development, I fear that the too rapid
progreas of tbe United State is likely
to experience a serious setback In the
near future. The commercial energy
of the Americans incomparably sur
passes anything in Europe. This is
undoubtedly one of the principal causes
of the economic progress of tbe United
State. X perceive in many directions
where European countries are already
affected by American expansion and I
think it likely- that they will be still
more affected in tbe future. But
America's progress has been so exi-eed-
lngly rapid that I fear some sudden
disaster, as, in my opinion, too much
business has been done on borrowed
capital. This, coupled with the magni
tude of the commercial operations com
mon in the United Mates, wil probvbly
lead to a panic at the first untoward
circumstance, such as a bad harvest or
similar misfortune. While there are
many itrong bank in the United
State, there are also many weak one,
whose failure will render a crash in
evitable. I fear that some of these
banks are lending too much money to
aid business enterprises."
NAMES ARE ANNOUNCED.
Two New Battle-ships and Two Oulten for
the United Statu Navy.
Washington, July 21. The navy
department has announced that tht
two battleships to be built under thf
authority of the last naval appropri
ation bill are to be named the Louisi-
a and the Connecticut and the two
cruisers the Tennessee and the Wash
ington. Tbe battleship to be built at
the New York navy yard will be tbe
Connecticut. Tbe battleship will cos
(4,412,000 and the cruisers (4,659,001
each. The two tugs authorized by tlie
act are to be built one at the Mare
Island yard and the other at Boston.
Admiral Bowles has prepared an
elaborate plan for keeping the accounts
in connection with the cost of the
Connecticut, in order that when she is
finished comparisons may be made be
tween the respective cost of building
ships in government and private yards.
Five Million Dollar Fire.
Guayaquil,- Ecuador, July 21. The
fire which ha been raging here for the
past two days has been extinguished,
after having destroyed 90 biocke on
some of the principal street of the
city. The loss on merchandise and
building is estimated at (5,000,000.
The burned buildings include the
custom house and railroad station. The
city is without gas, and the only water
to be bad is that taken from the liver
CHICAGO MYSTERY.
Masonic Tempi Safety Deposit Vaults Were
Robbed of $35,000.
Chicago, July 22. Mystery sur
rounds the reported disappearance o-
(22,183 in cash and two certified checkf
of (800 belonging to three prominent
bookmakers oi the Washington park
racetrack from the night vaults of the
Masonic Temple Safety Deposit Com
pany.
Last night after tbe end of the racing
at Washington park, tbe three book'
maker, in company, deposited their
money in the """vaults. Today they
found the boxes empty. The varnish
was scratched from tbe boxes in places
as if they had been tampered with.
The men all had separate keys as did
the watchman. Other losses have been
reported, but the management ot the
deposit company believes no robbery
has taken place. The police are work
ing on the case.
Later in the day, heavy losses were
reported by other persons which made
the deposits that have disappeared ag
gregate nearly (35,000.
Typhoon Kills Twenty.
Hong Kong, July 22. A typhoon of
unusual severity has caused consider
able damage here and in this vicinity.
It is estimated there is 20 fatalities.
China Accepts Conditions.
Pekin, July 22. The Chinese officials
have formally notified the ministers of
the powers of their acceptance of condi
tions of the restoration of Tien Tsin to
China.
Gift for Mrs. Steyn.
Cape Town, July 19. The women
of Cape Town yesterday presented Mrs.
Steyn, wife of the ex-preisdent of the
former Orange River colony, with a
purse of (1,000 before she sailed for
Europe with her husband. Mr. Steyn
was in a pitiable condition from enteric
fever. His arms and legs were partial
ly paralyzed, and he was unable to open
hiaevelids. The censorship over tele
grams has been abolished, except in the
case of press dispatches.
Animosity Among Boer.
New York, July 19. Some uneasi
ness ia felt in official circles with re
gard to the situation In South Africa,
cables the Loudon correspondent of the
Tribune. It is evident the day of com
plete racial reconciliation in the Tans
vaal is still far distant. Tbe smoldering
animosity between the Boers who
joined the Natal scouts toward the
end of the year and other burgher i
reported to be bursting into flame.
WATERS ABE EISING
ANOTHER FLOOD THREATEN8
FARMER8 OF MISSOURI.
Rivera of Iowa Riling Rapidly Loascl Now
Certain to Reach Up Into the Millions
Entire Cora and Wheat Crop Will B a
Total Lots District Between Keokuk and
Hannibal Will Suffer Most.
Keokuk, Ia., July 21. The high
water here touched tlie danger line the
first of the week, and began to recede,
wnen neuvy Moods started again in the
Des Moines, Skunk and Iowa rivers.
With a stage in the Des Moines river
only three feet below the tops of the
great levees, tlie river began to rise
tbiee inches an hour at it mouth here
today, continuing until the factor of
safety was wiped out this evening. A
rise 01 one and a half feet in a short
time this morning at Ottnmwa, and a
lurther rise throughout its length be
low the capital city was prevented from
running ont freely by a rise of a fool
and a half at Davenport last night.
increasing and coming down rapidly.
This afternoon the observer of the
weather bureau at Keokuk sent tele
graphic waining to all point south to
prepare for danger. The Egyptian
levee, which stood the flood just rei ed
ing after strenuous efforts to hold it,
including tbe destruction of farmhouses
to nee lumber for1 strengthening the
dike, is only slightly above the water
now, and the coming flood in the Des
Moines will top it certainly. This will
let the water into hundreds of square
miles, including the town of Alexan
dria, Mo. The inhabitants there are
preparing for an overflow of the entire
town to a depth of several feet. The
corn crop in tbe flooded district is all
made, and wheat is in tbe shock, and
as a re-ult the farmers will lose ail
(heir year's work. Grain men put
the figures of the loss from the overflow
at about (4,000,000 between Koekuk
and Hannibal.
It is believed the Ilinois levee will
hold, and the damage there is likely
(o be enly (20,0 i0 to (:J0,000 between
Keokuk and Quint?. Heavy rains are
reported in Southeastern Iowa t day,
and tonight there are indications of
still higher water. Lowland farmers,
river men and the weather bureau
observer alike predict the greatest
damage ever known from the flood from
the upper river.
NEW ARMY UNIFORM.
Board's Report Approved by th President
Some of the Changes.
Washintgon, July 19. While S3cre
tary Root was at Oyster Bay, the presi
dent considered and approved the report
of the army uniform board. The order
for the new uniform will go into effect
on January 1, when officers of the army
are to be equipped according to the new
regulations. Officers serving in the
Philippines will be allowed to wear the
old uniforms during their cervice there.
Among other changes are the following:
The full diess-coat is about the same
as at present, save that the buttons are
more spreading, with ornamentations
on the sleeve, and with the rank desig
nated on the sleeve instead of the
shoulder knot. The dress coat will be
what is called tbe dress blouse. A new
dress uniform is provided, consisting of
a sack coat of woolen or cotton material
of an olive drab color, with trousers to
match. It is intended to provide suits
which can be worn in cold weather
that are almost a duplicate of the pres
ent khaki uniforms worn in warm
weather and in the tropics.
A new design for tbe overcoat is
adopted, and it it the only overcoat
allowed. It is a double breasted ulster
of olive drab material. This overcoat
is to replace the old dark blue overcoat
now worn. General and staff ffirers
are to have full dress trousers with gold
lace as a stripe to de-ignate the services
Breeches are provided for all otficer.
and men, wh- ther mounted or dis
mounted, although trousers may lie
worn when in barracks service.
Breeches are provided to fit closely be
low the knee, extending to the top of
the t-hoes.
The chapeau ia retained for general
officers and officers ef the staff depart
ment, to be worn witb full dres uni
forms, but not to be worn when
mounted.
A new .full dress cap is provided,
differing considerably from the present
cap in design and trimmings. Service
caps also are provided, and the helmets
are. retained, as also are the present
campaign hats.
A new pattern of saber has been
adopted for all officers.
Chines Accept Terms.
Pekin, July 19, General Yen Shie,
the governor of Chi LI province, and
the Chinese foreign office have decided
to accept the terms proposed for the
withdrawal of the foreign troops from
Tien Tsin, and will so notify the minis
ters unless the dowager empress dis
approves of their action. This determ
ination was a surprise to the ministers,
who expected the Cninese would en
deavor to obtain better term.
To Check Spread of Cholera
Manila, July 21. The municipal
health board of Manila baa decided to
remove 40,000 natives from the alums
to suburban camps, in an effort to
check the spread of cholera here. The
object is to clem and dbinfect the
disease centers. . The camps will le
sanitarily conducted. The munici
pality rents the grounds, builds the
camps and feeds the indigent persons.
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