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VWWVAtfWVW AO An Advertisement .Which bring return b proof feat tt i in tb rigtt place. Ttt WE8P bIDfi bring! a war. The Best Newspaper Jj the om that rim tb most sod frhsrt mi. Com par tb WEST IDE with any paper la Polk county. VOL. XVII. $1.50 PER TEAR. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OUIXJOX, 8 AT UH DAY, MAY 10, IftOO. FIt Cents Per Copy. NO. 011. of i r.i II From All Parts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS rmprrhinli llcvl.w f lh. Import ant llapp.nl-g of the Put WnI Culled fruut t!w Tlrph Column.. A cheeae trait has been fornwd in Chicago. Arbitration with regard to tb 81 Louis street cr etrike ha failed. Lord Robert entered Krooostaad, which hitil been evacuated by th .ntusv&al form. Honolulu bt leu officially declared clean port, ln plague beiug Wcint If ktatUped oat. , , - ' The senate, by a clone vott, rejected th proposition for auartuor-plet plant operated by the government. The town of Hilongo and Maasln, in Leyte, have len captured by tb American with few caHnaltiet. The American pavilion at Paris u turned over to the exposition authorities with impressive ceremouie. A woman aud 8-year-old child were buruod to death at South Utiiaba, Neb., by storting a tire with gasoline. Germany U Mid to be supplying the Filipino, with anus to enable tbem to coutiuue their fight against the United States. Charlea Paustein, a murderous ath lete of Butte, Mont., ahot aud killed a butcher, hia wife and then committed suicide. The Populist natioual convention at Sioux Fall, nomiuated V. J. Bryan lor presideut, Charlea A " Towne for vice president. He fore leaving Kroonataad, President Steyu issued a proclamation making Liudley the scat of government of Orange Free State. Middle-of-the-Koad Populist conven tion at Cincinnati, nominated Wharton P. Barker (or president and Ignatius Dounelly for vice-president. The work of the Chicago city di rectory enumerator, for 1900, almost completed, ahows that the population of Chicago ia not leaa than 3,001,000. Seven men were killed and 20 or more firemen hurt by a collision in a tunnel iu Philadelphia. The wreck caught fire, aud the total loaa ia f 140, 000. Owing to the alarm being taken In America over the influx of Japanea r.iiit tun nmtmliilitv nf nnti..1imMnMn legislation, the Japanese government ia moist,.. afV..a ... . V.a ,Ja nl I. ........UK iuvi vo iv iuiu .ira iiuv VI iv surplus population to Formosa. ' Ira Williams, a logger, was drowned in the Necauieum river, near Astoria The government ot the Orange Free State haa been moved from Kronstadt tu lleilbron. Republicans of Illinoia in convention assembled, indorsed the McKinley ad ministration. Two men and two boye were killed by the wrecking of a frnit train, near Rawlins, Wyo. Excessive customs duties imposed by the military government are fust kill iiig American trade in the Philippines, The First and Second Irish Fusiliers sailed from Cape Town for Athlone, Ireland, to recuperate from their try iug experiences iu the field. President Powell, of the Order of Railway Telegraphers, issued an order formally discontinuing the strike of the Southern railwuy telegraphers. During a riot between strikers and workmen at the ISnttonwood mine of the Parish Coal Company at Wilkes- barre, Pa., about 20 men were badly injured, the strikers dispersing th workmen. The British iron ship Sierra Nevada, Captain Scott, from Liverpool, Janu ary 10, for Melbourne, Ana., waa total ly wrecked outside the harbor of th latter place. Five of her crew wer saved, but 22 othera, including the cap- tain, pcrmhed. One hundred and fifty-seven Japanese immigrants have landed in San Fran cisco, of which number 75 were admit ted by certificates of landing signed by the United States immigration com missioncr at Vancouver, B. 0., and 82 on certificates from the commissioner at Seattle. ' Franklin W. Fisk, D. D., whose res ignation after 41 years incumbency of mo uiuuo ui jireniueuii ui tiiv 1mcngu Thoelogical seminary, takes effect at the close of the current year, '- has been .elected professor emeritus of the chair of sacred rhetoric of the institution. The election is for life. 'J The secretary of the treasury haa di rected Collector Jackson, at San Fran cisco, to detail an inspector from the Chinese burean to attend to the making out of papers for Chinese merchants doimciled in this country who are on the eve of departing for China with the intention of returning. They will have these papers on their return to thii country to facilitate their landing. An American laundry plant haa been exported to China. Over $5,000,000 capital is invested Jn this country in the manufacture of playing cards. Coal ia worked so easily in China that in Shansi it sella for 13 cents per ton at the mines. David T. Haradon, who died a few days ago at Roxbury, Mass., had been 70 years in the service of one firm of piano makers. Never before in the history of the United States haa there been such a grout demand fur watches of all kinds. A syndicate with a capital of $1,000,' 000 haa been formed in New Jersey to control the turquoise industry of th, country. A new ordinance in Philadelphia pro hibits the placing of loose circulars under doors, in vestibules, on door steps or on front porches. The cradle in which Napoleon II, waa rocked, belongs to the emperor of Austria, who is about to loan it for ex hibition at the Paris exposition. LATER NEWS. General Duller occupied Dundee. Senator Clark, of Montana, haa r iigned. President Steyu', brother captured by General Duller. Great ruth ia on from Dawson to gold digging of th Koyokuk. There 1, no hope of action by th ann ate on th Nicaragua oaual bill thia I session. Oertnany la eeiilng Cougo Free State territory, aud now occupies about 8,000 square milei. General Alger la now blamed for the Cuban postal frauds, inasmuch aa he appoluted Itathbouo. Senator Jonea, ot Nevada, introduced a bill making it a orliu for railroads to blacklist employe. Th United State court ot aptieal hold that boycott 1 malicious Inter ference with business. London paper want to ostracise Richard Cruker In revng to th posi tion Tammany baa taken In th Boer war. Democrats complain of Kansas City hotel men. They object to paying five dollars per day for a bed In a room with four other. President J. J. Hill paid $140,000 for a Spokane (lour mill In order to get au entrance to the city for th Oreat Northern. Porto Kico and Hawaii will send delegates to the Democratic national cWVeiitlou. Kach Island will be ac corded six delegate. Th grandstand, famous glass betting ring and all the building of the race track at Clifton, N. J., were autlrely destroyed by fire, with a loss of f 100, 000. The lire was the work of luceu diaries. Assistant Attorney -General Boyd has rendered a decision In the cane of ex press couumuies, In which he holds they are not liable to taxes aa brokers, by reason of their issuing niouey orders and travelers' checks. An explosion of a tank In the gao Hue eWrahouse of A. O. Wykoff, al Itaritan, N. Y., callel out the fire engines. While the firemen were at work, a second tank exploded aud ita flaming coutents enveloped aud fatally burned two nieu, Mrs. Leland Stanford, on the aunl vereary of her deceased son's birth, has delivered Over to Bishop Grsc the deed to the old Stanford nianaou, which shall henceforward te known a th Stanford Lathrop Children's Home At the same time the $75,000 transfer waa made which is to serve aa au en dowment fuud for the institution. Congress will adjourn about June 30. Burglar rifled the poatotlice and itore at Jefferson, Or. Puller haa taken Boers' stronghold on the Biggarsberg. The British were received at Kroon atad with open arms. The minority reixirt on the ship sub sidy bill is strongly agaiiut a subsidy. The governor of Missouri haa offered aid to the police in the St.aLouis strike, Nationalists wou two-thirds of th vacant seats in the Paris muuicip.1 gov ernment. The Chicago & Hock island railway will probably build to Portland, Or. Surveyors are nuw in the field Dreyfus is in Paris and Frauce is worried. Ollicials will try to hurry him away, owing to feur of demonstra tions. Landing privileges at Manila are held by an unscrupulous monopoly that ia a2uumulaing a fortune aud throt tling trade. iLe number of cases of bubonic plague at Sydney, N. S. W., olllclally reported to this date in 218, of which 78 proved fatal. Chicago and otner Mississippi valley cities are expecting the hottest May weather in years. There were four prostrationa in Chicago. Joe Barker, found guilty of man slaughter for the killing of Charlea Johnson, in Seattle, three mouths ago, waa sentenced to 16 years' imprison ment. After writing a note of farewell to his former sweetheart, Harry S. Bar rett, of Chicago, prosperous in business and heir to au estate worth $76,000, took carbolic acid and died. Fifteen thousand Mohammedan weavera met' iu Benares and indorsed a memorial to the Indian government against the plague rules, declaring that they were contrary to the lawa of Mo hammed. In the United States supreme court at Boston, Charles II. Cole, former president of the now delutict Ulohe National Bank, who recently pleaded guilty on an indictment charging him with misappropriation ot funds of th institution, was sentenced to serve eight years in Greenfield. Aleo Whitney, aged 25, a society leader, waa ahot and killed on a street car at Augusta, Ga., by a negro in a quarrel over a seat. The negro, Gus Wilson, waa taken off a Georgia rail road passenger train at Harlem, 25 miles from Augusta, by a mob and lynched, lie waa being taken to Atlanta for safekeeping. Governor Roosevelt hap signed th bill compelling provision of stats for waitresses in New York restaurants. Average wagea in Germany: House maids, $2.88 a month; laborers, $3,14 a week; carpenters, $5 a week. Minneapolis has established and maintained for a year three public play grounds for children at a cost of $300. New York ball player saved persona in a burning building by catching them as they fell. According to Mexican statistics that country is enjoying greut prosperity. American coal production for 181)9 ia estimated at 250,580,050 tons, an in crease of 17.5 per cent. Andrew Carnegie, in an essay in the May Century, entitled "Popular Illu- ions About Trusts." advocates great aggregations of capital as benefit to rich and poor. Judge Simon E. Baldwin, of the Con necticut state supreme conrt, favors the whipping post for petty offenders, especially wife beaters. Incorrigible criminals ha wonld imprison for 111. POPULISTS AT SIOUX FALLS Nominate Bryan for Presi dent by Aoolamatlon. TOWNE FOR VICE-PRESIDENT Tfc. flalfarta lMn lh. Ool4 BUatUrd, ImpvrLlltm, ant tie.r Bier m.un.ah.rg f 14ak. For Prosldeut W J Bryan, of Nebraska, For Vic President Charles A. Tow no, ot Minnesota. Siuox Falls, 8. D., May 13.-Th National Populist convention conclud ed It aesaissj aud adjourned aln dit after nominating Hon. W. J. Bryan foi president and th Hon, Charlea A. Iowa tor vlae-presideot. Tk ol tina ot Mr. Town was ouly accom plished after a struggle of aeveral hour' duration, In which au effort we wad, to have the question ot th nomination ot a vlce-prealdeutlal candidate referral to a committee- to confer with th Democratic and Silver Republican parties in their national conventions. A motion to this effect was de'eated by a vote of 2H to 4U2. Both candidates were nominated by acclamation, but I for the result wat reached various candidates wen placed lu nomination, aud their namei eouceeslvely withdrawn. Both nomin ations were accomplished amid eceuet of great enthusiasm. Tit. IMnlfortu. "The People's party of the Uulteo States, iu couveution assembled, con gratulating its supporters on the wld extrusion of its principles in all direc tum, doe, hereby reaffirm it adherent to the fundamental principle pro claimed lu it two prior platforms, and calls upon all wno desire to avert th Mibvcmiou of free institutions by cot- porate aud Imperialistic power to unit with it in luinging the government back to the Ideals of Washington, Jefferson aud Lincoln. It extends to Its allies in the atrugglu for financial and economic freedom assuiauce of its loyalty to th principles which animate the allied force aud the promises of houeat and hearty co-operation in every effort for their success To the people of th United States we offer the following platiorm as the expression of our un alterable oouvictlous: "Resolved, Thst we denounce th act of March 14, 1U00, as th culuilua tiou of a long series ot conspiracies to deprive the people of their constitu tional rights over the money of lh nation, end relegate- to a gigantic money trust the control ot the fluances, and hence the eople. "W reaffirm the demand for th re opening of the mint of the United States to the free and unllmted coin age of silver and gold at th present legal ratio ol 16 to 1. 'We demand a graduated Income aud inheritance tax. "We denmud that postal saving, banks be established by the govern ment. "With Thomas Jefferson, we declare the laud, including all natural sou re of wealth, the inalienable heritage bl the people. The government should so act aa to aocure homea for the peopl aud prevent land monopoly. "Transportation being a means of exchange aud a public necessity, th government should own and operate the railroad iu the iuteiest of th people. 'Trusts, the overshadowing evil of the age, are th result aud culmination of the private ownership and control of the three great instrumenta of com merce' money, trauxporUtiou and th mean of transmission of Information, The one remedy for the trusts is that the ownership and control be assumed and exercised by the people. "Applauding the valor of our army nd navy in the Spanish war, w de nounce the conduct of the administra tion in changing a war for humanity Into a war for conqueat. "We extend to the brave Boers of South Africa our sympathy and moral support in their patriotic struggle (or the right of self-government. "We denounce the pratlce of issuing injunctions in the cases of dispute be tween employers aud employes. "We indorse municipal ownership of public utilities. We domaud that United State, senator, and all other officials, as far as practicable, be elected by direct vote of the people Cargo of Cnfi-.o Kpoll.il. Pan Francisco, May 12. On the last voyaue of the Acapulco, from Panama to this port, $12,000 worth ot coffee was destroyed, and the Pacific Mail Company, not ouly is out the freight money ou the shipment, but will have to stand the loss as well. Th destruc tion of the cargo was the result of pack ing sheep dip into the same hold with the coffee. The matter ia being in vestigated. Washington, May 12. Major-Gen-eral John K. Brooke today assumed the duties of commanding general of the department of the Fast, succeeding Major-General Wesely Merritt, who to day, with Mrs. Merritt, sailed for Europe in search of health. Corn for Indian Sufforars. New York, May 12. The steamer Quito sailed today for Bombay with 200,000 bushels of corn for the famine district. Thia ia the largest cargo ever carried by any vessel on a similar occa sion. It comes from the people of all denominations in every part of the United States. It ia expected the voy age will be made in 40 days. Last year 4,700,000 oubio yards ol material waa dredged out of the Duluth Superior harbor. At I'srla Expo.ltlon. Tarla, May 12. The formul opening of the United Stutes building at the 'Paris exposition took place today. President Lonbet officiated. A large attendance of well-kown Frenchmen and Americana were present at the cere monies. Banquets in honor of the pccHsion will be held this evening, at which addresses will be made by the American commissioners. Buffalo, May 12. Two hundred and Ftjventy-five car repairers of the Lehigh Valley road have struck in sympathy with the men already out, BARKER AND DONNELLY. Numlaalad M Mlrf,IU-oMh.-llod l.P all. I Cunv.utliia. For Preildeut Wharton Barker, ot Pennsylvania. For Vice-President Ignatius Don- nelly, ot Mluuesota. Cincinnati, May 13. What I com monly known as the Midlde-ot-the-Road Populist party, but according to leaders ol th movement is th one aud only Peopls'a party, placed Its natioual ticket In Ui field today. Mlddla-of-th.-ttoad Platform. The People' party of th United State assembled in National conven tion this 10th day ol May, 10(H), alllrm tug our unshaken belief in the cardinal tenet ol th People's party, a set lorth In th Omaha platform, and tdediilng ourselves anew to continued advocacy ol thus grand principle, ofj human lllmrty nuttiTg1rtmTrtriuiiii'h over might, aud lote over grved, do adopt and proclaim this doelatallo , of First W demand the luitihttv) and referendum and th Imperative man date. Second W demand the publ.i owuershlp and operetrouwtnHunei.s of com iu unit tiou, transportation and production which the people may elect, such as railroads, telegraphs aud tele phone lines, coal mine, etc, Third-The land, including all natural sources ol wealth, Is a heritage ot the people, aud should not be monop olised (or speculative purposes, aud alien owuershlp ol laud should be pro hibited. Fourth A scientific and absolute paper inouey, base.1 upon the entire wealth and population ol the nation, not redeemable in uy specific commo dity, but made a lull legal tender (or all debts aud receivable for all taxes and public due and issued by th government ouly. 1 1 tth We demand th levy and col lection ol a graduated tax ou Income, and Inheritance. Sixth W demand th election ol prealdeut, vice-president, federal judges and United State senator by direct vote ol tlie people. Seventh We are opposed to trusts aud declare that the contention be tween the old parties on monopoly is a sham battle aud thst no solution of thia mighty problem is possible with out the adoption ol public ownership ol publlo utilities. FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES. Large IL.ol rro Allaeh.d America Seoul., rlul Wor. ItuuLil. Manila May 13. A force of 500 in surgeuts attacked 85 scouts ol ths Forty-eighth reglmeut near Sun Jacinto, province ol Paugaaluau, Monday, but were routed by the scouts, 10 ol their number being killed. The Auierlcaus lost two killed. April 88, the relicts burned an I aacked th town ol Trocan.'near Bulu cau, murdering native who wet friendly to th American and two Spaniards. The Aiuerloa ai'U4 j7 of the insurgents. The same date, Majof Andrew, with two companies of t roolsTTaraiftwi I .. I.U - General Moiica'a stronghold near Ormuo, Leyte island. Mojlca had brass cannon and plenty of ammuni tion, but after three hours of lighting the Insurgents fled. Their loss Is not known. The Ameerlcane lost two killed aud 11 wounded. They destroy ed the enemy's rifles, powder and stores. Th insurgents have suffered a heavy loss at Tabako, province of A I bay, Lusou. Two hundred riflemen aud 800 bolomen were preparing to attack the town, and Captain Lester 11. Simons, with a company of the Forty-seventh volunteer regiment, advanced to meet them and killed many. The insurgent leader, native priest, waa wounded and captured after hia horse had been aliut from under him. Three Ameri cans were wounded. WRECK DUE TO CARELESSNESS At I.fi.at Sli P.raona Klll.d Acold.nt nl o'N.lll. In Mm Denver, May 13. A special to the Republican from Cheyenne, Wyo., say a: The charred remains of two more victims of the Union Pacific accident at O'Neill sidetrack were found in the wreckage today. Both bodies waa so badly burned aa to render identification impossible. One of the bodies waa that of a boy. Papers iu the pockets of cue of the unknowu victima found yester day indicate that hia name waa Daniel Shay; and that ! had recently been employed at Rock Springs. The other unknown found yesterday has not yet been identified, aud the-remains of Fireman Louis Benta have not yet been found. When the aocideut occurred a car loaded with sulphur caught fire, aud transformed the wreck into a sua of flames. The wreckage ia still hum- lnaT adifludurAlhe work pi searching lor rtaamonai victims exco "iiy bazardoae, Thus far, the re-ain ot three ii.en and Uir tys us rifY , -m covered add it is believed other I k Ioh will le found before the temch it ci, n-plett-ii. An ollkial investigation into 'he cause ol4he awMBecTdeuT8t tcEsoa the fact that it was due to the care lessness of an employe. The last traiu to pass O'Neill prior to the accident was a westbound freight, in oharge of Conductor Hendricks' crew. New York, May, 12. A dikpatch to the Tribune from London I says: Lord Salisbury took the grace rut of the recent visit of the queen to Ireland bv the vehemance with which ho warned Irishmen that recent events in Sonth Africa proved that therejcould not be practical independence any where in th empire with opportuni ties for arraying hostile forces agblnst the imperial government. It was a trenchant, but aorid speech, and was not well timed, Publle Land. Hill. Washington, May 12. The hou committee on public lands has reported favorably on the Mondell bill to pro vide that final proof in land casea may be made anywhere in the land district In which the entry 1, located, and that tntries in timber and stone may be made before any officers authorized to receive entries in other cases. The committee also considered the bill to create a national park out of the Sequoia reservation. As many a, 4,000 date, hav bees found on a tingle palm. fQunn mm PROP S I II lUiVrLn I Is at Last Deolded Senate. by the 'Rtt HOMES BILL PASSED t lMm a Hoard tu lnt..llft f olnmblM Klr.r Itrjrdorb U..lloa ' flee ubnisrln. TorpUo-Uu.U. Yashlniiton, May 18. Alter dls nation lasting five full day, th aru ate today passed the naval spproprls uoa bin. rraotically four day, were natoted to th consideration ol the amor plate proismilUrfr. wuicli was trwrt-ToiuTIy 1 reported from th C iiiiintttr, villi tSe f option that th taryt the uivv f, authorised to. ; ( Vd vol only lor . cn ruior f . k i.w--ifl lfrn time v time, im , r.' tvuiy of lit navy 1 authorised to I pficure armor of the lies quality at ifiUport m; but If he J unable t rl tTTirTnarpflce, he is then authorised to pay $545 per ton fur the armor for the battleship Maine, Ohio slid Missouri and proceed to erect an armor factory, th coat not to exceed 14,000,000, one-half ot which amount Is mad immediately available, The Minmlttee'a proiswltlon carried by a tote ot I'l to Id. The secretary of the ssvy 1 directed to putchami five Hol land torpedo boats, at a price not ex ceeding $170,000 each. Just before adjournment, Nelson (Rep. Minn.) called up the "free biiiues" bill, snd it was passed with tut a word of debate. ! bill (or the establishment or a Huhthonse and log signal at Ship Point, Wash., ata cost ol $13,000 was passed, j A concurrent resolution was adopted kr survey ol the outlet of Flathead like, Mont., with a view to keeping the lake full. i A bill providing (or the appointment of a collector o( customs lor the cus toms district ot Hawaii, at a salary ot $1,000 per year, and lor such deptitlea aa may be necessary, was passed. lisle (Rep. Me. ) then called op the (aval appropriation bill, the pending Question being on the amendment ol Chandler (Rop. N. II.) substituting in Tillman's amendment $145 lor $1100 aa the price of armor, Th amendment waa rejected, 'J5 to 27. Hoar (Rep. Mas.) offered the follow ing amendment to the committee prop osition with respect to the construction of an armor plate factory: "That 11, under the operation of the above provision, no government armor plate manufactory ia begun or built, the secretary ol the navy shall submit to oongres at the beginning ol its next session a detailed repo -t, iu w hich be eh1! estimate the eutir oot ol a fully (quipped government armor plat man-(,'-uiry.inoludifig site and th probable '..v.r- Rt which the test modern armor ht c aH be pn. ' ioed at sld factory ami w-ly fur delivery,' be afieudirtunt was accepted by the 1 oa-Uu f4 a amended the com- I il , Ai.'u 1 1 lull w,i M.t.ttM1 llfl mlttee' pTrmrwiUuu was adopted, 83 to 10. Th next proposition of the committee provided for the put chase ol five Hol land aubmarlne torpedo boats, at a price ot $170,000 each, and it was adopted after aoiu debate with an amendment making th purchase mandatory. Chandler offered an amoudiuent re ducing the number of armored cruisers provded for in the bill from three to two and the number ol protected cruis ers from three to two, His purpose iu offering it, he said, was to direct attention to the fact that we are ex pendng too much money lor our navy aud too little for the development ol our men-haut marine. McBrlde (Rep. Or.) secured an amendment providing (or the appoint ment o( a board of olllcers to determine the desirability ol constructing a dry dock on th Columbia river, Or. Tettlgrcw (Sil. S. D. ) declared that it was the purpose ol the dominant party iu congress to make these great con tracts lor war vessels aud armor in order that it might be then in position to obtain vast contributions to its cam paign fund. The bill then passed without division. Nelson (Rep. Minn.) secured the passage ol an act providing (or (roe homesteads on the public lands (or actual aud bona fide settlers and reserv ing the public lands (or that purpose. In C.ntral Africa. London, May 18. Lionel Decla, who la ooniidctlug a Cape-to Cairo expedi tion, titled np by the London Daily Telegraph, sends by wire and steamer from Uvila, north ol Lake Tanganyika, the following: "The situation here is critical. The Germans have forcibly seized all the Cougo Free State territory np to Knzizl river, ocenpyiug 8,000 sane re miles of Congo territory with 4 ''() (oilier,, IB ofilners and cannon. J he Belgian olllcer withdrew from hi. tiA Hai-maiiB I,ii.,iaj1 tm fa.lnn Ttinll Their tlh-ora acted on instruction. from rlln. i! Two Cllrls Irovnd. Jopiin, Mo., May 16. May MoNul I; , aged 10 yenrs, and Edna Wordon, ud 20, were drowned today in Neosha n ver, their boat capsizing. . i led In Polio. Attacked by . Hob. Bombay, May 16. While the police wore searching at Yizagapatan, capital of the district of the same name, (or ihu murderers of two constables, they m-& attaked by a mob. They fired upon their assailants, killing 11 and Vouuding 18 others. There are three things the wise man keeps on good terms with his wife, hi stomach and his conscience. Chi-,go-Daily ftewa. ; KiisMlajUihig Clilim.o Conlles.' i. Nagasaki J May 16. Russia has shipped 100,000 ooolies from China to Manchuria to construct the railroad to Port Arthur. The (ortfloations at Port Arthur are progressing rapidly and the troops, ammunition and supplies there far exceed the necessities ot railroad protection. ' Manila, May 18. Seven Filipinos made an attempt today to burn a quan tity of hay itored near the quarter master's storehouse on the river front. The guards killed one and wounded another, The others escaped. DEMOCRATS COMPLAIN. OuJ.el to the Aatlon ef Eaaia. Cltf Haul M.a, New York, May 17. Senator Jonea, chairman ol th Democrats national committee, has been overwhelmed with letters fioni prominent members ot tin paity complaiuing about what they characterise as extortion on th part ol th hotel-keepers ot Kansas City, sayi a Washington correspondent of tin Times. It appears that th hotel men ol th convention city are demanding that thi delegatea and th other visitor nmst submit to being placed in rooms con tainiug nv beds; that they shall pay $5 a day tor that accommodation, and agree to pay tor four day,. Membert ol the national committee, leader ol state delegation and Democrat whe contemplate going to Kansas City lot the purpose ot seeing th oouventlot have written letters of protest to Henatoi Jon, aud today th chairman ol th national commltte wroU a ktag lattei to vloa-CbairmaB Mtosw, o MUaoart, requesting him to take tb matter ai with th local committees of Kanaai City, and secur a readjustment ot con ditlous. Senator Jone, doe not heslUt tt declare that the hotel men ar violating the pledge that waa mad to tb Demo cratic natlour.l committee before auc after Kausa City obtatue I the con veutiou, last February, TO OSTRACISE CROKER. Loudon Papur Plan. H.v.n. for lion Tammany He. Taken. Post London, May 17. Tb express ot to day advocates the ostracism ot Rlchan Croker iu Fnglaud iu revenge lor Tarn many 's altitude on the Boer war. It says: "It baa not escaped notice in thb couutry that au American welcome U the Boer delegatea baa been inspired and eucouraged by lammnuy Hall, which la controlled by tb notorloui boas, Dick Croker. The records of Tain many are already black enough with out the addition of this new infamy. But what makes the action ot Tarn many peculiarly lufamooe la the fact that Croker olalma the hospitality ol an Fnglish domicile, poses aa an hug Hah couutry gentleman and runa raw bo rues on the Kuglish turf, yet is aid ing and enconraging the worst of - Fug biud's enemies. "Cruker's position is practically on all four with that of the Duke ol Orleans. Th duke ha already iald the penalty of having (alien under tb ban of social ostracism. If Crokei finds that th bracing air of the United Stab- doe uot iuvarlably auit bla con atttutlon, he should secure the calm seclusion ol au Italian villa withlr reach ol the Duke ol Orleans, whom company he will probably find con genial. " CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE. Ouo.la Jump.d Front lb. Wlndowa- Homor of Low of Life. Chicago, May 17. Tb Hotel Helena, 110 Fifty-third atreet, was deatioyed by fir early this morning. The confl gration was very fierce and many of th, occupants wer forced to jump from the windows to escape the flames. Several persona weie severely injured and four are thought to have been killed. The building is three-story atructute, containing 100 rooms, all ol them being occupied. The place wai closed for the night, anil the guests had to be aroused by the police. The fire was close to the Hyde Park police ata tiou, aud every one in the station waa sent to aid in rescuing the panic stricken guests. Several policemen were more or leaa burned iu rescuing the inmates. The fire burned so rapid ly that most ol the occupants wen forced to climb out on the w indow sills, as the stairwavs were cut off by tlx flamea. Many ol the victima wen forced to jump before the firemen could put up their ladder. lour chambermaids are missing, and it is supposed they perished iu the flamea. Clark Ntp. Down. Washington, May 17. Clark, ol Montana, fairly awept the aenate witb surprise today by a lormal announce ment that he had sent his resignation as senator to the governor of Montana. The announcement came without pre vious notice, and proliably not a half- dozen per -us in Washington knew thai it was to be made. Clark struck just at the instant the iron was hottest. Chandler, chairman of the committet on privileges aud electiona, bad given notice that at 1 o'clock be would call up for ooualderation the resolution unanimously reported from the com mittee declaring Clark not to be en titled to his seat iu the aenate. A spirited contest over the resolution wat expected. Every senator iu the city waa at hia desk. Varmer Murd.rod His Family, Peoria, 111., May 17. A special tc the Journal from Tremont, III., says: Tom Moaer, a farmer, living three mile, north ol thia city, murdered, hit wifi and tour children Sunday evening. The last seen ol the family waa at 8 P. M. Sunday. Farmers living In th. neighborhood, not seeing any one about the house yesterday or this morning, investigated. They found the house locked and apparently deserted. On going into the cellar they found the body of Mis. Moser covered up with old carpets. The bodiea of the four children were found In a room upstairs. No trace ot Moser can be found. It it thought he was insuno. Two llostloads Drowned. Rome, May 17. A terrible accident, resulting in the death of from 80 to 40 persons, took plaoe today at Ronoi- glione, on the lake ot Viooo, during a celebration of the fete of St. Lucie, whose chapel is on the shore ol tht lake. Two boat a filled with young peo ple capsized while returning from th, chapel, within 800 yards of the landing stage. Only 18 persona were saved. . Three Mora Moilles ltseov.rad. Philadelphia, May 15. Search lot the bodies in the B. &. O. tunnel wreck, near Fairmount park, is still In progress. Three bodies were taken out today, those of Fireman Illnohman and two tramps. The bodies ol th lattei have not been identified. The remains of Enigneer Laub are still under th, debris. The flames were not extin guished till today. Francis Murphy, the temperano worker, celebrated his 65 birthday April 34, whll conducting the last oi a series of meetings in Indianapolis. BULLER OCCUPIES IV Boers Retreat Before the Na tal Column. EVACUATION OP HELPMAAKER Hargher Are Making for tb Maaalala Pnx.s-Arduous March of the Mrlt- l.h Per... Or.r Watarl... Cowatrf , London, May 17. The war office haa received tb following dispatch from General Puller: "Duudo. May 17. We bay occu pied Dundee. About 1,000 of th mmy left yesterday for Glencoe, wher they art ntrencb.d. Their wagon also left ytrday by Djagr' Drift and th Dannabaaaar ' road. Their Kar said they warn going to Laissx's Nek. Almost very boos In Dundee 1 completely looted. Tb navigation colliery Is all right. Th machinery ol th Dundee collier Is destroyed. Tb bouses ol the town ar damaged, but ar structurally intact." A special dispatch from Lourenoo Marques says il is reported that a Urg force ot Boer hav been captured by the British at Mafeklug. Pretoria, it is added, reports on th other band that Ma taking has fallen, The war office today furnished con Urination of the story tolling of General Buller'a moves ou the Blugarsberg, In a dispatch from Geueral Buller, aa (ol lows: ' "Kemp's Farm, May 17. The (ol lowing telegram, tent to Roberta, are now reM-ated to you. Tbey begin under date of May 18: "In accordance witb instructions to keep th enemy occupied at Bigger berg on May 11,1 concentrated the Third cavalry brigade of the Second division, and some corps of artillery at Sunday' river drift, on the Helpmaaker road, and directed Colonel Bethoene to advance on Greytown with the Bethoene mounted infantry, Umvoti mounted rifle and Imperial light Infantry. On May 18 we moved to Waschbauk and Betbueue to Pomeioy, while General Hildyard, from Eland' Laagte, occu pied Indoda mountain on May 18. "I sent General Hamilton witb three battalions up the slope of Withek bill, Tb Third cavalry brigade crowned tb hill on each side of the main road and Bethuene attacked by the Pomeroy road from thre sides. Tb immf harried ly abandoned th position, which they bad strongly intrenched and retired to the Nek In front of Helpmaaker, wher we hoe tn dislodge them tomorrow, a many of them have retired. We have gained th summit of th Berg witb th loss ot only lew men wounded. "May 14. Tb enemy evaouated Helpmaaker during the night, leaving a rear guard ol about a thousand men in (rout ot us. These we hav loroed back throughout the day under consid rable difficulty, a they fired all tb grass on top of the Berg as they retreat ed, aud the wind being unfavorable to us, we were scarcely able to see at all. I halted the infantry, who marched very well through the bet smoke, at Teith. The cavalry has not yet report ed, but are some miles ahead. We have taken a few prisoners. Our casualties aie small. "Dundonald reported late last night that be bad diiven the rear guard onto the main body of th enemy near Bur alinden, where they occupied in fore strong position with three powerful guns. Major Gough, with a oompoaite regiment, maneuvered to get around their right flank and they retired Dundonald tnen halted. 11 was 35 miles as a crow flies from his previous night's bivouac, and had covered water less country, most of the time riding through smoke. JAPAN'S NAVY. Han. avers and It.vl.w of the Float by th. Cmp.ror. Yokohama, May 6, (via Victoria, B. C, May 17). One of the great events of the present year in Japan has passed into history. The Impressive review of the Japanese fleet by the emperor, while not so imposing as the great Eng lish display on the queen's jubilee, was in some respects of greater signifi cauce, beside, being in itself a con spicuous suoceas as a picturesque spec taule. The review was preceded by extrusive maneuvers of the fleet In the Inland sea, that scene being substituted for the Coreau straits in order to avoid any semblauce of a design to wound Russian sensibilities. As newspaper correspondents were strictly excluded, scarcely any particulars were obtained concerning the various movements of the fleet, except that their general de simi was to represent an attack upon aud a defense ot that vast body of water which in the event of. war would furn ish to the empire's neat not .only an impregnable haven of reluge, but also a point ot attack from whloh on three different sides it could issue to assail an enemy. The maneuvers over, some 60 ol the warshipa, Including the finest of the battleships and cruisers, ossein bled in Kobe bay, where, with the hills and shores black with spectators, the emperor reviewed the fleet, which the Japanese cow regard witU well nigh Idolatrous pride. Snow In Germany. Leipslo, May 17. It has been snow ing here since early morning. The thermometer registers 88 degrees. There is also a heavy snowfall at Chemnitz. The senate committee on commerce ordered favorable reports on amend -ments to the subsidy civil appropria tion bill appropriating $250,000 (or an emergency expenditure for the mouth of the Columbia river. Fire at th. Kiposltlon. Paris, May 17. A fire oocurred at the exposition thia afternoon. The flames were discovered in the base ment ot the Chateau d'Eau, whi?h is intended to be one ol the leading fea tures ol the exhibition. Intense alarm was created by the blaze, as it was feared the adjoining Salle de Fetes might become involved. The efforts ol the firemen, however, succeeded in localizing tho outburst, and after an hour's hard work the fire was ex tinguished with apparently slight damage, BRADSTREET'S REPORT. laaetlf e O.aiand mn4 W.ak.r Frl... Are th F.at.r... Bradstreet'i says: Th trad situation tbi week may be summed np . In tho phrsa, inactive demand and weaker price. While in many respect tho industrial situation 1 easier than it was, the unsettlement in the building trade continue marked, th, reflex ac tion being exhibited in the unsettled demand lor building material and weaker price for lumber and for many product need In the building industry. iron and tteel buyera ar still hold ing off, moat ol the business done being for small lot (or immediate consump tion. Relatively good reports come from tb retail trad at most centers, not withstanding tb backward spring, but as yet tb volume ol reorder businee from wholesalers and jobbers has proved disappointing. Finished cotton and woolen good remain steady. Wool if wkr, owing to the re Haleled dwaMBtd from manufacturers ; and in sympathy witb lower price set at many grades at th London wool ale. Relatively a good report comes from the distribution trad in shoes, but t manufacturers are banging back in their purchase of leather, and bides ar ratber weaker. jtBinuvoi tijo vmi uiu. irjivx i. till com (rom the Pacific coast mar ket, but better weather conditions at the South have tended to brighten trad reports from that section. Wheat, including four, shipment, for the week aggregate 8,480,704 bush els, against 5,687,022 last week. Business failure in tht United State, for tb week number 174, as compared with 168 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Onions, $9. Lettuce, hot house, 40 45c dos. Potatoes, $16(917; $1718. Beets, per sack, 60 60c. Turnips, per sack, 40g60o. Carrots, per sack. 75 (385c. Parsnips, per sack, 6075c. Cauliflower, California 85 90o. Strawberries $2. OOper case. Celery 40 60c per doz. Cabbage, native and California, $1.00(81.25 per 100 pounds. Apples, $2.00(32.75; $3.003.50. Prunes, 80o per box. Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c; dairy, 1783c; ranch, 1617o pound. Eggs-17o. Cheese 14 15c. Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c; pring, $5. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 312.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.0019.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23; feed meal, $28. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, ' $3.36; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat Soar, $3.00; rye floor, $3.U)Q0 Mills tuffs Bran, per ton, $18.00; abort, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed bee I steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, Bh 10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13 J'; breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Mark.t. Wheat Walla Walla. 6152o; Valley, 62c; Blneetem, 64o per bushel. Flour Beet grades, $3.00; graham, $2.60; superfine, $3.10 per barrel. Otts Choice white, 86o; choice gray, 83o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14 14.50; brewing, $16.00 16.60 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid dlings, $19; shorts, $16; chop, $14 per ton. Hay Timothy, $9 11; clover, $7 T.50; Oregon wild hay, $8 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 80 85c; seconds, 45c; dairy, 25 80c; tore, 83 M 35o. Eggs 13o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c per ponnd. Poultry Chlokens, mixed, $4.00 60 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, $3.503.50; geese, $6.608.00 for old; $4.606.60; ducks, $0.00 7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per pound. Potatoes 40 65o per sack; sweets, 9 J Ho per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlio, 7o per pound; cab bage, lHo per pound; parsnips, 75; onions, 8o per pound; carrots, 60a. Hops 28o per ponnd Wool Valley, 1218o per ponnd; Eastern Oregon, 10 15o; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, beat sheep, wethers and ewes, 8?o; dressed mutton, 7. 7Ko per pound; lambs, 6)o. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.60; dressed, $5.006.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steen, B4.004.50; cows, $3.60 4. 00; dressed beef, 6s 7?o per pound. Veal Large, 6K7)o; small, 8 tXo per pound. Tallow 5 56c; No. 8 and grease, X4o per pouiid. an Frnnol.oo Mark.t. Wool Spring Nevada, 1416o pel pound; Eastern Oregon, 1216o; Val ley, 802So; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop,- ll18o per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 1717sc; do leoonds, 16 16 Ho; fancy dairy, . 16o; do leoonds, 1415o per pound. Eggs Store, 15o; fanoy ranoh, 17c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 80.00; bran, $12.60 13.50. Hay Wheat $6.60 9.50; wheat and oat $8.00 9.00; best barley $5.00 00; alfalfa,. $5.006.50 per ton; traw, 8540o per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 6065o; Ore-. gonBurbanks, 70o$1.00; river Bur banks, 4075o; Salinas Burbanks, 80c 1.10 pr sack. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoia, $3.758.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75o$1.50; , do choice $1.75 8.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 3.50 per bunoh; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, dtgtio per pound,