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nl - Happnli -g of lit Paul Wk
dilla-d Froir the Tel-graph Columns.
Five children perished by the burn
lug of a house at Solomouville, Arlae.ua.
Men from the U, S. S. Mouocacy
have been eeul from Che Foo to Tleu
Tsiu. ;
Prtgham II. Rolierta, found guilty
of unlawful cohabitation at Salt Lake,
wat fined 150.
Oharle Mefford, a maniac, of Cedar
.Rapid. Iowa, lew wal family,
thi iUled hlwsall
J u? tuiuert lost their liva by an
extb-siou in th Champion mine,
Champion, Mich. ,
Co log no. Germany, waa visited by a
cyclone, which demolished many build
ings aud threw down a number of
factory building.
Eight people were killed outright
and 64 severely injured by a collision
between a freight and excuiaiou tralu
near Green Hay, Wis.
Krauk Gihmire, a white man, of
New Orleans, wa lyuehed by a mob
for the crimiual assault and brutal
U) u nler of a 60yar-old woman.
A detachment of 40 Americana were
caught in ambush ly Filipinos ou the
islaud of Miuuauao, with 111 result
that nine were killed and 11 wounded.
Five men were killed by ;a cyclone
which viaited No Man's Lanl, Okla
homa. The storm swept the country
for 60 milei. Thousauda of cattle
were atumpetied aud many killed ' and
injured.
An order from Adjutant-General
Corbin hat been received at the Pre
sidio, Sau Francisco, directing that the
troop of the Sixth cavalry ahall be re
cruited to their full war strength. In
view of the (act that thia organization
was ordeied recently to proceed to
Manila and the order to recruit to the
limit waa sent nome time later, the
opinion ia expressel that the regiment
ii to be aent to Chiua intttead of the
Philippines. The reoruita will be
selected from those now at the Presidio.
Ninety persous were killed and 372
wounded in the recent conflict between
the troop and tenant in the Varna
district, Bulgaria. A state of rlege hat
been proclaimed in the district of
Varna. Shmala. Tirnova, Rasgrand,
Ruatchuk and Klstovata. The govern
ment ia anxious to limit the numher
of newspars, and hua issued string
ent regulations as to the qualifications
which inuat be possessed by the editors.
Ilunter'a advance column occupied
Krugeradorp without opposition on
June 18.
Admiral Schley's squadron, which
but been in quarantine at Montevideo,
hua been released.
A HuBHian admiral waa in com
mand of the fleet that bombarded and
dent roved the foits at Taku.
Railway aud telegraphic commnul
cation between Cupe Town and Pro
toira ia now completely restored.
Thieves cracked the aafe of the Gain
brinui brewery, in Portland, Or., aud
escaped with between $000 and $700 in
caah.-
A young man named Robert Jackson,
of Kiddle, Or., accidentally shot him
self while deer hunting, lie was in
stantly killed.
By the death of David D. Wells, son
o( the late David A. Wells, of Norwich,
Conn., Harvard University is richer
by about $37,000.
After July 1 the office of Indian
agent at Warm Springs, Or., will be
dispensed with, at which time Agent
James L. Cowan will be dropped.
llawaiians have met in convention
at Honolulu and have formed an inde
pendent political party. They 1 hava
already begun the fight for statehood.
The statue of Washington presented
to the city of Paris by the Daughters
of the Aniericen Revolution has arrived
in Paris. The pedestal has already
been prepared, and the unveiling will
taku place July 3,
Uniform wages of $2 for nine hours'
work a day is demanded by the line
men working for the Canadian Paoilie
Telegraph Company, the Great North
west Telegraph Company, the Canada
Atlantic, the Hell Telephone Company.
Over 200 men have quit work owing
to the refusal of the companies to ao
cede to their demands.
Assistant Secretary Taylor has ren
dered a decision adverse to the appeal
of James Fitzharris aud Joseph Mullet,
from the decision of the immigration
officials at New York, who hehi them
for deportation on the ground that,
having been convicted o( felony in con
nection with the murder of Lord Cav
endish and Thomas Henry Ilrice, in
Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 1882, they
cannot be permitted to laud in this
country under our immigration laws.
American women, it is estimated,
hold $120,000,000 of national bunk
stock and $187,000,000 of private and
state bank stock.
In Germany one man in 213 goes to
college, in Scotland one in 250, in the
United States one in 2,000, and in Eng
land one in 5,000.
Well-to-do young men in Berlin are
taking drugs which induce heart weak
ness, in order to avoid compulsory mil
itary service,
Munster, Germany, has a high school
which has been in existence 1,100
years.
Kuina of a civilization believed to
antedate the Egyptian are discovered
in New Mexico.
A statue of William E. Gladstone is
to be erected at Athena in the gardens
of the Zappeion in recognition of his
services to Greek Independence.
Charlotte Crabtree, the retired act
ress, widely known to older playgoeri
as Lotta, has subscribed $500 to the
lund for building an actors' home ia
New York.
LAUR NEWS.
Russian are mo v tug 80,000 into to
tvard New Chwang.
Democrat of Arkansas nominated
Jeff Davis fur governor.
St. Louie striker now believe their
only hope lies in boycott.
An attempt waa made to assassinate
Kmpumr William ol Germany.
Dr. Jameson ha been elected a miu
bar of the Cape parliament.
Two death aud many prostrations
from heat in Pittsburg, Pa.
Hot weather and no rain i disa
trout to crops lu North Dakota.
Storm played bavoo with the crop
at The Dallea, Or., and in the vicinity.
Steamer Cleveland anived at Seattle
from Nome. She report five wrecks.
Heavy rain and subsequent flood are
doing great damage in British Colum
bia. Director of Pouts in Cuba Rath bone
ha now bean permanently . supeudi4
tad may ba piuaeeutad. -
Chinese minister in Perllu says tlio
empress caunot be deposed, but might
be coaxed off the throue.
Kx-Goveroor Talyor, of Kentucky,
dogged by detectives aud broken in
health, is at Niagara Falls.
President McKlnley want to know
why the Mouocacy did nut tire ou the
Tatu fort when fired upon.
ltoera in small baud are harassing
large column of the llritish. Dewet
leads the guerrilla oeratious.
At the Seaside Athletic Club, Coney
Islaud, N. Y., Gut Ituhlin knocked
out Tom Sharkey iu the 15th round.
The force uudcr Admiral Seymour
has been located. Admiral Kempff re
ports it is ten miles from Tiou Tslu.
Roosavelt is going to Oklahoma to
atteud the Hough Riders' convention,
but will not make sdlttcal speeches.
Chiuese difficulties sfToct Kentucky's
ginseng trade, by which hundreds have
made their living. Prices have gone
down.
Illinois Domcotats indorsed Pryan
and the' Chicago platform, aud nomi
nated Samuel Al.-chuler, of Aurora, (or
governor.
7. B. Fargo, brother of J. O. Fargo,
president of the American F.xpress
Compauy, aud of William C. Fargo,
founder 'of the Wells Fargo F.xpres
Company, is dead at his home iu Nw
York, aged 67.
The Chinese restriction bill, increas
ing the tax ou Chinese immigrants
from $50 to $100, has been adopted by
the house of com minis st Ottawa,
Canada. The measure also restricts
the immigration of Japanese to 12 per
mouth.
Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, will not
run for governor of Illinois.
Prohibitionists, in national conven
tion assembled at Chicago, say they
will poll 800,000 votes.
W. II. Wade, an expert billiard
player, and by many considered the
best bank thot in America, it dead at
Chicago.
Martin J. Russell, one of the proprie
tors of the Chicago Chronicle, died at
Mackinac Island (com a com plication
of diseases.
There were 10,877 deaths from chol
era out of 15,479 cases during the week
ending June 10, iu the province of
Bombay, India.
Oregon's vote, ofllcially canvassed,
on the equal nifTrage amendment was
a follows: (or equal suffrage, 20,205;
against 28,402.
The United States district judge at
St. Louis has issued a restraining order
to prevent interference with the run
ning of street-earn.
General Wheeler says the war in the
Philippines is practically ended. A
(oice can easily be spared from the is
land (or work in China.
A hot wave is prevalent in North
Dakota. Crops are iu a parched con
dition. The thermometer at Grand
Forks registered 104 in the shade.
Affairs in Cuba are now so tranquil
that soldiers are no longer needed
The troops will tie withdrawn aud scut
to Manila to relieve the volunteers.
The Yaqui Indians have nearly all
abandoned the warpath. Several hun
dred are still hidden in the mountains
and make an occasional descent on iso
lated ranches.
The secretary of the navy has author
ized the following names for the new
battle-shipt and ciutsers: battle-ships,
Virginia and Rhode Island; armored
cruisers, Mary lund, Colorado and South
Dakota; protected cruisers, St. Louis,
Milwaukee and Charleston.
A strike has occurred among the la
borers employed bv the Havana Elec
tric Company, Cubans and Spanish, ou
the ground that they do not receive the
same wages as Americans who do aim
ilar work. The contractors reply that
Americans are worth (ar more than
Cubans.
It is officially announced that Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the Austrian
heir-apparent, will formally renounce
the right of succession to the imperial
throne. He will wed the Countess
Sophie Choteck, his morganatia mar'
riaiie being the reason for which he
will withdraw flora the succession.
China's new railroad from Canton tc
Hankow, with its branches, will be
1,000 miles long. It will be built by
American capital.
Rev. Charles S. Wing, of Brooklyn,
told the New York Methodists that all
the best Methodists were against the
amusemeut'restrictions.
The park board of Baltimore has fur
bidden the nse of automobiles in any of
the public parks or pleasure places in
the city under the control of the bourd.
Dewey says men of wide influence
first urged him to soek the presidential
nomination.
The United States bag 200,000 miles
of railroads and less than 20,000 miles
of good wagon roads.
Americans took oonspiouoni parts in
unveiling at Vendome, Ira nee, a mon
ument to Rooharnbeau, who fought for
this country in the revolutionary war.
Lou it Jackson, industrial commis
sioner of the bt. l'aul roan, reports an
Suwraal number of inquiries from East'
em manufacturers for desirable sites in
the Wett.
II
Nominated by .the Republi
can Convention.
NOMINATIONS UNANIMOUS
Tlis NtMrh r the Imy Were Msili
by Nviislur Krhr suit iiw anil
lb Kiutilre KUU (ivmur.
Philadelphia, June 28. President
MoKlnley was unanimously renominat
ed for president of the United Stats
by the Republican National convention
at 1 :4H o'clock today, aud an hour aud
10 minutea later Governor Roosevelt,
of Ne York, was unanimously anlect
,J to stand beside hint iu the coming
battle.
Such unanimous demonstrations in
honor of the nominee of a national
convention hava never before been
equaled perhaps in the history of poli
tics iu iht country. It wat a love
(east, a jubilee, a ratitlcatlou meeting.
There wat a tine setting or today's
spectacular drama. Bright peouie si
either end of the ttaga made two flam
ing bits of color. Throughout the vast
multitude (an moved ceaselessly to
aud fro like the wings of a crowd of
alarmed gulls heating the air. There
were no preliminaries. The wrangle
expected over the qnextluu of reducing
the renreMeiitatlou in the South was
averted by the withdrawal of ex-Sen-ator
(juay't proposition. The great
hall tiecame quiet as Setiator Lodge,
standing liefore 15,000 eager (aces,
gavel lu hand, announced that nomina
tions (or pmsldent of the United States
were in order. The reading clerk ad
vanced to the fruit of the platform.
lie waa aUmt to call the roll of states
for the presentation of candidate.
When Alabamal was called, a thin,
red-whiskered delegate from that state
rose and summered the first right to
speak to Ohio. A Mutter of handker
chiefs filled the air, and cheer after
cheer weut up from the1elegata in th
pit, as Senator Foraker,' o( Ohio, strod
toward the platform.
At the end of a half houta' speech,
the senator placed McKlnley lu nom
ination, amid enthriiNlaam unbounded,
Seconding speeches were made by
Theodore Roosevelt, Senator Thurston,
John W. Yerkos, an orator from th
Blue Grass state, and Governor Mount,
of ludlaua, but before the latter con
eluded the convention wa Impatient
(or a vote, aud several time tried to
howl him down.
C'.llli.f th. Hall.
. Then the roll of states wa called
and delegation after deleuutioll rose in
solid blocks and cast their vote (or
McKiuley. When Chairman Lodg
made the announcement that the presi
dent had been renominated (or the term
beginning March 4, 11)01. there wat
the same wild storm which had been
raised by Foraker, and when It wat
over Roosevelt's nomination (or the
vice-presidency evoked a succession oi
similar demomitrations.
Ijife Youmr. who was with Roosevelt
in Cuba, nominated him ou behalf o
the state which had originally came to
Philadelphia for Dolllver. His nom
ination was seconded by Delegate Mur
ray, of Secretary Ijong'a state, and Del
egate Ashton. of Washluuton, who
came here for Bartlett Tripp. IChanu
cey Dopcw wound up the oratory on
behalf of the state which declared for
Woodruff. Depew't speech aroused
the most dazzling dreams of the coun
try's future. During every pause, tin
band played but one air, the tuu
which Colonel Roosevelt hud heard in
the trenches before Santiago.
At 2:14 o'clock the convention, which
had done the unparalleled thing of
nomination both the candidates tor
president and vice-president nuaul
mously, adjourned.
Governor Roosevelt drove from the
convention hall with Mr. Odell, seated
in the rear of an open landau. He
lifted his liroad-hrimod hat to the con
tinuous fslvos that greeted him at he
passed throngh the densely packed
street, like a conquering hero fresh
from new victories. Tonight the (aces
of McKiuley and Roosevelt are on all
the bartue. aud their name are on
every lip.
Itoborts KiiiiiiI Uulltr.
Salt Lake, June 23. The jury in the
caso ot B. H. Rolicrts, on trial (or tin
lawful cohabitation, returned a verdict
o( guilty. Roberts, in an agreed state
ment of facts put before the jury, ad
mitted that he entered into a polyga
mous marriage with Maggie B. Shipp
aud lived with her and his legal wife,
Sarah Louisa. It is claimed that Rob
erts relies on the supreme court to re
verse the verdict on technical grounds.
Striker. Wrack lli-lrig.
Gunnison, Colo., June 23. The
Colorado & Southern Railroad Com
pany't iron bridge across the Gnunison
river, 2 miles above this town, wat
wrecked by an explosion of giant pow
der early ths morning. The explosion
is believed to have been caused by sym
Dsthizcr with the strikers at the coal
mines, to prevent the running of trains
to the mines.
The animal that first succumbs
extreme cold is the horso.
to
Terrible Tntgiidjr In Hun FrmioUoo.
San Francisco, June 23. Henry E.
Pike, a bookkeeper, shot and killed hit
former wife, and then committed sui
cide tonight at the home of Mrs. Pike.
Pike left a letter (ull of abuse of hit
former wife, accusing her of many im
proprieties. Pike formerly lived at
Denver, where he was in the employ
of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad.
He came to this city about eight yean
ago. It it thought that hia mind wat
deranged.
Increased I'ny for Naval Men.
Washington, Juno 23. The navy
department bus Issued a general order,
under the terms of the last appropria
tion act, increasing the pay of naval
officers on shore In Puerto Rico, Cuba,
the Philippine islands, Hawaii and
Alaska by 10 per cent, and for the en
listed men of the marine corp ashore
at those places 20 per cent. The in
crease is to bo computed from May 20
last.
The Great Northern railroad will in
auxuiate a fast freight system between
Seattle and Whatcom.
RtPUBUOAN PLATFORM.
fsrljr't rrlaelple A.tnpturt
tk
rhlladeliihla limnuii.
Philadelphia, June 8. The follow.
lug It th text ol the platform adopted
by tha Republican National eouventloii!
Th Republicans or in uuuou
States, through their chosen represen
tatives, met in national convention,
looking Jok opon ao unsurpassed Wd-
ord of achievement aud looking for
ward Into a great fluid of duty and op
portunity, aud appealing to the judg
ment of their oouutrymeu, niak these
declarations:
The expectation In which th
Americau people, turning from t
Democrat! party, entrusted the power
of th United Statei lour year ago to a
Republican chief magistrate aud a re
publican oongrest, ha been met and
satislted. When the people then as
sembled at th polls, after a term ol
Dimooratlo legislation and admlnstra.
tlou, buslnest wa dead, industry par
aiyaed and th national eiedit , Oust
Irously imiwired.' In c-nntiy rapt
Ul wa kldden-asr; and it labor 6i
tress d ua unemployed,, Th l
cratt had no other plan vith wht. n tc
I in pro v th ruluout condition which
they had themselves produced, titan to
coin silver at the ratio of 10 1. Be
Republican party, deuouulng thit plau
tt sure to proline communis even
worse than those from which relief wat
ought, promised to restore proj)i ity
by mean of two legislative measures
a protective tariff and a law making
gold th staudard ot value. The peo
ple, by great majorities, Issued to th
ltepuhllcau party a wmmlssiou w eu-
act these laws. This commission hat
been executed, aud tha Republican
pledge la redeemed; and prosperity
more general and more almudaut than
we hava ever known has followed these
euactmeutt.
There ia no longer any controversy at
to the value of any goveruemeut obli
liatlou. Every American dollar 1 a
gold dollar or it equivalent, and
American credit stand higher than
that ol any nation. Capital is fully
employed, and everywhere labor 1
profitably occupied.
MeKlnler'S Aduilnlslrallan.
W iudorse the administration of
William McKlnley. Ita act hav
twen established in wisdom and In
(latrlotism, aud at home ami abroad it
has distinctly elevated and extemied
the Influence of th American itatiou.
Walking untried path aud facing nil.
(orsceu reHinsll)Ulties, President Mc
Kiuley has been, iu every ettuatloit,
the true American patriot and upright
statesman, clear lu vision, strong in
judgmeut, firm in action, always in
spiring and deserviug the eoutldeuc of
his oouutrymeu.
Muun-I Mnney.
We renew our allegtauce to tha prin
ciple of the gold staudard. and declare
our confidence lu ;the wisdom ol the
legislation ol the Fifty-sixth congress,
hy which the parity of all ol our
money and the stability of our cur
rency ou a gold basis hat been secured,
l'rotvellaa.
We renew our faith In 'h-s polio t r
tiroUtctlon to American labor, lu thai
uiilli-v our industries have been estab
lished, diversified and
maluraiued. )
By piotectiug the home, competition
has beeu stimulated and production
cheapened.
' We command the policy of the Re
publican party iu maintaining the oftl
eleiiey of the civil service. The ad
ministration has acted wisely iu its
effort Ui seem a lor public service iu
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine islands only those whose
Htncss has beeu determined by training
and experience. We believe that em
ployment iu the puhl'o service lu those
territories should be coutloed, as far as
practicable, to their inhabitants.
Public movements looking to a per
manent improvement of the mads aud
highways of the country, meet with
our cordial approval, and we recom
mend this subject to theearuesU-oiiHld-era)
ion of the people aud ot the legis
latures of the several states.
We favor the extension of the rural
free delivery service wherever its ex.
tenxlon may lie justified. .
We favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood ot the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa. We favor the construction, owner
ship, control aud protection of an Isth
mian canal by the government of the
United States.
Iu the interest ot our expanding com
merce, we recommend that congress
create a department of commerce aud
industries iu the charge of a seeretury
with a seat in the cabinet.
We approve the annexation of the
Hawaiian islands to the United States.
The rtilllilii.
In accepting, by the treaty of Pails,
the ressinsibility ot our victories iu
the Spanish war, tliojitwddnut-and--the
senate won the undoubted approval of
tho American people. No other course
was possible thau .lo destroy Spain's
sovereignty throughout, the West Indies
and in tho Philippine islands,
The largost measure f slf-goei
ment consistent with their welfare ami
our duties shall be seen red to them by
law. To Cuba, Independence aud
self-government were assured in the
tame voice by which war wat declared.
The Republican party, ukiii its his
tory and upon this declaration ot its
principlei and policies confidently in
vokes the considerate and approving
judgment of the American people.
Portable Sawmill Blew Up.
Hamburg, N. Y., June 28. A boiler
of a portable steam engine used to pro
pel a rawmill exploded near the village
of Eden, Erie cpunty, this evening, in
stantly killing three men John Flem
ing, Alexander Fleming and Bert Mara
looser. Tacoina will offer a $150 silver cup
for a oompetive drill between the 13
companies of the National Guard,
which will celebrate there July 4.
Havana, June 21. General Wood
has issued the following statement:
"The examination by expert account
! ants of the treasurer's office from the
I tt 4ta Innnntlml bint TAUI hall TUMMl
11.111 VI. .UVUIW-XH J " - --
completed. The office wat found in
excellent condition. It hat also been
conclusively proved that the charge ol
extravagance in the matter of salaries
to Americans paid from fBlnnd funds it
absolutely without foundation! The
fact of the case is that the highest
salaries paid in the island are paid to
Cubans. The reports of extravagance
iu transportation and the like are abio
Jutoly talse."
RATIONS NEAR Tl
Nil
A. Thousand British Join the
Allied Forces.
PREPARATIONS FOR ASSAULT
rfla OIHrlals at Nbaehl Hell
ths Wnrst Has Happens la the Le
nitons at I'ehla.
London, June 87. The British
miser Terrible hat arrived at Che Fuo
rout - Takn, with th latest news,
which It at foltowts
"Fight hundred sikh and 800 Welh
lualtUrt hav effsctad a junction with
the Ameriean, German aud Russian
foroat which had Wen. cut off by the
Cbiu m n'-out nine n iles from Tien
tfH Jt was promised to deliver an
t,':W liV. 4b C44W4 furee a Itm
I'tfU, night." '. i '
,'. ;'FJi official opinion here,"
I a ili-jmtch (torn Shanghai to the
Dally hi press, dated yesterday, "in
cline to the bliel that the woist baa
happeued to the legation at Pekln aud
to Admiral Seymour. F.veu it the
legation were safe June 14, there it
no guarantee that they are taf now.
The situation, In (act, grow more aud
more gloomy. Tha entire absence of
reliable new (mm the capital seem to
justify Die woist voustructiou which
can tie put upou It.
"Had new come from Ysn Knng,
where the uumst Is said to be growing
hourly. Viceroy Liu Kiu Ylhhaa tele
graphed the Itrltlsli authorities that
he hat ordered the th e Chinese cruisers,
which have beeu lying off the harbor
there, t-i proceed to Nankin,"
"General Ma't armv," say a corre
spondent at Slum llai Kan, "consist
ing ot 45,000 men, left a week ago lor
Pekln, and General Sung thing's
troops, numlieriug 8,600, left (or the
tame place June 15.
"A carelul estimate of the num 1st
and armament of the Chluase troop
around Pekln pur the total at 300,000,
aud it Is calculated that these troops
posse 837 centimeter Creusot gnus,
18 Krupps aud 1&0 Maxim. Their
supply of ammunition it practically In
exhaustible. It has been maluly tup
plied by a German Arm at Carlwita."
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
"Li Ping lleng, ex-governor of Shan
Tung, who Is Intemady intl-forvlgn,
ha goue to the Kisug Yin (oris, on the
Yangtse, He lias declared lit Inten
tion ol resisting the laudiug of llritish
(orcet In that region."
Fx tensive preparation by th allies
are going forward. The first reglmeut
of llritish India' 10.000 men embarked
at Calcutta yesterday, aud 033 more
marines received eiders to go out from
English porta. Th llritish wsr ofllce,
in anticipation of a prolonged cam
fs4n, it contracting for winter cloth
Wt and fur caps.
"j A.nur sr ny corps, order! out
ov" tests, umitbeM fta, 100 men, with
M io Ii3. J ii in. u purposes to laud 15,-
"" Chine territory within a
lullu.glll. AiiioiiK ine minor military
preparations, the Portuguese governor
of Macao, island ot Macao, at the
southwest entrance ot Gun ton river, ia
sending arms to the Portuguese con
cession. The Germans In lloug Kong
have cabled F.utperor William to ask if
they may aerve In tho local tones iu
defense of lloug Kong. A million
rounds left Hung Kong yesterday for
Taku by the llilibh siVamer llailoug.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
rime sends the following under yes
terday's date:
"A military correspondent at Taku
lays the operations of the allies are
suffering (rom want of a rocoguixed
head, defective organization aud tho
lack of tratissirt."
A RESTRAINING ORDER.
St. Louis Klrlker Mint Nut Interfere
With Mall far.
St. Louis, Juno 27. Judge Klmor
IJ. Adams, of the United States district
court, today gruutud a tempotary in
junction iu tho case of W. D. Malum
aud all members ot Dlvisiou No. 1311
ot the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway F.mploje ol America,
restraining them from interfering iu
any way with the running of mail call
over the Hues of the St. Louis Transit
Company. None of the defendants
were preseut. They were represented
by W. 8. Anthony, while District At
torney Hitchcock aud Rosiure acted
tor the government.
In summing up tho contents of the
aflidavits presented, Mr. Anthony de
clared that it was not shown that any
rif the defendants named had been
guilty o( lawlessness. "On the con
trary,"' Ita a"tJfc:n,"7t1w"etrlke kiiidort
u(l all th ti.embere M the Street Rail
way Men's UjSou have counselled law
dud order. -Tho Traui.it Company it
jiot res,)oiiiW), perhups,- (or the uu
I cuiidi'Uouf Which existed. It
',, Jion meu who hi ve beeu made
to suffer ttud4r.thjibruiit of all the
disturbances. The president of the
anion, Mr. Patterson, is dying in the
hospital n the result of being stabbed
by an assassin "
The Loudoi), Fnglund, Times saye:
"Fngland, with 000 years of license,
is the wort liquor cursed nation iu the
world."
California Wheat for Peru.
Lima, Per( via Galveston, Juue 87.
An excellent impression has been
made by the announcement that in ad
dition W the 00,000 tons of California
wheat which has just arrived at Cal
lao, an equul quantity is on the way to
Peru.
' Manitoba Crnp railed.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Juue 27. Ol
1,800,000 acres of wheat, 1,000,000
acres will never be cut. RainB cau
not now cliunye a stuutod crop, six to
eight inches hkh, aud a small heud
into a crop. The more optimistic hope
(or teed and feed, but this is doubtful.
This is the hottest day of the year,
Chlua tVar AfleoU Kentucky.
Lousiville, June 27. The troubles
in China are beginning to affect the re
mote districts of the Kentucky moun
tains in the Kinseng trade, by which
hundreds of people make a living,
Ever since the Boxers began their out-
rases the nrice of ginseng hat been
dropping. A month ago it waa quoted
at $3.76; today it wat down to S2.25,
the lowest in four yeart.
FAMINE AND PLAQUE
Horrible Conrlllluns Prevailing la ladle
-Water upHy fuor
New York, June 8,. J. W, John-
ton aud family, and Mr. Mary Moy
tar, missionaries of the Christian Alli
ance in India, have just arrived In New
York. Their stations are In the (am
ine afflicted district of llorar, Central
India. Mr. Johnson It located at Kha
luagon.a place of about 40,000 Inhabit
ant, Mn, Moyaer la at A sola. wr.
Johnson ha been iu Khamagon several
Speaklug ol tue conditions in inoia,
he said:
"When we left India on May IS,
6,000,000 people were on the govern
ment relief list. On June 1 we heard
that cholera had broken out. In
Abmedebed, a place ol 60,000 people,
over 600 died In the course of the week
before we started. When we left, the
goveruineut waa transferring 7,000 or
H.000 people from place to place be
cause of lack of drinking water. In
my station, where there are 40,000
people, there were only two well left
with water in them. The people were
hauling the water from well souk In
the beds of streams never before known
to go dry,
"Since the last (amine, three yeart
ago, the goveruineut engineer have
discovered that the level of the water
iu the ground ho sunk IS feet, which
I the cause of all the difficulty. The
railroad engine at our place is obliged
to go 15 mile for water. The railroad
companies are building tanktand haul
ing water from place to place.
"Cholera, smallpox aud diarrhoea are
now following tho famine. We heard
at Geuoa that there had been Hoods at
llomhuy. Ruin now would be worse
than the falmne, for they would cause
the grass snd weed to spring up. The
natives would seise upon this growth
as soon as It appeared above the ground
and Ml and eat the mess. Iteiug in
such a famished state, this would have
a very disastrous effect upon them.
There is plenty ot grain in the coun
try, it the government would only put
a little pressure upon the greedy mer
chants," EOERS TAKE SUPPLY TRAINS.
Ilewel Al.o Captured a Number of Hoi
riler Near l.lndley.
New York, Juue 28. A dispatch to
the Tiihune lioin London says: Lord
Roberts has profited by the diversion
of public Interest (rom South Africa
to I 'hliia. Unpleasant incident escape
notice and the delay in winding up the
campaign is screened (mm criticism.
According to tha account giveu In the
press dispatches ol yesterday, the am
busesde of tho yeomanry near Llndley
was not creditable to the Ililtish arm
and details ol the capture of a large
convoy with an escort of Highlanders
near lleilbron show that a depressing
story was suppressed at long as possi
ble. There hat clearly been a good aeal ot
bluuderiiig on the llritish side in the
Orange River colony, and there are
several mysteries about lleilbron and
Llndley and General Rundle'a cam
palgo which require further explaua
tion.
Further particular of the fighting at
PiuuearspiMirt to the northeast of Pre
toria are forwarded by a correspondent.
The object ol the llritish operations
was to drive General Itotha (rom the
jKisltlon he had taken op. Tho fight
ing was continuous for two days and
It was hoad that General French and
Hamilton would bo able to entrap the
burghers on the following day. It
was discovered, however, that llotha
had In tho night effected another mas
terly retreat.
The Times' correspondent at Kroon
stad my, that General Dewet is show
ing caable generalship, hut it unable
to prevent his men from deserting daily.
llemanri on the Furte.
Washington, June 28. At to the re
port (rom Constantinople that the
Unite Statei charge, Mr. Griscom, hat
presented another demand for the let
tlemciit of the claims, it can be stated
ou high authority that this government
is steadily pressing for a definite aud
final settlement and is losing no oppor
tunity to remind the Turkish author!
ties of the unsatisfactory aud indefinite
nature ot the preseut situation. Hut
lieyond this persistent pressure there
has beeu no imperative action taken,
nor has it beeu definitely determined
what course will be adopted if the
temporizing of the Ttukish diplomacy
is carried to the point ot practical fail
ore to meet the Americau demands.
'41)0,000 Out From Klondike.
Seattle, June 28. The steamer Cot
tage City arrive here today from Skag-
way with f-JOO.000 iu dust and drafts
and a numher of passengers from Daw
son. The latter loft Dawson June 0
and oounrm ine reimna oi tne mining
of young Itelfea' body near Miuto.
Among the Interior passenger are
George Avery and John Auderson, who
are taui to nave aou.uuu eaon wun
them.
Brooklyn Leaves Manila.
Manila, June 88. The United States
cruiser Brooklyn, with -300 marines
(rom Cavito, hat sailed for Nagasaki,
whore she will coal, and (rom which
place she will go to Taku. Colonel
Robert I. Meade is iu command of the
marines. The United States transport
Logan, with tho Ninth infantry, aud
the United States gunboat Princeton
will follow tomorrow.
Captain John Powers Arrested.
Louisville, Ky., Juue 28. A Bpecinl
(rom Harlan Court house, Ky., says:
Captan John L. Powers was arrested
here today, charged with being an ac
cessory to the murder of Governor Goe
liel. Powers at onoe instituted habeas
corpus proceedings. He holds a pardon
issued by Governor Taylor while in
office, and was released once before on
habeas corpus proceedings in Knox
county. He Is a brother ol Secretary of
State Caleb Poweis. t
Flood In Georgia.
Macon, Ga., June 27. Owing to
recent heavy mint the OcuJgee river at
thit point is again raging far above the
lunger Hue. A bridge waa swept away
and report! fiom over the state show
great damage to fruit and crops. The
damage to bridges and tann buildings
will be enormous. The cotton crop is
considerably injured. Advices have
been received of several persons being
drowned.
Germany will take no ttept to pre
vent the annexation by Great Britain
ot th South African republic,
New Discovery of Cold on the
Alaska Coast.
THE RUSH IS TREMENDOUS
One Thousand Men Are There Already
-Nearly Haifa Ml I Hon Taken Out
Gold I Among Urass Knots.
Nome, Alaska, June 8. More defi
nite and complete return have lately
been received concerning the lieacb
strike at Topkuk, 05 milea below Nome.
There teemt no reason to doubt that
thit it one of the greatest ttriket ever
made in thit vicinity, at Important a
the strike at Nome itself.
Though the discovery at Topkuk 1 ol
comparatively recent dale, many hav
Hrock It rich already, and several In
dividual fortune, running a high a
125,000, have been taken oot. Partlet
of two or three working with ordinary
rockeri, it it aald, are takug out $1,000
a day. One little plot ot ground, jutt
about big enough for a good-tixed
grave, yielded $15,000 worth of the
preoloiit metal It lay just at the edge
of the tundra, and the gold was actual
ly among the grate root. It Is reliably
estimated that one stretch ol beach 600
(eet long by an average ot 00 feet in
width hat yielded $476,000 within the
past few weekt.
Another strike, though of a less ten-
latloual nature, ha been reported at a
point un the beach 20 miles south oi
Nome. At thit last-named place and
scattered aloug the beach between
Nome aud Topkuk over 1,000 men are
now at work.
There is little doing at present In
thia immediate vicinity, and tome of
the newcomers, who expected to pick
up nuggets like shells on the seashore,
are somewhat disappointed. Work it
'proceeding steadily on most of the
claims, but there la no excitement just
now except over the newi of the new
ttriket.
Tale of a Caalaway.
Nome, Alaska, June 8. After (our
mouths of tearful suffering, during
which he helplessly watched the death
ot one after another of hit companions,
James Murphy, ot New York, a cata
way tailor, wat rescued from starvation
by natives on St. Lawrence island.
He was picked up from the island June
1 by the bark Alaska. Murphy is the
sole survivor of a party of lx which
Bailed for Nome November 8, 1800, on
board the tchoouer K. A. Creet. of San
Francisco. The other ol the party, all
of whom perished from cold or itarva
tion on St. Lawrence islaud, were:
P. Lair, of Snohomish, owner of the
vessel; J. 11. Johnson, ol San Francis
co, master; Charles Klliott, ot Denver,
Colo., mate; It. A. Nichlo, of Ply
mouth, Mast., cook; J. Smith, of Seat
tle, tailor.
The little vessel waa destined for Cape
Nome, but after an unusually rough
voyage the was driven ashore on St.
Lawrence island. She lauded high and
dry, and the men made an easy laud
ing, getting most ot their proivsiont
and baggage ashore. Rut the schooner
had been scantily provisioned, and the
supply wat soon exhausted. The
weather wat severely cold, and the
men could find but little shelter. The
islaud was known to be inhabited by
natives, and a Catholio mission waa
supposed to be tomewheiein the neigh
borhood, but Captain Johnson, who
started in January to find it, was frozen
to death on the way. In the weeks
following, Lar, Nichol and Smith tuo
combed to hunger and cold.
Murphy and Klliott were discovered
by a party of native -March 20, 1000,
after having passed nearly four mouths
on the Island. The next day, Maro h
21, the two survivors tet out for the
mission, under the guidance of the na
tives. Klliott wat on the verge of col
lapse when the start wat made, and
the party had not gone far on the way
when he died in a litter iu which the
Indiana were carrying him. The mis
sion proved to be 70 miles distant from
the point at which the schooner was
oast away. On arriving there, Murphy
was well cared for, and soon recovered
strength, although he may never en
tirely get over the effects ol hia physi
cal aud meutal suffering.
Scattored about the camp of the ship
wrecked party on the bleak shore of St.
Lawrence island He five unburied
corpses. Captain Frank Tuttle, of the
tevenue cutter Bear, hat iuterested
himself in Murphy's tragio tale, and,
it is said, will go to the island and i.ive
deceut burial to the bodies of the five
victims. Murphy will go with the
revenue cutter to locate tne Denies,
after which he expects to return to
New York,
Will Drill Guatemalan Army
New Orleans, June 27. Herr Tief
feubach, of Hamburg, Germany, ar
rived here today, on hia way to Guate
mala, where he goes under a contract
to teach German military tactics to the
Guatemalan army.' He stated that the
object of the government is to make a
general improvement in the army.
C. II. liryan, of San Francisco, com
mitted suicide on the steamer Ohio,
while en route to Dutch Harbor, be
cause of despondency.
Hoers in Small Hands.
London, June 28. The Boer com
mamndoa in the esatern part of the
Orange River colony appear to have
been broken up by their leaders into
small parties, that harass large columns
of the British incessantly, cutting off
scouts, sniping pickets, makirg a show
of force here and there. Commandant
Christian Dewet. President Steyn't
principal leader, la the genius of these
guerrilla operations. He ia the hero
of the Boer side in these last days of
hostilities.
California Frunegrowers.
San Jose, Cal., June 28. A nnmber
of new contracts have reaohed the head
quarters of the California Cured Fruit
Association here. A large aoreage
has been seoured since the directors
determined to take np the aotive work
oi handling thit years' big crop, and it
is now certain that before prune pick
ing beglna more than 00 percent of the
yield of the ttate will be under the
control of the association.
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and
Virginia have made Jefferson Davis'
birthday, June 9, a legal holiday.
MIDSUMMER BUSINESS.
Distributive Trade 1 on a Beetrletad
sale.
Bradatreet't yt: Midsummer doll-
nest In distributive trade ,and indus
try, and further reduction of price in
manufactured goods, particularly iron
and steel and raw textile, but a
maiked movement In nearly all agri
cultural products, ate the leading fea
ture ot the business situation thie
week.
Croo damaire hat been a moving
cause for the adavnee in the price vt
cotton. Home weakness hat been noted
In cotton goods, without, however,
favorably affecting distribution. Trade
In dry goods bat been helped by warmer
weather.
Wool 1 lower, and the woolen-good
market la rather quiet, awaiting tb
next London wool sale and the opening
of the tpring-weight season.
A heavy business it doing in yenned
togar, and the manufacturers are over-,
told. A good margin of profit exiita
in thia trade.
-Beport bom the boot and aboe in
dustry are of rather unaatiifactcry
trade prospect, nd leather and hide
ire rather weak at the East, but ttrong
at Chicago, where heavy purchase (or
Philippine army purposes have strength
ened the aituation.
Anthracite coal It in seasonable dis
tribution, while the deamnd for bi-
tuminoui continues active.
Wheat (including flour) shipment
for the week aggregate 4,645,180 beth
els, against 4,678,0'.' bushel last
Failures in the United State for the
week number 167, compared with 180
last week.
Failure in the Dominion of Canada
(or the week number 28, against 23
last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Beattle Market.
Onions, new, 1 Mo.
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, $16016: $16.
Beets, per sack, 00c g $1.
Turnips, per sack, 166.
Carrots, per tack, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, 60 75c.
Cauliflower, California 00c $1.
Strawberries $1.25 per case..
Celery 40 60o per do.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00(51.20 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $2.50 per case.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 17 22c; ranch, 15 17c pound.
Kggs 10c.
Cheese 14 15o.
Poultry 14o; dressed, 14 15c;
spring, $3.60.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $18.00. . "
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
(eed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$30.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $8.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra-.
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.80 4. 00.
Millstufft Bran, per ton, $18.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped (eed, $10.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel
teers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 0c; veal, SX
10c.
Ham Large, 13c; small, 18 M;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry aalt tides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 6758o;
Valley, 68c; Bluestem, 68o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.05; graham,
$2.65; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 35c; choice
gray, 83o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $12) ton; mid
dlings, $10; shorts, $13; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,$7
f.SO; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 85 40c;
leoonds, 45c; dairy, 8580o;
ttore, 25o.
Eggs 15o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon (ull cream, 13o;
Young America, 14c; new cheeae 10c
per pound. ,
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$1.253.50; geese, $4.005.00 (or old;
$4.506.60; ducks, $3.004.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per
rjonnd.
Potatoes 40 50c per sack; aweetw,
23,li'o per pounu.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75o;
per sack; garlio, 7o per pound; cab
bage, IKo per pound; parsnips, fl;
onions, lc per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 2 8o per pound.
Wool Valley, 1616o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewea, 3?4'c; dressed mutton, 7
7Ko per pound; lambs, 5)0.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dreeted,
$5.006.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00 4. 60;
cows, $3. 50Q4.00; dressed beef, 6K
7?io per pound.
Veal Large, 67c; small, 8
8Xo per pound.
Tallow 55c; No. 2 and greaae,
8i4o per pound.
Ban FranoHco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, l815opei
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1015o; Val
ley, 1820o; Northern, 1012o.
Hops 1800' crop, ll18o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 10 20c;
do teconds, 1818o; fancy dairy,
18c; doseoonds, 1516Ho per pound.
Eggs Store, 16c; fancy ranoh,
18Mc
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50313.50.
Hay Wheat $6. 50 10; wheat and
oat $6.00 0.50; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5.000.00 per ton;
Btraw, 2640o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 60 65c; Ore
gon Burbanke, 80o00; river Bur
banks, 8565o; new. 70c$1.85.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valenoia,
$3.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75o$l.S0;
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
2.50 oer bunoh; pineapples, som-
linal; Persian, dates, 6(360 pet
jpound,
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