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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
ComprehenaWa llevtew af the Import
ant HapMtil g .f 1M Wevk
fulled the Telegraph Column.
President Kroger i itill t Maeba
dodorp. Japanese laborer of Hawaii art on
strike. ,
rorter'a Cuban tariff schedule must
be revised.
Sixty pasaeugora from Dawson
brought out 250,000.
Lord Hoheata is preparing ft the fi
lial battle of the war.
Japanese fishermen at Stavensoa, B
C, are tnid to be arming,
Dole was inaugurated governor of
Hawaii cn tho Nth inst.
Colorado etill niaintaini a quatan
""tlOTKfattnrttn Franelseo. .
Penitentiary at Salem baa 130 pria
oners less tluu a few years ao,
Germany hua ordered 93 big gum for
Immediate dispatch for Chiua.
Sneaker Heudersou has beeu teuom-
inated for congress iu hit district in
Iowa.
Kuglaud ia making poor head way
- with the rebellion iu the UuUi Coast
Colony.
Boers attacked the Htitinh at t rim
kal aud Koodvalaptuit, but were beat
eu back.
Wilt Larkin, logger, was drowned
it Monroe, Or. John ltavnou 'atally
Injured at Niagara.
Stockmen of Polk comity, Or., have
nnited and offer 1iIkt.i1 bouutics lor
scalps of wild animals.
The steamer Geo. W. Klder, which
arrived at Portland, made the round
trip to Nome iu 33 daya.
David Hell, formerly one of the beit
known lumbermen of Cauada, ia dead
at hia home iu New Yoik city, aged 71
years.
Keuiaina of Reiuhart Brook, of Port
land, receutly drowuod by falliuit off
the Bailev Oatzert, were found near
Kalania, Wash.
In Chicago, two slaughter bouses oc
copied by llet8 Bros., and liuddy
Bros., were destmeu by lire with a
loaa of 70,000.
Tbe Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
road i have perfected a trallio deal that
ia designed to control effectually all
the passenger business iu C'alifuruia,
within the territory of the two com-
pauies. The main feature of thia
agieeuient are an interchange of tick
et to San Joaquin valley points, no
Sor ta Fe pasacngHr traiua to Loa Au
ttfia and uo rate cutting.
Hill sentiment ia worrying Charlet
-A.iOwue.
Americana and British were the first
to break into Tieu Tain.
Germany does not yet consider that
abe ia at war w ith China.
Pear-Admiral,, Watson homeward
bound haa reached Suez.
The Fast reports many deaths from
excessively hot weather.
Smallpox haa broken oat in the
postoffice at Alpha, Wash.
United States Commissioner Ran sua
haa been chosen governor of Nome.
Allen Cochrane, a young man of
Myrtle Creek, (Jr., was dragged to
death by a horse.
Outbreaks are now expected in
Southern China. Indications of upris
ings at Nankin and Canton.
Toredo-boat destroyer (ioldsliorough
made the round trip run between Taoo
nia and Seattle in a Unit two hours.
An uprising auainst British rule in
the island of Paralongn, South Sea, haa
taken place, 100 British being killed.
China ia said to have immense quan
tities of arms and officials assert that
ahe will stauger humanity if driveu to
it.
Governor Roosevelt haa informed the
Republican national committee that he
will give three solid weeks to campaign
work after August 1.
Minister Wu Ting Fang is said to be
playing policy at Washington being
desirous of standing in with which
ever aide that wins in Chiua.
Two deaths were caused by excessive
beat and humidity at Chicago. The
thermometer registered 80 degrees on
the street, and the humidity was al
most at the saturation point.
' A new gold beach has been discovered
65 miles below Cape Nome. Gold is
among the grass roots. A thousand
men are there and over a million has
been taken out in a few weeks.
After suffering with Bright's disease
for six months, and with all hope of
recovery gone, William J. Montgom
ery, a well-known mining man of Salt
Lake, Utah, committed suicide by
firing a bullet through his brain.
Montgomery had been a resident of
Utah since 1866.
Germans naturalized in America
are
In disfavor in the fatherland.
The wall paper trust, one of the
earliest and best known of the com
binations, has asked for a receiver.
Since January 1 174 national banks
have been organized. On June 0 there
were 8,754 national banks in the coun
try. Carleton college at Korthfleld, Minn.,
has received $25,000 from Dr. D. K.
Pearsons, of Chicugo.
The oldest living ex -senator of the
United States, James W. Bradbury, of
Maine, has just turned his 08 birthday.
Mrs. Kruger said in an interview
that she had 53 relatives in the tield in
the Boer war four sons, six sons-in-law
and 43 grandsons.
With the death of Mrs. T. M. Key
worth at Lincoln, England, at the age
of 09 years, the line of John Bunyan'i
descendants become extinct.
No states except Rhode Island and
Mississippi require more than one
year's residence for citizens. In Min
nesota only four months are required.
LAI eR NIWS.
f wehiy" thousand Chines solders art
within Pvktn walls, 30,000 outalde.
Admiral Kempfl reports that (h Ore
rod ia not iu a dangerous position.
The German minister at Pektn haa
been killed ami other logatious are uu
der selg a aid starring.
The cruiser Philadelphia arrived at
Astoria to take part In the Fourth of
Jury celebration there.
The steamer Danube at rived at Na
naimo, II, C, live days from Skagway,
with 40 passengers aud 170,000 Iu
gold dust.
As a last hope of saving" foreigners in
Pekin, the powers may now threaten
to destroy the graves of the imperial
ancestor.
Fire destroyed the large soap r od
fertilising plautot the Walker-Stint
man Company at Pittsburg, causing a
loss of 173,000.
A scandal in Klondike. Gold Com
itiiaaiouer Seukler is charged with il
legal grant to per sous with whom ha
waa partner. : -
Loa Cramer, of Independence, Or.,
a pioueer of 1852, committed suicide
by hanging himself. No cause is
known for tbe deed.
The four-oared race between Tenn
sylvaula, Columbia aud Cornell crews
was won by the former. The race took
place at Poughkeepsle, N. Y.
At Chester park, Cincinnati, W. A.
Rutland F. llausmau, of New Haven,
Conn., on a motor tandem, made a
mile in 1.S0 4 ft. This gives them the
world's record for a cement track.
By the burstiug of a reservoir of the
city water works of Grand liaplda,
Mich., 100,000.000 gallons of water
waa precipitated opou a thickly popu
lated district of the city, doing dam
age estimated at hundreds of thousauds
of dollars.
The Boxer war is carried iuto Texas,
According to advices a light recently
occurred between eight cowboys and
rauchmen and Chinamou lielouglng to
the Pei Chung colour, located iu l)u
val countv. Four Chuamen are known
lo have been wounded, one fatally. A
cowboy waa wounded iu the chest.
The timely arrival of a detachment of
state rangers saved further bloodshed
The strength of the foieign forces at
present in China are as follows: Gor-
mauy, 44ollirrs and 1,400 men; Great
Britain, 184 olll-ers and 1,700 meti;
Austria, 12 ollUers aud 137 men;
America, "0 officers ami S'.'tt men;
France, 17 officers aud 387 men; Italy,
seven officers and 131 men; Japan. 119
officers aud 8,709 meu, and Bum-la, 117
officers aud 5,817 meu, with a total of
53 field guns aud 8(1 machine guns.
General Botha is showing Increased
activity.
The Boers attacked Uammouia, but
were repulsed.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn
has proceeded to Taku.
Chinese have begun the destruction
of missions at Shan Tung.
Today and hereafter you can scud
letter to Hawaii for two cents.
At Angeles, Luzon, General Aquino
surrendered to General Grant.
Chinese situation exercises depi easing
influence on trade in Germany.
Many workers in Pittsburg are idle
peudiug the adjustment of wage scales,
The postofllce at Union, Oregon,
was looted by burglars and 1150 was
carried away.
A weeks scouting in North Luzon re'
suited iu 60 re Ms being killed and 40
wounded. One American was killed
The Indians on Rainy river, Ontario,
threaten an uprising. Three thousand
are gathered near the moutb of Rainy
river.
The great lumber yards, covering
half a mile, at Black Rock, a suburb of
Buffalo, N. Y., were burned, with a
loss of !f 100,000.
The steamship Nome City, which
made the trip from Portlaud to Nome,
rescued 47 people on the way, the
crews and passengers of two wrecked
schooners.
Over $10,000,000 worth of property
was destroyed, mnny lives lost, many
persons injured and at least 1,500 lives
imperiled by a fire on a dock at Jlo
boken, N.J.
The transport Sumner arrived al
San Francisco from Manila with 43
sick soldiers, 70 discharged men, 12
insane patients aud 10 members of
the hospital corps.
A special dispatch from Shanghai,
dated June 30, says that all on board
the United States battleship Oregon
which weut ashore iu the Gulf of Pe
Chi Li, have been saved. There is
some chance that the vessel may be
floated.
Terra Urrea, commonly called Santa I
Teresa, the young senorita who, it is
alleged, helped to incite the various
Yaqui Indian rebellious in Mexico, was
shot at Clifton, Ariz., by G. N. Rod-
iiguez, to whom she had been married
two uays beloie. J he young woman
was regarded as a saint, and hundreds
ol Mexicans chased Rodriguoz into the
mountains, where he was captured,
after a hard fight. He w is unmerci
fully beaten aud narrowly escaped
lynching. The girl will live.
An ordinary sight in Manila Is a
Fil pino market or washerwoman smok
ing a large cigar and clothed in a low
ueckeil gown, with flowing sleeves and
a handsomely embroideried silk scarf.
Partick Sharkey, who died at the age
of 83 in Fast Cambridge, Mass., was
the lust survivor of the four organizers
of the Father Mathuw Teniperence so
ciety, the oldest association of its kind
among the laity of the Roman Catholic
church.
Four ship loads of American Chris
tian F.tideavorers, 3,000 in all, will at
tend the convention in London from
July 14 to 18.
In the fulfillment of a plan laid out
by the late Lieutenant-Colonel James
D. Miley. United States volunteers, an
American library has been established
in Manila.
President Eliot, of Harvard, has re
ceived fiom several Harvard alumni
now serving in the Philippines a large
and valuable collection of native arms,
ornaments and manuscripts fur the un
iversity museum.
ID
Steamer Portland Brought
$300,000 From Nome.
THE PROPERTY OF 60 MEN
Tribulations In far Nnrlh Afloftl and
Aahura- l.lvuUnaut Harrow Katuras
Jr'ruiu tha lutvrlur,
London, Julv 8. Active Boer guev
rilla otajratloue are reported from half
a doseu point iu tlw Orange river col
iiny. lioer otiieuis rrom niicnauooorp
aver that a part of the Hrttiah convoy
waa captured June 514 near lutiurg
The Umrenco Marques correspondent
of the Times says: '
"lloth the burgher and the foreign
era who are arriving nera proiessa
strong belief that it will take from
three to lis Urouths to suudut the
Hoeis."
Another dispatch from Lourenco
Marques says:
"A coti.liiuiiiout of a foreign nrm
marked 'Dutch cheese, damaged,
proved, ou lauding, to contain army
boors (or the Boors. It passed the cus
toms, however, with unusual dispatch,
aud the British consul is making pre
sentations to the Portuguese govern-
incut."
A rwuw at t.iniiir.
London. Julv 8. The war office has
received the following from Lord Rob
arts:
"Pretoria, June 28. Paget reports
from Llndley that ho was migaged ou
June Stt with a laxly uf the enemy who
were strongly reinforced during ti
lay. A convoy of stores for the Llnd
ley garrison waa also attacked on Juue
2, but after a heavy rear guard action
the convoy reached Llndley iu safety.
Our catiaalties were 10 killed and four
officers aud alx ut 50 meu wounded.
The light reported yesterday was uuler
Ltautctiaut-C-oloitel Greiifell, hear Drel
per. Brabrant came up during the eu
gagmnttut. Total casualties of the two
colmnus, three killed aud 23 wounded,
'"Ou the previous day, near Picks-
burg, Doves' brigade was iu action
with a body of the entmiy. Our casu.
Itles were two officers killed, four
men wounded and one mau missing.
"Metbuiu found yesterday that the
Boer laager neat Yachkop and Spits
kop had leen hastily removed iu the
direction of Llndley. He found the
enemy 12 in lies and raptured 8,000
sheep and 500 head of cattle, which
tbe enemy had seised In that neighbor
hood. Our casualties were tour men
wounded.
"Hunter continued bis march yester
day toward the Yaal river unopposed.
Many farmer aloug the route have sur
rendered.
"Springs, the terminus of the rail
road from Johannesburg, due east, was
attacked yesterday morning. Tbe
Canadian regiment, which garrisoned
the place, !eat off the enemy. No
casualties are reported.
'Lieutenant North repotted missing
after the stack on the construction
train, Is a prisoner of the Boers."
ChaflVs t'nrr.i.
Pan Fnmclaeo, July 3. The trans-
t Grant, which sails for Nagaskl,
aud thence, it ia believed, to Che Foo
or Take, will carry 600 men of the
Sixth cavalry, which, in addition to a
hospital corps, made up at the Presi
dio, 300 recruits and 200 marines, will
constitute the force going to China.
The Ninth infantry aud a signal corps
from Manila and the marines already
In China will complete Geueral Chaffe's
forces, making 0,000 to 8,000 in all.
Throe surgeons will accompany the
hospital corps. Assistant Surgeon
John T. Halsell will have charge of
the medical department on the trans
port. llrncl.ieaim'a I'roliabla Mlitako.
Berlin, July 3. Since the receipt ol
Admiral Beudunianu's dispatch an
nouncing the arrival of the legations at
Tien Tiin with Admiral Seymour, the
foreiun nlllce here has received no
iirther Information either way. While I
"
admitting the possibility that Admiral I
Beudoiiiann waa misinformed, the for-.
elgn office assumes the correctness of . lrCM ' ,,eeu ""a" no reponeu
his dispatch until the contrary i ! for 5,100 acres. A public meeting was
proved. It admits, however, that it is , M ,n MoMinnvilla today, and a tale
very singular thut the other powers phone message received here states that
imvanntrmnivml nnu similar t.. tbt
cabled by Admiral Bendeman.
Hurnml by Mulled Copper.
Phoenix, July 8. John Markey,
employed in the smelting works of the
United Verdo mine, at Jerome, was
burned to death aud two Italiuus wero
severely burned lust night. Markey
was a skimmer on a converter. He
had poured tbe contents of the con
verter into the great ladle and the
crane was hoisting it when the pall
broke, pouring a large quantity of
seething copper over Markey aud par
tially over the Italians. Markey's
clothing was burned from his body aud
be lived but a short time, dying in
feurful agony.
One fireman wan killed and 11 other
firemen injured and nearly $300,000
worth of property was destroyed by fire
in the machine ahop of the Best Manu
facturing Company in Pittsburg, Pa.
Hawaiian Piistofflcos.
Washington, June 80. -The follow
ing Hawaiian poatoflices have been ad
vanced to the presidential class: Hono
lulu, salary, $3,200; Kohaln, salary
$1,000; lliio, salary
$2,100. The
postmaster at Honolulu
has been ap-,
pointed, but those lor the other places
mentioned have not been selected. The 1
appointees for offices in Hawaii
must
be residents of the islands.
section windmills wero destroyed and
crops blown down.
Antl-Forelgn Placards'.
Hong Kong, July 8. A river boat
which has arrived at Wu Chow reports
that it was detained for 24 hours at
Wu Chow Fu by order of the British
consuls, in order to afford protection
for foreigners until the gunboat Robin
arrived. It was added that anti-foreign
plaoards had been posted at Wu
Chow Fn, saying the time had now ar
rived for the massacre of the foreign
ers. The British gunboat Sandniner.
it was further announced, was still be
tween Wu Chow Fu and Nj)hau Kin
Fu, and could not be recalled, owing to
tne wires oeing out
ELDER BACK AGAIN.
rh tssssl Mad a lUeerd-BraaklMa
tUa Trl
Portland, July 1. The ate., r.ar Geo.
VY. Klder tltd up at the Alnw Jthdook
at 8 o'clock Lit nigt:, ator a voysgs
of nine days from Nome City, hsviug
made the rouud trip, Including Ave
dayi lay-over in Dutch Harbor and six
days Oisuharglng cargo at Cape Nome,
Itt 84 days. She brought 18 passengers,
none of whom report that ' they struck
it very rich. Her trip ia the quickest
ou record. Two daya before the de
parture of the Klder, the Nome City
arrived off the beach, and Captain
Randall, of the Klder, believes she
wilt be ia Portland again in about 10
days.
The Klder took op 828 passengers,
mostly from Portland, and lauded them
with their belonginga safsly on the
beach. The O. H. A N. On. had made
lightering arrangement. wRWll "
abled the Elder to get quick dispatch,
and she was much better off Iu this
respect than many oi tbe other, ieiu.
era. rive snips reached Avion l!rre
she did. the Brat of tbsw Wiiii the
San Blss. The stampede t J'opkuk
the new district where it ia reporter!
that $45,000 was taken out, was at it
height when the Klder waa in port and
auothef And wau reported at Port Clar
ence, up the beach iu the direction of
Kotaebue souud, Ibe day before the
Klder sailed a miner came to Captain
Randall aud offered to guarantee him
820 passenger at $30 a head for a run
to this new Held. He failed to return
again to make good bia guarantee, aud
the captain did not wait (or him
Money Is plentiful, wage and meals
high. Great difficulty was exper
ieuced by many of the vessels In get'
ting men to handle the cargoes, aud
much delay has been experienced ou
this aocouut. Many of the crews o
the boats ")uinod" as soon as they
reached the beach, and here again the
Klder was fortunate at alia lost only
lour men by desertion three of whom
were from the cbin where they were
not missed owing to the few pasaougar
carried on the return trip. Smallpox
broke out ou the steamship Ohio which
took up 700 people from Seattle, and
she weut Into quarantine at Fgs
island. She was still there when the
Klder left. Other steamers which
were at Dutch Harbor at the same time
with the Klder came straggling in after
her atrlval at Nome having been d
layed at Dutch Harbor by the difficulty
of getting coal, The price Is $12
ton which all the captain wers mote
than willing to pay, as they could not
get along without coal. There Is
great abuuauce in the yards at Dutch
llaibor but only a limited force of men
to handle It.
OETS SUOAR PLANT,
Industry lias Ha.a
N.wb.rs;, Or.
aarad far
Newburg, Or., July 4. This evening
closed the last day of the time given
Newberg and lamhlll county to secure
the $800,000 beet sugar factory offered
by Kastern capitalist ou condition of
the pledging of 5,100 acres of sugar
beet and the donation of a factory site.
This day has seen a great effort put
forth, and the result tonight is that
5,000 acres lias been deflntely pledged
and the money is ou baud to pay (or
the factory.
An immense mas mooting was held
in Crater's hall this afternoon, which
was addressed by Governor Geer. The
hall was densely packed, aud crowds
went away, suable to get in. The gov
ernor gave a very practical and encour
aging addtess, which was well re
ceived. He dwelt opou the undevel
oped possibilities of tbe state aud
pointed out the necessity of such man
ufacturing concerns as the beet stmar
industry for building up the Industrial
prosiairlty of Oregon. Such au enter
prise, he said, would bring more o
pie, aud more ople Oregon must have.
Governor Geer emphasised the (act
that our country is whoated to death,
and our only salvation is diversified in
dustry, He referred to the prosperity
which exists in the beet-raising sec
tions of the East ,and in Union county,
of our state, as an example of what this
enterprise will do for Newberg, Yam
hill and Oregon. Other enthusiastic
, , - . 1 I L
l'c"s were mnuo uj mem orawrs.
" '0" ol the meeting sutiscrlp-
"" '" """n worenge. win-
several Hundred acres were taken
there. The committee canvassing for
subscriptions for the site has the total
amount subscribed from Newberg 's
citizens alone. The sugar factory for
Newberg is now assured.
The site obtained consists of 60 acres
here on the bank of tbe Williamette
river.
Murdarsrs Santanrad.
- Seattle, July 4.The Indians cou
victed of the murder of M. and Mrs,
llorton.of k'ugene, Or., at Lynn cmuuI,
last October, were aentcv'cd at Skag
way, June 27. Hanson, who killed
I lor ton, will hang. 'VillianiB, who
cut Mrs. Horton's throe tr tuulacthrtia,tA
of Hanson, was sentenced to 60 years.
Kiohitoo also 60 gets years, Another
is given SO years, and two others 20
years each,
According to Salt Lake City figures,
the number of Mormons now in exist
ence is 800,000.
Family Was Wracked.
Kelso, July 4. By au aooident on
the Ostrander logging railroad, four
miles north of this place, yesterday
forenoon a vnnno inn nf Ularlr Wnlfnru
was killed, his wife and daughter each
had an arm crashed and Walters'
shouldei was dislooated, and he was
otherwise bruised. Several other pet
sons were slightly injured.
The University of Berlin will soon
have three chain of anthropology and
ethnology. ,
Thraa Legations Undestroyed,
Shanghai, July 4. The ' British
-ousul at Choe Foo telegraphs tlw
aron von Ketteler, German minister
it Pekin, was murdered by nutiv
troops June 18. Three legations, it Is
not stated which, were still undestroy
ed June 23. The Amerioan consul here
says that Yunh Lu telegraphed June 20
that the other ministers were safe that
morning. The situation was desper
ate, and he doubted whether the min
isters could hold out 24 hours longer,
as he and the empress oould not givf
protection.
si
Dock and Three Ocean Steam
ships Burned.
IAROE NUMBER Of LIVES LOST
l-rop.rly .m Keavtias Over le.OOO.
wOU-Vaasals lllruj(d Ara aal.
'Bm.a ami Main,
Now York, July 4. Over 910,000,
000 worth of projairty was destroyed
many live lost, many person were
injured, and at least 1,800 live im
periled by Ore that started among
cotton Imles under pier No, I of the
Xittb XlertusO Lloyd Steamship Com
lain', in Ilotfkcti. N. J., at 4 o'clock
thit afternoon. Iu lea, than 18 utin
at 4 tie fames covered au area of
oi . tw of a mil lout, extending out
t ituUt tint &-! abore line to1 the
i biilt r Is, bom 800 to 1,000 feet asy
and l.l caugut four great ocean liners
and k-wu or more smaller harbor
craft fa their grasp.
Htorlee in regard to the lose of life
re oonllictlug, the number being vari
ously estimated at from 60 to 300. Up
to midnight 10 bodie had been recov
ered, but they were all so badly
burned and blackened that ideutlllca
tion was impossible.
Tli hospitals iu New York, Hoboken
and Jersey City are crowded with in
jured and meu are being brought iu
by ecoiea.
Tims who gsthered along the shores
of the Hudson river to wituess the great
ooullagration saw a spectacle they cau
never forget, aud one that will always
have a conspicuous place iu the history
of New York. River aud bay were eu
volopod in a pall of black smoke
through which angry flames, bursting
as from volcauoe on the Jersey shore
aud in lbs water itself, Ieaed like
spirit into the air. The surface of the
water was covered with floating and
biasing masses of freight thrown in
haste from the doomed vessels, all un
noticed in the mad race to rescue more
previous human life threatened or be
log sacrillued in the great ships. And
through the pall of smoke a great
crimson sun, enlarged to thrice it sise
by the hsse, glared like an enormuus
ye as it slowly sauk iu the west.
Such was the tremendous spectacle
presented on the am (ace of the Hudson
river as If it had lawn some holiday
i-agoaut. It was made tragic by the
realisation that In that smoke aud be
ue til the turbid waters score of lives
had been lost or were then In their last
dpsiwrata struggles against death.
The spectacle was wituessed by
thousands from both shores, and by
other thousands who crowded upon
every ferry boat, every excursion boat
npon every river craft that could Im
secured for the purpose. The crowd
upon the banks of the river was almost
a great as that whlcii formed to w it
nes the triumphant return of Admiral
Dewey,
. Two llumlrad Lost.
New York, July 4. Hie losses sus
taiued in the. fire by the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company in Hoboken
yesterday, are tonight conservatively
placed at nearly 810,000.000. and the
loa of life, merely guesswork at even
this late hour, will reach tiroDablv as
high a 200, and there are over 800
men in the hospitals iu this city, Ho
boken and Jersey City, badly burned
Up to 11 o'clock tonight 18 bodies
have been recovered. Kleven of these
wore placed In a row at the morgue in
tin city and numbered, this being the
only means the authorities have of
maintaining any sort of identity over
the corpses, as they are so badly
charred aud dismembered that identi
fication will bo made only by trinkets
oi pieces of clothing that weie found
about them. The ouly way the steam
ship officials have of approximating the
loss of life is by comparing the Hat of
those reported safe with the liat of the
employes on the steamships.
Late tonight Gustav Schwab, the
gemoral agent of the North Germnu
Lloyd line, gave out a list showing
what men on each vessel bad been
missing up to that hour. On the
SaaJe 255 meu were employed, and
only 127 of these had been accounted
for up to 11 o'clock, leaving 128 men
actually employed as officers, sailors,
stewards, engineers, coalpassors, oilers
and trimmers to be accounted for.
Tbe Bremen had 204 men alaiard, but
only 127 of these have been found, The
Main had 187 employes on aboard at
the time, aud of theso only 27 have
been reportud safe.
Tlan Tain Arsenal Taken.
St. . Petershnrji, July 4. Vioe-Ad-
mini I Aliexeff telegraphs to the minis
ter of war, General Kouropatkine,
from Taku, under date of June 20, via
on. Arthur, Juno 80, as follows:
"""ihe arsenal at Tien Tsin, which
offered a powerful base of operations
for the Boxers, who have greatly dam
aged the Kuropean town, hal been
taken "TJyr8tua1t.",' .
The Imposing buildings of the Gor
don Memorlul college, at Khartoum,
are almost oomploted, but the prepara
tions for putting them to practical ac
count are still in their very early
stages.
American! Win From Frenchman.
Paris, July 4.-Tn thj competition
for the world's championship for pro
fessionals, under the auspioea of the
racing club of France, today, tbe
American, Shoenfleld, won the weight
throwing contest, covering-11.81 me
ters. The high jump was won by
Sweeney, of New Orleans, who cleared
1.80 meters, with Shoenfleld second,
clearing 1.76 meters. Sweeney also
won the long jump with 5.00 meters,
and Shoenfleld was second with 5.05
meters.
Menace to Their Safety.
Altoono, Pa., July 8. Farmers of
the Cjuemuhoning valley are armed and
guarding a point that has been selected
for the erection of a dam four miles
long and having a depth of 75 feet at
the breast. The farmers deolare the
dam will be a menace to publio safety
and decrease the value of their lands.
The property owners below the dam
claim they will be in constant ' danger
of a repitition of the Johnstown flood.
The clash between the civil engineers
and the farmers is expected at an
time,
WORD TO THE FILIPINOli
f raelametla Circulated Hearing
Jam f Af ulaaldn.
hi
Manila, July 4. Two rebel doou
ments have lately beeu circulated in
Maulla tbe most Important of which
Is an alleged proclamation from Agui
naldo concerning the coming civil com
mission. The proclamation warns the
Filipino people to beware of the com
mission aud its promises of future bene
fit, ami begs them never to give up
their arms iu the vain hope of thereby
enjoying ultimate freedom and bappi
ness. The proclamation states that
tbe com in li son is appointed by Presi
deut MoKlnley, and not by the Amerl
can congress; that it has not authority
to treat or take any action whatever in
the name of the government, and pre
dict for the commission headed b
Judge Taft the same end as that whlc
atteued the peace commission of lust
year, which Agulualdo describes are
farcical and ridiouloiia, II dwells at
considerable length upon statement to
how this commission bas no legal ot
official landing, and beg, implores
and orders tbe Filipino people not to
be deceived by tbem nor to give up
their arm upon their representations,
He then goes on to say that if the com
luisaioner visit the smaller towns aud
province of Luxou they are to lie re
eelved well and with enthusiasm
"Ask them for the kind ol municipal
govemueut you most desire, and be
not afraid to speak boldly to them
Remember the dark days of Spanish
outrage are past, and that tbe Amerl
cans allow freedom of siaiech."
In
other words, get all you can out of the
commission, but put uo faith in them
The proclamation ends with cries
for Filipino lila-rty aud independence,
is sigued by Agulualdo, and dated May
4, ou the Island of Polillo, which il
situated on the east coast of Luton
This 1 the first lime an alleged p roc la
matlon from Aguinaldo has lound its
way iuto Manila for over six months,
aud many people declare it Is a forgery
aud emanates from the Filipino junta
at Hong Kong. No proof has been oh
taiued to sustain this theory, and there
is just as much reason to believe the
document is legitimate as to claim that
it is spurious. , As far as it effect and
influence over the Filipino people are
concerned, it is sufficient that it be
sigued by Aguinaldo' name to carry
great weight with them.
the proclamation is very similar in
purport to one circulated hero about 10
days ago, printed in Spanish and seut
over to Manila from Hong Kong by the
junta. These proclamations were con
cealed in the aides of shipments of
shoes, and were very generally circu
lated throughout the city. The other
iusurgeut communication referred to is
a long letter from Geueral Triao to the
foreign consuls in Manila, iu which bt
attempted to vindicate the Filipino
people from any responsibility iu the
recent massacres of Spanish prisoners
in the Camarluos province.
MURDER OF VON KETTELER
Uerntaay Will Avenge Ilia Death ot Ik
Mlnlaler.
Berlin, July 4. From well-authen
tlcated sources the representative ol
the press is able to state that today, af'
ter the detailed statement by Count
von Bulow, secretary of state for for
elgn affairs, regarding the Chinese sit
uatlon, Kmperor William made up hli
mind to insist upon full satisfaction
for the death of Baron von Ketteler,
for which purpose he resolved to send
altogether armed forces approximately
as large as those of the other powers
chiefly interested in restoring enter iu
China. The precise sise of the forces
has not yet beeu determined, but It is
expected they will amount to a score
of thousands. A considerable portion
of the German llect will be sent also
This is evidenced by the orders issued
tonight to prepare Ave new battle'
ships for sailing. It ityindcrstood that
t'rince Henry ol 1'russia lias requested
the emperor to give him command ol
this division, but It is doubtful if hi
majesty will agree to this.
The Chinese legation here is still
smilingly suug. Minister Lu Hat
II on n told a representative of the presi
that he was extremely sorry for the
bloody events in Pekiu, but he felt sure
that the dowager empress was guilt
less. From au interesting chat with
him, the point seems worth recording
that tho minister took it for granted
that the powers will subdue the revolt
iu China aud then arrange a new gov
eminent.
Ninallpos at Nome.
Seattle, July 4. The steamer Taoo
ma arrived from Nome at 2 o'clock tills
afternoon with nine passengers. Her
officers report the steamer Charles Nel
son added to the quarantined fleet at
'.gg island with smallpox on board
I'he number of oases ia unknown, They
also report the murder of rrauk Luth
euer by Bruce Kinwright, June 20.
The attack was unprovoked, aud the
murderer waa taken into custody.
Memorial to the Caar.
Helsingfors, Finland, July 4. The
Finish senate has addressed a memor
ial to the czar, declaring its inability
to promulgate the imperial rescript re
garding the introduction of the Rus
sian language in Finland, the limita
tion of the light of publio meeting, and
the granting of the right of Russians
to carry ou certain trades prohibited to
Fins.
Labor Troubles In Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala., July 4. AU the
uuion miners in Alabama, about 10,
000 in number, suspended work today
pending the settlement of the wage dis
pute between them and the operators.
The old wage ooutraot expired yester
day and the miners demand e. raise
aud other concessions. The operators
refuse this demand.
When some people lose their posi
tions they look around for sympathy
instead of a new job.
Miner shot In His Tent.
Seattle, Wafch., July 4. R. 8.
Campbell was shot and instantly killed
in hia tent, atjilainon, Alaska, recently
by Paul Gosby. Campbell and Cosby,
vho had mining interests in the camp,
ad trouble over some claims. Gosby
surrendered and was taken in charge
by the United States officials.
Franc to Hulld an Observatory,
Faris, July 4, Ip the chamber ol
deputies today the government intro
duced a ored it of 1,315,000 francs to
ereot an observatory building In Wash.
IUgH5,
Relief of Pekin Not Ye
Accomplished.
PRESENT FORCE IS TOO 8 MALL
lonlkera fravlare af I'ttlna Are lrad
aallr Breaking Away rrom Ik Rue
plre-Situation leierat.
London, July 4. The allies are not
advancing for the relief of Pekin. This
announcement to the house of commons
by William St. John Broderick, under
secretary of state for foreign affslrs.
was received with exclamation of as
tonishment and dismay, -
Sir Kills Ashmead BarUett inqured
for any information that bad been re
ceived form the legations at Pekin, or
a to the ooaposltioAi and oonnand of
to relieving force, and of tbe present
position, Mr, Broderick read the dis
patches received today, and said tbe
total allied force available ia now about
18,000, a troop have been rapidly ad
vanning, adding:
"We do not yet know what arrange
ment bat been made locally regard
ing the command of an expediton, but
it has not yet been thought possible ta
attempt a further advance. The con
ills have been in communication with
the viceroys in tbe Yangste legion and
they are quite well aware that support
will bo given them by her majesty 'i
government In preserving order. It is
obviously imiwssible that the repre
sentativea of the power at Pekin
should be cousulted, as no oommuulca
tions are passing between tbem."
'The situation is desperate. Hasten.'
These words from tbe message of Von
Bergen, a member of tbe German lege'
tion at Pekin, countersigned by Sir
Robert Hart, inspector-general of cus
toms, and dated nine daya ago, are tbe
theme of all private comment. They
are preparing for new of a frightful
tragedy. Nine days ago tbe ammtinl
tion of the little garrison defending the
foreigners was running low, and their
food wa nearly exbansted, while
around them waa a horde of Kan Su
braves having at their service Krupp
guns aud repeating rifle. Pekin was
in the hands of tbe revolutionaries.
While nothing but sinister news
comes from Northern China, Southern
Chiua ia seemingly breaking away
from tbe empire. All tbe provinces
south of tbe Yellow river, whose vice'
roys and governors maintain friendly
relation with the power through the
consuls, nave been informally const!
tuted into a confederacy with Nankin
as the capital.
According to an express cable from
Shanghai, dated July 8, the Southern
viceroys wholly disavow Prince Tuans1
government. They have practically
constituted an independent state, ex
tending fiom tbelioang Mo to the Brit
ish and French frontiers.
Last night St. Petersburg was in
formed over the St. Petersburg wires
that the destruction ol the Russian
railways in Manchuria continues, aud
it seems not improbable that Russia
will be fully occupied for a time in
suppressing the insoriection among it
Chinese subjects, and mav be unable
to send more troop immediately to
Taku. The powers look more aud more
to Japau to supply the force necessary
at once to grapple with tbe fotmidable
rebellion.
TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.
Idol Basnlted In tbo
American,
Death of an
Tangier, July 4. There is great ex
citement at Fes, owing to French en
croachments on the Oaaia of Touat. A
mob killed the manager of a Fronch
concern, who was an American citizen.
The British consul haa demanded the
assistance of the authorities to protect
this house, and the Jewish ghetto is
besieged. The legation here is making
serious representation on the subject
The name of the victim of the mob
was Marcos Kssagin. The ontrage oo
ourred Thursday last. Eeaagin, while
riding on horseback through a narrow
street, jostled against the mule of a
Morooooan roliglous fanatic and a dii
pute ensued, the crowd which gathered
iding with the priest. Kssagin, in
sell defense, drew hia revolver and
fired, wounding a native. This waa a
ignal for a general attack upon the
American, who received dozens of
knife wounds and whose body was
burned, according to some, before life
was extinct. The rreuoh minister
was informed of the crime by a special
messenger, and he notified the Ameri
can consul. Both the minister and tne
consul called upon Sidi Torres, the
sultan's minister of foreign affairs, at
Tangier, and protested against the out
rage. . ' .
Shot the Girl and Himself.
Walla Walla. Julv 4. In a fit of in
sane jeaousy, and because he could not
marry tne gin oi his choice, V. A. Alar
tin, this afternoon, at 8:80 o'clock, shot
and killed Miss Leah Coleman, and
shot himself, with probably fatal re
sults. Tbe shooting took place in the
central offloe of the telephone com
pany. Several people were near, but
oould not stop Martin before he suc
ceeded in bis purpose.
Teachers From Cuba.
Boston, July 4. The United States
army transport Sedgwick, having on
hoard more than 400 female teachers
from Cuba, being the third of the fleet
bringing the instructors to this coun
try, for a season of study at Harvard
university's summer school, arrived to
day. Two more are on the way.
Reports to the department of agri
culture show a total decrease of 5,
240,000 in the acreage of wheat sown
lu the full.
Miners Killed by an Explosion.
Wallace, Idaho, July 4. JohnDube,
ged, 40, and Matt Sherer, aged 80,
ere killed by au explosion in the
Tiger mine yesterday. Both left fam
ilies, Dube a wife and five children,
and Sherer a wife and three chil
dren. Fever on Isthmus of Panama.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 4. Pernio-
iouB fever is prevalent ou the Isthmus
of Panama, among the victims reported
being the son of United States consul
Cobb and the prima donna of an Ital
ian open company,
BRAOSTREET'S REPORT.
the bl.trlbetlte Trade la
Hull.
eaeoaably
Bradslreet'sssys: Distributive trad
la dull, seasonably o in moat in
stance, and pi ices of manufactured
product are generally weak, but ex
ception to the former are found where
crop condition are exceptionally prom
ising and in Ibe clase of price where
tlie readjusting movement baa beeu
overdone ou tho down side.
Tbe upward rash of wheat price
culminated at the close of last week
and the reactions and the irregularities
ince, mainly due to heavy realixiug,
would mainly point to the movement
having been temporarily at least over
done. Advices from the North are of
little more than balf a crop of wheat,
but estimate as to the outturn in bush
els vary accordingly as the government
reports of 816,000,000 bushels, or the
commercial estimate of 200,000,000
bushels In yield last year in tbo three
state are used as a basis.
Soger is at the highest price reaobed
at thia time tor 10 year past, owing to
tho active canning demand and tbo
strengthened position of raw.
Tbe war in China is chargeable with
the advance in teas, not only from the
former country, but from Japan, some
interruption in trunsiiortation being
apparently looked for if tbe Asiatic
trouble increases.
Heavy rains are complained of In the
entire cotton belt east of the Mississip
pi river, and the crop is generally "in
tbe grass."
Reports from the iron snd steel trade
are as pessimistic as ever. Nominally
quotations at Pittsburg are unchanged.
Wheat, including Hour, shipment
for the week aggregate 8,184,144 bush
els, against 4,015,180 bnshela last
week.
Failures for the week number 186,
at compared with 107 last week.
Failures in the Dominion of Canada
number 18, as compared with 28 last
week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, new, Un'c.
Lettuce, hot bouse, $1 per crate.
Pnffatsuui naif 1..
Beeta, per sack, K0c (3$ I.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, 60 75c.
Cauliflower, California 00c $1.
Strawberries $1 per case.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $1.60 per case.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 83c;
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1617o pound. '
Kggs 19c
Cheese 12o.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 1415o;
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $19.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, S33;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.15;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.26; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.80 4.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $18.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
reed Chopped feed, $10.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
for ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
teers, price 6c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, Be; veal, 8
10c.
llama Large, 13c; small, 18;
breakfast bacon, 12jc; dry salt aides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 670 58c;
Valley, 58c; Bluestem, 60o per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.35; graham,
$3.85; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85c; choice
gray, 83o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13.50 ton; mid
dlings, $10; shorts, $13; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,$79
7.50; Oregon wild bay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 8540o;
store, 25o.
Kggs 16o per dozen.
Cheese Oretron full cream. 18c:
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
2.504.00; geese, $4.005.00 for old;
4.506.50; ducks, $3.004.OO per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1416o per
pound.
Potatoes 40 50o per sack: sweets,
82io per ponua.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 76o;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, IKo per pound; parsnipa, $1;
onions, I Ho per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 28o per pound.
Wool Valley, 1618o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1016o; mohair, SS
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheepwethen
and ewes, 8o; dressed mutton, 7
To per pound; lambs, 6o.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, $5.00?
light aud feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5.006.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00 4.50;
cows, $3.60(84.00; dressed beef, 6K
7o per pound.
Veal Large, 67to; small, 8
8o per pound.
Ian Fraaoiseo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1816o per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10915c; Val
ley, 1820o; Northern, 1012o.
Hopee-1809 crop, ll18o per
pound.
Butter Fanoy creamery 1 8 1 Oo;
do seconds, 11 c; fancy dairy, ,
17c; do seconds, 15 16)0 per pound.
Eggs Store, 13 Ho: fancy ranch,
17o
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
80.00; bran, $13.5013.60.
Hay-Wheat $6.5010; wheat and
oat $6.009.50; best barley $5.00
00; alfalfa, $5.006.00 per ton;
straw, 25 40o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 60 65c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 8Oo0O; river Bur
banks, 8565o; new, 70c$1.35.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$3.75 8. 25; Mexican limes, $4.00
00; California lemons 75o$1.60;
do choice $1.752.00 per box. -
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60
.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian, dates, 806 Mo per
pound.