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Camnrrhaealvej HhI.w of In laprt
ant llpMuli'( f Ih rant Wee
Culled Frwin the Telegraph t'olauiae.
Nauy prostrations from heat ta New
York city.
Two mora British warships have been
ordered to Chlua, ,
A Franco-American llliano I pro
paced by a uthusiastlo Frenchman.
Fir in the business section of Pitta'
burg caused the death ot lour persons
and injury to eix other. . . . . -
Fit in the Cramp'i shipbuilding
yard near Fhiladelpha, destroyed prop
erty to the value ot $200,000. '
Nina death in oue day In Chit-age
from extreme heat. The record tor a
week ia 37 death and 94 prostration,.
The total number ot bodies recovered
from the recent Hoboken fire now
number 143, and 140 pereone are re
ported missing.
A oyolone, accompanied by a cloud
bunt and hail tor in, swept over Kala
niasoo, Mich., reanltiug in damage tc
property ot $100,000.
On June 17. the Chicago A North
western railway opeued tor trattio thai:
new line from Belie 1'laiue, la., to Ma
aon City; also their uew Fox lake
branch. The leugth of thin new line
is 195 miles, which added to their mil,
age givea them a total ot 8,461.85
luilee, the largest mileage ot auy rail
road in the world.
The dock laborere' itrlke at Rotter
dam, Germany, ia assuming threaten
ing proportiona. The carmen hav
now joined iu the itrike, and the police
and marines are gnardiug the atreeU
in order to check disturbances. Th
proachea to the town, to aa to prevent
non-unionists from entering. The la
borere of Rotterdam will hold a niana
matting to iliaonai the beat tneana of
aiding the atrikera.
The order recently issued (or the re
moval ot a large number ot troop fro n
Cuba have been gladly welcomed by
the Cubans, and General Wood ia in
receipt ot many lettera from various
municipalities offering thanka for what
they call hia deposition to trnat the
Cubans, and declaring that the entire
Inland ia in a etate ot absolute tran
quillity. The Tenth iufautry, it ia be
lieved, will leave the ulaud shortly af
ter the departure ot the regimenta now
under order to proceed home.
President Kruger is reported to have
moved to Nelapruit.
Eight death front extreme beat are
reported from Chicago.
In a wild plunge of a street-oar into
a gnlch at Tacoma, 86 people were
killed and 60 injured.
Elizabeth Chapman, a Salem pioneer
of 1848, died at that city in her 81st
year, ot a complication ot diseaaea.
An explosion of flrewoiks in Phila
delphia caused the death of four chil
dren and the fatal injury of thiee oth
ers. '" '
By the explosion ot an oil tank in
Parkersburg, W. Va., six men were
blown to atoma and three other fatally
injured.
Three men were killed; one wound
ed in a wreck on the Delaware, Lacka
wanna & Western road at Durklu'r
Cut, near ilenryville, l'a.
Southern provinces ot China are
drifting away from the empire, Li
Hong Chant; and the friendly viceroys
are engineering the movement.
The foreigners in Pekin will be left
to their fate. The allies cannot rescue
them on account of the overwhelming
force ot Chinese that oppose them.
The United States battle-ship Ore
gon, which ran ashore off the island ot
Now Ke, in the Miatau group, 95 miles
northeast of Che Foo, ou Jnne 25, has
been floated.
The steamer Dirigo arrived at Seat
tle from Skagway, bringing 10 boxes of
gold dust, valned at nearly $800,000.
The Dirigo carried 72 passengers,
mostly front Dawson.
Rear-Admiral Bare, now command
ant ot the Norfolk navy yard, haa neon
selected to succeed Hear-Admirul
Philip, deceased, as commandant of th
New York navy yard.
Charles V. Dickinson, inventor of
the geometry C lathe, which made a
successful counterfeiting of bauk notes
impossible, ia dead at his home in
Belleville, N. J., aged 77 years.
Jnne 80 the grand staff of the Rus
sian army estimated the Chinese army
to number 1,720,000 men. lie also
said that about 900,000 Mauser have
been imported within the last three
years.
A dispatch from Bombay says that
in all except three diatricta cholera is
raging iu Bombay presidency, the cases
reported for the week ending June 28
numbering 20,689, and the deaths, 12,
833. During the last 13 years the popula
tion of Germany has increased 14 per
cent, bnt the number of doctors in the
German empire has increased no lees
than 66 per cent. If thia ratio is
kept up, any statistician can foraee the
. lime when every German will be a
'doctor, and the whole German popula
tion, having no patients on whom to
practice, will have to migrate to fields
where physicians are a shade less com
inon.
Bear-Admiral Louis KempfT, who
lauded the United States marines at
Peking, graduated from the naval aca
demy in 1861, and went immediately
to the steam frigate Wabash, assisting
in the blockade of the South Atlantio
coast. It was decided in December,
1898, to make him the commander ol
the naval station in Guam, but before
he left more urgent work wa found for
him in the Orient, and now he is the
commanding naval officer at Peking.
Always make it a point to tell every
secret told yon, and your friends will
finally stop bothering yon by telling
you an.
LAlaR NEWS.
, Boer bav retiied from Senekal.
British slormed ami took th town of
Bethlehem, Dewet retreating.
Tb empres dowager again hold th
reigns of government in Chlua.
Three men were killed by the xplo
tlon ot a boiler at an oil work la
Astoria. Oregon.
Th total casualties ot th British, aa
a result ot the Boer war, np to data are
48,188 officer aud men.
it. Louis street oar striker again
hare their buaae running ta opposition
to th Transit Company.
Th French ahip L'Aqottaiu bai
tailed from Toulon with 850 infantry
and artillery for China.
New York tailor are again plaunlug
big strike. Contractor are violating
agreement made several year ago.
Dr. Char lea F. McDonald, th organ
iser ot our postal money order system,
died at Hamilton, Ontario, atd 71
year.
Southern oegroe may go to Hawaii.
Plantation owner ot th Ulaud will
luak them ' good offer with a view to
dlspeusiug with th troublaaom Jar
laborer.
A plot to aeaaeainate President Mo
Kiuley ha been frustrated. It wa
concocted by a group ot Spanish and
Cuban conspirator who bad bead
quarter ia New York.
George A. Morse, aa aged tad abso
lutely helpless patient in the Agnew'i
lnnane asylum, at.Sau Jose, Cel., was
sloa ly boiled to death iu a bath in th
men's ward of that Institution. II
was placed in a bath tub, and after th
hot water wa turned oa the attendant
left the room for a towel, forgot his
patient, and did not return until th
imbecile was fearfully burned.
A serioua Are is (aging on Bull moon
tain, Kailroad creek and Poinpey's
Pillar, on the uorth side ol the Yellow
stone river, Montana. It is extending
east to the Mussel Shell river, and ia
sweeping the rapge like tinder, as
everything ia dry. A late report says
that 20 head ot horse belonging to
Ramsey, ot Billings, were norned.
Vast Mocks of sheep are in great danger.
In Chicago, the presentation of a pe
tition signed by 91,000 people, aaklng
the passage of an ordinance granting
the right to operate overhead trolley
cars on North Side thoroughfare and
th extension of the preseut line to a
projected exposition building on the
lake front, gave th member of th
city council an opportunity (or bora
play, For five minute the petition,
composed ot six rolls ot paper, each
nver 100 feet long, war thrown, batted
and kicked arouud the council cham
ber and then torn to bit and used a
bandages with wbloh the playful alder
uin blindfolded each other,
Tien Tsia ia bard pressed by 80,000
Chines.
Cuban ar pleased at the withdrawal
of American troop.
St. Louis street car employe bav
reuewed their strike.
Chinese imperial troops are defend
ing the foreigner in Pekin.
Chinese do not want religion and no
amount of war can make them accept
it.
Battleship Oregon will not be tent
to Taku again unless absolutely neces
sary. It is said America is to have 11.000
men iu the force ot 100,000 to be used
in China.
The steamer Itoealle arrived at Heat
tie from Lynn canal, with $600,000 in
Klondike gold.
American trade will be injured it
the powers decide to wake war on th
Chinese empire.
The Oregon must remain in dry dock
90 days. She ha arrived at Che Foo
and will go to Japan at once.
Li Hung Chang is again urging the
powers to intervene and establiah a
strong government in the Chinese em
pire.
George I for rick, is held at North Ya
kima on a charge ot killing a squaw on
he reservation. He claim (ell-defense.
Rumoi is current that the Chicago &
Alton, Kansas City Southern and Un
ion Pacillo railways will be amalga
mated. Dr. Henry D. Cogswell, a well-
known philanthropist and prohibition
int. is dead at Ban Francisco, aged 80
yeais,
Commissioner ot Patent Duell is
laid to bo out for the nomination (or
governor of New York oa the Repub
lican ticket.
Japanese laborer in Hawaii are dis
contented. Plantation manager have
conceeded everything asked for and still
they are not satisfied.
The converter and billet mlU'of the
Illinois Steel Company at Joliet, 111.,
resumed operations and nearly 1,000
men were put to work.
Ituffsian, French and German admi
rals at Tien Tsin are said to have ex
pressed themselves' ai unfavorable to
Japan's being given a free band.
Rov C. Gage, of Company C, Third
rsglinent, O. N. G., in their annual
euuainpment at Balem, wa drowned
in the Willamette river while bathing. 1
Robert Fitzsimmona will meet both
Sharkey and Huhlin next month.
Gold hunters in Russia are governed
by arbitrary laws, one of which com
pels them to turn over all gold they
may find to the imperial treasury,
which pay the miner at a standard
rate. This law may seem tyrannical,
but it has one ineHtinmble advantage
no gold digger in Russia can tell extra
ordinary romances about the richness
of his claim when the official figure are
there to stop him.
Two paintings, valued at $3,000,
were delivered to the Adams Kx press
Company in Boston for transportation.
They were lost and their owner brought
suit to recover $3,000. The supreme
judicial court of Massachusetts sus
tains a verdict for the defendant on the
ground that there was a clan in the
reoeipt limiting the liability to $50
and that the receipt bore the stamp:
"Value asked and not given."
It is one indication that people are
getting old when they advocate that all
young people should "be taken down a
P$-" .
DEMOCRATIC
Bryan Unanimously Nomin
ated for President.
ON FREE COINAGE PLATFORM
WefcsUr llavls avrlv Arraigns the
HiubtlaH I'arljr fur Leek af
Void? for th Hear.
Kansai City, July (.William
J, Bryau, of Nebraska, wa tonight
unanimously placed in nominattuu aa
th Democratic candidate tor president
of the Cut ted States, on a pint form op
posing imperialism, militarism and
trusts, and specifically declaring for th
fret coinage of silver at th ratio ol 10
to 1.
Th nomination came at the culmina
tion of a treaaied demonstration ta
honor of the paity leader, lasting 87
minutes, and giving utteraitue to all
ia pent-up emotion of the vaat mul
titude. It followed also a tierce trug
gl throughout the last 80 hour con
cerning the platform declaration on
silver and on the relative poaltion
which the illvor qoestlou ia to main
tain to the other great issues of the day.
It wa late this afteruoou when th
convention wa at last face to (ace with
the presidential nomination. Karly
in the day there bad been tedious de
lays, due to th inability ot the plat
form committee to reconcile their dif
ference and present a report. Until
this was ready the convention manager
beguiled the time by putting forward
ipeakar of more or less promlneuce to
keep the vast audiente from becoming
too restless.
The first aeasion, begiuuing at 10
o'clock this morulug, was entirely
fruitless ot results and it was not un
til late in the afternoon, when the wo
und session bad begun, that the plat
form committee wa at last able to re
port aa agreement. Already ita niata
feature, embodying the 18 to 1 princi
ple, bad become known to the dele
gates, and there wat little delay in
giving it unanimous approval, This
removed the last chauoe for an 0x-n
rupture on questions ot principle and
lett the way clear for the supreme
event ol the day the nomination of the
presidential candidate.
The vast auditorium was filled to its
utmost capacity when the moment ar
rived (or the nomination to lie made.
Not only were the usual facilities af
forded by tickets tased to the utitioet,
but the doorkeepers were given lilwral
instruction, under which the aisle
and area and all available spaces were
packed to their fullest limit. When
the call of itate began for the porixme
of placing candidates in nomination.
Alabama yielded ita place at the head
ot the list to Nebraska, and Oldham, ol
that state, made hi way to the plat
form (or the Initial speech, placing Mr.
Iirrsn iu nomination (or the presi
dency. The orator was strong-voiced
and entertuiniug, yet to the waiting
delegates and spectators there was but
on point to bit speech, aud that wa
tht stirring peroration which closed
With the name of illiaiu J. Bryau.
This wat the signal for the demon-
' -stion of the day, and with a coin
uon purpose, the great connurse joined
li a tribute of enthusiastic devotion to
the party leader. All of, the iutennity
of former demonstrations and much
more was added to this final tribute to
the leader.
When the demonstration hud pet,t
itself, the aiieeches seconding the omi
nation of Mr. Bryan were iu 'der.
Then came the voting. State after
state recorded its vote in behalf tb
Nebraska candidate, giving hit. the
unauimoiifl voto of all the states and
territories. The couveution manager!
bad already agreed that this wat hiiIIL
cient work for tho day, and the vice
presidential nomination was allowed
to go over nntll tomorrow.
Next to the demonstration (or the
party candidato, the greeting of the
announcement that imperialism wa to
be the paramount issue of this cam
paign wat the most spontaneous and
significant of the day.
Another stirring event of the day
wat th appearance of Webster Davis,
ex-assistant secretary of the interior
under MoKinley's administration, in a
ipeeoh soverely arraigning the Repub
lican party for its lack of sympathy for
tho Boera and formally , announcing hit
kllegiauoo to the Demouratio party.
Vlutlins ot lloboken fir.
New York. July 5. Up to 1 1 o'clock
last night 1 20 bodies had ' been recov
ered from tho waters of the North
river. Thero lire yut over 125 people
missing.
A lareo electric liuht ulunt will be
put in at the Cornucopia mines in
Union county, Or. Tho waters of Pine
creek will be utillitsd to operate the
machinery. Work on tho same will
begin immediately,
Ornnt lleturiied fur I!inlr(.
Han Francisco, July 4 The trans
port Grant, with General Chaffee and
the Sixth artillery on board, which
-ailed for the Orient at 7 o'clock P.
M., returned to port threo hourt later.
The came of the transport Grant's re
turning to port wat the breaking of her
main steam pipe. Tl aamage can be
repaired In about 12 hours, after
which the vessel win again put to tea.
Washington, July 5. Five deaths ia
10 dayt from yellow fever it General
Wood't report .ia hit latest oasualt
list from Cuba.
W J Bryan,
DEMOCRATIO PLATFORM.
laatMriallsaa Aaaeaaced as the rare
naaal Itsee.
Kansea City, July .-Followlng it
the official text of th platform a
ageed upon by the committee on iso
lation! and presented to the conven
tion! Wa, th representatives ol the Demo
cratlo party ol the United State,
Mtnbled In national convention oa tht
anniversary ol the adoption ol the, Deo.
laratlon ol Independence, do reaffirm
our faith la that Immortal proclama
tion ol the inalienable right! ol Ameri
can and our allegiance to the constitu
tion (rained In harmony therewith by
the fathers ol the republic.
W hold with the United State su
preme court that the Declaration ot
Independence It th spirit ol onr gov
erumeut, ol which the constitution it
the form and letter.' W declare again
that all government luattrQWIftr.nTrrt'f0 1 u'"!!,, ?th.
a.J-. .1.-1. ,. I,,,, ih. M the time fined lor the recall ol tbt
men derive their Just power I m the
consent ol the lovernadi that any gov
arnmeut not baaed npoa tittnah.t"f
the governed 1 tyranny! and that to
impose upon any people government
ol force it to substitute the methods ol
imperialism (or those ol the republic.
Believing ta these fundamental prin
ciples, we denounce the Puerto lttoan
law euaoted by a Republican eongreaa,
against the protest aud oposltion ol
the Democratic minority, a a bold and
open violation ol th natlon't organic
law and a flagrant breach ol the na
tional good taith.
We condemn and denounce the Phil
Ippiu policy ol the piesent administra
tion. It haa embroiled th republic iu
an unnecessary war, tacrlUced the
Uvea ol many ol Ita noblest sou and
placed the United States, previously
known and applauded throughout the
world as the champion ot freedom, In
the false aud un-Aiiierlcau position of
crushing with military force the efforts
ot our former allies to achieve liberty
and self government.
We oppose militarism. It mean
conquest abroad and Intimidation and
oppieMlon at home. It mean the
strong arm which has ever been fatal to
tree Institution.
We pledge the Democratic party to
an unceasing warfare In nation, state
aud city against private monopoly in
every form. Existing lawt against
trust must 1 enforced and more
stringent ones must be enacted provid
ing (or publicity at to the affair of
corjioratlous engaged in Interstate com
metce ami requiring all corporations to
show, before doing busine outside of
the state of their origin, that they
have no water in their stock and that
they have not attempted and ar not
attempting to monopolise any business
or the production ot auy article of
merchandise.
W condemn the Dingtey Uilff law
at a trust breeding measure.
We reaffirm aud endorse the princi
ples of the national Democratic plat
form adopted at Chit ago Jn lhim, aii i
we reiterate the demand 'ol that plat
form for an Americad fhianclel 1 'at
form adopted bylthe American yet pie
for themaelve which shall restore
maintain a blmeUllli price level, and
aspartoduott tysteu the Immediate
restoration ol the liWItltl 'tlTlltmited
coinage ol silver and gold at the pres
ent legal ratio ol 16 to 1, without wait
ing (or the aid or conseut ol any other
nation.
We favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution providing (or the elec
tion of Untied State senator by direct
vote of the people, and we favor direct
legislation wherever practicable.
We are opposed to government by in
junction; we denounce the blacklist
and (avor arbitration at a means ol set
tling dispute! between corporations and
their employee.
We favor the immediate construc
tion, ownership aud control of the
Nicaragua canal by the United States.
We favor an intelligent system ol
Improving the ai id lands of the West,
storing the watert (or purpose! of irri
gation and the boldlug of such lauds
(or actual settlers.
We favor the continuance and strict
enforcement of the Chinese exclusion
law, and it application to the same
clause! ol all Asiatic races.
Speaking, ai we believe, (or the en
tire American nation, exoept its Re
publican office holders, and for all (ree
men everywhere, we extend our sym
pathies to the beroio Boers in their un
equal struggle to maintain their liberty
and independence.
Believing that our most cherished
institutions are in great peril, that the
very existence ol our constitutional
republic li at stake, and that the decis
ion now to be rendered will determine
whether or not our children will enjoy
these blessed privileges ot free govern
ment which have made the United
States great, prosperoni and honored,
wo earnestly ask (or the foregoing dec
laration of principles the hearty sup
port of liberty-loving American people,
regardless of previous party affiliation.
The Tlehat Plllail.
Kansas City, July 7. The
Demo
cratlo national ticket wai
completed
today by the nomination of . Aul(llXiMJiflUiLMaUke advantage of the
Stevenson for vice-president. The
nomination wat made on the first bal
lot, state after itate joining in the wild
toramble to record their support ot the
winning candidate. It wai not ac
companied by any such (rantio demon
stration of approval at had marked the
proceedings at prevtoui stages.
Bipldo, Would-ba-Asssln.
Brussel. July 9. The assize court
today returned a verdict of guilty of at
tempt to kill the Prinoe of Wales
against Jean Baptiste Sipldo, who
fired at the piince in this city, April
14. The court considered that Bipido
acted without discernment, and sen
tenced him to a reformatory until he
shall have attained hit majority.
Meert, Penohot, and Meirere, the in
stigators of the attack upon the prince,
were acquitted on the ground that they
oonadiered the plot a joke.
The Utah Construtcion Company, of
Ogden, which was awarded the grad
ing contraot for the extension of the
Sumpter valley line to Clifford, hav
begun operationi. The company has
about 80 teams and a large force of
men at work, and in the next 10 dayt
the contractors expeot to place an ad
ditional force of 800 men , and 100
team along the grade.
Colton Succeeds Barker.
Washington, July 9. Rear-Admiral
Colton ba been assigned as command
ant ol the Norfolk navy yard, vice
Rear-Admiral Barker,
STRIKE
RI1
Street Car Men of St. Louis Go
Out Again.
AY COMPANY BROKE FAITH
th Kareoll Will M llasumvd. Bat
- Thr Will H Me Lawlvsauos Mar
Itamunslratluns ef Vluln,
fit. Louis, July II. -The strlk
against the St. Louis Transit Company
by it former employes, whloh wa de
clared off July 3, wa! ordered recalled
today at a mertluii of I he Street Kail-
waynieu'i Union, at the West F.ud ooll-
lOfyoit im all t company' line.
'i.t4ha lia ac.llM Mt Ulttla.1 Jul I.
imt wera sote muiienngt or owwr
t it a "(jug .the men over the terms of
a. ttlen Ut, aud so It is the dissatisfac
tion lmt tfrown dally. The men main
tain that the company has (ailed to
keep the agreement aud a doaen or
more Instance were cited tending to
prov that there had been a breach of
faith. Meetings were held at several
places in the course of the week, and
committee! were appointed to procure
proof ol infidelity ou the part ol the
company.
At meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Street Ratlwaymvu' Un
ion held Monday, a batch of aflldaviti
was presented to the effect that men
had been employed by the company
since July i iu violation ol the terms
ol the agreement ot that date. At a
session lasting several hourt, the com
mittee called a mass meeting ol the
men for this morning to recommend at
that meeting that the strike be declared
ou again. The Central Tradea and La
bor Union met later aud indorsed the
action of tho executive committee.
The company, through President
Whitaker, addressed a letter to th
mn, deuying that the company had
intnutioually violated the agreement of
July 2, and declaring It intention to
live up to every condition of the agree
ment, both in letter and spirit. Fred
W. Lehman, attorney (or ttie company,
epearcd at the meeting aud offered to
submit the question as to whether the
company haa broken faith to Joseph
W. Folk, counsel (or the men, aud
bound the company to abide by Mr.
Folk' judgment In the premise. The
proposition was Ignored, aud by a
unanimous vote the strike wat re
newed. A memUr of the executive commit
tee today said that this was the second
time the company had broken faith
with ita employes, aud no agreement
would be aocepted in the future that
did not provide for the reinstatement
of all old employes iu 24 hourt after
Hi eitcutlou of the agreement.
'liic will he no iawleaaneat or
. Mfcuttttratioi. of violence thia time',"
be continued. "By means of a vigor
ous enforcement ot the boycott we hope
absolutely to-dee troy the earning capac
ity of the company
The whole trouble seems to bang
upon a few of the men violating its
agreement, while the company, on the
other hand, emphatically denies that
such is the case. The men claimed
yesterday that a verbal agreement was
entered Into concurrently with the
written agreement and under the ver
bal agreement the company bad agreed
to re-employ all the old men in DO
days, teuiority in the services deter
mining the priority of re-omployment.
It was claimed that the Rev. Dr. W. J.
Boise instructed the men that such
an agreement exiktod, in a speech at
the West End coliseum. The oflloen
ot the company declare that there wai
no such verbal understanding and that
the only agreement made by thorn wai
the written agreement, which wai
published at the time,
WEEK'S WORK IN LUZON.
Clevea Ainerleaus War Rilled
and
tlxteeu Wuumlsd.
Manila. July 11. The past week's
scouting in Luton resulted in 11 Amor
loam being killed aud 10 wounded,
One hundred and sixty Filipinos were
klllod during tho week and eight Am
ericans who had been prisonora in the
hands of tho rebel! were surrendered
and 100 rillei were turned ovor to the
United State! ofllolals. The enemy
ambushed a wagon train between 1ml
ang and Naio. 'The Third infantry
lost niue men while ou an expedition
to punish the Ladrones in the delta of
the Rio Grande.
' In the Autigna, province of Panay, a
running fight of three hours' duration
resulted ',u the killing and wounding of
70 of the enemy. There were no oas
iialttci among the Americans.
1 The Irisurei'ts are slowly accepting
the treaty provision. In tome in-
M'tuott Americans are suspending oper
4' ion in order to give the rebels an op-
decree.
A general movement of Boer settlers
in Gaxaland, Portuguese territory,
teem to be in contemplation. Large
herds have been driven across the
border. The Portuguese welcome the
movement.
Sensational Paper Suspend.
Chicago, July 11. The Chicago
Democrat (the Chicago Dispatch), an
afternoon newspaper, founded in 1892,
uspended publication of its daily edi
tion today. It will be continued' as a
weekly. Nathan Fisenlord, publisher
of the paper, itatet that the discontin
uance was because of the lack of pa
tronage. Two persons were killed and three
injured by a runaway at Indianapolis,
Iud. - -
Kntlre Family Poisoned.
Little Rock, Ark., July 11. Newi
readied here today that an entire fam
ily of nine persons died near Calioo
Rook, Marion oouuty.from eating pois
onous toadstools, supposed to be mush
rooms. The viotims are: W. J. Fink,
aged 40; Mm. Mary L. Fink, aged 80;
John E. Fink, aged 18; Keakle Fink,
aged 18; Sigel Fink, aged 11; Veil
Fink, aged 9; Rose Lee Fink, aged 7;
Melan Fink, aged 6, and an infant
child. The family ate a hearty dinner,
which inolnded the supposed mush
room!. All were taken violently ill
and none reoovered,
MORE TROOP8 FOR CHINA. '
MaeArthnr Ad v lees War UepartmeMt
I NmC He Will Send Troop le Taha.
Washington, July ia.-ln reply to
Instruction ol the secretary o( war o(
July 7, General MucArthur cabled the
sdjiiUnt-general the following, under
date of July 0, 10:40 P. M.i
"Daggett't regiment (Fourteenth
United State Infantry); Rellly't bat
tery (Fifth artillery), will leave on the
lllth (or Takn on the trausporti Indiana,
Flintshire and Wyeflold. Taylor ia In
Hamar, not available. For other in
fantry regiment! lor Chinese service I
leoommend the first oue leaving the
state. Manila li nicely cared (or until
the arrival ol new troop without draw
ing on Anderson, Ballard or Sargent,
which i now Impracticable.
"la addltion'to one mouth' subsist
enoe supplies with the troop, I end
with Daggett to establish a detiot, three
mouths' subsistence (or 5,000 men.
Regiment bav 600 round! ol ammu
nition per man. Crotler oarrlei 1.000,
000 reserve and inch tnltoellaneotui or
dinano supplies as cm be spared front
here. With view to medical snpply
depot, store lor threw months' (or 6,
000 men are going with Daggett; there
will be eight medical officer in China
from th Philippine!. Send three
months' forage, 850 animals and par
tial supply of winter clothing for the
Ninth iufautry. Shall keep Indiana
and Flintshire In Chinese watert for
local service therelu. Order all large
transport home to expedite transfer
troops bore. The foregoing arrange
moots can easily be changed if the de
partment'! wlshe ase .cabled qnickly.
"Seven companies of Hardin's regi
ment. Taylor'i battery, have been aent
to Hamar, replacing Hughes' troop
there, which have been concentrated
in Leyte. 1 request authority to perm
anently transfer the Hamar department
to Southern Luaou. MACART1IUR."
CHICAGO CHINESE
Look
for ttloody Conflict la
the
flowery Klii(doin,
Chicago; June 12, Chicago China
meu are beginning to receive lettera and
paper, the first news from home of the
trouble now eiistiug in the northern
provinces of their native land. One of
the moat intelligent Celestials in Chi
cago is iu receipt of a letter from his
brother, who is an olllcer in the Chi
nese navy. Although the letter waa
u.li...n H.naiul u miL. mm It tliA Aral
outbreak ot the trouble, much that
was written as to what would probably
take place haa trausplred.
Iu regard to the ooutenta of the letter
he said: t
"That the bloodiest war known in
ita history li now breaking in Cbimt, I
have uo doubt. The mas who ia now
in charge ol the military affair ia
th region where the Boxen abound is
well versed in the art ol modem war
tare . Before this war ends, 1 would
not be surprised If 1,000,000 Chinamen
were killed. How many foreigner!
will meet death 1 cannot conjecture, but
the number will be great. Ever since
the Chinese learned a lesson from Japan,
they have been training themaelve la
the art of warfare. They have aa fine
guns a any government, and well
trained men behind them,
"My brother writes me that the great
majority of Chinese In the Southeri
provinces are agalnit the ruling powers
and the Boxer. There is a large clast
in China called pensioner, who wili
be with the government, and, a they
ar well trained soldiers, they will
surely do terrible execution.
"1 would like to see the trouble set
tled without war, but if it must come
it will be a good thing for the future ot
China, The ignorant Chinaman i of
the belief that the missionaries are
sent there to rob him of his land, aud,
consequently, this war will be (or tho
home. The Chiuamau has seen, where
Russia, France aud Germany have
taken arta o,f the country, the taxes
greatly increased under European rule,
lie it going to fight (or bis home and his
life and lie will not fight with knives or
swords, aa a great mauy people suppose.
The Chinaman it slow to anger, but
when once aroused nothing can stop
him.
"China needs a change, a good re
ligion to iweep away all those old sup
erstitious. 1 believe the day is not (ar
distant when the southern part ol
China, at least, will be Christianized."
Washington, July 12. The secretary
of rtato has received a dispatch from
Mr. lioodnow, United States consul
general at Shanghai, stating that it is
given out by the governor o( Shan Tung
that the legations were standing on
July 5, and that the outlaws were dia
persing. Mr. Goodnow adds that this
statement does not obtain general cred
ence. Klderado, Kan., July 11 Mrs. Olhi
Castle, whose throat was cut June 32
by Mias Jessie Morrison, diod today.
Immediately after her death the charge
of murder wni made against Miss Mor
rison aud she wai arrested. Her trial
was set for Tuesday, and she waa sent
to jail. When Mrs. Castle was attack
ed ihe had been married but a week.
Pittsburg, July H. The 1,800 iron
workers employed by Spang, Chalfant
& Company were notified today of re
duction in wages ranging from 15 to
20 per cent, to take effect at once. A
voluntary increase of similar percent
age waa adopted by the firm about six
weeks ago and it is thought the cut
will be accepted without protest.
Yellow Fever In Cuba.
Havana, July 12. Tho yellow fever,
situation at Quemadoi has probably
reached an end, there not being any
new oaties reported in over 10 days,
when Maior-General Ducker was
stricken with the disease. He is a
noted yellow fever expert and his case
ii the only serloni one at present.
There are but two other patients and
they are convalsoeut. In the meantime,
the work of dis meeting the premises in
the infected gone ia being completed.
' right With Uespentdoes.
St. Louis July 13. A spoolal to the
Post Dispatch Irom Glenooe, p. X.
says: One United States marshal in
stantly killed and three desperadoes
mortally wounded and oaptured is the
record of a fight on the Arkansas river,
40 miles easf; of here, last night. A
messenger from the scene of the fight
brought the news here today. In that
locality there are a great many bands
of cattle thieves who have terrorised
residents for tome time by stealing oat
tie of all kinds. Only a few days ago
a farmer wai killed while trying to
protect his property "' ,
BEAK
Thousands Will Be Stranded
at Cape Nome.
FEW HAVE ENOUGH TO RETURN
treaiary fll Kspeot le He lollefc
Vpnu to Provide lUllef In th tl In
ter-Steamehlp Ooinpaules' Memo.
Washington, July 12. If it could
officially do so, it is probable that the
treasury derailment would tend out a
strong warning against the rush to the
gold fields of Cape Nome. The ofllolals
o( the department see in the conditions
at Cape Nome a probable deathtrap for
thousands ot people, but they are so far
belplea to pot iiop to the frenxled
ruh that still oontlnues. The) trans
portation companies engaged ia busi
ness around Seattle have done every
thing to lore people to Cape Nome, re
gardless of the consequences that may
follow.
The steamships, tram pi, lighters,
cow and all kinds of vessels that
bav gone ont of Seattle and other Pact
do coast port during May and Jnne
have carried thousands of people with
out asking a qoeetion whether any of
th'ixe people were financially prepared
to return when the winter season begins
in September. By October, anyway,
vessels cannot get away fiom the dis
tant Alaskan place, and the unfortu
nate! left at Cape Nome will have to
get food and clothing for the winter ia
some manner.
Worse than all, however. Is the pros
pect of disease. Conditions are ripe
(or a terrible outbreak. Smallpox has
appeared on some of the vessels that
went there, and by this time may be
an epidemic among the thousands of
people who are wandering along the
bleak shores bunting for the yellow
metal. '
Many people estimate that of the
10,000 people who have gone to Cape
Nome so (ar this season, not one-third
have enough money to pay their way
back to some port on the Pacific coast.
Tbe transportation companies will not
attempt to bring them back, and there
is no way to make the money necessary
to get back. It ia officially stated that
there is little employment, except for
killed workmen. If 8,000 or 4,000
people are stranded, the problem al
ready presenting itself is as to how
they will get back.
THREE WERE KILLED.
ratal Holler Ksploaloa at Oil Works
Near Aitorla,
Astoria, Or., July 1. The Hah oil
works at Deforce, located in the lower
harbor, was wrecked this afternoon by
the explosion of the boiler. Jack
Sbaw, an employe, was killed Immed
iately. Chris Rent, another employe,
is believed to have been drowned, end
tbe engineer, Maurice M. Moore, it in
the hospital tbit evening. At the time
there were fonr white men and four
Chinamen iu tbe building. Mr. De
force bad been there a half-hour prev
iously, but had his son take him ashore
to his horns before the accident oc
curred. .
The accident it said to have been due
to a detective boiler. The factory wat
totally destroyed.
Engineer Moore died at St. Mary'
hospital here tonight, and before hit
death he made the statement that he
had uo knowledge ot the cause ot the
explosion. The boiler at the time had
but 05 pounds of steam. Hia death
wat due to internal injuries.
Within an hour after the explosion
the private residence of Mr. Deforce
was totally destroyed by fire. Mr. De
force was iu the city before be had
heard of either the explosion or the de
struction of bis home.
WHERE THE TROUBLE BEGAN
Account of the First Hoser Outrages el
Pao Tins Fa.
New York, July 13. A letter from
Rev. Horace T. Pitkin, stationed at
Pao Ting Fu, where the Boxer troublt
began, has been received by the Ameri
can board, through Mr. Pitkin's wife,
who is at present at Troy, O. This
letter was dated May 28, and in it Mr.
Pitkin tells of a fight in a neighboring
village, May 16. He saya: ;
"It seems that in the moonlight ol
Saturday night the Boxers came down
to the village, surrounded the houses
of the Roman Catholics as they were
pointed out to them, and then robbed
them, allowing no oue to escape.
Finally they fired the houses, and as
the people rushed out from the flames,
they were killed and thrown back into
tbe fire. Only one man escaped,
and they pursued him. He jumped
into a well, and they fired their guns
into the well and threw down bricks
until, thinking him dead, they lett.
He managed to get out and started for
Pao Ting Fu, told the Roman Catho
lics, and they waited all .day for other
survivors to come. Ai none came
Monday, they aaw the provincial judge
and lie sent soldiers, but they could
find nothing. The Roman Catholics
were absolutely wiped out, 80 or more.
So far as we know they are not interfer
ing with the Protestants. It is paying
off old soores against the Catholics."
Boulder Creek, Cal., July 12. A
fire that was started west of here July
4 by a fire balloon is still raging.
Thousands of acres ot timber have been
destroyed, and there seemi no proba
bility that it will be got under control.
Twenty-five or 80 sawmlllers who were
camping at Brendleton have had to
leave. Several families were also en
camped along Bear creek, and they too
had to abandon their camps. They
fought the fire for three days and
nights. '
Foreigners Take Frlnoe's Palace.
'Tien Tsin, July 13. It is reported
fom Chinese sources that the foreign
ers at Pekin have taken possession of
the prince's palaces, opposite and com
manding the British legation, and that
the native Christians have been in
stalled therein, wi-
France's War Fuud Increased.
Taris, July 13. The chamber of
deputies and senate today voted an ad
ditional 14,500,000 francs for the pur
pose of carrying on France's operation
in China.
THE DULL 8EASON.
Hallway Earnings Are flood, However, '
mmd Huelaaee Failures Fear.
Bradtsreeta' says: Jlastnesi is units
tally dull at this season, and this year
do exception to the general rule is re
marked. A leview of the past six
mouths, however, gives little comfort
to pessimsts. Bank clearings, it is
true, are smaller by altout 11 per cent
than they were in the first half of 1899,
but railway earning are about 10 per
cent larger, and business (allores.ss re
ported to Bradstreet'a, are the fewest
reported (or 18 year back, with liabil
ities ol (ailing trades the same, with
one exception, and that last year, since
1892. Winter wheat bat about all
been harvested in the Southwest and
the yield there has been very large.
Coplooi taini In tbe Northwest, too,
bav apparently worked" some improve
ment, judging from the more cheerful
tone of advices received from thence
this week.
' Wool is dull and manufacturer are
applying only actual wants.
In manufacturing line dullness and
weakness are most marked in products
of iron and steel.
The settlement of labor trouble! is
eflected In tbe better demand (or build
ing materials at affected centers, while
rains in the Northwest hare allowed
white pine manufacturers to open their
works, snd give employment to many
thousand of men.
Soger bai been marked up again this
week, coffee i higher, while tea holds
the (ull advance scored on the outbreak
of the Chinese troubles. Wheat, in
cluding flour, shipments (or the aggre
gate 8,018,882 bushels, against 8,184,
144 bushels last week.
Business failures in the United States
for the week nomlier 190, as compared
with 185 last week.
Business failures in Canada number
25 as compared with 18 but week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, new, l)c. .
Lettuce, hot bouse, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. lc.
Beets, per sack, 90c d$l.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Carrot, per sack, $1.25
Parsnips, per sack, 60 (3 7 5c.
Cauliflower, California 90cfg$l.
Strawtrries $2 per case.
Cabbage, native anil California,
1.00(1.25 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $1.50 per case.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Fa-dem 22c;
dairy, 17 (3 22c; ranch, 1517e pound.
Eggs 20c.
Cheese 12o.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c;
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Pound timothy, $11.00
& 12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $19.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye floor, $3.804.00.
MilUtuffs Bran, per ton, $18.00;
ihorts, 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 beel
steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal,
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13';
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 56 57 Mo;
Valley, 57 o Blueetem.OOc per bushel.
Flour Beet grades, $3.20; graham,
$2.70; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 35c; choici
gray, 83o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Milbjtuffs Bran, $12.50 ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $13; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1011; clover,$7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $Q7 per ton.
Butter Fancy . creamery, 8540c;
store, 25o. "
Eggs 1 Oo per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.003.60; geese, $4.005.00 for old;
$4.506.50; ducks, $3.004.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per
pound.
Potatoes 40 50o per sack; sweets,
82)0 per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips", 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage", l)o per pound; parsulps, $1;
onions, 140 per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 28o per pound.
Wool Valley, 1616o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1015o; mohair, 25
per pound. . -....v-.'v. . ,-,...'.,'-:-.;.'.,.,...
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8?4c; dressed mutton, 7
7io per pound; lambs, 5g0.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$5.006.50 per 100 pounds.
Beet Gross, top steers, $4.004.50;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6)i
7Jt'o per pound. .
Veal Large, 67sc; small, 8
8ao per pound.
Baa Franouoo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 1315oper
pound; Eastern Oregon, 1015o; Val
ley, 1820o; Northern, 1013o.
Hops 1899 crop, ll13o per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 18 19c;
do seconds, 17 Mo; fancy dairy,
176; do seconds, 15 16o per pound.
Eggs Store, 13 Mc; fancy ranch,
17o.
Mlllstnffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50 18.50.
Hay Wheat $6.50 10; wheat and
oat $6.009.50; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 6.00 per ton;
straw, 25 40o per bale.
Totatoes Early Rose, 6065o; Ore-'
gon Burbanks, 80c 90; river Bur
banks, 35 65c; new. 70c$1.25.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$3.758.35; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons -75c$1.60r
do choice $1.753.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
9.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66Mo per
pound.