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OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Onmnrrkaaalva Ravlow t Ike Import
Hi .llannruli of the Peat, Week
CnHed front : Trlrgrapk ColMMtMO.
American thlto wet successful at
tb Pari touruauieut.
An all day light between th Boer
nd Biitlah at Platkop resulted ludeol
ivly. .
The niwalan minister at Pkta ta
said to have been boiled to death by
Roxer.
, Ntn noose were entirety commuted
and many other damaged by Ira at
Dunsmulr, Cal.
A German paper lay tba selser ol
Kiao Choo hat caused the present iron-
lie with China.
Fir at Durant, 1. T., wiped out tb
mater nortion of th town, canning a
lost of 1100,000.
All foreigner hav been removed
from the town of Wa Chou, China, and
are m! at Shaughat.
tinita.1 States Senator John II. Clear.
of Iowa, died at Washington City of
heart disease, aged 75 yean.
A larae mrt of th badness district
of Frescott, Ariaona, were burued,
canting a Kwa of $1,000,000.
The steamer City of Topeka i rived
t Kaattla fioiu Lvun Canal With l
tween f750,0OO and $1,000,000 in gold
duet trout Klondike.
Twenty square mile of foretta were
bonred by a fir started by a firecracker
naar Grub Gulch. Cal. Tba loaa will
be hnndreda of thousand.
lienaral rain has fallen Over nearly
all India during the past few deye and
the prospects are that cropa hav im
nianaa It im Droved. The fauiiue area
haa generally been benefitted.
Klght-boor alii fta for all mderground
men at the United Verde mine and an
WrMi of IS ver cent in wagea for
miner in certalu portions of the in in
were announced at Jeiome, An
Advice were received from Sytlney
that tribal wars are raging at the bu
nion gronp. There hat been a fierce
UttU IwtwMn the Marian (Hovs) and
Malata tribe. Tb Wise on each side
were beavy.
Drnamite was exploded nnder a
Transit oar in North St. Louis, and
fnur uaatmnirere were Iniured. A an
burban car. the only union line in tha
ritv. aecidentlv ran into a striken
'tins wagon ami injured 12 ocenpanta,
two aeriouely.
m.h mA strike have been made on
tba Koynknk. some claims staked ont
yielding $4 to tb pan.
Rnhliera held no an Illinois Central
train iiear Faducah, Ky.. blew up tha
express car and secured $10,000.
The am Dress dowaiier has ordered
the suppression of the Boxers and th
protection of the legations ai ream.
A Pullman car was turned upside
ilnwn near Iteldin. Cal.. the nine oo-
copanta were all more or leas injured.
but none fatally.
Thirtv-eix bodies, horribly disflg
Brad, have been recovered from the
bull of the steamship Saale, recently
burned at Hoboken, N. J.
County Commissioner Campbell, of
Spokane county, Wash., was killed by
n n. R. & N. Dasseueer train near
Latah. Idaho, lie was crossing th
track in a boggy.
A flood of gol is pouring in from
Alaska. The receipts of the govern-
nmnt amsnv otlice at Seattle in the fls
pl vflr' were $13,630,326. This
month's recepta may exceed $0,000,
000.
The Chineau government Is sorry for
the nutent outbreaks, but holds the
hlamable. The empress dow
aiier says the attacks on Tien Tsin were
tha remit of the bombardment oi lieu
Tsin.
Savaite of tha Caroline inlands at
tacked a shipwrecked British crew,
ailouslT woundinu two of the British,
and were only driven off when an
American cattle dealer came to the
rescue of the Biitish.
On the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
a deliberate attempt to wreck the
Washington express, bearing $3,000,
000 in gold to the subtresaury in New
Vrtrlr nntriA vp.rv near beinit successful
at Folsom. a short distance outside of
Philadelphia.
The general freight agents of leading
'ivtrii mads have formed an amuse
ment for the pooliutf of business. Joint
agencies are to be established at Kan
aa C'itv. Omaha and St. Paul. A
joint agent will be placed in charge of
the traffic at each of these cities
Colombian revolutionists, nnder Gen
i Juan B. Gonzales and Bunbn
f'liam. have canturcd the bitv of i'ona
yan, a capital of the department of
fun,. On the march to i'onavau the
revolutionists took all the cities near
tlia Knadorian fioutier. including the
Paport Tunico.
Chicago Chlues. havlug just learned
of th troubl in Chin, at grtly
' ciUd.
' Twenty persons wer prostrated by
heat at Iiw York. Tupratnr .100
degrees. -
Foreign rahli hav their guu
trained on Ch Foo, In anUclpaUoa oi
an outbid:.
Fleet of th revolutlonlsU haa been
captured by government for tn Co
toniblan rabellion.
Tha M ataal nlant of th Fdrl
Ktl iiomiiaiiT. al Lorain. Pa., haa
been dosed down, throwing 4,000 mu
out of work. ,
Entire Business District , of
Presoott, Ariz.i Burned.
FEW BUSINESS HOUSES LIFT
tlaay WtWinCMiMillf Haa Haw
I'aaallaaa-'tai'rtlarjf's Ofll Veatut
latUlio Ha VIum rail.
Fntoott. Aria.. July 17.-A on of
great desolatlou ami a leaung ui
atglouni pervade this n t.xUy.
ill .1... mmaina of 111 mlncliwl bUi-
ni tha klWD la tOttWlUll
wall and pile of oharnd and burning
debri.
Tiia flra which started at 10:45
.m,v. u.i ntht. was not nnd con
trot until 8 o'clock Ihtt worotne. when
th fighhar w eoualdambU ta
in uImh. of tha name aDti blew
k. k.iMi. n iU south aid of
vy -
1:.1 .tM.1. nrevantlnsT the lire
i ...u.ln thai street. Tbt) must
IIVIU v I V" " w - ' .
oouservativ aatimatesof th total losses
ar from $1,000,000 to i.ow.wu.
Tk. ..ii.irict smlirawa five
blocks, In whluh were located h prin
ainal marcautil hottMHi, both Uauks
both telearauh onleet, th three news
paper orlloea, four hotels, and every
Li.... . wtanranl txceut OH iU
.i. .i.iMa nHirvs of wlvate rest
deuces. To add to th pviluij
gloom, a high wind has prevailed all
oay, sending amok, dust and tmrului
embers In every dlraotlou, r quiring
th greatest vlgllanc to prevent au-
. .. " U ..I tl.d llmiina. OwllIU
u.aia .i ...Mil ..w i vum umumi. v. -
atatea 9,530 case, of which 6,802 war to tha chaotic condition eiUtiug tolay,
faul It U imnosalble to'obulu au ncourats
accouiit of th loss or ltKlividual iusur-
ance, From interviews wuu iunw.
T- tntnimni-ta. with 1.900 ottloer
and men, tailed from Manila for Takn.
Th hospital ahio lUlief tea alao teen
tent to Taara.
m: vjlnabetb O. Tolman, wlf ol
(leueral J. C. Tolman, and a ptoner
of 1859. died at bar bom in Aahland,
Or., aged 71 year.
At Nw York citr. Tarry McGovero.
faatliar ataitrht charaulon of the World.
defeated in three rourds, rrans r.rne,
light weight champion of tb world.
Kaallmr olnima ara to be arbitrated
Ruaaia, United Htatea and England
have finally agreed on a method of dis
posing c; long pending isenring
troubl.
In Bombay. India, for the week end
In. Jnl t. there were B.928 cat of
cholera In the famine district, of which
fl.474 wer fatal, and in the native
MORI MEN
NEEDED.
the
Oeasaa4 free All Parte ef tM
rmilavla l.laatfs. .
Manila. Julv II "More oldlerM
la th demand which It coming to Uen
aral Mad Arthur fnna aver? deoartiueul
nftha lalamla. Henaul VUt ha VI
workd to vlndlcat Usneral lwton'i
tuilaitiant that I III) 000 trOOUt WOUld M
needed to establish American aovarelgn-
iv over th Phllinblnaa. Until tny
altemnted to bold provinces of 200,000
or boo.oou hostile people wun
uieut or two, the Ainericau coiuina
art hardle taallaud tha sll of tllO l'hll
Innlna itlanda. Tha nreseut fore ll
. ' . . .L
not large euough to garrison more man
nan tna important wwiu, aun iu
of tha moat itninrtaat islaud. niOU
them Cabu. ranay, Hamar nd Uyt
and th great Mohammedan empire ol
Mindanao, ouly th commercial part
are ocuuuiad. . "
Hi Moro ar a cloud oa.Uw .bori.
ton. The offloen best acqunuiod with
eonditioua in Mindanao and V Hnia
I.Uiula tall aha MMHManiuulauil ti.t til tV
0C4dr aertont f;ht.. tin rtr,a"1'
tit. - II II ootnaa, tn two nviuiem
11
Of III BEUET
of
Repulse of
Confirmed.
Allies
News
AMERICANS LOST OVER THIRTY
which are scattered iu imalt fkrvlnx,
turn of them hundreds of inilnii a(wrl
along- tlie coast of Mindanao, mu inland
nearly at large a Luton, n.ay hav
terloutwork. Th Morot are tighten
hv nature, do not fear death, bav
uisur sun, tlwuuh of
makea. but do tha best exec
rhra thaetaatl rrlaudly 1'Mnete Ott-
, elalt Unlaratf Kill r rrlaae Taaa
iHlulatr Wa't Nllaallaa.
; Wttliington, Jnly 18.Tha navy
iiaiarl.i.,ant tl.la uuiruihif ntiwlvntl Old
ulal couflrniatlon from Admiral Hemey
ol tlia revere of the Milled forces at
Tien Tain on tba nioriiiuu of the Ittth
The dUnatcb.it daUMlCh I'oo, July
IB. and aavt!
),.i,ri.i thai tha allied force at
ffai the native city ,tii morning ol
tlu txtt, i'.ttiiaalana i.u tit riuhl. with
. iijaj.tr a nil iHn w
1 1 1. ,f. 1 hii lot of tit rtllled krrea I
lvluu In the thick lunulas and cutting
down soldier who natt through with
their terrible krlses aud spear.
GREAT WAR HAS OPENED.
Uue: Ka-tlami, 100, Jncln.lUiu artil
u v m Kin. 'I: Aiin.rt.-iin'- over oU! lint
!..h oar 40! JaimJtwu 6H. tuullldlug
oolonetl Freuch, "257"
"Colonel Ltacuiii. Mnth luruntry.
killed; also Captain Davis,, marine
.V . nnriii. Canta n UihIkv. Llewteiiaute
!T: Butli raml Leonard wouiided.
iKVHtlUU I ..... 1 ,1.. .....
fatal.
Joe Barton!, a wealthy tbveptnan of
Weatfavll, Malheur county. Or., waa
.nntrUntall killed while stacking hay
nn hia ranch, baton struck DV a dorriCI
f.rk. ona nrona ol wbion mercea au
nack.
TMirla. so miles southwest of Dl
laa. Taiat. waa sweot by a cyclone,
killing three personi. Two church.
several dwelllnit house ana en im
uiense amount of farm property wai
destroyed
Tha first anil for damage trowing
ant of the Fourth of July street car ac
eidant al Tacoma. in which 43 lives
were loat. haa been filed by Harry Gaul,
Inr tha death of his SOU Ham. for BO,
000. Many other inlt are expected.
Viva Chinese ruiiimenU have been
m-riarwl from Pekia to China llaU Po,
on the Grand canal, the objective point
of the southern extension oi ui voter
movement. Shanghai and Ch Foo ar
threatened, and an attack on New
Cbwang it Unmintut.
Ten thousand Boers ar massing near
Pretoria,
Demand for harvest bands in Kastern
Oregon is enormous
Mora soldiers ar needed for garrison
duty In the Philippines.
Chinese reformers ar using every n
deavor to save tb foreigner.
A mountain of eold bearinn quart a li
said to have been found in the Bloc
river district.
A daughter of Theodore Havemayer,
the sonar king, shot and accidently
killed herself.
Manila la now the counterfeiter')
naradise. Blu snuo in making Ameri
can dollars ont of .Mexican aouar.
Anrfv Smith. TO vears old. waa struck
with paralysis at Kalama, Wash., and
when found had been four day witnout
food or water
Heavy rain storms are raging in
Knrtharn Wisconsin. All railroads
hava mffered from washouts. Hail did
great damage to crops,
It it reoorted that 10.000 Boers are
nmnarinir to eniiurftte to America
President Kruger will refuse to surren
der until hia supplies are exhausted
Theodore Grell, aged 60, an employ
of th woolen mills at Oregon City,
Or., wa accidentally drowned wnli
uttumntiuor to set into a boat to row
m
lome
The American bark McNear wa lost
nn a reel near Lavsan istanu, aetu
Japan. The passengers and crew spent
tun h.ti nn tha water ana lanaea on
Laysan island.
Anmiral Rnvmonr waa compelled to
hnot his own wounded during the re
cent disastrous retreat of the Pekin re
Hal avriAriitinn. Thev cref erred it to
tortne by barbarous Chinamen
Jiidae W. If. Wathlnitton, of Phlla
rialnhia. a direct descendant of Angus
tine Washington, latner oi veorge
Waahimrton. is dead at Castle Creek
Hot Springs, Arizona, of oonsnnrptlon.
Ua 4K vaara nld and a laWTMr OI
recognized ability.
A Holland submarine torvedo boat
may protect the port of Portland, ,Or
Tun nf thfl new ones soon to be don
structed will be assigned to tervlo ron
the Pacitio coast, and on may come w
the Colombia river.
Tha Washington government will tak
every precaution against violence w
r'hinniia in the United States, which is
intimated in so me lections, in order
that the force of our demand for satin
faction from China shall not be weak
cued by counter claims
Will Kad Only With Mraaklag aad re.
tltlaalaa ar taiuata Ktniir.
New York. Julv 18. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London savs:
A great war haa opened In China,
with the Japaueae in the front line and
with the heaviest rewrvet tiu mediately
ivalUW. Three American battalions,
At 7 in the evening an aliiwl attack-
on tli native city was repulsed, with
great lot. Kcturnt yet Incomplete
detail not yet coullnnetl.
'Ki'.sir.x.
ronsul-dencrtl (looduow cablwl to
the tute department from Shanghai
nuitiir tiulav'a date that thuie I uoth
lug more to riort since hi cablegram
nf tha lath lust. The i iHtwicn rvuorf
til Hie attack on the legiition at Pekin
aa .... I -
at about to Irttlun. Sir. VUKMHIOW a
statement la in direct contradiction of
th Hbangbal ttory that all foreign cou
Chinch bogs are doing great damage
to Kansas crops.
American trade with China it
rhinflr in the region where the dis
turbance is greatest.
A atearn. automobile was built in
Fmland in 1834. it wat regarded as
a curiosity.
An Oklahoma woman wants a di
nrp rmcanse her husband had killed
n man. After the 36th she drew the
line.
A music typewriter has been patent
ed by a Worcester, Maw., man.
The poorhonse at Wichita, Kan., hat
been abolished by the county conimis
tloners, there being , no more paupers
in the county.
James II. Eckles sayt bnsinea con
dition are better than admitted, farm
ers are prosperous, and trade will con
tinue good. ,
Bev. Anson Phelpt Stoke, Jr., the
new rector of St. Paul' Episoopal
chuich, New Haven, Conn., it th
richest clergyman in America, count
ing hit wealth by million,
A BirminBbam. N. Y., school teaoher
whipped a school boy and exploded a
torpedo. He may die.
A tlx year old boy at Acorn Ridge,
Mo., shot hia brother dead at tba re
sult of a quarrel. ,
Japan ha appropriated 60.000,000
yen or war purposes. A yen it about
the same at onr dollar.
The Christian i'ndeavor convention
in London will be attended by 10,000
delegates, 8,000 from America.
Iwindon is crowded with Americans,
I ami hotel keepers are reaping a harvest.
Ti.fltifi with European countries
will postpone until 1903 the exclusion
of canned meat from Germany.
Paving blocks made of glass refnse
pressed into shape by a new invention
are giving good satisfaction in Geneva.
Official of big railroad lines at Chi
cago tay the exonrsion business, both
east and west, it heaviet than in yean.
Ex-Governor "Bob" Taylor, of Ten
nessee, baa closed a leoture tour in the
West and it reported to have earned
$80,000 abov hit expenses.
agents, th total inturauc doe uot x
ceed $350,000.
At daylight this mnrnluii team were
at work healing lumber to the public
pitta, aud thi evening it i covered
with tout and temporary frame build
ings. Th occupant will be ready lor
business tomorrow. Doth bankt have
tecum! temporary ouarter and will be
open tomorrow, Tb Bh!rd-Bur-n..L,,
r.nnnaiiv will be open forbutl-
BM tomorrow in tlmlr warehooae, two
1.1 a.. bat iMim til IiimIA.
linn. W. A. Clark, of the United
Verde Copper Compauy, who wa visit
na tha workt at Jerome, wired a draft
for $500. All th sufferer from th
fire are provided with food, abetter aud
nk.thlnir. and it is not thought any
nn..i,u .uiatanca will It reaotred.
The onlv business house remelulug
in th tiiwn are (ioldwater Drue., A
I'.UmWu and Mrs. K. K. Blaine, dry
..u. i,,,!, tkmuhartv. T. W. Otis
aud J. I. Gardner, grocers, aud W. W.
Roes and W. P. Covlllaud, drug More
The expres otlice ud postofnoe were
both out of the fire ttmlta, bot ths
uttM ha.l a elate call. All the mall
and effect were ready to toov at a
moment' notice.
The offloe of the supervisor of census
for the territory was located in tha
Prescott Natioual Bank building, aud
contained all the official statlati. a of the
census of th territory, but Uwy were
removed to a place of safety.
Th Western Union opened it office
hi. mnrnina in a Brocery atore, and
.k. tn.t,.l hua niienml tn otlice at the
railroad depot. The electiio light
poles and wire wer iu th burned dis
trict, and the town will be tn darkues
until they can be replaced. The com
pany also owns the telephone system,
and loses more than half it iuttru
ments.
kf an citizen who yesterday wcrs
tnrtutilv fixed r today homeless
.u.nnllaaa. a UtimW loHiOU both
muM . -
their bnsines place and Ihelr rest
dences. An army of carpenter havi
i.An i.nav all dar Duttliift np toiiMior
.... .,.,.. raa. manv of which hav
been completed and will open for bull
mil tmnnrroW.
Ol the three printing olllooe in town
.11 .hat waa aaved was BbOIlt B0 caSel
of type by the Courier. The destruc
tion of the other was com plote . J . C
xinin nmnrlatov of tb Journal
Mn aavad onlv his books. Included
tn hi. loaa waa a Memonthaler linotype
in.tiiuri in the office only throe monthi
aco. The two papers have already
....ita arrangements for contiuoing pnb
iati.m although but little incuruixs
...rla,t l,T eithtr. Most Of tllO
i,..,i.t nuurm will rebuild at ouoe.
The origin of the fire wa unknown
.,ntii this avenlns. when it was learned
that a man rooming over the bottling
nfV...i lvlmr In bed reading by
candlelight when a piece of looae paper
the. wall canuht fire. He rau out
.iu tha alarm, aud before others
reached the place the Are wa beyond
control.
Mora llallii In T.iaa
nail t. Tex.. Julv 17. Northern
T.a. hat hnnn rielussd bv rains for
mm than 12 honrs. and the inaioa
tinna ..a that the tor in haa only be
.nn. Tha downrxmr at uhiihb waa ir
rifln Rtreama are swollen sou num.
ar delayed because ol washouts
Vminottown. O.. July 14. The
severe storm last night canned a sud
1 den rise in Mill creek, sweeping away
la bridue and washing out railroad
tnnk. uiiMiiiir duuiiiiro amountiug to
1 $50,000. -
100,000 Fruit Flrt la California.
Newcastle. Cal.. July 17. Fire to
.la flnatrovad all the fruit houses and
leadine business houses of the town.
Tha lnat will exceed 1100.000. Over
inn.ooo boxes of fruit were burned
The Southern Paciflo Compnny wai the
heaviest loser. Their lost in fruit in
Aart and rolllna stock is estimated at
$35,000.
Some women amount to nothing out
tide of their oh arch.
All Korelt.r. Killed.
Shanahal. July 17. An official iele
oram was received touicrht fioin the
governor of Shun Tun stating that a
breach waa made In the wall of the
British legation at Pskln after a gal
lant defense, and when all the ammu
nition had given out. AU foreigner!
were killed.
a a five m . ...... . - - -
and about 13.000 Japanese troopa, hav ,u, srM infurmod Haturday bv Hhug
reached Tien Tsin since th two battlei imt th legtini4)iad falteu and the
were fought, ao that the allied force minUteii were killed,
now arcrtte-ate 95.000 men. with con- without excentlou tlav th foreign
tlngenta slowly drtbuliug Into Taka. , Wieuttive lu VVashingtiu aocoptud
war naa not oeen lurinaiiy practically certain iuhi nn mreinH
but It I in progress, with every Indira- lauatlon aud mlnUten at Pekin have
tion that it will continue indefinitely i, wimid out. The opinion U batwi
uutil the uoverninenl now in rower Is ... tha aneHiunlailna unofficial data
overthrown and tha empire broken up that the alauithter oin urred about July
into a serif of European aud Japanese g or 7, Even among the high Chinese
province ami ini)u!rBHia. ma olllclall IKpe ime oeeu imiui kitwu
treat of the allied forces from Tien Tsin . !, malnUIn that there Is no oltl
would be followed by outbreak against 0Ut information, ami thnt they ar as
the foreigner In all the province. m.n iu tha M othert
They are com pel led to halt where they
are and to bold their groun l.by hard
fkhtina. and a rainnalun ben on with
no other motive uower than that of
cnrtua veiia-auce and renaration for tb
mttsaore of the leuttiont will involve
sacrifice and expenditures for which
territorial concession are IndUpeiia
Die.
This It not the American view, but
the Kuaslan. Jananree. German. Ital
Tha situation aa a telling effect on
theChlueae minister, who is under
m,rvrm. tellkinU ttlll lttOII UlOre
tavara than that of the American off!
eials. He it seeking to ihow lu the pret
ant acute critit that no matter how bad
condition may be In China, be It not
tha lata aux out to serve the American
.la and iravermimut. for be has
-
ti.vn tmsat nrme in me aiumr ixsik'h
al relation twitwewn him and tlie poo-
LIQHT
PEKIN.
Ware
temlalitrallaa Arraaaat le Oal
THroyia.
Waahtnulun. Julv 19. A decidedly
more hopeful teeilu with regard to the
Chinese tttuation wat aptreui lu all
sdmlnlstrstlou clrcl this evening.
The tide of teutlmeut, whlcU naa oeen
markedly nesslmlttlo, turned with the
aunouncfment of the victory of the
allies at Tien Tsin, and the capture ui
the forts and native city, and gam,
furthar tirnirth from Minisler Wn't
cablegram declaring that the forelmi
minister at Pekin were saie joy
t.i.ia fM.. tliaa nisiittches. the ar
rival of the president end tb special
cabinet meeting caiien 10 coutiaer i.
itnatlnn ware the features of the day.
Th cabinet met at 2:30 thli afternoon,
la.a than an hour after til prtsioeni
....i.i tha Whlta House. Over 100
newspaper ineu thronged the corridor
ultll. .I,a AalklltHE Waa BlltlUH ,n-l,.M.
closed door. Th on rmblel the
i...ti... iaa nl tha Wnauish war. There
........ . - "w
ll.watarUa liar. 1.00 1.
bOUg. g anrt ewnaaiti ;
Kmith. At the oonclnsiou of tn o
.l..n whlnh laatad two and hall
hmirs. iiacretarr Hoot ttllV OOt til Uii
lnwliia formal atatemeut of the action
nt tha eahlnnt! ' '
"The president bat determined that
tha facu known to o do not require
or justify calling an extra session ol
nnnuress. Should lulure ueveiopmeuis
Indicate t' k r I unable to do what is
reuulred wiwi the means now at hi
command, aud th action of congress it
natsarv to famish either men or
money or authority, he will not hesitate
tn eall it toaether."
Tha . anlaion that an extra session oi
congress waa uot demanded by existing
condition wa the outcome of the
showing which lath Secretory Itoot
and Secretary Long mane a to toe
force that can Im thrown into China
without the authorisation of additional
Ih.hu li nniivraat. and also the decid-
edly more hopeful feeling entertained
by the president and member oi nis
cabinet a to the , safety of Minister
Conner aud the other foreiguer in
Pekin, due to the cable of Minister
Wti, reporting the safely of the minis
ters July 9, two days after their re
ported massacre. While thi cable it
not regarded a conclusive, it i ac
cepted in good faltMor th present.
' CAMPAIGN IN CAVITE.
urn mwi fill
TRADE.
Chinese Army li Bursting
Its Bounds, f
ATTACKED CAPITAL OP AMUIR
It It rraalleallr Oetlarallae ef Wai
Agalaal the tsar Ueveraatea
attlaat Have ,
T-PkMAjitt .1 nltf 1 II. a Th Daily Mall
M.ll.haa a aanaatlonal dlSUBtcb from
8t. Petersburg, dated Monday, which
atsit tliat there I no aouut ui
China bat declared war against Kutla.
The Kuian prees," say tlie wire
tpondent, "l restricted to the pnbllc-
Mnn of irflolal details, ana tue iiuiuita-
tinn ( an dianetobe f torn the fron
haa haan nmhlhitad. I liear. however.
from a rellewe eeurot, ta
tww,a ami ska Itnaara taltad a Uessitn
transport vessel laden with monitions
tt Ariagon (on th Amur nver, auuot
in.iiaamm tha liuttitn. frontier),
killing almost tb entire Kusaiau escort.
They next oddniy atucKeo ann om
barded the town of Bltgovettcbneak,
nanllal of th lulf' BOVmUieUt. OB
the Amor river. The garrison beldont
bravely, but wa finally overwhelming
ly overpowered. Nearly all perished aud
the town waa trorneo."
Ian and French, who already hav their U ham. Minister Wti declare uu-
eyet fixed upon futnr-riTirti?n.TTrnT) t ,irljJ", Tu i "thn vuole rejairt that
counneat. and tlie Knallrh will flu !
an India in Central Asia.
A rrtaaa eflasialt
Baltimore. Julv 17.-M'utr'.v anl
ill-health drove I-oul. Fimin, a thoe-
niaker, ttnlay to kill hlmsilf. hia wifn
and 18-mouths-ohl Ube with a mior
aud to wound his lil year-ol'l ou.
The traired v o-cunetl In l .ast Liexliig'
ton street. The corpse of Fieen wai
found lying in the middle of the floor
with the bead almost severed from the
body. The body of Mrs. Fisen lay
across a mattress in the corucr of the
hmhii. her throat cut from ear to ear.
sud the infant's body was lu a bahy
currlHue btblud th (Minuter. A inert
pitiable aud iliNtressiug tight wat the
little boy, II arry, standing nonr the
IhhIv of his dead mother, with lilood
stream Inn from a gusli lu hi throat.
The hov wna mint to a hospital, wnut
the physicians hojie to save hi Ire.
from Manila tu I'lilna.
Manila. July 18. Two battalions ol
the Koiirleenth Infantry and Daggatt's
hutterv of the rum artillery, win
Imhvh fur (,'lilnii tomorrow bv the trans'
isirts Indiana, Fllnlshlre and Wyefluld.
'I leexuiMlitiou. which win joiu tut
Ninth iufaiitrv. will curry 600 rounds
of ammunition to a man, and a reserve
nf l.ooo.OOO rounds, together with
medical subsistence, stores aud cloth
ing for 000 muii for three months. It
will take also two seven inch mortars
and two tlx inch howitzers, with am
munition. The hospital ship liellef is
guiug to China.
Assault on Kaasas I lly Chinaman.
Kansu City, Mo., July 18. In
cdiiHud at the Boxer news a crowd of
man mid Imjv fathered about the Ihuu
dry of Ah King, a Chinese luuiidrymau,
and started a domonsiration that oau
d 81nu to call on the police for protec
tluu. The crowd passed the time
throwing etouos into the laundry and
calllnu out to the Inmatus that thoy
would kill them. A sqmid ol ponce
illsoerned the crowd quickly, aud,
l.u Un...t.ir 1,1 IuIol'1 IllllS ailil IMIStl
ti t-haiigbai. know of th killing of the
Talntxwra-at th time ne inaie
t im -t tnastwri inu lurrigueia oe
tveotied out of pekin It the allied force
. mi,! not advait' . a a matter oi
it Minita Wo slate that the Lhl
ni-Timrtat7trWrwftwtter meant of
learulnif the truth of a ft sirs In Pekiu
ti..n tha fureiiruert. as ali the usual
muana of comuionlcatiou are suspend
ad. But he Points out that hheng
could not have kuown of the death ol
ti, fnraluuer. viae he would not nave
nisde a proposal that the foreiguoi be
escorted out of the city, mis initei
It cmisldered pnxif positive hy sir. wo
that Sheiig considered the foreigner
alive.
Hiialnatt lrriiiltl by Nlrlka.
at. liiu i. Julv 18. in ixmis
T.utit Com ia ii v today tiled lu the
Mtv register' olllre its returns of trips
mid passenger for tha quarter ending
...... i i . .. ,
tuiiH HO IHSt. as miuireu ny iw
Thnta reiK.rtaaro particularly Interest
(mi nti ahowluir the decrease iu the
... ----- -
OOinpBliy IH'slliess, caused oy iiio
.irika. Dnriufi the llrst three month
of this year, before the strike wa In
,r..t.ui tli a iriuiHii omimiiv. ao
MHUIfltw.,, - .
cording to Its returns, curried 27,058,
liHS nasaoni;er. it cur mating i.bui,
835 trip, iu o doing. According to
Its returns for the three months ending
Juno BO. it cars made only 447,U4
trios and carried 13,733,631 passcu
gore.
Hurt by Failing Walls
Chcugo, July 18. Nine persons wen
Inlnrail. one fatally, by fallinu walls
In a lire caused by lightning tonight at
Mich ltfHil street ana ueiiroorn avenue.
Hubert McHny will die.
The totul damage amounts to nearly
inn nno. 1 enrv r. viiiiemeyer
iin . uroorlotors of the brooni com fao
tory, eKtiniftte their loss at $150,000,
aud J. Dreyfus & Co., luiriers, atao,-
000.
At
tha inatiirntion Of SiDtf. .Who i 0116 01 Attaii.pt to Wreek a.t Train.
the most Intel iireut oi me several mm-1 jniiotior- city, wan., juiy j i. ju
MmA nhinnan in Kansas ' MiT. cimr'U t .itnn.nfi v.s -i i le to wreck and prob
.. . ii i .... .1 n..i. li....lfl ii,..-M
the mace aurina ui uikih. ; nil v to rou vr ouwu i wiuu
Vlolane ta Italian' Ml. .Ions.
Rome. July 17. The.lfaliaa consul
tt Shanghai cables that the Italian
mission in Ha Hun has been destroyed
aud Hishop Fantosttti and two misslou-
aries killed. He also report thnt th
Itallun tnlasions in Ilo Nan and liup
have been assaulted.
Tornado Struck tlano, Tat.
Austin. Tex.. July 17. A tornado
truck Llano, a town ol 2,000 inhabit
ants, demolishing th depot and sev
eral houtet, Many person received
injuries.
rira at HI. Paul.
St. Paul. July 18,-Fire thin after
noon destroyed five large and three
small buildings formerly used ty tn
Chicago Great Western railway as re
pair shop, at South park. Just outsid
th city. About 800 carload of shin
gles were burned, The loss I estimat
ed at $200,000. There waa a high
wind blowing, and the flamea spread
from the oil house to the adjoining
buildings and freight oars, of , which
there wa a great number in the yard.
The blaze lastod four hours. The shops
had boeu used us store house by the
c.ucf Khiiiirla Comnunv. and 000 oar-
loads of that product were in ine uuuu
lugs. ; -
Mora Troopi for China..
Chicago. July 17.-The depot bat
tallon of the Fifth United States in
fant, stationed at Fort Sheridan, ni
received orders to go to China. With
in two weeks the other two battalions
of the regiment are expected from
rinda A wnek's test will be allowed
them, and then the entire regiment
will start for China
about (our nrvlos this sldeof Manhattan
tMi avonimr. Hie twitch wut turned
bat the engineer succeeded In stopping
the train bufore it imd gone out a
hnrt distance in on the siding. A
gun, dynamite and a bottle, supposed
tn nnntain uitroBivcerine, were louna
hidden under a pile ol old ties.
Cloudburst In Texas.
Coleman. Tex., July 18. Fifteen
lives are known to have been lost iu a
cloudburst here today. , Ten bodlei
have been recovered, but only two were
liinnHflAd. It is feared thnt many
ninra Uvea were lost iu the valley be
low Coleman. The cloudburst, wnion
followed throe days' unprecedented
rainfall, caused Fonl'i crook to burst
Its banks aud rush through Coleman,
a villain of less tllRU J.UUU 1U1IIIU1
tiints.
Tha War In Ciilinnlila.
Wnsliinirton. July 18. Dr. Louii
Pn i on. M a vn utiZ. cluirue d'affaires ol
the Colombian legation, today received
a oabloizram from the Colombian con
sul at Curacao, informing him that
thihanf the revolutionists had been
oantnrad bv ' the Colombian govern-
mo.it in the ooinion of Dr. Curvo-
Msrquez, this reverse destroys the last
hope ot the revolutionary party.
Now York Prostrations.
Maw Ynrlr. Julv 18. About 20 PC''
sous were prostrated by heut, which
today registered 100 deg. in the tun.
Uvasral (Irani Mamas Caplala llolllt
laa act.
Washington, July 19. Rilgadier
General Fred D. Grant, United rotate
vnl.mtaara. in tuhuilttlnU to the War
department an Intereitlng account of
tha Ituhtlnif around linut, In Cavlte
province, from tieptoiuber 20 lo October
a i.at ninaaa bv aavinu:
'All the ofuoeri and men under my
nniiiiu and behaved well tn all engage-
i.,nta nnlaaa 1 exceut the uioveuieiit
nf Cantaln llolllt' battalion of the
Fourth infantry, from luius, on Octolier
a hi,h aa uot well conducted.
Bom deserve especial mention for their
knuar and annrffV. Amonar tlieae I
would mention Captain lleilly, of th
Fifth aitillery, ' wno conouctea in
move auainst iilnacayan, . October 0;
Liantanant Kiiatseniliue. my aid-de
camp, who oomniauded the scout dur
ing the whole time; Lieutenant teuton
l iril, navatrr. aid.de CB1I10. who COU
duoted a coinpauythiough from Ilaotxii
b, in.ni fh'lnhar 2. and wa much ex
posed in the fighting which occurred
October 2, 8 and 6, ami t upuui
Cowles, who commandod the rewn-1
ntissauce. October 8. which resulted in
a fight at Ht. Nicholas.
Mainr lee aud Cantalua King and
l'liller. of General Law ton's staff, who
were with me on Oolober 8 and 0, de
serve special mention for their gallan
try, aud my personal thanks for tue
assiHtanoe they rendered me."
'Naw Vork Bwallarad.
Naw York. July 19. There wa no
relief for suffering New Yorker today.
In (act, it was hotter this afternoon
than yesterday, aud there was scarcely
any breeae. As was the case yesterday,
many busluesa houses were compelled
to close early in the aiteruoon, ami ii
was impossible for tailoring men to
work lu the street after 9 o'clock. In
Greater New York there were about 85
-iises of heat proslrations. Five per-
mis died from the effects of the heat
aud one person, who had been over
come and taken to a hospital, commit
ted suicide. Olllolully, the mercury
wuged from 09 to 100 degrees between
tha hours of 10 A. M. and 6 P. M. but
many thermometers at difforeut potuti
throughout the city reglitered a nign
as 100. .
Horaa del Toro llattroyed.
Ktmraton. Jamaioa. July 18. A let
tr from Atrato. Colombia, say Boca
del Toro hat been visited by a terrilio
galo, which destroyed many buildings
ami bauana plantations. Immediately
aftor the L-iile a fearful lire swept the
tnwn. dARtiovinir its finest buildings
The Bitunttou is said to be desperate,
the people belngjkniiffaU1
Varl.hail In Utah Uatarl.
Williams. Aria.. July 19. Word
laaehnd here today of the death of J.
M. Meueck, upon the desert of touth
ern Utah. Meneok, who wub an eugi
neor and miulng expert, aud a repw
tentative of the Smithsouiau institu
n,, inft here June 21 In company
,,th fnnr nthnra for southern Utah in
quest of the far famed lost copper mine
timt wut ii aimed to nave neen visnou
by one of the party, E. R. Good.
riaaji of Kattlaat.
I Ann. JnlT 19. The IMW of th
Mannhnria dlaturbancei ll not regarded
a. inatifvinu the ae riots view attribut
ed by the Daily Mail's advice. Amur
ta boundary territory between Mtiern
uiu.1. .nil t.n, hurla. The district
mmm w - -
haa been tb scene of local dlttui ban ces
for a long tlm. owing to provocative
conduct of tb Cossaoki . toward the
28,000 Cbtnee euiplov,ed in ne con
ttruotion of the RutwMancburian
railway. ' ,
Several collision bav occurred t"
tween the Cowacks and th' Chinese
troopi. One happened leveral weeg
airo. when two Kustian omcera anu i.
men wer killed. The extension of the
Iloxer movement to Manchuria has re
sulted in great destruction of the rail
way, compelling the itusslau to with
drtw tholr official. Tb Chlne-e tried
m .inn the Itnasian steamer Michael.
carrying ammunition, and tbe (teamer
Selonga, with tn itusaian , immwr
ooiumistion on board, from paasing np
th Aujur at Igun. They fireo on tne
tteainert, wounding an officer 'and
few men, but the steamers reached
ui.unvMti'hnaak. The local commander
at Arlaimn aeenis to have tent the
. . . . .
Russian sort of ultimatum to quiet
Manchuria.
The Chinese, aooordlng to tbe Daily
Mail' St. Petersburg correapondent.
have thrown up , fortification and
placed 40 gum tt a point li mile from
Ariagon, to dispute toe passage oi tin
Haitians. Tbe official Kusaiau adivoes
leave tb Inference that B'-v--tobt k
It still la Rnesiaa btttS-. w .--
tosses during tb bombardment being
only three killed ft id five wounded.
The Amur military dlttrict w
mobilised tt fortnight ago, on a war
footing, and it i believed that th
Russian force there are 50,000 men and
1 Haunt. The ffovernor-Keneral ha
now ordered the troopi on tbe frontier
to form a cordon. Tb Russian ptr
demand retribution for Chinese uda
city in Manobnria, but they hold to the
view that Rusia must persevere in ber
resolution to avoid wai . me uuincse
minister in St. Petersburg ha disavow
ed the eventa in Manchuria, on behalf
of bis government, nd bai promised
to make serious representations to
Pekin regarding the consequences that
will follow it tlie hostilities there be
continued.
aaroaaaat ef Toae, author Tfcaa ef
llotaaed. .
Bradstreet'i says: While trad I
til. oal of mid-summer volom. th
beginning oi Improvement in detiaad
are annarantlv becomiotf visible. The
Improvement it ttlll one of tone, ratbw
than of demand, but with ylew oi
640,000,000 buthels of wheat. ntt
lo record breaking yield of corn, and a
very large iroiortion of oats, the west
crop situation oontaiua uiany eu
eouraging features. The foutbern cot
ton crop hat undoubtedly unred, tna
condition! are unprecedeutedly low
for thi teaaon of thv year, but the
acreage planted wa a large one, and
price are so moen nigner tnas a
factory fluanclal return la confidently
looked for.
The effort of tbe big Iron nd neei
eonoern to control price, u ret 1 17
made, baa proven abortive, and another
wlioleeal slashing 01 quotation w
be reported thi wek. , 1
M UMBStrlal tUUatlOU It raw ueir
tat M twnltof ggfetMW trpni wat
k a tnnliw of iron and steel manu
facturing concerns and their employe.
Lower prices for lumber are sppar
anil tndncin- more activity in build
ing, though bow much 1 due to tbit or
bow wocb to tb settlement 01 laour
dftturbance 1 hard to measure. .
Wheat, inolnding flour, ahipmenta
for the week aggregate 2,829,910 bosh-
tit, against 8,Olo,Ba4 nuanuie .
V9ka
Buslnes failures in the United States
Bomber 221 at compared with US latt
Bo'tine failure in the Dominion of
Canada number 83 ,aa compared with
fS laat week.
A CHINESE REFORMER. '
. .
Luna Kal Chu't ldaa or Oovorning
Worried to Death Over the Haitaare
n ... Ta .Tnlv 10. John 11
ni.,.1... . nMimliiniit lumberman, died
ruvjuii -
today of apoplexy, attributed to worry
tha f,.r. nf relatives iu ream wuu
V v via wv -
DiiAHts of Minister Conger't lamiiy
at the American legation.
MuiHiiY. N. S.. July 19. A cable
(mm Knnth Africa reports that
1 ......... itarnhl Horded, of the Caua
: ... "... .,.. j
dian contingent, nao oeen auieu u
tion. He wut the only son of F. W.
llordon, Canadian minister of militia.
Missing Man Beard From.
TH.nnlv Aria.. July !. .IOI1U
Meeker, who disappeared from here
four vears aao. and who owned consid
erable land at that time, hat been
beard from in Arkansas. At the time
of hit disappearance blood wat found
in his room and hit wife wat suspected
of murder. ' Proof was not tumcieni,
but the lost the property to eastern
heirs, after a bitter fight, t Meeker says
he wut luffering from sunstroke when
he left home and knew nothing until
a few months ago when be found him
ttlf in a California insane asvluqr
Ika Kiuplr
Honolulu. Julv 12. via San Fran
clsco, Jnly 19. Long . Kal Chu, the
iintad Chinese reformer, on whose bead
a TPWH rd of 105.000 it offered by the
amnraat dowaiter. has returned to Hon
ninln from the Island of Maui. The
reformer ha been in tlie islands about
thro months, oniaultinit the Po Wong
movement, which has a it object tna
overthrow of the empress dowager'
twuima and the re-insUtemeut of the
vniiiim anitttror. Societies have been
organised here and a large amount of
monoy raised, in speeding 01 now
Phina mav be aoverned in the future
ha aulii:
Tha nnnnina nu of China so that
tha Chinese mav be able to aaaimilate
foreign ideal of progress and that all
forelirner may share witn tne ninese
in development of the wealth ol this
vast empire, the power in phina must
be centraliaed to prevent, jealousy
amonii factions, and for the best inter
ests of China and tlie world the em-
peror should be reinstated.
"Last year the United State pro
nnmd to the other rower to open up
China and to proteot her territory from
partition. Such a oourse win oe lound
most beneficial and a policy moat ap
propriate to modern civilisation."
Kainaatla Hollered. : '
Fumsn, July 18. Kumassie has
been relieved by the command under
Colonel Witlock. , : ' :
Antl-Ghlufte Biol In Vlrdan.
Virden, 111., July 19. Enraged at
the newt from China, a mob today at
tacked a Chinese laundry here and de
molished the entire front of the build
ing. Six thott were fired at two Chi
nese laundrymen, but without effect.
No arrests have yet been made.
' Joseph Real, a white man, died in
Toledo, O... from lockjaw, resulting
from bite received in an assault oy a
negro, llaiey Kaveue.
Panama Threatened.
Kimmton.' Jamaioa. July 19. Fur
ther newt from Colombia i to tbe
effect that ud to July 13 Panama waa
tin hld bv the eovernment. The
rebel in the vicinity were espeoted to
begin operation won. ine govern
ment troops have been strongly rein
foroed by drafts from Colon, but it' it
tha onneral oninion that the rebela can
taka Panama any time they like. It it
rannrted that the rebel are led by an
Amarlnan military expert. The gov
eminent it in dreadful strait for food
with whloh to teed tbe troop, and l
seizing cattle from lesldent,
Ninety person were made eerionsly
1)1 at Hhelne, Westphalia, Germany,
owing to tbe eating of diseased horseflesh.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
oatllo Mark ola.
Onions, new, ltc.
Lettuce, hothouie, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. lc
Beets, per sack, 85c $1.
, Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Carrot, per sack, $1.00
Parsnip, per aok, 60 75c.
Cauliflower, native, 75c.
Cucumber 50(8600.
Cabbage, native and California,
ll.00fjl.25 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $1.25. v
Butter Creamery, 23c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 17 8 22c; ranch, 16 17o pound.
Egg 24o.
Cheese 12o.
Poultry 14c; dreaoed, 14916c;
spring, $3.60.
Hay Pnget Bound timothy, $11.00
9 12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $19.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
ton
- ' . .a.
Flour Patent, per barrel, s.ou.
blended straUhta. $3.26; California, -
bam, per barrel, ia.lKi; wuoie wneat
Sour, 13.00; rye flour, $3.8094.00.
MUlatuffs Bran, per ton, ib.w;
iborta, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middling, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fraah Meats Choloe dressed beef
teer,prlce 7&o; cow, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, uc; veai, s
11c. ' -
llama Lanre. 18c: email, lSU;
breakfast bacon, 13c; dry aalt sides,
Sc.
Portland Markal.
Whaat Walla Walla. 55(4560,
Valley, 60c; Blue tcin, 69o per bushel.
Vlonr Best irradea. $3.20; graham . .
$2.70; uperflne, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 85c; choice
gray, 83o per bushel.
Barlev Feed barley, u.outsio.ou.
brewing, $16.00 per ton. .
MUlatuffs Bran, $13.60 tou; mid
dlings, $19; iborta, $13; chop, $14 put
ton. ? .
iiaTTimothv, SlOfitll: clover,7(fl
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $097 per tou.
Butter Fancy creamery, aoitfiut,
ttore, 25o.
Egg 170 perdoien.
Cheese Oregon full cream, . 13o;
Young America, 14c; uew cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixod, $3.00oJ
8.50 per doaeu; Iioiih, $i,60; epiius,
$2.0O8.50; geese, $4.005."0 for old;
$4.6096.60; ducks, $!M)0(g4.00 per
doaen; . turkeys, , live, UdiUo per
pound.
; Potatoes 40 60o per sack; sweets,
9op'Poun,
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
rr aaok: irarlic. 7o per pound; cab
bage, l40 per pound; parsunis, i;
onions, 1 Jio per pound; carrots, $1.
Hope 2 80 per pouna .
Wool Valley. 1516o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1016o; uiohair, 26
per pound. 1 . ',
Mutton Gross, Dest suoep, wemen
and ewes, 840; dressed mutton, 79
7)o per pound; lambs, 6,0.
Hogs Gross, choice neavy, o.uoi
litfht and feeders. $4.60; dressed,
$5.00 9 6.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, 4.uug ;
cows, $8.5094.00; dressed beef, 6K9
7o perpound.
Veal Larue, 6a74o: smaii, e
SHoper pound.
aa fraaolteo Markal.
WnnlRnrlnir Nevada. 139150 pel
pound; Eastern Oregon, 109 15o; Val
ley, 18 9 20o; Northern, 109 12o.
Hop 1899 crop, lioiao pei
pound.
Butter ranoy creamery joisiwu.
do seconds, 18)o; fancy dairy,
17o; do seconds, 159 16 Ko per pound.
Eggs Store, 15o; laacy ranon,
18o. , 1 " '
MUlatuffs Middlings, $17.00 9
2Qj.00i.bran, $19.50913.60.
Hay Wheat $6.60 910; wheat and
oat $6.0099.60; best barley $5,009
7.00; alfalfa, , $5.0096.00 per ton;
straw, 259 40o per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, C0 05c; Ore
gon "Burbanks, 80o990; river Bur
banks, 86985o; new, 70c $1.25.
' Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2.7698.25; ; Mexican limes, $4,009
6.00; . California lemons 75c9$l,50j
do choice $1.75 9 2.00 per box. '
' Tropical Fruita Bananas, $1,609
1.60 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian date, 6960 pel
nud. '