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Compn.hvii.lv Ha v low f tha Impart
eat Haaiilags of the Faat WNk
Call t ruin tha TaUgraab Colaatas.
Extreme hot weather continue In
the "Eat.
Prtnca Titan ia prevail tig to escape
trom Pekin.
Tha Klondike gold yield thla year ia
131,000,000.
- Several persons war killed by
ttorua in Nw York. .
Governor Roosevelt will peak ia
Seattle inaugurate a move (or
International talr in 104. ,
Theia ia a treat demand (or timber
and farm lauda in Oregon;
Hot weather killed 89 paraoni in
Naw York and Philadelphia.
Bryan has decided to make a general
campaign tour of tha country.
Sealing schooner Minnie, ofYictoria,
waa wrecked in Northern watera.
King Victor took the constitutional
oath before the Italian parliament.
General Randall ia given authority to
end destitute persons oat from Nome.
The ringleader in the Pretoria plot
to capture Lord Roberto have been ar
retted. ,
General MncArthur send new of
the surieuder of a Filipino command
of m.
Jeffenes ia anxious to meet Fitxsim
mons and Sharkey iu the last week of
August.
- In the Fienoh naval maneuvers a tor
pedo boat destroyer waa auuk and 42
Uvea lost.
trated by the heat In the advance on
Yang Tson.
Chinese vicerovs want the United
States to prevent the landing of troops
at Shanghai.
Fifteen persons were killed by rail
road tiaiu striking an omnibus in
Pennsylvania.
Congressman OverBtreet says tha
Republicans must work hard to control
the next house.
Encouraging developments are re
ported from the Sumpter district of
Eastern Oregon.
Six persona were killed in an Italian
railroad wreck The king and queen
went to the scene. '
An advance guard of tha iuternatlon
al column has pushed on from Yang
Tsun to ooctipy Tsal Tsuu.
A London newspaper correspondent
writes a bitter complaint of the con
duct of affairs in South Africa.
The French press and people are not
pleased with tha appointment of Voa
Waldersee as commander-in-chief.
Democrats opened their national
campaign.
Fife in a Butte, Mont., mine caused
II 00. 000 damaee.
there will be no yellow peril, so far
aa Japan is concerned.
Wisconsin Republican nominated
Robert M. La Folltttte for governor.
. ' Jhe postoihce at tolmx Wash., was
burglarized and $40 in stamps secured
A telegraph lino from Valdes to Cape
Nome, Alaska, is nnder , construction,
Lieutenant-Colonel Iloare's' garrison
at Eland's river hus surrendered to the
Boers. ' ,
Bryan and Stevenson were formally
notified of their nomination at Indian
apolis. '
General Miles says tba situation in
China is serious. He says the move
ment of troops is difficult.
Heavy rains in the Yellowstone Na
tional Park completely extinguished
the forest fires which had burned for
some time.
River improvement will precede ami
s naval station accompany the location
of a government drydock on the Colum
bia river, Or.
One man was killed and four, ser
iously injured in a collision on the
Spokane Falls and Northern, near
Spokane, Wash.
General MacArthur's official report
of the sickness in his army on July 81
is as follows: Sick in hospitals, 8,755;
sick in quarters, 1,081.
The third battalion of the Fifth in
fantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illi
nois, has been ordered to China to join
General Chaffee's command,
: The Columbia Southern railway is
extending its telegraph line through
Harney county, Oregon, which is
thought to be a good indication that
the railroad will shortly follow, :
The wife of Dr. A. McDonald West
water, of Liaoyang, Manchuira, com
mitted suicide at Anna in consequence,
of mental depression canned by her ex
citing experiences at New Chwang
just before ber departure from China.
Petroleum fields of some importanoe
are being opened in Japan.
Belgium is one of the few countries
in which the death penalty, though
till part of the criminal code, is never
enforced, in deference to public opin
ion. Three women, the wives of famous
hnabands, have been accorded the honor
of burial in Westminster Abbey. They
are Lady Palmerston, Lady Augusta
Stanley, wife of Dean Stanley, and
Mrs. Gladstone.
representatives oi nearly every large
publishing house ia America met in
New York and took step for the for
mation of a national publisher' asso
ciation. In her first speed trial the new Rus
sian cruiser Variag, built by tha
Cramps, proved herself the fastest war
hip of ber class afloat, attaining a
peed of 24 knots an hour.
The king of Corea has lei a contract
for $1,000,000 to a San Francisco man
I 1 . 1 A . 1e 1 1 .. U
cause astrologers told him th dead , ttei where there ha been little im
Queen' spirit was unable to real, ' - j uiigwtion during the last 10 yean.
LATIN NEWS.
Thodor Roowvlt will not visit th
I fai'Uo eoast.
I General Nethuen it In touch with
w mr ur"
Shanghai hat word that tha Ptkin la
kgtiou war desperately attacked Aug'
uat 8.
la a oulllaiua near Colorado Springs,
Goto., two passenger war klllsd ami
JSvt injured,, .
President Kruger ha appllsd (or
temporary asylum iu tha Auisrloau
consulate at Lourauoo Marques,
0. P, Huntington, trepidant of th
Southern Paoitlo railroad, died in thj
AuirouuacKt, a. oi neart aiasaaa,
Tha arm of th Philippine else toil
General F, V. Green prasideut, Gu
aral 0. Buiuiuwr a tecoud vice
president. Th clothing factory of K. B. Olson
ft Co , v! Chicago, was dtroyd by
to, with a loss on building and good
of f.5,000. . --
Contractor ar staking clo sxaas
inatiou of th rout for th Klamath
Falls railway, preparatory to (Iguiun
th contract.
Steamer Dutaohlan t mad th run
trom New York to Plymouth, Kuglaud,
in 5 days. 11 hour and 43 minutes,
breaking lb record.
Bob Fitasimniou and Tom Sharkey
hav been uiatcRed to flgbt August S3
before th Coney Island Club for a
purse of $33,000. Charley Wait is to
be referee.
Twelve heat prostrations, with on
that will prove fatal, ia th record ol
on day at St. Joseph, Mo., which was
the hottest ot the season. Thermome
ter legistered 101 degree.
The queatiou of making the perma
nent repair on th Oregon at hum in
stead oi iu Japan ha Iteen discussed by
some of the authorities of the navy de
partment and may result iu hr being
brought back to the Pad flu coast.
The official report of th Colombian
government commander in the reueut
battle at Panama say the rebel casual
tie were 600 and thos of the govern
ment rJO, The commander intimat
that the consuls favored the rebel, at,
that their intervention was dangerous
and pernicious.
The detective bureau of New York
City, is looking for Antonio Pec,
banker, with office fu that city. Ht
ha mysteriously disappeared. Scores
of excited Italian depositor hav
thronged Peso' ollices, and it i r
ported to the police that the bsuker
ha gone to Italy, taking with h'itn
Dr.Steiuits, the chess champion
died in New York.
A site ha been chosen fur th new
Fort Hall Indian school.
The Russisn minister, will not leav
Pekin before bis comrades.
The besieged foreigner iu Peltlu hv
food to last them only a week. .
Bryan's speech of acceptance will bt
reproduced by phonograph.
Twelve persons were killed and 40
injured in a train wreck in Italy.
The empress intends to leave Pekin
before th foreign troops arrive. ,
Appropriation by the last session
of congress were $710,160,802.
The ameer of Afghanistan ia pr par
ing to cross into Russian teriitory.
The annual convention of the Typo
graphical L uion opened in Milwaukee.
Several cannervmen were arrested
for packing salmon after close of sea'
son.
By mistake British and Ruxslsn ar
tillery shelled the Americans st Yang
Tsun. -
Judge Lacombe, of New York, re
fused to sign a writ of extradition ioi
Neely.
About 20 farmers near Sulem real
ized 50 cents per bushel foi wheat nj
pooling the same.
Export of gold from New York is ex
pected to relax the financial tonnloii at
European capitals.
The state department replied to the
edict appointing Li Hung Chang
peace commissioner.
Two government pack trains leave
Vancouver to take a transport at Seat
tie for service in China.
The report that the Canadian govern
ment has abandoned the royulty on the
Yukon gold output is not correct. An
export duty is under consideration.
Parejita, well-known Cohan bandit,
was shot and k'Uud at Palma Sorito,
20 miles from Santiago, by a corporal
of the rural guard. This outlaw had
been terrorizing the country for several
years, lie has committed numerous
murders.
A pitched battle occurred near Gra
ham, N. M., between a posse, under
Deputy Sheriff W. K. Foster, and two
bandits who robbed a store in Graham
in broad daylight. One of the robbers
was killed. The other was wounded,
but he escaped.
C. N. McMahon, a young society
man, oi Woodward avenue, Detroit,
was robbed of $500 in greenbacks while
coming out of -the California theater,
San Francisco, after the performance
by a pickpocket, who secured the roll
of bills and escaped.
An Atlanta jury decided that a wife
is responsible (or the burial expenses
of her husband.
Cheap lands in Nebraska have been
taken up so rapidly that few desirable
acres remain.
An addition of two miles will short
ly be made to the -One avenues on the
Gettysburg battlefield.
The Kansas City produce exchange
has adopted a plan for selling eggs by
weight instead of by the dozen,
The Chittenden hotel at Columbus.
O., was sold to three Cleveluud capital
ists for a consideration of $050,000.
Geneial Strenberg says 100 additir
al medioal officers, graduates of rpu
ble colleges, are needed for duty in tl
Philippine and China.
Mis Llllie Ray, daughter of Daniel
A. Ray, recently mai'e United States
marshal of Hawaii, has been appointed
deputy marshal to bei father.
Census figures, it is believed, will be
a disappointment for the Western
0MHIBU3
Serious Wreok in a Penn
sylvania Town.
FIFTEEN KILLED OUTRIGHT
vrsl Nr Ware arloii.lf Injanxl-
Ajrltlout nwmrrml a UraiU-VrvM-
lag With Ma Wh.
61atlngtoa, Pa., August 14. Fllteen
parsons r lustautly killed lud 11
others, tavtrai of whom will die, were
eriouily Injured tonight ia a grade
croating, about threa mile frOuv tula
city, a pangr train ou - th Lehigh
Valley Nw England railroad orasu
ing into an ouinlbus containing 20 per
H. All th dead and Injured were
1 the ouiaibu. Cot three of the oc
cupants woaped injury.
It ouimuu psflgr war re
turning to Slatingtun from a funeral.
Th dad and injured were nearly all
relative ot Sophia Rcboefer, whoa
otuequle they had attended. The ao
oldent occurred at 8 o'clock at sharp
curve. Th train waa a ipicial, aud
was running at a lively rate ot speed.
The omnibus cam along at a good
rate of speed, thtoocupant unconscious
of any impending danger. Aa th bui
iwung around the curve the engine
name in light. It wa too lal to atop
either the omnibu or the train, and,
a th driver ot the former whipped up
the (our bono to cross the track ahead
of the train, th latter crashed Into it
middle. The occupant wr thiowu
in all direction, bruised and bleeding.
The. IS dead were killed outright.
Phvsicisns and a special train were
vent from here aud the Injured were
taken to South Bethlehem,
No watchman 1 employed to warn
team or pedestrian of any approach
ing train, aud those living in Iheviclu
ity ttat it is impossible to hear an an
proachiug train. The horse drawing
lb bus escaped unhurt.
OIO DOUBLE CRIME.
Mardsiwa' HI FrUnd a4 lUfc. tbs
."" Kinross.
- Columbus, O.i Angust 14,Charle
R. II. Fsrreil, a former employe of the
Adam Exprts Company, wa arrested
this afti$x)n in this city, and con
fessed to tli killing of Messenger Ine
and the robliery ot the way safe of the
Adam Express Company, on the Penn
sylvania Hst-bound train Friday night.
On thousand dollar of the mouey by
stole was recovered.
Ferrell was to hare been married
Thursday next to Ml Lillian Costlow,
daughter of an engineer on the Pennsyl
vania line. , He had been discharged
from the employ oi the Adams Express
Company, and confessed that th
motive of the robbery wa ' to secure
money for the approaching . weddiug.
The money recovered be had given to
Mis Costlow to keep for him, say 1 tig
he had saved it dom hi earning.
Ferrell i but 22 year of age. He wa
at the home of bis a til a need and in her
company when placed nnder arrest.
When the officer took him into
custody he assumed a nonchalaut de
meanor, but when he found that be
could no longer carry out the decep
tion, he made a full confession. After
his statement had been taken by Chief
of Police Tyler aud he wa led to a cell
iu the police station, he was in a state
of nervous collapse, and orders were
given that he be watched closely to pre
vent his doing himself bodily injury.
The' cou fession of Ferrell nlsulosed a
premeditated and blood curdling crime,
almost impossible to believe. He said
he had become desperate because of hi
inability to secure employment and a
realisation of the fact that he must
have iiiouoy to defray the expense of
his approaching marriage. The rob
bery, including th murder of Express
Messenger Lane, had been planned
carefully. Ferrell had no accomplices
and nq confidant He knew Lane well.
In fact, they were friends, and be re
lied upon Lane's confidence to help
him execute the crime. He knew
that considerable money was alway
carried by the messenger between St.
Louis sul Columbus, and that he was
certain to secure a largo sum if he rob
bed the wuy safe.
Nina Struck by Lightning,
New York, August 14. Nine persons
who sought shelter nnder trees in the
woods in the Bronx section during a
storm this evening, were struck by
lightning. They were James Brown,
Hungarian tailor, of tbi city, his
wife and five children, and Bertha
Lesohowlti and Bertha Silverman.
They wen taken to Fordham hospital.
At a late hour tonight attending physi
cians Mid they thought Mrs? Brown,
two of ber children and Bertha Silver
man could not oossiblr live. : The
physfcian said Bertha Lc'sohowits
would either die or become hopelessly
insane. The party wa camping out.
Ptagne Sltuatlun at Manila. ,
Washington, August 14. Marin
hospital service advice from Manila,
just received, state that the number ol
plague cases there la diminishing. No
information has been officially commu
nicated here regarding the reported
action of the Singapore health officer
in quarantining against Manila.
Ii Killed In a Train wraok In Italy,.
Rome, August 14. A train bearing
many notable persons, who had been
attending the recent ceremonies here,
collided with another a few miles out
lide the city. Six persons wore killed
outright, and several other fatally in
jured. The king and queen went im
mediittely to the scene of the accident.
The name of the victim have not been
ascertained, but it ia understood that
Grand Duke and Duohesa Pierre, ol
Kusais, are lafe.
Rxlisd Prloe of salmon.
New Whutcom, Wash., August 18.
The Puget Sound packers' Association
met In this city today and made a
light advanoe in the price of salmon
upon the basis of $1.50 for tails. Ow
ing to the small pack prloes are firm
Members predict that the sockeye
pack this year will not equal 40 per
cent of that of last season. There will
be no humpbacki this fall, ai they run
on alternate year. The meeting was
presided Over by H. Bell Irving, with
E. E. Ainsworth, secretary. 'It was at
tended by representative of nearly alJ
th canniris on Puget Sound.
FOUR KILLED BY A STORM
Tw Olksr Frobablr retell; IJr
Wind and Llatalnf.
New York, Augwt 16. In the storm
which nasssd ovr tlilt Motion mi ai
teruoon, lunr person wer killed la
Brooklyn, ind two other itend very
little ohnot o( recovery from injuria
received. Thome Dunn, 18 year ol
age, wa killed by lightning while
shnltsrlnif under a tree.
Prank Yatnuttn wa crushed In the
wreck of Ills barn that had hn act oa
Are b lhihluini and Clartnc Week,
a farmhand, who waa ia th bain be
fore the lUlituIng atrnck It, i missing
Cliauucey Lay, 18 year ol ago, became
entangled In an electric wire ana wa
burned to death.
Fannie llrvue. 17 vosrs old, wa
badly burned and allocked In alighting
front a Brooklyn Height trolley oar
during tli Itorm. Th irmiiL tlid
trolley car broke' and fell mam Mies
Jlryua'i shoulder. Kli.i tried to push it
from her and wa badly shucked. llt
life 1 despaired of. , ' .
Angelina Koa, W year of age.
stfppvl upon a live t,:-tiiu wl u
win bunted and hockd o badly th .
ah mar dia. ' -
At Teuafly, N. j., Llsxl North wi
killed and tar mother aud two sisters
were severely injured-' by a bolt ol
lightning thai tltey will probably die
DEATH RATE IN HONOLULU.
Alarmingly High. Kspa.lallj A
Natlvas aad tlapanasa.
Hoiiolula, August 0.Th health re
iorU for tli mouth ot Juna and July
sliow an alarming lucre In the death
rate, esollly among native Hawaii
ana aud Japanese of the Island of Ohau,
which has the only complete record.
In Juna th uuiuttet of dsitb !!
thousand was 45: in July 40.08, The
lncwuse fur the past fsw yean, a
shown ty table just compiled, hai
anmsed a great dal of discussion. Is
1UU0 the July death numbered 48.
Slue tlien the figure hav jamped to
60. 78, 08 and tbi year 114.
Consumption head the list o( dia
eases, canting death in almost every
month, and there U agitation lot strict
measures to quarantine patient. Th
Itoard of health la dismissing a qusrsu
tine against consumption, as many ieo
pie come hr from other plate to en
joy th mild climate, aud it I believe
that they are a source ol danger to the
lptilttou.
Typhoid fever has lo claimed a
good many victims lately, a sllsht epl
domlo having developed in cue district
of Honolulu. ,
The Untied Stetea courts In Hawaii
were formally inaugurated today bj
Judge si, M. Estee.
Rlrlks al Mar.allla. ,
Marseilles, August 15, The strike
of th llriueu of the Trans-Atlantic
Steamship Company, which began this
morning, seriously inteaferred with th
arrangements for the departure of th
transports, ouly one, th Polynesian,
getting sway. The strikers of the oth
er left th vessels. This afternoon th
striker triad to prevent th Polynesian
leaving th harbor, by blocking th
entrance with a number ol Urge. Ten
striker entered by th scuttles and
threatened th firvtnen with death.
They wer placed nnder arrest. It was
only with great difficulty that the) com.
pany'atugi luoceeded in driving th
barge toward th quays, where all th
maulfustants, wins CO, wer arrested ,
. '
yillplaoa Burrand.r.
Washington, August 14. The war
department received today th follow
ing dispatch containing cheerful newt
from General MacArthur:
"Manila, August 14. Adjutant-Gen
em I, Washiugotn: Colouel Urassa,
August li. in the vicinity of Taug, sur
rendered com maud to Colouel Free
man, Tweuty-fourth U lifted State in
fantry, vousisting of on major, six
captains, six lieutenants, 100 men, 100
rifle and 50 boloa.
"MaoARTHUR.M
Two rstally Hhot bjr Kobh.rs.
St. Joseph, Mo., Angust 14. Joseph
Phelpot and Frank Craig, both wealthy
stockmen, were fatally shot, near their
homes, three mile from Nodaway,
Mo., early this morning by two men
who attempted a hold-up. The stock
men had visited the St. Joseph niarke
with cattle, and the robbers doubtlesi
expected to secure a large linn o
money, which had already been de
posited in a bank here.
Stllfrightlng In Columbia.
Kingtson, Jamaica, August 18.
There was heavy fighting last week
south of Carthagena, Colombia. The
rebels lost heavily, and retreated.
Writer describe the suffering of the
people as very great. One say that
a disorder resembling bulionlo plague
ha developed at Panama, So many
were killed in the last batllu at Tann
ine that lume of the bodies had to b
burned, ' ;
.
RulitliL of an Indian Family.
T. .. , . t 1 I L f ... j . ...
ago, Snowdie, a Piute Infllnu of this
nnnnlf. eommittHrl anii-iria Iur Mt nil
rti,i r,.r.nln. t.nat wnli---4.iii liiid i
n ia.vnar.niii riri. on ncenimi nr nun
health, ended her life in the same way.
Her mother, upon finding the child
dead, procured some parsnips, and, eat
ing them, also eudod her life It is
unusual for Indian to commit suicide.
Germany will bind troops to protect
her Interests in the Yangtse valley.
' Newark Ones to Csvlta.
Washington, August 15. Acting
Seoretary Unckett, of the navy depart
ment, today received a dispacth from
Xdmiral KempfT, stating the cruiser
Newark, his flagship, has sailed from
Nagasaki for Cavlte The Newark hut
been for some time past in Chinese
waters, and was iu the vicinity of the
operations at the time the Taku fort)
were taken. It is presumed here, the
trip to the naval station at Cavite is
for the purpose of making some neces
sary repairs. '
. , Formt Fires lit Michigan. '
Bay City, Mich., August 14. Fires
are sweeping over the northern oountry.
From Hals to Rose City, on the Detroit
& Mackinaw railroad, is one stretch of
flames. Whittemore ia surrounded by
fire and Prescott ia in danger. At both
place mills have been shut down and
men are fighting the fire. The proper
ty los will be large.
New York, Augnst 15. Edward
Duryea, the millionaire starch manu
facturer, lied suddenly at his residence
at Glenoove, L. I., tonight. ' Ilia
wealth is sttiioated at $8,000,000.. ,
INESE E
Poaoe Before Ministers
Are Liberated.
AMERICA'S FIRM POSITION
iiaiaaiMS Daehaniad In This Mattar
ajMga tram Caar Mtallag thai
lasy Are lluidlng Out,
tfsslilngton, August IS. Th rply
( fh United State governme.'! to
Chita' overtures for peace wa wad
publu early in the day, showing the
Brnt and final position that had been
takili ( Whl't tirr-nring latlsfactlou
st '"ii- (wc step, the reply itatsi that
it is ut nt ''Hint tht r ean be uo gen
ra' notiatlons between Chin aud
tli Vw" k long luinlster
mui liouar are reatrained and in
di4 Mi -ud tht it ' loitow a spaeltiu
ta, ti ot what the United States
epaU wenditltm precedent to a
cessation of bottilit, vl.t That
body of th relief force be permitted to
'enter Pekin unmolested" aud escort
the uilnister back to Tien Tslu, The
text ot the American reply U as (oi
lowe
''Memorandum! Totichtug the im
perial edict o( August 8. appointing Li
Hung Chang envoy plenipotentiary to
conduct negdtlatlon ou th part of
China with th power, and th request
(or a cessathm of hostilities pending
neirotiatlous, oommuulcated to Mr,
Ado by Mr. Wo ou the K'tb of An
gust, IDOO.
"Th government o( the tUnltel
State learned with satisfaction of the
appointment of Earl Li Hung Chang si
envoy plenipotentiary to conduct uego
tiatiou with the isiwers, aud will, on
it part, enter upon such negotiations
with a desire to continue the friendly
relations so long existing between the
two countries. It i evident that there
can be uo general negotiations between
China and the power o long a th
minister of the powers and th person
ouiler their protect ie& remain in their
present position o( restr. Intend danger,
aud that the power cannot cease their
efforts (or their delivery of those rpr
oiitstlve to which they me constrain
d by the highest consideration ol
national honor, except under an ar-
raugement adequate, to accomplish
peaceable deliverance. , We are ready
tQ enter into an arrangement between
the powort aud the Chinese govrnnivut
(or a cessation of boat lie deinonstia
tlons on condition that a sufficient
body ol the force composing the relief
expedition shall be permitted to enter
Pekin unmolested and to escort the for
eign ministers aud resident back to
Tien Tain, tbi movemeut being pro
vided aud secured by such arm aud
dlsiositlon ol troop a shall be con
sldered sale by the general com in aud
iiiii the force compnalug the relief ex
pedHlon. ALVAL A. A DEE,
"Act log Secretary.
Department of State, Washington,
August 18, 1900."
Massag Vmtn t'ongar. ,
A dispatch was received from General
Chaffee transmitting a message he bad
received from Minister Conger. Evi
deutiy the message had been delayed
loug in reaching him, and bis own (lis
patch wa dated (our day ago, Tht
dispatch waa a follow:
Adjutant-General, Washington
Toitaun, 8th Message received today
Pekin, August 4. We will hold nntll
your arrival. Hope it will be soon
Seud auoh information a you can.
Conger.' C1IAFFE."
Tbrae Man Klllad.
New York, Augnst 15. Three em
ployes in the New York Steam Heating
Company were killed thla morning by
the explosion of a 15-inch pipe elbow.
They are: Frank Shcrrick, of Jersey
City; George Jenkins, Edward Brown,
colored, of this city. Jackson and
Brown tried to crawl out, but were
overcome ana lurrocatea. uncrricic
was ou the second door, iu the fire
room, and wai suffocated by the steam
Other seriously injured were sent
home. W, J. David, the engineer, waa
arrested.
Mora Pay for Operators.
Pittsburg, August 15. After several
comereuce with the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad ollloiuls, the Order of Railway
Telegraphers hai secured recognition of
the order and a readjustment of wages
and conditions, which will mean an
advance and betterment to the majority
of 8,000 or more operator! employed ou
the Baltimore St Ohio system. In
some instances, the advance will be
between $5 aud $10 a mouth.
Illinois' Wheat Crop.
? Sprlngflold, III., August 11. The
state board of agriculture issue J a bul
letin "today stating that the .winter
,v cKJ(j of lUSiwis amount to 20,
i', ,Vr0 bushels, the Urgest since 1806.
Th Ouh litv is excolleut, and at the
is $ 1471 ffOrOtn-, -uljeat .return since
18U4. . -
Kxuloslon In Mhanghal. '
Shanghai, August 16. A native
powder magazine exploded last night,
The flumuge is not kuown. Foreigners
are not admitted within the magazine
enclosure. ' '
- llaltimora Itook H'Hka.
Bultlmore,' August 15. The strike ol
2,000 union stevedores ia assuming an
ngly aspect, in which minor dis
turbances are of daily occurrence A
big crowd last night attacked a street
oar at Locust Point, in which were a
number of non-union colored men. Oue
of the negroes drew a pistol aud II red
five shots into tho crowd of men, wo
men and boys who were following
them. Three of the sllbta'took effect,
wounding Harry Pressor, Joseph Pensch
and Arthur Raynier, ..,
Motor Cnr Conductor ll)bbaU
Omaha, August 15. A motor car of
the Omaha & Council Bluff Railway
& Bridge Company wa held upand the
conductor robbed of about $50 by two
masked men about midnight at the
Wabash crossing. There were few
passengers aboard, and they , were not
disturbed, '"
, Heat Wave In England.
. London, August 15. -A heat wave is
weeping over London, thermometer
registering 82 degrees. In some parts
of England close to 90 degrees of heat
hai been registered.
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REPLY
Cll
; TRAIN WREOK IN ITALY,
fwelv rarseas War Klllad aad Ferty
.; Iwjared. ,
Rom, August 18. Tb railroad ac
oident which "occurred about midnight
18 mile (rota thii city turn out to
have bn more serious than reported.
It now appear that 18 persou ware
killed and 40 wounded, ol whom 18
r wrtouily Injured,
Tli disaster wa earned by th ie'e
coping of two Motioni ol th train on
th railroad (rout horn to Florence,
bearing notable person who had bean
attending the recent ceremonies here.
The engine of the first section became
disabled and itopH and th train wai
almost immediately afterward (truck
by th Mound section. The Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess Peter of
Russia and tb member of th Turk
lh mission, who had attended th
funeral o( King Humbert, wer among
tne passengers, but they wr unin
lured. The grand duohes ii a sister
ot th naw queen of Italy.
When informed ol th accident, King
Victor Emaul and Oun Hln,
hastened to Uta on. Taw mm
her sitter returned to the qulrlnai
while th king and tht grand duke t
ruaioed on tb apot, giving order U
Mist In clearing th wrack and aaving
tb injord. They re-entered the qui
riual at 8 o'clock In th morning.
SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE,
Tb Mlllmea's Da Urn Want aa Right-
Hoar Iajr. .
Han Frannlcso, August 18. The
Millmen' Union, backd by tb Build
ing Trade Council, today began in
earneat it fight for an eight-hour day,
A strike baa been ordered and the
strength q the movement will soon bt
known. The lumber anil planning
mill owner hav not yet decided
whether the mill shall try to continue
operationi with nonunion men or shall
close down until an adjustment it
effected. In four San Francisco mills
and in all of th Oakland mill the
union men were paid off Saturday
night after their refusal to return this
morning under the old nohedale and
ware ordered to remove their tool (row
tb works.
"Unlesi torn understanding is
reached before the end of the week,"
aid Andrew Wilkie, proprietor of th
Mechanic's mill, "1 believe building
will practically cease in San Francisco
ami tb bay oitie aud th 18,000 men
in tb building trade will be thrown
out of employment."
No advance in wage it asked, but
the tame pay ii wanted for eight hours
ai is now given for nine. The mill
ineu say they cannot grant the rise aud
meet Eastern competition.
A ratal Maader.
New York, August 18. A special
cable dispatch to the Kveniug World
today, dated Che loo, August 9, via
Shanghai, says: A terrible mistake
occurred at the taking o( Yang Tsun.
Russian artillery opened fire on the
American troops." Beiore the mistake
wa discovered uiany American soldiers
had been killed or wounded by the
Russian shells. The Fourteenth took
part In the attack on the Chinese
trendies. Al the Chinese fled the regi
ment entered and occupied one ol the
Chinese posltlous. A Russian battery,
some dlstauoe off did not notice the
movement. It opened fire on the post
tion aud planted shells among tli
American troop. Th Russian were
lulokly notified and ceased their Are.
tabbed by aa Anarchist.
New, York. August 18. James Sye
laue, an Italian, waa stabbed to death
with a stiletto in Ihia city last night.
His brother, Angelo, knows who the
murderer is, but be will not tell.
"I have sworn to the vendetta," he
say. "No one shall kill him but I."
Th two Syefano came from Croton
lake to visit friends aud in the course
of their visit became involved in an
argument with a fellow Italian in a sa
loon, relative to King Humbert's char
actor. Tb Syefane eulogised the
dead monarch, the third Italian de
scribed him a an oppressor of the peo
ple. The quarrel ended in an affray
in which James Syofane wai stabbed
in the left breast. His assailant es
caped, though pursued by a mob.
Identity of Hugo Hobbers.
Kansas City, August 16. A special
to the Star from Goodlaud, Kan., says
Th two Union Pacific train rohbert
killed near here last week are believed
to be James and Tom Jones, Missouri
and Texas desperadoes. There is a re
ward ot $8,000 In Misaouri and $1,600
in Texas for the Jones brothers, dead
or alive. Word from Springfield, Mo.,
aaya the description of the robbers fits
that of the two men who were
iu Dallas county, Mo., and who, after
leading lives of desperadoes in that
state, went to Texas, The body of the
tailor man will be exhumed to see if it
bears marks that one ot the brothers is
known to have had.
Tallow favor la Havana,
New York, August 16. A dispatch
to the Herald from Havana say: Au
gust opened with 85 oases of yellow
fever in Havana. There are now 69
cases in the city, four .victims being
Americans. There were 80 deaths
from the fever during July. Up to
Suuduy the number of deaths this
month was 11, Confidence is expressed
by the authorities that there will be
no general (ever epidemic.
Collapse of a Scaffold.
Chicago, August 15. Six men were
seriously injured, two probably fatally,
at Whitting, Ind., today by the col
lapse ot a soaffold on which they wore
engaged in repairing a rellniug tank of
the Standard Oil Company,
Vorage for the Or!ent,
Seattle, ' August 18. The local
branch of the United State quarter-
master's office today opened bids for
10,000 torn ot forage for immediate
Jiipinent to the Orient. , '
Santiago de Chili, August 16. -The
Chilean congresi today voted $2,500,
000 Chilean ourrenoy for a caigo of
can, the greater portion of -which will
purohased in the United States.
Tenders have been invited for bnilding
an iron bridge over the River Maipu
. I. .
Pueblo, Colo., August 18. On a
ranch 20 miles from Galatea, a station
about 100 miles east ot here on the
Missouri Paoiflo railroad, three young
boys, ions of a farmer name Van
Loom, were killed today by the caving
in of a sand bank into which they had
made a tunnel.
IIRY
Mission of American Consu
Hollis There.
KRUGER ASKED FOR REFUQE
ttaev President Wantad ta TAemaln In
Laaraaas Ma -, OSS aa Until Ma
Caald taste, Baata Afrlaa.
London, August 18. President
Kruger addressed a formal application
to th United Statu to grant hlin
sanctuary in case tha necessity for it
trwae. Tbi occurred, according to
Secretary Kelts, the day Lord Robert
intered Pretoria.
, The details ot the event bare been
related to a reporter ot the pre by F,
W, Uuger, who ha just returned from
tb Transvaal, and who secured the in
formation front ftearetary Kelt and
theft,- After quoting tha rtry as
tying President Kruger would neve
ak to the mountains, ou account o
hi ag. but would retreat down the
Hue, finally scaping to Portuguese ter
rttory, Mr. Uuger ys that the day the
British entered Pretoria President
Kruger tent (or W. Stanley Hollis, the
American consul at LourencoMai'iues,
and Mr. Hollis wa taken to Macbado
dorp in a special car. I'resident Kroger
asked bun if hi government would
grant him (President Kruger) an asy
turn in the Loiirenco Marque consulate
nntll h(Mr. Kroger), made other ar
rangementa (or hi departure. Presl
dent Kruger expressed (ear concerning
bl treatment by the Portuguese govern
ment, and wished to guard a way of
escape! Mr. Hollis asked for time to
consult with his government, aud Pies-
ident Kruger ssuced him ha would
receive a week' notice before putting
the plan into execution.
In consequence of thii visit to the
Tranavaal ami tb transmission of i res
ident Kruft-er' request to Washing
ton, Mr. Hollis received instructions
from Secretary Hay not to leave Portn
guest territory again, lie was thu
compelled to neglect the interests oi
the British prisoner at Noolt Gedacbt.
where there wa great suffering.
Mr. unger in conclusion said: '1
make this xplanation in justice to Mr,
llolli wbose action ha been misuu
derstood in America and Great Brit
ain."
Mr, Unger did not know whether the
tat department eveutally gave
specific answer to President Kruger't
request - "
BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK.
II aad Kad Collision an tha Denver A
Hlo Uranda. .
Colorado Springs, Col., August 16.
A head-end collision on the Denver &
Rio Grande railway today at Monu
ment about 20 miles north of this city,
resulted in the death of two person"
and tit injury of several others. '
Missouri Paoitlo train No. 12, north
bound, running on the Rio Grande
track between Pueblo and Denver,
left thia city at 10:10 A. M.. 40 uiiu
ate late. Rio Grande train No. 1,
the Pacific coast limited, had ordera to
pass the northernbouud at Monument
switch. - Th north-bound train had
the main line, and the train coming
from Denver failed to stop iu time and
crashed into th north -bound train
In the forward car of the south lionnd
train coming to Colorado Sprimts w ere
seated all of those who were killed and
injured. Gilbert and Webber were
pinned under the debris and could not
be reached for half an hour.
Engineer Desmond, o( No. 1, state
aa a reason (or the collision that when
be attempted to stop at Monument his
air brakes would not work. Chief
Surgeon Corwiu of the Colorado Iron
As Fuel Company at Pueblo and Dr,
Guusaule, of Denver, were on the train
coming south and immediately set to
work oaring for the injured.
R. F. Webber, who was killed,
leaves a wife and one child. Web
ber's hip was smashed, and he died
almosMuHtautly. Dr. Gunsuule, do
pite the fact that she was ' cousidcra
jiy bruised, assisted in caring (or tht
Other iujured. II. C. Barnes, of Den
ver, was Injured about the legs and
(ace, but not seriously.
Big Halinou Hon on tha Fraaer.
" Vancouver, B. C, August 10.
Large number of salmon are running
on the Fiaeer river, and the packing
house are running full blast. Fisher
men are catching as many as 500 to the
boat per day. Canners are confident
that the run this year will bi of fail
proportions (or an off season.
Klghty Acre, of Wheat Hnrned.
Colfax, Wash., August 10. Fire iu
a wheat Held of 100 aorea on D. K.
Kensinger'i farm, 10 miles south of
here, destroyed 80 acres of .fine stand
ing wheat. Header and thresher crows
saved halt the field bf hard fighting
with wet blankets. The loss is $800;
uo insurance.
Munoie, Ind., August 15. A fright
ful explosion ol nitfo-glycerind oc
curred today, three miles east of Mont
pelier. The Gaith wait nitro-glyoeriue
factory was demolished and two nion
injured. There was 150 quarts ot the
stuff in the explosion, and the country
waa shaken (or miles around.
y folaon on the Btnge.
London, August lli.-jrWhile per
forming Monday evoniug at the Royal
Opera .House, Buda Pest, tho well
known opera singer, Mine. Ncmethy,
according to a dispatch from Vicuna to
the Daily Ex pi ess drank a virulent
poison .instead of colored water sup.
posed to be used, on the stage. Mine,
Nemethy fell before the horrified au
dience and died an hour later. How
poison came to bo substituted (or the
colored water has not yet been ascer
tained. . . -,.
Mnngll by a Train.
Astoria, Or.t August 16. Struck by
a train aud horribly mangled, the body
of Edward Larson, a fisherman, now
lie at the city morgue. He wbb stand
ing at the foot of Ninth street, near the
track of the Astoria & Columbia River
railroad, at 4 o'clock tbi afternoon,
when the train from Seaside approach
ed. According to bystanders, Larson
deliberately walked on the track and
fell In front of the approaching engine,
and when the train Was brought to a
stop hi mangled body was found under
the wheels. He waa itill living, but
died on the way to the hospital,
TRADE.
( -
Inansaaa Wualnaaa la ataal Koferta
' , from tha Weat.. .
Braditreet' says: Trade 1 atlll ex
hibiting m?y of tb irregolaritie in
cldent to tb transition period between
mld-summ! and early (all trad. De
spite the ho) wve, with it effect on
the growing distributive demsnd, and
Iso becads o' tha report of damag to
tha corn crop which it ha incited, a
uior cheerful feeling i perceptible In
general trade, and the booking of fall
order for dry good, clothing an J bard
war at leading Western centers, and
heavy engagement in iron and steel
products, though at lower prices, ar
of encouraging proportion. Price ar
not showing the precipitate decline
noted om time ago, and among the
really encouraging feature i the ad
vane in wheat, mainly based on im
proved xport inquiry.
Wool ) rstber firmer than of late
, because of the better inquiry, though it
must b admitted that thia steadiness
is sotnawhat at the expense of nsw
buaines.
. Cotton goods'prtk of tba strength
of raw mataWal mnA arhda araaknaas ia
itill perceptible, brown cottons, print
cloths and wide abeetinga, the natural
corrective of reduced production, are
being inoreasignly locj-bt.
While th dry good demand a a
whol 1 still classed a backward for,
th eaon,bot weather i credited with
some of the responsibility and trade at
titnde a a rule is .one of hopeful ex
pectancy. An immense bnsines in teel pro
ducts 1 reported booked at Pittsburg
and Chicago, and steel bars are really
firmer with an advance ot $4 per ton
announced bv Western manufacturer!
who have sold their output up to the
close of the year.
Failures for the week were 177 in
the United States, against 186 last
year, and 23 in Canada, against 29 tail
year. . . .
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
aattla Marketa.
Onions, new, 1 Ho. '
Lettuce, hothouse, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. $15.
Beets, per sack, 85c$l.
Turnips, per sack, 75c. -
Carrots, per sack, $1.00
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25.
Cauliflower, native, 75o.
Cucumbers 10(8 20c. .
Cabbage, native and California,
2c per pounds.
Tomatoes 400 50r.
Butter Creamery, 25c; Eastern 22c;'
dairy, 16 18c; ranch, 14o pound.
Eggs 24o. '
- Cheese 12o,
Poultry 14c; dressed, 1415o;
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
8 12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $16.00.
Com Wholo, $23.00; cracked, $25;
feed meal, $25. "
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20. '
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.20; buckwheat flour, $6.00; nnt
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheal
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.8004.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped (eed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00. '
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 7 Ho; cows, 7 c; mutton
1H pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9
11c. ... i .
Ham Large, 13c; small, 13,;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt aides, ,
Portland Markau
Wheat Walla .... Walla, 65c;
Valley, 60o; Bluestem, 58o per bushel.
Flour Beet grades, $3.10; graham,
$2.60; lupertine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choioe white, 87c; choice
gray, 86o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, f 14.00 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $18.00 ton; mid
dlings, $20; shorts, $14; chop, $15 pet
ton.
Hay Timothy, $11 12; olover,$7
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 46 50c;
etore, 27Ke .
Eggs 17o per dozen.
Cheese Oregon (nil cream, 18o;
Young America, 14o; uew cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
8.60 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.504.00; geese, $4.005.00 forold;
$4.506.60; ducks, $3.004.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1817o per
pound.' ; ..::;:;.
Potatoes 40 50o per sack; sweets,
92)4o per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75o;
per sack; garlio, 7o pur pound; cab
bago, 2o per pound; parsnips, XI;
onions, lKo per pound; carrots, 90o.
Hops 28o per pound.
Wool Valley, 1616o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 15 16o; mohair, 25
per pound.
MuttonGross, best sheep, wether
and ewes, 8740; dressed mutton, 7
T)so per pound; lambs, 6s0.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; .
light and feeders, $4.50; . dressed,
$5.006.50 per 100 pounds. ' .
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50;
cows, $3.50(34.00; dressed beef, 0s
7?o per pound.
Veal Large, 66736o; small, 8
8-to per pound. .-
Baa Franoisoo Market. -
Wool Spring Nevada, ll13opei
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 Uo; Val
ley, 1818o; Northern, 910o.
Hops 1899 crop, 11 18c pel
pound. - ,
Butter ranoy creamery 8222o;
do seconds, 21 21o; fancy dairy,
19o; do seconds, 10 18o per pound.
Eggs Store, 17o; fauoy ranch,
22o. . -a ' .
Millstuffs Middlings, - $17.00
90.00; bran, $18. 60 13.60. -
Hay Wheat $8 1 2 ; wheat and
oat $8.00(311.00; best barley $8.60,
alfalfa, $6.00 7.50 per ton; straw,
2687Ko per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 80 75c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 90c$l; river Bur-
banks, 80 85c; new. ll,Hc.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, -
$2.7508.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50;
do choice $1.75 2.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, ' $1.50
60 per bunch pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 60o per
.BUtlMQ . FOR FAIL
pound.