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.Ac An Advertisement.' Whtoh br!?iC return Li proof &ai It it in the r git place. To WE8T BIDE bring mi wer. The Best Newspaper It tbe on tbat give lb moat and frebet newt. Compart lb WEST tjIDE witb any paper io Polk county. VOL. XVII. $1.50 PER YEAR. lNDEPENDKNOK, 'POLK 'COUNTY" 0UKOO.V, HATUUDAY, H KPT KM 111: It 1, 11U)(). FIt Centa Per Copy. NO. 926. I KS Of II I From All farts of the New World and the Old. OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS ComprvheiiaUe He v low of the Import ant tlappt-iilng. of the Pant Week Cull.-.l From the Telegraph Column. Large masses o( Boxer are itlll in Pekiu. ' Chinese wily their force aud pre para to attack the allies iu Poklu. The Russian commander iu Pekin forbids communication with Chinos,' It waa Prince Tom aud not Prince Tuan who wa captured by the Japan ttese. I Three ytinng woman were drowned while bathing at Fiudlay Lake, New . ork. Hour laid a trap (or General Ruller't cavalry aud tuoeeoded iu capturiug a cumber. The United State will nut sacrifice its guaranteed rights aud privilege in Chiua. I Food aupply at Tien Tsln is insuffi cient for refugee au I a (amine is liu uiiuent. Japan ha uotifled Li Hung Chang that negotiation will be impossible uutil plenipotentiaries acceptable to the powers are appointed. The population of Now Orleana a announced by the ceusn bureau Is 87.104, aaginst 242,039 in 1890, an increase of 45,005, or 18.03 percent. Fire destroyed the top floor of a building in Now York City occupied by Birkenfeld-Struusa Company, manu facturers of ladies' underwear, causlug a loss of $300,000. Five overturned fishing (macks were found with all their sail Hat ou Mi wator in the Gulf of Georgia, 13 miles from Vancouver, it. C, aft'ir a gale, and as a result several fishermen were drowned. The Yaqni Indians, who have been fighting the Mexican troops in Souora, have sued for peace. Two thousand of the bucks yet uuder arms refuse to join the tribal noogtiatioua, fearing that it means annihilation. Twenty thousand packing bouse em ployes in the big cities of the country may be thrown out of employment Sep tember 15, on account of being unable to secure what they consider au equita ble adjustment of the wage scale. At Helnea, Mont., thieves stole $5,000 worth of gold from the assay office of the Jay Gould cyanide plaut. The gold was iu a retort aud represent ed a two-weeks' clean-up of R A. Marsh's cyanide mill. The amalgam was rad hot when tukeu from the office, having just come from the furnace. Borala won the $10,000 trotting stakes at Readville, Mass. The Russiai! expedition to Chiua consists of 375,000 troops. Wisconsin Democrats and Populist fused on presidential electors. Fight thousand Jioers, with artillery, are assembled at Macbadodorp. Cables are received announcing th safety of missionaries at i'ekln. Carl Smith, the well-known Ameri can sculptor, died at Copenhagen. Two persons were killed and many wounded by a mob at Akron, Ohio. Ameiicuus attacked the imperial pal ace in l'ekin and captured four courts. Tbe United States' reply, rejecting the Chinese offer, was sent to Li Hung Chang. Louis G. Bohmrieh was nominated for governor of Wisconsin by the Dem ocrats. The population of Philadelphia, ac cording to the United States census, is 1,393,007. Three persons weie "burned to death at Denver from efforts to kiudle a fire with coal oil. An anarchist meeting he'd in Berlin was dispersed by the police, who ar rested the speakers. Captain II. J. Reilly, of the Fifth United Status artillery, was killed in the assault on Pekin. United States Cqnsul Fee, at Bom bay, India, reports to the state depart ment that cholera is raging there. United States Marshal Ilasey, of Ketchikan, Alaska, shot and killed Dan Robinson, a cannery boss, while the latter was resisting arrest. The vest makers of New York city have won their strike foi the union r scale of wages and the 10-hour work ing day. The strike affected 2,000 men, women and girls. Fire in the immense elevator of th American Cereal Company at Akron, Ohio, damaged the plaut $75,000. A j hundred and fifty thousand bushels of grain were ruined. King Oscar, of Sweden, has formally agreed to act as arbitrator of the claims for compensation for lossos sustained by British and German subject and American citizens iu Samoa. - i It is stated that Germany will tuke more first prizes at the Paris exposition than any other nation. Fifty residents of Massillon, O., left for Oklahoma, where they will take up claim on government laud and estab lish a colony. The comptroller of the tretraury has decided that a common carrier is respon sible for the loss of goods received by It, even though such goods are not ac companied by a bill of lading or ship ping directions. Capitalists are planning to build a 400-mile railroad through th gold field of northwestern Alaska. This month Iceland is celebrating the ninth century of the introduction of Christianity in the far north island. 'The American stage now boasts a Herbert Standing, a Will Rising, a William Going, a Cuma Running and a Charles Rideing. Two new life-saving stations ar to be established on Lake Michigan, on at South Manitoba and the other at Sleeping Bear Point. There ar now 19 stations on this lake. LATER NEWS. Boxer attempted to win th A mart can legation. A atrlk of 140,000 anthracite coal uiluer 1 threatened. General Chaffee i preparing to win tr 15,000 meu iu Pekiu. Th battle-ship Alabama averaged 17 knot od her oltlcial trial. The Nehalem and Tillamook (lsher. men' strike i at au end. Several of Mlulstor Conger' guests have arrived at Tlu Tula. A movement to clear th couutry ....th nl tVlrt.. I. In ..-n........ Official American dispatches an be. lug tampeiwt with iu China. From St. Petersburg It is repotted that poao negotlatious have begun. Primary returns iudieat that C.ker will control th New York Democratic aiuvaiitlnii . Senator Scott, of West Irginla. ay the Republican will Ium 100.000 vulm In Now York. Heavy fighting is iepoitd to have occurred at Machadodorp, betweeu tloera aud British. P. O. Stewart, member of the pro visional government of Oregon, is dead at Taoomji, Wash, Four townships surrounding Sho shone Falls, Idaho, have been rworved for a natioual mk. Th thlnl day of the O. A. it. en campment at Chicago, was glveu up to! the old soldier parade. San Francisco' Kipulation, accord lug to th Cuited State ovukiis, is 843.782; Bostoiis', 6(10.893. The prvsideul hsa requested ex-Presl deut Harrison and Cleveland to act ou the iuternutioual arbitration board. Ten square miles of forest rescne in the San Gabriel reservation, near Liu Angeles, Cat,, liave already been swept by lire, and still the Haines are devour iug the timber. It was reported from Sturtevaut's Camp that the fire had spread ou the north side of the west fork of the San Gabriel river aud tlx south side of the Tejunga river, Initweeu Devil' cauyou and the Short Cut. Jose Castroy Garcia, who was arrest ed in llaxre, France, ou July I'O last, charged with absconding from Porta Kico with $i:,000 of United State funds, has arrived iu New York, lis was in tbe custody of Luis Barrios, assiktant chief of the insular police ol Pol to Kico, who went to Havre tc bring back the alleged etuliexsler. By his extradition the trench government recognises the sovereignty of the Unit d States iu Porto Kico. Fitzaiinmous announce his retire meut from the ring. The district west of Pekin was taken by the allied forces. Denver's population is 13U,8il; that of Baltimore 008,057. The allies are sail to have lost 1,800 men in a battle lu Pekiu. Senator Carter will accompany Roosevelt on bis Western trip. Minister Conger reports the situation practically unchanged in Pekin. Bressi, the assassin of King Hum bert, attempted to commit suicide. General Olivier, the Boer leader, was captured by the British at Win burg. General Lung Wn is declare)' to he the real author of the anti foreign out break. The Hankow uprising was started by followers of Kang Yu Wei, the re former. Gobi Hill pnstollice and store safe was cracked by burglars aud over $H0O seemed. Two men were killed and three men and a woman wounded in a Gil man, HI., riot. Cumille d'Arivlle, the opera singer, was married to K. W. Creliu, au Oak land millionaire. The Populist national committee ac cepted Stevenson as the vice-presidential nominee of the party. The naval veterans' parade was the feature of the second tbiy of the (J. A K. encampment at Chicago. Work on The Dalles portage road closed for want of funds. Company being organized to complete the same. Oregon timber lands offer good chance for investment. Situation re viewed by former .Michigan lumber man. Nicholas Aylward, aged 78, at) in mate of, the county infirmary, at St. Joseph, Mo., died from the effects of a healing administered by Jack 1 bill ion, an utteudant. llaulon cuunot be found. A wholesale juil delivery occurred at Red Lodge, Mont., Persons outside pried on a winnow oar anu opened me ceils witn skeleton keys, anu iounentof bri(1(0g for the Chicago Gieut """"" uOTjiB.auuoa escape. ' j After nearly 20 years, a man turns up at Fort Worth, Tex., who claims; Jesse James wus not killed nt Sfk. Joseph, Mo., by Bob Ford, but that i was a detective who was killed. The man says Jesse James is a grocery store 20 miles dad, Colo. now running from Trinl- English army experiment with a bi cycle corps as a defensive force is pro nounced a success. After living with her husband for 41 i' Topeka woman luy discovered) that he is not her affinity aud asks , divorce. Work has begun in Baltiomre on the silver serivce for Rear-Admiral Schley, to be made from the silver coin cap tured on the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon. The cost, when completed, will be about $8,000. Methodist church leaders and socie ties are pushing plans for world-wide revival to cover the first six mouths of the new century. ' Forty-six recruits for the United State navy left Chicago for San Fran cisco. They are all between the ages of 15 and 17 years, and come from all sections of tbe west. Because of the number of cases of leprosy in the Philippines it ha become a menace to public health, General MacArthur has convened a military board to select an island on which they may be isolated. I SEONUn Said to Be 9,000 Rallying Around Pekln. THEY HAVE FIFTEEN GUNS Russian and Japane.e Cavalry Wer- Kiprrl.it te Kueeunler Theut Several Days AgaOiher ew. n ixmy ,t lnt jaM-M legutiou today frmth fowlgu olllc of Japan, cm."- faying th latest and mot authentic I information of th sitnatlou iu aud ,,,kl- w!Mrt ml; y. mT ?,.atld,?,,!!"l,f,?l ,Mtl '?,"? they IndicatiHi that the Chines had ! tallied their force and wi pprlu ti)t M w, l)Kin tM M jklu. f u ,,oobl pror that Mm allied ftnee wr beslmxl Iu Pekln it would ac- count for the lack of advices from Gen eial Chaffee, A made public by Min ister Takahlra the dispatch from the ,laanes forelgu olllce at Tukio is as follows: "Au otllcial telegram, dated Pekiu, August 18, waarecvivetl at ToU i from (ieneral Yamaguchi, commander of the Japaues forces, to the lollowlng effect: 'The capital is now entirely cleared ol th enemy. A cavalry regiment which had been scut to Wan Shall Shall (where tbe empress dowager's palace is located), reports that the imperial family, who had left Pekln August 14, started, after a short rest at Wan Shsu Shan fur th west, and weie under the escort of General Maa and M troops, ootisisllngof only alsuit 600 horsemen aud '.'0 cart. The Japanese force oc cupied the treasury department, iu which over 2,000,000 taela iu silver and a large quantity of rbe were lound.' "Another telegraphic dispatch, dated Taku, August 23. states that as the Chinese troops and Boxen, who had gathered at Nau 1 uen, ere about t' attack the foreign forces at Pekin, Ja panose and Russian cavalry were ex peeled to encounter them on the 20th The dispatch fuither states that Chi nese iufantry, 0,000 strong, with guns, are advancing from Shan 'lung to riiako a rear attack on the allies. A copy of the dispatch was transmit ted to Actiiii Secretary Adee, at the department of state aud by him fur nl-bed to the presi lent. While the new of a possible rear attack upon the comparatively small force of the alll as not leceived with surpilse, goner ally, it was not regarded a serious, us I hn foreiuu forces are believed to be abundantly able to take care of them selves axaiust any force of Chiues likely to be sent agaimt them. LOST IN A DESERT. Tbraa Ma round rrl.tiln llrraasa ol l.ark t Wir. Fl Paso. Txas, August 28. Thre men, who Dad almost perished irom thirst, have been found in the desert near tbe Coleraii church, 00 mile north of F.l Paso, due of the men is Professor K. 11. Cook, who recent came to this city from the Fast. Tin men left Almo Gordo, N". M., on bicy cles, Thursday, bound fur Kl Paso They took the overland road througl the Tulorosa valiov. On that route there is a desert of sand 70 miles wide When the men had gone about 80 miles their bicycles broke down and they hur to walk. One of the men icahod the Cloreuu church, but had to be treatei for several hours Indole he could saak He then told of hit comrades. Two limn with jugs of water tied on the saddles went back in search of the missing men. One was found 15 miles sway exhausted and unconscious m the sand and was brought to the ranch. The other, Prolessor Cook, was found 20 miles further away in spasms aud would probably have died iu an hour had he not received water. All the men are now in a critical condition I ho names of the other two meu wur out learned. Mitrovno A.kfid lo Phjt. Tangier, Morocco, August 28,- Uuited States warship has arrived here to siipix.it the claim arising out of the nurdcr last Juue of Marcus Kssagin, naturalized American citizen, who was the mauagar of a French firm. Fssugin, while ridiug ou horseback, Jolted against the mule of a Morocco priest. A dispute ensued, during which Kspgiu, in self-defense, drew his revolver and tired, wounding a native This was a signal for a general attack upon the American, who received doz ens of knife wounds aud whoso body was burned, according to some ac counts, befure life was extinct. Cut by a Negro St. Joseph, Mo., August 88. An uukuowu negro b.iy probably fatally ilHljhe(1 Angu, Monison, superintend western railway, tonight, as lie was hurriugy to catch a truin. Morrison's throat was cut, probubly with a razor. Morrison can uUo no reason for the assault, unless it is because he acci dentally brushed against tbe negro. The empress dowager, the emperor and the Chinese court have fled to the province of Shen Si. Attacked by Hoodlum.. St. Joseph, Mo., August 28. Be cause St. Joseph did not win both ball games today, a gang of hoodlums were angered and assaulted Umpire Dick Kbriirht for culling out A player at first base during the eighth inning. The 'police could not, or would not, prevent disgraceful sceuo. Kbright and the Denvei players were pelted with mis sies and fled to points of safoty. Pitcher Schmidt, of Denver, felled several members of the mob with a club. Bummer Weather at the Kii.t. Larned, Kun., August 28. Hail stones as large as walnuts 'fell here for half an hour last night, beating fruit and leaves off the trees, and kill ing many birds and small animals. The ground was covered with a sheet of Ice. Two Royi Drowned. Kansas City, Mo., August 28. Matthew Hunter, aged 19 years, and Joseph Mereno, aged 16, were drowned in Troost Park tonight while boating. They tried to change their seats and their boat capsized. TRAVEUiiQ MEN'S DAY Tlmy Have Plannod a droit Parade for Sotti B, orllaaa Carnival Wilt Ha a Ml SiiKreM by tha Mo Wha N.vrr Know lrt In Thoir llallv tM.I....-Tlirt Wail Thvlr Cuilmii.r. lu Jul a Tli.ni. Portland, August 37. I is now conceded fact that Traveling MenV 1's at tha Klks' CHiuival. to be hdbl iu Portland, will be omi of the gr)n! , .!. , , . ttractlo..so(th fair.- Septeui.er 1'rougbth efforts of ho O H. A hlHH.U,t Travwlor' Da.n .frl lHf ' Uaahlngtou every traveling man lu th No.f west H'rego.l grain was mad at the will lm in Hue in on of tlui mwt 4 "p-'tltiotj ths Um.k first prl.e, a outMu aud lustructlv mrad ,v 'W lflf , T'.e wheat of the Colum. wituesned ou any street. Fadi ravel,- 4vT T1" U w1',h,ul01 f 'f ing mad will be decked out lu a Hwu 4J u KM txi to be tht best in duster, wearing whit crush ba with t J . J, , , Id or, rlblKui baud aud carrj'M f P1!""? on A' uu.brvdl.. will te t t1&Wlptt$ V0'.' .',f---r of them In line. Jhor will (n., i 1 .V'J1 !8"V' O , N niimMmna flitals. aaeh riirn.niitliitf i!,., :"apb It'rtlon III til exhibit eillU traveling men of tba dilTereiii cm turies, f nun the 16th to the ( present date, with elatsirate coRtume j .(ed for tbe occasion. They will !. la w the difTeretit methisl I y wbii'li they travel, including the pack mule, stage coaches, buckboards, Irelgbt traius and Pullman cars. The hotel acconmda tloii which they have to contend wlih w ill Hot be left out of this parade, 11 is the desire of the travelers and also of tha houses they ispreseiit, that all of their tUoinei and friends be pres ent that clay so they can ao the travel ing man In his every day trials, show ing both the good aud bad of their trips. The Kiys ar making smh lul preparation to treat their customers aud frieuds in a royal way. GENERAL CHICAGO STRIKE. Tba rian It la Tin t'p ItulMIn Opera tions In Ilia City. Chicago, August 27. Unless the plans of the leaden miscarry every un ion man connected w ith tbe Building Trades Council will le culled out ou strike before laibnr Day. ' The pluuiiisrs have already been or dered out and the Inteulion is that all other unions whose men are working sha!l follow suit. Owing to increased activity in the building trades within the lust few days, muuy union men have been put to work, In some places with the consent of the business agents, and it is tie purpose of tbe union to stop the work wherever the bosses be lieved they bad won a victory and show them that th lalair organisations are still iu tha light. The business agent of one of the largest uuiona said: "IViutractors have oome to believe th'it it is comparatively easy sailing for them now, aud accordingly have beau uudortalkug some large 1uTs""f lilt 1' Idea tbat I here would bo mi further trouble from the unions. They will Jlud to their disgust tlutt luur f U, ineti tthoui they supisit.t d lo b m re union men hav become u . i.,, ei.wi Uia unions smi tney will sinmiv ti-. utiamu to do auy work, It is the only thing that is left the unions wflTCirTOey'pwr-'l tsise to give up their light. The Idea of helping the contractor along their job ha been a mistake which is gen rally recognised now aud they will find there is a lot of fight left among Ibo men yet." AN ALL-DAY ENGAGEMENT. Hht llelw.en llraUlrr'a ami lladen lowrl's Vatrrt. London, August 27. Lord IloberU nsirts as follows: "Holler's division marched to Van wyck's Ylei, 15 miles south of Belfast, yesterday, Ills casualties were 20. "Paget reports from Hummaiiskrsal that Baden-Powell engaged Grobler's rear guard all day yesterday. Grobler vva driven back east ot Plnaar river, lia leu-Powell occupied the railway station of thiit name. During the fight lluduu-l'owell's advance aud that of the enemy galloped into each other, the lihodesinns losing Colonel Spreck- ley and four men killed aud seven wounded. Many of tho Boers were killed or wounded. They were at C fork u Uo this morning. Plainer s Hickman were closely pursuing then, It scums certain that Duwet finding it hopeless to make hi way eastward bus recrossed tho Maguliesherg with a few wouuded, witb the intention of re turning to the Orange River colony. He was lu a very different condition from that when ho left Bethlehem with six or eight guns and 2,000 men, His guns have mostly beeu buried and his personal followers cannot be more thau U00. War May lie Averted. London, August 87. Nuwwr;"T!Ts- patches uppear iu the morning pup rs regarding the Bulgaro-Roumanian sii i ation, growing out of tbe demand of Rouiiiiiula fur the suppression of tho Macedonian revolutionary committees whose heudqnarturs are at Sofia. What appears to be the mot t rcllahlcjjyhjijbist-oriiru'u of the conflagration it summary ol the latest uuvMtrrrmi'iits comes frin tho Vienna correspondent of tho Standard who suys: "The couvio- tiou prevails that the conflict between lion mania ami llulgariu has now lost much of its auutcuoHs, and that iu the ' end iiulgariu will satisfy the Rouman ian demands." New Orbleans, August 27. Sam Fields, r young negro, was shot to deut by a mob of white men last night i uenr Whitehall, in Livingstone parish, j .... j ...i ..i-i it I'lHiun ijhii iiHUiupiiUU au nsnumo un Mr. Peter Poche. Jamesvillo, Wis., August 37. A ter rific huil, wind and rain ttorm visited this section this afternoon. Several farm buildlings were destroyed, and whole fields of tobacco are cut to pieces. The, da inn go is estimated at 100,000. , Chici'go, August 27. Announce ment is made of tho organization of the National Starch Company, with a cap italization of $18,000,000, of which $10,000,000 will be issued. The olli cers will be: President, W. F. Piel, Jr., Chicago; T. P. Kingston! aud W. II. Golos, vice-presidents; J. D. II ig- gins, secretary, and Joy Morton, Chi cago, chairman , Kenosha, Wis,, August 27. The Des Plaines river, in the western part of the county, has overflowed its banks. The damage to crops will probably ex oeed $100,000. MESI TO THE FRONT First Prize Awarded Oregon and Washington Grain. AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION 1 - tha ix.piar Wm froparaa by Calan.l Juu.oH.anrf aat by tba o. it. 'ft. Camaay. ,"e,.i.stbbHipatiy'experimfUial brm at Wall alia. But large quantities grain iud grasses were obtained 1 viu severLl other place iu the two i '-, .,., . ....... . Usually the sain mouth of any other llie exhW.it consisted of 68 different ,,ttr ,mv9 (urnU.ed hardly oue-hsll ol varieties of wheat, and a few samples t)l1, llu,,er of ost aud barley. "1 was . confident, Colonel Ward ald: "Of the 3,700 that ihry would prove world-beaters." ,ulUtlll0nt)) (r jny, .bout 1.800 were remarked Mr. Judsou. "I bad exer- ,,., ervi,.ei f wlll.h 780 oised great csre iu th selection of th W(,ru en)ll,tea alrw)ty or rle,it seed. Tbe display was certainly a rtBllBul,tot f, im,h service, while op maunllloent one, aud we are more than o , 000 WMr, MUt to retllMV0Ui pleased to learn that our opiulon (or BMjgU,lu,ut ta , reglmeut and sliamd by tl.oi in suthorlty at Paris." 0M irislt(y in ,1S Orient. The other Th grain went from Portland by 1 iUtmnt were for depot batallious, press lu a nuatly framed aud painted package. A large box of grain III quart sneks was sent, Tbe sacks weie mud of line white cloth, tied with red, white aud blue ribbon and the following piloted imcrlptlou, in brilliant scarlet ink: "liaised along tho Hue of tbe Oregon Railroad Si Navigation ('oin)utny; head quarters, Portland, Or., U. H. A." In each package was ueatly piloted card beat lag t ie name uf the grower, the variety ol the grain, the yield per a aiid his postollioe address. These si pies are Intended tor distribution In t.. tirincipal wheat cantors of tbe United kingdom, and It Is left to tho depart Went of agiiotilture to see to the iuc cesaftil carrying out tf this programme. Mr. Judsou says bis idea iu accom panying these small package by th mentioned data was to satisfy the sev eral recipients, should they compare notes, that the samples were from sev eral field aud not from one particular ly favored section. Tbe effect of this remarkable recognition of the resources of the Northwest will be far-reaching. The attention of the uenapars all over the world will not only be arrest- Vi factor iu the direction of S s iMigrsjioo vill assert Itself. The O K. N. C las covered itself with gioty, hii I t(,- ssine time rendered 1.V-.J v su in which It operate a u-rtlce oi a nrth. All this irfcalls the fact that Hood rivor 'apples tm k first prlxe at the wuitti'e twir-tit;hlciigo and Ashland peaches took first prize there also, Washington timber and mineral wen leaders aud that stutu took many first prise. ADLAI WAS CHOSEN. I'npulUt National Coinmlllea ArrapU Mini a Vlra-rra.lilonllal Nemlo.. Chicago, August 29. At a meeting of the Peoplu's party natioual commit tee today tbe declination of Charles A. Towue as tho vice-presidential nomi nee for the party was accepted, and th uame of Adlal K. Stevenson was put in hi place. This result was obtained after a long debate, beginning at 3 P. M. und ending about 0:81) P. M. Id the beginning there were three courses advocated by different members of the committee, via.: to nominate a Popu list, to leave the place vacant, or last ly, to indorse Mr, Stevenson. Senator Marion Butler, chairman ol tho committee, in a warm speech of some length, advocated leaving tho place blank, contending that iiryan blank, contending and Stevenson would receive more Pop ullst votes than if a candidate for vice president was named. But one tost message concerning the affair. Hill vote wus taken, A motion was made ordered Knrlqiie not to send the mot to indorse-Mr. Stevensou. For this ' sago, und killed htm for disobeying, motion, Mr. Washburn, of Massaehu-' He waa capturd some distance from setts, moved as a substitute that a 1'op' ullst be placed upon the ticket. The substitute was lost ou a call of the roll by a vote of 24 ayes to 71 noes. The original motlou was then adopted by a viva-voice vote. Ihore were 124 mem ber of tho committee present or pre- presented by proxies.,' Yellowstone Pmk Fire Out. JKss4Trrtrfll, August 20. Acting .Hun. .u. nuuiiu stone National Park, iu a telegram re-1 oeiV'id today, by t he secretary of tho ImV.l.ir, 'Utys the forest Are that hat I .;:' J i',;mg in the parK naa oeen ex tltd'.ulsiietl 'ihs lire wa confined moi-rly to dead njcJ,,dow'n timber, aud .1. 1." M..fl.. ...... in.. I. nut known. i Extreme nat in New Tork. New York. August 29. The extreme hot weather coutinued today, and tho weather bureau says the heat will last two days longer. Eleven death were reported today, New gpnnl.li War Order. Chattaiioogu, Twin., Augnst 29. The United States Volunteer Associa tion, the membership of which is ex pected to exceed 200,000, was formed here today, with Colouel Richard Henry Savage, ol New York, who com manded the battalion of engineers iu the Cuban campaign, a president. The objects of this association are iden tical with those of the Spanish war orders. The association will be strict ly nonpartisan, nonsectional and uon sectarian. Fighting Near Carthagea. Kingston, Jamaica, August 29. Mail advices from Colon, Colombia, report fighting near Carthngena, whor the rebels have been holding out in th hope of gaining some voice in the gov ernment from the new conservative party. . Census Figures. Washington, August 27. The popu lation of St. Louis, aooording to the count of the 12th census, just com pleted, is 575.338. an increase durinir the past 10 ysars of 123,408, or 27.88 percent. ouiivriii...... ".ui ' '"'Vi1Kf,f tha mlnnworkfira' nrimiiizaflmi. ARE ANXIOUS TO ENLIST. Martial Rnlrlt ul tha AMrlan Tuulh tlrrail by tha Chlaa War. New York, August 80. Fulistments In the army hav been pheuomeual slue tlie begiunlng of the troubl lu ClilnaK say tha Washington oorre pimdent of th Herald. Young men lu all rt of th couutry hav flockad lo the recruiting stations, anxious to reoelv military service in a foreign couutry. The recruiting officer ar P'k t applicants and ar having uo dilhculty in keeping th reg- it 111 r arinv tmluitife tin tit ltn full limit mi. dor the law. I Colonel Thomas Ward, tba assistant idjutaut geueral lu charge of tha en listed men' division, said that enlist ment la th army hav never neen so uiimerou a at present. Tbl it some thing remarkable, slue th recruiting In th harvesting period is always less thsu at any other time of th year. Thsu the young men out of work And til they want to do on farm in th West. Tiie oilleers' iu shows enlist meut (or April were 1,274; May, 1,448; June, 1,047; July, 2,700, aud f(,r the Hrt ,0 , uf Augm(ti hj . t . ru,,olvB,i liv WHr j.,,... ,. 89, Th, (urol,e, Hmt. gate of 7.046 man fur that period. ' depot the ai Hilary, or (or general assignment, I 250 of w blob were made at military post for organization serving there at." That the army is getting its choice of the young men of the couutry li liowu by the fact that during July no less thau 9,805 men who applied for .enlistment were rejected. The recruit iug ollicer have beeu able to respond to the demands of tho various regi meut for recruits and there are 1,113 men waiting assigumout to commands NEW YORK HOTEL TRAGEDY Myslarlona Affair In Which Two Chi vaaoans larttolpatl. New York. August 30. John W. F.sson, or Fsslng, of Chicago, today tired two bullets, oue into the head aud I the other into the body of his (rleui and associate, Harold II. Stridirou, aud tbeu, thrusting the muzzle of the revolver between hi teeth, vent a but let through his own head. The suicide expired immediately. Hi victim has a fighting chance for hi life. Th po lice are of the opinion that the man who attempted the murder and then committed suicide wa crated by th extreme heat, drink and jealousy. The police have beeu unable to oh tain from the employe of the Hotel Vendoiue, where the shooting occurred, a clear, connected statement of the af fair, itoth men came from Chicago originally. Fssuu.'or Fsslng, is said to have beeu a prosperous contractor in that city. Both men had been drink ing heavily. Mrs. Hayes, who claims to have known the dead mau in Chi csgo and to have lent him $1,000 worth of diamonds Saturday, because he was in desperate circumstances, called on the coroner today, The coroner' in quest wa unable to find any trace of tho missing jewelry. Mr. Hayes re quested tbe authorities to turn the property of Stridiron over to her, but this was refused, To a reporter, Mrs Hayes said that Ksson brought his friend around to see her, and toon grew jealous. Mrs. Hayes said that if he bud not beeu drinking he would not huve been jealous. Killed by Craiy Anmr&aa. New Orleans, August 80. A special to the Picayune from Port Barrios, Guatemala, says that James II. Hill, of California, government superintend ent of telegraph in Gautemala, shot and killed Camllio Enrique, an opera tor at Morales, a station ou the Panto 'mala railroad. Hill, while -tempoi. arily iusane, attacked (ieorge Keevos, of Texas, a conductor of a traiu, aud tho latter stopped at Morales to send a Morales and held for trial. Miners' Mlrlke, Hazleton, Pa., August 80. If the anthracite coal operators refuse to garnt the United Mineworkers' ad vance, as embodied iu the report of the scale and resolution committee, as preosiitod aud adopted at today's con vention, within 10 days of date, or by September 28, a strike involving 140, ,, ,. ,mi, i,i ,w,n .,,,. will be declared. n , Gulda to be Deported. York, August 80. Gulda, the who arrived in this country New Italian from Italy two weeks ago, in company ...J.U If . n..n.nM f..ll.. .na with Muresca, another Italian, was or dered excluded today by the immigia- tiou bureau. It was said that Guida ami Muresca were anarchists and hud come to kill President McKinley. Gulda was not refused admittance to this country for political reasons, but because the immigration bureau con sidered him an uudesirable immigrant. I Glasgow, August 80. A member of the family (father, mother aud child) which, aa cabled yesterday, had been certified to be suffering from bubonic plague, huivng died today, 10 families living in their neighborhood have beeu placed under medical observation. To day's death was the second which has occurred from the plague, Forty lam- ilies are now isolated,, I . . Governor Portusack, of Guam, makes chargoB of mismanagement against ex Governor Leery. Cleveland Iloek Strike. Cleveland, August 80. All of tho iron ore handlers employed on the Erie railway docks iu this city, about COO in number, went on a strike today as a result of the refusal of the owners of the steamer Simon J. Murphy to allow a claim for extra compensation for un loading a wet cargo of ore. At a meet ing of the ore handlers today it was de cided that if a set tl meut 1 not prompt ly reaohed at the Frio, a strike will be ordered on the Cleveland & Pittsburg railway docks, Should this be done .about 1,400 men in all would become I affected by the movement. 6. A. R. Greatest Parade of Veterans in Our History. , THIRTY THOUSAND IN LINE Tk Proaestlea Was tee by a Millie paetataraUenraI Mllae Kevlewad tba Pageant. Chicago, August 80. Fot fonr houri and a half today, th thinning rauk ol the G. A. It. passed in review their leader aud before 1,000,000 spectators packed in almost solid line aloug the four mile of th parade. It marked tbe climax of the 84th annual encamp ment and wai, according to Commander-in-Chief Shaw, the greatest parade sinoo the da? in Washington when th hundred of thousands of veteran, th most powerful army on earth, marched in review to their final disbaudment. Probably 80,000 memlier of the army of veterans took part in today' parade. For exactly (our hour and 20 minutes, most ol tbe time with ranks almost perfectly aligned, but occasion ally faltering under the burden oil years, they filed past the reviewing stand on Michigan avenue, saluting as they marched by (ieneral Nelson A. Miles, Commander-in-Chief Shaw, General Daniel K. Sickles and tht Spanish minister, the Duke of Arcos. Weather conditions were almost ideal for tbe parade. The ray of the sun were veiled by light fleecy clouds nearly all day and even when uuuh cured their effect was greatly lessened by a cool breete which blew steadil off Lake Michigan. The line of march too was much shorter thau ever before mapped out for the annual parade, but, notwithstanding, he-e and there a vet eran exhausted dropped out of tht rank. F.specially was this true aftei the reviewing stand was passed and many pathetic scenes were witnessed down the long stretch of Michigar, avenue a the veterans fell by the way' side. The ono especially sad incident occurring to mar in a degree tbe glory of the parade wa w hen Charles Beck with, of Algonza, Mich,, dropped dead the line was filing past the come ol Michigan avenue aud Madison street. The parade was halted for a moment the body of the veteran who bad re sponded to hi last oall wai tender); removed, and hi comrades passed ou It wa shortly before 10:30 A. M when the bead of the column started from the corner of Michigan avenut aud Randolph street and an hoar latei it was filing past the review ing stand, For hour before that time the side walks aloug the line of march w en packed from curb to wall, the wiudowi of the Immense office buildings, gay w ith fluttering flags aud bunting, were filled with sightseers, while along Michigan avenue, where were erected beXutiful columns aud arches 'ormed the court of honor, tbe crowd was st great that the hundreds of police bad great difficulty iu keeping dear tht line of march. And all through tht hour that the veteran tramped b tblt sea of huuiauity roared its wel come. In the grandstand erected down tlx slope of the Lake Front Park near tht Logan monument were gathered scorei of officers who won fame In the Civil war. lu the center box of the review ing stand were Lieutenuut-General Net son A. Miles, representing McKinley; Commauder-in-Chief Shaw, General Joseph Wheeler, General Daniel Sick les, Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, an W. li. Harper. To their left wen Acting-Governor Warder, Speakei Henderson, of the house of representa tives; Bishop Fallows aud Senator Cul lorn and to their right the Spanish minister, the Duke of Arcos, with party of frieuds stood an interested spectator. Warm nreetines were ao corded General Miles and th Duke ol Arcos as they entered the reviewing stand. Leadvllte Mine Burned. Loadvllle, Colo., August 30. Tht Weldon mine, located just east of tin city limits, was toally destroyed b Are tonight. The fire ttaited iu tht engine-room, but the engineer remain ed at his post until nearly all the men were hoisted from below. The rest made their way out through othei mines iu the vicinity, A large quan tity of giant powder was removed safe iv from the building by the miners. The fire burned for over an hour, burn ing several houses in the vicinity. The lust is about $60,000 including a valu able plant of machinery. Theenglneei was saved from the building iu a badly burned condition, and is not expeoted to live. Bankruptcy Deulalon. Winona, Minn., August 80. An im portant bankiuptcy decision was filed here this morning by Judge Lochren, in the case of W. S. Trowbridge, in solvent. The decision in effect is that uuder the bankruptcy law, no creditor oau have his claim allowed until he surrenders to the trustees any money or property he may have received from the bankrupt within four months piror to bankruptcy, without regard to the creditor' kouwledge or ignorance of the fact that his debtor is in danger ol bankruptcy. Defeated With Loss. Lonrenoo Marques, August 80. Heavy flghtiug is reported to have oc curred at Machadodorp. The Boers uie said to have been defeated with great loss, leading their guns and am munition in the bands of the British. Idaho Shingle Plant llurned. Wallace, Idaho, August 28. The Eureka Shingle Company's plant at Harrison burned today. The loss U $15,000, and tbe insurance $5,000. Hold-Vp Near Denver. Denver. Colo., August 80. Twenty- seven men who had been employed on the Union Pacific improvement work in Wyoming have reported to the Den ver police department that they were held up by three men 15 miles north of Denver while riding in box car from Cheyenne to this city. They had beeu ust paid off, and the robbers got be tween $300 and $400. This is the sec ond hold-up of this kind that has oo ouired near Denver, ana the authori ties are making efforts to apprehend the robbers BODY NO BACKWARD MOVEMENT; fbe Trade lltaatloa atUfaetary, Ca , tillering toasoa. I S. O. Dun Co.'s weekly review ol trade says: . Th tky is not eloudlttt; bat there ha been no backward movement of. business tbl week, Ths chief draw back of th week fata been th intense beat In tome sections of tbe West, which wa more efficient in retarding business than the lower temperatare East, which is ttimulating it. Crop advloes continue aa cheerful aa at any time lately, and the labor situ ation shows no important changes in working force. Prics are steady, bnt there l talk of a daoline, perhaps $10 per ton, in teel rail shortly, to a basis at which it i believed the railroad will be willing to plac orders for tbe enuulug years' supplies. More good new come from the groat iron centers, where bridge and boatbnilders and maker of agricultural implement, stoves and oast iron pipe are all eager to secure finished or partially finished material. Price are sustsined, and in a few case mov upward. Iron, generally, i already a solid and better balanced market than for two month past. Another tbarp decline has taken place in the price of tin, bat, copper i firm. Wheat declined still further, touch, ing the lowest price since early in Jane. Corn is steady, but a drop last week makes the prosent price only four centa above that of 1899. Factories ar still working only part time In the Eastern boot and shoe dls- -trlct. and li i (vident tbat earlier es timate of accumulated stocks were much to small. There is more activity in the hide market and prices are sustained by ttrong foieign quotations, activity in Chicago by California tanners, and fa vorable po rebate t of harness. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, new, U40. Lettuce, hot bouse, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new. $15. Beets, per sack, 85c $1. Turnips, per sack, 75c. Squash 4 0. Carrots, per sack, $1.00 Parsnips, per tack, $1.35, Cauliflower, native, 75o. Cucumbers 10 20c. Cabbage, native and California, So per pounds. Tomatoes 60 60c. Butter Creamery, 35c; Eastern 32c; dairy, 15 18c; ranch, 14o pound. Egga 34o. Cheese 12o. Poultry 12o; dressed, 14c; spring, 13(8 15c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $16.00. Corn Whole, $28.00; cracked, $35; feed meal, $25. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.60; blended straight, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheal flour, $3.35; rye flour, $3.804.00. Mlllstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; shorts, 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 7c; cows, 7 c; mutton 7; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9 (3) He. . Hams Large, 13c; small, l&Xi breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides, 8,'c Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 6455o; Valley, 65o; Bluestem, 68c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.10; graham, $3.00; superfine, $3.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 87o; choice gray, 85o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.00 15.50; brewing, $17.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $12.00 ton; mid dlings, $30; shorts, $15; ohop, $15 per ton. Hay Timothy, $11 12; clover,$7 7.60; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy .oreamery, 45 60c; store, 87)o. Eggs 17o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 18c; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00 4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs, $2.003.00; geese, $5.007.OO for old; $4.60(38.50; ducks, $3.004.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1616o per pound. Potatoes 40 50o per eack; sweets, l2o per pouria. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, $1; per sack; garlio, 70 per pound; cab bage, 80 per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, lc per pound; oarrots, $1. Hops 2 (3 80 per pound. iir 1 rll. nr3,i 1 . Eastern Oregon, 1516o; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8?i'c; dressed mutton, 7 7o per pound; lambs, 5Mc Hogs Gross, ohoioe heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.60; dressed, $5. 00 6. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.60; cows, $3.60 4.00; dressed beet, e t?40 per pound. veai Large, eooto; email, no 8)o per pound. Baa Franelseo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, ll18o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1014o; Val ley, 1618o; Northern, 910o. . Hops 1899 crop, ll13o per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 24o; . do seconds, 22 23c; fancy dairy, 22c; do seconds, 17 20o per pound. Eggs Store, 17o; fancy ranch, 22c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 3 20.00; bran, $13.5013.50. Hay Wheat $8 12; wheat and oat $8.00 10.60; best barley $8. 60 a alfalfa, $6.007.50 per ton; straw, 3587.o per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 80 75c; Ore- gon Bur banks, 90o$l; river Bur- banks, 85 60c; new, ltf 2c. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia. $3.758.35; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50; do choice $1.75 2.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60 ; 50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, U6o pet pound.