. t .: 1 I- Historical Oregoa - cvAn Aclvertisement ;. WUea brtng retarn U proof UI H la to the riglt plat . T WEST k HIM bra we 4 The Best Newspaper U the) Nt that gtfM the matt end fresh mi, Caspar tbe WEST IDI titk tax papa la Folk evvaty. 5; vol. xvm. $1.60 PER YEAR. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTV, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1001. Flvt Cents Per Copy. NO. 968. tl.i. f 1 f ..A - 'Kill t v , ' . '7 : 1 -, -i ; " . ' in FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS O OF THE WORLD. A CwnjwtiiMulv, Ravtew r the Imp i dans ' rtaptnMti e the Past Week rwnM Y " to a Contented form kh :b M Uaery te rov l lnttrt to Our Mem, Reader. -Nome lost $l26,00OwWh'YpV rtybyfire. '! Gold has been discovered near Spo kane, Wash. Fire destroyed Urge portion o! Greenville, South Carolina. I Fire iu Buffalo, N. Y., consumed ' fittXX (KM worth of,jivnytjf.- ; , Rusaiv ha imposed, a retaliatory ' duty oik American reeiu ami .bicycle. !; T1h thvsnry department baa put a countervailing duty on Italian beet sugar. S; .Telegraph operator on the Lacka wanna railroad are preparing to go M a strike,! , franc has made ' a treaty with China tor the protection of the Ton quin railway. '' - ; Five hundred citiaen ol Texas are vngaged in a hunt tor a hand of Mex ican outlaws. ;Mra. McKinley haa been pro . RMinced out ot danger, but doctor laj' her ailnieut may return. v Governojr Allen haa rKrted that Porto Rico is atlt supporting. . H. S. I'ingree, ex-governor of Mich igan, died in Undon-. v . If it is -possible for President Mo Kiuley to be present at t he commencement-of Harvard university, th degree of 1). will V conferred Uion him. A aervant girls' union is tieing formeit in Chicago. . i ' Tlie Vniiei 8tate may establish clearing house at Manila. ' 4- The surrender of the Filipino leadet Caitlea has been conlirmeil. , , Minister Loomi has ten trana ferred from Venesuela to Persia. Torto Ricans will hereafter work Sn liarniony with the I'nitcd rUatea, Claim of Chilwn vexael I tat a against the t'uitvd Abates haa beendUmiascd. ? Thrty-five hundred trackmen ol ; Canandian Pacific have gone on a s strike. .. s ' , Empress dowager of China ia plot i ting to put a new emeror on the. throne. ; Mormons want to settle on govern ,'ment lands in Mexico vacated by Ulntharf. t Five more Chicago firms have ac r cedod to the demamls of the striking machinists. ., , Moran Bros., of Seattle, have se cured a force of nonunion machinisti and carpenters. t Industrual commissioti proposes tfl i find out whether manufacturers sell cheaper abroad than at home. . Twelve hundred men were laid of! i at the works of the Xewport, R. I., shipbuilding company, on account oi the machinists strike, t A number ol Filijiino prisoners have been sentenced to death by tin military 'cominiKsion tor murder, assault, and violation of the rules ol . war;.;,t.,:.. ; , r Philippine customs revenue ar ' - increasing. ; s Six frame buildings were burned at Monmouth. Cailles will surrender his entirs force at Santa Cnu. Incoming ships report passing quantities of wreckage on the ocean. Boers surprised a force of Victoria mounted rifles near Middlesburg and .captured two pompons. It is exepcted that negotiations at Pekin will be settled this mouth. Ten persons were injured by a tor nado in Soath Dakota. . Von Waldersce ,will be created a prince on his return to Germany. Only one body has been recovered from the wreck of the ferry boat North field. The. Harriman interests have se cured control of the Chicago, Mil waukee & St. Paul road. Lulu Prince-Kennedy was convict ' ed bf murder in the second degree and "punishment was. fixed at ten yeraa' . imprisonment. An ' extensive syndicate is buying t up eastern street car lines with the intention of forming a complete nion- ' bpoiy. 'The Chief of the forestry bureau ol the Philippines has insued a circulai in whieh it is stated that the timbei supply in the Philippines is almost ' unlimited.' ' J Negroes about 1 Leavenworth, Kan sas, are arming themselves with re volvers purchased from the troops at Fort Leavenworth, and it is thought they intended to avenge the recent ' burning of a Negro. ; The southern states plantd 27,532, ' 000 acres of cotton this year, an in ' cfease of 2,111,000 acres. , Texas fever has been discovered among native cattle of northern Ger many, and is said to have existed more than 100 years. The Berlin, city mission, headed by A. Stocker, issues each week 108, 000 sermons for those who cannot attend church, 20,000 of which are distributed in the city. At the census 6f 1790 New York was outranked in population by Virginia, Pennyslvania, North Caro lina and Massachusetts. 1 . . , Bengal -is suffering from the co . caihe habit and efforts are being mads to restrict pie sale of the drug which ' the Hindoos are using as a substitute for opium,, - ) , i .; ? ; , A new ordinance in Atlanta pro hibits the sale of 'cocaine except by druggists on physician's . prescrip tions. The use of the drug haa be come very , prevalent among the Negroes, - J ,f-' -; ti ; i- A WONDERFUL MATHMEATICAN. Dssth at Prat. TawMa It Stfiari at WU , , IUim CaHtg New York. Juna IT. President Tru Baa lUnry Safford, the mathematics Ua and astronomer, whose death has Just been announced, will be burled In the college burying ground at Wll llamstowD, Mass. Ha waa bora at Rojalton, Vt , 65 years ago. At an early age ba attract ed attention by his powers of calcula tion. He could dentally extract th sqaare and cube root of numbers ot nine and ten places of ngurwa, and eoald multiply (our flgurea aa rapidly as It could be done upon paHr, In 1815. when he waa 4 years old, and nine years before he van graduated from Harvard college, he prepared an almanac, and at the ac ot 14 he cal culated the etlptlo elementa ot the ftrat comet ot By a method ot als own he abridged by one-fourth the labor of calculating the rising and set ting ot the moon. After long and d!f flcnlt problems had ben read to him ottca. he could give their result with out effort. THREE MEN K A BOAT, triteh $ aUat Uag but UmIiu Vey. sj te Smuts Hl. Halifax, N. 8, June 15. After sail ing nearly TOO miles In an open boat to take relief to their ship, the Bor der Knight. Mr. Mathle, chief officer, and two ot the crew, arrived at Bheet Harbor, the end ot their IS days' Jour aey, to Bnd that their steamer had Just been towed In, a distance ot 450 miles, by the Spanish steamship Dur an co, from Philadelphia for initios. Captain W. F. gplatt, ot the Border KnUint, and his crew were landed here, while the brave little rescue par ty found Yea 40 allet to the east ward. When the Border Knight's tall shaft broke, in latitude Si: '.ft north and Inn gltude 69:44 weaU SO0 ml Iks north east ot Bermuda, sella were rigged and she began to make her way alow ty northward. Provisions were scarce tor she had made an unusually alow voyage from Africa and the situation seemed to be desperate, as she was far out of the track of commerce. Mr. Mathle and the two men vol unteored to aet out In the lifeboat with a flimsy bit ot sail to brine as sistance to the British steamer. This waa May 19. and June T the Duram-o. outward bound, responded to the ale nals ot distress on the Border Knight. They were elithted bf the Trave on Saturday. The Border Knight was bound from Cape Verde Islands to New York. FIRE AT A HEALTH RESORT. Nets! st Wtri Badtn, led. BurateVSivtral Rtpertcd let Indianapolis, June 15, Telephone messages from Salem and Bedford, to the Journal received this morning aay: The West BadeSprlngs Hotel, at West Baden, one of Indiana's mnet famous health nnd pleasure resorta, burned early this morning. It could not be learned how the Are started. Everything In connection with the hotel building waa destroyed, and It was rumored that several Uvea were lost, but this could not be confirmed Telephone and telegraph communlca tlon with Indianapolis waa destroyed while the story of the fire was being told. . The hotel la said to have bad sev eral hundred guests, and all of theli belonilnics were destroyed, there having been no time to save anything Assistance was asked of the fire de partments ot near-by towns, but on account of the lack of transportation facilities no aid could be rendered. One of the proprietors - said that part of the building was erected 13 years ago, and they had been addlnt to It ever since, until the value of the property waa about $1,000,000, this In eluding the grounds and bulldlnits There Is only Insuranne of f 100,000. FOUR LIVES LOST. Scheeesr Wrecked la t Foj r Ncwfeend. Und CeaiL St. Johns, N. F., June 15. The schooner Czar, bound to Labradoi with fishermen and their families, 70 persons altogether, was driven ashore on Cabot Island on the north coast of New Foundland In a dense fog am' gale. Four men were drowned and six othora were Injured, but the wo men and children all landed safely. The survivors were on the Island two days without food or shelter. Then another vessel, passing toward Labrador,- sighted their distress sig nals, rescued them and landed them on the mainland, whence they will re turn home on board a mall steamer, The Czar became a total wreck, and those on board ot her lost their be longings. The women and children were In a pitiable plight when they reached the Island, being aroused at midnight, and being able to secure only a little of their clothing. For a ChlnM Republic Honolulu, June 9, via San Francis co, June 15. Ban Yet Sen, the Chi nese reformer, left on the America Maru June 5 for China, for the pur pose of starting a revolution. His Inteution is to overthrow the Empretts Dowager and the mandarins. His Idea la to have China ruled by a presi dent on the lines ot the Government of America. He says that there will be a strong force at hla back, and he has the support of many prominent white men In China, as well as thous ands of natives. This is the third revolution which he has attempted In China. fill life a Failure. New York, June 17. William Her ford, an aged German of Williams burg, Is dead by his own hand,, hav ing shot himself by tne side of a work bench In hla carpenter shop after re alising that at the end of 30 years' struggle to find the secret of perpetu al motion he was as far as ever from the goal he sought. He was found with a bullet through his brain, his pipe clenched between his set teeth, and his head resting upon a piece of planking. Black 'Smillpox la Oklahoma. Wichita, Kan., June 16. A dispatch (rem El Reno states that Dr. White haa returned from the Kiowa and Commanche country, whore he had been sent to Investigate smallpox ru mors, and reports that an epidemic of black smallpox, fatal in almost very case, la raging among the Indians. Mrt, McKinley Will Go to Canton, Washington; June 15. Plana are making for Mrs. McKlnley'a removal to Canton aa soon as she Is in a con dition that will safely warrant it NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. CsmmiwUI and riaaacUl Wsapsalaji et lav . peHaace A Brief Review ef et the Orewth and Imprevehwuti ef the Many ledtutriei Threufheut Oar ThrMag Ceav meaweslth Lstett Market Reaert, A new steam laundry will be start ed at Eugene. , The Southern Paeifki has opened a down-town ticket olhVe in halein. Two mining claim in the Granite district were recently sold tor f 18,000 to the Gray s I'eak gold mining com petty. ' It is reported that the jmitln KagM ana niw'Wteyt nee merit killed by the late fronts, Much grain is also killed, and the clover and el talta injured. Rich quarts claims on Quarts' gulch, near Alamo, were sold last week to a mining man from Iowa (or 125,000. It is the inteution ol the new owner to put a mill on the property, Taxes collected in Baker county tor the year 1UO0 have been turned over to the treasurer. They amount to nearly V'0,0(K), and the entire amount w rolhvtcd in about (H) days. The Willamette river Is so low above the locks that only one boat is now running, and that with diiliculty iu getting over the shallow places, The steamer Rut h ia having a smaller wheel put in, so that she can run all summer. A soda tank blew tip at Roseburg a few days ago. One piece amaslied throngh the ceiling, another fragment Hew out into a trout room, creating rouaternation, aid another piece wrecked a partition in one comer ot the room, and smaller pieces flew everywhere. Kugene will have a two days' Fourth of July cell-Mat ion. The Whitney ' council now meets twice a month instead ot once as heretofore. Fourth regiment, O. X, 0,, will go Into ramp at t.ugeiie June 7, and remain until alter the rourth. Rcimrt (nun along the Columbia river ahow a much better run ol salmon than iu the past few weeks. Commencement exercises are in progre or svhout to begin in iiKwt td the colleges and univcraitiei if the state. The Rogue River Mining k Milling Company has about fihiidird cleaning lit) at Its mine on the I it hand fork of Foots creek. A new electire light, company has been formed in Salem, It will also operate a system of street railways. Capital stock, $l:0,000. The new military code regulating the (). N. G. will be ready for distri bution in a tew days. The new set i much stricter than the one now in use. The I -like view Water Company has a crew of men working on the im provemeiit which will convey the company s water tn tiling direct Irnm the spring to the summit olthe nui overlooking iakcyicw. Perused Markets, Wheat Walla Walla, 6lfl2c. ;val ley, nominal; bluestem, 61$62o. per bushel. Flour Heat grades, ifK)(j3.40 per barrel; graham, $2.60. Oats White, $ 1 . 32 V je 1 . percen tal; gray, $1.30(U.32 5, per cental. Bailey Feed, 117(8 17.60; brewing, $17 17.50 per ton. Milltu(Ta Bran, $17 per ton; midd lings, $21.50; shorts, $20.00; chop, $l. Hay Timothy, $12.0O4l4; clover, $79.60j Oregon wild hay, $7 per ton. Ifxips 12f14. per lb. Wool Valley, lift 13c; Eastern Oregon, 7Uc; mohair, 20jt21o. (icr pound. Butter Fancy creamery, iftrj 17H'c ; dairy, 13(JI4c. ; si ore, 11J 12 'o. per pound. r.ggs Oregon ranch, 12(812c per doteu. Clieese full cream, twins, nxo; Young America, 13(il3t'o. per pound. Poultry Clilckens, mixed, I3.0U; hens, $3(33.50; drensed, 8(10o. per pound; springs, 11.50w3 per doicn; ducks, $33,60; geese, $l5.50; tur keys, live, 810e; dressed, I)9l0o. per pound. Potatoes Old, ilftl.W per sack: new, l2o. per pound. Mutton Lambs 4o. per pound gross; best sheen, wethers, with wool, $4.25(H50; dressed, 6l7o per pound. Hogs Uross, heavy, $r.75aB; light, $4.755; 'dressed, 7c. per pound, Veal Large, 6,a! 7c. per pound; small, 7K8c. per pound. Beef Oross, top steers, $4.254.G0; cows and heifers, $3.75(94.00; dressed beef, 77)c. per pound. AdmiruliRogers will represent the United States at the unveiling of the Perry monument in Japan. It is reported that the head of Boar Admiral Sampson will appear on medals commemorating the battle ol Satiiigo bay.' Rice, raw eggs and boiled venison require onlj one hour to digest. At the other end are pork, roast beef, cabbage and hard eggs, which re quire four to five hours, The court of claims has awarded $181,830 to be distributed among the officers and men who fought in the battle of Manila bay, Tho full score o( rurcells' 1,Fadry Queen," which had been missing for 200 years, hus been discovered in the library of the Royal Acadomy of Music, In London, " ; Nineteen of the 78 Filipinos who arrived in Ban Francisco on route to tho Buffalo exposition were not per mitted to land, for the roason that they were a Alio ted with loathsome and contagious diseasea. , SURPRISED BY BOERS. Vkterla Meaattd Riflei Overcesa By a Se London, June 18. Lord Kitchener haa cabled from Pretoria under today's date aa followi: Near Welmansruat, 10 miles north of Mtddleburg, S50 Victoria mounted rifles 'from Genera! Heaeton'i com mand ware surprised In ramp at 8teenkooleprull by a superior (oree ot Boer at 7 30 p, m. June 11 The enemy crept up to within short range and poured a deadly Are Into the camp, killing two oilloers and 10 men and wounding four officers and 88 men, of whom J8 were only slightly wounded. Only two olltoers and ou men escaped, to General Reaston'i camp. The 'remainder were taken prisoners and releaol, Two pom toa wen captured by tit enemy. Full details have not yet been re ceived. The aerioui reverse which lord Kitchener reorta is the Orel accident of the kind that haa happened to the Australian contingent, and it is sup posed to be due to neglect, ot projier picketing. Although it l offset by the defeat Inflicted upon Dcwet, the loao( the guns is regarded ae a serious matter, which will encourage the Boer to continue the struggle. More or lea fanciful accounts are published on the continent of alleged peace negotiations, but there is nothing In them and nothing has conic ol the interview betweeu Mr, Botha and Mr, Kruger, beyond re vealing the fact that Mr. Kruger will listen to no propoaala unless they are accompanied with a guarantee of in dependence of the republics. The Iaily Mall ' Capo Town cor respondent says that Cecil Rhodes, tpeaklng at - Buliiwayo ; Haturduy, predicted that a Moral ion of South African states would come in three or four years, but he contended that to grant svlt-government to the repub lic before federation would render federation Impossible. JAPAN'S WAR ON RATS. Eastgetk Meseerss Tskea te Sesffsta the Msgee. Yokohama, June 1, via Victoria, B. C. June 18. Much consternation haa been awakened by the escape of a rat at Tokio. The medjeel authori ties of the Imperial uuiveraity were engaged in experimenting on some rodents in the introduction of plage bacilli into their veins, when one of the animals eluded their vigilance, and aa a consequence several have recently beeu diacovervd in the hos pital infected with the disease. As a result the war against them has assumed huce proportion. The Tokio municipality haa voted 30,000 yen, rat traps by the thoutaud are diatributed among the people, and a bounty of 5 sen each is offered for their capture. With all this evi dence of consternation there is no need of fear that the the d'.seaaernn gain a loot hold in the country In which such measurea (or prevention have been taken. While sKradic rase appear here and there, they are instantly isolated, and the spread of the contagion ia rendered practi cally impossible. The authorities do not hesitate to adopt tho moat drastio measures in each instance, and as a result the empire is today in a better sanitary condition than any other nation in the world. The cabinet muddle ia not only still unsettled, but it beconiea every day more complicated and hoich ol solution. The source of trouble, while dignllled aa a strife between the principle of a party ininsitry and that ol an imlcenihnt cabinet, responsible only to the sovereign, is almost lost sight ot in the pettiness ot the political squabbles which have come to tho surface, making it im- poaaible for any statesman without complete loss of self-respect, to un dertake the task ot forming a minis try. 8TRIKE OF TRACKMEN. Employee ef the Canediea Pacific Will Oo Out la a Body. Vanoouver, B. 0., June 18. All ot the Canadian Paciflo trackmen will go out tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, the demand ot those in the eastern division for an increase In wages ol 20 cents per day not having been ac ceded to, Otliciala of the road state that the granting of this demand would mean an additional annual expenditure ol $100,000. Men are being secured to take charge ol bridges and portions ot track where surveillance is necessary, and it is announced that all trains will be run tomorrow as usual. California Train Wreck. Santa Crux, Cal June 15. The narrow gauge Southern Pacific pas senger train from San FranclBco was wrecked today near Rlncon. Engi neer James Stanley and Fireman Henry Coyle were seriously Injured, The locomotive, tender and bagguge car were badly amaahed, The wrerk occurred on a curve. The passenger car, containing 40 people, did not leave the track. Battle on the Tonkin Frontier, Tncoma, June 18. The stenniHhiu Tacoma bring news from Hong Kong that the trench forces in Ton kin lost four nfllcers and 17 soldiors in a light along the Tonkin frontier with marauding bands of Chinese, aggregating over 5(H). The Chinese forces include 1,000 regulars who preforred robbery to soldiering. Many Chineso women were killed nnd the Chinese were driven into Kwang Be province War Department Pleaicd Washington, June 18. Officials of the war department are very well pleased with tho prospective surren der of General Cailles, the Filipino insurgent leader. Advices received at the department indicate that thit would occur soon. Cuilles is a man of considnrulbe influence, who, with 'lis backing of some hundreds of men, has been a menace to the efforts o the artillery authorities to stamp out the rebellion in Liuon. His capitu lation, therefore, is quite satisfactory. BREACH WIDENING LIBERAL PARTY OF ENGLAND IS DIVIDED OVER WAR. Anaeeatiisisat by tht Secfetery et War ef tM TerriMt Death Rata Aaaeaf Bear Ml eeara Creates Sensation la erl lament Peltry ef War Department Is Severely Criticised -Reform frsealied. " London, June 10. Replying to ((uestions in the House of Commons, Mr. Urodcrlck, the war secretary, said there are 40,229 persons in the "concentration camM ol the , Trans vaal and Orange River colony. The dm the in theae camps (or the month ot May numbered m men and women and SIS children. The announcement rt' the mortality waa TecaWvd with groans from the Irish members and erics ol "rViandalmia. " Mr, Brod erick added that the authorities are arranging (or the release ot the women and children who have (riends to re ceive them, but the governent could nut undertake to locate theln in iso lated planes, s The division In the house of com mons on the motion made by Lloyd to adjourn the house on the question ot the treatment of Boer women and children, w hich waa rejected by a vote of 253 to 134, served to eocont ti nts the aplit in the Liberal party on the government's tar east policy. Hir Henry Campbell-Bannermaun, ' the Lileml leader, also denounced the policy ot concentrating women and children in campa ami with a num ber ot other, voted In the minority on the motion. About SO Liberal Imperialists abstained from voting as a protest agalnat the liannermami-Ifarcourt-Morley section of the house ot commons identifying themsclvee an closely with the extreme jro Boers. BOERS GAINING STRENGTH. Taking On Many Ricmrtt fmm Dutch Dist ricts ef Caps Col say. New Yore-, June 19. The situa tion Iu Booth Afrioa ia far from sat isfactory just now to Englishmen, says the Tribunes' London corn iHiudent. It ia believed that the lloera are gaining many recruits from the Dutch districlo of Cae Colony, and in spite ot Mr. Chamberlain's calm aasertion that the ember of war are only smoldering, it looks very much a if they had burst Into flauitw. A queetion will shortly l put in the Liberal beuchee iu the ' house of commons as to the proiawed suspen sion of the constitution in Cape Col ony. There ia a general belief that Mr, Chamberlain and Lord Miller will hesitate befure taking this step. Lawyer ate ol the opinion that the only w'a it eon Id be legally accom plished would lw by an act of parlia ment, ami iu the present state of pub lic bosincM the government will scarcely care to invite opposition on such an issue. Boers Win Never Give Up. Denver, June 19. Commandant W. D. 8nyman, of the tvmth African re public, is in lHnver on a lect ure tour, the proceeds of which are to aid the Boor prisoners, "The struggle in South Afiicais not a race animosity," said Com mandant Unyiuao. "It is an awful war, a political war, brought about by political gamblers and speculators, and so long aa they have life the Btrs will light for their liberty. Our wives and daughters will pray and fight with us. Mothers send their sons into battle with a prayer. Widows and orphans are surTcring, yet believing that Uotl will bring them Anally to victory," ,v Kllchner Mas Moved. London, June 19. Lord Kitchener has not yet cabled tho details ot the reverse of the Victorian Rifles ol General Beaaton's column at Htoen koelspruit, June 12. Small affairs continue to be reported from South Alrica, Schcerper'a commando is locked in at Murrayahurg, in Cape Colony. Lord Kitchener 'has moved to Bloemfontein. Wanti te forget the Maine. Madrid, June 16. At a council ot the Cabinet held yesterday, the Queen Regent presiding, it waa doclded that any claims emanating from American subjects rolatlve to the destruction of the battle ship Maine In Havana har bor should be addressed to the Gov ernment of the United States, in con formity with the Treaty ot Parts. Machlnliti In the South will Strike. .' Savanah, Ga., June 19. A com mittee of union machinists waited on Superintendent of Motive Power 8y moods, of the Plant system today, and notified him that they had been Instructed by the union to demand a nine hour day with 10 hours' pay. One hundred and fifty men are em ployed in the Plant shops here. If a Satisfactory answer to their demand is not given by noon tomorrow, all the union men in the shops will go out, famous Brldjebuilder. New York, June 19. Thomas Cur til Clarke, consulting engineer and ex-presidout of the American Society ot Civil Engineers, ia dead at his homo in this city. He waa born at Newton, Mass,, in 1827, and was graduated from Harvard in 1848, He was known as a bridge cnglnoor and designer, and built over 250 miles ot iron and steel bridges, viaducts and elevated railways. Army Order Regarding Liquort. -Washington, June 19, The secre tary ol war directs the publication ot the following order for the informa tion of the army; "No malt, vinous or sprituous liquors will bo purchased by tho subsistence department for any purpose. Supplies thereof needed in medical or hospital practice, or for uhc In the diet of soldiers too sick to use'the army ration, will be provided by the medical department." EARL WAS A BIGAMIST. Bat tile lordship. Wst Armtea oa His R turn te England, London, June 19, Earl Bussell was arrested today en a charge of having contracted a bigamous mar riage in the United States. The Earl was met at the railway station upon hi arrival from the country by detectives with a warrant and waa taken to the Bow street po lice oourt," where he was formally charged. The nobleman appeared to lie unconcerned, While Earl Russell waited in the ante room the summons to appear before the magistrate, the woman ha married in America joined him. When the case waa called a represent ative of the public prosecutor said the prisoner waa charged with felon iously marrying Mrs, Mollie Somer- ville, daughter of the lata George (onke, of Cumbernauld, Botoland. The prosecution proceeded to out line the Karl's marriage te Mabel Scott, hi first countess), their separ ation and hia luhsequent disappear slice from England with a neighbor, Mrs, Homnrville, and discovery that he and Mrs. Homerville were located together at Reno.eNev. April 14, 1U00, Karl Russell obtained a license to marry Mollie Cooke, otherwise Mrs. Homerville, in Nevada, and a judge performed the ceremony April 15. Counsel (or the Earl pointed out that the prosecution omitted mention of the divorce proceedings instituted by bis lordship in America, In the event of a conviction the caae will bt taken to the house of lords, aa Lord itiiMcl! ia entitled a to a trial by his peers. . SERVANT GIRLS' UNION. Work ef Orgsnlutiea b la Fretyeie ke CM-cage-Elfht Hoe Pay. Chicago, June 19. Union labor i to take a hand in the aervant problem In Chicago. It has been decided by the local branch of the Woman's In ternational Isabel League to start a vigorous crusade tor the organisation ot the thousands of girls whose work is in the homes of Chicago, The announcement of the league's decision was made on the floor of the Chicagc Federation of Labor and waa received with applause by the delegates to the assembly. Committees have been apN)iiittd and the work ot organising the union will begin at once. The union will announce a regular scale ol wagee. An eight hour day will be de clared iu vogue, with extra pay lot holidays and overtime. The numli nt afternoons each aervant girl may have for recreation each week alec will le stipulated. . It was estimated that there were more than fXKI.OOC Ctrl and women In Chicago willing and eligible for this new movement. They will work in sympathy with a 111 I iated ot gu n it ions of female labor. CONCESSION IS A8KED. Mormons Waal te Settle ea Cove mine nt Lends Vacated ay India. Mexico City, Juno 19. A Mormon agent, Janice Cannon, is here (or tht puroe of securing from the govern ment a concession for settling 1,000 Mormons iu Honors, on the landi from which the Yaqul Indians have been driven. Mr. Cannon says: "We believe that if suitable tracts ot lands are placed at our disposal in the Yaqul country, we will do much in this country in the interest ol peace, for the Mormon church ha faced the Indian problem almost since its orgnnitatinn. We require no riflea in our management of the red brother, and are always instilling into hia mind that we are his friends and not his toes. If the concession is obtained, a commiMioner will be st-nt at onco into the Yaqui territory by the Mormon church for the pur pose of ascertaining the attitude ot the Indians, and if peaceful a con tract will lie made and lands pur chased from tho Yaquia." Brazil Settles American Claim. Washington, June 19. A cable gram received at tho state depart ment from United States Consul' Bryan, nt Petroxolin, announces that the Brazilian government haa paid the indemnity requested for the de struction by a mob of Baptist Chapel, In the province of Nichtheroy, main tained by the American Baptist mis lion. Accident te Aclreti. Clcvleand, O,. June 19. Mrs. Anna Chapman, a member ot the Eugenie Blair dramatic company, now playing at the Lyceum theater, In this city, full through a trap door tonight and sustained a fractured skull. Her condition is serious. Gravel ef Soldleri Decorated. Tien Tsin, June 19. This being the anniversary of the beginning ot the liege ot Tien Tsin the ladies to day decorated the graves ot the sold iers of all nationalities. Dlaspproved by Pruldeat Washington, June 19. The presi dent haa disapproved an act of the Cherokee Indian council providing for a committee to execute a new ar rangement with the Dawes commis sion, i ne trine, by popular vote. recently objected, by a majority of over 1,000 votes, to the agreement which had been mada between its representatives and the Dawes com mission. New Regiment About Completed, Washington, June 19. The new regiments, organised under the. reor ganization law, are about completed. The two regiments fartherest behind are the Thirteenth cavalry at Fort Mead, and the Twenty-eighth infant ry at Vancouver. Secretary Hay Again at Work. Washington, June 19. Secretary Hay. has returned to Washington from Buffalo and resumed his duties at the state department. BAD FIRE AT NOME TOTAL LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT SI 37,000. Far DepeHateat Eaperleaced Great MMcaky 1 la flgMtnf the Fleaves, ea Aeceisat ef the Hoe Being MM wtta ksStaamsr Nosm CMy h fine Boot Out Freea Nome ' This Season Tattled wit Ice. Port Townnend, June 19. The steamer Nome City, the first of the Nome fleet, arrived last evening, direct from Cape Nome, having sailed (or PugH sound June 8. Nome waa subjected to a most disastrous fire May 25. The blase started in a building at the corner ol Ntedman avenue and First street, and anon leaped acroa to the old Court building, Later other large buildings caught. The (ire department exper ienced great difficulty in fighting the flames, owing to the hose being filled with lee. The crowds aided mater ially in preventing the spread of the fire to other buildings, the flames being extinguished ea the buildings on fire were consumed. Judge T. P. Ryan and his wife barely escaped with their Uvea, losing all they poaanased In the way of furniture and clothing. The Mai loaaea are placed at 128,500. Business haa been resumed and the effects of the (Ire are not expected to result in more than a temporary blow to the prosperity of the town. The Nome City managed to find an open channel in the ice a considerable distance west ot the usual course taken by vessels sailing for that place, and succeeded in getting within a few mila ot Nome. She discharged her cargo on the ice, and also lauded her passengers. Just aa everything waa safely taken to the mainland the ice broke, and the ateamer had a hard time in working her way back to the open sea. Before the ice broke, how ever, 10 passengers, aix women and tour men, succeeded in boarding her. The steam schooner Jeanie was the first vessel to reach Nome this year, as well aa last season. She had land ed her freight and passengers before the Nome City arrived. Although she started on her return voyage three days ahead of the Nome City, she la still on her way down. The captain ol the Nome City aaya it waa a streak of good luck that hia veenel and the Jeanie got in when they did, and ex presses hia opinion that no other vea el will reach Nome before the latter part of this month, aa the ice had broken in many places and was rapid ly eliding in on the open channel. He had a harder time getting out than he had to go in. , Hia vessel bear evidence of this tact, aa her idea arc scraped ajnd slivered from contact with he. . v Passengers report tltat Nome daring the winter was well provided with provisions. There waa Utile sick ness, and the weather waa good, with the except ion of one or ' tw - severe storms.' . : The Nome City remained here just long enough to pass United States quarantine inspection and then pro ceeded up Puget sound. DEATH OF PINGREE. Ex-Gevemor ef Mkhlgae Pasted Away la London, June 19, Ex-Governor Haien S. Pingree, of Michigan, died here last night at 11 :3i. His son was the only one present at the time. The attending doctors left Mr. Fili gree's bedside at about 11 :15, prom ising to return shortly. H. 8. Pin grec, Jr., who had been watching at his father's side tor four days, and who had not removed his clothes dur ing the time, noticed a sudden change in his father's condition. He had hardly reached the patient's bedside when his father died peacefully with out warning and without speaking one word. Young Pingree has wired to his mother and uncle in the United Statee not to come to London. The body of the late Mr. Pingree will be embalmed and taken to his home. The diagnosis made by London stecialista of the cancerous affection of the intestine, from which Mr. Pin- tree suffered, left no hope for the pa ient'a recovery. Toward the end of hia illness Mr. ringroo suffered great pain, and weakened rapidly. He was unable to retain nourishment. His mind, however, remained fairly clear. Boiler Makers' Strike Ended. Tacoma, June 20. The boilermak ers' strike ended today, and all have gone back to work. They were con ceded a nine hour day and recogni tion of the union. It is thought the' machinists will tie at work before the close ot the week. Poetofliccs te Be Cenaolldated. Washington, June 20. The fourth class poetofflces of Fremont, Green Lake, Ittona and Ross, wtihin the city limits of Seattle, wilt tie consoli dated with the Seattle office July IS. University Station will be made a car rier station, ' . Exprsis Clsrk Arretted. New York June 20. Robert Pen toost, C. M. Brown and Thomas Mac Carthy, three clersk employed In a branch of Adams Express Company were arrested today, charged with the theft of $7,000 worth of jewelry. The theft was discovered by the manager of the branch office, who observed that two seals on packages had been tampered with. Investigation dis closed that 12 packages were bousing. Boer Threaten Cap Dutch. Moltono, Cape Colony, June 20.' Kritxinger and Fouche, the Doer commanders, are busy placarding Capo Colony with a proclamation to the effect in accordance with the powers assumed when the northern part of Cape Colony was annexed to the Orange Free State, 20 months ago, any persons reporting the wherea bouts of any Boer command will be fined 50, or, in default, will be com pelled to accompany the command on toot (or three months. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. IncruM ef War Veterans Drawing Penales , Report et Cssagtrslsr ef Csereacy. ' In speaking on the work of the pen sion bureau in the 11 niontha of the current., fiscal year, Commissioner Evans said the other day the .number ot names added to the pension roll during that period waa 49,309. ' Uncle Sam ia indebted to the state of Illinois to the amount of $98,797 for equipping volunteer who served dur ing the Spanish ' war.- ! The ' total amount ot the claim waa $630,744, ol which $431,948 lie been paid- The amount due the state of the middle West are: Indiana, $123,020, out of a total o(4274,6; Iowa, $56,066,! out of a total ol $147,644: Kansas, $1,106, out of a total of $37,787 ; Michigan, $122,852, out of a total of $474,33$; Minnesota, $148,207, out of a total of $189,199; Nebraska, $2,828, out ot a total of $35,836; Wisconsin, $11,611, out of a total ol $127,040. ,,,, . 7 - -: , All the reporte called (or by the comptroller o( currency dealing with the condition ol national banks at tl.e close of business April 24 are in, and the ahowing ia held by treasury officials to be a remarkable one, far in excess of anything of the kind in history. There ia a total of 4064 bank; at the close of businesa April 26, 1900, there were 3,631. Total resources are $5,630,794,367; in 1900, $4,811,956,048. Total individual de posit $2,893,665,449; in 1900 they were $2,449,212,656. Loan and die count are $2,911,526,278; In 1900, $2,566,034,990. Surplus funds and undivided profile amount to $416, 017,134; in 1900 they were $383,757. 200. ,' Order have been issued by the war department for the laying up of the army transports now engaged between New York and Went Indian porta. The secretary of war reached a decis ion some time ago to place these ves sels out of commission and abolish the transport line between this coun try, Cut and Porto Rico. It waa the original intention of the depart ment to dispose ef theae vessels at anction, but General Bird, finally prevailed uion the secretary ot war not to aell them, hut to keep them tor use in caae of emergency..' r . The United States, through the state department, haa politely de clined a request made by Russia and France that thi government join with the other powers in guaranteeing a loan ot $337,000,000 tor China so that epmire may proceed to pay the indemntiie settled upon by the seve ral power? without Ion of time. The amount due the United States govern ment ia approximately $25,000,000.' . , - . - .. ......... jt . - "i.i i!"."" . i -..mv h iv An enormous man of the world haa been placed iii what ia known asTRa war room t the White Hf0i was prepared by the coast aad get deUe survey ,ajd cop tain e'l geo graphical Information of a geperat character. It also shdws lb loca tion ot all the ocean cables in the world, all coaling atations, and all docks where shipa may be repaired. Every foot of territory, including even the smallest island, is marked so aa to indicate the sovereignty to which it is subject. . -. With a view to controlling the im migration which haa been coming to this country in violation of law Com missioner General Powderly is in favor of designating exclusive porta of entry along the Canadian and Mexi can borders for the admission of aliens from over the border, r Vandals in search of relics have dug several hole in the mosaic floor di rectly in front of the entrance to the supreme court in thecapitol building. President McKinley'a coachman and footman have new liveries of a dark green hue. They wear ailk hats of the latest pattern, without cockadue. The new livery is an improvement over the old onewhich was tan col ored. ' ' ' ' f ' Attorney General Knox haa bought the residence of Mrs. George W Childs on K street, The considera tion is not given, although it is un derstood that Mrs. Childs hod pre viously asked $150,000 for the prop erty. . The house is one of the - finest private residences in the city. , ARE AT WORK AGAIN. Moma Bros., ef Seattle, Hire Noa-Ualon Ma chlnliti aad Carpenters. Se.attle, June 18. Under the pro tection ot armed guards, the Moran Bros.' Company, metal workers and shipbuilders, yesterday resumd work in the boiler and.nachine depart ments ot their plant in this city with nonunion mechanics. Twenty non. union boilermakera and machinists were put to work at the old scale,. $3.50 per day tor 10 hours work. In addition the company haa 60 non union carpenters at work. As yet there has been no demonstration from the strikers, but the company haa secured the services of ,20 guards, who are ready to patrol the worka with riflea at a moments notice. " Deiertlnj Volunteers Brought Back. San Francisco, Juj 20. Among the 12 military prisoncra who arrived from Manila on the transport Penn sylvania are two' member ot the" Fortieth volunteers Mnder; sentence ot five years at hard labor for desertion. According to soldiers who came back on the Pennsylvania, 'eight men de serted from the Fortieth regiment . while It was stationed in the northern part of Mindanao during the period from August to Novembei last year. Th Buffalo Fir. Buffalo, June 20j Fjre early today swept out of existence all of the build ings on Squaw island -fronting on the Niagara river from. the foot of Ferry , street to a point three-quarters otaf mile north. The loss is ni'the neigh borhood of $500,000. A' dozen nap- tha and steam launches, canal boats and house boats anchored in the harbor and veined at about ' $15,000 wore destroyed. A dock worth $25, -i 000 and scores of shanties and boat j houses Joccupied by squatter added, fuel to the foawtv 4 Y l