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nut An : Advertisement ,. f WUtea brtaga rertrne U proof that tt li ia ta rt idaoa. The WEST BIDS bnage wee. Trie Best Newspaper I ib oo that giro lb most and fraabeat bti. Com par (be WEST . SIDE iU My pper ia Polk .mot. Ortfoa Biilorietl 6odl VOL. XVIII. $1.50 PER TEAR. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OHEdON, ritlDAV, JUNE 28, lftOI. Flf Cents Per Copy. NO. OOP. KVKNTHOFTHEDAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Cswpnhwrve Review th rUssMalnp of in Put Wnt Proeaetd hit Caadtand Fam Which l Moat lWy to rW ol tnttmt to Our Aseey Miner of Alak have formed a union. Three h indred French convert . were massacred in Core. , , :r x tM Forty-fourth volunteer have " " arrived at San Francisco. The body of Adelhert 8. Hay tu ."'-- bulled at Cleveland, Ohio. (Immli Corbin, "Sternberg i)J Mo Kihbcn It ft San Francisco for Manila, The Republican ot Ohio hvt re- - nominated Ge f K. Nash1 for gov ernor. - , The United State government U - not in favor of destroying the tort of Chin. A projtvt hat teen set on foot to build railroad from Valdc to Eagle City, Alaska. By trin wreck on the Wabash railroad in Indiana, IS person are reported kilUnl. One person was killed nd several severely injured in St, Loui ten ment house fire. There i much discouragement in England over th military tituation in South Africa. An attempt to raise the transport IngalU resulted in her sinking deeper in the water than before, ' A detachment of 202 men and three officer are on their way to Portland, Or., from Columbus, O. They will be assigned to duly at Vancouver Barracks, Wash. . A Chinese company has filed claim of 400,000 tsels against the Vn.ted States, claiming that when our marines were camped at Tien Tain, they appropriated furs, rug nd jewels worth that amount. There are alout 27,000 Chinese in Hawaii. Secretary Hay has started another canal treaty. An American deserter who acted as Cailfe' lieutenant has been placed in irons. Fire destroyed business buildings and warehouses in Portland, Or., to the value of StiO.OOO. The loss of life in West Virginia Hot! will not be as large as hrst re ported, while property loss will b ' greater. A man in Chicago who attempted to stop a quarrel bctweeu two other men, accidentally shot and killed one ol them. Washington's state grain inspector . predicts that 2;,000,000 bushels of wheat will be harvested in that stat this year. A sailboat containing young man and three girls eapsiied on Curquinei straits, in California, drowning one of the girls and the young man. Brasil has formally accepted the invitation to participate in the Pan American congress of nations. It is thought other South American re publics wilt how follow this lead Jredenek It. Davie, for many years prominent as a civil engineer on railroads running out of Chicago, was killed while attempting to pre vent wreck on the Baltimore 4 Ohio, near. Midland, Ohio. As result fo the war between the United State and Spain, new principle has been established, which prevents neutral menofwar entering or departing from blockaded port without the consent of the blockad ing fleet. Three lives were lost in storm tt Pittsburg. All insurgent prisoners on Luzon will be released. Arollio's force in Batanga it ex pected to gurrendcr. President McKinley will visit the northwest next year. Several strikers were wounded in riots at Columbia, 8. C. Earl Russell will be tried by the house of lords for bigamy. The transport Indiana sailed from Manila with coast artillery. Holland will reclaim whole pro vince from the Zuyder Zee. Cortex, the Texas assassin, is tup posed to have been captured. The Prussian crop shortage It the mogt serious in recent years. Cailles, the Filipino leader, surren dered his force at Santa Cruz. General Chaffee has been appointed military governor of the Philippine. Public buildings at Manila are to be turned over to the civil authorities. The secretary of state has addressed the HiiHsian government on the tariff question. Florence Nightingale, who has so long been an invalid and confined to her London house, recently celebrated her 81st birthday. Willow furniture, mattings, etc., may lie cleaned with salt and water applied with a nail brush. Rinse well and dry thoroughly. To wash silk handkerchiefs soak them in cold salt and water for 10 or ,15 minutes; wash them in the same water and iron immediately. Powdered borax sprinkled around ' in places infested by ants will banish them. To clean decanters put in a quantity of crushed egg shells, then partly fill with cold water and shake thoroughly. Mix a tcanpoonful of pulverized alum with the stove polish; it will give the stove a good and permanent j luster. A little borax put into the water -in which red bordered table lincri or towels are to tie wushed will prevent them from fading. APPOINTMENT OF TAFT. U ft rint Civil Gsvsnwr ef th MUpplm. Washington, June 24. Secretary today issued the order of the president establishing civil government in th Ph i I i ppiiiet. The order fol low : "On and after the 4th day of July, 1901, unlet it shall be otherwi ordered, the president of the Philip pine com miss ion will exercise the executive authority in all civil affair in the government of the Philippine island heretofore exercised in inch affair by th military governor of the Philippine, end to that end, William 11. Tail, president of the aid commiwion, is hereby tppointed civil governor of the Philippine inlands. Such executive authority will l exercised under and in eon. fortuity to the instruction of the Philippine coin mission, dated April 7, lwO, and tuhjeet to the approval and control of the ecrvtry of war of the United State. "The municipal !id provincial civil government which have been or hall hereafter be established in Mid islands, and all person performing duties appertaining to the office of civil government in said island, wilt, in respect to such duties, report to the said civil governor. The power io apH)im civil oincera nereioiore vested in the Philipine commission ml the military governor will b ex ercised by th civil governor, with the ail vie and content of the commit ion. "The military governor of the Phil ippino it hereby relieved from the Jwrformtnoe, on and after the aid th day of July, UH)1, of the civil dutie hereinbefore dcecrilied, but hit authority will continue to be exer cised a heretofore in those diatriet in which insurrection againtt the authority of the United State eon tinuea to exist, or in which public order it not tuflioiently restored tu enable provincial civil government! to be established under the instruc tions to the commission, dated April 7, Km. "By the president. "ELIHU 200T, "Secretary of War," NAVIGATED HELL GATE. S Bsttls-Shlp MstiwhuMtU Succtitftilr tu4 th Nfowt New York, June Si Without th assistance of a pilot and to demon ttrate that a first claim battle thip could be navigated through flell Oat auccesslully, Caiitaiu Henry M. Man ney took the big battle ship Massa chusettt through the narrow today. It was the first time in the history of the navy that any commander of a war vesnel of thia class ever dared attempt the feat, and river craft and the shores were tilled today to witness the trip of the Massachusetts. The passing of the mammoth fighting machine through the dangerou water of llnll Gate tucceaafully proves tint in case ol hostilities with foreigu power, a battle thip of the tame draft as the Mtssachutettt, if she passed the fortitlcationt of Wil let' Point snd Fort Schuyler, could repeat the performance of the Massa chusetts. 8cretary Long ha taken official noticeof Captain Manney'a feat, and issued ordert that no naval vessel the liie of the Massachusetts shall use the Hell Gate narrowt ex cept in ctset of great emergency. STRIKERS FIRED UPON, Trirs Ma Shet WhlK Trylnj t Eater a Witt Vlrtlal Mine Mtewn, W. V., June 22. Strained relation between the union and non-union miner here ha re ulted in bloodshed. Yettorday teve ral hundred union miner who are on strike marched in a body against the Maritime mine of thia pale, where non-union men were at work. They tried to effect an entrance, but the operators, with 20 guard armed with Winchester, blocked the en ranee. The non-union miner wer headed by Superintendent Lambert, and when the union men persisted in ther attempt he gave the order to fir. Fully 50 shot were fired. Two union miner were fatal I ly shot and another dangerously wounded. The union men did not roturn the fire, but dis persed. All the Union miner throughout Mingo are collecting, and seriout trouble it expected tomorrow, when they will again try to effect an entrance to the Maratime mines. Sheriff Hatfield it on the tcene with 60 deputiet. Will Mavt HtsdqusrUn. Denver, June 24. George Ettet, president of the Broterhood of Rail way employe, announce! that the headquarter of the brotherhood will be moved from San Franc iwo to Den ver in the near future. This organiz ation admita all railway employes without reference to their particular line of work. It ia a comparatively new order, but i laid to have large memberhsip among the railway em ploye of the West., Rlfhtlnf th Injtlh. New York, June 24. The attempt to float the capsized Army transport Ingulls at Brooklyn will probably be made tomorrow. A crew of divers it working at closing the port and hatchet. When this is done the hull will be pumped out and the thip floated and righted. The thip doet not appear to be seriously injured. A Boxer Mlnlittr. Pekin, June 24. The emperor ha appointed Na Tung to be Chinese minister to Japan. The appointee it a Manchu, and wat formerly president of the Ttung li Yanien. He it reput ed to be a Boxer, and narrowly escaped being included in the list of Chinese officera who were beheaded at the demand of the powers. It it doubt ful if Japan will accept Na Tung a minister fro'n China. NEWS OP THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL OVER OREGON. CeflMMfdel ead TlaMKlat Neeaiai ef In rtawt A IrW IUvlw el tt th Orswth tn4 lirtarevtMMit ef th Msay IstWrki TfcrwifWt Oar T riving Ceav BMwhk Lttsst Mrt Ripert Tli town of Whitney, hi Eastern Oregon, it to put In water tyttem. Baker City it endeavoring to hv weather bureau establiahed in that ity. Steamboat navigation on the Wil la met t river to Com Hi ha ceated for th tunuuer. Probably t h last ear load of 1900 potatoes in the state w (hipped from Hurlburt a few day ago. The Oregon Kim Gold Mlnlm Co.. ol Sumpter, ha filed article of incor poration. Capital, 11.000,000, Arrangement have Wen made to make Prairie City a "station" on the stage line and the change will be made shortly. Report from the various section of the Rogue river valley are to th effect that the wheat crop thit year will be contiilerably abort of the aver ". Sherman county will have an extra large wheat yield thit year. A number of mine in the Robin onville district have been bonded. Four hundred head of cattle wer purchased near Eugene at an average price of 1 17 per head. Ore from the Badger mine, Eastern Oregon, i hiptcd to San Francisco t the rate of two carload every five day. Work it well under way on th new road from Whitney to Alamo. When completed thit road will decrease the distance very materially and bring more mine into the shipping list. PORTLAND WILL CELEBRATE. rYuMtat DM N 4 Cmw Bui -Th rrth" U CMaiat, tad Tbsct Mill B Bl 7iM. The enthusiasm which Portland ex pected to expend in the entertain ment ot the president and party ha been bottled up and will be let loose ii, .iii, t-eii-irnuuii tu win rvuno ui July. While the committee which I engaged in arranging for the cele bration i not doing much talking, it it earnestly and energetically at work on it plans, and will have several very large surprise in ttore for Port Under and visitor on Independence Day. The fact that cheap railroad fare will lie provided on all lines into the city will doubtless prove su incentive to insuy resident of th neighboring cilio to come in and help celebrate, and they are promised a reception which they will long ru member. Bands from variotit outside towns will help to furnish the music, and all societies of whatever character are invited to take part in the parade. L, D. Cole, chairman of the adver tising committee i working hard to let the residents of tmter cities know that they will lie welcome, and he say that the city will prnliahly enter tain more guests during flic celebra tion than at any time in her history. Ptrtltad Marktb. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 58 "c per bushel j blueslem, 80 c ; valley, nominal. f lour isst grades, iz.wwuu per barrel; graham, fZ.ttU. Oats W h i t, f 1. 82 1. 35 ; gray, t.30( 1324' per eental. Barley Feed, I17M 17.60; brewing, I177.50perton. Millstuffs Bran, 117 per ton; mid dling), $'21.50; shorts, f'20; chop, f 10. Hay timothy, 12.00(314; clover, 7ct.50; Oregon wild hay, (57 per ton. ' Butter Fancy creamery, 15( 17 o; dairy, 13(8 14c; ttore, 1012c pur pound. Egg" 17I7,o per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75(3 3.75; hens, $3.00(43.50; dressed, !) 10c per pound; springs, $1000)3.75 per dozen ; ducki, t:i(4 for old ; $2.50 (iM.OO for young; geese, $4(46 per dozen; turkeys, live, 810c; dressed, 10(3120 per pound, Cheese rull cream, twins, 12(8 12t'c; Young America, 1313.Wo per pound. Mutton Lotnlis, SVC, grost; dresned, 787io per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, B'o per pound. Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(36: light, $1.755; dressed, . 78 7.0 per pound. Veal Small, 7W8Wc; large, OW 7a per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $4.25(84.60: cowt and heifers, $.l.754; dressed beef, 77cW. jer pound. Hop 12( l4o per pound. Wool Valley, lira 1 3c; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 2021o per pound. Potatoes $l.20(8l.oO per tack; new potatoes, 12c per pound, 1 The American Bible Society is pre paring to issue editions of the Scrip tures in 20 different Filipino dialects. A gypsy fortune teller who wat ar retted in Wyoming had bank notes to the amount of $3,500 in belt about hit waitt. Announcement of Coiunt von Wal- derseo't intention to visit America in the near future it taken to indicate an early termination of the trouble! in China. Unless new counterfeit turn up toon the. year ended June, 1901, will hold the record for the tnuill amount of bad money made and circulated in the United States. Horace W. Means, of Lexington, Ky., one of the best known tobacco dealert in central Kentucky, com mitted suicide by shooting. He wat despondent on account of ill health. The Canadian government will en deavor to check the- destruction of Sable island, now being washed away by ocean wavea, by planting hardy treet and thick thrubbery. WEPT TO DEATH. Tw He Uvt ltt w Wst Vlrjasli sla Stonn tai flead. ' BluefleliU, W, V., June 14,-Thl eotion ha iutt bees vitited by flood, the extent of which in all prob ability will equal or exceed that ( Johnttowu in 1889, to far a the lot of property ii eoneerned. Krly ye- terdty morning, thortly after mid night, a heavy downpour of rain be n, aocompaniMi by teve re electric ttorm, which Increased in volume, continuing for teversl hour. The itorm continued throughout the entire night and day and at 10 A. M., though the itorm had abated, the lowering cloud threatened another terrlAe downpour at any moment, Many mile el the Norfolk A Wet trn railroad track, bridge and tela graph Una are entirely destroyed and communication it entirely out off west of Elkhorn. to that it I int poMlble to learn the lull extent of trie lot of lite and property, but officii! ol the coal oom panic Jobated in the diatriet have atnt out messenger to Elkhorn, the tsrmlnui of both tele- grphio and railroad communication, and nave received a report that a con tervttlv estimate a to the loss of life will easily reach 200." Some of the drowned are among the most prominent eitlienl of the coal Held The little town ol Keyitone, with a population ot 1,000, eeni the greatest tufferer, practically the entire town being washed away, Tin town la th principal one In the t'ocahon ta coal field, and it located near it center. It wat to a great extent the headquarter from which the milting population purchased supplies. A great number of the coal and coke plant throughout th I'ooahon tat district are reported practically destroyed and are in torn instance entirely washed away. Owing to the high water which hat flooded the dis trict and prevent communication, anything like a correct est i mat ol the to of property i Impossible, Imt from the beet information obtainable th lost to the property will easily reach 11,000,000. A rough estimate place the nhm ber of bridge washed away between BlueHeld end Vivian Yard, a di tance ol 28 miles, at (rout 15 to 20, nd from present Indications it w ill be Impossible to run train through to Vivian and point went of there under a week or 10 day. Thia will render it impossild to get relief into the stricken districts, snd with those who ecped with their lives, home lea and without food, indescribable tullpting is -inevitable le. FIGHTING IN THE SOUTH, frty laseriiati KiM r Wuft- at Alkiy. Manila, Jun 2i-tt it estimated killed or that 40 tnaurgent were wounded during the recent engage ment which occurred ursr Sorsogou iu Albay province. Many insurgent re returning to their homes. Charge of theft and sale of proi erty are made against a numlair of the w Unease In thecommiiwsry caw. Provoat General Pavi has submit ted a plsn for the municipal govern ment of Manila, The United Stall's Philippine commission it modifying it. nathlngton hat been tsked lor an appropriation of $10,000 to defray the xpenie of 50 Filipino teachers who re to tudy for a year in normal chool in the United States, the schools having offered them free tui tion. Two hundred soldier prisoners will b tent to the United Slate on the transport Indian. VICTIMS OF EXPL03ION. Thru Mm Wirt Killed tad Plvt Othtei Injurid. Kalama, Wash., June 24. Three men were killed aud five othen in jured by the premature explosion of blast on the Oregon A Washington Railroad, The cn of the accident ws in deep cut about half mill ionth of thia place. . The cause of the explosion will per hap never be known, as the men who were working at the drill hole were instantly killed. About 25 men were working in the cut, and from the stir vlvort it wti learned that two men were loading 12 foot drill hole with No. 2 giant powder, and had put in about 100 ttickt. It is tupposed thit they had just been lumping the powdor with an iron bar, at they had tonietimc dono before, when the ex plosion occurred, Amirlcim Invidi th Rind. London, June 25. The Johannes burg correspondent of the Daily Mail contributes long letter to hi paper, in which he describes the American trade inavsinn of the Band, aided, he alleges, by British apathy. The cor respondent assert Unit Americana re quietly buying up shares aiid pushing their efforts in every direc tion. He lay that practically all the mining machinery ii already American and re ten to a rumor' to the effect that there it an American movement to capture all the poorer Rand mine. Inviiloa f Cap Colony. London, June 25. Lord Kitchener ha sent no report ol the Wterkloopf mishap. Recent events jn Cape Colony teem to prove the Boor inva sion of that country to be serious. A letter to the Daily Mail, dated Cape Town, June 5, confirms the pro-Boer report and says' the invaders number anything from 7,000 to 10.- 000; that they are swarming all. over the eastern and midland districts and getting recruits and horses. Spiln Biryitg Guni, ' London, June 25, Spain appears to be making vlgorout efforts to re pair a depletion of her armament caused by the Spanish-American war. A special navy com mission from Madrid, now in London, has placed with the Maxim-Vioker concern u large order for guns, including sonic of the new seven-inch guns which, during tests thit week, nindo the re markable record of firing five aimed rounds in 37 seconds, maintaining an average,with a projectile weighing 200 poundi,of over 11 vn round I per minute. GOLD FliOM DAWSON STEAMER DOLPHIN SRINQS OUT ABOUT 1,350,000. Tw tad Oat-ktlf MIIIImu Man Nw Mw wty Dewa thi Yukon Rlvtr t St. Mich. mI'i, nd Another Million H Comln Up th Rlw t Sksiwiy la thi Grips ef iht Riturnlag Klndiktrt, Beattle, June 2d. Gold receipt jr the steamer Dolphin from the Klon dike this morning are; For the Ca nadian Bank ol Commerce, $1,000,- 000; Individual dust, $350,000. There : was shipped (npn Dawson vis St. Michaels, June 12 $2,500,000, and there is now on the way up the river $1,000,000, ; , , Alaska' output ol gofd. from the prlng clean up ha started in a tedy flow to the United Mate. Over three ton of gold, or $3,500,000, is on it way down the Yukon. It will be brought ' from Ht, Michael probably on the Roanoke. June 20 over $1, 000,000 wa on ita way up the Yukon from Dawson. It will probably ar rive on the next teamer. The Dolohln left Skagway June 20, Th big shipments ol gold the brought came up ma in noil on the river steamers .ealandia and Canadian, leaving Dawson June 12. The gold wit removed to the assay oltioe early this morning. According to advice on the Dol din ' the miner on Kldnrado creek mi' about finished their clean up for the sessou. The miner on the other creeks are also well along with the work of segregating the gold from the earth in which It is dug out during the winter, and an estimate of the total clean up for the district for the teason phw-f the amount t between $13,000,000 and $20,000,000. ; ; Tlie next steamer from Skagway will probably be crowded to the guard with returning Klondike. Over 150 Klondiker arrived at Skagway the day the Dolphin left. ery few of them, however, came down on her. Ili'Ueeo lOUand ISO Dawson ite were en route to Skagway irom vvnite Horse, and fully 200 ias'ngcr from llawxoil were aaid to be in White Horse. Alt steamers leaving Dawson had full. passenger lists, and two of these boats, well loaded, were on the voyage up the river. i FELL FROM A WINDOW. Aotlbirt S. tUy Accidially Killed at New ItiveaSoa ef SecreUry ol Stot. New' Haven, Conn,, Jun 25. Adolbert 8. Hay, ami of Secretary Ihtjr, and ex-consul to Pretoria, wa foumt dead on (he sidewalk outside the New Haven house early yesterday morning. Mr. Hay retired to hit room at 1 o'clock, after spending tbo evening with friend in apparently excellent spirit. About 2 30 o'clock in the morning a few people standing out side the hotel were startled at seeing large white object comd whirling through the air and strike the side walk, The night clerk of the hotel was Immediately summoned and rec ognised the body as that of a young man who registered a Adolbert S. Hsv. There was considerable excitement about the hotel, and a large Iwdy of students and gradual, who arc here for the commencement exercises, toon gathered. A numlicr of hit former classmate at Yale positively identi ficd the young man, Dr. Dartlctt, the medical exam iner, staled that Mr. Hay came to hit death by an accident. The clothe on the bod had iecn turned, showing hi intention to go to bed. His clothe had been folded. On the ledge of the window was found part ly burned cigarette. This discovery nails to the ticlicf that liny Had light ed a cigarette before retiring and hud went to the window to smoke it. Whether he wa selied with a fit of dizzines or fell asleep on the window edge cannot bo determined, , .Ihere are no external injuries. Mr, Hay graduated from Yale in 1808 and had ooine here to attend hit class triennial reunion. . He was out driving in tho evening with a party of classmate and friend, and on re turning to hi room left word to be called ut 9 o'clock 'next . morning., Thi. was ttie last seen of him alive. Only Great Britain 0btrt. ' ' London, June 20. A dispatch from Pukinssvs! All the ministers of the foreign powers lit Pekin, with the ex ception of the Brit-jsli minister, have greed to tho Russian proposal to in crease tho Chinese tariff on import to per cent In the event ol a delicien in the service of the indemnitv. Sir Krni'Ht Satow declares thnt Groat Britain will only ageer to such an in-. wssfl in duty In return lor tho total tolit.inn of thn liken t.n.r on inter. national commerce and other ooncci- ' Heavy Wind Storm In North Dikott. , Minot, NY. il, Juno 26.? A heavy wind ttorm at White Earth early today blew two box car fr6m a tide track onto the main truck. Tho Great Northern flyer, west bound, line hero at 1 A. M., run into the cats, and part of the train tumped the track, lit "is said two tramps were killed' and several passengers mured. The wiret are '"down and particulars unobtainable. Changu in Shamrock II. Glasgow, June 26, The l Opportun- ity ha been taken in respniring the Shamrock II to make several changes. notably in her main boom, which will be an extremely light spar, 104)4 feet lriitn, am 94 jnriltna nf tta tirnamif. n.,u u ........ ... ( diameter. The steel plates of which . it is to be built will be only one- ighth of an inch in thickness.' Tho spar is fitted on tho msiilo with struts, while the main sheet stool ropes are placed to as to distribute tho strain over a considerable length of the tpur. . , SURRENDER OF CAILLES. Ex lawrgint Tiktt In Otth f AiUgUi Arollloi, Command Will Clvt Up. , Santa Crux, Province of Laguna, Liuou, June 25. General Callle ur rendered here yeiterday with 050 men and 600 rifle. , The oth ol alleg iance wa Administered to the ex liiiurgent. Colonel Cahaille, who fled to the mountain wtb a portion ol hi troop, likewise surrendered. Callle did not uftlciently control tho populace to bring iu all tho iniurg- tut in hi district. The proceed ing! of lurreuder were orderly. It i reported that a Urge number ol Cailles' follower have approached him with a proposition that he issue strongly Worded proclamation de claring all Filipino iuturgentt who refuse to itirnmder to be conildered it bandit, and that thi proclama tion be published by the Insurgent president) of every town in Laguna province. , , .. ;, . Mer Stjrrtad EaMcttd. , , Manila, June 26. The Iniiirgent general Arollio, together with a con lidcrible portion of the force of Gen eral Malvar, i expected to urrender to the American force at San Joae, in Batanga province. With the change from a military to civil government ot the Philippine island, which occur July 4, the diltlciilty between the department ol the military (ecretary nd civil serv ice board over the matter of holding examination in the civil service for certain civilian now employed by the military department will disap pear. In consequence of the turrender of General Caillet, all the insurgent prisoner! on Luzon island will be re leased. Information from native source confirm previou report that General Malvar will toon tur render. DE8TROYINQ CHINESE FORT8. ViliublM SmujgWd Out ef lb 'orslddu City Sold to rMlf.atn. Pekin, Juue 26. There ha been no meeting of the minister of the foreign power at Pekin since the first of lust week, but th minister them H'lvei proles satisfaction at the course of events, The Chinese fort have not yet been destroyed. It ha been determined that each nation sliiill destroy those fort now occupied by tt troops, but the minuter hint Hist the respective military command er object to destroying Chinete fort not occupied by their troop Conse quently the minister will probably have to employ Chinese labor to encct the destruction ot the unoccupied fort at the excncof the different nation. Many Chinese enuchs have been elllng valuable which have come from the Forbidden City. TIn valu able t hus sold wore probably pasted ovc- the wall of the city to the enuchs' confederate outside. One beautifully carved table, which wa seen in the Forbidden City only two weeks ago, ha been sold by a enucli (or 000 taels. No valuable of any kind have been taken out of the city through the gate. These rc guard ed by American and Japanese troops. It is estimated that the ooal ol repair ing the palace, independent of the valuable work of art which re ml- ng, will reach 250,000 tale. Memlier of the staff of LI Hung Chang and Prince Ching ssy that great anxiety la felt regarding the whereuliouts and safety of large quantity of gold that wal buried In the Forbidden City. Certain enuchs who knew tho secret ol the location of this gold have disappeared, ' A Tla Tela Annivemry. Tien Ttiu, June 25. Tho first an- ntvorsary of tho relief ol Tien Tsin wa celebrated yesterday. The Ru- ian and British authorities Imvo pub licly thanked the ladic who June 17, the anniversary of the beginning of the ticg' "I Tien Tin; decorated the grave of the soldiers of all na tionalities. The Chinese insurgent leader. General Mais, is here in con- tultatiou with the Gorman command era concerning (he pacification and reconstruction of the country. Ren Down bunch. Botton, Juno 25. While coming into the harbor thit morning the iteamer City of Bangor, during a dense fog, ran down the naptha launch Kstelle, anchored off Deer island beacon. Five men on the launch were thrown into the water and two drowned. An Appeal for Fortljtn Help. Tion Tsin, June 26. New list been received from Tal ' Yuen Fu, province of Shan Si, that Geneml Tun Fo Hailing ia marching thither, and the governor of the provinoe has ppeulcd fbr foreign help in opposing hi progrett. . . , : Rioters Stormed Monutiry. Madrid, June 26. Tho anti-clorical rioera, who nave ooen parauing me ttreots 8lioutiug-"burn the convents," and who hissed the Infanta Isabella, stormed a moitiistrv during tho nieht. ! They wore finally dispersed. Without till Slgmtur. Olvmpia, Wash., Jiiue 26. Gov ernor Roger filed with the secretary of ttato today senate bill no. 4 with-, out tils signature, ewnaio nui no, it the aot relative to the issuance of death warrant and waa introduced by Senator Randa, of Clark county. It whs the measure to ouro which tho recent special session was called. Governor Rogort was asked why he hud failed to tign the bill, but he refuted to have anything to tay. Pinenger Trln Wrecked. rittolmrg, June 26,Jfortl bound passenger No. 23, on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad, wat wrecked at Monooa, 26 miles from Fitttburg, this evening. Two person were killod, throe fatally injured and 40 others more or less hurt. The train, while going at ft very great speed, ran into an open switch at Monoca, and the entire train wont over an embankment some 25 feet , high, Evory car was overturned, two of them going over twice. w- DEATH ENDS FEOD EX-CHIEF OF POLICE KILLED BY ' . A GAMBLER. ' DeitMiiU tad Bloody Bottle I t Crowdsd Drug Jlori In sttk, k Whkh th Ag. (riuor Mutt till Desth-Beps right With t "Sswed-Off Shotju Mea Mod Swor to Kid Etch Other at Sight, . Seattle, June 26,-At 6.25 o'clock yesterday fterniMiu John W. Con oid ine, one of the proprietors of the Standard gambling house and Peo- 1)1' theater, in thi city, shot and tilled ex -Chief of police W, l. Mere dith, The shouting occurred in Guy't drug store, on the comer of Second avenue' and Yetler way," iu the heart of the city. Cotiaidiiie wat lo wounded slightly in the hand by a brr-fcfrm ' a dmible barrelled thotgun in Meredith't.handi. , Tise men had threshed to hoot one another on sight, snd were both prepared for trouble. The drug ttore at the time of the (hooting, waa crowded with people, and one by stander wat shot through the arm by a stry bullet. Meredith wa killed while struggling with John Cuttsi dine and Tom Considine, who had come to hit brother' aid, Three bullet from Considine' revolver, fired at short range, pierced Mere dith' liody, one in the head, another In the chest and another in the abdo men. ... ' ; . ... . ' No event of recent years ha created more excitement here. For hour Iter the shooting the treet in the j neighborhood of the drug tore, I where the tragedy occurred, were filhd with thousands of men, women j and children, jostling one another for an opportunity to Inspect the prem ise and excitedly discussing the bloody affray. Although abort time after the shooting some street talk of lynching waa heard, this toon llbsided. It ii alleged Meredith ws the ag gressor, and made deliberate at tempt to kill hi personal enemy of year' standing. He is said to have spent the afternoon in walking about the atrect armed with a "sawed-off" double barrelled shotgun loaded with buck shot, in search of hi man. In order to ' avert suspicion, he bad w rapied the weapon iu a large sheet of butcher's paper and tied it with a cord, o that it bore tittle resem blance to an Instrument ot death. Meredith found Considine in front of the drug store talking with a friend. He discharged the weapon at Consi dine' face, but tho paper wrapping prevented him from taking accurate aim, and the charge went wild. Con tidiue ran into the drug store, and Meredith followed, firing the second larret just as he entered the door. Then Meredith dropped the gun, and drawing his heavy revolver continued the pursuit. Considine found himself cornered on reaching the rear of the store, and turning, grappled with bis enemy, Tom Considine, the gamblers' brother, who had been standing with him in front of the store, had fol lowed Meredith, and he also grappled with him,- Tom Considine finally wrenched the revolver from Mere dith's grasp and repeatedly beat the latter over the head with it, John Considine then drew his own revolver and fired three shots in quick succes sion at his antagonist at a distance of eight feet, Meredith reeled and fell dead. Considine cooly handed his revol ver to the r her iff, who Imd arrived on the scene, and gave himself up. BRAZIL WILL TAKE PART. Acctpt Invititlon to Participate in Par. Am:rifin Exposition. New York, Juno 27. A Washing ton dispatch to the Herald says: Brazil, one of the countries which it was believed would' not participate in' the Pan-American congress on ac count of ttie restriction imposed upon tho principle of arbitration, has Jias formally nnnounccd its acceptance of the Invitation to participate. Peru is still of the opinion that it will-not be deserted by Bolivia and Argentina. Since the recent ex change Mwecn the .various Pan- American governments neither of these governments hat given any in timation of the course it intends to pursue. The administration is ap parently confident that Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay will follow the course of Brazil, leaving Peru and Bolivia the only two countries declin ing to take part in t he congress. . As the interests of Peru and Bolivia re practically identical, the Action of one will bind the other. The authorities are hoiicful that future consideration will show Peru it in terests are such as to require its par ticipation in the congress rnther than to stand subject to Chile's will. Pump Plant Burned, Cairo, 111., Juno 26. Fire today destroyed the plant of tho National Pump Co, and the. Big Four station at Mound City, 111. Loss, $100,000, ' ' Another BiJ Ouiher. Denison, Tex., June 27. What is said to lie the largest oil gusher yet struck in the southwestern Hold was blown in today at Bedford, Creek nation, north of Denison, on the St. Louis A San Franciseo. Railroad ex tension, by the Pennsylvania Oil Company The oil spouted 400 feet in the air. It is still gushing and is wasting in great quantities. Trouble In Railing the tnjalli. New York, June 27. An. attepiut to float the transport Ingulls, which sank in a dry dock in the Erie Basin, Juno 14, into a stronger drydock, has resulted in tbo vessel's dropping an additional four feet and now being deeper in the water than ever. Thorn in charge of the work say it was an ftccidont almost impossible to be avoided. Nobody was injured in 'the second accident. , Divert tny the hull of the vessel is not injured,. Blocks in the dock on which the keel of t he hip rested foil away. ; . v r FIRED ON BY STRIKERS. Osptiey United Statu MWthtli Mad to, N Attempted to Sev Injunction. ; ' . Huntington, W. Va,t Jun 27. Yesterdy pose of deputy United Stite marshal were fired on by the striker, and forced to floe from , tho coal fields at Ma tea wan. On their journey to Blucfleld the officer were forced to travel 25 mile on foot, owing to the destruction of the rail road by floods. Immediately opoh their reaching Mateawan they began eerving notice- of the '- injunction, which . hd been iasued by Judge Jackson, of the Federal court. ( A mob of striker followed, armed to the teeth with firearm. On all sides could be heard the cry; "down with government by injunction.";; Women : called the vengeance ot heaven upon i the marshals, and children hurled i stone at them. When nightfall came, notice had been served on the striker of all the coal companies but one, and they were to be terved at Th acker. Fearing : an ambush, the officer waited until morning, and early yesterday set out for Thacker. Some time before noon they attempted to serve an injunction, A mob fol lowed, enraged to dc;eration at the weeping characetr of the injunction. One reckless fellow fired the first shot, and almost instantly the moun tain side echoed the report! ol 20 or, SOritle. The deputies find, barely escaping with their live. The ttrike situation ta assuming a mHit serious Mage. Sheriff Hatfield (in withdrawn all hi deputies, bo cause, it is said, he duet not believe in that policy being used to put down the strike. The United State marshals have been alone, snd after being cliascd out of the field yester day it i believed they will be strong ly reinforced nd return to the fight when they appear to enforce the in junction. ... ; o A band of itrickrs, almost 1,000 strong, have crossed over into Ken tucky and are occupying the moun tain passe. Here ttiey are out of reach of the deputy marshals, and command the entrance to the col lieries. It ia said that at mass meeting at Thacker the miner de cided to ignore the injunction. THROUGH A TRESTLE. PtiMnger Trala oa Wstttah Railroad Wrecked ' ': Mny Reported Killed. : Indianapolis, June 27. A special from Peru this morning say: West bound passenger train No. 3, on the Wabash Railroad, ran into washout at Cass, 15 mile west of here, wrecking the engine and five car. , It ia rumored that 15 jxrrsoua wer killed. The train is due at Teru al 10:55,' but left here one hour fate.' Tho train wa mnning t a high speed to make up lost time, and when near Cas. hve mile east of Logansjiort, plunged through trestle that had been swept away by a washout. ' ' . The engine was totally demolished and the three passenger eoachea and two baggage curs were derailed and overturned. Every surgeon in Peru was summoned, and the relief party left for the tcene. Details are meager, but it is ru mored that the engineer and fireman and at least a dor.cn patsengers were killed and many more injured. TO EXPLORE ALASKA. Government Party Will Travtrtw Wide Un known Art. Seattle, June 27. A United States exploration party arrived in Dawson" early in June on the way to Northern Alaska to explore one of the widest unknown areas in the vast territory. The party wa to leave Dawson about June 10, going down the Yukon to Fort Hamlin by steamer, thence over land by the Dahl river trail to the middle fork of the Koyokuk to Berg-' man, where supplies were shipped to! tho party last year. : ; Thence they will go up one of the . southward flowing , tributaries of the Koyokuk, probably the' Ahishuk, thence over the divide to the Kowak ; and down the Kowak to Kotebuo sound, opening into the Arctic ocean short distance north of Hehrmg itrait. Thia is the first government ' party ever detailed to this field, which imt been visited by few white men. They will gather geological informa tion and mabke map of the country traversed. Mcitijes ot Condolence. - Washington, Juno 26. Telegrams of condolence from all parts of the world are coining to the state depart ment today addressed to Secretary Hay. Cards are also being received 1 at the Hay home expressing regret Protection Froiri Moths. White cloves are said to be as effect ual in banishing moth as either cam phor, cedar or tobacco. ;: "'-' Th Pop Growing Weaker. Rome. June 27. Owine to hi in--- creasing feebleness tho pope' physi-. cian has forbidden hint to follow his . usual custom of passing the hot weather in a pavilion in tho Vatican garden. Notwithstanding this fact, no alarm concerning the popo is felt. It is reported that at the recent audi ence between the pope and Cardinal Gibbons, the pope bid , the latter touching farewell, saying he would probably never see him again. Piague st Honolulu. Wualtinirton. June 27. In view of a dispatch received at the war depart ment today from General Shatter at Sun Francisco, reporting four. itcathB from the bubonio plague at Honolulu between Mav 29 and June 9. Assist ant Secretary Sanger bus telegraphed Ucneral Hlialter to comer wun uen eral Corbin, and, if it is deemed desir- ab e. to ooal the Hancock so as to sail direct through to1 Manila. Ac cording to Ucneral Shuiter s message, the president of the Honolulu board ' of health has the plague controlled. ' I
