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; D a y to n H e r a ld . Knl«r*d aa «e< ■Bee at Dayton, PA YTO N T . . . ; . , . ■ . . . . . . . . . OBBOOM EVENTS OF THE DAY A n Ia t e r a e t ln g Co ll nnSle n o f I t th e T w o H oastnphosen F t ' l a a CeatAnwneA F o r The Colorado volunteers have ai* rived in Ben Froneieoo from Manila. General Davie saye the deaths iro n the ato m in Porto Rioo w ill reach «.000. The partner el Aiea McDonald, the Klondike king. ‘ denies the letter's bankruptcy. 1 The n e a t combine hae foroed New Tork butchore to raise the prion three cents a pound. ' * .< According to news received of the fleet now in Bering era the whaling season was not a great euooeea. ' The California Passenger Association has agreed on a. rate at «87.60 to the Missouri river lor returning soldiers. An emblem of a badger (our feet long, cast from a Spanish cannon, w ill adorn the new battleship Wiaoonain. LA TIR NEWS. The Chilean 'm inistry has resigned. Quiet has been restored in the Biue- flelda district, Nicaragua. Lieutenant George F. Telfer has been appointed census supervisor for the distriet of Oregon. < Dawson Oltv saloon keepers have formed a trust and w ill make whisky a dollar a drink this w in ter./ Gold is reported to be again flowing Into the bank of England and British financiers ate feeling bettor. Two 17-year-old boys were killed while stealing watermelons in Ouray, Colo. The murderer says he only shot to scare the boys. The hunt for gold on Kotaebue sound brought fearful results. Seven per cent of those who went into that in hospitable country lost their lives. Proin the report* on the world’s wheat crop there is little to indicate failure in e it h e r Germany or Russia, while England’s crop ia large. Angered by the action of a gambler who assaulted oue of their number, the Indiana of a grading camp at Winslow, A ria., threaten to exterminate the wirl tea. Japan has issued her new law regu lating a ll faiths and beliefs. Both pagan and Christian religions are to be placed under absolute control of lo- eal governors. > TOWN SWEPT AWAY Red Bay, on the Island oi Andros, Destroyed. HUNDREDS OF LIVES WERE LOST T t k . H u r r t c a n . Ite n e h .d a V a t a a lly te a M i l « an H a u r —H a lla f fu r P a r t « B le a a s . , * * . A ' r • Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 91.— A e cording to a Miam i dispatch to the Tinies-Union and Cltixen, Captain D il lon, of _lhe steamer Cocoa, states that the town of Red Bay on the ietind ot Andros, 90 miee southwest of Nassun, wae ewept away in the recent tropical hurricane, and about 900 livos lost. An eye-witness of the storm estimated that the lose of life on the island waa fu lly 600. Scattered through the wreck of houses at Red Bay after the storm subsided, lie said, were hundred of corpses of persons of a ll ages and classes. Captain Dillon said the wind blew kt the rate oi 00 miles an hour at Nassau, with an occasional gust wbiob reached a velocity of 106 nrilMau hous. PO RTO R IC A N S IN D IS T R E S S . ■ •• U s o f M a s t P la n t in g »»at W o r k M e at B a P ro v ld a d . ' A t Wetumpka, A la ..,J ? s te r Louin New York, Aug. 81.— A dispatch ts A t Carbondale, I I I. , striking miners and his 16-year-old son were taken . were arrested (or violating the court’s from ja il and lynched by a mob. They the Herald from Ban Juan, Porto Rico, injunction against interference with were accused of shooting H a ll Jordan, says: Visits to the most distressed districts of the ¡aland prove that the a respectable oitixeu. mines. former reports of terrible conditions M. Labori appeared in court Tuesday Illinois wants a deep waterway to have not been in tiie least exaggerated. the G ulf and a river convention w ilt morning, and if his condition w ill per People in the towns are huddled to be held in Chicago in Ootorber to or m it, he w ill conduct tbq ease for Drey gether anywhere .for shelter. In the fus u ntfl e-eerdiot is reached. He waa oountry the peonfe are sleeping in tha gan iae. I The anti-expansion lets talk of pot warmly greeted by the prisoner, open air. The«R»d supplies have been ting a national ticket la the field i A aeeman of tb rB ritir h ship Am phi totally destroyed.* Only the well-to- against McKinley ae "Continental Re trite was caught by a tow line, drawn do can afford to buy provisions. overboard and drowned as the vessel publicans.’ * Unless succor comes in a few days I Eighteen thousand unstampedcigars was entering the Columbia river. A n the people w ill starve. The eupplies were captured alt Tampa, Via. The other member of the crew waa lost in a tiom San Juan have not yet arrived at the towns, but are expected. The de factory has been earrying on a profit sim ilar manner in Honolulu harbor. A plot to escape from the guardhouse pots in many towns are already sur able traffic for some time. rounded by a large number of hungry The automobile it to be given a teat was unearthed at F ort Sheridan. The people. The mayors of the towns have prisoners had the bars of the guard; for war service. An experiment w ill received no authority to dispense be made in carrying messages and mail house alt sawed tbropgii and bad ob tained possession of the key to the money, but most of them are contribut from Chicago to New York. J , magasine. Knives powder and cart ing generously out of thfefr own pock - la a brash w ith the insurgents who ridges were found in their possession. ets to" supply the most urgent needs. again attempted to retake Angeles, the As fa r as Caguas and Cayey, the san The government la confident that the Americans lost two killed and 13 itary conditions are not threatened, but situation in 8apto.-t ia under con wounded; the insurgents* leas is eeti- reports from towns further south state trol. Tha Badger was saluted and r w m v 1) v m n m -Tanar B ; Adm iral Bam peon w ill have oharge The temporary government set op by peril lies In the herding of the itibab- of the naval reception to Adm iral the oommiseion is fully capable to hold Hants in tha towns Several dt tha Dewey. The North A tlantic equadrop natives in check though they do at soldiers were wounded during the re cent hurricane, but it ie-leerned that w ill probably meet the admiral a day’s tempt to cause trouble there were no death* aomng ¿hem. The sail from New York. The iron miners of Michigan are be beet posted persons agree that TTwlIt i President Ratohford, of the United coming restless and threaten to strike. be necessary to provide work (or the Mine Workers,, blames the state author- The Boanoke has readied Seattle inhabitants and seeds for the next „¡ties for tha trouble at Wardner. Idaho. planting. An official report form Guay Be says the miners’ organisation is not with «968.000 ia gold dust from Cape shw says tb a r >66 houses were dw N o m a . ; -------- - oriminal nor defender of criminals. atroyed, 176 seriously injured and 804 Five people were drowned by the ; A Paris special to the New York damaged by the storm. ” capsiaing of the schooner Bavidge near Journal says that a syndicate has plot- In tha dietrict surrounding Maya- Detroit, M ich. - ;ed to k ill Dreyfus if the trial results goes, scores of women, did men and n aoquittai. The plan included the I t is said the trust conference at Chi children are homeless and begging illng of Labor!. Assurance is given cago w ill ba a representative, non-poli- shelter and food. The schooner Con* hat speedy acquittal may now be tical gathering. oepcion, loaded with 800 Porto Ricana ¡looked for. Nebraska has raised «86,000 for her going aa emigrants to Samana, went I Portland, O r., is to have a bicycle brave regiment and w ill bring them adrift today. A ll jumper! overboard and several were drowned. A-Maya* factory. home in a special train. guea paper reminds, the public tliat tg The Santo Domingo rebels have.es The seat of tne Yaqni Indian war has the year 1841 tire oity waa“ ^ “ tablished a junta at New York, been removed to ground advantageous by fhe for " to the Indiana. i Advices from Honolulu say thgt vol perewaUyJfftftibutiug «507000 among canic action of Mauna Loa has entirely Eight hundred tons of supplies left those Who most needed i t " ceased. „ Philadelphia on a transport for the In Arroyo OOroer cent of the honsee S, were demolished by the hurriemie. A t W illam ette valley hopgrowera.have Porto Rioo sufferers. agreed on <0 cents as the price for hop- Beattie won first place at the annua) the port nothing remains. Many prom pickers. an appeal to tl-e public asking food and - J u l y reports show that both exports let io Association at Astoria. and imports increased over the same The secretary of the interior has is work for the inhabitants. Two thou month last year. » sued orders to restore to public domain sand persons Lave perished in thia whole d istrict Andrew Carnegie has sent another the land once reserved for the Columbia «1,000 check to the Anti-lm perialistio river boat railway. EXPLOSION IN MEXICO. League at Boston. Two Indians and one white man were President M cKinley spoke to the hanged for murder at Dawson last Killed F iv e d m e r le n n ■ n g ln e e r s a a d T h r e e M e x ic a n F ir e m e n . scholars at the Oatbolio summer school month. They were the first legal exe cutions in that oountry. Chioago, Aug. 31.— A special to the at Lake Champlain. Record from Tgropico, Mexico, aayst General M e rritt, afte'r a talk with I A suspicious disease, having a ll the By the explosion of a boiler of a loco President MoKinley, stated to a corre symptoms of bubonic plague baa made motive on the Mexican(Jentral railroad spondent of tne press that there would its appearance in Portugal. seven men were killed and three others be no ohange in the oommandere of the fatally injured. The locomotive was M. Labori .to recovering from his Philippines. wound, and expects aoon to be able to standing on the sidetrack at Cardneaa Two French lieutenants were assas when the explosion occurred. I t was attend the court-martial. sinated in the Boudan, where they had if a special pattern and of great sice, A case of yellow fever baa appealed been sent to take command of t column being used to haul trains up the moun among the marines guarding the gov of troops. Revenge is thought to have tain. ernment property at Havana. prompted the act. Among the killed are four American L ily Langtry, the actress, has again In a bead-end collision between trol engineers who were in the cab. Their married. The groom ie but «8 years ley oars near Philadelphia th irty peo names were Simon, Fitxgerald, Hussy of sge. of English parentage. ple were injured, some fatally. Care and Gibson. Another Amerioan en The United States cable steamer lessness of the motorman is given as gineer named Lokhart waa standing near the locomotive when the explo Hooker is ashore in M anila bay and the oause of the accident. sion ocourred. He was hurled a dis efforts to tow her off have proved un The Twenty-sixth regiment at Platts tance of 100 feet and was fatally in successful. burg, N . Y ., has received orders to pre Mexicans are holding the Yaqni In pare to leave for Manila within a week. jured. The other men killswl were dians down, and the miners now think Like orders have beer received by the three Mexican firemen and woodpasa- _______________ £ the Yaqni’a war w ill be confined to the Thirty-first infanrty at Fort Thomas, ers. Indian reservation. ------------- « y . A a y ln m fo r C o n ttim p tlro e . 1 The navy department has received a Chicago, Ang. 11.— Tire Illinois So Prince Henry, of Prussia, who com letter from Admiral Dewey speaking in mands the German squadron in the Pa ciety for the Prevention of Consump high terms of the treatment he and his cific, w ill visit Ban Francisco, on hoard tion is preparing plane for the estab men received at the hands of the Aus his flagship after he leave« China. lishment ot a state sanitarium tor the trian people^ President McKinley lias extended hint treatment of consumption, whioh it w ill ask the next legielature to build. The shooting of M. Labori stirred up an invitation to visit Washington. a ll Europe. The opinion ie general M r. 8. B. PetersJn has purchased a The fundamental purpose ot the pro that Drelyus’ oause ia loser thereby site at Port Angeles, Wash., and if sat ject is toi provide means for the treat- from the entorced absence of the at isfactory arrangements can be made he m enkof- the po6f* who are disabled by torney during the confrontation. w ill put ia operation a ai.ingle and tiie disease? Governor Tanner haa indicate«! hia 1 ) Secretary Wilson while in Chicago hollow-ware plant of gigantic propor intention oi supporting i t and of ap tions, which w ill give employment to after his recent trip to the coast says proving tha purchase of the society, oa he learned something of Philippine 76 persons. The matter of granting a asking for an appropriation of «600.- franohiee to M r. Peterson was favor agricultural conditions while here, and 000 with which to build the sanitar ia enthusiastic over the future of the ably considered by the council at its ium. last meeting. island«. James Brocks, of McPherson, Kan., The' British government used 184,- walked 87 miles to see a circus. 000 gallons of corn whisky last year in The Chinese emperor ie obliged by the manufacture of smokeless powder. his religion to fast 84 days in a year. The timber lands of the south are In Cuba 600 plantations under nor being rapidly pnrobased by northern mal conditions are good for 1,000,000 and weetdra syndicates and manufac tons of sugar. turing companies. A New Orleans roan ia eaid to have James W. Brvdbury, of Maine, is the invented a sugar oane planter, in the form of a wagon, that with three men oldest living ex-member of the United and tour mulee w ill do the work here States senate. He is 87. years of age tofore done by nine men and nine and served with Webster, Calhoun and Clay. mules. The value of bicycles owned In A giant reaping machine at Bed- lands, Cel., cuts a swath 60 feet wide. Maine is «894.490. This is only 87,000 Since 1888 m ilitary operations in the leea than the value of the entire street1 Soudan have cost the British govern railway properties of the state. • ment about «40,000,000. Napoleon H I . ’a last swelling place The Maryland peach crop, both in and the soene of hie death— Camden quality and quantity, has been a de house, Ohielehurst, and its beautiful grounds— to ia future to serve aa a golf cided failure thia season. S h a m ro c k A rr iv e s la M a w T o r b . J lM IN E Z O n n g b l ae H a W a r ARRESTED. L e a v ta g C l.n fn .g n « wDaaaaaaaO »ha Arr»««. Havana. Aug. 81.— In view of the fact tiiat Colonel Bacallao. chief of the secret police, persisted in hia declara tion that General Jimines, the aspirant to the presidency of Bento Domingo, wae in Havana, either not having or having returned, the m ilita ry Authori ties telegraphed to Cieufuegoe, in-_ struoting Captain Stamper, oolleotor of cuetoma there, to ascertain whether Jimines wae on the Menedee stbsmer, and to take him under arrest if tiiat should be the ease. Juet as the steam er was about to leave Cienfuegoe, Cap tain Stamper looated Jim ines and ar rested him. Jimines denounced the arrest as an outrage.' H e eaid he had broken no law and* would not yield except to force. Captain Stamper re plied that he waa ready to nee force, if necessary, and Jiuiiuei llien yielded, remarking that he did so because he could not help himself. Captain Stamper informed Jimines that he wouki make him ea comfortable aa possible, and, after Jimines and hie secretary had packed their trunks, they were driven, accompanied by the chief of polios and Captain Stamper, t< the Union hotel, where two bedrooms and a dining room were placed at their disposal. General Jimines w ill be kept under polios charge until further advioee are received from the governor- general. _________ . - PUM M ELED TO DEATH. M e C o n n a ll H e a t F r a a r jr I7 a n n n r« lfa ljv — C h a rg e o t M a n .ln u g h tn r . San Francisco, Aug. 81.—Tho an- topsy held on the remains of Jim Ftaaey, the pugilist, who died after having been knocked out by Frank' McConnell on Friday night, showed that his v ital organs were diseased; that he Wae in no condition to enter a ring ae principal, and that ha had been pommeled and beaten to death by Frank Moftonnell, who waa arrested on a charge of manslaughter, and to now out of ja il on bail. I Q ^ -,m liOr placed against J. J. Groom, J. D. Gibbe, promoters of mwww^ the ™ fight; H iram AH ■ H ” V 1 ssraw■ ■■ .Cool, referee, and the seconds of both men engaged in the oontest. A ll have given bunds and are n a * at lib e rty . Dr. J . L. Zabala, tha city’s autopsy physician explains tha oause of tire pugilist's death a« follows: "1 fotm*’ severe contusions on Franey’s lao< shoulders and upper arms. There wa. M ac« W a r l a M lv a ln lp p l. Violent Anarchist Demon stration in Paris. HUNDRED» O f PEOPLE INJURED O rn e lS n a n d O ra a n a a a ta T k r n w n l n » » H a n g a n d F lr n d —S a e rts ta a B als a« b y th a M o b . a anaemic condition. The man must have received a terrible punishment, and death wae nothing more than the result of the blows whioh were rained oh hia face and head. T ha impact of the head on the floor had nothing to do with it. Ha waa in a d /in g oondi- tion before he fell. "F fan ey ahduld never nave entered the ring. An examination ot hia lungs showed pleuralio adhesions, and his system was otherwise broken down. He wek fit for piactical purposes in life, but certainly not to t unnatural exer- c fo e .” FLO O D The AT E D M O N fO N . S a s k a tc h c w a a H i r e r I - Fees' la O ne D a y . F a rt] 8L Paul, Aag. 19.— A Winnipeg, M an., special to the Pioneer-Preet bays: An Edmonton dispateh says tiie Saskatchewan river hae overflowed, rising 40 feet during the last 30 hours, and eontinuea to rise fast. Already tha bridge piers are (our feet, under water, and eleotrio light boilers covered telanda of wood are passing down. The ferries have broken away and no m ail has arrived. Thousands of feet of lumber ie adrift. A t present the water ia melting over the Hudson’s Bay-Company's flats. Tw o and a half inohee of rain fell in SO houra. The end is not yeL The loea w ill be great. The historic steamer Not thwest, one of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s beat boats Waa broken from her moorings, struck the middle pier of the bridge and went down the river a total wreok. The river ie fu ll of d rift, miners’ ■hacks and effects. Chisana on the river bank are moving out. Parla, Aug. 18.— Paris waa today the scene of most serious disturbances, recalling some aspect of tire oomwune. In rvtpoim to an appeal of tne Journal du Peupla, groups of anarchiste and so cialists gathered about 6 o’clock in tha afternoon in tire Place de la'Répub lique. • The police had taken precau tions. and there seemed to be no dan ger of disorders. Sebastian Faure and Faberot, well-known revolutionary an archists, were tire ring-leaders. Faure, standing on the pedestal of the etatue wbioii lises tu the oenter of the Palace de la République, adressed tli* crowd. Among other things he eaid that tha aparehiata should be masters of the streets. The police then Intel (ered and dislodged Fame and Faberot, mak ing three arrests. The crowd at this point dispetsed, but a c o lu ra d W dem oris tr store, headed by Faure and Henri d’H ort, made for the Place da la Nation. The polios broke through the column ami a struggle for the mas tery followed. Shots were fired, and M. Goul liar, commissary of police, waa twice stabbed with a knife. Tha rioters proceeded toward the Fauborg dn Temple, at the corner of Rue Darberi and the Rue Bt. Mauri- Poplncourt, they formed n pinto a oom- pact body, Hatchets were suddenly produced, w ith long knives stolen (tom the counter* of «hope, and a conoeti trated ruth waa made upon the Cburob of St. Joeeplr. The aged sacristan, seeing the mob, havttly oloeed tlre outer gates, but these ' ___ were aoon foroed with hatchets and bare o f iron. The mkekive oaken doors /were then attacked. According to tha first anoounL4ha w ild horda burst into Jthe church, which instantly became a scene of w iki pillage and eacrifloe. A l tara and statues wars hurled to the Hoot and smashed; pictures were rent, candlesticks, ornamenta and hosts from" high altara were thrown down and H A H /’ above was mada the target lor missiles and the fijgnre of the Savior wssfrae- tured* in several plaoee. Then, w h ile rancorous voices sang the "Oarwan- pqle,” tiia chairs were carried outside, piled np ami set on fire in the center of the square fronting tbe-churcb. When thia "stage was reached, the ereeifix ¡wee pulled down and thrown Into the Suddenly the ery was raised ¡that the statue of the V irgin had been; ¡forgotten, and the crowd returned and ¡tore this down also. I A n attempt wae made to fire tbsl (choir of St. Joseph’s with petroleum, and the firemen were ''called dn to qnenoh tbs flames. Several parishion ers were severely man led in their ef forts to defend the church from eaori less» The church ie situated In the poorest Quarter of the city. No disord ers of any kind occurred in the fashion-' a b le d ^ trlc t. _ ' ; Meanwhile the sacristan, who bad been captured by the anaroliiets, es caped, and oalled the polios and repub lioan guards, who „promptly arrived, w ith many constables. They were Compelled to fall back in order to form up into line ot defense, aa the anaioh- lets attacked them fearfully with knivaa. ' . ‘ < S tr e a t D a a l a t W o o d s . Sheridan, Or., Aug. 81.— News 1». been received here of a serious fight a, Woods. The trouble began Saturday night at a danoe, and waa between Bud Pollard and a man named M ille r. It ended in the ejection from the hall of a young man who hadwefueed to pay -hie admission. Sunday morning the men met on the street and had a duel. M ille r fired a shotgun point blank at Pollard’s head and shot away part of one of Pollard's ears. Pollard emptied hie revolver at M illar, bat waa ao nerv ous that hia shots went w ild . One shot h it M ile r in the leg below the knee. Considering that the man fired at close range, their escape from seri ous injury is remarkable. F a s s e n g e r T r a la W r e e k s d . Texarkana, A rk ., Aug. 81.— A mes sage hae just been received itere to the effect that a north-bound passenger train on the Kansas C ity, Pittsburg 4k G u lf rairoad went into L itte river, 60 miles north of here. A switch engine, with erew, hae left for the aoene. The wreck ie between stations, and it ia not kown how much of tha train went off the bridge. I t ie known, however, that tiie baggage, m ail and express Went in. __________ D IS D a w a y B av T h la T ■ a y B e a F e r a ta a a a t D e g e « . Vancouver Barracke, Wash., Ang. 31.— The impression ie beooming.gen eral at headquarters that tha authori ties at Washington intend to make this gatrleoa a permanent depot for tiie Philippine army, oa accdput ot the ease with which troops may be shipped to the sou mi or to San Francisco. This idea has bran strengthened by the great sume of money now being expended la oonetrurting a permanent ramp. Thoo- randa of dozers have bean used during the past two months on sanitation I B E G IN » . •a to le ra A re A«Se<«werta, th a b e a la g a « S e r i «U|et. B p a a ls b W a r V e te r a a B i l l » « . Parts, Aug. 88.— In oonsequeaoe o t yesterday’s events, judicial proceedings have been inatituted against Sebastian Fanra and (oar others, tor rebellion, acts of violenoa and attempts to mur der, and against divers persons for rob bing a building ami bortiing Its furni ture; also for breaking windows and inciting to riotous assemblage. A rnemlier of the Anti-Seuiite League saye M . Guerin hae three days more provisions. From today on a ll ohurches w ill be guarded by piokets o f republioan guards, and detachments of infantry and cavalry w ill he held In readiness for eventualities. The dam age done by the rioters to the Church o f St. Joseph is Mtimated at 8,000 franca. The elinrch ie eurrouuded by a cordon of polios, and no one ie allowed to approuob the building. I t is point ed out that the rioting persons are from 16 to 80 years of age. W A S H IN G T O N C E N T E N N IA L . Aaalveraerg of H is B a r l a l W i l l H a O h - u n t i l b y V i r g i n i a M a io a a . Washington, Aug. 8J.— Preparations for tire observance of the 100th anni versary of George Washington’s death are biiug aotively conducted by the eommittee of the grand lodge of M a sons tor the state of V irg in ia and bv the local lodges. The Masonic observ ances which w ill take place in Alexan dria and at Mount. Vernon, December 18 and 14 next, are being thoroughly dieouased and planned. Tire programme as virtually settled upon opens with the assembling of the grand lodge of the state o f V irg inia in Alexandria on. December IS . Early the following morning the state grand lodge, accompanied by lodge N o . 4, of Fredericksburg, V a ., of whioh General Washington waa a mem her; the two local lodges.,Federal - lodge, of Wash ington, and Tepreeeutative Masons from a ll over the world w ill proceed to Mount Vernon, whefo the funeraUserv- ices of Deoernher 18, 1709, w ill he du- I A 4 8 A .A A.HW 4Ä» > aa * — ■ 1 — -A Ï— 6 Ub 1 aw A poMnnie. UA^A LA W ■ ) pfTcawn neatly h P o rto K le o 's O r a a * S to r m . Ponce, Porto Rioo, Aug. 36.— I t is now estimated that the oodiea of 9,600 victims of the recent hurricane have beenA butibd. that 1,000 pationa weia injured doting the stortu, and that Thete are opportunities here now for investors. Titer«, ie the greate-rt lack of money for repairing damage*, re planting and replenishing stocks. _ The aloades appointed committees for the distribution of relief, stoics, etc., but the m ilita ry authorities ob jected to it. Ponoe ie healthy, though bodies con tinue to bo found in the fields. The authorities have decided to burn the ruins of Yabneo. B lx tjr L iv e s W e r e L a s t. Nebern, N . C.,- Aug. 38.— Reports today from theooast of North Carolina, where the West Indian huirioane touched last wrak, show that there were a large number of lives lost and much damage done to property. Four teen fishermen, in trying to crow P im lico sound in skiffs, weie lost. Four bodies have been recover od. The schooners Goodin and Aurora were wrecked. Tire L. R. H ill ia aehoie. The Beawiok and ail hands aro report ed lost. These losses a ll ocurted in Pimlico sound. I t ie believed tiiat as many aa 60 parsons loat their Uvea in the sto rm .________________ C h la a s a lt r l« a a d « M a s a a a ra R a a a la a s . Marseilles. Aug. 88.— News lira ar rived hero that a m inion ot Kitsalan engineers and thsir sscortt wsro rscsnt- ly attaoked by Chinsra brigands at p ir in , on tire Cbina-Roaaiau trontisr. l ths main Manoburla railw ay. A ll •is massaersd. C T h s T n g n l W n r. London, Aug 91.— By an explo Chieago, Aug. 17.— A apscial to tha sion today, in the Llrat raillery, la G la Timsa-Harald from Gnaymaa, Maxloo, morganshire, Wales, 19 persona were n y a t M ilita ry operations in the Ya- killed and 60 others are atlii In danger. qul vallsy sulminatad on Friday in a The exploeion ocenned daring the aerlra of eagagsassnts and the final rout night shift, when there w m only 60 ■Ad dispersal of tbo Iaulane. ■renin the mine. There were many Tbo rest of tbo rampaiga w ill proba hereto aote in ae endeavor to rave tbo bly consist of boating oat thsrenegndss survivors from the effrats of the efter from tbsir bldiog ptooss Vamp, bnt ra far only 6ve have bran freeoued alivB Pathetto raenra worn Most to tbo asamea a t tho Uaitad •w iin e e ra d ae the bodies were brought Ito the surface, men. women and eb ll- wagra and *bottor t a n aad moro oom* ■dren trying er and eagerly waiting lag testable eoBdltteaaod saptoym sat tbaa itldlggS' odaay —A a a l e t y in t 'a p - C nlu ny , u | t lr a M g a F r e e S ta te . London. Ang. 8».— There is no long, er any doubt tiiat President KruKrr has refusod to submit to tho dcn,m„| of M r. Chamberlain for tho anFoint.' ment of s court of inquiry, llo tray have «lone so diploniatiuOlly or hod«, ingly. B ut tint! Lie s iswei is regard ed by the British govoruinoiit as lunts- - mount to positive lo ftis s l, is now as established feet, Tho onlonisl office is nouootninitial, bnt there nro other evi dences which amply justify tlio state ment. The ie|>ort that President Kruger lisa proposed new terms is somewhat verified by t iie guarded com ment of tbo colonial office official.« and the Irrita b ility displayed thete. Theta to not the slightest doubt jhat they now believe war it the only way to set tle the controversy. They would Ir r r-tlie r hsvo had a onrt, defiant answer, than the Isinpor- islng answer which the Boer president has rant. W ith tho former Great B ritain would baTtr'Trt'VMi grounds for a quick oommoncoraent of hostilities. Onffet~the oicrurnitanccs-, .which it is believed now exists, aggressive aotioo needs considerable explanation to jitsti- „ fy it in the eyes of the world and the — English m inority who still oeclare girg. would be an outrage. However, if Mr. Chamberlain lias is way, it is believsd President Kruger’s oonnter-propoeali w ill meet w.th scant allenth n.-aml an- leea the Boers oompletely back down, which to not lik e ly , the orisis will quickly develop intq War. I l haa developed tiiat the war >fllco has been aware of the nature of tbo Transvaal government’s answer for'^ov- gral days and that it was communi cated to the’war office^ hence it is t>r«b- able that Great Britain"Win delay d»^ nouncement as HttTe as possible. A high official expressed to a repre sentative of- tber press bis distnsl at what he termed "Kruger's cupidity and hypocrisy." He said: à Chicago, Ang. 93.— James P. Young, a private in oom pea y D, T hird infantry volunteer«, waa killed by a freight train at Evanston today, while oa his wav to Fort Sheridan to report, after a day’s abranoe. The body wee strewn along the track for a block, and the Tho Peaaeylvanfa railway Company only remaining vratiga of the uniform Which Young wore waa a brass button w ill purobara tiro oouuecting links tot found on the roadbed. He was a mem etoetrie' railways and w ill have a oon- ber of the Fifteenth Indiana regiment tinuoM liao from New York to W u b - iogtoa. - during the Spanish war.__ B r a la » l « a la a H in a . WAR IN TRANSVAAL - London, Aug. 88.— The Daily Chron- lole publishes the following from ito Kruger Refuses to Submit to Paris correspondent: England's Demand. .. A'detachment of Infantry baa Jnet completed an attack npou M . G eutitl’s honse, wbioli la likely tq lead tu blood shed before morning. ONLY ONE WAY OF SETTLKMES t Nobody is allowed to approach the scene, and the eavalry charges ngab^eo- ' - , ' * ’* - - lessly bretaL ______ F v H a s t llt t la s N a y ««• l.o u k « ,) f,i» ASy |t|,f London, Aug. 88.— The Naples corre spondent ef thv D aily News telegraphs the substance of an Interview ha had with Adm iral Dewey there during the adm iral’s recent visit. A dm iral Dewey In fa n tr y m a n D ra w n » « . ■aid he believed the Philippine ques M anila, Ang. 83.— W hile a recon- tion would shortly be solved. In hie noltering party of the Twenty-fourth judgment, the inhabitants are capable infantry, under Captain Crane, was of eelf-goverament, and the only way crossing the M ariqnina river on a raft to settle the insurrection aad to Insure today, tiie hawsers broke. The oor- prosperity ia to concéda it to them. rent, very swift at that point, caused Ha declare« that he waa never in favor the raft to caps iae, drowning nine en of violenoa .toward tha Filipfnoa, and listed men. remarked that after autonomy had been The United States transport Tartar, conceded, annexation might be talked from San Franeiaco July 34, with Gen «J. When asked whether a conflict be eral Joseph Wheeler and his daughter, tween Germany and tha United States troops ot th e Nineteenth infantry and over the Philippines were possible. Adm iral Dewey replied, according to more then «1,800,000 in coin haa ar rived. _________________ the correspondent: C rn la a r K a s e n a « e iilp w r a e k a d C ra w . " I t ia impossible to foresee the un Rio Janeiro, Aug. 88.— The United foreseeable.’* States cruiser Montgomery arrived hero F l g b t W i t h B a b e ls . M anila, Aug. 83.— Ona lieutenant of last night Hom Montevideo. She re the Twelfth infantry waa killed and ports having rescued the crew of the another wae seriously wounded while British steamer Nettleton, which went reconnotyerlng last evening north of aground at Maries, 80 miles east of thia Angeles. Tiie Americans encountered port. A ll the members of the N ettle a large force of insargeute and drove ton’s crow were raved. Tugs have been rant to tescue the vessel. them from ther position. Lieutenant Cola, of tha Sixth infan O ly m p ia 's B a ilo r« A tta e k a d . try, w ith 8 9 men, encountered 100 in London, Aug. 33.— A special dis- surgents intrenched in the mountains patoli from Leghorn, Ita ly , says five of the island of Negros aad routed msn .haye been arrrated there ou them, after an hour and a half of ra chaige of attacking and wounding some vers fighting. The Americans bad sailor« who had oome ashore from the three men slightly hurt. N in atw n eruiaer Olympia. dead insurgents were oountod i< th e F a m la a o a B a a t C a a a t o f A f r ic a . trendies. Six rifles and a quantity of reserve ammunition were captured. London, Aug. 36.— The Church M is The Insurgents recently cut the os hie sionary Society bee jnet received a re In Laguna <le Bay, leading to Calamba. port etatiftg that 40,000 ps/sons bars on tiie south shore of the lake, but the «lied of famine on tho east coast of break haa been rapairod. Africa. Id a h e T a w a H a r a a d . Boise, Idaho, Aug. 31.— Last night the town of Placerville, in Boise coun ty, waa wiped out by fir«. The busi ness portion of the place wae destroyed and moat of the residences. The lorn ie eetiassted at «360,000. A TTA CK P r a e M d ln g a A g a in s t A a a r e h la te . s New Tork. Aug. 91.— Sir Thomas L ip ton’I yacht Shamrock, challenger for America’s cup, reached this port today accompanied by her tender, steam yacht Brin. The Sbamrook sailed from Fairlie-on-the-Clyde oa To ascertain whether the Paciflo August 8, and mads tha trans-Atlantia voyage in much quicker time than waa coast ia sinking into or rising out of the anticipated. Tha Erin towed the ocean ia the mission of Professor Q. K . Shamrock about 9,000 miles, and tha G ilbert, of the United States geological latter sailed something more than survey, who haa juat arrived on the coast. 1,900 miles. Meridan, Miss , Aug. 91.—A week ago D r. Wells, living near Rnssell, ahot and fatally wounded a negro while in the act of stealing cattle. On Tues day eight, two negroes attempted H aeeaeelnate Welle, end one of them was ■hot and killed by the doctor. Anoth er uneocoeeefnl attempt wag made ot Mexico is new producing from 70.000 course. Jack Everbardt, of N e w 1 Orleans, the doctor’s life last Bight. - to «0,000 tons of sugar annually on Thia hat aroused the white people, «,800 farms, or haeieadaa, and raaohea. the light weight, has announced hie and notice has been served on tiie ne retirement from the prise ring. Ia the In 1886 the Brie canal carried to gross that say farther host its ran»» tide water 1.48«,000 teea e l vegetable past few years he has met and defamed, meat toward Dr. Wells w ill precipl- many e f the «set pugilists e l hie olaes food; in i«»7 it carried ealy 744,000 tata a rat la the country. WRECKED A CHURCH THE Playing must be dear to Ann-runiM. The protestations at th« Boers tiist they wish to live a quiet agricultural-' life, may be the tune of some of ths Veldst, but the gang in Pretoria is simply after money. Though Presi dent Kruger says many harsh things of fhs UitlHuderK.he.uicxeuhesltatsd to make money out of them, ei her by fair or foul means. "This Trtnsvanl question cannot bt judged by recent occurrences. Yea must 8° hack 60 years. It has bees hanging fire all that time, and fin sooner it is setilod now the Iretter.” Tiiough the official did not actually say so, it was clear that he believed war-was. the only method of settle ment. I t is Issrned that the government is somewhat annoyed at the pubilo'a slight interest in tho Tianavaal. A speical dispatcli from Cape Town ■ays there ia j;reat danger of an out» break ot violence on the frontier, and that the scum of South Airies is en listing throughout tiie oolony. and is being sent to Pitsania and Jameson, on the border. V -111 f n.1 1 ............ .. GREAT FIRE AT VICTOR» post»«*»» P o r tio n o f îfo» C o lo ra d o T o w » S w ept A w ay^ Cripple Creek, Colo., Ang. 23.—Fi-s has utterly destroved the bittin ess por tion of the city of Victor, ouusing ■ loos estimated at «3,00(1,000. Begnning shortly alter noon, ths fire raged u ntil evening, consuming everything in its way. It had its origin, it ie thought, in tiie Merchants' Caifa, adjoining the Bank of Victor, on ths oorner of Third street and Victor avenne. A strong wind from the sooth fanned the flames, and in a few min utes a ll the surrounding houses were ■fire. H elp wae summoned from Cripple Creek, but the town had been, built ia tire early days of tiie camp, and was of pine tim ber (or the most part, sn<l burned like paper. Efforts were mads to stop the progress of tl.e (lames by blowing up buildings by means of dyu- amite, and all afternoon the shee t have roared with tiie explosions, bat the effort waa in vain. The residence |>ortion of the city has Buffered comparatively little, hot the buaineaa portion is paralysed, and suf fering ia bound to follow. The bitrnsd area may be roughly designated as lbs ■pace between the head of Fourth street and Victor avenue, extending from the Gold Coin mine buildings, on tiie well, to a pointyiqar Seoond stieet, and dowx^ Third street almost to Diamond aveaifc- FUhlng Boat flunk* Seattle, Aug. 81.— A flailing boat containing two men was run into Thursday night by the steamer North Pacfiio near the month of the Frsssi river. One of the oocttpnnfs, David Gordon, was drowned. He ia said 1» have foitne^ly lived in Shasta county, Cal. H ie companion, Louis finiart, wae picked up by the North Paciflo- T w o M e n H a n g e d In M a ry la n d . Rockville, Md., Aug. 31.— ArniistOsA Taylor and A llied Brown were banged heie tfiia morning for the murder of Louie Koeenstein and wife. The crime wee committed May 18 last, the par pose being robbery. While being sr* reeled. Taylor shot and killed oneef tho officers. Nearly 400 were injured In the Pari« riota. I t ie claim ed thadtetiirbance will operate to pause a veidiot of conviction against the prisoner. M ln n r F a lls tn H I . D e a th . Wallace, Idaho, Ang. 83.— A miner, name unknown, was killed at tiie H«l* ena-’Ffleoo mine this morning. ••• fell 140 feet down an ore chute, break ing both legs and several riba. ----- ------ ---------------- . H e n e f M s p .r l.n r .- Washington, Aug. 88.— The colon«!« and ILttenant-tfolonal« of thanew reg iments of United States volnntssi ia- fantry soon to be organised for service in the Philippines, ate men of expert* encs, a ll bat enq being graduates ef West Point. A ll have bran in tb«r rarolw over «0 yrara .
