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Dayton Herald.- Lgni«red as Meend-clns atans» s* ib » '*« » a**« at Daytea, Otagu. m = =^ Ä Ä =a= =s DA EVENTS OF THE DAY • B M «rd -B r«ak tag Ito M d T rie. tetivity. T k * Bona attaaked Hammasta, bat te a repqlsad. o rate« Brooklyn Tha United u proasedod tu Taka. C hina« hate bagas th IH missions at Shan Taug Oonani Aquino At A ngeles, >< It»«*« From ’“ treuuereu w u«uer«i r v n u fe d I Chinese sitnatiou ex« Ute T w » ¡influence an on «radete «nádete G " t a a PMdeaesd Fi era*. - I Many workers te In PI lid ia ponding the adjustment of H ill sentiment is worrying Charlaa A . Tpwoe. . - ] The poatoAce at Union, Oregon, Amaricana and British wara the first waa looted by burglars and 0160 waa earried away. - to break into Tian Tain. A week» .cou tiu g in North Luzon re Germany d u e sot yat consider that tailed ia 50 rebel« being killed and 40 aha ia at war w ith China. wounded. Ona American waa killad. -Hoar-Admiral Watson homeward The Indiana on Rainy river, Ontario, bound h u reached Sues. -— * threaten an uprising. Three thousand The Eart reporta many death« bom are gathered near the month o( Rainy excessively hot weather. river. Smallpox haa broken out in the The great la m b « ywds, covering poatoffloa a t Alpha, Wash. halt a mb«, at Bleak Book, a tab u ib at United State« Oottmlasiondf Rgwson B u f f a l o , T . , wara homed, with haa bean chosen governor ol Naina. loan of *400,000. „ The steamship Noma C ity, which Allen Cochrane, a young mas of Myrtle preah, O r., waa dragged to made the trip from Portland to Noma, 47 people on the w av. the d u th bv a horse. . I Outbreak« a n sew expected In crews and paaaangen of two wracked Southern China. Indication« ot uprie- 1 schooners. d Canton.. Over 910.000,000 worth of property tags at Nankin and < Torpedo-boat destroyer Goldshorough waa w destroyed, many Uvea lost, made th ? round trip ran b/tween Taeo- “ ‘" T * J '500 ma and Seattle jn about two hours. . ~ ? * rt „ by * “ ra on a dock a t Ho- . , a «. an - a . a A. u_t_ A _ DOKUBg N • J« ............ An uprising against Britiah rule is The transport Sumner arrived the island of Banlonga, Sooth Sea, haa taken place, 100 British being killad. San Francia» from Manila with •ick soldier«, 70 discharged men, China is said to have immense quaa- insane pariente and 10 members titias of arms and officials amen that the hospital oorpa- aha w ill stagger humanity if driven to A special dispatch from Shanghai, it. • t- . dated June >0, says that a ll on Governor Kooarvalt has informed the the United S ta tu battleship Oregon Republican national committee that ba which went ashore in the Gulf of P v w ill give three solid weeks to campaign Uhl L i, have bean saved. There is woyk after August 1. soma ohance the* the vessel may be Minister W n Ting frang ia said to ba floated. -f~ playipg policy at Washington bail Terra U ra u , oommonly called Santa desirous of standing in w ith Which Teresa, tba young señorita who, it is ever 'aide that wins in C hina. alleged, helped to Incite the various Two deltas war» caused by excessive Yaqui Indian rebellions in Mexico, wai beat and humidity at Chicago. The shot at Clifton, Aria., by G. N. Rod therm ometer registered R'.i degrees on rignea, to whom aha had bean married the street, and the humidily was al two days befóte. The young waa regarded as a M int, end hundreds most at the saturation point, t* A naw gold beach has Iwen discoverec 91 Mexicans Chased Rodrigase into the 65 mil«« below Cape Noma. Gold is mountains, where he w u captured, among the grass roots. A thousand after a hard fight. Ha w u unmerci man a n there and over a million has fully b uten end narrowly escaped lynching. Tba g irl w ill live. been taken out in a few weeks. - President Kroger ip ettll at Macha- After Buffering with Bright's disease for six eionths, and with a ll hope of dodorp. recovery gone, W illiam J. Montgom Japaneu laboran of Hawaii are on ery, a wall-known mining man of Halt »strike. Lake, Utah, committed auiaide by , Porter’s Caban tariff schedule must firing a bullet through hie brain. he revised. . Montgomery bad been a resident of Sixty passengers from Ifewaon Utah since 186«. brought out 0260,000. ’» Russians are moving >0,000 men to Lord Roberts is preparing for the fl ward New Chwang, u í battles of the war. Democrats- of Arkansas nominated Japaneu fishermen at Stevenson, B. Jeff Davis for gjvwnox. C., are raid to be arming. ‘ St. Lonfo strikers now believe their onTjTwpe Ilm ln boycott. Hawaii on the 14th inst. An attempt waa made to assassinate Colorado still maintains a qua 1 an Emperor W illia m of Germany. tine against San Francisco. Dr. Jameson has lieen elected a mem Penitentiary at Salem h u ISO pris- ber of the Cape parliament. less than a few years ago. -Two deaths and many prostrations Germany has ordered 26 big g n u foi from heat in Pittsburg, Pa. Immediate dispatofa for C h iu . Hot weather and no rain is d isu Hpuker Henderson has but _> trousAo crops in North Dakota. lu te d (or oongreu in his district in -*w' Storms played havoc w ith the crop« Iowa. at The Dalles, Or., and in the vi tatty. England is making poor hudw ay Steamer Cleveland arrived s tS u ttiv with the rebellion in the Gold Gout from Noma. She reports five wrecks. Colony. Heavy rain and subsequent floods are Boers attacked the British at Sena- doing grant damage in British Colum kal and Roodvalsprnit, bat were b u t- bia. » I**ei Director of Poets in Cuba Rathbone Sprecklu Bros, have purchased th« haa now been permanently suspended California L a m b « Company’s m w m ill, A, and way ba prosecuted. nt Marshfield, Or. Chinese minister in Berlin nays the W ill Larkin, a logger, w u drowned empress cannot ha deposed, hot might at Monroe, Or. John Bavnon fatally ba coaxed off the throne. in fared at Niagara. Ex-Governor Telyor, of Kentucky, Stockmen of Polk county, O r., have dogged by detectives and broken in united and o ff« liberal bounties tot health, ie at Niagara Falls. ialpa of w ild animals. President McKinley wants to know- ~ Tba steam « G w . W . E ld « , whiefc why the Monocscy did not Are on the arrived a t Portland, made the round Taka forts when fired upon. trip to Noma in 88 days. Boers in small bends era harassing David Ball, formerly o u af the I oolamns of the British. Dewet known lu m b e r« « of Canada, ia the guerrilla operation». at his home ia Naw York city, aged 78 A t the Seaside Athletic Clnb, noCey year«. Island, N. Y .. Gns Ruhlin knocked Remain» ol Reinhart Brook, of Port oet Tom Sharkey in the 15th round. land, recently drowned by failing off The force nnder Admiral Seymoni the Bailey G a tu rt, were found n u t has been located. Admiral Kampff re Kalama, Wash. In Chioago, two (laughter bonne* oc ports it ia ten miles from Tien Tain. cupied by Ilees Bros., and Ruddy Roosevelt is going to Oklahoma to Bros., w a n destroyed by fire w ith a attend tba Rough Riders’ convention, to « of 9?o,ooo. bat w ill not make |o litic a l speeches. Ralph Platt, formerly of the Oregon Chinese difficulties off vet Kentucky's volunteer*. j u t arrived at Tacoma ginseng trade, by which hundreds have fiom C h iu . Ha claims to ba accred made their living. I'rices have gone ited agent of the C hine« emperor on a down. special mission to Washington. Illinois Demcoista indorsed Bryan The Southern Pacific and Santa Fa and the Chioago platform, and nomi ru d e have perfected a traffic deal that nated Samuel Alschuter, of Aurora, foe is designed to oontrol effectually all governor. * ’ * the paeeengm business in California, T. B. Fargo, brother of J. C. Fargo, w ithin the territory of the two com preeident ol the American Expreaa panies. The main futures of thia Company, and of W illiam C. Fargo, agreement ere an interchange of rick founder ot the Welle Fargo Expreaa ets to San Joaquin valley points, no Company, is dead at his home in New 8anta Fa paasengw trains to L u Ah- York; aged 67. gelu and no rata catling. a Amerioan women, it is estimated, C h i u ’s new ral d from Canton to bold 9120,000,000 of national bank Hankow, with li w ill bs stock and 9187,000.000 of private and 1,000 m il« long. I t w ill be built ky state bank stock. Amerioan u p ! tai. In Germany one man in 218 go« to Rev. Charles 8. Wing, of Brooklyn, collage, in Scotland one in 260, in the told the New York Methodists that all United States one in 2,000, and in Eng the best Methodists were again« tbs land one in 6,000. amassment reetrioriou. Well-to-do young men In Berlin a n The perk h u rd of Baltimore h u for taking drags which induce h u r t w u k - bidden the nan of automobiles ia any of neee, in order to avoid compulsory m il the pubHo parka or plaunre placs* in itary service the city a n d « the control of the board. - "tap • --r — x Munster, Germany, has a high school Daway says man of wide in fle u c * which h u been la existence 1,100 first urged him to seek the presidential y u ra . » nomination. Rains of a c iv lliu tio a believed to The United S ta tu h u 200,000 antedate the Egyptian are discovered of railroads and le u than 20,000 in New Mexico. Of good wagon roads. A s ta tu of W illia m E. Gladstone is Am arioau to o k ___ .______ to ba erected at Athens in the garrieu anveiling at Vendome. Ftanao, a of the Eappeion in recognition of his ument to Rochambue, who fought aarvicu to Greek independence. this country ia the revolutionary Charlotte Crabtree, the retired act- Louis Jackson, industrial nee. widely known to older playgoers stonSr of the St. Paul road, repot M .D e lta ,.h u subscribed 0500 to tlx nnueual number of inquiries from fund for building an actor»' home ir era manufacturers tor dutiable ail New York. the West. M any C laim an t* for A ll K in d s o f P r o p e r ty . 9900,000 BROUGHT BY PORTLAND Trie See«**—a « « u a f X. I« « *— « « t San Francisco, July 2— The Portland, whieh arrived from Cepe Nome, reports that the steam « Rose- crane, fo n rtrly the transport Miswuri, h u g o u aground about 80 m i l« wnth of Capo Noma. W h ile her eituatton is not considered perilous, i t ia thought she w ill have considerable difficulty In Off. The Bo«orans h u n of government sc p p li« on board. The Portland brought only, according to Captain Lnndqulst. Tba steam « Charles Nelson bad a hard tim e of it . Sh» returned to Ul leaks Jana 18. While trying to find an opening In the ton hgg provisions gave out. She was te h ere u ile d again for M Portland Caps Home shortly after the left Dotoii Harbor. Tba « p ta ln ol the Corwin w u holding tba wrecked barkentine Catherine Sadden at Nome tor salvage. Captain Lundquist, speaking ol the conditions at Nome, hold of up be keep«, and in many in«tsnce» beeps i t at the point of a gun. rants. iodging-honsM , «loons, etorae, b a rb « shops, and in fact a ll hinds of basins« wee left in the handaof agents a have aold plan« and elearad'ont w ith the money.' Now the origin »h ow o*,r8 “le appearing on the scene, and there are ’moors in the a ir .’ ‘On the buoh It. wae Just 80 per - o u t w ane than up town. In tba town 1 rale there w u only about nt to In e*oh cam, hut on the buoh there than six. Agents sold things right and left, and in conse quence there w ill be endleu litigation before things axe straightened ont. No a il the big eiaim-owners took op lawyers w ith th e m ." - The Portland brought 10 b oxu oi gold, aggregating 9800,000, belonging to the Alaska Commercial Company. Part Townsend, W u h ., July 2.— The tarn« A l-K l.arrived from the north tonight, bringing . 80 passengers and 9250,000 in dust from Dawaoii, whieb bed b u n brought up ’ the r i v « on the stu m re Sybil. Among the passengers on the A l-K i ia Lieutenant J. 8. Her ron, of the Eighth United Stataa u v - alry, who a y u r ago started from Cook Inlet w ith a small command and crossed » hitherto un|»*netrate<i coun try leading for hundred« of miles over monntainh, valleys and plains to the month of the Tanana. The expedition was deaerteil by Indian guide«, aud for some mouth» fear» for the «afety oi the party were entertained, bnt on Decent- a p t t n jr f it c iw i« 9 monen OI the Tanana, where orders were receive ' to remain until spring. The object < the expedition w u to u o « ta in the feasibility of the route through Alaska, and to obtain information u to miners, tim bers and general data of that sec tion of Alaska between Cook In let end the Yukon r iv « . For nearly a y u r e I Arty wan w ithout new s from the outside world. Ueutonant Herron ie on the way to B u ttle for orders. Colonel E . D. Wiggln, land eomraia- at Rampart, is among the pas an the A l-K l, bringing the first news from that section. Ha aaya the u m p proved ltoelf bettor last winter than e v « before, and creaks be- considered worthless turned ont to be big gold-prondeers. H e estimates rim clean-np a t 02,000,000. Rampart waa deserted the early pert of last winter, ogly 400 or 500 people, who were a r t rich enough to go to Noose, remaining. They comprised steamboat hands and unfortunate min- When development work vom it w u soon proved that Ram part Creek w u rich, aud those whr were a t first out ot look ais now tba high road to fortune, aud Rampart bids fair to rival the Klondike u a gold-prodnear._____________ a««e»»S« Mlaava*««. Washington, July 2.— Diapateh« re ceived hers indicate ‘that the Colom bian government h u finally satisfied latelf that Nicaragna ia responsible for the revolution cm the Isthmus of Pana ma and inquiries have b u n made of oor government to aaeertan how fox re li ance may be bad upon ns for the inain- tenanoe of puce and order in case the insurrection finally jeopardises the Co loinbian government on the isthmus. Our government h u , ia autsw«. simp ly reverted to its old and well defined policy ia each oases of lim iting Ito ac- t i v it i u to the keeping open of the Pan ama railway and the protection of the lives and property of the United S tatu citisene. O«M M *aS«rS 1« H a y ti. Washington, Jnly 2.— The deport ment of state la advised by M in is t« Powell, a t Port an Prinoe, that he had b u n informed that the government of H ayti baa adopted the gold standard and that the united vales to the Amari- u n gold d o ll« . , K e a U a k y 's T rial a Washington, Jaly 2.— The inspec tion b u rd , headed by R ur-A dm irul Rodgers, which accompanied the new battleship Kentucky on her final ac- oeptance tria l, h u returned to W u h ington and reports the result of the tria l as very satisfactory and equal in every respect to b « stator ship, the Keanarge. The double terrata per formed splendidly. "'The Kentucky Will go into dry dock a t the Naw York yard tor soma finishing touohes of paint. Hvwonbt 1« Balt M lv n T a lle y . Phoenix, A ria., July I . — The pro longed drought ia Salt R iv « valley h u dram many tbooaand d o lls « ' worth of damage and thrutene the grain a» fruit crops not now harvested. Cattle ere ia bed condition, and many era ara disposing of their quickly u pdesihie. Capa Coast C u tie , Jely I . — Colonel left Kiawaasa the morning of June 28 w ith the intention of reiu forcing Captain H a ll at Bekwai with 400 m u, 800 carriers, a and • Manias. Whan half a mile from Dmanoassl ha w u find epon h u vily from tb » h u h . Captain Ron puli and u veral men fall at the flrsi fire. The easing of the w a l« ja c k « split aftar half an bouX’s firing sn<‘ nine m u , including Lieutenant Ed ward«, who were working the seven- ponnder, were pat out of, action halt later. Major Wilkinson w u Tba force then ¿barged discovering a stockade 80 yards distant in the bush, «0 sera fully sealed that its existanu coaid not ha suspected. The stockade w u carried at the point of the bayonet, and the The e u n a ltiu were six offieen and 87 men. The enemy's Io»» w as 50 killed end many wounded. I t w u .« - timatod that the natives numbered 10,- 000, one-half of whom had muskets. Jnly 2.— Advioes received bam today from Prahsu, Aahantoe, nn d « enrrant date, my the telegraph line has b u n reo|>eued to Pnnisu. and that Colohel Burroegha, with 600 men, w ill move immediately. Colonel Bur roughs, with 600 m u , to expected to reach Bekwai in two days. The rebel lions Ashanteei are reported to be in strength near Fomen, where fighting is expected.' S T R IK E S Tfcs » IR H A W A II. Labarar» W «at Contrast« A aaw llo*. Honolulu,.June 18, via Pen Fran- cfooo, Jane 80.— A serie« of strikes h u been inaugurated by Japenot-e laborers on several of the islands. I t la rejxrrt- ed that the Japaneu have b u n told that they are free American citizens now ana that the American laws pro vide that no workingman shall receive tom than 01 * day. The laborers do* mend the cancellation of their con tract«, and that the plantations shall pay u c h individual fobonr th e 02.60 a whieh, by the terny of the con tract, a n to be psdd to the immigration ipanies, in con» ¡deration of the companies haying brought the to the islands and guaranteeing his v io u during tba contract period, ot to replace him if he deserts. So for as the 02.60 per month is ooncerned, the plantations ais willing to accede to the demands of the laborers, it is stated, bnt they are not w illing to oonsldertfae contracts u having been annulled by the territorial law. A delegation sent to the Annotation of Mani by the Jap- imraigration companies received it from the strikers, and they were foroed to return to Hon oluln. ' ■ ■■»■I. | . —.... B sy a lta d From Itoard «V Trad«. Chioago, Jnly 2.— Charles R. and A lb e rt 0 . McClain, of the commission firm of McClain Bros. A Co., who for soma weeks have b u n on tria l before the board of trade dlreotors for main taining and operating a b a c k « shop. Wen found gniliy tonight and by nnanim ou vote expelled from memtjer- •falp. United S tatu postal official. the McClains last Novemb«, charging them with using the mails to defrand. They were indicted by the grand Jury and put on tria l before Judge K ohlsut, ia the United S ta tu district ooart. Judge K o h ls u t took the oase from the jury and entered a verdict of not gnilty. Then the board of trade offlomls took the matter in their own hands, w ith the above result. U «««a R«e«lve<t tb a K h «d lv«. London, June 80.— The khedive of of Egypt paid a state visit to Queen V ictoria at Windsor C u tie this after noon. Accompanied by the Duke of York and the Turkish ambassador, Antopnlo P uha, and staff, be drove in state, escorted by the Hooshold cav alry, to the Paddington station, where took a train for Windsor. The Doke of Connaught there joined the party and accompanied bis highness to the castls. The prooeseion at Wind* r w u esoortedjhy the LifsrGuard«, and a detatchment of grenadiers forme a gnard of honor in the quadrangle o the oastle. The queen received the khedive at the prinoipal entrance. A warm greeting ta u g iv u to the Egyp tian visitor. n » v y T«rd W«B«« Chi*. New York, July 2.— I t to reported that the b u rd of wages at the Brook lyn navy yard haa recommended a cat of w ag u for u veral of the gradu of me chanics and maohinlata. Tba report i b u n approved, i t to u id , by Secre tary Long, end w ill go into effect in July. The present b urd, which meets annually for the adjustment of wages, is oomposed of Naval Constructor W att, Lieutenant-Commander Morrell, Lieu tenant Gibson and Paymaster Jackson. I t to mid the men intend to appeal to the secretary of the u v y , through the commandant of the navy-yard; against the rednctlon. ri«bb«r 1« • P a llm a a Car. Omaha, Nah., Jnly 2.— A m uked robber started through the Pa Ilmen o u on the Omaha Billings train, on the Burlington, after lu v ln g York, Neb., this morning. H e got two watohes and 070, bnt took a lu m , pulled the a ir brake and left the train bafora completing his work C m « 9 t Ab«>Krt«a- Salt Lake, Jnly 2.— The rem ittitu r in the c u e of young Abu Majors, af firming the judgment of tba lower court and ordering that the d u th «en- tanra be carried oat, w u mads out by tba clerk of tba supreme court today, and later mailed to Judge H art. I t now beoomee the duty of the oonri to roaantaara the youthful prison«, which, i t is expected, w ill ba dons acme rime next weak. Frankfort, K y ., Jnly 2.— Governor Beckham today rafnaad to approve the aoconnfo for « rv ie m of the Taylor m ill- « a from the date Goebel wa« declared govern« nntil tbs evacuation of the troops, after the decision of the supreme court. The whole sum claimed In u f o r iu aggregated upward« of 060,- 000. ’ . July 2.— Yaatarday's. Che Foo. Jnly 1.— The a t Wuh H en. Shan Tang pvov- ia Northeast Nebraska swept « « bean deatroyed. The mla- 100 taitos square, and tasi tau p eJ. The goveenw h u , I * the setenen tat'Aad th at he to en A t Uknfiald two i able to »• i Boer* Active ia Oratn<e River C olon y. f AB ENGAGEMENT AT LIMOLI Y T b « It Tkraa to Ma •n b d a a tb « W ill T aka Loralon, July 8.— Aorive rilla eperattou are reperte a dooaa points ia the Orange river col ony. B e « offioidle from Mtchadodorp a v « that a part of the British convoy iptnred June 24 n e u Winbnrg. The Lonrenoo Marques correepondanl of the Times says: “ Bolh the burghers and the foreign ers who are arriving here profeu a strong bsUef that it w ill taka from t h r u to Six months to subdue the Boeis.’* Another dispatch from Lonrenoo Marques seye: 44A ooosign m eol of a foreign Arm m uked ‘Dutch olmeee, damaged, ’ proved, on landing, to contain army boom for the Boers. I t passed the one- tome, bowev«, w ith nnasnal dispatch, end the British consul is making pre sentations to the Portuguese govern m ent.” _____ _ ’A B atU « H L la d la r . __ ___ Jnly 1.— The «teem « G»o NT. K id « rind up at the Ainsworth dock at 8 »'»tank tart night, star c voyage of a im days fro « Noma C ity, having made the ronad trip , including five ttaya tay-wv« in D n « h Harbor and six days disohaiging oaxgo a t Capa Noma, in 84 days. She brought 18 paaanngon. bom of w h o a report that they struck it v « y rich. H « trip ia the qnlckMt on ruoord. Two days bafora the de parture of tba E ld « , the Noma C ity arrived off the b u c k , and Captain Randall, of the E ld « , b allav« a w ill ha in Portland again in about 10 Thu E l d « took np 826 pasnengai m ostly from Portland, aud lauded them w ith th eir belongings u fo ly on tba b u o h . The O. R . A N . Oa. had made lightering arrangements, w hich, an ablad tba Eldar to get qniek dispatch* and aba w u much batrar off in thia raaport than many ot the other, s tu m are. F l u ships ruohed Nome bafora aba did, ,fba first of them bains the San Bias. Tba stampede to Topknk, the naw district wbera i t is reported that 046,000 was taken oat, was at its height whan the K id « was ta port and a n o th « find wao raportad rt'P o rt C la r ence, np the b uo h in the direction of Kotaebne sound. The day before the Eldar aailad a m lro r u m a to Captain Randall and offered ta guarantee him 820 paaaengera a t 020 a b u d for a ran to this row field. H a foiled to return again to make good his guarantee, and tba captain did not wait for him . Money is plentiful, w a g u and m u ls high. Grant diffionlty waa exper ienced hy many of the vessels in get ting man to handle the oaxgou, and uch delay haa been expuienaed on thia account. Many of the en w s of the boats “ jumped” u soon ae they ruched the buoh, and here again the E ld « was fortunate aa she lost only tour man by dasartion three of whbm wara from the c»bin where they w art not missed owing to,the few passengers carried oh the return trip . Smallpox broke out on the etum ehip Ohio which took ap 700 people «from B u ttle , and she want into quarantine a t Egg island. She was still there when the B U I« left, O t lw r , stum ers which w e n a t Dutch Harbor a t tba u m a tim e w ith the E ld « came r t m r t R f f in after her arrival a t Nome having been de layed a t b atch Harbor by the diffionlty of je ttin g o u l. The price ia 012 a ton which a ll the oaptains were more thgp w illin g to pay, u they could not get along without o u t . There is a abnaanra in the yards nt Dutch Harbor bnt only a lim ited forra of men to handle it. u ........— — ... GETS SUGAR P LA N T. A GREAT DOCK FIRE T h r e e O cea n S te « m » h ip » in H o b o k en » B u rn ed . A TEBKIBLB L088 OF LIFE Property Loss O r e n ia ,0 S » ,a » a -V« sota Ooetrorod Are Ba»>«, Bro- Nsw Y « k , Jnly 4.— Over 010,000,- 000 worth of property was deslroyed, many lives lost, many persona were injured, and a t least 1,600 H r « im periled by a fits that started among cotton bates nntfor ptar No. 2 of tha North German Lloyd Steamship Com pany, in Hoboken, N. J ., a t 4 o'clock thia afternoon. In le u than 16 m in utes the fla m « covered an area of a quarter of a m ile long, extending out ward from tba aotnal shore line to the bulkheads, from 600 to 1,000 feet away, and had caught four groat o o « n liners and a doaea or more s m a ll« harbor oxaft in their grasp. Stories in regard to the tort of life arc conflicting, tba n u m b « being vari ously estimated a t from 60 to >00. Up to midnight 10 bodies had been recov ered, but they were a ll so badly burned and blackened that identifica tion was impossible. The hospitals in New York, Hoboken and Jersey C ity ara crowded w ith in jured and men arc being brought ia by ecoree. Those who gathered along the shares of tha Hudson river to witness the great conflagration m w a spectacle they ean n e v « forget, and one that w ill always have a conspicuous plaoe ia the history of Naw York. R iv « and bay ware en veloped in a pall of black smoke through which angry flam «, bursting « from voloanoM on tha Jersey shore and in the water itself, leaped like spirits into the a ir. Tba surface of the water wa» covered, w ith floating aud biasing mass« of freight thrown ln~ haste from the doomed vessel«, »11 un ' noticed in the mad race to rescue more precious human life threatened or be ing sacrificed in the great ships. And through the p a ll o f amoks a g n a t crimson sun, enlarged to thrice its sise by tba base, glared tik e an ’ enormous sya u It slowly sank, in the w w |. Such w u the tremendous spectacle prtsented on the s u ite « of the Hudson r i v « r o i l i t bad bean some bpliday pageant. I t w u made tragic by the realization that in that ataek* and be- neath the turbid water» aoorei of live» had been lost or were then in th eir la«t ' desperate struggle« against death. The spectacle w u witroeaed by thousands from both shores, and by other thousands w ho crowded upon every ferry boat, every excursion boat upon every river craft that oould ba second for the purpose. Tha crowd upon tha banka of tha riv« w u atmoet . as groat as th at which formed to w lt- isa the triumphant return of Admiral D ew ey. London, Jnly 8.— The war office has received the following from Lord Jtob- erts: Pretoria, June 28.— Paget reports from Lindley that he w u engaged on June 28 w ith a body of the enemy who strongly reinforced daring the day. A convoy of stone for the Lind ley garrison w u also attacked on June 28. bnt after a b u y y nar-gnard action the convoy reached Lindley in u fe ty . Our u u u l t i u were 10 killed end four officers and about 50 men wounded. The fight reported yesterday was under Lieutenant-Colonel Grenfell, a u r Drel- per. Brabrant u m a np daring tba en gagement. Total oasoaRies of the two columns, t h r u killed and 28 wonn^ed. “ On the previous day, near Finks- rg. Boyes’ brigade w u in action w ith a body of the enemy . Our u s n - were two officers killed, four men wounded and one man miming. Metbnm found yesterday that the Boer laager n u t Vachkop and Hpita- kop had been hastily removed in the direction of ' Lindley. He found the and captured 8,000 enemy 12. mil< I of u t t l« , which •h u p and 600 the enemy had seised in that hood. Oar o u u a ltiu were wounded. “ Horner continued h i» march yeat«- Kew led u tv jr day toward the Vaal r iv « unopposed. N sw b arg Or. Many formers along the route have sur- Newburg, O r., Jnly 4 .— Thia evening oloaad the fort day of the tim e given ‘‘Springs, the terminas of tb» ra il Newberg and Y a m h ill county to secure road from Johannesburg, due u s t, w u the 0000,000 beat sugar factory offered attacked yesterday morning. The by Eastern capitalists on condition of Canadian regiment, which garrisoned tba pledging of 6,100 acres of sugar the piara, b u t off the enemy. .N o buto and the donation of a factory sit«. casualtirt are reported. This day h u aaaa a grant effort put d u tn a s U North reported miesifik ^ u M sd -Lert. tb , and the rasalt totrigfat Is O a t aftar the ataek on~ th» uonstrnotion 6.000 acres has been deflntoly pledged Naw York, July 4.— Tha train, ia a prison« of the Boars.” d the money is on hand to pay lor tainad in the fire by the North German Lloyd Steamship Company in Hoboken . the factory. Chaff«*« Wars««. . J yesterday, are tonight oouewvatively An immense m u s meeting waa held Baa Francisco, July 8.— The trans- placad i at M a rly 010.000,000, aad tits in Crater’s hall thia afternoon, which poit Grant, which sails for Nagaski, Ufa, merely guesswork a t even lose of 1 and tbenra, it is believed, to Cha Foo w u addressed by Governor G e « . The this late hoar, w ill reach probably u or Takn, w ill carry 500 men of the hall w u . densely packed, and crowds high u 200, and there ara o v « 800 Sixth cavalry, which, in addition to a went away, unable to get in . The gov in tha hospitals la this olty, Ho ernor gave a very practical and enoour- hospital oorpa, made np at the Praai- boken and Jersey C ity, badly burned. dio, 300 recruits and 200 marines, w ill aglng address, which was w ell re Up to 11 o'clock tonight 18 bodies oonstitnte the force going to China. ceived. He dwelt upon the undevel have bean recovered. Eleven of thme oped possibilities of the state and The Ninth infantry and ■ signal corps were placed in a row a t th * morgue ia from Manila and the marines a lru d y pointed ont the necessity of inch man thia city and numbered, this being the in Chine w ill complete General Chaffe’e ufacturing concerns as the beet surer only moans tba authorities have of industry for building np the industrial fore«, making 8,000 to 8,000 In a ll. maintaining any sort of identity over T h r u surgeons w ill accompany the prosperity of Oregon. Such aa enter tha oorpa«, aa they ara so badly hospital oorpa. Assistant Surgeon prise, he said, w ould bring more peo charred and dismembered that identi John T . Haleell w ill have charge of ple, and more people Oregon m art have. fication will- ha made only by trinket» Governor Geer emphasised the fact the m e d lu l department on the trans that oor country la w h « ta d to death, oi pieces of clothing th at were found port. and our only salvation ia diversified in about them. The only way the r i « m - dustry. He referred to the proeparity ehip officials have of approximating the B sa d sm a a a ’s P rob «b l« H letak a. Berlin, July 8.— Since the receipt oi which exists in the beet-raising sec low of life ia hy oomparing the list of reported safe with the list of the Admiral Bendemann’s dispatch an tions of the Eart .and in Union county, p lo y « on the steamships. nouncing the arrival of tba legation« at of ear state, u an example of w hat this tonight Gustsr 8ohwab, the Tien Tsin w ith Admiral Seymour, tba enterprise wlILdo for Newberg, Yam 1 agent of the North Gorman 'oreign office hers h u received no h ill aad Oregon. O tb « enthusiutic Lloyd line, gave ont a Hat' showing n rth « information either way. W hile speech« w a n made hy Icnal orators. A t tbs close of the meeting subscrip w hat man on « c h vasul had been admitting the possibility that Admiral Bendemann w u miiinformed, tba for tions w a n taken for acreage. Con missing np to that hoar. On the eign office assumes the oorrootnus of tract! have been signed and reported S u le 886 men were employed, and hie dispatch n ntil the contrary ia for 6,100 acre«. A public m eeting was only 127 of these had been aooonntod proved. I t admits, bowev«, that i t ia held ia M cM innville today, and a tele for up to 11 o’rlock, l« v ln g 128 men ry singular that the o tb « powers phone meashge received hare states that actually employed u officers. u ilo r i, have not received news sim ilar to that several hundred seres were taken stewards, engineers, coalpassms, oilers there. The committee canvassing for and trimmers to be aeoonnted (or. cabled by Admiral Bendeman. subscriptions for tba site haa the total The Bremen had 204 men aboard, but amount subscribed from Newberg's only 127 of these have been found. The B a r n e d b v M e lte d C o p p er. Phoenix, Jnly 8.—John Markey, citixens alone. The sugar factory for Main had 187 em ploy« on aboard at the tim e, and of th e « only 27 have e-nployed in the smelting works of the Newberg ia now assured. The rite obtained consists of 50 acres bean reported u fe . t _______ United Verde mine, at Jerome, w u ourned to d u th and two Italians were hero on the bank of tba W illlam ette T l« a Vein A rs«n*l T a k n . severely burned last night. M aA ey r iv « . 8t. Petersburg, July 4.— V im -A d was a skimmer on. a converter. Ha m iral Aliexeff telegraphs to the minis M « rd « r« rs S « n t« n e e d . had poured the content« of the con B u ttle , Jaly 4 .— The Indiana con ter of war, General Kouropathine, vertor into the great ladle and the victed of the m urdw of M r. and Mrs. from Takn, undw data of Jane 2», via crane w u hoisting it when the p a ll1 Horton,of Eegene, O r., at Lynn canal, Port Arthur, June 80, aa follows: broke, pouring a large quantity ot Tba arsenal at Tian Tain, which last October, ware sentenced a t Skag seething copper over Markey and par way, Jans 27. Hanaon, who killad < offered a pow «fnl b a « of operations tia lly o v « the Ita lia n » Markey's Horton, w ill hang. W illiam s, who for th e B oxers, w ho have greatly dam clothing waa burned from h it body and « t Mrs. Horton’s throat, under throats aged the E nrop u n town, h u been he lived but b short rime, dying i n 1 of Hansen, w u sentenced to 60 yean . taken by a s u n lt.” foarfnl agony. Klchitoo also 60 gate y u ra . A n o th « Tba imposing buildings of tba Gor One fireman was killed and 11 other ia given 80 ywxa, and two others 20 don Memorial college, a t Khartoum, y u ra uoh.________________ firemen Injured and nearly 0800,000 ara almost completed, hot tha prepara worth of property was destroyed by fire According to Ralt Lake City figures, ' tions for putting them to p ra c tiu l m - in the machine shop of the Bert Mann- the n u m b « of Mormons now la exist-* connt ara still in th eir vary m rly factoring Company ia Pittsburg, Pn. a n « fo 880,000. stag«. Hawaii*« f-astaflie««. W la Fre*» F reaek ow *. F » s» lly W u W reak ed . Washington, June 80.— The fo lio *, Parte, Jnly 4 .—-In tb a competition Kafoo, Jnly 4 .— By an accident oa ing Hawaiian postoffiras have beaiuad- rite O etrend« logging railroad, four for the world's championship for pro- vanoed to the presidential c la « : Hono m ilu north of thia place, yesterday fe«ionals, under the auspice« of the lulu. salary, J » , 200; Kohala, safety forenoon, a vonng son ot Clark W a lto n racing olnb of Franco, today, the 01,000; llllo , salary 02,100. The w u k illad , his w ife and daughter u c h Amerioan, Shoenfleld, won the weight- postmaster at Honolulu has been ap had an arm crushed and Walters’ throwing cvmtest, covering 114 1 me- pointed, bnt those lor the other places shouldai w u d isloutad, and ha w u ter»/ The high jum p wee won by mentioned have not been »elected. The o th e rw i« brniaad. Several o tb « pm- Sweeney, of New Orlm ns, who cleared appointees for efficea in H aw aii m art sone warn slightly injured. 1.80 meters, w ith Hhoenfleld second, be residents of the island» clearing 1.78 meters. Sweeney also The University of Barlin w ill soon won the long jum p w ith 6.80 meters^ section windmills worn d«troynd and have th r u chairs of anthropology and and Shoenfleld w u second w ith 6.05 crops blown down._________ — A a U -r « r a l* a P la ca rd s. thtdaetrered. Hoag Kong, Jnly 8.— A r i v « boat ■ s a a u t a T k slr Safety. which fau arrived at Wu Chow roporte _ . Jnly 4 .— Tha British Altoona, Pa., Jnly 8 .— Farmers ol that it w u detained for. 24 hours at ro M o ia t O hw Foo telegraphs the- the Qnamahoning valley are armed and Wn Chow Fa by o rd « of the British • r o * von Ketteter, German m in iä t« guarding a point that has b u n selected ooronls, in o rd « to afford protaotloa >1 Pakin, w*s mnrdornd hy aativ for the «action of a dam four miles for foreigners until the gunboat Robin troops J b m 18. T h r u legations, i t fo long end having a depth of 76 fort at arrived. I t waa added that antl-for- not stated which, wore s till nadeotroy- tba braast. The farmers declaim the •ign placards had been posted at Wu od J b m 2 *. T b * A tn « l u u consul hem dam w ill ba a m a n s « to public u fe ty Chow Fu, « y ia g the time hod ro w ar says that Yeah Lu telegraphed June >« the value of their lands. rived for the maasaora af tba foreign te a t tba other ministers warn u fo that The property ewMve below tha dam ers, T h* British gunboat ftandpip«, flta s itM tio n w u deeper* claim they w ill bo in constant danger i t waa further snnonneed. w u still ha- doubted wnathOT tba min- of a rspititlon of tba Jobaatown flood. twaaa W a Chow Fn and Nghan K in coaid bold oat 14 bourn lo n g «. Tba clash between tha civil engineers Fa. and could r o t bn n w lto d , owing to oould not give and tba teaman is axpaotod a t any the wiroa baiag ant
