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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Cdndensed Form for Onr
Busy Readers,
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Rosumo of tho Loss Important but
Not Loss Interesting Events
of tho Past Wook
A now treaty with San Domingo 1b
proposed.
A new law in Russia grants more re
ligion freedom.
General Fanston will Join Tatt and
Dacon at Havana.
The stench from corpses at Hongkong
is causing sickness.
Tho sugar markets of the worid ar
unsettled by tho Cuban revolt.
American arsenals are preparing am
munition for use in Guba in case an
army is sent to the island.
Suit has been commence! to oust the
WaterS'Plerce Oil com any from Texas.
Violtion of the anti-trust law is the
ground for action.
Sailors of tho navy havo sued for
damagos because they are excluded
from amusement places. Thoy are
backed by tho government.
Taft and Dacon have warnod all par
ties in tlio Ouban controversy that fail
ure to agree will bring an army from
the United Slates to tho island.
Kstlior Mitchell and Mrs. Orofllold
cannot distinguish between right and
wrong, according to tho insanity com
mission, ar.d are dangerous persons to
bo at large,
Tho Pacific Steamship company's
stcauer City of.Seattlo has gone on the
rocks at Trail l. and, noar Vancouver,
B. 0. Tho parsengora wore all landed
safely and it is thought the vessel can
bo saved.
Tho cruiser Minneapolis has sailed
for Guba.
The Cuban government has agents In
Kansas buying horses.
More railroad bridges are being
buruad by Cuban rebels.
Vollva has been elected overseer of
Zlon City by the residents of tho Dow
lelte town.
Many riots are occurring in Moscow,
Russia. Hulldings are being burned
by the revolutionists.
A card sharper has swindled rich
PittBurRers out of $1,000,000. Some
of tho plunder has been secured.
Gompers says tho American Federa
tion of Labor has but just begun its
campaign against unfriendly congress
men.
A Yokohama paper claims that a
largo part of the funds for tho relief of
destitute Japaneso have boen embez
zled. The stoun at Hongkong has proven
much mora serious than at first
thought. At least 20 vessels were
wrecked, many of them being total
losses.
Tho Interstate Commerce commission
has iesued notice to the railroads of the
country regarding passenger rates. Spe
cial excursion rates are not to be pro
hibited. Dowle says he is going to Mexico to
die.
Secretary Root may go from Panama
to Havana.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth is to go
bear hunting in October.
General de Dloulin has been ap
pointed as Trepoff's suceseor.
An attempt' has been made to kill
the heirjto the Austrian throne.
A great immigration to the North
weat ia predicted by railroad men.
The steamer Mongolia may be saved
irom trie rocks at Midway island.
A large shipment o( sheep has been
made from Grand Forks, B. C., to Chi
cago. The American minister to Morocco
will demand the payment of claims of
citizens of the United Slates.
Gifford Pinchot, chief of the foiest
service, will attend a Canadian forestry
convention at New Westminster.
Harrlman has bought a controlling
interest in the Batltimore & Ohio rail
road, giving him lines from ocean to
ocean.
The transport Buford has been or
dered to proceed from Honolulu to
Midway island and get the passengers
of the steamer Mongolia.
An American bank ia to be opened in
Berlin,
Anarchist coatlnually dog the
kaiser.
Geaeral MacArther ia bow Iiecteaaat
ajeaeral.
BIDS FOR CHINESE.
Four Firms OfTor to Supply Them for
Work on Isthmus.
Washington, 8ept. 21. Proposals
were submitted to the Isthmian Canal
commission yesterday for tho furnish
ing of Chincso labor to be employed in
the construction of the Panama canal.
The requlreraentB of tho specifications
were, in brief, that tho contractors
should Bgree to supply tho commission
with at leftist 2,600 Chinese, the com
mission having the privilege of calling
upon the successful contractor for adl
tional labor not exceeding 15,000. It
was further specified that the laborers
should bo on the isthmus ready for
work within threo and a half months
of the opening of proposals and that
the contractors should deposit with
their proposal a bond of $50,000 as n
guarantee to fully carry out the terms
of the contract.
Whllo tho commission has been In
communication with about 150 individ
uals and corporations who had signified
a possible desire to Hubmlt proposals,
only four proposals were finally offered
to the commission. In the prosence of
the contractors and others interested
the propositions wero opened by W.
Loon Pcpperman, assistant chief of the
office of administration of the commis
sion. At tho conclusion of the reading of
the proposals, Mr. Pepperman an
nounced that no award would be made
of the contract until the proposals had
been examined by thn commission and
its general counsel. In accordance with
the specifications, the proposals wore
made for tho furnishing of different
olasses of labor at a price fixed by tho
hour in Aniorlcnn gold.
A summary of tho four proposals sub
mitted follows:
The Amorican-China Contracting
company: Common laborers, 10 conts
per hour; foremen and Interpreters, 20
cents an hour; physicians, 40 cents pur
hour; cookB and barbers, 16 cents per
hour.
International Contracting company,
Washington, D. C: l.aborora and
cooks, 13 cents per hour; doctors, 30
conta per hour; assistant doctors, 30
cents per hour; interpreters, 2)4 times
13 contfl per hour; foremen, 1 times
13 cents per hour.
Wah Me Lee Hang & Co., Baltimore:
Laborers, clerks and' barbers, 12K
cents per hour; loremon and interpre
ters, 15 cents per hour; doctors, 25
cents per hour.
Joel Julian Reuben, Washington, D.
C: For the first 2,600 Chineso labor
ers, 11 cents per hour; foremen, 40
cents per hour; doctors, 00 cents per
hour; interpreters. 00 cents per hour;
cooks and barbers, 30 cents per hour,
For additional laborors abovo 2,500 per
hour: First 1,000, 11 cents; second
1,000, 10K cents; third 1,000, 10?4'
cents; fourth 1,000, 10 conta; fifth
1,000, 10)4 cents; sixth 1,000, 10?a
cents; seventh 1,000, 10 conts;
eighth 1,000, 10 cents; ninth 1,000,
0) cents; tenth, 1,000, 9)4 cents;
eleventh 1,000, 0)4 cents; remalndor
of 16.Q00 9 cents.
Tho last pro porn I is assumed at tho
department to provido that, if the com
mission enters into a contract with Mr.
Reuben and wans the full quota of 15,-
000 Chineso, ho will furnish them at
the rate of 0 cents per hour for common
laborers.
TESTIMONY IS SHELVED.
Interstate Commission Turns Down
Pacific Coast Lumbermen.
Chicago, Bept. 21. Various Eastern
aud Western railroads, through their
legal representatives, mado strenuous
objection! today beforo tho Interstate
Commerce commission to the presenta
tion of testimony by tho Pacific Const
Lumber Manufacturers association in
its petition against 25 Western rail
roads. The lumber manufacturers are
asking to compel thu railroads to furn
ish adjustable racks on flat cars foV the
transportation of lumber. They claim
that the roads furnish proper facilities
for the ebihpping of other commodities,
and is not doing likewise for the lum
bermen, discriminating against them,
After the attorneys on both sides of the
lumber case had made exhaustive argu
ments, the commissioners declared that
the case would be indefinitely post
poned,
New Points Under Meat Law.
Washington, Sept. 21. The decision
of the acting attorney general has been
asked by the secretary of agriculture
regarding certain previsions of the new
meat inspection law, particularly aa to
whether or not foreign meat products,
or food products in which mentis large
ly a component part, will bo absolutely
prohibited from entering tho United
States and whether England, Germany
and France will be forced to provide a
system of governmental inspection and
labeling which will be acceptable to
this government.
Opens More Oklahoma Land.
Oyster Pay, Sept. 21. The president
haa issued a proclamation opening the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian
lands in klahoma. Tfie Interior de
partment will announce the date for
the reception of sealed bid 1 under which
the 50,5000 acres of land are to be dis
poned of to homesteaders. '
DEAD IN THOUSANDS
Many Chinese Were Drowned in
Hongkong Typhoon,
ALL COMMERCE IS PARALYZED
Half the Harbor Craft Wrecked and
Many Buildings Destroyed
Camo Without Warning.
Hongkong, Sept 20. The typhoon
which swept this port, destroying a
great number of vossols and causing
much loss of life, was of a local naturo,
It came suddenly and without warning.
Tho observatory hnd predicted moderato
winds. Half an hour after the gun
signal had been fired the storm was at
its holght. It lasted two hours.
Most of the damage was wrought on
the Kowloon peninsula. The losaos
are estimated at several million dollars.
Over 1,000 sampans and junks are
missing from Hongkong alone.
Wharves were swept away and houses
collapsed. The military barracks are
in ruins.
The harbor is strewn with wreckage
thrown upon tho shore. Hundreds of
Chinese bratmon and their families
were saved by tho bravery of the police
and civilians, but several thousand of
tho Chinese water-dwellers must havo
perlshod, many within short distances
of tho shore. Tlio'losses in lives and
proporty among tho Chineso were ap
palling. Today tho pollco stations in
Hongkong nro surrounded by Ghinoso
Identifying their dead. Tho families
of tho Hongkong boatmen llvo night
and day on the sampans, and thousands
of those peopln aro now homeless.
Tho Chinese tako tho disaster calmly
and show no manifestation of griof.
One launch that was capsized had 130
Chinese on board, Thoy wero all
drowned,
Sir Matthew Nathan, governor of
Hongkong, and tho authorities, are
doing all everything posslblo to render
assistance. Reports of fresh disasters
aro arriving every hour.
Only a few Europeans aro missing!
It Is now estimated that 6,000 Chi
nese lost their lives. Reports aro daily
Increasing the mortality.
BEGIN THEIR TASK.
Taft and Bacon Hear Storlos of Both
Factions In Cuba.
Havana, Sept. 20, The presidents of
both tho Moderato and the Liberal
parties this afternoon submitted to Sec
retary of War Taft and Assistant Secre
tary of State Bacon, representing Presi
dent Roosevelt, their respective state
ments of the facts leading up to the
revolution and the conduct of belliger
ents. Each of tho presidents tomorrow
will present a written statement ol the
forms ho is willing to agree to in the
interest of peace. General Meuochal,
representing the veterans, also related
to Messrs. Taft and Bacon the effort tie
had made in the lino of peace and the
difllcultiei he had encounteiod and
gave Ills opinion aa to what courses
hold any promise of an amicable settle
ment. Today's hearing began at the homo
of Minister Morgan in the villago of
Marianao, which is only three miles
from the most advauced post of the in
surgent force, that of Colonel Baldo-
mero Acosta, which is encamped In the
vicinity of Arroya Arenas.
After the hearings Mr. Taft raid to
the Associated Press that he had just
begun his work and that it was evident
the mission upon which he came would
require more tlmo than he had antici
pated before his arrival. He intimated
that ten days would be required to
complete tils errand, but be could not
say whether or not it would be neces
sary to visit insurgeut camps or other
cities than Havana.
A private telegraph wire Is being
strung fiom Mr. Morgan's house to the
cable office in order that Messrs. Taft
and Bacon may be able to report direct
to Mr. Roosevelt.
Scotch Train Wrecked,
London, Sept. 20. The crowded
Scotch express train on the Great
Northern Railway, leaving London Inst
night, was wrecked outside of Grunt
ham At midnight. The train should
have stopped at Grantham, hut failed
to do so. Soon after passing the sta
tion the train left the rails and then
jumped a bridge. The engine and sev
eral coaches were dashed over the em
bankment. There aro many passengers
beneath the debris. Of ton extricated
five have died. The number of lives
lost is not known.
Artillery General Killed
Warsaw, Hept. 20. General Nlcolal
eff, of the artillery, has been assassin
ated. He was erroneously thought to
be a merahr of the field court martial.
General Nlcolaieff was walking on
Weilka street this mmning, when he
was surrounded by rive r vriuttonist
and shot dead. The murderers escape J,
BRIDGE COLLAPSES.
Many Killed and injured In Oklahoma
Train Wreck.
Guthrie, Okla., Sept. 10. Eight peo
ple are dead, 20 more or less injured,
and aa many more are missing In the
moat disaatroua wreck in tho recent his
tory of the Rock Island, which occurred
three miles from Dover, Okla,, yester
day. Tho engine, tender baggago and mail
cara, smoker and day coach of paeaen
gor train No. 12, northbound, left tho
high bridge that spans tho Cimarron
river, and plunged into tho current
flanked by treat horoua quicksands.
Tho locomotivo disappeared from sight
Almost immediately. The mail and
baggage clerks escaped from their
coaches and swam to the shore.
The accidont was due to the defective
condition of the bridge which was
swerved out of line by the pressure of
driftwood carried down by tho swollen
stream. Tho train was an hour late
and was running nt high speed to make
up time. Tho engineer did not see the
condition of the bridge until ho was
within a fow yards, when it was too
late to stop. He shouted to his fire
man, throw on tho brakes and jumped.
He landed on the very vorge of the
river bank and escaped unhurt. The
fireman was leas fortunate, sustaining
severe injuries.
When the engine struck the bridge
the whole structure suddenly collapsed,
precipating the engine and coaches into
the water. The chair car and two
heavy Pullmans were not pulled in,
but remalnod on tho track.
The most authentlo accounts place
tho number of passengers in the smok
er at between 26 and 30. With but
few exceptions these havo not boon ac
counted for. Tho only hopeful news la
contained in messages received from
rural districts. Men on blta of drift
wood havo boon aeon going down stream
nt various points, but attempts at res
cuo havo in most Instances proved futile.
NEW STORM ARISES,
Santo Domingo Again Infected With
Revolutionary Fever.
Washington, Sept. 10. Just as the
Cuban Insurrection appears to be on
the point of harmonious adjustment,
the United States government is con
fronted with a new outbroak in Panto
Domingo. Commander Boutherland,
senior American naval officer In Do
minican waters, reported to the Na.vy
department by cable late this afternoon
that an Insurrection Mfaboot to break
out in Santo Domlngo'lrt any time. He
eaya that tho governksent haa sent
force of 400 men to Monte Ohristo.
The situation is declared to be acute).
Ho fears that an uprising may taker
placo. He requests that the Dixie,
which is now in Ouban, waters, be re
turned at once to Santo Ddmlngo.
When the advisability of withdraw
ing the naval forcea from Dominican
waters was dlecuBsod when the crisis
came in thu Cuban rovolt, a suggestion
was made that it might give encourage
ment to tho Insurgents in that island.
It was finally decided, however, that
the Dominican government had matters
well in hand and that no chance was to
bo apprehended with tho present fleet
of gunboats in those waters.
FUNSTON TO LEAD.
Will Be In Command of American
Army In Case of Intervention,
Washington, Sept, 10. General
Frederick Funston, who ia now on his
way to Washington under orders from
the War department, will probably be
assigned to command the army in Cu
ba, if intervention should be found ne
cessary. Whllo orders have not been
issued for the movement ol troops to
Cuba, the army waa never bettor pre
pared for quick action, if It ia found
necesaary to send them to Cuba,
General Funston la probably aa well
Informed regarding conditions in the
Island aa any officer of the army. He
made a good reputation in the Philip
pines, and only a few months ago at
tracted attention by the manner in
which he handled tho difficult situa
tion growing out of the employment of
troops in San Francitco after the earth
quake. Theifact that he la under or
derH to come to Washington and to
await further instructions indicates
that ho ia wanted for important duty.
Dynamite From the Sky.
Brureela, Sept. 10, Sensational ru
mors of a plot agalnat the Russian czar
and his family are being circulated
here. It ia stated that tho revolution
aries, finding It impoBalhlu to approach
the palace at Peterhnf by lauu or sea,
have purchased balloons from an Amer
ican inventor, the purpose being to as
cend from the German frontier and
drop down explosives on tho palace. It
Is intended to destroy the infant czare
vitch and Grand Duke Vladimir. It is
eaid the authorities became aware of the
plot and arrested the ringleaders.
More Troops Ready for Service.
Richmond, Ind,, Sept. 10. Com
panies G and 0, of the Fourth United
States infantry, on the way from Fort
Benlamln Harrison, near Indianapolis,
to Fort Wayne, Mich., were today or.
derod to report to Fort Thomas, Ky.,
In anticipation of be ng sent to Cuba.
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