THE MORNING OKKGONIANV jVTUUDAY- JUiSU 22, liJUl.
HOSHI TORU STABBED
JAPANESE STATES3IAN ASSASSI
NATED AT YOKOHAMA.
The Crime Supposed to Have Been
Due to Politics Formerly Min
ister at Washington.
YOKOHAMA, -June 2L Hoshl Toru.
who was Mjnister. pf Communications in
the last Ita Cabinet, was stabbed today
at a meeting, of the City Assembly and
died shortly afterwards. Hoshl Turu -was
Japanese Minister at Washington and
was formerly president of the House. The
assassination is supposed to have been
due to politics.
The assassin is a man about 50 years
old, occupying a. good social and public
position. Vk He declared the "blow -was
struck in the interests- jof the country.
His Career in Washington.
T WASHINQTONT June, 2L Qfflcjals of
thef Japnese Legation were shocked when
Informed by the Associated Press ad
vices of the assassination. Mr. Hoshl's
service here as Minister lasted from 1896
to 1S9S. He is well-known in diplomatic
and official circles. Before coming hero
he was prominent in the politics of his
'Country" and on returning to Japan he be
came a member of the Cabinet His offi
cial life In Washington and at home was
marked by vigor and decisiveness and the
characteristics brought him much enmity
in certain political circles of Japan. This
Tesulted in charges affecting his integ
rity as a member of the Cabinet, and
Tather than compromise his associates
by -the controversy he tendered his resig
nation and began libel suits against his
detractors. Peeling ran high over this
affair and it is probahly due to this that
the fatality occurred. Mr. Hoshl leaves a
widow and one son, the latter 9 .years old.
He was 4S years of age and besides his
prominence in politics was a student and
a man of literary accomplishments.
A GERMAN LIBEL SUIT.
Result of Action Bronght hj- Ljman,
or the Acnente Xnchrlchtcn..
BERLIN, June 21. The libel action
brought by Dr. Lyman, of the Leipsic
Neuete Nachrlchten, against Dr.
Schmidt, Dr. Lock and the Cologne Ga
zette, arising from. Dr. Lyman's asser
tion that the De Beers Company sent
1.200,000 marks to Cologne for political
purposes, has resulted as follows: Dr.
Schmidt is sentenced to pay a fine of 100
marks or undergo 10 days' imprisonment,
and Dr Lock is sentenced to pay a fine
of 200 marks or be Imprisoned for 20 days.
The court also decided that while the
Cologue Gazette was naturally Irritated
by the assertion, made, the manner In
which the assertion was repudiated was
offensive.
In the course of the trial today Herr
Jansen, attorney for Dr. Lyman, offered
to prove the assertions of his client, and
named witnesses who, he asserted, would
give evidence-that a syndicate composed
of the De Beers'"and other South Afri
can companies has a large fund In the
Standard Bank of South Africa, Ltd., at
Salisbury, Rhodesia, for political pur
poses; that the fund is held without di
rect accountability to the members of the
syndicate; that the syndicate paid Herr
Gehl, the Pretoria correspondent of the
Cologne Gazette, 4000 marks a month; that
Gehl admitted having been bribed by the
syndicate; that Gehl was court-martialed
and sentenced to death as a traitor by
the" Boers, and that a check from the syn
dicate for 200,000 marks was found among
Gehl's effects. Thi court declined to hpar
Herr Jansen's testimony because Herr
ueni -was not, on mat.
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NEW JAPANESE CABINET.
Will Encounter Opposition From Ito
Party in the Lower Hoase.
YOKOHAMA, June 7, via Victoria, B.
C, June 2L After a month, of political
and partisan excitement, a Cabinet has at
last been formed by "Viscount Katsura,
who for a long time has been at the head
cf the War Department, and who distin
guished himself as one of the leading
Generals in the China-Japan War. His
Premiership not only gies general satis
faction, but it is also looked upon as sig
nificant of a radical change In the po
litical situation. It will practically have
a majority "behind It in the upper House,
hut in the lower House it will soon en
counter the savage opposition of the party
of which Marquis Ito Is at the head, and
which holds numerical power there.
The United States transport Thomas,
with the Thirty-eighth, Forty-seventh and
Forty-ninth Regiments from he Philip
pines on board, arrived today quite un
expectedly. Great satisfaction is felt at the contin
ued and cumulative evidence which Is
reaching here of the almost entire pacifi
cation of the Philippines, and besides
prospering from the opportunities which
are likely to be opened up there, the
country is becoming lively.
PLAGUE AT HONG KONG.
Outbreak Is in a Virnlcnt Form
Transport Quarantined.
, VICTORIA, B. C., June 2L News was
received by the steamer Victoria, which
arrived today, that plague is becoming
violent in oHng Kong, where up to the
.end of May from the beginning of the
.year 529 Chinese, six other Asiatics and
eight Europeans had been attacked, and
493 Chinese had died, a6 well as four
other Asiatics and five whites. The
China Mail says it Is impossible to deny
that the outbreak Is in a virulent form,
and one of the serious facts connected
with the epidemic Is that cases are found
in every part of the country.
The transport Klntuck and the steamer
"Empress of China are 'quarantined at
Nagasaki, a Chinese fireman having died
on the former, which has 180 United
States soldiers and IB officers. No par
ticulars were received of the Empress,
"but cable advices received here report
that she will be released on the 24th.
THE LIBERAL SPLIT.
Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Bannerman Ex
plains His Position.
LONDON, June 2L The principal topic
"discussed by the afternoon papers here
today was the split In the Liberal party.
The a'r ls thick with rumors of expulsions-
and resignations. The Imperial
ists declare Sir Henry Campbell-Banher-man,
the Liberal leader in the House of
Commons, must find his position unten.
able. The pro-Boers advocate the ostra
cism of Herbert M. Asqulth, the ex-Lib-eral
Home Secretary, who made a speech
at . Liberal meeting yesterday declaring
that Boer Independence is impossible.
'Campbell-Bannerman attempts to pour oil
on the troubled waters with a letter ex
plaining that he never thdught of blam
ing the soldiers, but -condemned those
who are responsible -for -instituting the
Concentration camps, as.x-ery hardship
inflicted on the women and children, can
only prove an Impediment to the settle
wnent "of the long struggle.
Rumor, of Botha's Surrender.
- LONDON, June 2L The Sun this After
noon "again prints the sensational an
nouncement which It made June 18, that
-General Botha, the Boer commander, after
receipt of President Kruger's decision not
to concede anything, decided to ignore the
ex-President of the Transvaal and surren-
jier. The paper also says it Is believed at
lhe British Foreign Office -that the formal
"act of -surrender has already occurred.
The secretary of Joseph Chamberlain,
--the Colonial Secretary, declares thatthe
Knimor of the surrender of General Botha
& unfounded. ' .
, Educational Debate in Commons.
LONDON, June 2L On the vote on the
Scotch educational estimate in the House
of Commons today, James Bryce paid a
high tribute to Andrew Carnegie's 'mag
nificent generosity, which Mr. Bryce
hoped would be regarded by others as an
example to be followed.
Thomas O'DannelL Nationalist, moved
In favor of the Irish Education Board In
cluding the Irish language as a subject
of Instruction in Ireland. John Dillon
seconded O'Donnell's motion in a strong
speech. George Wyndham, chief Secre
tary for Ireland, explained that the plans
were provisional, and said it was a mat
ter which ought to be delegated to the
board. O'Donnell's motion was rejected
by a vote of 107 to 56.
Ontlook Gloomy in India.
LONDON, June 21. The Bombay corre
spondent of the Dally Express announces
that the monsoon rains have not yet ex
tended beyond the Bombay presidency,
and that unless they become more gen
eral the outlook Is very gloomy.
Bismarck Memorial Condemned.
BERLIN, June 21. Professor Relnhold
Begas, the sculptor, has received 500,000
marks for his work upon the Bismarck
memorial. This monument Is condemned
in a sharp article by the Nord-Deutsche
Allgemelne Zeltung. f
Prussian Crop Conditions.
BERLIN, June 21. An official report on
the condition of the crops of Prussia up
to the middle of June characterizes them
as mostly of medium quality.
"Waldorf Astor's Contribution.
LONDON, June 22. William Waldorf
Astor has contributed 5000 to the Queen
Victoria jubilee nurses' fund.
MOB HELD IN CHECK.
Texns Soldiers Gnnrdlng a Negrro
Fiend at Trinity.
HOUSTON, Tex., June 22. A special
train bearing the Houston Cavalry com
pany and a portion of the Light Guard
left here last night for Trinity, Tex.,
where the remainder of the Light Guard
are guarding a negro named Spencer,
who was Identified as a man who last
week attempted an outrage. From a
train which was not allowed to stop at
Trinity the negro could be seen tied to a
tree, while around him were grouped the
soldiers, and surrounding them was a
mob of people.
The special train reached that point
at 1:15 A. M. A special dispatch which
came through a few moments before that
time states that the 29 soldiers guarding
the negro Spencer had taken a stand In
a schoolhouse. and that about 200 well
armed men were outside. No further
information has been received, and the
special telegram Is cut short with the
words: "Captain McCormlck assured the
citizens that the prisoner would be pro
tected' at all hazards."
BARKER WAS CONVICTED.
Jury Took One Ballot and Found
Him Guilty.
NEW YORK, June 21. The jury before
which Thomas G. Barker, of Arlington,
N. J., was tried for shooting with Intent
to kill Rev. John Keller, of the same
town, took one ballot this afternoon, then
returned a verdict of guilty. The Jurors
were told that they must set 'aside all
else and decide only If Barker, with intent
to kill, fired at Keller. That was the law
and they must obey It. Notice of appeal
was given by Barker's counsel. Barker
tonight found himself once more an In
mate of the County JalL He must re
main there until $10,000 bail is furnished.
Before him stands a possible seven years'
Imprisonment and a fine of as .much as
$2000. Mr. Keller was absent and showed
no emotion when told of the verdict.
Barker had expected an acquittal He
based his string hopes upon the plea of
his counsel -when he dwelt upon the un
written law that a man has a right to
kill where the sanctity of his horne is as
sailed. Whatever the effect of this line
of pleading upon the jury, it was swept
away by the cold charge of the court
that the story of the alleged outrage, or
the outrage itself, if true, was not Justi
fication of the defendant's assault. The
court explained that he had admitted evi
dence that Barker had been told of an
alleged assault, not because It had any
thing to do with the case, but because it
was for the jury to determine if the story
had anything to do with making the de
fendant criminally irresponsible. If they
believed the defendant was sane at the
time of the shooting, they must convict.
In his closing speech, Prosecutor Irwin
asked the Jury If the woman's course was
the natural one. He said her story was
Improbable, because Mrs. Barker would,
in the natural course, have told her hus
band of the assault at once, and falling
that, would have made a confidant of a
woman and not of another man. The
jury's only ballot was unanimous for
guilty and a unit for the highest degree
charged.
Body Found in a Well.
MENA. Ark., June 21. The body of
Louis Hoyer, a Mexican restaurant-keeper,
was found In a well in the north part
of town today by Mrs. EggleBton, who
went there to get water. Many bruises
were found on the body, Indicating that
he- had been murdered. Mrs. Sanders,
.Mrs. Springer and- Miss Margaret Davis
were arrested to awat examination by
the Coroner's jury.
Distress of Cuban Debtors.
NEW YORK, June 21. A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Reports of distress continue to reach
Washington from debtors in Cuba. Governor-General
Wood has announced that
all classes of creditors are at liberty to
take action and enforce the collection of
mortgage credits on all kinds of property.
Mortgages on property in Cuba amount
to ;208,000,000, $100,000,000 of which is- on
city real estate and the remainder on ru
ral property. Seventy-nine per cent of the
value of the city real estate Is Indebted
ness and 58 per cent of the value of the
rural property Is Indebtedness. The aver
age annual Income from the city real es
tate Is 10 per cent, and that from rural
property Is 14 per cent. In view of these
figures. War Department officials express
the opinion that there Is likely to be a
great change of ownership of property
in Cuba. Rural and agricultural proper
ties, the buildings on which were de
stroyed during the war, on which Improve
ments "have not yet been made, are ex
empted from the enforcement of the mort
gage claims.
Righting the Ingalls.
NEW YORK, June 21. The attempt to
float the capsized Army transport Ingalls
at Brooklyn will probable be made to
morrow. A crew of divers Is working at
closing the ports and hatches. When this
Is done, the hull will be pumped out and
the ship floated and righted. The ship
does not appear to be seriously Injured.
" Bought by the General Electric.
NEWIORK, June 2L Official conflrma
tibn has been given to the report of the
purchase of the British Thompson-Houston
Company, Ltd., of London, by the
General Electric Company, of New York.
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Excursion to the Coast.
MONTGOMERY, Ala.i June 2L The Ala
bama State Press Association, after a
two days' session, adjourned today and
tonight a party of 90 started on an ex
cursion to the Pacific Coast.
NEWRATES.
For National Educational Convention at
Detroit, July -8-12, the O. R. & N. has
made a round-trip rate from Portland of
$S1 25. Tickets on sale July 2 and 3; re
turn limit, August 3L Call at city ticket
office, Third and Washington, for other
details.
RECORD OF RAILROADS
VANDERBILT LINES TO COME UN
DER ONE EXECUTIVE HEAD.
Burlington Opens a Nevr Bond in
Montana and Wyoming, But With
draws Surveyors Elsewhere.
NEW YORK, June 21. The directorates
of several of- the Vanderbllt railroads met
at the Grand Central depot today. The
most Important action taken at any of
the meetrngs was the re-election of Wil
liam H. Newman as president of the Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Com
pany, and thfe election of W. C. Brown,
late general manager of the Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy, as additional vice-president
and general manager for both the
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and the
Lake Erie & Western Railroads.
It had been anticipated that In view of
Mr. Newman's elevation to the presidency
of the New York Central, a successor to
him on the Lake Shore would be chosen
and several names were suggested In con
nection" with the succession. The, action
finally taken Is regarded as an indication
that the policy of the Vanderbllts In the
future will be to have but one president
for their entire system, with a vice-president
In charge of each of the several
properties composing It.
E. D. Worcester was' re-elected vice
president of the Lake Shore road. The
directors of the latter also declared the
usual semi-annual dividend of 3& per cent
and made It payable July 29. The treas
urer's statement for" the first half of
1901 showed gross earnings of $13,485,508,
an Increase of 5.95 per cent, and net earn
ings of $4,462,028, a decrease of 4.7 per
cent, ,
The Lake Erie directors declared a divi
dend of 2 per cent on the preferred stock,
payable June 15. The gross earnings for
the first half of the year were $2,153,732,
and the net earnings $511,520. The election
of Mr. Brown as a director, additional
vice-president and general manager, fills
the place In the board made vacant by
the death of John W. Doane.
The directorate of the Michigan Cen
tral declared a dividend of 2 per cent
on the preferred stock, and the board of
the Canada Southern a. dividend of 1 per
cent on the capital stock. A joint state
ment of the two roads showed feross
earnings for six months of 1901 of $8,700,000.
JEW YORK JOBBERS COMPLAIN.
Unable to Profit by Travel to the
Buffalo Exposition.
NEW YORK, June 21. The Journal of
Commerce says:
Some of the leading wholesale firms in
this city who are Interested In Southern
trade are receiving complaints from mer,
chants at Southern ports that they can
not secure as favorable rates to the Pan
American Exposition via New York as are
being offered over other routes. Most
of the merchants desire to stop over here.
If possible, to make purchases in this
market, and firms here are naturally inter
ested In the matter because it Is a ques
tion of business with them. One of the
largest jobbers In a certain line has re
ceived the following from his represen
tative: "A Southern correspondent, who, with
others, contemplates coming North this
Fall, writes me that all tickets, straight
and excursion, which are offered at South
ern points to the Buffalo Exposition, are
sold only via Washington and via Phila
delphia, not through New York in either
direction." N
George H. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central, said when
this" matter .was, caned to Tils attention:
"We cannot help It The natural route
to Buffalo from Southern points say in
Virginia and the Carollnas. Is Tla Wash
ington'. It is a much more roundabout" trip
via New York City. We certainly cannot
change the topography of the country so
as to make the distance via New York
the same as over the direct line via
Washington. We are now offering rates
from New York to the Pan-American at
Buffalo lower than ever before, and if
merchants in the South or in other sec
tions desire to come here they can reach
New York by steamboat or otherwise
and then avail themselves of the low rates
to Buffalo from this city. As to the fact
that most of these Southern parties are
prospective buyers, I may say that we
have had a great many protests from all
sections Rochester, Utlca, Syracuse and
other trade centers against the 'buyers' '
excursion. Jobbers of those places com
plain bitterly against the diversion to New
York of the trade that they naturally re
gard as their own.
"As to this Immediate proposition we
have done all we could do by giving low
rates from New York. We could not be
expected to grant as low a fare on a
longer trip as Is given on the shorter and
direct route. Merchants In Cincinnati
would not go to the Pan-American via
New York City; the natural and direct
route Is via Cleveland. No more could
we be expected to take traffic of South
ern ports from the direct route via Wash
ington. Of course there Is no Intentional
discrimination against New York. All I
can say Is that conditions are such that
we cannot do more than we have done In
the matter of reduced rates."
NEW PRESIDENT OF "WABASH.
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., Succeeds the
Venerable O. D. Ashley, Resigned.
Joseph Ramsey, Jr., who yesterday suc
ceeded President Ashley as chief execu
tive of the Wabash Railroad system, has
forged his way to the front In a com
paratively few years, until now he occu
pies a most prominent rank among West-
em railroad officials. Mr. Ramsey was
born In a suburb of Pittsburg, Pa., April
17, 1S50. He U a graduate of the West
ern University. When 19 years old' he ac
soclated himself with the engineering de
partment of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Chicago. & St. Louis. (Pan Handle) road.
In 1873 he was appointed chief engineer of
the Bell's Gap railroad, a wOnderf ul piece
of engineering work, now a part" of the
Pittsburg & Western. Later he was made
chief" engineer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton, and subsequently became as
sistant to President Ingalls of the Big
Four. From this position he was pro
moted In 1891 to general manager, and
held that position until December 1, 1S95,
when he was made general manager of
the Wabash Railroad, and about the same
time was elevated to the vice-presidency,
from which position he Is now advanced.
LARGER INTEREST IN PORTLAND.
Union Pacific Has Most to Gain From
Traffic Through This Port.
T. M. Schumacher, general agent of the
freight department of the Union P&clflc
i 1
-Joseph Ramsey, Jr.
system In San Francisco, was In Port'and
yesterday on his way back home from n
trip to New York. When asked his opin
ion of the relative importance of Port
land and San Francisco to the Union Pa
cific, he said there could be no doubt' that
Portland was away ahead of the Bay
City. He made the distinction that wjille
the Harriman syndicate might be more
heavily Interested In San Francisco, the
Union Pacific had and must continue to
have an Identity of Ita own, and this
separate Union Pacific interest has more
to gain from Portland than from San
Francisco. He thought Union Pacific pol
icy would be to cohtlnue to promote
Portland.
MILLER IS NONCOMMITTAL.
Will Not Say He Has Been Appoint
ed Director of Traffic.
ST. PAUL, June 21. Much Interest was
attached to the return to St. Paul today
of Vice-President Darius Miller, of thn
Great Northern, who Is reported to have
been selected as director of traffic for the
Hill-Morgan group of railroads, compris
ing the Great Northern, Northern Pacific
and Burlington. It was expected that,
Inasmuch as Traffic Manager Stubbs, of
the Southern Pacific, had confirmed his
appointment as director of the Southern
group, Mr. Miller would do the same con
cerning his appointment, but such Is not
the case. Mr. Miller says that up to the
present time he has no Information' as to
what really Is to be done. "I say author
itatively that nothing has been decided
as yet regarding the actual details of
management of the Northern group."
"Have you been selected?"
"I have, of course, heard my name
mentioned, but nowhere as often as In
the press reports. I do not think this
matter will be settled until after the re
turn of Mr. Hill."
"Do you think the Northern group will
carry "out the harmony programme on ex
actly the same lines as the Harriman
group?"
"Not necessarily." There Is no agree
ment whatever to that effect. Merely be
cause Mr. Harriman has selected a direc
tor of traffic for the Southern Pacific,
Union Pacific and the other lines In the
group, It does not fOllow that the North
ern lines will do the same. Mr. Harri
man seems to have settled the question
for his group by appointing Mr. Stubbs.
Mr. Hill and Mr. Morgan may settle the
Northern group case In another way."
Opening: of a Burlington Branch.
OMAHA,. June 21. On July 1 the Bur
lington road will open the first stretch of
Its new extension from Toluca, Mont.,
southwest to Cody, Wyo. The entire
length of this projected addition to the
northern division Is 130 miles, that being
the distance between Toluca and Cody.
The section about to be opened, how
ever, extends from Toluca to Prior and Is
50 miles In length. It reaches Into the
heart of the Big Horn country and almost
to Yellowstone National Park, opening up
a section of Wyoming hitherto out of
reach of transportation Influences.
Burlington Surveyors Called In.
DENVER, June 21. George W. Holdrege,
general manager of the Burlington lines
west of the Missouri River, Is In Denver
and gave a denial to the report that he
may go to St. Louis as general manager
of the Burlington's Missouri lines.
"We have called In our surveying par
ties west of Guernsey, Wyo., because they
have completed their work," said Mr,
Holdrege. "There have never been any
definite plans for the extension of the
road beyond Guernsey. We expect the
road will some day go beyond that point,
but what wjll be its terminus cannot now
be said. There are no definite plans for
the extension,"
May Manage the Rio Grandcs.
DENVER. Colo.. June 21. H. B. Kosser
'is transferred to Denver from Bait Lake
as general agent- of the Missouri Pacific
Railrsfad. ikit -will ba. the personal rer-
xesenfiative qf Vice-President Q., C. War
ner, general manager of. the Gould roads. ,
It is .said that Mr, Kooaer Js to be vir
tually th head of the Denver & Rio
Grande In Its operation as a part of the
Gould system. A. I. Trowbridge, travel
ing freight agent of the Missouri Pacific,
who has been located in Colorado terri
tory, has been transferred.
Furthering the Community Plan.
NEW YORK, June 21, It was reported
in Wall street today that the syndicate
which recently sold a large amount of
St. Paul stock has agreed to take a large
amount -of Union Pacific. common stock In
furtherance of the "community of inter
ests" Idea. This syndicate is said to be
headed by William Rockefeller and John
D. Rockefeller. The amounts of stock In
volved were not definitely stated. No
official confirmation or denial of the report
was obtainable.
Present Arrangement Satisfactory.
NEW YORK, June 21. President Fish,
of the Illinois Central Railroad, today
made a positive denial to the Evening
Post of the current reports that the Illi
nois Central will take over the Minneapo
lis & St. Louis and the Iowa Central
roads. Mr. Fish says his company has
no use for those roads, that he has sat
isfactory traffic arrangements with them
at present, and there will be 'no closer
connection.
Will Move Headquarters.
DENVER, June 21. George Estes, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway Em
ployes, announces that the headquarters
of the brotherhood will be removed from
San Francisco to Denver In the near fu
ture. This organization admits all rail
way employes without reference to their
particular line of labor. It Is a com
paratively new order, but Is said to have
a large membership among the railway
employes of the West.
Sale of Mexican Road Confirmed.
NEW YORK. Juno 21. The sale by J.
H, W. Sellgman, of this city, of the Mon
terey & Mexican Gulf Railroad, to the
Mexican Central Railroad was confirmed
today,, when directors of the last-named
road formally accepted the terms offered.
These were not disclosed.
Railroad Notes.
Thomas E. Wallace, Southern Pacific
freight rate clerk, left last night for a
two weeks' visit in Ohio and Wisconsin.
General agent B. H. Trumbull, of the
Illinois Central, returned yesterday from
a four weeks' visit in the East. His wife
was with him, and his niece,. Miss Mat
tie Trumbull, accompanied them home.
W. A, Seachrest, passenger agent for
the Vanderbllt lines, returned yesterday
from a week's trip up the Columbia Val
ley. He reports crops In excellent , conT
dltlon, grain ripening and farmers pre
paring for a record-breaking harvest.
General Byron Laflln.
HUDSON, N Y.. June 21. General
Byron Laflln is dead. He was a native
of Lee, Mass. Before the Civil War he
was an extensive paper manufacturer,
and enlisted as Captain of a company of
the Thirty-fourth New York Volunteers,
and was promoted to Colonel. He was
brevetted Major-General, and became
Provisional Governor of North Carolina.
He Is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Dawes, of Chicago, and Miss Eliza Laflln,
of Watertowi N. Y.
MORE LOW RATES.
Portland to Cincinnati and return. $78 50.
Tickets on.sale July 1. 2 and 3, gpod for
return until September 1; stop-overs en
route. City ticket office, Third and Wash
ington. BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby Is Cutting Teeth,
Be sure and twe that old and well-tried remedy,
Mrs. WlnsLaw' .Soathlng Syrup., tor children
teething. It soothes the child, soften the rumi,
JUys all pain, cure wind colic and AlarrHMft,
TORNADO IN NEBRASKA
SEVEN LIVES LOST BY A STORM
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Several Members of Two Families
Severely Injured Gales in
Other States.
OMAHA, June 21. Special dispatches to
the World-Herald from Napier, Neb.,
tell of the loss of seven lives by a tor
nado Thursday night. The killed were
members of the Greening and Anderson
families. The casualltles are:
Jacob Greening, father, aged 40, fatally
injured.
Mrs. Jacob Greening," mother, still liv
ing, but not expected to survive.
Grace Greening, aged 14, seriqdsly In
jured. Margaret Greening, aged 7, killed.
Maggie Greening, aged 9, killed.
John Greening, aged 4, killed.
Jacob Greening, aged 2, killed.
Out of the Anderson family of six two
children, Ida and Clara, aged respectively
7 and 8, were killed, and the mother and
daughter. Bertha, and son, Theodore,
aged respectively 10, and 12, Injured. One
of these children has since died. August
Anderson, the father, was away from
home at the time.
Mrs. Greening, mother of the Greening
family, is seriously injured and is not
expected to live. Her shoulder Is broken
and she' Is Injured Internally. Grace
Greening Is also very badly Injured, but
unless injured internally may survive.
Mary Anderson, mother of the Anderson
family, Is not seriously Injured. The
father of the Greening family was found
a quarter of a mile from the house badly
mangled. Both arms and legs and back
were broken, and there is no chance for
his life.
Little Maggie and Jacob Greening were
found 600 yards from where the house
stood. They were stripped of all their
clothing, but were not disfigured. The
other two children were close to the
house and were in full view of their
mother and eldest sister, who were both
fatally Injured and who could see them
but render no assistance.
Six hours before the storm the sun
was shining. The storm cloud appeared
about 5 o'clock and traveled down the
Keya Paha R,lver. It seemed to rise up
and skip some houses and then swoop
down and demolish everything. The tor
nado was preceded by a severe hailstorm.
Stones fell that measured 10 Inches In
circumference. Mrs. Anderson took
refuge under a bank near her home with
three children. She said:
"I saw the cloud coming and knew It
was bad, and I grabbed the youngest
child and took two with me. When the
storm struck It took It right Into the air,
and that was the last of it. I hurried to
my children, but the storm took two of
them away from me and killed them. 'I
laid down and held my baby.The wind
also took it away from me. A timber
struck me and broke my shoulder. After
the storm all my clothes and shoes and
stockings were gone."
The big wagon bridge acros sthe river
was completely destroyed.
Windstorm In Kansas.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., June 21. A
strong wind storm that came up this
morning from the south and veered later
to the southeast, created considerable
havoc In Independence. Trees were up
rooted, outbuildings turned over and small
houses and barns moved from their foun
dations. The fronts of several business
houses and windows of dwellings were
smashed in. The roof of the Mercantile
Mill was partly blown off, a large ice
house waB unroofed and the Santa Fe de
pot was damaged. ",
Tornado in, SoHh t Dakota.
-RAPID CITY, S. D., June 21. A tornado
did heavy damage several miles west of
this city, totally demolishing farm build
ings and uprooting trees. No loss of life
Is reported.
A SOUTHERN CANDIDATE.
Names Suggested for Democratic
Presidential Nomination.
NEW YORK, June 21. A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Congressman John Wesley Gaines, of
Tennessee, In an interview, favors the
nomination of a Southern man for Presi
dent in 1&04. He says:
"My proposition for the nomination of a
Southern man for President In 1904 Is
taking like wildfire. Since I made It a
week ago I have received stacks of let
ters from all parts of the country com
mending me. For more than 50 years
this country was ruled by the South, and
I am satisfied we can regain control If
we go about It In the right way. The
first step In this direction should be the
nomination of a straight, old-fashioned
Southern Democrat for President In 1904.
The man who says that the South does
not now possess an abundance of Presi
dential material Is a fool. I can name a
dozen men or more, any one of whom
would make us a winning candidate."
Then Mr. Gaines mentioned these names:
Senator Morgan, of Alabama; Senator
Cockrell, of Missouri; Senator Carmack
and ex-Senator Turley, of Tennessee;
Senators Culberson and Bailey, of Texas;
Senator Bacon and Clark Howell, of
Georgia; Associate Justice White, of
Louisiana.
"And," said Mr. Gaines, "you might
add to this list the name of John Marshall
Harlan, of Kentucky, who though ap
pointed to the United States Supreme
Court as a Republican, has enunciated fine
old Democratic doctrine from the bench
more than once.
"The war Is over, and the South Is an In
tegral part of the Union, and not an in
sular possession or a Porto Rico; and be
sides have not numerous ex-Confed-eratcs
served on the bench of the Supreme
Court and in other positions of the Fed
eral judiciary by appointment of both
Democratic and Republican Presidents?
Also, have not several ex-Confederates
served In the Cabinets of both Re
publican and Democratic Presidents?
Congress has been full of ex-Confederates
for 20 years. Surely, If ex-Confederates
can be trusted to make and In
terpret laws, they can be trusted to exe
cute them. Therefore, my voice from this
time on shall be for a Southern man for
President."
A BOXER MINISTER.
China SendB a Manchu With a Bad
Reputation to Japan.
PEKIN, June 21. The Emperor has np.
polnted Na Tung to be Chinese Minister to
Japan. The appointee Is a Manchu, and
was formerly president of the Tsung 11
Yamen. He Is reputed to be a Boxer, and
narrowly .escaped being Included In the
list of Chinese officers who were beheaded
at the demand of the powers. It Is doubt
ful If Japan will accept Na Tung as Min
ister from China.
Boxer Troubles Not Over.
BERLIN, June 21. The cologne Volks
Zeltung contains a special from a German
missionary In Shan Tung, In which It Is
asserted that the Boxer trouble Is by no
means over; that the rebels are quietly
enjoying their plunder from the missions;
that the phllo-foreign edicts are only a
blind, and that another and worse rising
is expected soon.
At the Foreign Office a gentleman on
Chancellor von Bulow's authority told a
representative of the Associated Press
that this news was In no wise corrobor
ated by official news from China. On the
contrary, every bit of news from there
for months has shown that nothing like
general tfoUble is expected. This is espe
cially true of Shan Tung, where every
thing remains quiet ahd order Is main
tained with the active aid of Yuan Shi
Kal, the Governor. There Is absolutely
nothing to substantiate this alarmist
news.
Regarding Prince Tuan, the latest offi
cial reports Indicate that he Is not where
he can communicate easily with the court,
and he certainly now has no Influence on
the court.
Pay of Legation Guards.
WASHINGTON, June 21. Pending the
settlement of the Chinese Indemnity, an
other question has arisen In reference to
who shall pay for the maintenance of the
legation guards after the several coun
tries have withdrawn their main forces.
The legation guards are to be stationed
at Pekln for the protection of the several
foreign establishments there, and their
presence has been Insisted upon against
the protest of China. It has been sup
posed that each government would pay
for Its own guard, but the point Is now
made that these guards are maintained
owing to the Inability of China to insure
adequate protection, and that China,
therefore, should bear the expense.
Germany Increnscs Her Claim.
BERLIN, June 21. It is officially ad
mitted that Germany desires to Increase
her claim of indemnity against China
from 12,000.000 to 14,000,000, because the
first figure does not include expenses
borne by Germany in China from May
to July. This demand about tallies with
Germany's actual outlay during the two
months in question. It Is understood here
that Great Britain backs up Germany in
this Increased claim.
Rumored Massacre of Belgians.
PEKIN, June 21. The Belgian Minister,
M. Maurice Joostens, today dispatched a
messenger to Slam Kal with Instructions
to verify the report of the massacre there
of four Belgian missionaries. The mis
sion Is strongly fortified, but it is re
ported that some of Tung Fuhs maraud
ers surprised and killed the native con
vert garrison in April.
CAPTAIN MANNEY'S RISK.
He Savr No Danger in Navigating
Hell Gate With the Massachusetts.
NEW YORK. June 21. The order of
the Navy Department to the effect that
hereafter no battle-ship shall pass
through Hell Gate except under conditions
of exceptional emergency and the success
ful passage of this channel by the Massa
chusetts has attracted unusual attention
In marine and naval circles here. Just
before starting Captain Manney, In com
mand of the Massachusetts, said:
"I do not know what all this hulla
baloo Is about. I do not see where there
Is any danger. They talk about no bat-tlc-shlp
ever going through. The Maine
went through. Of course, she. was not a
battle-ship of the first class. I do not
think there Is any danger. If I did I
would not attempt the passage."
No special pilot was taken by the Mas
sachusetts. Captain Bell, the veteran
navy-yard pilot, proffered his services,
but Captain Manney said:
"I have been In these waters a great
many times before. I never took a pilot
yet, and I do not see why I should now."
Captain Bell also made little of the
danger of taking the Massachusetts
through Hell Gate. In his opinion. It was
not specially hazardous, and required
only careful work by the men at the
steering apparatus. He said:
"Why, there Is a vessel three times as
big as the Massachusetts which goes
through Hell Gate twice every day. That
is the Prlscllla, of the Fall River line.
She comes in In the morning and goes out
in the afternoon."
Rear-Admirai Barker, the Commandant
at the navy-yard, denies that he has
ever termed Captain Manney's venture
"foolhardv." He did rv this Jinww
"Considering , .the .risk ,pf; property, i
would nnt tnkR n. visaI hf ior )..
through a narrow passage, especially
when there Is no need for It. I went
through there on the Philadelphia my
self, but they made a great time about
It because they thought I did not have a
pilot. I did have a pilot, though. Of
course. If the battle-ship gets through It
Is all right; but if anything happens, the
Captain would be responsible for It."
SOONERS ARE DESTITUTE.
Rufllnns on Oklahoma Border Have
Already Picked Out Claims.
KANSAS CITY, June 21. Thousands of
people, camping on the border of the
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache reservation In
Oklahoma, awaiting the opening of that
land to settlement, are in destitute cir
cumstances, according to D. J. McKenna,
Who has Just returned from the scene.
"Only last Monday." said Dr. McKenna,
"two friends and myself drove over to
the border from Oklahoma City, and the
sight that greeted us was one of terrible
destitution. Twenty thousand men. wo
men and children are massed on the bor
der, and half of them are utterly desti
tute. Only a small percentage have even
tents to sleep In, but huddle under the
wagons and such sheltering places as they
can find. At least 5000 of them have been
fhere a year and a half. They went with
possibly $200 or $300, and have made noth
ing since they arrived. Simply waiting
waiting. The really pitiable thing about
it all Is that there arc hundreds of des
peradoes on the border, who have picked
out claims and will not scruple to kill the
successful ones In the drawing in case
t'ney have a lottery. A reliable merchant
told me a few days ago about a band of
100 such desperadoes who have scoured
the reservation for choice claims and are
determined to have them at any cost."
AFTER THE LABOR VOTE.
Chicago Strikes Used by Both Parties
for Political Capital.
WASHINGTON, June 21. The Industrial
Commission has Issued the eighth volume
of Its report of testimony. This , volume
comprises 612 pages and deals exclusive
ly with the labor disputes In Chicago In
1SO0. The commission makes no recom
mendation, but prints a summary of the
testimony, In the course of which It says:
"It was claimed also by several of the
witnesses, not only that policemen them
selves were prejudiced In favor of the
strikers, but that the higher city authori
ties leaned the same way. They assert
ed that the police had their Instructions
not to Interfere except In case of abso
lute necessity, and several specific In
stances were cited to show that this was
the case. It was claimed that this at
titude of the authorities, which showed It
self also In the actions of the Police Jus
tices and other Inferior courts, was due
to political Influence, especially to the
desire of the party In power to cater to
the large vote of the laboring classes at
the coming election. These witnesses held
that strikes In Chicago have been especial
ly numerous just before elections, and
that both parties have been disposed to
make political capital out of labor troubles."
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APPOINTMENT OF TAFT
FIRST CIVIL GOVERNOR OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
Military Law Will Be Abolished io
All Except Unpaclflcd Districts
on and After July 4.
WASHINGTON, June 21. Secretary
Root today Issued the order of the Pres
ident establishing civil government In the
Philippines. The' order follows:
"On and after the 4th day of July, 1901,
unless It shall be otherwise ordered, the
president of the Philippine Commission
will exercise the 'executive authority In
all civil affairs In the government of the
Philippine Islands heretofore exercised In
such affairs by the Military Governor of
the Philippines, and to that end, William
H. Taft, president of the said commis
sion. Is hereby appointed Civil Governor
of the Philippine Islands. Such executive
authority will be exercised under and In
conformity to the instructions of the
Philippine Commission, dated April 7, 1900,
and subject to the approval and control of
the Secretary of War of the United States.
"The munlclpil and provincial civil gov
ernments which have been or shall here
after be established In said Islands, and
all persons performing duties appertaining
to the offices, of civil government In said
Islands, will, in respect to such duties,
report to the said Civil Governor. The
power to appoint civil officers heretofore
vested In the Philippine Commission and
the Military Governor will be exercised
by the Civil Governor, with the advice
and consent of the commission.
"The Military Governor of the Philip
pines Is hereby relieved from the perform
ance, on and after the said 4th day of
July, of the civil duties hereinbefore de
scribed, but his authority will continue
to be exercised as heretofore In those dis
tricts In which insurrection against tho
authority of the United States continues
to exist, or in which public order Is not
sufficiently restored to enable provincial
civil governments to bo established under
the instructions to the commission, dated
April 7, 1900.
"By the President.
"ELIHU ROOT, Secretary of War.'
Fodder Transport Chartered-
SAN FRANCISCO. June 21. The Pa
cific Mall steamer Algoa, known as the
largest freight carrier In the Pacific, has
been chartered by the Government to take
hay and fodder from Puget Sound to the
Philippines, sailing July 20. The steam
ers Pak Ling and Klntuck, well-known
freight and animal transports, have been
purchased by the China Mutual Steam
ship Company, and will ply between
Northern ports and the Orient.
Casualties tit LIpn.
WASHINGTON. June 21. General Mic
Arthur, at Manila, announces some recent
casualties among the troops In the Phil
ippines as a result of the recent engage
ment at Llpa. Luzon. Private John J.
Rogers, Company D, Twenty-first In
fantry, died from wounds received In
that action. First Sergeant Frank S.
Stearns, Company D, Twcnty-tirst In
fantry, was wounded, not severely. In the
leg, and Rudolph Cork was slightly
wounded In the thigh.
Enltnting Philippine Xatles.
WASHINGTON, June 21. One of the Im
portant duties ,to which General Corbln
will attend In the Philippines will be the
enlistment of natives as a part of the
Army In the Philippines. The Army law
authorizes the President to authorize a
force of not more than 12.000 Filipinos as
scouts, to be officered by Americans At
present 5000 Filipinos are acting as scouts..
Corbln Fussed Through Chicago.
. CHICAGO, iune 21. MaJor-GonijjaLcitr-.k
bin passed through- Chicago today en
route for San Francisco, whence he will
sail for Manila.
Strike on the Rending.
READING. Pak, Jun 21. At 11:30 to
day over 600 men employed In the car
shops of thp Reading Railroad Company
struck for shorter hours and increased
pay. Immediately thereafter the boiler
makers In the company's locomotive
shore struck. Their action, though ex
pected, caused great excitement, in view
of the present strike of 2000 iron-workers
In the Reading Company's works, with
whom they are apparently In sympathy.
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Copper Trust Meeting.
NEW YORK. June 21. A meeting of tho
Amalgamated Copper Company was held
In Jersey City today. Nothing was made
pubile concerning tho bu-lness transacted.
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