THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 190Z.
Y1GT0RY FOR HANNA
Success of Panama Bill Due'
to His Efforts.
ACTION OF HOUSE IN DOUBT
Mitchell Fears the Result 'Will Cause
m. Delay In Inauguration of "Work
on the "Waterway Position
of President.
WASHINGTON. June 19. It Is a victory
for Hanna. The pressure -which the
chairman of the National committee was
able to exert on the Republicans of the
Senate, together vrlth the favorable report
of the Isthmian Canal Commission, was
more than the friends of Nicaragua could,
withstand. A few days ago, when Quay
and Piatt of New York became very ac
tive, it looked as If they might overthrow
the doughty champion of Panama, but
Hanna'g personality was such as to beat
down even'the attempt of these wily poli
ticians to carry the Nicaragua bill through.
There was a time when the Cuban reci
procity and beet-sugar Interests entered
into the consideration of the canal prop
osition, hut the vote does not indicate that
any man was influenced by the reciprocity
proposition. Opinions differ as to whether
it means a canaL The opinion of most of
the men earnestly in favor of the Nica
ragua route is that it is a -defeat of all
canal legislation, while others believe that
if the House will accept the amended bill
a canal will be commenced within the
next 12 months. It is certain that men
who are opposed to any canal voted for the
Spooner amendment, and it is also true
that those who do wish a canal voted
against it. There is a general opinion that
the men who forced the Spooner amend
ment through will he very much disap
pointed if the House accepts it, an It is
well understood that the President will
build a canal under the terms of that
law.
There is some doubt as to what will be
the action of the House on the canal bill.
About 103 men voted for a similar proposi
tion when the Hepburn bill was before the
House. At that time the Isthmian Canal
Commission had not reported on the offer
of the Panama Canal Company to reduce
its price to 540,000,000, but it was known
that the- canal concessions could be ob
tained for that figure. There will possi
bly be an effort to concur in the Senate
amendment on the part of those who voted
for a similar proposition several months
ago.
Representative Hepburn said today that
the committee on Interstate commerce,
which reported the Hepburn bill, will take
the matter up at the commlttoe meeting
tomorrow and decide what course to pur
sue, which will probably bo to ask the
House to non-concur and send the bill
Into conference. It may take a vote to do
this, and thus test the strength of the
Panama proposition in the House. In
speaking of the vote today. Senator Mitch
ell said:
"I sincerely regret the outcome of the
long struggle, because I feel it will result
in a great deal of delay in the Inaugura
tion of work. If it does not really defeat
the enterprise. Much depends on what ac
tion the House takes whether there Is any
final conclusion reached in this session. A
change of four votes would have carried
the Nicaragua proposition to success. I
voted against the Fairbanks bond issue
amendment, because I believe there is no
necessity for Issuing bonds; in any event,
it is not necessary at this time. There
is plenty of money in the Treasury to do
all that could be done for the next two
years, Including tho payment of $40,000,000
to the Panama Company. If a bond Issue
Is necessary In the future, I believe that
will be the time to consider the proposi
tion. For the present it should go over."
The pair of Senator Simon was an
nounced by McLaurin of South Carolina,
it being stated that Simon would have
Voted in favor of the Nicaragua Canal If
he had been present. Jones of Arkansas
is being severely scored for his position
on the canal question. He was chairman
of the committee on resolutions at the
Kansas City convention, which, adopted
a straight Nicaragua plank, although the
Republicans had previously talked of ar.
isthmian canal and had dropped the word
Nicaragua. But. in spite of having helpeC
to secure the adoption of such a plank,
Jones went back on the party pledge and
voted for Panama. Advocates of the Nica
ragua route are asking what possibly could
have Influenced Jones to go back on his
own platform.
Oregon Election Pointed the "Way.
The Republicans are perfectly willing
that the Democrats of the House shall
talk all they want to in their effort to
make campaign matter on tho Philippines.
The Oregon election, the Republicans say,
is pointer enough to show what the trend
of public sentiment in this country is
regarding expansion, and all attacks on
the Army and the management of the
Philippines is bound to react on the party
making them.
OREGON'S AGRICULTURE.
Census Shows Property to Be Worth
9172,rl,2S7.
WASHINGTON, June 19.-A. census bul
letin on agriculture in Oregon, Issued
today, shows that farms of the state, on
June L 1900, numbered 35,837. ana" were
valued at $132,337,514. Of this amount $19,
199,694, or 14.5 per cent, represents tho
value of buildings, and J113.137.S20, or $5.5
per cent, tho value of land and improve
ments other than hulldlngs. The value
of farm implements and machinery was
$6,505,725, and of livestock J33.917.048. ThcSe
values, added to that of farms, give $172,
761.2S7 as the total value of farm property.
The total value of farm products for 1893
was $38,090,969. or which $16,2s282, or 42.8
per cent, represents the value of annual
products, and $21,80S,CS7, or 57.2 per cent,
the value of crops, Including the forest
products cut or produced on farms. The
gross farm Income In Oregon In 1893 was
f31.S55.24S.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS.
Captains Stirling and Wis'e to Be
Rear-Adsnlrals.
WASHINGTON. June 19. The President
today sent the following nominations to
the Senate:
Captains to be Rear-Admirals Yates
Stirling and William C. Wise.
Commanders to be Captains Richard
Clover, John B. V. Bleeeker, Andrew Dun
lap, John A. B. Smith, Edward H. Green,
Wells L. Field.
LieutenantCommanders to be Gom
minders John E. Roller, John C Fre
mont, Albert Merts, Rogers G. Gait.
Vinodon L, Gottman, Frank E. Sawyer,
Thomas B. Howard, Walter C Cowles,
Austin M. Knight.
lieutenants to he Lieutenant-Commanders
Thomas W. Ryan. F. C. Bowers,
George Bw Salisbury, John I. Purcell,
Frank W. Kellogg. Reuben O. BUtler.
Simuel H. Leonard, Harry Phelps, H. C.
Round6tone, Albert A. Ackerman, Leo I.
Miner.
Removal gf the aialne "Wreck.
W&HINGTON, June 19. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Darling has writ
ten Chairman Foss, of the House conj
mlttee on naval affairs, approving the
proposed bill providing for the removal
of the wrecked hattle-sbip Maine and the
recovery of the bodies thought to he in
the wreck. It his been asserted at times
that the Navy Department Is not desir
ous of having the wreck removed, owing
to the Issues It would revive over the
cause of tal wreck.
SAVAGE AGAIN IN TROUBLE
Jio-vr Under Arrest for Robhlngr the
Denver Postofllce.
DENVER, June 19. Charles Savage,
aged 22, a mufatto, was arrested at 11:30
o'clock tonight by Deputy United States
Marshal Crocker, in a Larimer-street
lodging-house, on a charge of having
robbed the registry department of the
Denver Postofllce last Monday night. Ii
Is not known what evidence has been ob
tained against him. Savage Is the man
who was arrested In Canada some months
ago on the charge of robbing a drummer
in Portland of several thousand dollars'
worth of .diamonds. He was tried and ac
quitted. MURDER OX A TRAIIf.
White Man Killed and Robbed by
Xcfirro Tramps.
BRIDGEMAN, Mich., June 19. Charles
Parks, of Tn3 N. Y., a papermaker, was
shot and killed at some place between St.
Joseph and Livingstone on a southbound
freight train last night by one of two
tramp negroes, who. after taking his life,
robbed hj body and fled. Parks, accom
panied by M. Kelly and John Mays, had
sought shelter from the rain in a box car
occupied by the negroes. The negroes
drew revolvers and held up the three men,
Kelly and Mays being relieved of a few
dollars. Then they walked over to Parks,
who was standing with his hands above
his head, and one of them shot him,
Parks sinking to the floor dead. After
rifling Parks' body, the men Jumped from
the train and escaped. The murder was
committed while the train was running
at a rapid rate. Two suspects have been
arrested near Buffalo.
DISBURSING OFFICER ARRESTED.
Confessed to Misappropriating; Gov
ernment Funds. v
WASHINGTON. June 19. Henry Rech
tln, disbursing officer of the Department
of Justice, was arrested today on the
charge of mlsappropriitlng $7000 of Gov
ernment furds. He confessed to the
charge. Rechtln Is from Cincinnati.
Mr. Rechtin was subsequently released
on $10,000 ball, a security company fur
nishing the bond.
CINCINNATI, 6TT June 19.-Henry
Rechtln was appointed as disbursing
agent of tho Department of Justice when
Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati, was Attorney-General,
under Cleveland's second,
administration. Rechtln had been prom
inent as a Democratic worker in Hamilton
County for many years.
Arrested for Stealing: Sugar.
NEW YORK, June 19. Thomas S. Craw
ford, a shipping clerk who has been a
trusted employe of Leggett &. Co., whole
sale merchants, has been arrested on a
charge of grand larceny In connection
with the theft of $7000 worth of sugar
from the firm. Samuel Auger, a driver
for the company, and Thomas -Crosby, also
a driver, were arrested with Crawford,
charged with complicity in the theft. De
tectives made the arrests, and alter work
ing on the case for a month they also
took into custody Jacob Fried, charged
with receiving ertolen goods.
It Is alleged that for several months
sugar consigned to the firm has been sys
tematically signed for at the warehouse
and then carried away in wagons to be
sold elsewhere.
Mortensen Wants a New Trial.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 19. Attorneys
for Peter Mortensen, the contractor, con
victed of the murder last December of
James R. Hay, today filed notice of a
motion for a new trial before Judge
Morse. The grounds upon which a njew
trial is asked are purely statutory. The
motion will probably be heard June 25,
the date fixed for passing sentence on
Mortensen.
THE VENICE INCIDENT.
Italian Minister and Moody "Worried
Over Publication of Finding.
WASHINGTON. June 19. Signor Mayor
des Planches, the Italian Ambassador,
was one of the callers at tho State Depart
ment today, y He expressed to Dr. Hill,
who was acting Secretary of State, in,
the abbence of Mr. Hay, the very consid
erable amount of annoyance caused him
by the publication of the findings of the
court of inquiry which Investigated the
case of the American Naval officers, of
the Chicago imprisoned at Venice.
The doctor listened sympathetioally to
the Ambassador's representations, for the
Administration here has done all it could
to minimize the Italian Incident and has
sought to prevent further publication of
details In the Interest of good feeling. At
Dr. Hill's suggestion, the Ambassador saw
Secretary Moody, a rather unusual pro
ceeding, for it la the rulo for diplomatic
representatives to confine their exchanges
to the State Department. At the conclu
sion of this conference Secretary Moody
repaired to tho State Department and had
a private talk with Dr. Hill.
None of the participants In the confer
ence care- to state the nature of the pro
ceeding. It is believed, however, that
Secretary Moody Is about to Institute a
strict Inquiry to ascertain how the report
of the Chicago court of Inquiry gained
publicity, and the subject. will be dis
cussed at the Cabinet meeting tomorrow.
Without a fuller knowledge of the facts
than is now had here. It was not possible
for the officials to pass an opinion as to
whether or not the publication pf the
court's findings constitutes an offense un
der the Naval regulations for which any
one Could he punished. It is evident, how
ever, that the end has not come to this
affair. Captain Dayton has not yet ap
plied for a court of inqulrj, and it is now
felt Chat he may not do so, notwithstand
ing Admiral Crowninshield's severe criti
cism. Some feeling must have developed
as the result of the criticism, and unless
the. vessels of the European squadron are
kept widely separated, It may be neces
sary, in the Interest of the service, to
make come changes In the commands.
Orcgron to Return to Asia.
WASHINGTON. June 19. It Is the in
tention of the Navy. Department to send
the battle-ship Oregon, now in Puget
Sound, back to the Asiatic station when
the repairs now in progress on her aro
completed.
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Inoculated Himself.
PARIS, June 19. Dr. Garnault, of this
city, who challenged Professor Koch's
announcement nt the London tubercu
losis congress last year that it was Im
possible for human beings to catch tuber
culosis from cattle. In order to prove his
contention went to the slaughter-houec t
La Vlllctte, yesterday, and Inoculated
himself with consumptive matter taken
from a diseased cow which had been
seized and ordered destroyed. If the dis
ease declares Itself, Dr. Garnalt will bo
treated by Dr. Theodore Smith, of Bos
ton, who has been exposed to the dan
gers of the contagion of bovine tuberculosis.
HOUSE TAKES IT . UP
DEBATE OPENED ON THE PJKILTF
PINE GOVERNMENT BILL.
Exhaustive Speech by Chairman
Cooper for Measure Jones of Vir
ginia on Democratic Position.
WASHINGTON, June 19. The opening
day of the weok's debate on the Philip
pine bill In the House wxs signalized by
a remarkably strong and exhaustive
speech by Cooper (Rep. Wis.), chairman
of toe committee on Insular affairs. He
spoke for almost throe hours, and was
given close attention by both sides of the
House. Much of the speech was a gen
eral defense of the policy pursued by the
Administration and received repeated ap
plause from his side of the House. He
contended that the problem of the .Phil
ippines should not be a party question,
that both political parties brought on tho
war with Spain, and the votes of mem
bers of Doth parties ratified the treaty
which mado the islands American terri
tory. The most telling portion of tho
speech was the parallel he drew between
the present attitude'of the opposition and
the attitude of the opposition during and
immediately succeeding the Civil War.
Jones (Dem. Va.), the ranking. momber
of the minority of the committee, mide
an able plea for the Democratic position,
but he yielded the floor after speaking
about an hour, and will resume tomorrow
morning. These were the only speeches
made today. The order under which the
House r operating provides for night ses
sions until Wednesday for deB&te only,
but as no one was prepared to speik to
night, the order for the session this even
ing was vacated.
The Proceedings.
The attendance, both upon the floor and
in tho galleries, was larger than usual. In
anticipation of the opening of the debate.
Some routine business was transacted be
fore the regular order was demanded.
Bills were passed to authorize the ap
pointment and retirement of Jamas W.
Long as Captain of Infantry, to flx the
salaries of district superintendents in tho
lifcsaving service at $2000 per annum, and
to authorize the Secretary of War to fur
nish condemned cannon for an equestrian
ftatue of the late General Wildam J.
Sewall. A riumber cf conference reports
were adopted. The Senate amendments
to the bill to refund taxes on legacies,
etc., were concurred in.
The regular order was then demanded.
It was upon an amendment to a bill to
amend an act for the relief and civiliza
tion of the Chippewa Indians, of Minneso
ta, which was under consideration when
the House adjourned last night. The
Eddy amendment was lost, 9 to S7. The
bill was then passed.
At 1 o'clock the routine business had
been disposed of, and in pursuance of an
agreement the House went Into commit
tee of the whole to consider the bill es
tablishing civil government in the Philip
pines, with Glllctt (Rep. Mass.) in the
chair. Cooper (Rep. Wis.), chairman of
the Insular affairs committee, began an
extended speech, opening, the debate in
support of the bill. Jones (Dra. La.) fol
lowed for tho minority. At 4:o0 P. M. the
order for a night session wai vacated and
the House adjourned until 11 o'clock to
morrow. OREGON PERMITS FOR GRAZING.
Men Who May, Enter Sheep Upon the
Cascade Reserve.
WASHINGTON. June 19. The Secretary
of the Interior has issued permits for
grazing 12S.EC0 sheep in the Cascade for
est reserve during the present Summer, as
follows:
Emll Hachler. Waplnltia 2.300
John Karlew. Bake Oven 4,000
Oak Grove Sheep Co., Waplnltia.... 9.000
J. P. Abbott. Waplnltia , 4.00)
R. Ways & Son. The Dalles 7,0)0
J. H. Shuar. Shera's Bridge G.OG0
D. P. Kltcham & Son. The Dalles.... 3.200
E. G. Cordon. Antelope 2,500
George A. Young & Son Shaniko. ...18,0
Black Butte Land & Livestock Co.,
Sisters ?. 12.000
J. B. Cartwright Cross Keys 6.CO0
H. C. Rooper, Antelope 4.000
P. J. Walsh. Kent 4.000
E. C Fltspatrlck. Tygh Valley 2,000
M. Maxwell. Shaniko 3,600
Charles Levin, Antelope..... 4.W0
J. M. Reeder, Shaniko 3.600
Trank Payne, Rutledge 2.400
Villston Bros . Grass Valley 4.800
R. R. Hlnton. Bake Oven 9.000
John Flanntgan. Sherar's Bridge 1.500
J. H. Buckley. The Dalles 2.GO0
A. M. Kelsey. The Dalles 3.400
C, B. Dove. Listers 2.000
H. & E. McGrcer. Antelope 4,400
Thomas A. Conncll. Sherar's Bridge.. 4,030
C. H. Dealy. Prlneville 1.000
C. P. Wren. Shaniko 4.0M
R. Harvey. Prlneville 1.600
R. Knox & Son, Post 4.700
F. Malone. Antelope 4,003
H. H. Smith. Antelope 3:005
J. F. Taylor. Lamont 4,000
McGreer & Williamson. Antelope &500
J. E Robfrtit. Prlneville 2.700
G. Pery Prlneville : 2,200
C. W. Colby. Prlneville L6Q0
C. W. Cary. Prlneville.... 1,900
Dan Furr. Post 2,000
R. Prohly. Prlneville 2i00
W, A. Booth. Prlneville 2.000
William Adams. Prlneville 2,600
J. W. Merritt, Central Point 3,70)
W. E. Hunt. Victor ifaoo
H. A. Champagne, Roseburg 1,000
J. B. O'Leary. The Dalles 4.100
A. W. Farghar, The Dalles 2,600
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Russia's Spring Behind Time.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 19. The Win
ter has bcon remarkably prolonged
throughout European Russia. Tho
weather Is now unseasonable and the tem
perature at noon today in St. Petersburg
was 0 deg. Fahrenheit Tho extreme cold
Is vera- dcpresslns: in Russia, whftra
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THE LATE KING ALBERT, OF SAXONY.
abundant Summer sunshine is required to
repiir the Winter's waste. The cold has
wrought much damage in the vineyards
and crops are backward In all provinces,
but if Summer weather sets In soon there
wiu still be prospects of good harvests.
VERMONT PvEPUBLICANS.
General McCallougrh Nominated -for
Governor High License Men Bolt.
MONTPELIER. Vt., June 19. Amid
scenes of marked disorder and turbulence.
the Republican State Convention todayv
nominated uenenu J. u. Aicuuuougn iur
Governor on the third ballot. The dele
gates" who had supported P. W. Clement,
of Rutland, the high-license candidate,
marched out of the hall as a protest
against the action of the majority. The
bolting delegates afterward nominated
Mr. Clement for Governor on an Independ
ent ticket, hut later developments Indi
cate that the high-license men will devote
attention to the political outlook before
placing an independent ticket in the field.
R. L. Stanford, of Roxbury. was nomin
ated for Lieutenant-Governor.
Wisconsin Prohibitionists.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 19. Tho Pro
hibition State Convention today noml-
nated a full state ticket, headed by E. W.
Drake, of Milwaukee, for Governor.
Congressional Nominations.
The following Congressional nomina
tions were made yesterday:
Sixth Pennsylvania Thomas Butler, Re
publican, renominated.
Tenth Georgia T. W. Hardwlck, Demo-
crat.
; Eighth Indiana J. E. Truesdale, of Al-
cxandria. Democrat.
; First Vermont David J. Foster, Repub
lican, renominated. ,
Second Vrmont Klttrcdgc Hasekcns,
Republican, renominated. -.
MATOS' MANIFESTO.
Announces the Formation of a. Pro
visional Government.
NEW YORK. June 19. The first num
ber of the Official Gazette, published at
Carupano. Venezuela, the headquarters of
General Antonio Matos, leader of the rev
olutionary movement against President
Castro, of Venezuela, dated May 22, has
been received here. In it Genera Matos
announces the formation of a provisional
government and appolnta as foreign rep
resentative Don Pedro Ezequell Rojas,
who was Minister of Foreign Affairs un
der Crespo at the time President Cleve
land issued his famous message to Eng
land on the boundary question.
General Matos says that the army as
sumes control over all the territory or
Venezuela now occupied by It; makes pro
vision for the extension of civil laws and
guarantees the constitution as adopted In
18S4. Through his secretary. General Lino
Duartc Level, all matters relating to the
branches of the army will be promulgated.
The army, called the "guards," Is di
vided into two divisions of six corps each
and General Pedro Ducharne and General
Valentine Perez are In command of the
first and second divisions respectively.
Senor Julius G. Lyon is appointed com
mercial agent for the revolutionists In the
Island of Trinidad. The 20 per cent extra
duty on articles entering Venezuela from
tho West Indies is abolished.
Rebels Occupy Cludad Bolivar
WASHINGTON, June 19. The State
Department has received -a cablegram
from Minister Bowen, dated Caracas, to
day, reporting on thVs authority ot tho
Venezuelan Minister for Foreign Affairs
that the revolutionists arc In possession
of Cludad Bolivar, but that there is no
blockade on the Orinoco River.
THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Accident to n Mixed Train In North
Carolina.
SHELBY, N. C, June 19. A portion of
a mixed train on the South Carolina &
Georgia E'xtension Railroad fell through
an approach to tho bridge over Broad
River, this afternoon. Loroy Grlgg, of
Shelby, was killed. The injured are: Ed
ward Turner, conductor: D. W. Phlffer,
trestle master, and Riley W. Whltznant,
a negro. A dozen other passengers, in
cluding two men, were also injured, but
their names are not known.
About the time the railroad train was
on tho bridge, Just over the river, the
trestlo gave way, and Engineer Welt,
opcnlngjthe throttle, sent the train across
the bridge, saving all except the rear
coach and threo box cars. The coach fell
E0 feet to the brink of the river, which
had been swollen y the recent rains, and
was Caught by the stone pier supporting
the bridge. This saved the passengers
from a watery grave.
$50,000 for Rutgers College.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Juno 19".
At tho, annual meeting of the board of
trustees of Rutgers College, It was an
nounced that Ralph Voorheeu, of Trenton,
uncle of ex-Governor Foster M. Voor
heos. has given $50,0C0 to the college to
build a library.
Pelee Emits Slime.
FORT DE FRANCD, Martinique, Wed
nesday, June -18. A column of plimej 100
meters high, has been ejected from the
volcano on Mount Pclee and has fallen on
Basse Polnte, enveloping the lower por
tion of the town and completely razing
22 houses. No loss of life has been, re
ported. '
KING OF SAXONY DEAD
SUCCEEDED" BY HIS ELDEST
BROTHER, PRINCE GEdRGB.'
Reports of Starvation and CaHnlfcal-
isni in C6rea Accident at a
Taku Fort.
DRESDEN. Saxony, June-19. King Al
bert died at 8:05 P. M.
King Albert, because of his Illness,, des
ignated his eldest brother. Prince George,
to be his representative In affairo of state.
The King of Saxony had no children, con
sequently Prince George, his eldest broth
er, succeeds to the throne of Saxony.
(King Albert was born In 182S. He was
the eldest son of King Johann and of
Queen Amalle, daughter of King Maxi
milian I of Bavaria. He succeeded to the
throne in 1S73; married in 1S53. Carols,
daughter of Prince Gustav of Wasa. and
is succeeded by his brother. Prince George
of Saxony, whose eldest daughter, Prin
cefH Mathilde. was devoted to the King
during his illness. King Albert held the
throne of Saxony since 1S73. He took
part In the Danish war of ISIS, fought with
the Austrians at Sadowa, and was one of
the officers in the Germany army in the
operations before Metz, in the Franco
Prussian War. The royal house of Sax
ony is one of the oldest reigning families
in Europe. It dates back to 1CS9, and Is
closely related to the royal houses of
Prussia and Great Britain. King Albert
was the possess6r of rich estate's In his
own right, and enjoyed a civil list of
$750,000 annually.)
ORIENTAL ADVICES.
Starvation and Cannibalism Report
ed From. Corea.
VICTORIA. B. C, June 19. Oriental
advices to June 5 were received here yes
terday. They contain the Information
that the remains of the late Li Hung
Chang have been removed to his native
village for interment. Many people wit
nessed the removal.
The eeverlty of the Boxer rising In Chi
LI seems to have been exaggerated. In
stead of there being 30,000 Boxers In the
field there were but 10,000, and they were
twice severely defeated by the troops of
the Viceroy. Among the slain was Kin,
the Boxer leader, who killed his wife" and
family before taking the field at the head
of the rebels.
An accident of a shocking description
occurred at the South Fort. Taku coolies
were engaged in digging deep down in or
der to raise tho piles that had been driven
by the Chinese In the courre of construc
tion of the fort. When a sufficiently deep
hole had been made three men went down
to help to lift tho pile away. While they
were doing so, the earth being of a loose
nature, and the hoje deep and abrupt,
the ground caved In and buried the three
coolies up to their necks. It being flood
time, the water rose and rapidly closid
in over the three unfortunates in sight
of the others, who were unable to extri
cate them In time. They died a terrible
death, hopelessly watching the water come
up till they were drowned, Inch by Inch.
The men were employed by a Chinese con
tractor who Is leveling the South Fort un
d6r the direction of the French.
A second big fire occurred In Hon.g
Kong last month, cauoing the destruction
of 16 houses, and occasioning a loss of
$200,000.
The state 6f the famine districts of the
Province of Whang Ha, Corea, Is deplor
able. In Yunan, out of 5000 houses, 2000
are empty, and scorea of dropsical suf
ferers are lying by the roadsides on the
verge of starvation. In the Lavo Ha
district conditions are even worse. The
people have been driven by hunger to
tear bark off the trees to eat and under
one tree Ave dead bodies were found. In
the town of Im Chim a family suffering
from starvation was driven to eating tho
bodies of two of their younger children.
May 25 the rebels In the Tal Chu dis
trict of Formosa had promised to lay
down their arms, and the Japanese ar
ranged for celebrations of the event in
three different places. While the celebra
tions were In progress the rebels attacked
the Japanese guards, shooting .seven of
them. The rebels were, however, routed
and 1S9 of them, Incluaing several lead
ers, were Mlled. A week later a hamlet
held by the rebels was taken and the
leader, Liu, was captured. The rebels,
when they saw that there was no es
cape, killed their women and children.
Plague Is on the Increase In Formosa.
On May 26 nine fresh cases and seven
deaths occurred at Talpeh, one case and
one death at Kelung, and one case and a
death at Ensuiko, and seven cases and
two deaths at Tainan. Since January 1
there have been 1250 cases and 991 deaths
In Formosai
All the bodies of the officers and sol
diers lost In the. terrible snow storm In
Awomorl. Japan, last Winter, have been
recovered, and grand religious services
will be held during the present month
The sum of 1S3.2S9 yen has been collected
for the relief of tho maimed survivors and
families of the deceased.
IX COROXATIOX DRESS.
Westminster Abbey Already Pre
pared for the Ceremonies.
LONDON, June 19.-Af ter being: almost
hermetically closed to the public and
press for two months, Westminster Ab
bey, In Its coronation drese. Is described
In the London Times, commencing with
tho artificial annex, which externally
blcnds so perfectly in color and archi
tecture with the old structure as to de
ceive the experienced eye. The corres
pondent says the Abbey Inside has the
appearance of a vast hall, with a Um
bered roof supported on square pillars
and carved arches. Upon the walls aro
costly tapestries, and a magnificent col
lectlon of old armor and lances from the
Tower. The stands In the Abbey Itself
are so placed that the architectural
beauty of the ancient building is by no
means marred.
Throughout there Is evidence of good
taste, and the arrangements have ap
proached such a stage of completion that
there ls"no doubt that everything will be
perfectly ready for the coronation cere
monies. From the Froten Soatb.
The London Times has received a letter
from Dr. Otto Nordcnskjold. of the Swed
ish Antarctic expedlUon, which was writ
ten February 13 and contains a sketch of
th explorers' work and their programme
for the year 1902. They left Staaten Isl
and, Just north of Cape Horn, January 6.
and at the date of the letter had coasted
along tho South SheUands, and made ar
rangements for a Winter otaton at Cape
Seymour, which was to be occupied for
scientific research while the steamer was
In Winter quarters at the Falkland Isl
ands. In December the boat was to re
turn and the expedition was to be taken
further south.
The general region of the Investigation
Is that Indicated on the mapsunder the
namo of Graham Land It is of a very
Inhospitable character, as may be seen by"
the doctor's description of St. George'
Island. "For years." he says, "I had tried
to arrive In my mind at an idea of the
general aspect of the Antarctic region, but
never had I expected to find, so far north
of the polar circle, anything so wonder
fully desolate as that which I now be
hold." Mountains rise to a height of 2000
or 3000 feet above the island, and
Up to the hlghut summits everything Is cov
ered with enow and ice. The valleys ar filled
by immense glaciers, connecting mtr thrt
ridges with their neighbors. . . The whold
scenery presents a type of a. glaciated .country
such as our own was at a remote period, a
good deal different from Greenland, and prob
ably also from the common view on the
matter. For een In the fufttwst north there
does not exist ft land s6 overwhelmed by mow
as this Island, situated In the. latitude of
Drontheim in' the north.
The JaUtude which Is between 4 nd 65.
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deg1., corresponds to that of the northern
part of Hudson Strait, on this continent,
and the explorers had not progressed as far
by nearly 22 des as Nanscn did In tho
north. But, they are not hunting for the
pole, their object being simply to study
the Antarctic, and from the description
it is evident that a southern polar ex
pedition -would be even more discouraging
than a northern one. In the latitude men
tioned, however, there Is abundant sea
life. Swarms of whales were aen, and
great herds of seals, and these latter crea
tures were so tame that they allowed the
explorers to scratch them on the neck
and back. The penguins, those "carica
tures of mn," fcanuiatpd the frozen shores
in countless thousands and the professor
tells isome amusing stories of them. But
of vegetable life little waa observable in
all that barren country. It Is summed
up in tho words mosses, lichens and algae.
Some small ina;cts were discovered and
"evea a little beetle, the first ever found
In the Antarctic, rewarded the work of
tho entomologist."
FOR PACIFIC TRADE.
The South Cnrlonsly Support a
Platform Inimical to Its Interests.
St. X.ouis Globe-Democrat.
Minister "Wu Ting Fang recently wrote
to an American friend that China, under
normal conditions, Is ready to welcome
American wheat, corn and engineering
materials, but that the business men of
this country must first master the peculiar
conditions of the foreign market. The
Orient is well disposed to the United
States, had the attitude of this Nation
agalnit any partition of Eastern Asia has
strengthened the frlondly fc?ellng. But
trade is dependent to a large extent on
habits or circumstances peculiar to locali
ties, and the law of supply and demand
Is subject to old tastes and customs. The
Hepubllcs of South America, for Instance,
owe thejr existence to tho precedent es
tablished, ft great cost to our people, in
the American Revolution, and are pre
oerved today frdm foreign encroachment:
by the ilonroe Doctrine. But the great
bulk of South American Imports are from
Europe, despite the fact that this coun-j
try is tho largest buyer of South American
products and a near neighbor. The reason
appears to be that European dealers have
made a closer study of business predilec
tions? in that quarter and adapted them
selves with more skill to race conditions
In Various" parts of the world..
In the Pacific trade of the future thfs
country holds, by all odds, the most ad
vantageous posltidn on the map. A cor
respondent of the London Mail, wriUng
from Japan, thus recognizes the Important
fact: "The Pacific Coast of America is
5000 miles distant from China and Japan.
EuropeEngland. Germany, France la 12.
CC0 miles. There you have the geographi
cal conspiracy stated In a nutshell." That
Is an odd expression to apply to nature's
shaping of land and sea. but the meaning
Is. clear. The correspondent admits that
commerce at a range of 5000 miles Is de
cidedly easier than if the Intervening dis
tance Is 12.000 miles. He notes that the
United States even now furnishes one
fifth of the Imports of Japan, against oh3
twentleth 20 years ago, while Great Brit
ain's, prbportion of Japanese Imports In
the same time has declined from one-half
to one-fourth. The trans-Pacific steamship
tonnage, which was- J60.C00 In 1S99, will be
S0O.O00 by next year, exclusive of Aus
tralia's share. Americans are pushing the
construction of immense steel vessels to
ply regutarly across the Pacific A few
days ago a steamship dlcharged- at one
of our Pacific ports the largest cargo rrom
the far East ever landed In this country.
Often this subject Is. treated as merely
an opportunity tor our "Western States,
but tho Isthmian canal will open the field
to all the states, and particularly td the
South, which raises tho fiber that clothes
the Orientals, and Is also learning rapidly
to turn it into the more profitable form of
manufactured goods. There are Southern
ers In Congress who grasp the future of
Pacific commerce. Senator Morgan, of
Alabama, voted lha other day -tor the
Philippines bill, not only on the ground
of National duty, but on that also of
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la fair to suppose that this unreasoning
poslUon will not last forever.
Decree for Screno Payne.
HAMILTON'. N. T., June 19. Colgate
University today conferred the degree of
LL. D. on Sereno Payne, chairman of the
ways and means committee of the House
Hat Factory Destroyed.
ORANGE. N. J.. June 19. Fire late to
night destroyed Berg's hat factory. Loss,
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will be thrown out of work.
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