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HILL SB. VOL. VI. HILLSIJOKO, Oil EC. ON, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1899. KO n KVKNTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic Newt of the World. TKK.KK TICKS FROM TIIK VY1BK8 Aa Interesting Oolleellaaaritam riM the Twa Heutlapheres CmmiM la a Vmd.aud Form. Nrliurnian U leaving th Philippine Wniim hi plan (01 horn idIs wa apploVed. Veteran of tbe civil war, both ot the blue nd the gray, art planning law ami older expedition to Cuba. Mis Mahtd Kaflta and Waller lien dnrauit were drowned by tlie capslsing at tlie Flora near Htucklun, California. Th southward inoTsiinin t of Lawton ami Wheaton' force proved a tvecest. Tli Filipino loicaa weie badly routed and disorganiaad. Tlia survey fur tba lubraailna oabla hloli will connect Germany with the Unllrd Htatea by tlia way of Ilia Aaore lim bean practically completed. President Loubet, ot Franco, bai had lila revanche lor the recent outrnge. He wui the hero of a popular demon nation wblla driving to tba raooa. li; working npon tlia muioloa of tlia tbdoinen, New York physician bat cured a osao of appendioiti. No In- enta were used, and relief canie In eight minute. The German peace dulngata at Tba Hague object to aililtrallon. Ha afllrmi that Kmperot William will not ple.lg himself to accept decisions on luium that have not arisen. The trust mania baa reached tlia brewer, and it la aald, on tba bait authority, that a acheiua ia on foot to form a lrul with 11,000,000,000 capi tal and buy op alt tha brewerlei in tba country. Kngland ha bought an additional 500,000 in American eagle to itreugthtm it reiervt. The repoit that Russia la buyer of gold In New Yoik It tegardod In London aa being iignifkaut. War teema certain between Kngland and Transvaal. Both are preparing for a struggle. Uritiah troop ar near the bordft and Kruger'a force are laid to be aide to coo wtth any England can muster. Over 5,000,000,000 gallon of petro leum, aoooidiiig to the treasury bureau uf statistics, are now produced an nually In the world. Of thi amount 3, 600, (KID, 000 gnllona are produced in the United Ntatea, 1,360,000,000 in liuiaia, and the remainder ia dlstrlbut t among a dozen coontriea. A tornado iwept over Ban Pedio and A tiira, In the province ot Valladolid, Spam, about 100 houte being de itoyeil. Tbeia wa alio great lot ol lile. Ten Uxlie have already been re covereil from tha ruin. Toledo lint been visited by a great itorm. Tha loner part of tha city hat been flooded. Htingiy Filipino are being fed by the Auieiioana. The Philippine coruinleailonora havt been called home. The Vixen lia leached liluufleldt to lelleve the Dotiolt. Costa Itloa and Nicaragua are pre- pining for a conflict. Mosquito count Indian have re belled against Nicaragua. Augusta, (la., wa viaited by a do itructive fire; Iota, 1360,000. A new banana trout ha been formed, It will fli;ht a aliullar organisation fiirmed last winter. The outlook i laid to be bright toi the aettleiunnt of the Alaska boundary diapute In London. Seven wnlnut-growou' associations In Southern Culifornla linve combined for mutual protection. Twenty -flvo death and 83 prostra tions ia the result of a hot June day In New Yoik and vicinity. Tlie United States court of appeal hnhla that the alien labor law applie only to common laborers. The Indiana a up re me court declare lluit It i unlawful for corporation to attempt to dcatroy competition. Private) Crew, of company D, caamil detachment, waa aerioualy wounded in target practice at San Francisco. Auguatin Dally, famona a a the atrical tuanagor, dramatiat and Adapter of play, died suddenly In Pail. A company capltnliied at 110,000, 000 ha been organised to work mountain ot copper found In Ariaona. A Havana diapatch aay brlgandiatn I on the iiicreuae In portion of Cuba where no United States toldioii ar quartered. The Washington State Pioneer' Al location ha pamed a reiolution pro touting against the cession of any Aluakan territory to Canada. Governor-General firooko ha leaned order appointing Senor Uunialoi de Qucsudit apuoial coinuiiaBionor from Cuba at Washington, at a Hilary ol 15,000. The .Appointmont greatly pleases Gomua' fallowing. . nllmir New. Item., Gonnral Bermudca llulnn, former minister of wur and military governor of Madrid, la dond. The Great Contrnl railroad of Eng land ha placed an order for 20 locomo tives with the Uuldwln worka of Phila delphia. Captain Jame Blover, who wai pilot of the Monitor daring her Unlit with the Murdmao In Hampton Roads, died at Easton, Md. LATER NEWS. A bear etc pud from bla pit in the park at Taooma. A torpedo factory blew op at Mari etta, O., killing two. Nil thousand garment maker are on a atrike in New York. A cloiidbarat occuried near Viola, Wit., damaging ciopt, A aaliuon cannery at Vancouver, B. C. burned; lost, 10,000. The auprerae lolge of Workmen are in leaaion at ludianaMilla. T. (). Hhaughneany I tba new presl lent of tha Canadian Pacific. Dlaarmament tchemea are not to be leiloualy considered at The Hague. White and Howard, of Kentucky, planned an attack on trooj at Lexing ton, John D. Rockefeller and Jame J. Hill held A conference at Seattle Tuua day. Portion of a body ar being found all over New York. Another minder myatery. J. K. Orr, a (Jul i for n Inn, on bla way to Klondike, waa robbed of $1,000 In Vancouver, B. O. New York Manhattan railway muat pay 13,760,000 taxea by a recent de cision ol the court. The company which I oat tha City of Parla, hua ordered two new boat to be built in thi country. With the prevent transport aervice It would take four mouth to get 86, 000 troop to Manila. Transport bringing the Second Oro ton home will first touch at Han Fran Cisco to laud other troops. The (anions Well Fargo war tax case baa been ordered back foi rehearing lu the California sirpieme court The Manila fleet lorced the rebels to abandon their gnhs, who, however, clung on stubbornly for four bouia. General Luna and hi aid-de-oamp, Lieutenant Pasco ltuuion, were as.aa.i natod by Aguiualdo' guard, at the lat ter' headquarteta. Law too 'a troop had a severe engage ment with the enemy In a diong en trenchment at the crossing of Zapote liver, near Decor, Cavite province. He drove the enemy back with a heavy loss. Oar casualties are mine 80, so cording to Otis. Pies dispatches give the los a 60. According to a report made to Chief Constructor llicbborn, the battle-ship Kemaargo ia VII per cent advanced toward completion; the Kentuchy I 80 per cent, the Alabama 85 per cent, the Wisconsin 70 percent, the Illinois 63 per cent, the Maine 6 per cent and the Ohio 5 oetit The Albany, build ing In England, i 80 per cent ad vanced. The French cabinet has leaigned. Mexico will produce $13,000,000 in gold thi year. A Chicago Chinaman baa taken ad vantage of the new bankruptcy act. At Fort Smith, Ark., a jealous Sal vationist shot aud killed hi wife and himself. Loui Urick ll the name ot the man killed by the inowalide on White pas early in Jouo. Daring a drunken street brawl in San Francisc one man waa killed and three wounded. Captain Henry Nioholt, commander of the Monadnock, died of aumtroka while on duty at Manila. Artillerist manning the coast de fense gun have beun instructed to in crease their target practice. Tha municipality of Havana has pre sented to General Maximo Gome a certillcata) naming him aa au adopted on of the city. The Second Oregon regiment, with the dgnal cores, ha tailed mm Manila tor Portland. They are expected to ar rive about Joly 13. Great Uiitain ia taking itep to pro toot her ahipmaaten and teamen fioin boarding home keeper. Yellow Jack ia creating a panic in Mexico. It I unusually virulent this year, the mortality exceeding 60 per cent. The United States .government has granted Spain the piivilege of ransom ing the Spanish prisoner liohl by the Filipinos. " The war department hat nudor con alderatipn an order tending the,, Twenty-lour th and Twenty-fifth infantry to Manila. Admiral Dewey ha requested that the money raited to buy htm a home In Waahington be uaed to establish a home for aoldler And aallora. Too administration la being soveroly criticised by the Eastern press, who lay the rebellion in the Philippines ihould bo put down Immediately. New Richmond and Doardman, Wis., were nearly wiped off tbe map by a de structive cyclone. A number of live were lost, and the property lo 1 euor mous. The Paolflo ooutt gunboat Marietta, which accompanied the Oreuon on her famou 14,000-mile run from Cali fornia to the West Indies in the early day of tbe war, has arrived in New York. , . The Presbyterian general assembly In session in Minneapolis decided to hold the meeting next year in St. Louis, "Blind" Boone, once famous as a pianist, ia living at Columbia, Mo. lie i credited with possess i tig a fortune of 1800,000. The promoter of the movement to erect In San Francisco a $100,000 mon ument to commemorate the deeds of the American navy, especially the vic tory of Admiral Dewey, have set to work with a will. REBELS ON THE RUN Americans Whip Them Out of Cavite Province. PAIU!UQI;KANILA.S PISAS FALL Uardnt !?' Wrk V.t Itmnm hf Otis' M.a-rilliUi. Aala Ks ana laptara. Manila. Jan 18. Tbe Filipino oc (upation of the province of Cavil ha been broken, ami, aa the result of the present movement, the Americana now control the iiiipoitant toast towns of 1'aiauaque and Las Pinas, while a long line of iusargent trenches facing our south line bat been cleared, Th Insurgent have again proved their ability a dodger. Between 8.000 and 4,000 warrion who seemed destined to be captured, have die appeared, the majority eliding away undercover oi tbe niht after lighting the American all day. Koine other rame to meet our troops with protesta tion of friensbip. The Thirteenth Infantry lust one man killed and ail woonded; the Ninth In fantry one man killed and five wound ed; the Foorteenlb infantry three wounded anil tbe First Colorado volun teer regiment 11 wounded. Yesterday' work was the hardest our army baa seen. Tbe battlefield stretched out across the entire isthmus from Lagun de Bay to the harbor. While the troops were advancing, th army gunboat Napidan, in tberivei near Taguig, shelled the enemy, killing aevaral of them. The monitor Monad nock and the gunboat Helena shelled Paranaqfie and Las Pinas all day with the full power of their batterte. The rebel sharpsbootera kept In bid ing until tbe American lines had passed, and then attempted to pot etraitgler from tbe tree. Thanks to their poor marksmanship, tbi waa without -result. The whole country proved to be a anccession of small hills, with boggy ground between the high, thlrk grass and bushes in the hollows, which greatly added to the difficulty of the advance, bat gave shelter that aaved many from tha enemy' bullet. Our men threw away their blankets, coat and even haversack, (tripping to tha waist and trusting to luck for food. Water could not be obtained, and there wa much discomfort after the cau teens were emptied. Wklta Flats rirtag. At 6 A. M. todav, General Wheaton advanced upon La Pinas with a troop of cavalry, the Twenty-first infantry, the Colorado regiment, part of the Ninth infantry, and two mountain gun, crossing two stream and entering the town without firing a shot. He then advanced upon Parannque. Tbe women and ohildren, and, for that matter, many men remained in the towns. No house were destroyed, though many were torn by the ahella from the warahipa. Everywhere tbe American found white flags flying. So far aa can beajoeitained, the Fill plon' loss I about 60 killed, about 850 wounded, and SO taken prisoners. Tbe whole oountry it networked with trenches and tbe enemy tcurried from shelter to shelter. Today long trains of commissary wagons are cariytng provision to the United State troop along the road which only yesterday was the strong hold of tba enemy, and the natives who yesterday weie probably carrying guns are today doffing their hats and grovel ing before the Americans with effusive greeting! ot weloome. BIG MAN-HUNT PLANNED. Criminals to II Routed Out t Hole-In-lhe-Wall." Casper, Wyo., June 13. The Hole- in the-Wall, (or years the refuge of outlaws, protniaea to be cleansed of it desperate Inhabitant. The daring rob ber band which looted the Union Pa cific expreas at Rock Creek lecently and escaped to the fastnssea of their dens in the Hole-in-the-Wall, in spite of the fact that they were closely pursued over plain and mountain, are to be sys tematically hunted to their death. To this purpose the several railway man agers with Interests in this state are organising poasea, and the outlaw will be given no rest. It 1 expected 300 men will be engaged in the big man hunt. The state and tbe express and rail road oompanies have offered an asrure- gate of $3,000 each for the heads of the members of the band. In addition to iiilsi head money, in event of success, the men who are arranging for this chase will be armed and fed by the cor porations aud big cattle companies ot this section during the time they are tngaged. ' No Man to Be Bad. Vancouver, B. C, June IS. The eight-hour law goes into operation to morrow. Reports from Nelson and Slo can indioate that the strike situation is unchanged. The attempt of the Duncan mines to employ Italian has failed. The manaitement of the Ymir mine I trying to secure miners. Non union men are unwilling to work for $8 when anion men are holding out for fa. 60. Kruger'a Proposals. Bloemfontein. Or ansa Frna Rtnta. Juno 13. It Is stated in official circlei here that President Kruger will pro pose to tbe Transvaal raad the aboli tion of the dynamite monopoly. While the Oramre Fiee State Is nslna Iti influence at Pretoria to obtain re form for tbe ultlandeis in tbe Trans vaal, the railway comnanv has sent all Its available rolling stock to Johannes burg, to be In readiness for a possible excitement. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. Isaarloaa Arbltrallaa Sth.ma Has Rat Haaa Abaadaaad. . The Hague, June 14. At an ad journed meeting of the delegate to the peace conference, under the presidency if M. de Staal, this morning, it wa resolved to furnish the newspapers with statements of the proceedings ot the committees, as well as of the plen try fitting The drafting committee ot the arbi tration committee met today, and con tinued the discussion of the arbitra tion schemes. The delegate not hav ing received additional instruction from their governments, the committee adjourned until Friday without further prog-res. Thi evening the delegate attended water fete given in their honor by tbe batbing society at Scheveniniien, about two miles northwest ol Tbe Hague. The American delegates tonight is sued a manifesto to the effect that, al though tbe English proposal have been umk a the basis of the arbitration dis cussion, this doe not mean the aban donment of the American plan, which will be presented to the plenary sitting of the third commission, aud judged on It merit. ' NAVAL OFFICERS' PAY FIXED. I.wr Will Raeal.e $11,600 Tmr Tear, Work ar Work. New York, June 14. A dispatch to the Woild from Washington says: The navy department ha issued a circular fixing the salary of IbfTicer under the navy personnel bill. ' Admiral Dewey will receive $18,600 whether on duty on shore or on sea. The senior rear adnihal'a pay 1 fixed at $7,600 at sea and $0,876 on shore. Kcar-Adinirai Schley ia In this list, bat only receives the minimum amount as be ia assisted to shore duty. The junior rear-admlr-lis receive $5,630 while on sea duty and $1,677 on shore. Rear Admiial Sampson Is in the junior list, but hav ing a command at sea receives the max imum pay. Should Schley be given an assignment at sea be would teceive $3,000 more a yeai than Sampson, but a it I now la, hi pay amount to but $875 more. Captains teceive $3,600 at sea and $3,075 on shore. ENDING OF BRIDAL SERENADE. On. or tha Rarenart.t Kills tha Brld. and Wounds HarHu.band Sarloualj. Wichita. Kan.. June 14. While a party of young men were serenading Mr. and Mrs. Ray Higgim near Wa tonga, Oklahoma, the bride and groom of two hour appeared on the front porch and oidered the aerenader to leave. The party, composed ot 80 friend of the young married people, refused to go. Instead they continued to make deafening noise by beating on pans and firing shotgun. One of tbe party, Harry Randall, delibeiately pointed hi gon at th young people and fired. Tbe bride's face and breast wa filled with buck shot. She fell fatally injured, shot through the lungs, and died an hour later. The groom was also abot in the face, but not fatally. After the acci dent the charivari party fled. No ar rests have been made jeL A small brother of the bride was also wounded, but not seriously. LYNCHED BY HIS OWN RACE Negroes or Mississippi Avenge th Work or Itavl.her, Sardis, Mis., June 14. Simon Brooks (colored), has been lynched by a mob of negioes near here. The crime thus avenged was most atrocious. Sat urday night a negresa named Aimis tead, while returning from a shopping tour to her home, was assaulted by Biooks and another negro. Tbe woman was outraged, her throat was cut and ahe was severely beaten about the head and her jaws tightly tied to prevent breathing. Her body waa then con cealed in some rubbish. The woman rallied sufficiently to give the alarm and the names of her assailants. Parts of the goods taken from the woman was later found in i trunk belonging to Brooks. Tbe mob, whloh was composed entirely of ne groes, did its work quickly. The white people knew nothing of the affair uu til hours after it occurred. Bloodhounds on tha Trail. Cheyenne, Wyo., June 14. Thret trained bloodhounds, from Beatrice, Neb., were sent lrom here by a special train to the point where Curry and one of the robber's brothers, alleged participants in the Union Pacific rob heir, were seen Friday evening and positively identified. The dogs will be started on their track. A telephone message from Casper at 9:15 this even ing said there was no news at that point. Long telegrams ot instructions nuj information thug far received were sent out by the Union Pacific today to all shei ids whose assistance may possi bly be needed in the ohase. Tha Newark In Ulitress. Valparaiso, Chile, June 14. Thi United States cruiser Newaik, accord ing to a report just received, when rounding Cape Horn met terrific weather. She strained against the gale for Brvernl days and then, as hei ooal aud provisions became exhausted, she steered to Port Low, Guaiteoat islands, to anchor. A boat wa sent to Chiloe Islands and reported her situ ation, and the Chilean government has sent a steamer with ooal and provision! to help tlie Newark. England's War Preparations. London, June 11. Commander-in-Chief Wolseley has been busy for sev eral days and evenings at the war office preparing for possible eventuali ties in South Africa. The effeetivs lists ot fint-class reserve have been prepared and transportation for the First army corps has been provisionally arranged. The officers on furlough have been warned to hold themselvei in readiness to return to their regi ments. The geneial trend of news, however, is more pacific. WIPED OFF THE MAP Two Wisconsin Towns De. stroyed by a Cyclone. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE KILLED Haw Klehmaad aad Baardmaa tha IU ald Placaa-Kallar Belag lv Had la tba eeaa. Minneapolis, Jute 14. A special to the Tribune from Stillwater, Minn., says: Tbi wa a terrible night for New Richmond, the village being al most wiped out of existence by one ol the most severe cyclone that ever visited that locality. It carried ruin and death in its path, and at tbi hour it i impossible to give even a partial list of those aeriotuly injured. It is thought many are dead. Tbe new of tbe disaster waa brought lieie by J. A. Carroll, a tiaveing man from Portage, Wis., who waa staying at tbe Nicollte bouse, in New Rich mond, when the cyclone struck. He saw the funnel-shaped cloud as it came np the principal street, and took refuge in tbe basement of the hotel, which wa completely wrecked, together with every other business bouse in the city. in the terrible sheet of rain follow ing the cyolone, Mr. Carroll and bis comrade aucceeded in recovering tbe propiietor, Charles McKennon, wife and one child from the debt is, and they also removed the laundry girl, who wa probably fatally injured. Tbey aso removed two men named Barrett and Newall, who were very severely injured. Mr. Carroll drove to Stillwater by team for relief, aud tlie train, with doctor, will leave bere at 12:15 A. M. Mr. Carroll fait her says that fire fol lowed the cyclone, and what was left is being consumed by fire. Many peo ple are doubtless killed, and the dam age will run into bundled of thou sands of dollar. Hundred. Killed aad Weaaded. Milwaukee. Wis., June 14. A mes sage wa received at the Wisconsin Central office here late tonight from Steven Point, from A. R. Horne. di vision superintendent of the Wisconsin Central at that place, as follow: ''It commenced to rain on the St. Paul division about 7 thi evening, and the wires went down west of Jew ett Mill about 7:30. At 8:45 we got a message from Robeitson, the opeiator, via Marshall, that a cyclone struck New Richmond about 7:30, killing and wounding from S50 to 600 people. Boardmaa Wiped Oft tha Earth. Minneapolis, June 14. A special to the Time from North Wisconsin Junc tion, Wis., eays: A courier from Boardman, just in, reports that the whole town has been wiped off the face of the earth, and while no definite news can be obtained at this time of the casualties, it ia pre sumed that many were injured, aud possibly some killed. It is known that Dave Hefferon ia severely injured and bis wife killed. A courier just in says New Rich mond has also been wiped off the map, and that 200 or 300 people are injured. Many Killed at a Circus. Milwaukee, June 14. A dispatch was received at 1 o'clock this morning from Jewett Mills, announcing the ar rival there of tho Wisconsin Central train. A Mr. Cutter, in the employ of the Central, sent a dispatch to the lo cal office ot the road, Raying that the town of New Richmond was gone outh of Highway bridge, and that the esti mated number of killed will reach 150. Many ot the houses, Mr. Cutter states, were consumed by fiieaftei the cyclone. Many people were killed, he says, while attending a circus, which was showing there. Tha Cyclone at Hudson. Minneapolis, June 14. A special to the Tribune from Hudson says: One of tlie most terrifio cyclones ever witnessed by the citizens of Hud son passed through the country about 6:30 P. M. It formed in a waterspout foui miles south of Hudson on Lake St Croix. It wis witnessed by hundreds of people, and seemed to follow the lake, and to be making directly for the city; but about two miles south it veered to the east and left the lake, and orossed the country. It was about 20 tods wide and destroyed everything in its track. Oeneral Wilton Pleated. Washington, June 14. General John M. Wilson, chief of engineer of the army, since his return from the Paoiflc coast speaks in the highest terms of the reception which was aocorded him by the people. It is said that his visit has been of a great deal of value in the way of the acquisition of information about different projects upon which he must pass when called upon by the committee on fortifications ot the sen ate and the house committees on ap propiiations and rivers and harbors. He is very mtioh pleased at meeting so many old friends in Portland, where lie was once stationed, and tnys that the work which ia being done under the direction of the engineer corps, not only for the improvement of the navi gation of the Columbia river, but tor the defense of the Columbia at iti mouth, ia most autisfaotory. Doweys Visits a Gorernor. Singapore, June 14. Admiral Dewey landed today from the United States cruiser Olympla, his flagship, to pay a visit to tbe governor of the Straits Set tlement, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir C. B, II. Mitohell, at the government bouse. He was ieoeived with military honors. On his return to tbe Olympia ho was vibited by the governor. The admiral declined an invitation to stay at the government bouse, preferring to itay quietly on board tlie cruiser. TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS. a.rmaa, Nebraska, leetrejed With Oreal Laea of Lira. Omaha, June 15. A special to the Bee from Blair, Neb., aays: At 6:15 tonight tbe town of Herman, 11 miles north of bere. was practically wiped off the map. The storm had been gathering for some hour, and people in Blair and the surrounding country had noticed two huge fnnnel-sbsped eloud converging toward that point. At Herman, people tcurried in all di rection and sought the shelter of the new cyclone cellars, and inatantly the town waa a seething mat of debt ia. After tbe violent bunt ot wind, a tor rent of rain fell. Train No. 2, the flyer on tbe Chi cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis St Omaha, due in Herman at 7:03 P. M., polled in 17 minutea late and discovered that the entire town Had been destroyed. The train crew, a well a many of tne passenger, turned themselves Into a relief corps and the train into an emer gency hospital. The train, unable to proceed through Lie wreckage of the grain elevator blown across the tracks, returned to Blair with some 88 per son, thi number including one ot th dead and all ot tbe wounded found up to that time. The first damage don wa about tour mile west of Herman, at the Hawkin farm. Mr. Hawkin ia dead, and hi barn and outbuilding ar in a mas of ruin. In the village of Berman but few building are left (landing. Tbe business portion and the residence are pilled up in a heap. That any escaped ia miraculous. Tbe bank owned and operated by Represen tative J. H. Chambers is in a mass of ruins. It was a substantial brick boilding. His home, an elegant frame building, escaped. Near the depot ia a pile of rubbish containing everything from a pair of boots to dead and wound ed horse, hog, cattle, etc. Tbe dead and wounded tbua far reported are: Dead Mr. Hawkins; W. 8. Rich ard, postmaster, Herman; A. B. Hop kins. Herman; Mr. A. B. Hopkin. Herman; John Hopkins, Herman. Seriouslv injured Mr. A. Ander on, of Herman; Machinist Clausen, Missouri Valley: Tom Hine. Blair; A. Christensen, Herman; C. West, Her man; Mrs. Kelso and ohild. Pendei. AN ALLY TO POOR CHINA. lapaa Will Gle Back tho Mea-or-War Captared Mot Long Ago. San Francisco, June 15. A Seattle rpecial says: A well-authenticated itory comes from Japan to tbe effect that all of the men-of-war captured from the Chinese in the late war be tween the two countries are to be re turned to the Chinese government. This is part of the policy decided on by Japan to protect ber neighbor from the inroads of tbe powers.. It is said that tbe only requirements to be made is that China invest so many millions in new war vessels, to be built under Japanese direction. The Japanese government sends out notification that the government naval yards will no longer do repair work on foreign or native merchantmen, except in case of emergency. It is pointed out that private docks have been constructed sufficient to do the work. Tbe Hong Kong papers see trouble ahead if the dowager empress and Generalissimo Junglu insist upon holding tbe proposed review of 200, 000 Chinese braves at Peking. Vari ous legations have advised against tbe review, as calculated to endanger foreign Interests. Most discouraging reports are reach ing Japan from the plague-stricken districts of Formosa. The island is being depopulated to a great extent by the terrible disease. WISCONSIN TORNADO. Da Hundred Persons Perl.hed at New . Rlohmond. New Richmond, Wis., June 15. Fully 100 corpses, twice as many man gled people, 40 acres of piles of bricks, shivered planks, scattered heapa of household goods, dead horses, through which tbe wind had driven sharp splinters of boards, smoldering flies, where houses stood but yesteiday, and in the midst ot it all shivered trees aa bare of leaves aa ever they were in the middle of winter, and almost stripped bate of bark, until they resmbled tbe ghosts of what they had been 24 hours ago, this is what the storm yesterday wrought in the space of three minutes upon the town of New Richmond. There may have been cyclones which created greater devastation, some that have inflicted larger loss of life, but it was only because there was more ma terial for destruction. Topheavy Ships. Wahington, June 14. Naval ex perts have pronounced the cruisers Al bany and New Orleans dangerously topheavy and liable to "turn turtle" at any time. These two warships were purchased in Kngland by tbe navy de partment just before war was declared with Spain. The New Oi leans was brought to this -.ountry and was in servioe, but the Albany' is about 8 per cent completed in English yards. As both were built on faulty lines, there is no practical remedy. The ships are too narrow, and there aie other detects. forest Fire De.troya Village. St. Johns, N. F., June 15. The vil lage of Bay of Islands, a settlement on the western coast ot Newfoundland, was degtioyed by a forest fire today. Alaska Boundary Still Unsettled. London, June 15. The parliament ary seoretary ot tbe foreign office, Sir William St. John Broderiok, answer ing a question in the house of commons today, said the United States and Great Britain had net arrived at an under standing regarding the Alaska boun dary. The secretary ol state for tha colo nies said the discussion between the imperial and colonial governments with regard to tbe proposed Pacifio cable continues. - BATTLE AT THE ZAPOTE Americans Capture the Fill pino Stronghold. THE TROOPS SWAM THE RIVER Aaaaiteaa Laos Waa Mlaa Killed aad Thirty Weaad.d-Bebel Lea loTere. Manila, June 16. Before dark lait night tba Fourteenth infantry iwam the Zapote river, charged and carried the trenches, a heavy fuailade ot artil lery preparing tho way and covering the crossing. The insurgent broke for the woods before the Fourteenth reached them. Almost at tbe lam time the Ninth and Twelfth crossed a bar of the tea and came upon their left flank at a point where a body of marine, with Maxim guns, landed under protection of th ship's batteries, flied upon th enemy' left roar with a demoralising effect. The Twenty-first orossed the river by tha bridge aa soon aa it could be mended. Sixty-five dead Filipino were found in tbe trenches, most ot them shot through tbe head. Several five-inch smooth-bore gun were captured with ammunition marked "United State navy yard." After crossing the river, the troop were withdrawn with the exception of the Ninth and Twenty-first, these regi ments being left with four guns to guard the bridge. As they were being formed into com panies, the inaurgents commenced to fire volleys from th bamboo jungle, 300 yard away. Tbe regiments formed into lina rapid!) and coolly, though under fire, and cheering, rushed to the woods, driving tho enemy a mile away, the Filipinos disputing every foot The Fourteenth encamped across the river, the men caring for many of tha Filipino wounded. Eight prisoners were captured. Tbe majority of tbe Filipinos wore red uniforms. The American loss yesterday waa nine killed and 80 wounded. Oeneral Under Hot Fire. General Lawton, though exhausted by the morning' fight, rallied by sheer will power, and was the commanding figure in the battle. He went along the lines, directing and encouraging tha troops. Oeneral Wheaton and General Ovenahine were equally cour ageous. In fact, tbe general were among the few men on the battlefield who refused to take abaltar nndei the hottest fire. Tha only approach to th fighting ground wa by a narrow, winding road, where the rebel bulleta dropped thickly, wounding several of our men. At 4 o'clock there was an hour' lull in the fighting, and an artillery ser geant galloped back to where two guna ol tbe mountain battery were waiting in reserve, and shouted, "Bring up those guns." Then the sergeant tum bled exhausted from bis horse. Twenty wounded men weie carried to a boat, waiting on the beach, which was rowed to Paranaque. It is impossible at present to estimate the number of Filipino dead. There aie many dead bodies in tba fields tha Americans traversed. ' SMELTERS CLOSE DOWN la Colorado, Throwing Thoaaaada of Ilea Out ar employment. Denver, June 15. This morning the managers ol the Omaha and Grant smelter, began blowing ont the fur naces, and by tomorrow night every plant belonging to the American Smelt ing A Refining Company, otheiwise known as the Smelting Trust, will be closed down, throwing several thousand employes out ot employment, and in cidentally a much larger number of mineia, in coal as well a metalliferous mines, coke burners, teamsters and other workmen. Indeed, the effeot of the shut-down upon Colorado can hardly be computed at this time, Tho shut-down is the result of tha eight hour law, which goes into effect today. Tunnel Under Irish Bea. London, Jane 14. At a largely at tended meeting of peers, commoners, engineers and others, held this evening in tbe bouse of commons, a resolution was adopted to address a petition to the first lord ot the treasury, Arthur J. Balfour, relative to the projected tun nel between Ireland and England. Tha scheme is favored on the ground that it will not only unite England and Ireland more closely, but tend to bring the United State and the United Kingdom into more intimate accord. The proposed route is a distance ot 25 miles under 85 fathoms of water, and the cost ot the undertaking is 13,000, 000(160,000,000.) , Spain's Bala of Islands. Madrid, June 14. In the cortes to day, Senor Silve'a, the premier,' read the convention between Spain and Gar many, whereby the former cedes io tha latter the Carolines, Lad roue and Pelew islands. The convention was referred to a ipeoial committee for con sideration and report Oyp.y Blgo Nut Dead. London, June 14. A dispatch to tha Eaily Telegraph from Cairo says thai igo, the gypsy musician, who eloped with Princess de Caraman and Chlmay, and who, it was recently reported, had died of the plague at Alexandria, baa gone to China with tha prince. Pari, June IS. Baron Christian, who assaulted Piesident Loubet With . -- anno a, waa I ..... I , I . vn ibiivou ivuay hi iuui year imprison meat.