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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
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vn ibiivou ivuay hi iuui year imprison
meat.