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IIILLSllOIU), OUKMON, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1899.
NO. 19.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKKSK TICKS FU0 TtlK WIUK8
An Inlareatlnf Collection of Heme from
tha Tma llenilaflierea I'reaenUd
la fonden.ad form.
Kmty mlilltliiiiitl MiiructtuiH ore needed
in the I'll i U i I it ti.
Kllhu limit, a New York lawyer, h
accepted tliu portfolio of. war.
People with money lira coming Into
tin) Nurlbweat In greul tiuin bura.
A big elevator bunted at Tnln.ln, U.,
I whit a property Ion of 11,000,000,
-'f President McKlnley anil Mm. Mo
will take mi null iik at Lake Cham
I-lit I n .
Oregon' Imp crop will prohaly r i-nch
Ha, 000 bales, according lo luteal est
mute.
At Cleveland the militia retniied Id
bayonet charge to clear the Simula of
riotous striker.
Tliu liiitlli'lilp (own, recently over
hauled nt Port Orcbaid diydook, li now
at Sun Krniirtncu.
About 3,500 clothing wnrkoi are on
Mi ik in Ntiw Yoik, Hint Ida mid llili
number will tm swelled to 33,000 with
in t0 Week,
Two rapidly inovliig electria car
rru.liml Into each othet ill Ui Angeles.
'I I i ii nil nam crowded, but uo one was
utiuu.ly injurthl.
Governor Tanner, of lllinoli, killed
deer while In Colorado, niul stute
iriinia nr. Im alter liii acalp (or
lltMlttllg game out of ICiUIOII.
President DU, nf Mexico. n! Ii In
cabinet will be formally Invited to
attend the ceremonies ol 111 a laying of
ll. ii comer atone of the new Moral
building in Chicago on October 8.
Tl.e Dominion government tetegrapli
line It now complied to Hive Finger,
mid i progrenatng to rapidly that mee
ng inny be ii'iit over it from fckag.
way to Duwaon In lclhan two nioiilha.
There ma not far from 130, 000,000
Musaiilinana umlitr Biitiab power, mak
ing Great llriluin tliu greutcat Moham
medan powur on enith. AUiul 80,000,.
poll of tliimu ro In I ud in mid the bulk
Tul tli runt mo In Africa.
Tim president Inn Imnnul lilt procla
niHlinn publmliiiig to the world tha
reciprocity agreement between the Uni
ted States Hinl Portugal, the llrit of ihu
agreomenla iindiir the Ditigli-y act to be
cumdiidud aii.ee that uui.lo with Franco
lunt your,
Throw neg'oea won lynched near
HafTuld, On., ami tlm moii ia limiting
fni live iiuiio, who ate believed to Imva
Im-oii member of gang that robbed J.
K. Ogiltiee, agent of llm Plant tyatom,
tit Siilfold, afterward liindiug lil in and
HMiiuliing Inn wife In ln proaence,
Twonly-two Chlottgo bookumkura
liuvo Ikihii Indicttid.
Italy Una aulnrribi'd J.000 lire to
Tinm flood Biifforra.
The Union ruifl'i OgdBii Omnlia
line will bo douhlo-tmakod.
Heerntnry Algor bun tondmed bia
roalgniitiou, to titko efTttot in two wiwka.
I'rluoe Henry of Primula la In t'oro
ItMiking out fur the iutoreat of Uur
'many. The eecrntnry of the Chloiigo ndiool
boiud hua conh-aaud riiibiixluiiiunt of
131,600.
l'lanona W. I leiily, of Vancouver, hat
bet'ii niipolnted lieutenant In the reg
ular army.
I'leaiduut Augua Cannon, Mormon
li'iidur, hua ploadd guilty to uiilawlul
cohiibilatlou,
HpnniHh priaonera are to be run
(lined, the money to be placed in a
bunk until (lie war ii over.
A Urn, origin unknown, dentinyed
more than $350,000 worth of property
on the Urooklyn wutor (runt.
The w took ii r ol tlie Forth A in hoy
bank hua been aenteuced to ail yvara
in the New Jeraey penitentiary.
The Otouon volnnteera think Oils ia
inoompeti'iit and nearly all are ol 1ho
opinion that Uuuural Milua aliould be
ill L'lllUgO,
A Home diaputoh anya there wna an
eruption ol Mt. Etna, accompanied by
lubturiaean noiaea and t nuuibei ol ee
vote eiiitlirpuike aliocka.
New York trolleymen have Joined
tho Urooklyn tiollev men In theii big
ihike. In Drooklvu dynumite wua
imud to blow down the elevated struc
ture. Tho price of flour bus dropped 20
cents a Inn rol and ia now choupor than
for aometiiue. The drop is said lo be
duo to tho steady deoieasu lu the price
ot wheut. -
A statement prepared at the war de
partment shows that of BO ofllcers and
1,310 men enlisted of the Second Ore
gon regiment, only 40 were killed In
buttle or died of disease during the
K . , nampaiKU in the i'lilllppinea, a percent
age ut .U3,
The income ol the principal charita
ble institutions having their hoaduuar
torn In London, nmouuta to over il5,
000,000 per annum.
The Fourth of July Just past was
Jiioro widely celohratod in foreign coun
tries and participated In by forelgneis
than any previous one.
The equestrian statue of Major-Gen-erul
John F. Koynolde, who com
iimiiilod the First coipa ol the Army of
the PntniTiim urn. ,m..(i.l n. ra..i,.
bttrii, I'a.
LAI IH NEWS.
It Is niinore.l In Loudon that Bali
fiury may realgn.
Dewey will apend all of Aoguat at
Mmllterrauean (Kirta.
Talk of win with Oreut Ilrltuiu doca
not alnrui Washington oftkiala.
Jnalousy eauaud the death of one and
probably another at Long lfench, Cal.
Two cool Ameilrana aie aaid to have
lUpuraed a bowling mob of 400 in
fona.
Mtiiklejohii wilt be acting arcretury
ol war until Alger'i ruaignatlon take
place.
Mr. Itich, of Tel. ii, wua taken to
Memo lor murder trial, wrapped In an
Aiuurlcaii flag.
The Catholic archbishop of Cliivohitid
has Untie. I an appeal to the strikera to
respect tho law.
ItuU and Japan are repotted lo ha
preparing with a view tot possible
uoullict in ('urea.
ThaTranavaal It la said must coin
ply with Kngluiid'a every demand or a
hot wai will follow.
1-roiiihl handlers are on a ati ike in
New Yoik. They ark for an increase
fiom 1? lo SO cents an hour.
The militia was entered out to pro
leet a (Georgia aherirT and Jail from a
mob, who threatened to lynch a negro.
William T. Stead lays the peace con
fluence hit achieved a great socceee,
and went beyond the eipeotatloua of
the delegate.
The tlircittene.1 rate war to Missouri
liver points has been averted and Ilia
reduced-rate tickets have bveu taken
otf the market.
A wietk occur re. I on the Central I'a
rifle near Clark' station, Nevada.
Knglnrer Head wa killed and bi U ro
ll, an badly hurt.
Ooin I'aul Kroger tendered his resig
nation a provident ol the Houth Afri
can lepublie. It was uot accepted, and
he later withdrew it.
Information from the lower Yaqul
river, at the anutli end of the stale of
Minora, In MeiUo, convey the Intelli
gence that an outbreak has occurred
among the Va.pl Indian. In a fight
one white man and 20 Indiana were
killed.
At Ilaltiesbaig, Mira., Henry No
vels, a iii'k'io who attempted to assault
liosaline Davis, Hatorday evening, waa
raptured I. ear lioud City, Misa., and
later liloiiiillod by the young lady. A
mob tied him to tree and shot bits to
death.
The steamer tiertha has arrived In
Kan Kraia-isco from tit. Michaels via
Unulu.ka with 07 pawtengera and a hunt
11,000.000 in gold, f -60,000 of which
la in ebaige of I'orser Keyea, The por
ter myi theio la wealth in the I 'ape
Nome district, and declares there is no
truth in the stories of failure to find
gold which have been published.
I'lngue and delayed rain are di
stressing India.
The cruiser Iioaton, 45 days from
Manila, la overdue at ban Fiauclsco.
Completion of reciuillng new regi
meats fur Oil I elected within a
fortnight
A mine eiploaion near Biownsville,
I'a., killed ail ami entombed 70 mill
ers, who later eacaped.
Admiral Dewey baa wired hia accept
ance to become the city' guest upon
bi arrival In Nw York,
A little boy wa shot and killed by
a noii-nnloii conductor at Cleveland.
ight hundred troop are now on guard.
An American lady millionaire, waa
arrested in Paris for aliopliltiug- Hhe
waa released alter paying for the stolen
goods.
The teclproclty treaty with France
haa been signed. Concessions bad to
be made a a condition of Cambon'
signing the convention,
Sir Wilfied Laurler refuse to quali
ty his statements In legard to the
boundary dispute, and assert that he
meant Just what he said,
A email boy baa testified at Chicago
that he wltueased Mrs. George kill
George D. Buxton brother-in-law of
President MoKlnley, ut Clinton, lust
October.
Nei f'oice Indiana may make trouble.
The young bucks have threatened to
mtuitcr Northern Paclllo extenalon
graders, because the line cioases their
leservation.
Sir W II red Laurler, prime minister
of Canada, ia to be presented by hi
friends with $100,000. Hi (alary of
8,000 a year is considered insufficient
for his wants.
During a thunder storm at Deilin,
Germany, 40 persona loaning against a
wire railing at Charlottonburg Cycle
Park track were (truck by lightning,
Tluee were killed and 30 aoverly in
J u red, (
The New York Hoiald' Washington
correspondent say Root will be only
nominal head of the war department.
The oolouial secretaryship ia the ie
sponsibility for which he la really
slated.
Hoke Smith favon discontinuance of
tho war, He contends that such la tho
eentlinent all over the South. He
does not wunt' the flag to run, but
would have the Filipinos promised
complete Independence
According to the Washington Tlmoi
Rev. Ham Jones' income for several
year has been between 125,000 and
as, ooo.
Suiah Bernhardt says she wna born
In Paris and not in Amsterdam or Le
Havre, as most of her biographer ie
lute. Edgar D. Crawford, who wa recently
admitted to the bar at Atlanta, tia., I
the youngest lawyer In that state, if
not in the country. He is uot quite 17
years old.
ROOT HAS ACCEPTED
New York Lawyer Becomes
Secretary of War.
Al,(. Kit SENDS CONUUATt'LATIO.NS
Tvixtrr at III Oltn Mad After the
Cu-ifarence Hlw.a the Trees.
detil auil autor I'lett.
Waahington, July 25. Kllliu Root,
nf New Yoik, haa accepted the war
portfolio in Prealdent McKinley't cabi
net. The telegram of acceptance waa
received ehurtly after noon, while Sec
retary Long wa with the president.
Hi-crelary Alger had juat lull.
The tender of the War portfolio waa
made to Mr. limit Umt niyht after the
confluence at the White House. Aa
the president will leave for the Adiron
dack. Wednesday or Thoiaduy, it ie
(unliable that Mr. Knot will come to
Washington to confui with him before
that time. It Is regarded aa more like
ly that Mr. Root will meet the presi
dent at Lake Chaiupluin lu the latter
purl of the Week.
(Klilni Root waa born at Clinton, N.
Y., Kelutiary 13, 1815, and graduated
at Hamilton college and the New York
university law rubool. He waa admit
ted to the bai In 1807, sluca which
time he bus been in ai-tive practice In
New York city. He was one of the
moat prominent niembera of the New
Yoik atate constitutional convention,
w here he served aa obairman of the
judiciary committee.)
Wttkhintlon, July 25. FeOietaiy
Algei ihia afternoon addressed the fol
lowing telegram to Mr. Root, at Houth
tinpton, on hearing of bia acceptance
of the war poitfolio;
"Accept my beat congratulatioua and
thank."
RIOT AND BLOODSHED.
Ctawitetl airaet Car llluwn I p le Ut
IuimI , Injuring a.faral.
Cleveland, July 25. A Kuclid ave
nue car, loaded with passengers, wa
wrecked by an explosion of nitro
glycerin or giiucotton shortly befoie
1 1 o'clock tonight. The injured were
a follows:
Mi. K. C. Martin, 70 Alubon street;
compound (raotuie of tha skull, right
arm broken and iuteinal Injuiiea, which
may piove fatal,
1-;. O. Martin, light arm badly cut,
and bruised about the leg and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris, 25 Cornell
street, aufTeiing fioiu nervoua pioatra
lion. F. A. .Smith, 6! Vienna street, in
Juied about lega and tiody.
Albert K. Fueaet, 12 Wallace place,
lega Injured,
Dora fichoaslur, 11 Oukdale atieet,
bruised a I Hint the body.
Late tonight it was learned that
Mrs. Martin, one of the Injmed, would
probably die. tibe suffered a coin.
iKiiind fracture of the skull, bad one
aim btoken and was otherwise injured,
'be wua with her husband, who was
:so badly hurt.
The force of the explosion waa so
teat lh.it it shook all the housei in the
uuigbhoihood, and it waa beard fur a
distance of two or three miles.
Thore I not the slightest clue to the
identity of the pet sou who placed the
explosive on the truck.
Wua an ltninrtnt Victory,
Washington, July 25. The war de
partment lecelved today from General
Otis another dispatch, giving addition
al particulars of the tight between Cap
tain Hyine, witli 70 men of the Sixth
Infantry, and robber baud In the
island of Negros. It show that the
victory of the soldieta will be greater
than that reported in General Otis' di
putch of July 21, and that the lost (ut
tered by tho robbcit waa considoiubly
larger than beforo stated. Much satis
fact ion is felt by General Otis over the
result of this preliminary etToit in deal
ing with this disturbing element iu the
islands, and ho teporta it as alieady
having a salutary effect on other baud
inlesling the locality.
Laurler Talks of War.
Toronto, Out., July 25. A special
to the Telegiam fiom Ottawa, says:
A violent criticism of the American
position concerning the Alaska bound
ary question by Sir Charles Tupper, at
this morning' Billing of the house,
brought forth a statement from Sir
Wilfrid Laurler.
"It is clear," ho said, "that there
are only two ways by which the diffi
culty may now be settled aibltration
or war. I have no hope nt this moment
that wo out) Bottle the matter by com.
promise. No one want war. We
must exhaust every means of removing
thediflkulty by peaceful method. 1
have uot given up hope that It la possi
ble to agree to aibitintlon. Negotia
tions are atill going on. We must Hnd
some mean of bringing about a peace
ful settlement."
Hape Fined Lynuhcd.
St. Louis, July 25. A Post-Dispntoh
special from Mexico, Mo., says: Frank
Kmbree, a negro, charged with assault
ing U-ycar-old Miss Duugherty near
Benton a few week ago, was taken
from the ofllcers by a mob at Steinmitf
md hanged to a tree.
Cotnpresaett Air Combine.
Now Yoik, July 25. The World
siiys: It is stated on good authotity
that there Is to be a complete consoli
dation of the various compressed air
power oompanio and aflliated con
cerns, and that they are all to be
merged into one eential corporation,
with Harry Payne Whitney, non of
William 0. Whitney, aa piesident of
the new company. The oapitaluation
of the central company, it la said,
will be In the noighbothood ol 1 100,-000,000.
RAILROADS IN KLONDIKE.
iaaadlana Will HmIM K.t.rel Line la
Thai ountrj..
New York, July 29. A special to
the Tribune from Ottawa aayc The
(Canadian Northern Kuilway Company,
ia the result of an amalgamation of the
U'iniiiM-g Or eat Northern Railway and
the Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal
Company. The authorized capital la
I0, 000,000, divided Into 160,000
ibareaof f 100 each. The bead office
ia to be at Toronto and the directora
are Fredrick Nicholls, James Ounn,
John M. Hinilh, Archibald J. Sinclair
ml llarcourl Vernon, all of the city
jf Toronto.
The railway company ia empowered
to Issue bond not to exceed f 20,000 a
mile, but ll ia prohibited from amalga
mating with the Canadian Pacific Rail
way or any of it branches, or with any
brunch line leased by the Canadian
Pad flu railway or under it control.
The company ia to Lave five year to
ioinpiute its line aouth of the Sas
katchewan liver, and aeven year to
;oiiiplete the line north of the Sas
katchewan, and it ia proved to eon
Itruct brandies to i't. Albert, Film on
ion to Peace river and from Rod Deek
to Lake Wiiniipegosia.
The Hudson Bay-Yukon Railway A
Navigation Company ia authorized to
change it name to Hudson Bar &
Northwest Railway Company. 'The
Klondike Mine Railway Company, has
fur ita incoproiatora Thomas O'Brien,
of Dawson City; James Arthur Sea
hold, of Ottawa: William Rosa, of
Glaagow, N. B., and Llewellyn H. Bate
and Harold B. Govein, of Ottawa.
The capital of the company Is to be
f 1.000,000 and the head office of the
company at Ottawa. The company ii
empowered to conatruct a single or
double line of railway or tramway in
Klondike City, from Klondike City
along the Klondike river to Bonanza
cieek; from Bonanza creek to the Di
vide; from the Divide to Dominion
creek; from Dominion creek to Indian
river; from Indian river to the Yukon
liver; from Yukon river to Dawson
City, and may construct branch linea
on Klondike river, Hunkei creek. Beau
creek, (juartz creek, Sulphur creek,
Kl.lora.lo creek and other creeks. It
may maintain and 0erate telegraph,
telephone line, etJ., and may enter
into a contract with any other company
and may connect ita lines with any
telegraph or telephone company' line!
in the United States. The company
may issue bond to the extent of $30,
OOOamile of ita railways and tram
ways. I.argo.1 lta(lmaiit la World.
Pan Fiaucisco, July 20. The tran
port Tarlar will sail tor the Philippines
at 1 1 o'clock this morning. She wus
to have sailed yesterday, but waa de
layed by the late arrival of the Nine
teenth infantry. The First and Third
battalion ol the Nineteenth are booked
lor the Taitar, and they left Camp
Meade last Monday in four trains.
The fi ant section, containing companies
G and D, met with an accident near
Soisun yesterday, which caused a de
lay of seveial hours, though no one was
injmed.
The Nineteenth regiment iathe larg
est in the United States, if not in the
world, having 1,800 men. It ia the
Brat regiment to be completely re
cruited mulct the new organization ol
123 men to a company. General Jo
(eph Wheeler and his daughter will be
pasaengera on. the Tartar. Besides the
regulars 175 leciuit will go on the
transport.
The Newport and Ohio are scheduled
to sail tomorrow morning, but it Is
doubtful if either will get away. All
depend on the arrival of the Second
battalion of the Nineteenth regiment.
Besides the latter there will be divided
between the two steamer about 1,000
recruit.
Contract Labor In Hawaii.
Sun Francisco, July 20. The Exam
iner pi inta a detailed atory of the al
leged evil of the contract labor system
in the Hawaiian islands a practiced
by the coffee and sugar plantation own
ers, and quotes as its authority Rabbi
M. 8. Levy, of this city, who haa just
ictnrned from a toui ol the islands. It
any s:
"Thirty-six Galicians, subjects ol
the Austrian empire, are now confined
in Oahu pilson, Honolulu, because
they refused to comply longer with the
onerous coditiona imposed on them by
their owners. They were convicted of
'deserting contract service' and were
sentenced to indefinite imprisonment.
They gain release only by buying their
way out of prison or going back to the
cane fields."
Ild Campbell Kill Him. elf.
Seattle, July 20. A letter addressed
"To Whom it May Conoero," found on
IliA vnlur r.nnl lust ttinlit Iao.Id Ia tl.A
.. ....... .no. ...0.,., IDH... ,11 ,IO
belief that J. T. Campbell, of Berke
ley, Cul., ended hi life by drowning
himself. The letter, after stating
that Campbell did not know how or
when he came to thia city, concluded
aa follows:
"I shall end my life on this earth by
dropping my body in the bay with the
hope that it will never he recoveied."
Kverjr Cwimiiaiid Uenresentect.
San Francisco, July 20. There weie
three deaths from dysentery during the
trip among the 476 Invalid on the
Morgan City, Every command and al
most every roigmeut la represented
among the returning aoliders. Captain
Andrew Johnson, First Montana, was
one of the returning ofllcers. :
Mr.. Mavbrlck's Cme.
London, July 20. In tjie house of
common today Mr. MiohaeVjKilvV
asked the government if, in view of tin
faot that the uonduot of Mi. Maybtick;
in prison has been unifoimly good, the)
home office would not recommend roya
clemency in her case. The secretary
said he was. unable to hold out hope
of exceptional clemency in the case otj
Mr. Muybriuk, ami added that he was
not aware of the existence of any rea-
J ion for rovnl olemonav.
WORK NEARLY ENDED
Results of The Hague Peace
Conference.
FINAL SUMMING UP SUBMITTED
Three Conventions Drawn Cp For the
Approval of the r.e.rt-Ilea.
laratloa oa Armament,
The Hague, July 26. The final act
embodying the result of the interna
tional peace conference, after enomerat
ing the name and qualification of all
the delegates, lays:
"In a series of meetings, in which
the above delegate participated, in
spired throughout by the desire to real
ize in the highest possible measure tli
generoua views of it august initiator,
the conference ha drawn op for ap
proval of the reapective governments
the series of convention and declara
tion appended:
''Convention for the pacific settle
ment of international dispute.
"Convention concerning the law
and customs of war on land.
"Convention for the adoption of law
against the use of asphyxiating or dele
te! ions giisea from balloon projectile
and for the prohibition of the use of
bullets that easily expand the human
body."
The final act contain expressions of
opinion aa follows:
"The conference considers that limi
tationa of the military charges which
at present oppress thewoildare greatly
to be desired for the increase of the
marteiial and moral welfare of man
kind. "The conference ex presies the opin
ion that the question of the right and
duties of neutrala should be inscribed
on the programme of a conference to
be held at an early date.
"The conference expresses the opin
ion that questions relative to the type
and caliber of rifle and naval artillery
a examined by it should be the sub
ject of study by the diffeient govern
ment with a view to arriving at a uni
form solution by a future conference.
"The conference expresses the wish
that an early convention be ca.led to
revise the Geneva convention.
"The conference has teeolved that
questiona relating to the inviolability
of piiva'.e porpeity in war on land and
the bombardment of towns or village
in naval war be leaerved foi future con
ferences." ' The convention waa signed by all the
plenary delegates.
The delegates met this afternoon and
re-examined the text of the final act in
order to decide how reservations aie
to be made. It waa decided that not
only the three convention, but the
tl;"6 declaration must, be separately
ligned, the foi inula accompanying
which will be decided upon tomorrow.
The American delegates met today
and asked that the word "duty" in ar
ticle 27 be fully defined, so that the
word may in no case imply any obliga
tion on the part of the United States to
interfere in European affairs and vice
versa. The discussion among the
French delegates, who framed the ai ti
de, and the Americans, lasted several
liouis. Efforts are now being made to
find a suitable word to substitute for
"duty," which will meet the wishes ol
the Ameiican delegate without weak
ening the purpoit of the article.
Coming Home In a Body.
Salem, July 26. A lettei received
today foim Major Percy Willis, of the
Second Oregon volunteers, now at the
Presidio, by Eugene Willis, of Salem,
says the regiment will be mustered out
August 7, and will reach Portland Au
gust 10.
"The regiment," the letter say,
"will stop and parade at Ashland,
Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem,
ami then finally at Portland."
It is stated that the regiment will
come home in a body.
Seeond Oregon Appointments.
Washington, July 26. The presi
dent haa appointed the following from
the Second Oregon regiment to be cap
tainB in the volnteer arrmy: A. F.
Preston, formerly captain; A. J. Bra.
zee, formerly first lieutenant; E. P.
Ciowne, formerly adjutant of the regi
merit.
Seattle a Tran. port Station.
Washington, July 26. The war de
partment haa ordeted troops A, C, D,
K, F, K, L and M, Third cavalry, tu
proceed to Seattle to be embarked for
the Philippines. Each of the troop
for the Philippine Is to be recruited
to 120 men by the transfer of recruit
from San Fiaucisco.
Meaaenter Hoys Strllca.
New Yoik, July 26. About 200 mes
aenget boys, employed by the Postal
Telegraph Company, struck today.
The offices of the company moat affect
ed are in the financial district. The
strikers demand that they be paid a fiat
rate of 2 J4 cents a message, and that
returned messages which they aie un
able to deliver shall be Daid for the
Biuue aa delivered messages; that the!
levying of 50 cents a week on each boy
for clothing shall cease and that tha
boys be permitted to purchase their
own clothing,
Waut Eight-Hour May.
Denver, July 26. The attempt to
re-open the Globe smelter on the old
10 and 12-hour schedule has failed.
The men demand an eight-hour day,
but have pledged to abide by the decis
ion of the state board of arbitration at
to ho of labor aud wages.
London. Julv 24. An explosion on
board the torpedo-boat destroyer Bull-I
flnuh, in the Solent, during her tiial
today, .killed seven persona and in juiej .
11. I
NO FAULT TO FIND.
frealdeat la atlaaV4 With oil.- Con
daet of Philippine Affair..
New York, July 27. A special to
the Herald from Washington says:
The president has no intention of re
lieving General Otis from the military
command in the Philippine. He had
ti ooghtserioiialj at onetime of align
ing an officer of high rank to command
the force in the field, leaving General
Oti to perform the adminiatrative du
ties of governor-general. The presi
dent bad two propositions before him,
cme to make Lawton the commanding
officer of the fighting forces, and the
ather to send Merritt back to bia old
place.
The latter aeaignment would mean
the aubordination of General Ot'n a
governor-general to General Merritt,
who outrank bim by regular a well as
volunteer title. Both these ideas have
now been abandoned, f peaking for
the president, a cabinet officer laid:
"Why aliould General Otia be re
lieved unless he bad some reason for
asking to be sent back to the United
States? The president has bad no rea
son to find fault with bi work. It i
true be bus not ended the war, but he
has certainly made much progress and
ha shown himself equal to every
emergency. He has taken good care
of the troops, and has shown himself
capable of handling large bodies of
men. He has made known hi general
plan of the operation when tbe cam
paign begin in the fall, and the ei
peiti here, together with the president,
consider that he has a thorough and
piactical programme mapped out for
hi future work.
"To remove him now would be an
admission that he had failed. We can
not admit this, for certainly the official
dispatches from tbe Philippines show
a material extension of out linea far be
yond the points controlled by Spain.
To place a new commander in control
of tbe troops and make him independ
ent of General Otia would cause no
end of Met ion. There can be but one
intrusted with plenary powers, and I
can repeat that the president i well
satisfied to trust General Oti with
those power."
Notwithstanding this administrative
view favorable to General Oti, it can
be atated that some officials here have
private information which tende to con
film the press reports of the unpopular
ity of General Oti with many officers
of hi command.
Indiana on War rath.
Nogales. Ariz., July 27. Informa
tion from the lower Yaqui river, at the
south end of the state of Sonora. in
Mexico, convey the intelligence that
an outbreak haa occurred among t'je
Yaqui Indians, who closed a 10-years'
war by making a treaty with the Mex
ican authorities in 1897. By tbe terms
of the treaty a large body of land was
assigned to the exclusive use of the
Indiana.
One man, Joee Buichiti, who led the
band which made the descent upon
Nogates, Sonora, in August, 1896. on
Friday of last week, with some of his
band made a disturbance near Corcoiit
and General Torres sent out to investi
gate the trouble. The Yaquis fired
upon the soldiers, killing Lorenzo Tor
res and one soldier. The Indians also
levered the telegraph wiles and tele
graphic communication was cutoff sev
eral days.
It is now reported that in the fight
which ensued, some 20 Yaqui were
killed. The Indians dispersed, but an
uprising is feared. Troops at various
points are held in readiness.
Indiana Kill an American
Chicago, July 27. A special to the
Times-Herald from Los Angeles says:
General Barrio, of Mexico, who is in
this city, has received a telegram from
Guaymas, Mexico, stating that Cat log
Sale, son of the American consul at
that port, has been murdeied by the
Yaqui Indians. The further informa
tion is given that the war-like Indians
again aie in a state of revolution and
they have plundered the haciendas of
the state of Sonora. The Mexican
forces commanded by General Tories
yesterday engaged the Indians in battle
and defeated the savages near Cocorit.
00 miles from Guayuias, and forced
them toietreatto the mountains. Tbe
cousin of General Toires was killed
during the battle.
Cau.a or Kruger'a Trouble.
London, July 27. Reports regarding
the resignation of President Kruger,
of the South Afrioan Republc, are con
flicting, but according to information
he actually resigned his office condi
tionally. The vo.ksraud, while main
taining its opposition to Kiuger 011 the
dynamite concessions, lias given ita as
surance that it still has the utmost con
fidence in Kruger and it is believed be
has withdrawn the resignation.
As to the differences of opinion on
the question of the dynamite conces
sion, Genetal Joubert, vice-president of
tbe republic, and the majority of the
volksraad favor the canceling of the
monopoly, while Kiuger supports it.
The minority of the volksiaad desires
to buy out the oompany.
Kiuger Reconciled.
Pretoria, July 27. Amicable rela
tiona betweten the volksraad and Pres
ident Kruger have been restored.
The conspiracy caae against ex-Btit-ish
officeia has been withdrawn, aud
the remaining prisoners were released
oday.
Will Make Uncle Sara I'ay.
Chioago, July 27. At a meeting
here today of the Western linea inter
ested in the transportation of troops to
the Pacific coast, it was decided to
stand by the rates already tendered by
the government, notwitiistanding the
aggressive comae pursued by the quar-termaster-geueral
at Washington. This
decision was possible because the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
roads have agroed to adhere to tbe tate
adopted by competitors throughout the
West.
THE EASIEST WAY OUT
Settling Boundary Dispute by
Direct Negotiation.
CONCLUSION NEARLY REACHED
A Propoaal Ia Mart to Glte Canada
Fart-or-Entry Privilege oa
Lyaa Canal.
Washington, Julj 27. The main
topic discussed at the cabinet meeting
today was the Alaska boundary line
dispute. Secretary Hay explained the
statu of the direct negotiation now
in progresa between himself and Mr.
Tower, the British charge, and said he
waa not without hope thut this vexed
problem would be solved by direut ne
gotiations. Great Britain now seems
willing to consider the proposal of the
United Staes to give Canada the privi
lege of a port of entry into the Domin
ion, while retaining absolute sovereign-
ty over Lynn canal, and it is around
this sort of a proposition that the hope
ol a settlement now hovers. The
speeches of Sir Wilfred Laurier and Sir
Charles Tupper came op incidentally,
but no serious attention waa given
them. The settlement by direct nego
tiation will be the easiest aa well aa
the must satisfactory method of dispos
ing of thia troublesome question, and
such a settlement, from the facia de
veloped at today's cabinet meeting, is
regarded as by no means out of the
realm of probabilities.
Valuable Paper Forwarded.
London, July 27. Despite disquiet
ing mmors, it is believed at the foreign
office that the Alaska boundary dispute
i tiendin; ;jv,ard settlement. The
United States ambassador, Joseph
Cboate, today forwarded to Washing
ton important detailed dispatches em
bodying Canada' position with refer
ence to the Lynn canal strip. Sir Jul
ian Pauncefote's return, it is expected,
will advance matters, owing to hit
knowledge of both the American and
Cauadian positions.
London Time' Ttew.
London July 27. The Tiroes thic
morning, commenting editorially upon
Satniday's debate in tbe Canadian par
liamenton the Alaska boundary mat
ter, says:
"Sir Charles Tupper expressed him
self with unnecessary energy, but,
looking to the present position of the
Alaska negotiations, we hope we may
disregard his oratorical fireworks. Sir
Wilfred Laurier 's tone was studious,
conciliatory and moderate, and as nr
concessions will be made in A last- :
without Canada's knowlegde and con
sent, there is no room at present fo,
the pessimistic views of impatient poli
ticians in New York and Ottawa.
"Judging from the utterances of Sir ;
Wilfred and Mr. Faiibauks, we see no,
leason for either gloom or recrimina
tion on either side. It will be mors
dignified for the two nations to settle
their differences without reference to
third parties, but it is altogether in
credible that the United States should
be unwilling to consent to arbitration
when other methods have proved in
effectual. Their attitude at Tbe Hague
and in the Venezuelan affairs makes i;
impossible for tbem to refuse to arbi
trate a dispute involving no questiot
of national libnor."
Hard.hlp at Kotiebue.
Port Towneead, Wash., July 87.
Thiee victims of the Kotzebue mining
bubble amved today from St. Michaels
on the brig Courtney Ford, which
sailed from that place July 1. Their
names are A. R. Kalweit, of Milwau
kee, Wis.; John A. Koehler, of Fori
Wayne, Iud., and F. W, Babb'itt, ol
Forest City, Iud. They were among
the passengers of the bark Guardian,
which experienced so many diffioultiea
from the time she sailed from Pugel
sound until her arrival at Kotzebue anc '
were among the first arrivals at Kotaa
hue. . . ; ,, -
They confirm all the previous stories
of hardships, privations and disappoint
ments lu the wild and fruitless search
for gold. Broken in health, spirits and
finances, they are glad to leach civili
zation alive. They prospected every
portion of the Kotzebue sound country,
and then beaded for the Kowak river,
prospecting as they went, without find
ing more than a, few fine colors.
They say that as the result of the
Kotzebue excitement, at least 100 live
were sacrificed, to say nothing of the
large number who expended their lust
dollar to reach the country, and are
now penniless.
Kate War Ia Oa.
Chicago, July 26. Demoralization
in Alaskan rates is spreading. The
Koolc island announced today it would
put in the same basing rate foi Missouri -river
as in effect from St. Paul, mak
ing the rate from Seattle to Chiougi
via Missouri river f 17.60.
Union PaelBe Will Uotibla Track.
St. Pan), Minn., July 26. A special
from New York says it was announced
today that the Union Pacific would at
once begin double tracking its entirs
line, at 4 oost of 115,000,000. New
double steel bridges will supplant the
present ones. The work will be done
in 12 sections, and is to be completed
in two year.
' Ingeraoll Burled, '
New York, July 27. The funeral
the late Robert G. Ingeraoll took pi act,
this afternoon from Walaton, Dobba
Ferry. No clergyman wa present to
conduct the aervices; there wa no
uiuaio aud 110 pallboaiei. The body
lay on a cot in the room where he died.
It wa enshrouded in white, and just
one red rose wa placed on the breast.
About the cot were bank of floral
tributes tent by friend, wreathe and
bunohe of blossoms.
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