The
Argus-.-
JnlILLSBR
NO. 20.
vol. VI.
UILLHJtOItO, OKKUON. THURSDAY, AUGUST .'i. 181.
EVENTS " OF THE-DAK
LATER NEWS.
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKK.SK TICKS FROM TIIK WIRES
Ah Intonating Colltln of ltn Pro).
th T ILmli.bre Pre.ealed
la Condeneed Parte.
Tim California volunteer have lallet'
(nr hum..
llieyfu In tu bostuloualv HI
with M IfVKI.
American slooka now command con
lldeneo liranthiMil kutope,
Caroline Ulnmlert want to be so
iituml It) Ilia United Bute.
1'iei.iitntit lltitinot, nl Santo Do-
H-lUlll'l, llMK t'H K.lK!tlllll.
'The body of tlm lata Kobe-it O. lit'
goiaoll Ma croiimlud al Fieall Pond,
N. Y.
Til" flllllt tntVll lllH IlllUfwl Oil
rmnliiniilloiis haa been amicably ad
Juatnd,
Tim moaat'iigor hoy' strika In Pitta
burg hail tm n nettled. Tim boy claim
victory
Al 1 furt fur.l Clty.lml.. Ralph Shelby,
0 yoitr ol.l Uif, wu thtaaliod to death
by lit pluyiiiHUa.
Oil report another engagement
with bandit In (Vbti, tit which Ameri
can force were vlettitioti.
A Chicago in-great la allt'KHl to hav
allniiliHl llm stealing of four eliildrau
wiiliin an hour, hli ia now In Jail.
Four Hfo-timers In the Coin in but,
(,, penitentiary were an unruly tlial
HtM'lal I nil colli wore Li 11 ) 1 1 lur theil
incarceration.
Oil lina been cabled to amid volon
tccia Iiiiiiiu Iihhi aa pna.ililn, It liii
tlimUnIri) ol the provident to hav no
delay In tlio iiiallnr.
William II. 1'nK'tnr, who went tc
California in 1HIU, remained theta ID
wara ami accnmiilale.1 a fortune, li
dead in Hiooklyn, aged 81 year.
It liaa Imhim ileohled tu dlacoiilliru
llm un eil ixml a fuel un llm Nan
Yuik, New Haven ami Hurl fin J rail
road ami to aulmiilu to cuke lur It on
alt locomotive,
United Slate manufacturer will b
litniiiltlml lv uur nnw treaty with
Fiance. Farmers, however, will re-
oelve no It ! it, ai maximum dutie will
itay on airtiHiltiiriil prl u.:t.
The lllinuia Central liaa a nnw twin
llil(ir tin limine friini Clilnngo to
tha gulf, Tim HU Umia A Hnnthwoat
it ii la building a connecting link to
Chicago nml Eastern llhuola.
ltiiv. J nh n Minrimiu, hailur of Cal
vuiy I'ri'hliy tuiiuii ilnnch, ul I'uitlMiul,
il !(! at Caini H'lliiy, imur tlm UianJ
t'uiiyiiii lintel, In the Ycllnwalun 1'urk,
wliaio lia lnul itmio on a iliMur trtk
. Martial law liiitK"tl lna n niBtlioJ
(if ni'Ulinu Uio IJIuvolund slriut cat
Irlko.
Kiro lit Tiinr luko, In the Ail I-
r(tuliii-ka, dualmyvil a bntnl aiul It
liuilillii;a.
Yellow
Natlnnul
ton, Va.
Twenty iinviiiiioia will attoml tli
trnnt Donforttnue tu bo Iitilil lu Chicago
III 8l'itl'UllitT.
Cnlmna are flntllng fult with th
jKiiatia wnn tu Itaiomira a.pnliittl by tlia
United Ktntu.
1'rRiiiiliiiit MuKlnloy will tondnr Ail
mi nil Dowcy a twtiiitiun whun lio ar
livtm at WuHliiiitlun.
1'rlTiita Jninoa A. Dnyln, of oomimny
I), KhooiiiI Dri'Kcm, auccumbud to dji'
Biiltirj at tlit) I'rnaidlo.
Uccanne a vulnuteer would not re
Biilmt, Htniurnl IHH ilunlml him a pr-
iii it to go Into buainuaa lu Manila
The tritmrtilo onuimlttoe haa aliol
IhIkkI tlia kiiiKidiip of Sitinoa adjmliii
fitvnr aa brnknii nut in the
boKlit'ii' Homo, miar ilauip
Th IWllan cablmtt liaa raaivnad.
Tim Olyinpla w ill atop at Naplua on
aeok.
Ulitiln Ham l aalil In ba iii'ifntlatinj
for a ooalinK itatinn rmat C'bilu.
I)ialliilliiilid Itnaaiiina aro In Cbl-
uiigo to atudy Auioriian ruilway auir-
Ice.
Tlia returned folantt-ura are lanortad
lo be having a good lime In Hun Fraa-
ulaco.
lngnraoll Ivft no will. He oonali.
ral II uniirmury, having cuulldunoe ia
the lawa,
Tba Nurtliern I'aidflt! and Oient
Northern are bol loved to be lriendl
ome uioru.
The gunboat Dolphin wa Injaied in
New Yoik harbor by colliding with
fnriyboat,
Tlit. liua been a genetal advanre in
th pi Ice of luuibor from IS to ilO tir
otint I nee July 1.
Nina liti in! i ad ctnplbyp of Mome'i
ihlpyard, Urotiklyn, waul auoia pay
and have tuit work.
1 I.. Wilwm killotl Waller Cava
nauifh. a biotlier of hi aweetheart. in
a auloon at Han Franciauo.
A Filipino ha aned an Engliah mein
lior of the Filipino junta at Hong Kong
for f 60,000 damage for libel.
Mr. K. B. (JriKker ha pioaented
Sacramento lodge of Klk with her apa
loua realduiicu lu that city valued al
1 1(0,000.
A ('hrliitian Kcirntlat haa linlituted
prtK-eedingi agitimt Mr. Kdtly and
lies follow! (oi l'JS.000. alleging
orlialual libel.
Four wine killed ami ii othei bad
ly injured near Doolie. 1., in a wirrk.
Th train juniped the track and all th
car went over tlia bank.
Jarui' Knlwiitle, IKiwey' flet m
glneer, ha Iwen raiawl to the gtade ol
rear-admiral (or cicellt'tit tuivlue lu
the battle of Manila.
Tlia remaliiaof John flrown' raider
will be tukeu from lluipur' Furry and
bulred betide thoaci of the their luadet
at North Klba, N. Y.
Kenator lieveiidge, of Indiana, who
It waa fnaied had bn hut, ha been
lieartl l oin at Nagaaakl, Japan, wheie
ba had been quarantined.
F.llhti lioot ha taken the oath of of-
fine. H wa congratulated by Hecre
taiy Algur, who prayed that 1ih1 would
give him atrength and biota him.
Chicago will try to get Dewey,
Sohley, KHinpann and Ceivera for k to
bin 9, dining tlio new fixlcral building
rorner-atiine laying. I'reaitlent Dole
and 1'roaideiit Diaa will alto be Invited.
The inttMtinver boy of tioeton have
gone on a ttrike for an iucteate of pay.
Ta oup-oballetiger shamrock ii
aliout ready to atart for New York.
Henry Vlllard i viaiting i'oitland for
th tint time tinea Kitfl.
Muitln Dola, nid to have married
ii wouiiiu, all but two of whoua art
now living, wa ai reeled lu Chicago.
Admiial Kant liaa tailed hi flag
nn the battleahip Iowa, wblt-h ia now
the Oagnhlp of the 1'aciliu itiuadron.
Tlie long-ovetdua Macduff, with a
tiargo of grain aack from California
ha been lighted off the Columbia.
The garriaon at Fort Monroe haa
been ordered to move north aa a pie
oautlon agaluit yellow fever.
New York and San Franoitoo capU
tnliat will atart a nntiouul bank in
Hawaii about Heptomber 1.
Ki-Amhnaaadtii Euati haa written
the fact in the Dieyfua caae and they
ire toon to be publiihed.
The North Dakota, Wyoming and
Idaho have left Manila on tlio tiaua
port Urn nt.
Fred L. Dalian, of company II, First
Waahlngton, waa wounded in the
honlder timing tba captuto of Ca
in in ba.
Horn bin rowora ara making life inlaw-
ablo (or the pnpiilittinn of Seoul.
Hevonteen perton huve been arrested
by the police.
The Al-Ki haa ai rived in Seattle
YELLOW FEVER HERE
AMERICANS VICTIMS OF YAQUIS
Thirty Cases In the National
Soldiers' Home.
THREE DEATHS ARK RK PORT ED
lvriunnt Hat Ktlatill.bl tj.ir.f
Haa aail Will fr..a Ik Bpra4
r the Matadjr.
Newport New. V.. Aug. I. There
aia 80 caw of what ia behoved to he
genuine yollow (ovor at the National
Holdmrt' Hoiiih, ni-al Hampton, and
tbrra death fioui the diaeaae wera re
tiurted todav. Tlmre wire aeverat oOier
death al tlie luatitiltion voatorday, but
it cannot Im) atuled tonight that all o!
them wer cuuaod by yellow lever,
NewHiit New and Hiimpton will quar
antiiie agaiimt the noldii'ra' home to
morrow uioiiiIuk. The government an
tlioiltli-a at Uld Point have aln-ady
adoitd thiaatop, and no atrangor ai
allowed to enter the ri'aaivatlnn.
OimiantiiiH Ulllcor llobum, of thi
ixirt, went to the aohlier' hoina to
nluhtatid vviiflttd the atateiunt that
theie ara now 30 canea ol the diaoa
at the Iiiiiiiu, and that there were tine
tlwatha fm.ii the malady today. While
no one oiitaide of the otdirr' hum
knew anything- about the eiiatence of
yellow fuver until today, it la laid that
the diatmatt nude ita nppearauce three
day uiii). The nioet rigid qiiaranliu
regulation will be enforced to prevent
the apread of the malady.
The new ha creutwd great exfit
ment in Newport New. Old Point and
ilaiuplon, and the moat vigorou mem
lire will he adopted to prevent It
ipiead. There are 4,000 old veteian
at the home, and aeveral large eicur
ion partitta went there l.iat week.
Noilolk. V Aug. I. Th board of
health ha quarantined agaluat Ol
Point. Hampton nn I Newport New,
Police offlcei have been aeut out alon
the water limit to watch for tut!,
iteainbont and othei craft. There i
much eicitenient. Uoveinoi WotKllin
ol the aoldien' home, conllrtn the te
pott of the eiiatence of fever there.
Hampton ha been quatantiiied from
Old Point, and the trolley oar atoppeJ
tunning to the former place tonight.
RAN INTO A WRECK.
The KIIU4 Ara Alra1r K.tlmatad at
0 Karh Kid.
St. Ixmia, Aug. 8. A iei;ial to the
Ololie-Domiicrat from Oitis, Mel.,
aaya: Any doubt that the Yaquia ate
on the warpath in eaineit wa dispelled
tixlav when now reatrbed here that
mireral Amerioana and Meiiranl had
lieen killed in paebln. oi town, in
the Yaqui river valley, eaat and aonth
eatt of thia atation. The oourier who
came in with the new of tlie (laughter
tieclaie that ba aaw a deaperate fight
at a point 40 mile toutheaat of Ortin,
and that be ha positive evidence that
V. Keiuly, a merchant of llermoail-
lo, and K. Miller, a photographer in
hi employ, ware among the killed.
Iteinly wa una of the beat known
Americana in Honor. The inhabitant!
of tba town in ami near the Yaqui
valley are in a Mate of terror. Oenet
al Toriea, commander of the Or at mili
tary une, which include Honora and
Lower California, who wa lu the Oe.d
with the Twelfth regiment, i reported
among the alain. No information it
obtainable aa yet of the number ol
Indian under arm, but if th out
break ia of the proportion of the wat
ended in 1 HU7, the number may U
placed at between 3,000 and 4,000.
Tin outbreak ia a tuipiit to the
(title and army official. It it irnpo-
ible to secure accurate figure a to th(
total number killed to date, but tin
Ultimate of 60 on each aide i uot con-
ideied eiceiaive.
ARE ALIVE AND WELL
A SOLDIER'S TALE.
Dlvcr.loa. aa th Battlc-flata
th Fight Wa BUlnf.
During the llrat engagement while
U ... . - fl.i.H A. Ill Ul. Ik.
Message From Oregon Boys wool, ,,,eil(1 , HargeantKing in the
(FLAG AT HALF; MAST
Supposed to Be Dead.
Pennsylvanias Brought Dead
Colonel Into Port
WERE TAKES BY THE FILIPINOS
DIED 05 THE TRANSPORT AT SEA
Private MCor, Lawraae and Mill
Caipir M, Wt. H.i. Ka
Mlatlag aiac rrll.
..of
Minneapoli (Kan.) Memenger, a for
lorn water buffalo, the Philippine
beaat of burden, meander! into the
rice field directly in front of the line.
The writer immediately directed bi
fire towaid tba buffalo, with no appar
ent retult. Afterward, duiing a lull
in tba firing, we (hamefully confeaaad
to having waeted our itrength in thi
ignoble manner and were larpriiad toj
lufirn that vf man tiait Ann ltkf'
riaa At all Tnt. tba ht mad! 8an Franciaoo. Aug. 8. Tha United
good It ecape. for it patiently plod-i Btate tianport Senator arrived tonight
ded ahead until tha Umber wallowe.lj om juaoua wun ner nag at nan
It no. During tha cbarare at Calocan, niaat, on acount of tba death of Colonel
f,mi,t r.i. nf diminntiva aitt.t Alel Ilawkini, commander of
daahed from beneath a bamboo lind Tenth Fennylvanla regiment, unuett
Clal 11.1 Bawhla. B.It.1 ht All
HU R(laat. Ih..kM
a Dadl? Caaear.
Ran Franciaco, Aug. I. There wa
rejoining in tha Oregon camp thi
morning when Captain Pooiman. of
ootupany M, pouted a oahlegiam from
Oaneral Oti aaylng that Ralph McCoy,
Jamea K. Lawrence and Clarenca Milla
aie atill alive and well in the Philip- and, apparently, Judging that all the, 1 8tate voluuteer.
t'aat uf th am.hiip at th Ohlcag
Kir al t.aekawaaua.
Poit Jorvi. N. Y.. Aug. 1. Tl.a aa
ident on the Erie reihoad, growin
out of the landslide a mile eaat of
Lackawaiou laat night, waa not o er
lou a at Oral repotted. Only tti Are
mini and engineei of the detailed en
gine of the westbound Chicago eipreaa
which tinned over on the track wei
killed, thiMigh a number of passenger
on the expreaa, tha vestibule passenger
train for Buffalo and Cleveland, which
left New York at 1 o'clock Saturday,
were tnjmed.
The wreck, which "oocuired hortly
before inidiilglit, wa preceded by a
cltmdbiirat and atorm which lasted two
hour. A Beet ion of the batik fell on
the eustbound hack diiectly iu front of
the freight tiftin. Several tiee went
dowu with the rock and earth, the
Ireight cur and engine turning over
directly aeriwa the westbound tracks ol
Jhe Ki ie road. Sixty freight can oon
Ititule the train, but only 22 were da
railed, nid the debris was piled tip on
he westtmwvHl 1rack Just a the Chi
I'ugn expreaa put in an appearance, tan
ning 60 mile an hour. The engine of
the express train crashed into tha
wreck, and the baggage oar, oombina-
.! ... .... I !...!.. 1 1A U..II
i on ..... .unit, r ..... w ru..u... , b , lhrolIghout the country
sloenera were piled up on the track "
imtnediiitely In front of the wrecked
Ireight car.
The first sleeper wits split in two
parts as a retult of the aocldont, and
the passeugeis were thrown 80 feet
down a bauk. Fira at once broke out,
and four cais of the express ttain and
nine ol the freight cat were burned.
Honndarf tlatllnsd Hr Munumcat.
Kan Francisco, Aug. 8. John Zav
bait, a mining expert of this city,
claim to posaea information which b
believe will have an I in pot taut bear
ing on the Alaska boundary dispute.
Zacbart declare that the old Kusaiau
boundary ia defined by inouuments
placed at ahoit Intervals, and that in
closed in eaclt is a chart of the Kusaian
possessions. He i of the belief that
the duplicate of theharu are on fi.e
at St. Pelerabuig.
Zacbart say that an epxeditior
would have little trouble in finding anil
following up thi boundary line o:
monument, and that the charti
would prove of inestimable value in
settling the dispute between tliif
country ami Canada.
Rout It Now arrtarf.
Waahington, Aug. 8. Mr. Elihu
Hoot took the oath of ofllce at set re
taiy of war at 10:45 this morning.
The ceremony occurred in the largt
ofliceol the aecietary of war. in the pres
ence of Secretary Alger, Uuge, Hitch
cock, Assistant Secretary Meiklejobn,
a large number of army offlcei in tini
for in and other employes, and the offi
cial oath waa admiiiktered by Judge
Cole, of the district supreme court, af
ter which Alger advanced and shook
hands with the new aecietary, ami
en ill. with evident feeling:
"With all my heart, 1 congratulate
you and the administration. You will
find around yon here men who will
help in tlie arduous duties nf your po
sition. May Uod bleaa you and give
you strength."
Advane In I.unibr.
New Yotk, Aug 8. There ha been
a general advanoe of 15 to 25 per cent
in the price of lumber since July 1.
The demand for hickory, oak and other
' hardwooda 1 partiuitaily sharp. Quur
i tered oak cost $15 mora per thousand
than it did six month ago, and it is
haul to obtain. Spruce and pine hav
alao advanced, though not ao mateiially
a hardwooda.
Local dealers do not attribute these
advancea to any icaroity of timber , but
they say that the saw milla are unable
to fill their orders, whioh are heavy,
on aocount of tha demand for cars, ves
sels and trucks to handle the increased
pine, though prisoners of the rebela,
Since Apiil 28, these men bava been
given op a dead. On that date, at 8
In the motoing, they were aent to te
connoiter territory adjacent toMariloa,
near tha company camp. All were
heavily armed, and were to return M
or before noon. That wa the last
heard of the tlio until yeiletday, when
Oaneral Oti learned that they bad
been (pared by the insurgent, who had
taken them aa prisoneia. No details
were received.
Company M i Jubilant tonight, and
everybody feel like celebrating, for
th men long mourned a dead will, it
is thought, soon be on their way to tbe
ft lend ly shores of Oregon. All are
member of company M, and many a
day wa apent by their anxiou com
rades in scouring th iwitnpi and bam
boo jungle to find some trace of them.
The leraain of Private James Dolye,
who died from dysentery Saturday
night, were buried with military hon
or thi afternoon at tha Preaidio.
Chaplain Gilbert performed tba last
rite at 'the hero' giave. A measaga
wa received trnm the brother of th
deceased, in Prince Ueoige island,
Canada, asking that the hotly ba in
terred in tbe military cemetery.
The Oiegon camp look deserted,
and everything belonging to the gov
ernment has been removed, except beds
in the tent.
The boy of the Second regiment in
vited tba Nebraska men to lunch with
then, today, and two hour of good
cheer and fellowship were apent hap
pily. Tha Oregoniana hava done their
aliare in welcoming the returning vol
unteers, and met them iu a body at tha
tranaport dock.
Himmniinn fnr hia benefit, thonffha Ina benator sailed irom .wanna on
best to retire. A tha pig dashed past; Jul 1 'th 38 officer and 721 enliated
tha writer, we gently assisted with
shove from th butt of oar gun and
thought no more of it for some time
Afterward, upon glanoing to the rear,
wa law four or five aohlier In hot pur
nit of the same poor little swine. It
i laughable, even in time of peace, to
watch another man chase a hog, but
when men forsake their places, forget
tha tear of couflict. the horn of bullet,
tha shouts of the victor, and tha wail
of tbe wounded, to grapple with an
eight-pound ahoat, tha scene become
ludlcrou in the extreme. Wa took the
trouble to learn that tha pig got away.
At Calocan tbe rebel had mounted
men. Tha transport was at Nagasaki
on July 25, whesi Colonel Hawkina wat
taken ill with cancer of tha bowel,
from which ba bad been a suffeier dur
ing the greater part of hi campaign in
tha Philippine, and for which ha had
nndergona treatment in the military
hoapital at Manila. His illness con
lined duiing tba following day (July
16,) when the Senator wa at Yoko
hama, and two day latei ba pained
away at sea.
Colonel Hawkina' illness data. from
tba battle of Malolos, when ha exposed
himself almoat recklessly in tha disease-breeding
climate. Ha wa re-
two montrou muzzle-loading gun speciea ami lovau oy vr7 un i ....
..ntm-Ml in former timet from die command, and bi detath ia deeply
Kn.niah. Ther attemnted to fire one mourned by tha troop. Hi body waa
nf mm .ith rfimfnl rnlt. The I placed in a hermetically sealed casket,
American collected the remain of 20 "d on tha Sunday following hia death
,ii. k.M.i ti th. .mloainn of tlie impressive funeral service were con
aun. The insumenta had not the conr- Hnctod by tha chaplain of the regiment.
am to fira tba remainimr canuon.wbicb " of tba officer and men being in at
was loaded and primed when Calocan
waa captured. The native bad loaded
the gun with a complete curiosity shop.
The cannon waa filled with scissors.
knives, coal, piece of brick, naila.
bolt, a tbeimometer, a liorsesnoe, a
car link, a piece of rubber hose, and, to
crown it all, a large quantity of hoop
Iron had been driven into the muzzle
so tightly that it waa necessary to file
it before tbe charge could be drawn. A
double dose of powder was found, and
also a quantity of dvna-nite. No won
der tbe other cannon exploded.
THE ALUM BAKING POWDERS.
it to be without authority and useless.
, Thnao-knot toroodo boat destroyer with 1300.000 in Alaska gold. One
ntililshornugli, wit successfully third of the amount ia from the famous
launched from the way nt the Wolff & Treadwell mliio.
Zwltkor iron works at roitiantl, Ur. Governor Jones, of Arkansas says 10
Th. Itunh.ian Aluaba aimidltlnn ha long a negro outrage tipoii white wo
unturned. The exnoditioii. both from " oontinue In tha South there ia no
a scientific- and pleaauie a.int of view, remedy for lynching
as an entire success. A journey of I Admiial Sampson has eutered luit
over 0,000 inilei wua iniulo. I libelinfl the HphiiInIi Teasel Maria
The Nebiaska regiment and two hat
terlea of tlia Utah artillery, have ar
rived In Han Francisco. The Nohnia
Teresa ami claims largo
(ur the buttle uf Santiago.
Brakeman Constable
prize money
was killed,
kiinahave 10 wounded men. Their Pieman Goldswortuy fatally ami con.
losse Including sick, amount to 804. dior Ftitnia seriously injuied in a
They say they have had enough of wreck near Wlualow, Aria
Philippine lighting.
The rumors regarding the formation
nf n Cliliio-Jiipuiieae alliance are semi
officially iltni Iwl at Pekln, and It I as
smted that the envoy recently lent to
Toklo were, appointed simply to prove
the friendly relation between the pow
ers. A Pari ftlspntnlt says two automo
biles beat the Paris-Ht. Mole exptee
Governor Poyntor was on hand to
welcome the Nebrnakan. They were
given a groat ovation by ths citizens of
San Francisco and ara now In camp at
the Presidio.
The monthly stntemont of the gov
ernment recolpt and expenditures,
how a deficit for July of about I8.518,
900, The total leueipts for tho month
Were $8,064,269.
An officer of one of the volunteer
....!.. 1.. ... l,.,t,.,a,,., Ilw.au nlllua a
... n ..i " - : , "'" regiment now in the Philippine has
.1 stance of 996 milaa, u'l'ki"K 1 i written a letter to tl.a Ahoo .tad Press
t i tit a ever recorded for an automobile, I .. ... . ,..,
Tl. .11- . u...,l In V l.m.r. '' "iiro.utl ui juu.wou U1
biitj uininiivn nno vvr r v. v.i ""
and 48 minutes.
diers in the islands.
War It Looked For.
Puerto Plata. Santo Domingo, Aug.
I. The situation ia critical. An out
break la momentarily expected. The
frionds of tlie government ara under
aims and ready for action to protect
property and peace. A feeble attempt
was made to seize the body of Presi
dent Henieaux by the assassin. Ra
mon Caoeres, Manuel Caueres, Hornclo
Vasquei and Domingo Pichardo, who
are in the country about Moca, with
tlieit followors. Tha burial of Presi
dent Heureaux wa conducted with
fitting honor.
Governor Pepin ha atsemhled troop
In Moon, and the governor of La Vega-
real lint 1,000 men.
The minister of tha treasury has ar
il veil at Moca in hot haste. The gov
ernment is taking steps for the protec
tion of business and tbe finance ol tha
country, and expects to carry out the
contemplated cancellation of the atnte
bank notes. In Puerto Plata there is
an urgent demand that tha govern
ment send a sufficient force to Mooa to
hunt down the assassin of the presi
dent. Protests have beon made to member
ef the administration against the propo
rtion to give Canada a port of entry,
even temporarily, on Lynn oanal, as
audi action would ba conceding her
right to such a port.
Admiral Dewey ia paying the penal
ty of greatness. Curious crowd follow
him wherever he goes and kodak fiends
, Two syndicates, one inclining tlit
rWhtixt ami most poweiful inon lu Eng
land, tho otlmi lepresentlng the largest maka .i(B a burden to him.
iinnnoiiil iniereata mum wiuien swum,
have ooiiibinud to build more tluin
9,000 miles of ruilroiul in China.
Jerome Hull Knymond, the new
president of the university of West
virulnlu. waa a nuwu hov In his earlv
.ilia report on tlie proamnion oi cop- jju
Tho now goysor whioh recently broke
nut before the Fountain irotel In xei-
lowstone Nntiouul park, has been named
"Dewey," In honor of the hero ol Wa
nlln buy.
per in 1H08 has Just been submitted to
the United States, geological survey by
Snoulal Agent Kliohhoff. : Tlio piodiia
Hon . iii the United States In that your
w68u,ll76,'fiul pounds, which 1 by
the largoat pioduot ever reported.
atorint In Mlnntota.
Ctookston, Minn., Aug. 8. -Fifty
square miles of crops were detstoyed
in Polk county by last night's hail
storm. The storm followed the Red
Lake river from Mallor to Ciookston.
At Garry, S. D., a strip of grain land
12 miles long and four miles wide was
devastated. At Stephens, Minn., the
tot in destroyed 1,000 acre of grain.
D.in.g By Hall.
Desmet, S. D., Aug. 8. A terrific
hail storm passed over this section last
night, totally destroying the crops on
2,000 acres of land, and severely dam
aging those on several thousand acre
more. But little grain iu the path ol
the storm had been cut. The full ax
tent of the damage ia not yet ascertained.
Army Hoiltal. .
Port Towneend, Aug. 8. The Hotel
Eisenbei. situated about 1 mile
south of thi city, and built during
boom days at a coat of 8100,000, haa
been leased by tha United Statea gov
ernment. The hotel is a laige fiaine
building, and contains moie than 200
rooms. It is thought that the build
ing will be used as a hospital for the
siok and wounded soldiers who will be
returued from the Philippines.
Warm Sunday Fight.
Manila, Aug. 2. Sunday's fight at
Calamba wa a warm one. The insur
gent were unwilling to abandon the
place, which is the key to the lake
road. General Hull, bearing that Gen
eral Malbar waa preparing to make an
attack, sent Major Weieenberger, with
three companies of the Twenty-first in
fantry, three troop of t-avalty and one
of Hamilton' gun, to attack the insur
gents. Thi detachment found a (oroe
at 1,000 rebel behind hastily made in
trenchmenta. Tbe rebel held their
fir until the contingent of the Twenty
flrtt waa within 300 varda, when they
fired a volley. The Americana dropped
in ths high graaa out of light and le
turned the fire.
Lieutenant Love, who waa walking
arect along the front of the men, was
shot in tha arm. An insurgent officer
equally brave, stood it the top of the
trendies directing the fire of the insur
gents until he was killed, when the
Filipinos fled.
During the fighting on the north side
of the town, a small body of insurgent
attempted to enter on the south side,
but a troop of cavalry repulsed them.
The total American loss at Calamba
was seven killed and 20 wounded.
Sixteen dead insurgent have been
found. Tbe American garrison at Mo
rong ia going to Calamba.
A body of insurgents hai visited Tay
tav, where they killed natives who
weie friendly to tba Americana.
Flllpln l.mba.
Manila. AtrT mtrat-
K.ms of Sotn of th Principal Brand.
Sold In this Vicinity.
The recent dieenseion in tha paper
of the effect upon the human tystem
of food made with alum baking powders
and the opinion! that have been pub
liahed from noted scientists to tba
effect that uch powder lender the
foot! unwholesome, have caused numer
ous inquiries for tbe names of the vari
ous alum powders.
The following list of baking powders
containing alum is made up Irom tlie
reports of State Chemist Nicholson, of
Nebraska, the City Chemist of St.
Louis, the Food Commission of Minne
sota, or other reliable authority:
Ing their foroe?.Ai
plnos yesterday morning'
lamua, inn lown un uagtiun -wa
oaptuted by General Hall Wedensda'y.'f
The engagement lasted an hour, and
the Filipiou were driven off, carrying
away their dead and wounded. Tbe
American forces lost two men killed
and six wounded.
Pcnntylvanln Arrlvt In Manila.
Washington, Aug. 8. Geneial Oti
cables the war department that the
transport Pennsylvania arrived this
morning without a casualty.
Two Electrocutions In Sing Sing.
New York, Aug. 2. Louis Pullerson
and Michael McDonald were put to
death by electri Ity in Sing Sing prison
today. Pullerson was taken to the
electric ciiair at 8:21 and a current of
1,720 volts was turned on at 8:22. Af
ter 65 aecond h was declaied to be
dead by the attending physician. Mc
Donald waa put to death at 8:42, a
current of 1,710 volts being turned on
at that time, and continuing for 65
eoonda. Mconald's body resisted tbe
electrlo ourrent more than any other
man put to death in Sing Sing. It
took 10 seconds longer to kill him than
it did Pullerson.
Array Hoapital Offered Marine.
Washington, Aug. 2. Secretary Al-
The ger has directed that the Josiah Simp
Pennsylvania left San Francisco July son hospital at Fort Momoe be turned
1, with headquarters and six oompanie over to the marine hospital aeivice if
of infantry, under the command of Col- lit ia wanted, llie hospital oontain
onel A. S. Burt.
1,000 beds.
Baking Powder Cont.li.Vng Alum:
K. C Contvins Alum
Jaquc Mfg. Co.. Chlcngo.
CALUMET Contains Alum
Calumet Baking Powder Co., Chlcngo,
HOME Contains Alum
Heme Baking Powder Co., San Franciaco
WASHINGTON Contains Alum
Pacific Chemical Works. Tacoma.
CRESCENT Contains Alum
Creacent Mfg. Co., Seattle,
WHITE LILY . . . .Contains Alum
D. Ferrer A Co.. Tacoma.
BEE-HIVE . .Contains Alum
Washington MIu. Co., San Franctico.
BON BON Contains Alum
Grant Chemical Co., Chicago.
DEFIANCE.... Contain Alum
Portland Coffee Sl Spice Co., Portland,
PORTLAND Contains Alum
Beno A BalUs, Portland.
In addition to these, it ii learned
that many grocer aie selling what
they oall their own private or special
brands. These powder are put up for
the grocer and his name put upon the
label by manufacturers of alum pow
deta in St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas
titr, Tacoma, San Franoisco and elie-
The manufacturers, it is said
market their good
Hv -- PJ the ambi
tion orMi,- . . with
hia own namerhi. .
ly when the grocer ema,
normal profit upon it. Many
doubtless, do not know that the pow
dera that they are thus pushing ate
alum powders which would be actually
contraband iu many sections if sold
without disguise.
It Is quite impossible to give tha
names of all the alum baking powder
in the market. They aie constantly
appearing in all soits of disguises, an
tler all kinds of cognomens, and at all
kindB of prices, even as low as five and
ten oents a pound. They can be avoid
ed, howevei, by the housekeeper who
will bear in mi ml that all baking pow
ders sold at twenty-five oents or leas
per pound are liable to contain alum, aa
pure cream of tartar baking powders
cannot be produced at anything like
this price.
Bail Knough Now.
Husband Don't bother me, my
dear. I'm studying political economy.
Wife Well, you needn't woik so
hard at it. Goodness knows, yon 're
sufficiently strong on the economy pai t
of it now. Le Petit Journal.
tendance.
The remain wer placed in the item
of tha vessel and lay in state, attended
day and night by s guard of honor dur
ing the remainder of the voyage. - The
casket will be taken ashore tomorrow
with military ceremonies befitting
Colonel Hawkins' rank, after which the
remains of tbe dead commander will
be sent to Pennsylvania for interment.
After tbe death of Colonel Hawkins,
the command ef tha regiment waa vest
ed in Lieutenant-Colonel Barnett, who
like the dead colonel, i popular among
the enliated men, and made a good teo
ord in the war.
Of tbe 769 officers and men whom
Colonel Barnett brought to San Fran
ciaco, tbiea aie ptivatea in the Sixth
artillery. United States si my, and one
ia a member of the Nebraska regiment,
who waa Kft behind at Yokohama
when hi companion sailed for this
port on the Hancock. A dozen stow
aways were also concealed in tba hold
and were only brought to light aftei tba
Senator left Yokohama.
The Senator hail a good trip from
Japan. With the exception of the aad
illness and death of the regimenatl
commander, there was no sickness on
board barring a few cases of .seasiokness
and halt a dozen case of dysentery.
At sight of land all tbe invalid were
able to leave theii bunks and line up
on the main deck, except one poor
chap, who baa developed symptom of
appendicitis, and who will be operated
npon in the hospital here.
W hen the Tenth Pennsylvania aaileil
from San Franoisco for tbe Philippines
last year th master comprised 850
men. Twenty-four were killed in bat
tle or died in tha Manila hoapital and
the rest of the lick and wounded to the
number ol seven are on the hospital
ship Relief, which will probably anive
here within the next few days.
To Withdraw Troops from Yukon.
Ottawa, Out., Aug. 8. In the house
of commons tonight the minister of
militia stated that it had been deoUled
to withdraw one-halt of the troops,
about 100 men, from the Yukon, a
i toon as arrangements
Reduction In Royalty Favored.
Ottawa, Out., Aug. l.In the house
of common yesterday, Sir Charles Tup
per spoke strongly in favor of a reduc
tion of tha loyalty on the gold output
in the Yukon. Clifford Sifton, minis-
... l il,. !..!. In ranlv enl.! tli.it
white Ih7 tv was not ' crm." j wit the United State, government to
fixed, he could not vot consent to any '". them "
reduction from the 10 per oent now col
lected. Mrs, McKlnley's health has. greatly
Improved at Lake Champlatn.
Malone, N. Y., Aug. 3. The fire at
Tu'pper Lake Sunday destroyed 169
buildings and neatly wiped out tba
town. Tha loss ia 1 150, 000.
Exterminated by Indiana.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8. A party
of explorer, headed by two Kansas City
mon, Weldon B. Williamson and Mar-
cus B Kirk, in whioh was Alfred
Greenfield, of Mapleton, Kan., whioh
oould be made leIt this city in Marcn, man, ami nas
not been nearu irom since june,
- 808. is now believed to have been ex
terimanted by a hostile tribe of In
dians in the western part of Brazil,
whither it went in Bearch of great rub
bei forests, in the interests of Kausai
City capitalists.
Went O. K. N. Root.
Portland, Or., Aug. 8. Tbe North
ern Pacific Railroad Company has de
termined to come into Portland down
the Columbia river pass. If it cannot
get trackage ovei the O. R. & N. main
line, it will build down the north bank
of the Columbia.
During his visit in Portland last
week President C. S. Mellen, of the
Northern Pacific, thus expressed him
self to mote than one bnainesa man in
the course of private conversation.
His statement waa so positive and un
equivocal and involved so much to
Poitland that it haa been lepeatad of ten
privately, and may now be considered
"Jic topic.
Marred.
"It was a good opportunity," said
the aotor, "bat I had to give it up."
"What kind of a charactei was it?"
"Villain."
"Wasn't the salaiy enough?"
"Very liberal, and the manager a
rentleman; but when I was a boy
(nomiaoJ uiy mother that I would never
Imoke a cigarette." Washington Star
The Monndnock block, Chicago, is
laid to have a daily population of
1,000.
bBnr.dlng.
uee
new
oases ot
home at Hampton f'W.
the offioial report receivecr
Surgeon-General Wyuiau from
Wasdin, the yellow fever expert
duty at the institution.
Norfolk, Va., Aog. 8. Yellow fever
appeared today at Phoebus, a little
town almost adjoining tbe soldiers'
home at Hampton. Tbe sooxirge ap
peared among tha negroes, and six
sases and two deaths were reported.
M.tionnl Finances.
Washington, Aug. 8. Tbe monthly
itatement ot the publio debt, issued at
the treasury today, show that at tha
oiose of buBines on July 81,' 1899, tha
rjebt, less cath in tbe treasury, amount'
sdto $1,161,887,871, an Increase foe
the month of 15,267,436. This in
crease is accounted for- by a conespond-
ing decrease in toe amount of cash on
hand. -, . ... ; "" ,, - .j ;'t
Cut Downln a Peg.
Greenock, Aug. 8. The mall steam
er Dromedary collided in a fog . last
night with the yacht. Vendetta oft tba
Scotch coast. The Dromedary lowered
boats and searched In tha,,fog froitleas- '
ly for tbe yaoht. which evidently ar
rived at Millport aYdawu. She was
cut down - to the ;water'i adga. Hef ,
crew manfully stuck to tha pumps, and '
the 14 persons oa board tha Vendetta
were safely landed. Ths Vendetta was,
towed to this port.