IS 1 HILL NO. 14. VOL. VII. IIILLSKOIIO, OKKUOX. THURSDAY, JUNK 21, 19(X). The EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKIiSK TU KS FROM THK WIRE A Inli-rr.lliij t'nlleetlnn of 1 t.ua Fro tha Two llntUiliiir fraaeutad In it CuiiiUumkI Form. A DKlfllllt-duiM IIHVUI Station Will established at Hsu Diugu, Cal. Churches and rwiiloin o 1 foreigner 111 Tlell Tutu have bowl burned. An extra wmntoii u( congress may be convened owing to tha Chliieae war. China will have A heavy hill of dam ago t pay lor tha Boxer outrage when order l again restored. Fire destroyed the Home (or tha Frlendle children Hi Leadvllle, Colo., causing tha death ol lour ol the luiuat. Kritnotn of Orleans, Prince ol Join villa, iuii ol tha lata Luul Philippe, kin. ol tha French, la dead til pneu monia, aged (t'J year. Three person were killed and 16 nrluualy lujuiod liy a rolllalon batweeu an express train ami a train tilled with race-goer near Uinduu, huglaud. (i. f. Humtntdln, a wiill know merchant ol Portland, Or., wa mur dered la New York city, preaumably lor the purpose ol robbery. Ilia throat wo cut (rom ear to ear. A nut I vu rising ha occurred la tha (innilila coloiiv, Went Africa, and two British commissioner and six tnemlsr ul the police have been ktllixl at Kami kaudl, on the Miuth bank ol (iamhia itvur, by Mandlngotia. Tha party had gone to Saniikaiindt to settle a quention ul local administration, whan the Man tllngoe suddenly attacked aud mur derd tlloin. The Mexican goverumcut, following the example act by Texas, ha quaran tined agaluat San Frauoiaco, aud uutll notice to the contrary la given, all per aont who have been tu Han Francisco within a period of IS duyi will not t allowed to tmaa the border until thnv have rtimaluud 111 quarantine for a ant flulnut length ol time to make up the 1ft ilaya. Tha Mexican quarantine relate to passenger only. The border authorttlea have tha matter In baud Journal ieoial (mm town In South went Nehraaka tell ol violent rain and wind atorma with some hall, At Hyra euae. 6 l tiichea ol rain haa (alien in 24 boura. Damage to crop it heavy Tha Little Nehama valley la ona vail lake, aud many (amllie have heun com il led to aliainlou their home, Freight traiui on the Burlington bava been alwudoued. Weeping Water creek, at Weeping Water, Cas couuty, la the hiithiMit known (or 10 yeura and Missouri Pacific tralua are delayed. British mariuna killed and wounded 40 Boxer. ltnhoita' Una of communication gain oinn. General Grant report tha rapture of Ban Miguel, a rebel stronghold. Haven person were drowned by tha upsetting of a boat on Lake Ituunutt, Alaska. Four people were killed by the de- itrnctlon ol a large cooperage plant la lirooklyn. Robert's force had a hard battle till General llotha, but did not defeat tha Hour leader. Peniisylvanians will push the candl dacy ol (ormnr governor l'attlaun (or the vice-presidency. The money appropriated by congrosi (or una at the mouth of the Columbia will bo ued at once. Two peraou wure drownod at South lleud, hid., by the capslslug ol it boat on tho rlvor, at that place. Muthuen and Kitchener, In an en' lavement with Dewet's troop, scat- tered the Hours in all dlrootloui. Terry MaGovorn, uhainplou light' weiitht of the world, kuocked out Tom White in tliree rouuda at New York City. New York oapltaliata have aoourod couceNaioua (rom the gnvorumeut of Iiomiuraa 10 uuitu n raiiruau iu . . . . , I ..11.1 ..11 I I.. country. Wood workeri ol Chicago threatan to go out on July 1, uulon their wage are iuoreimed. Iho atrlke will involv 8,000 workmen. Two city detectives of Kansas City undertook to stop a street fight between a crowd of negro men and woinuu and aa a result a man aud a woman were killed. News has beon received in New York o( tho murder o( Dr. Kdua U. Terry, in charge of the station of the Metho dist Episcopal Woniiin's Foreign Mis sionary Society at Tsuug llua, China. Thomas Lewis, a minor ol Tucson, Aria,, has been arrested on a charge ol setting lire to the Catelina forests, where 6,000,000 loet of timber were destroyed. A miner who was with Lewis claims that Lewis becaino In censed because the pine noodles hurt his feet' and set fire to tliom, causing the most disastrous forest lire ever known iu the Southwest. The tobacco trust has established s virtual boycott on independent dealer doing busluesB in Now Enghiud, Statistics ol the criminal population ol the United States shows that only six per cent of the total number ol criminals are women. The Montreal Star claims it has evi dence than the Cluu-ua-Uael planned the Wellaud canal explosion aa a re- nrlsal on Canada lor seudimi troops to (South Alrloa. i Two thou nam! lUlf) ol aruji have bm'U glvan up by tha Unara at l'roUirla. The battle-ahlp Oregon and 6,000 American troop will go toTaku at one. Anierkau ahipa tMik no part in tha iKiiutiardiiinut aud aoUure ul the C hi uuih) lurta at Taku. A apodal aeaaiou of congreM may ! called. Tha aituatlott in tin far Kaat teem to demand It. Thrw o( the (orta at Taku were com' pletely deatroyed by the homliarilnieul Irom lureign ahlna, and the lirltlah va- ulvapturl (our C'hiiioao torpedo Untn. Mr. Ueveildge, wife of V lilted SUitci Keuntor Jleverblge, ol Indiana, died In aanttariiiin at Uanaville, N. Y., "I biu-t failure. bn had been ill wiveral month, Half of the buaineaa poitlou of the city ol lUoolinugtoli, 111., Including live (quanta of tlie uueat buatnea ufocki ol the city and Uia court bou', wit dcitroyud by lire, w ith 1omi etiiuaUd at ll.uoo.uao Negotiation for a commercial treat) with France have lawn aatialactoril) coucludml by the llrazilluli mlliiaU'r o! foreign affair at Hlu Janeiro. Iraiicc will grant a reduction of 20 er etui on the doty on Itraiiltan conee. The Faciflo Oil Worka Conipaiiy wan inMorporatnd at Tacoma. Vuli., with 'apltal of 2M),0U0, to Ixire lor oil in Kulch, alinoat in the hwirt of the city. Sample oil from outcropping in dicat rich duixmit. Work will l prosecuted at uuce. A diapatch Irom Ixird Itoberta wmt (roui Pretoria, Julie 10, give an ollicia veraton of au attack on a lirltlah poel at Zand river, Juno 16, by BOO Ikntra, with thrii gun. It aaya that (icnural Kmix, with a mixed (men, drove off thi lloera, who lelt four dead and four pri' oner on the Held. The lirltlah low w Major Heyinour and two men killed and nine wouuded. The French government will have 4,300 InxuM at Taku when the rein forreineuta juet ohlorud have arrived there. They will reach Taku be fort June 80. The dlnpatch of a cruiaoi dlvUiou, which wa decided ujam will give France a atrong uaval (orco, conalitlug o( even modern cruiaeni three of the drat-claa aud (our of tit aecoud olaaa four uuuboat and a die patch boat. Frlnceaa liadUwill, of Kunla, robld o( jewelry worth i:i0,tK)0 at hm hotel in Ixmdon, June to. Among ttw lewela was her hlatoric ropa o( 150 iearl, tutch weighing 3'1 grain, ana bracelet ol emerald, the gift of til Ameer ol AfghanieUn. The priuccaa wa about to tturt to 1'ari. but while at luuchoon he loft the jewel in their ct. locked In her wardrobe. Ou her return ehe found them nil.iuB. All the effort of the Scotland Yard d' Uk'tlve have thu (ar proved uiutvail log. Fortuuntly nioatol her diamonds were in ante at Coutt'a bank. Chluoae (orU at Takn fired on foreign veaael. but were aoou (diced tu fur render. KiimIa haa demanded of China an In dwiunity of 60,000,000 tael for the damage done t) the railroad from Tien Tain U 1'okiu. John Van, one o( the beat-known mining expert on the 1'hcIHo Coaat, dieil of coniumption at linker City, Or., aged 4(1 year. Trouble la rile in tho northern pari of the Hupublic of San botimigo. Manj arretta have been made, lucludng lead era of the lormer government party. In coniM'iiience of the gravity of tin ltuatlou in China, Knglauil ha order ed the Suvenlh lletiual infantry al Klinla, India, to procetxl to Hong Kong J. C. Pardeo, agod 80 year, a brake' man on the Southern Pacific truiu. whe Uvea in Aahlaud, Or., wa killed al Diiusmuir, Cal., by boin run over by a train. Information from Pckin, brought tc KliHiighai by rcfugeee, aay that the city la in a atuto of panic, lucuudinry Urea are of nluhtly occurrence, and acortw o( outrages are reported. Wo men and children (rom Tien Tiu are pouring into Shanghai. Tho chief danger there la the (not that the native town, buhlud the Luropeau settlement, ia full of bad characters, whoso atti 1 tude ia becoming every day more luto- I ... . mm auu iiienauiug, At Needle, Cal., the (ederal quarto- tine iuapector haa boon prevented from molesting pamengora on Hauta Fe trains at the state Hue nnd hi authority ia iunomod by the railroad ollicials. Or ders have beon issued to all conductors to take up the pass of the Inspector, Mr. Jenkins, If presented, and collect 1 his (are. Jenkins haa wired to Surgeon I Kouyoun for Instructions. The con- 1 duo tors have also been ordered to give the iuspector no Information, 8. J. McCownu, superintendent ol the Phoenix, Ariz., Indian Industrial School, having been directed to inves tigate the oouditlon of the Pima In- dians on their reservation on the Uila river, 80 miles from Phoenix, who were reportod to be suffering from (amine, status that 8,000 Piniiis and an ouual mini nor ol Papagoes are In great distress. Congress has approprb ated $38,000 for the relief ol the In. dians and latloua will soon be distri buted. By the death of Thomas E. Mlaoo iu New York six theaters nnd a large fortune are left to his 15-year-old daughter Edna, his sole heir, A monument to MaJ. Gen. John Sedgwick has been set up at his birth- ulaoe. Cornwall. Conn., and it was dedicated ou Memorial day. Berlin postal authorities estimate that no lewer than 100,000 postal curds without auy addresses at an are maueu . it I in the Ueruiu eull"re eve,5r yer LAI tR NEWS. THE ALPHA LANDED Had No Trouble Getting to Cape Nome May 35. DID SOT TOfCJl AT ST. MICHAEL Hraufht Hack rur l'a..anir., Willi Uuarler of MUllMH-t'lallu lll. h.r Than lUporl.U. Vancouver. II. C June 19. That the gold field of Cape Nome are richer aud more productive than haa yet Ixwn reiirtwenUtd. la the atory brought down by the ateamer Alpha, which arrived (rom tba North tonight. Fmiii aaiugle claim, worked by 20 men In the employ ol Jack ltradr. 1 1 5.000 wan taken out in one week and the auiue claim punned out $5(1,000 within a mouth. A an earnnat ol Cape Nome' golden pro ductlveneaa, the Alpha brought down f.'SO.OOO In gold dual. There were live tiaaauuunr on board, and the dunt belonged to four of them, in the (ol lowing amount: Jack (iill, of Seattle, 1145,000; J. C Mougahan, o( Ikiuvcr, f 10,000; Frank Green, o( Kanaa City, 30.000; Olen TimlcT. an old Dawson lu!nr, who weut to Nome laat year, f :I5,000. Unusual intercut ha (ollowed the Aluha'i trip, not only liecauae he was the first steamer to all lor Cape Nome, but more especially on account of pos sibility ol uitormttiouiti complications, tha Alpha being a Cuuadian bottom and liome not being a sub-port of en tiy. Hut the akipper had no trouble with the cuatom regulation. He lied from Vancouver on April 6, clearing lor St. .Michael, lie nays he wa so menaced with iceberg a he approached St. Mtohael that he pro reeded directly to Nome, landing 153 mutem-en and their supplies on the beach on May 25, aud sailing lor an couver on May 80. Tha Alpha wa carried by the ice to the Mberiau coast, and for five days was packed in the ice nnalde to move. She finally made Nunivak Island, where she loond the San Francisco whalers, Alexander aud Jeauotte, with about 100 passengers each, also trying reach Nome. After spending three days more in very heavy ice near i'ri- bvlnfl Ulands. the Alpha finally made Nome, whither the Alexander bad pre ceded her two days. So overjoyed were the miners at the double arrival of the Alexauder aud the Alpha that clvlo holiday wa declared, and the Canadian boat was received with aa lutws, all the customs rogulatlous being aived, although as she had cleared (mm Vancouver (or St. Michael the discharge of bar freight was in direc ooutradiutlon of the custom laws. Nome was rather dull during Marc and April, work being entirely sus pended on aoconnt of cold weather Several times dining the winter the settlement narrowly escaped total de Stiuotlon by fire. All the buildiug are said to be flinisey structures, aud no tire pi o tec t ion is afforded. The extent ol the gold-producing area of Nome seem much greater than was at first supposed, and all over the couu try men are reported to be WAHhing (rom 15 to 25 cents to the pan in gold Golden Gate and Slimcot croog are turning out well. Topcock is the big get find of the season, where it is cou sidured nothing remarkable for a miner to make 130 a duv on many of the claims, although the gold i found intermittent streaks. It was on Top cock creek that f 58,000 was cleaned n in 80 days. Topcock is 15 miles from the sea, and 50 milua south of Nome One thousand people are working there now, aud there nave beon clean tips (rom ias.000 to $50,000 on 100-foot claims. The Colombian Knbelllon, Kingston, Jamaica, June 19. The Koval mail steamer Don, Captain Davis, whioh anived here today from Colon, brings news of an Important battle (ought ou rrlday last about miles outside ol Panama. Acoordici to this Information the insurgents forces were victorious and some 20u tho government troops were killed. is inferred Unit Panama may already b iu possession of the rebels. The latter are strongly entrenched at Sim Joaquin, near Santa Marta, and all the govern ment troops at Baranqntlla had been dispatched to Sauta Marta, when the Don left Colon. Help Prom Manila. Manila, June 10. The Ninth xegi- niont haa .been ordered to Manila, whenoe It will proceed to China. Manila, June 10. The gunboat Con cord, with mariuus aboard, has sailed under scaled ordotu, supposedly for China. The British cruiser Buenaven tura has sailed for Hong Kong with troops and (stores for Hong Kong and Tien Tsin. IHeil In a Dlnlni Var. Chicago, June 18. John II. Donlin, a promineut contractor here, died while iltting at the table in a Chicago s Northwestern dining car between Waukegan and Kenosha Wis., last evening. Donlin, with two friends, were on tholr way to i'.ngle river, Wis., where they intended to spend several days fishing. Des Moines Auditorium Burned. Dos Moines. June IB. The D Moiues auditorium, used for a conven tion hall, which was constructed a year ago at a cost ol f 50,000, was de stroyed by lire today. It was insured tor 125,000. It was ooouploa ty tne Commercial Exohunge and the T. W. P. Chase Amusement Company, the latter holding a lease and conducting a vaudeville show. All the Boats, effocta and scenery were burned, making a total loss, as now estimated, of 940,000, i with 127,000 Insurance. CALLED TO ORDIR. Opening Rassloa of Haambllcaa National lonvsntlon. Philadelphia, June 21. Chairman I lamia, with a rabbit'a foot suspended from a minature of McKtnley iu the lapel of hi coat, surveyed an imposing apertacle when be called the 12th lie pu hi lean National convention to order in the exposition building at 12 3 P. M. today. The valleys below him ere crowded with the 1,800 delegates lid alternate and stretching away to the (our corner of the immense hall were endless vistas of people rising in terraced seats to tho walls. He looked into the faces of folly 15,000 men and women. Opposite, iu a broad gallery, were uiaasd a hundred musicians, heir leader a mere pigamy In the dis tance. The platform on which he stood tittod out like a huge rock Into an Mean of humanity. Jielow him and Hanking the stage, was an embankment thronged with the representative of the press o( the country. Above was a riot of flags, bunting, eagles, shields. he w hole scheme of the elaborate dec- )ratin culminating in a huge portrait )f McKiuley nestling In the graceful (olds of the American Hag. About him were the working leaders of Mb rty, tud belaud, auiong the dignitaries and honored guests of the convention, were white (need men who had been prewnt at the party's birth in this city, almost liulf a century ago. It was not a riotous convention. There were no wild outbursts of en thusiasm, no frenzied partisans o( rival candidiiUM, no entrance of delegations with banners to sot the multitudes to cheering, no skirmishing and cinching of candidate managers over rules of procedure and contesting delegations. The chieftain In the coining battle had already been selected by the unanimous voice of the Republicans of the coun try. The man who had stood at the helm of the ship of state (or four years wa their unbroken choice. The plat form was the record of his administra tiou. The only question remaining for the convention to decide was the vice' presidency, and it was not a sufficient bone of contention to produce the tn mult nous scene which usually attends the assembly of a National convention. The convention today was a drguified gathering ol the representatives of the Republican party, to ratify formally the wishes of the millions whose authority they held. While the crowds and delegates were funnelling into tho hall before the bout for calling the con vention to ordei had arrived, there weie no wild greetiugs of party leaders. A scattering applause met Mr. Hanna as he made his wav to the stage. General Grosvenor,, Senator Lodge. Senator For aker, ex-Senator (juay and a few other aroused a fluttering of handkerchiefs aud a ronud of hand-clapping, but men of national reputation, whose fame has spread away from our shores across both oceans, entered without producing a ripple. Perhaps most of them were not rvcoguzed. It seemed tame. There was only that indescribable buzz of my raids of voices which bel jngs to a National convention as the humming of bees belongs to a field of clover In summer. BLOOMINGTON FIRE. K.llmated That tho I.oaa May Heard Two Million Hollars. Bloomiugton, 111., Juue 21. Half of tho business section of Bloomiugton, including five squares of the finest busi ness blocks o( the cltv aud the court house, erected at a cost of 1-100,000 was destroyed by tire this morning. The loss is variously estimated at from $1,500,000 to $3,000,000. One death also resulted from the fire. Robert Scbinitt, 19 years old, died from the shock occasioned by the noise of the explosion of dynamite, which was nsed by tho firemen in blowing op buildings to stay the progress oi the (lames. - The lire department was badly han dicapped by au almost total failure of the watct supply, and it was not uutil late this morning, when the buildings bad been blown up with dynamite, that the llanies were finally gotten under control. The lire started in the Model laundry on Monroe street, in the block east of the court houae. A strong wind was blowing at the time and before the fire department arrived, the fire spread to the four-story brick building ooeupied by B. S. Green & Co., aud thence steadily eastward. In an hour tho en tire block, exoopt the postollioe build ing, whioh was saved by hard work, was in ruins. In this block was the old Durley theater, which was being remodeled. The fire worked westward across to Greishem's seven-story build ing, at the corner of Main and Jefferson streets, and aoou that entire block was also In flames. From there the fire spread to the court house and thence to adjacent blocks. In the meantime aid bad been sum moned from Peoria and Springfield and with the aseistaoe of fire apparatus from these cities, the fire was gradual ly brought under the control to the To the east it win necessary to west. use dvnamite to destroy several build iugs in the path of the flames before the lire was stopped in that direction. Madison, Wis., June 21. The entire business section of the village of Mid- dleton, eight miles west ol here, was wiped out by Hie tonight. The insur ance loss is $75,000 to $100,000, with nctuul loss much greater. Kxohange of Honda. Washington, June 20. The exchange of old bonds under the teoeut act of coiiL.ress (or new bonds bearlnu a oer cent interest, today passed the 1300, ono.ooo mark, and so far hit nltad in not iirotlttothe irovernment anni-o. tinainiv of s.nno.ooo. Tho Bvnt amount exohannod ud to the time (or closing the department today was $.'100,179,250, nnd o( this amount $73,- Kiu.soo was received from individuals and institutions other than that of na lonul bunks. WAR ON THE WORLD Chinese Forts Open Fire on Foreign Warships. LITTLE DAMAGE WAS DOSE rorllflratlnna at Takn Opwaod th Cm Ulf, bjr tba Kniuraaa Ordars Sum In Hand of Favors. London, June 20. China declared war against the world when the Takn forts opened Ore upon the International fleet. The accounts ol what took place are still unsatisfactory, the best semi official information being the dispatch received at Ilerlin from Che F'oo. A press dispatch from Che Poo, dated yesterday afternoon, aavs: "The (orts on both sides of Taku are now occupied. J be Chinese opened fire unexpectedly. The casualties to the mixed force were as follows: "Killed British, one; German, three; Russian, one, and French one. "Wounded British four; German, seven; iinssian, 45, and French, one. "Chinese torpedo boats were seized." The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail telegraphing yesterday says: "The (orts began firing in obedience to the orders from Pekin, conveyed in the personal edict of the empress dow sger, by advice of Kang Yi (president of the minister of war.) Several war ships were struck by shells from 12 inch gens of the forts. The heavy P.ussian losses -er due to the blowing up of the magazines of Mandehur. ''Four hundred Chinese are reported killed. The Chinese, who were re treating, fell into the bands of theRus sin n land force." The Daily News has the following (rom Che Foo: "Two o( the (oits were blown op. The Si warships at Takn aggregated 200.000 tons, and carried more than 800 guns." TRIP OF THE ELDER. Account of tha Journfjr From Portland to Dutch Harbor. Dutch Harbor. June 7. Thus for has the good ship Elder, with ber en thusistio collection of goldseekers, pro greased on ber way to the land of promise. Under lair auspices has the I journey been thus (ar, and the light of hope kindles each eye has the future is contemplated. Many have suffered from the trials which the capricious mood of "Old Briny" haa inflicted on them, but not severely; (or, to give Old P.riny credit, thus far he has been very lenient with ns. Our time has been passed in visiting the sick and needy, who, like the poor, are alway iu evidence on a sea trip, and various social diversions, consisting of enter tainments in the afternoon and song services in the evening. Our worthy leader has been Judge Galbraith, and to him we are deeply indebted (or his many kindnesses in helping out the programme. We are also honored by having in our midst a poet, John E. M. Shea, who has been inspired to write a poem aboard, entitled, "The Voyage of the F'.lder." Among the faces fa miliar to Portland people are: V . T. Hume, W. S. Chapman, Captain Wat son, George W. Hazen, Joe Ben Lane, Silvey Stuait, J. D. McKinnon, Cap tain Lyons. We have bnt few ladiea aboard. Among them ore Mrs. Gal braith, Mrs. Hume, Mrs. Tuttle, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Jewell. Captain Randall is quite popular, aud has won much praise by his gen tlemanly and considerate deportment. Mr. llevwood, the purser, and Mr. Owens, the freight clerk, also deserve special mention for their courtesies As the davs go by and the trials of sea sickness are over, the jollity at meals increases, revealing many original char actors, and there is much by-play ol talk. At our entertainments, too, much of originality is brought out in the remarks made, creating no little merriment. And so. day by day. in our lonely floating home on the track less ocean, we have our simple pleas ures. eacn Hoping in nis neari. inai Dame Fortune may smile upon his ven tore aud that he may return to his friends in dear old Portland a success ful and happy man. Colombian War. Kingston, Jamaica, June 20. PaS' senders who arrived from Panama on bomd the British steamer Don, from Colon, briug details of a battle which was (ought Juue 13 and 14 on Bejuca plain nnd Anton hill, between govern' ment (orces composed o( three battal ions and numbering about 1,500 men, and a force of revolutionists under Gen oral Belasarobe Parras. It is asserted that 400 soldiers and 85 officers of the government force were killed and that the forces of the government army tvere divided. The passengers ol the Don further assert that General Parras the governor of Panama, demanding tho surrender of the city, adding that otherwise the place would be token by force. When the Don left Colon, June 1 15, General Parras was 15 miles from Panama, with 1,500 well-armed infan try and 500 cavalry. It was believed that General Campos would be com' polled to surrender the city. Mew York Apartuieut House Burned New York, June 20. The Miner apartnient-house, a six-story structure - ' at Madison avenue and Sixty-third street, was destroyed by fire this morn inc. The property loss is $260,000 Onlv three ol the ten apartments in the building were occupied, but rapidly did the fire Bpread that many of the persons in the building escaped with dimoulty. Several were over- come by heat and smoke, and were car ried out of the building bv the firemen, 18 IT MALARIA OR ALUM? Pnpuliw SrAeiu AfmtMy.) Languor, loss of appetite, Indiges tion and often (everisbness are the com mon symptom ol a physiological con dition termed "malaria." All these symptoms may be and frequently t.e the effect of the nse of alum baking powders In food making. There ia no question about the poisonous effect of alum upon the system. It obstructs digestion, prostrates the nerves, coagu late and devitalizes the blood. All this has been made clear, thanks to physicians, boards of health, and food commissions. So ' highly injurious to the health of the community" does the eminent bead of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Barker, consider the alum baking powders, that he says their sale should be prohibited by law." Under these circumstance it is worth the while of every housewife to employ the very little care that is nec essary to keep so dangerous an element from the fool of her family. Ai pure cream of tartar baking pow der, which la the only kind that should be nsed, ought to cost about forty-five to fifty cents a pound. Therefore, if yon are paying much less something ia wrong; if yon are paying twenty-five cents oi less per pound, the powder is certainly made Irom alum. Always bear these simple facts In mind when purchasing baking powder. TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH. Threa Day of restlvltjr Hare Arranged for In Portland. Portland, June 18. The Fourth ol July will be celebrated in Portland this year as it never has been before. Three days of (estivity have been ar ranged for. with special programmes for ever? day. The committee wuich has the matter in charge is composed of enterprising business men, among them being Gen. Owen Summers, Julius L. Meier and Dan McAUen. Tbey have succeeded in securing a rate of one (are for the round trip from all points in the state, so that will be enabled to come to and help celebrate. everyone Portland Among the unique features which have been arranged is a grand illnmi nated parade at night, which will take the place of the usual fireworks. V ol leys of rockets and mines will be dis charged as the parade moves along through the streets, and in the proces- lion will be many brilliant fire floats and squads of torch bearers. The best of music has been provided, and visit' or to the city will find no lack of op- nortunitv to find entertainment while giving vent to their patriotism. BEATEN BY REPORTER. Bow a Nawanaper Man retaliated foi Insult Front a Candidate. A good story, and one with a moral is related by a well-known Southern writer, says the New York Mail and Express. "No great statesman with good hard horse sense ever went out of his way to offend a newspaper man," he says. "Some years ago there was a very hot campaign in Georgia far a big othce 'In a distant city lived a candidate who was confident of election, lie was proud and haughty, and thought only of himself. 'A young newspaper man was de tailed by the managing editor to ac company the statesman and report his speeches. "Now comes the funny part oi tne story. The statesman ignored bis com panion left him to take care of him sell Introduced him to nobody treat ed him without any consideration. "Once when they were riding in buggy through the country they stop' ped at a spriug. The statesman cooled a bottle ol wine in the spring and dsank it all, without offering the journalist drop. 'Then he helped him sell to cigar from the valise, and resumed his seat in the buggy. " 'Drive onrhe said. "The newspaper man hated and de spised the cold-blooded politician, but he had his work to do. 'He reported the speeches and cam paign incidents, but in a quiet way he knifed the statesman. The Dig man read the reports, aud was conscious that something was lacking, but he could not tell what. "The newspaper man simply stuck to the facts and damned the candidate with faint praise. He left out tho ele ment of enthusiasm. He was Uuli,and deliberately so. "The candidate was defeated, and he never knew how much the newspaper man had to do with it. "Of course he did not dream that his own conduct nan injures mm. no mean man ever makes the discovery that he is mean." . Opportunity of Trouble. The tests ol life are to make, not break us. Trouble may demolish a man's business but build up his char actor. The blow at the outward man may be the greatest blessing to the in ner man. If God, then, puts or per mits anvthing hard in our lives, be sure that the real peril, the real trouble, is what we shall lose if we flinch or rebel S. S. Times. Sixty workmen on the Deleware te Western coal trestle at Oswego, N. Y struck lor higher pay. Prosperity Hard to Bear. There is one hard thing to bear it. this world, and that is prosperity. The fact that we do not feel it as a burden does not affect the truth that it is hard to carry it and yet stand upright. To be honest, generous, considerate, fair, magnanimous, in "prosperity" ah I that is not easy. Yet this ii what it means to stand upright. Underworld ly prosperity one is in great danger ot getting spiritually stoop-shouldered and weak-kneed. Pray for the pro perouil S. B, Timet, AT GATES OF PEKIN Russian Force Is the City Storming ATTACK I'POS THE LEGATIONS It 1 Knmorad That All tba ronttar In Ul Capital Hav Boaa Bfasaaerad. London, June 21. The Russian re lieving force arrived outside of Pekin this morning, says the Shanghai corre spondent of the Daly Express, aud lm- mediately began to attack the city on two sides, employing numerous artil lery. The force apparently arrived iu the nick ol time, (or the Chinese assert that the attack upon the legations had been successfully lenewed. The night of June 16 tha Chinese troops, tinder Generals Tn Fun Slang and Tung t hing, attacked the legations and set on fire five European building. Noth ing definite ia known as to the result, except that the Chinese were disap pointed, although other reports, utterly discredited by foreigners here, are that the Chinese, infuriated by the destruc tion of Taku, have since massacred all the foreigners in Pekin. A modified version of the rumor re ceived at Berlin is that the French aa well as the German minister haa been killed. The English at Shanghai think that the Chinese had foreign ad vice in organizing the defense! at Takn, because of the precision with which their attack was delivered. The wires connecting with the harbor mines were cut by the boats of the warships the night before the bombardment. It ia now reported at Shanghai that it was on board the Russian cruiser Konets, and not the Mandscbur, that tbe explo sion occurred, killing and wounding more than 50. It ia reported that no fewer than 700 Chinese were .killed in the forts. The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express says he la officially In formed that Japan it mobilizing 25,000 men for immediate transport. The (British cruiser Undaunted ar rived at Shanghai yesterday, cleared for action and took np a position command ing tbe Chinese forts. There ore three Chinese cruiser in the harbor. The new Chinese cruiser Hai Hang, built by the Armstrongs, has been taken into custody at Takn by the British and Russians. At Yumnan Fu, where the rising has been gathering force for several days, 680 Christiana have been attacked at the French mission settlement, many being put to death. The French con sul and three missionaries are still in prison. The disorderly elements have secured the upper hand at Wa Hal andCxechuan, where the native Christians have been massacred. A thousand Boxers have gathered on the outskirts of Tien Tsin. Thre Shanghai correspondent of the Daily News, telegraphing yesterday, says: "The Chinese officials here assert that they have news from Pekin up to June 17. The situation was then very serious. Beyond that they claim to have received nothing, but tbey deny that dispatches have been withheld. "Although I am not willing to adopt the alarmist reports, my impression, gathered from the consuls and Chinese authorities, is that the worst is to be feared in Pekin. Admiral Seymour' column is now in the middle of an arid plain, with no food and no good water, and surrounded by hostile forces." A dispatch from Shanghai announces that the United States transport Thomas, with troops lor Manila, was diverted to Nagasaki and has arrived at Taku with 1,200 men. Killed In a Train Wml. Lebanon, Ky., June 21 Two men were killed and five seriously injured in a wreck this afternoon on the Louis ville & Nashville Railroad at Cavalry, six miles from Lebanon. The killed an: George Mulllns, of Mount Vern on, and J. H. Houston, of Pinehtll, both bridge carpenters. Thirteen bridge carpenters were at work on the bridge that crosses Rolling Fork River. The psssenger tram was in the , center of the first 100-foot span when the bridge gave way and precipitated almost the entire train Jto the bed ol the river. The last coach, containing 20 passengers, was left hanging- over the abutment, and was not seriously damaged until after Its occupants were taken out. Going to Fight African Native. Kingston, Jamaica, June 21. Tbe West Indian regiment today received orders from the war office to hold itself in readiness to proceed to Cauibla, Western Africa, to fight the Sofas. Demarara has offered 400 volunteers and a Maxim gun lor service against the ABhantees. - About 775 men of tha Kingston infantry militia volunteered for the same service yesterday. Beckham Want Reuorulnatton. Frankfort, Ky., June 21. Governor Beckham, the youngest governor this state ha ever had, and tbe youngest governor in the United States, issued a statement tonight, formally announc ing his candidacy lor the Democratic nomination to succeed himself. Fatal Tenement House Fire. Buffalo, June 21. Three deaths have resulted from A tenement-house fire here last night, and a fourth will fol low. The dead are Mrs. Goliana Milandas and her son, aged 8 year, and a daughter of 5 years. ' An infant child of Mrs. Mifaidat was badly burned, and It cannot tnrvlve. r Buoharest, Jun 21. The insurrec tion in Flulgam ia spread lug. . Fifty peasants have been killed by the mill, tary at Duran Lekah. w. J .