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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
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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
.