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VOL. VII.
1I1LLSBOUO, OKECJON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 19X).
NO. 15.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th Telegraphic
News of the World.
I KUSK Tit KH KIMift VlIK WIRES
Ah iMlrrr.ilnn I iillvrlliin f Hants Proa
I In. Tttu llnlaihr. fro. 'MH 1
hi a t'nnilanaatt Porut.
Five children pnrlahed by the hunt
ing i ft house at Solomon vl lie, Arizona.
Moil Innii tlin II. H. H. Monocecy
have Iwmii Mint (nun Chee Foo to llu
T.lu.
Brighton II. ItulwrU, found guilty
(i I unlawful cohabitation at Salt Lake,
llnml 1 16H,
Charles Meffurri, ft niulo, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. lew whole family,
then killvil hluiMiK.
1'u ii r miner liwt thnlr live by an
explosion In thu Champion uilue,
Champion, .Mich.
Cologne, Germany, m visited by a
cyclone, which demolished many build
liii) mid thiwv down ft number ol
fut'tory building.
Eight people were kllM outright
and 64 severely Injured by a collision
l. I ween it freight mill ti riimlnu train
near Green liny, Win.
Frank Gllnmre, n white man, ol
New Orleans, wa lynched by mob
fur the criminal asauult and brtitat
murder o( ft OOycar-old woman.
A detachment of 40 Americana were
caught lu aiubuah liy Fttlptun on th
l-lund nl Miutianao, with the mult
tlmt nine were killed it ml 11 wounded.
Five men went killed by cyclone
which vialted No Mnn'i I.nn.l, Okla
liniiiit. 'J lio storm swept the country
fur till inllei, Thousands of cattl
were nuuipeilikl mui luikuy killed ftnd
Injured.
An order from Adjutant-General
(Virliln ha been received nt tlm Pre
sidio, Hun Francisco, directing that the
trtHijHi ol thti Sixth cavalry shall lie re
cruited to their full war strength, la
vluw of Ilia fact tlmt thla organization
wua ordeied recently to proceed to
Muntta ami the oritur to recruit to 111
limit wn sent Kim tints later, th
oplutou U expressed that th regiment
I a to lie Mint to China Instead of th
PMIlpplues. The recruit will be
selected Inim those now at th Presidio,
Ninety iHTMiua wre klllml ami 87
woumlml III tlin rut-rut Willi lot between
tht troop mui tenant In thti Varna
district, Bulgaria. A slate ofslrge baa
Wn proclaimed in th dlatrlcU oi
Varna, Klinial. Tlruova, Kaagrand,
Ruatchuk ftiul Rlslovat. Tho govern
ment In anxious to limit th number
of iiWKHtiNirii, mui baa is.ued string
out regulation a U) th quallllcatlima
whluh liumt be pimaviiaoil by the editor.
lluiitur'l ftilvano column occupied
KriiKcr.dorp without opoitiun on
Juno 18.
Admiral Schley' nuadrmi, which
baa titi-n lu iuarutlue at Montevideo,
baa btwu rclcmcd.
A ItunnUn ailmlrat waa In com
uiuinl of the Hunt that bomlmrdod and
(IcKlruyi'd the fotti nt Takil.
lUllway mid Uilcgnipliiu communl
rtttlou between t'npe Town and l're
toll a ia now completely rtiritored.
Thlevea crackuil the aafe of the Gam
brinut brewery, In rortluud, Or., and
M'pi with bvtwmia $U0U and $700 In
okhIi.
A youiiK niiiu nnmod Robert Jftckaon,
of Hlililln, Or., fti ciileiititlly tluit Min
imi f whllit diHtr liuutltiu. lie waa lu
atuntly killed.
Hy the ilnath of David D, Weill, ion
of tho lute Davlil A. Wella, of Norwich,
Conn., Ilnrvanl Utiiveralty It richer
by aiHiut :i;,ouo.
After July 1 the office of Indian
Kut t Wiirm Sprlnii", Or., will be
illNptumed with, At which time Agent
Jmiioa L, Cowhu will be dropiwd.
IUwhIIiiih hnve met In convention
nt llAnolulu und have (in mud an inde
pendent politlcHl party. They have
ulready biiguu the fight for atittohood.
The atntue of Wellington preaented
to the city of 1'itria by the Daughter
of the Americeu Hevolutiou hai arrived
In 1'nria. The pedextal hat already
lietiu prepared, and the unveiling will
take pluco July 3.
Uniform wko of $1 for nln hour'
work a diiy 1m demitndod by the line
men working for tho I'uimdlan 1'auillo
TeloKi'ftph Company, the Ciciit North
went Tolegraph Compnny, tbe Cauad
Atluutlo, the Hell Telephone Company.
Over 300 men have quit work owing
to the roil ii mil of the coinpanlei to to
. code to their demnudo.
AsMlKlaut Hiicrutury Taylor lmi ren
dered a denlaiou ad verae to the appeal
of Jumea FiUluirrU and Joaeph Mullet,
from the deoiaion of the lmnilnratioo
olllolula at New York, who held them
for deportation on the ground that,
having been convicted of felony In con
nection with the murder of Lord Cav
eudiah and Thomas lloury Itrloe, In
I'hoonix Park, Dublin, in 1882, they
cannot be permitted to land in this
country under our immigration laws.
American women, it li eotltnated,
hold $120,000,000 of national bank
stock and $1117,000.000 of private and
state bank stock.
In Germany one man In 218 goes to
collego, in Scotland one lu 250, in the
United Status one in 8,000, and in Eng
land one in 5,000.
Well-to-do young men in Berlin ars
taking drugs which induce heart weak
niiHH, lu order to avoid compulsory mil
itary service.
LAI c.R NEWS.
Huaalww ar moving 00, 000 mu to
ward New Cbwaug.
Democrat of Arkauaut nominated
J u!T Davla fur gjverunr.
Ht. LouU atrikitra now believe their
only hope lie In boycott.
An fttUmipt waa made to arwiMlimte
Kmperor William of Cermaiiy.
Dr. JNniun bai beu elected meui
her of the Cae parllumtnit.
Two dentin and many .pruatralloit
from beat in I'lttaburg, l'a.
Mot weather ana no rain U iluuta
trous to cr'l"" in North Dakota.
Htornn played lutvoo with tbe i'ni
t The Dalle, Or., and in the vh lnity.
Ktnamer C'lavelaud anived at Kvattle
fnnn Nome, Him reporta five wreck.
Ilenvy rain and ubMKiiHiit HooiU are
doing great damage in llrltinh Colum
bia. Director of I'okU in Cuba Itathbun
ha now been permanently aiuqiendcd
and may be prtiancoted.
Chlnmte mlulater In Iterlln nay the
einprea cannot be depoaud, but might
be coaxed off the throne.
): io vernor Talyor, of Kentucky,
dogged by diUctlvea and broken lu
health, 1 at Niagara Kail.
I'reaidtmt Mi'Kiuley waiitu to know
why the Mouucacy did not fire on th
Take fort wht-n tired upou,
liner in amall liauil are haraaalng
large ooluiuu of the liritlah. Dewet
lead tbe guerrilla oerUon.
At the Keaalde Athletic (Tub, Coney
Ulaud, N. Y., (iu Ituhliu knorkwl
out Tom bharkcy iu the 16th round.
The force under Admiral Seymour
ha been located. Admiral Kempff re
port It la tun mile from Tien Tain.
itooaevelt ia going to Oklahoma to
attend the Hough Itidera' tHiuvetition,
but will not make political apeevhes,
Chiueae diftlcaltie alTect Keutucky'l
giuaeug trade, by which hundred have
made their living. lricea have gone
down.
llllnola Demitiiats lndorel Hryau
ud the Chicago platform, and uumi'
Uiited Namuel AlKchulur, of Aurora, (oi
governor.
T. II. Kargo. Imithor of J. C Kargo,
prealdeut of the American Kxprvat
l oinpany, mid of William C. Fargo,
founder of the Wella l'argn Kxptewi
Company, la dt-ad at hi home lu Nw
York, aged (17.
The Cblnern rtwtrit'tion bill, iucrcita-
ing the tax on Chlntwe Immlgrnutt
from 50 to f 100, ha been adopted by
the bonne of common at Ottawa,
Canada. The m nature alw retitrlctii
tbe Immigration of Japaueae to 2 m
month.
Mayor HarrUon, of Chicngn, will tint
run for governor of lllinota.
I'nililliltiuulat. ia national conven
tion aitHembled at Chicago, nay they
will poll 300, Oik) vote.
W. 11. Wade, ait expert billiard
player, aud by many comiiiieied the
hext bank allot iu America, is dead at
Chicago.
Martin J. Kuaaell, one of the proprio'
tor of the Chicago Chronicle, died at
Mackinac 1 aland from a complication
of dtneaen.
There wore 10,377 deaths from chot
era out of 15,4 7W caae during the week
eliding June 10, iu thu province ol
llombay, India.
Oregou's vote, olllcially ran vanned,
on the equal suffrage amendment wai
a follow: for equal uffrage, L'0,2U5;
agaluat 28,40:!.
The United HUtes dixtriot judge at
St. Loula haa humed a reHtntiuing order
to prevent Interference with the ruu
uing ol ttreet-oar.
lieneral Wheeler aays tbe war iu ths
rhilippines i practically ended. A
(nice cau eaally be (pared from tho i
laud for work in China.
A hut wave i prevalent lu North
Dakota. CrniM are iu a parched cou
ditloii. The thermometer at Oram!
Forks registered 104 in the shade.
Affairs in Cuba are now so tranquil
that soldiers are no longer needed.
The troop will lie withdrawn aud sent
to Manila to relieve the volunteers.
The Yaqul Indians have nearly all
abandoned the warpath. Several bun
dred are still hidden in the mountain
aud make an occasional descent on iso
lated rauehet.
The secretary of the navy has author'
ited the following names for the new
battle-ships and emitters: battlo-chtpti,
Virginia and Khode Inland; armored
cruisers, Maryland, Colorado and South
Dakota; protected cruisers, St. Louis,
Milwaukee and Charleston.
A strike has occurred among the la
borers employed by the Havana Kloo
trio Company, Cubans aud Spanish, on
the ground that they do not reoeivo the
same wages us Americans who do si m
liar work. The contractors reply that
Americans are worth far more tliau
Cubans.
It is olllcially announced that Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, the Austrian
heir-apparent, will formally rououuee
the right of succession to the Imperial
throne. He will wed the Countess
Sophie Choteck, his morganatic mar
rluge being the reason for which , he
will withdraw uoin the succession.
China's new railroad from Canton to
Hankow, with its branches, will be
1,000 miles long. It will be built by
American capital.
Rev. Charles S. Wing, of Brooklyn,
told the New York Methodists that all
the best Methodists were against the
amusement restrictions.
The park board of Baltimore has for
bidden the use of automobiles in any ol
the pub. to parks or pleasure places in
the city under the control of the board.
THE TICKET MADE UP
President McKinley Renomi
nated at Philadelphia.
KOOSKVELT FOR VH K-l'KKSIDOT
pc.rh.t of th Iar War Mad b?
fsrakar, It.pa and tk Ka
Hire fttal. Governor.
Philadelphia, June 23. Pre.ldent
McKinley waa unanimously reuouilnat-
d for prtwideut of the United State
by the Bepublican National convention
st 1:48 o'clock today, and an hour and
10 minute later (jovernor Itooaevelt,
( Na York, wa unanimously aelect
nl to itaud bealde him in the coining
battle.
Such unanimous demowtrattons in
honor of the nominee of a national
convention have never bffure been
equaled rhap in the history of poli
tic in this country. It was a love
lea at, a jubilee, a ratification meeting.
There wa a fine letting for today's
tpectarular drama, llright peonie at
illher end of the itage made two flam
ing bits of color. Throughout the vat
multitude faua moved ceaselessly to
and fro like the wings of a crowd of
alarmed gull beating the air. There
were no preliminaries. The wrangle
n pec ted over the question of reducing
tbe representation in the South wa
averted by the withdrawal of ex-Sen-ator
tuay' proposition. Tbe great
hall became quiet as Senator Lodge,
landing before 15,000 eager faces,
tavel In hand, announced that nomina
tion for president of tho United States
were in order. Tbe reading clerk ad
vanced to the front of the platform.
He was aliout to call the roll of state
for the presentation of candidates.
W hen Alabamal was railed, a thin,
red-whiskered delegate from that state
rose aud surreuered the first right to
peak to Ohio. A flutter of handker
chief filled tbe air, aud cheer after
cheer weut up from tliejdelcgato in the
pit, a Seuator roraker, of Ohio, strode
.oward the platform.
At the end of a half bonis' speech,
the senator placed McKinley in nom
ination, amid entliriisiasm uubounded.
Seconding speeches were made by
Theodore Kmwevelt, Senator Thurston,
John W. Yerkea, an orator from the
Blue Gran state, and Governor Mount,
of Indiana, but be (ore the latter con
cluded tbe convention wa impatient
for a vote, and several time tried to
bowl him down.
Calling th Hall.
Then the roll of states was called
aud delegation after delegation rose in
olid blinks aud cast their votes for
McKinley. When Chairman Lodpe
made the announcement that the prcsi
dent had been renominated for the terra
beginning March 4, 1901, there was
the same wild storm which hail been
raised by Foraker, and when it was
over ltooxevelt's nomination for the
vlce.prealdency evoked a succession of
similar demonstrations.
Lafe Young, who waa with Roosevelt
in Cuba, nominated him on behalf of
the atate which had originally came to
Philadelphia for Dolliver. His uoov
ination was seconded by Delegate Mur
ay, of Secretary Long's state, aud Del
egate Asliton, of Washington, who
cam here for Hart let t Tilpp. IChauu
coy Depew wound up the oratory on
behalf of the state which declared for
Woodruff. Depew 'a speech aroused
the most daxsling dreams of the coun
try' future. During every pause, the
baud played but one air, the tune
which Colonel Roosevelt had heard in
the trenches before Santiago.
At S: 14 o'clock the convention, which
had done the unparalleled thing of
nominating both thu candidates for
prosldeut and vice-president uuani
niously, adjourned.
Governor Roosevelt drove from the
convention hall with Mr. Udell, seated
in the rear of an open landau. He
lifted his broad-brimed hat to the "con'
tluuooa valvos that greeted him as he
passed through the densely packed
street, like a conquering hero fresh
front new victories. Tonight the faces
of MoKiuley and Roosevelt are on all
the badges, and their names are on
very Hp.
Huberts Found Guilty.
Salt Lake, June 23. The jury in the
case ot B. II. Roberts, on trial for un
lawful cohabitation, returned a verdict
of guilty. Roberts, in an agreed state'
meut of facts put before the jury, ad'
mitted that be eutered into a polyga'
uious marriage with Maggie B. Shipp
and lived with her and his legal wife,
Sarah Louisa. It is claimed that Rob
erts relies on the supreme court to re
verse the verdict on technical grounds,
Striker Vfr.uk a Btiilf.
Gunnison, Colo., June 23. The
Colorado & Southern Railroad Com
pany's iron bridge across the Gunnison
river, 2 miles above this town, was
wrecked by an explosion of giant pow
der early ths morning. The explosion
is believed to have been caused by sym
pathisers with the strikers at the coal
mines, to prevent tbe running of trains
to the mines.
The animal that first succumbs to
extreme oold is the horse.
Tarrlbla Tragedy In Ban Frauelto.
San Francisco, June 28. Henry E.
Pike, a bookkeeper, shot and killed his
former wife, and then committed sul- J
old tonight at the home of Mrs. Pike. '
Pike left a letter full of abuse of hii
former wife, accusing her of many im
proprieties. Pike formerly lived at
Denver, when he was in the employ ,
of tbe Denver St Rio Grande railroad. '
lie oame to this oity about eight yean
ago. It ii thought that his mind was
deranged.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Party'! Prlnrlpl. Adopt.il by
Philadelphia 4-oittlon.
Philadelphia, June 23. The follow
ing i the text of the platform adopted
by the Republican National convention:
Tbe Republican of tbe tutted
States, through their chosen represen
tative, met in national convention,
looking back upon an ensurpaswd rec
ord of achievement and looking for
ward into a great field of duty and op
portunity, and appealing to the judg
ment of their countrymen, make these
declarations:
The expectation in which the
American people, turning from the
iMmocratic party, entrusted tbe power
of the United States (our year ago to a
Republican chief magistrate aud a Re
publican congress, ha leen uiPt and
antulled. When th people then as
sembled at tbe polls, after a term ol
Ditnocratic legislation and adininstru-
tion, busines was dead, industry par
alysed and the natinual ciedit disas
trously impaired. Tbe oountiy's capi
tal wa bidden away and it labor dis
tressed and unemployed. The Demo
crat had no other plan with which to
improve tbe ruinous conditions which
they bad themselves produced, than to
coin silver at tbe ratio of It) to 1. The
Republican Party, denoucing this plan
a aure to produce condition even
worse than those from which relief wa
ought, promised to restore prosperity
by means of two legislative measures
a protective tariff and a law making
gold the standard of value. The peo
ple, by great majorities, issued to the
Republican party a commission to en
act thoi-e laws. This commission has
been executed, and the liepublican
pledge is redeemed; and prosperity
more general and more abundant than
we have ever known bos followed these
enactments.
There is no longer any controversy as
to the value of any governement obli
gations. Kvery American dollar is a
gold dollar or its equivalent, and
American credit stands higher than
that of auy nation. Capital is fully
employed, and everywhere labor is
profitably occupied.
McKinley' Administration.
We indorse the administration of
William McKinley. It acts have
been established in wisdom and iu
patriotism, and at home and abroad it
has distinctly elevated and exteuded
the influence of the American nation.
Walking untried paths and facing un
forsecu resfionsibilities. President Mc
Kinley has boon, in every situation,
the true American patriot and upright
statesman, clear in vision, strong in
judgment, firm in action, always in
spiring and desorviug the confidence ol
hi countrymen.
Bound Munay.
We renew our allegiance to tlie prin
ciple of the gold standard, and declare
our confidence in 'the wisdom of tbe
legislation of the Fifty-sixth cougTess,
by which the parity of all of out
money and the stability of our cur
rency on a gold basis has been secured.
Protection.
We renew our faith in the policy ol
protection to American labor. In that
policy our industries have been estab
lished, diversified and maintained.
Bv ptotecting the home, competition
has been stimulated and prodoctioc
cheapened.
We commend the policy of the Re
publican party in maintaining the effi
ciency of the civil service. The od
ministration has acted wisely in its
effort to secuie for public service iu
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippine island only those whose
litiioKs has Wn determined by training
and experience. We believe that em
ployment in the public service in these
territories should be confined, as far as
practicable, to their inhabitant
Public movements looking to a per
manent improvement of the roads aud
highways of the country, meet with
our cordial approval, and we recom
mend this subject to the earnestjeonsid
eration of the people and of the legig
lu tu res of the several states.
We favor the extension of the rural
free delivery service wherevet- its ex
tension may be justified.
We favor home rule for and the early
admission to statehood of the territories
of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla
homa.
We favor the construction, owner
ship, control and protection of an ist li-
niiiui canal by the government of the
United States.
In the interest of our expanding com
inerce, we recommend that congress
create a department of commerce and
industries in tbe charge of a secretary
with a seat iu tho cabinet.
We approve the annexation of the
Hawaiian islands to the United States
The Philippines.
In accepting, by the treaty of Talis,
tho responsibility of our victories in
the Spanish war, the president and the
seuwto won the undoubted approval ol
the American people. No other course
was possible than to destroy Spain's
sovereignty throughout the West Indies
and in the Philippine islands.
The largest measure of self-govern
ment consistent with their welfare aud
our duties shall be secured to them by
law. To Culm, Independence and
aelf-governiueut were assured in the
same voice by which war was declared.
Tho Republican party, ujion its his
tory and upon this declaration of its
principles and policies confidently in
vokes the considerate and approving
judgment of the American people.
Piii-table Sawmill Blew Up.
llismburg, N. Y., June 22. A boiler
of a portable steam engine used to pro
pel a sawmill exploded near the village
of Eden, F.rie county, this evening, in
stantly killing throe men Johu Flenf
ing, Alexander Fleming and Bert Mara
motor. Tauoma will offer a $160 silver cup
lor a competive drill between the 12
companies of the National Guard,
whlcl' will celebrate there July 4,
NEW RELIEF COLUMN
British Join Allied Forces
Near Tien Tsin.
ANOTHER ASSAULT IMMINENT
Por.lga Official, at Shanghai Ball
th Wor.t Ba Happcnad la the
Legation! at Pckla.
London, June 27. The British
cruiser Terrible ba arrived at Che Foo
from Tako, with the latest news,
which i as follows:
"F.igbt huudred sikb and 200 Welb
fusiliers have effected a junction with
the American, German and Russian
forces which had been cot off by the
Chinese about nine miles from Tien
Tsin. It was proposed to deliver an
utult upon the Chinese forces at Tien
Tsin last night."
"Foreign official opinions here,"
says a dispatch fiom Shanghai to the
Daily Kxpress, dated yesterday, "in
cline to the beliel that the worst has
happened to the legations at Pekin and
to Admiral Seymour. Even if tbe
legations were safe June 14, there is
no guarantee that they are safe now.
The situation, in fact, grows more and
more gloomy. Tbe entire absence of
reliable new from tbe capital seems to
justify the worst construction which
can be put upon it.
"Bad news comes from Yan Kung,
where tbe unrest is said to be growing
hourly. Viceroy Liu Kin Yih has tele
graphed the British authorities that
be baa ordered the five Chinese cruisers,
which have been lying off the harbor
there, to proceed to Nankin."
"General Ma's army," says a corre
spondent at Shan Hai Kan, "consist
ing of 45,000 men, left a week ago for
Pekin, and General Sung Ching's
troops, numbering 2,500, left for the
same place June 15.
"A careful estimate of the number
and armament of the Chinese troops
around Pekin pots tbe total at 360,000,
and it is calculated that these troops
possess 227 centimeter Creusot guns,
18 Kruppa and 150 Maxims. Their
supply of ammunition is practically in
exhaustible. It has been mainly sup
plied by a German firm at Carlwitx."
Another Shanghai dispatch says:
"Li Ting Heug, ex-governor of Shan
Tung, who -is intensely snti-foreign,
has gone to the Kiang Yin forts, on the
Yangtse. He has declared bi inten
tion of restating the landing of British
forces in that region."
Extensive preparations by the allies
are going forward. The first regiment
of British India's 10.000 men embarked
at Calcutta yesterday, and 833 more
marines received orders to go out from
English ports. Tbe British war office,
in. anticipation of a prolonged cam
paign, is contracting for winter cloth
ing and fur caps.
The Amur army corps, ordered out
by Russia, numbers 52,100 men, with
84 guns. Japan purposes to land 15,
000 men on Chinese territory within a
fortnight. Among tbe minor military
preparations, the Portuguese governor
of Macao, island of Macao, at the
southwest entrance of Canton river, is
sending arms to th" Portuguese con
cession. The Germans in Hong Kong
have cabled Emperor William to ask if
they may serve in the local forces in
defense of Hong Kong. A million
rounds left Hong Kong yesterday for
Takn by the British steamer Hailong.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Times sends the following under yes
terday's date:
"A military correspondent at Takn
says the operations of the allies are
suffering from want of a recognized
head, defective organization and the
lack of transport."
A RESTRAINING ORDER.
St. Louis Strikers Must Mot Interfere
With Mail Car.
St. Louis, June 27. Judge Elmer
B. Adams, of the United States district
court, today granted a tempoiary in
junction in the case of W. D. Mahon
aud all members of Division No. 1311
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Employes of America,
restraining them from interfering in
any way with the running of mail cars
over the lines of the St. Louis Transit
Company. None of the defendants
were present. They were represented
by W. S. Anthony, while District At
torney Hitchcock aud Rosiere acted
for the government.
In summing up the contents of the
affidavits presented, Mr. Anthony de
clared that it was not shown that any
of the defendants named had been
guilty of lawlessness. "On the con
trary," he added, "the strike leaders
and all the members of the Street Rail
way Men's Union have counselled law
and order. The Transit Company is
not responsible, perhaps, for tbe un
settled conditions which existed. It
is the union men who have been made
to suffer and bear the brunt of all the
disturbances. The president of the
union, Mr. Patterson, is dying in the
hospital as the result of being stabbed
by an assassin."
The London, England, Times says:
"England, with 600 years of license,
is the worst liquor cursed nation in the
world."
California wheat for Pern.
Lima, Peru, via Galveston, June 27.
An excellent Impression has been
1 made by the announcement that in ad
1 dition to the 50,000 tons of California
1 wheat which has just arrived at Cab
1 lao, an equal quantity is on the way tu
Peru.
Manitoba Crop Failed.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 27. Oi
1,800,000 acres of wheat, 1,000,000
acres will never be cut. Rains can-
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FAMINE AND PLAGUC
Borrlbl rand I tion. Pr. ailing la India
Water Supply Poor
New York, June 2. J. W. John-
ton and family, and Mrs. Mary Moy
ier, mission rle of the Christian Alli
ance In India, have just arrived in New
York. Their stations are in the fam
ine afflictetl district of Borar, Central
India. Mr. Johnson is located at Kha-
magon.a place of about 40,000 inhabit
ant. Mr. Moyser is at Akola. Mr.
Johnson haa been in Khamagon several
yean.
Speaking of the conditions in India,
be said:
"When we left India on May II,
8,000,000 people were on the govern
ment relief list. On Jnne 1 we heard
that cholera bad broken out. In
Ahmedabed, a place of 60,000 people,
over 600 died in the course of the week
before we started. When we left, the
government was transferring 7,000 or
8,000 people from place to place be
cause of lack of drinking water. In
my station, where there are 40,000
people, there were only two wells left
with water in them. The people were
hauling the water from wells sunk in
the beds of streams never before known
to go dry.
"Since the last famine, three years
ago, the government engineers have
discovered that the level of the water
in the ground has sunk 15 feet, which
is the cause of all tbe difficulty. The
railroad engine at our place ii obliged
to go 15 miles for water. Tbe railroad
companies are building tanks and haul
ing water from place to place.
"Cholera, smallpox and diarrhoea are
now following the famine. We heard
at Genoa that there had been floods at
Bombay. Rains now would be worse
than the faimne, for they would cause
the grass and weeds to spring up. The
natives would seize upon this growth
as soon as it appeared above the ground
and boil and eat tbe mess. Being in
such a famished state, this would have
a very disastrous effect upon tbem.
There is plenty of grain in the conn-
try, if the government would only put
a little pressure upon the greedy mer
chants."
BOERS TAKE SUPPLY TRAINS.
Dewet Alo Captured Jtnmbrr of Sol
dier Near Llndlty.
New York, June 28. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says: Lord
Roberts has profited by tbe diversion
of public interest from South Africa
to China. Unpleasant incidents escape
notice and to delay in winding up the
campaign ia screened from criticism.
According to the accounts given in the
press dispatches of yesterday, the am
buscade of the yeomanry near Lindley
was not creditable to the British arms
and details of tbe capture of a large
convoy with an escort of Highlanders
near lleilbron show that a depressing
story was suppressed as long as possi
ble.
There has clearly been a good deal of
blnndenftg on the British side in the
Orange River colony, and there are
several mysteries about Heilbron and
Lindley and General Rnndle's cam
paign which require further explana
tion. Further particulars of the fighting at
Pinnearspoort to the northeast of Pre
toria are forwarded by a correspondent.
The object of the British operations
was to drive General Botha from the
position he had taken np. The fight
ing was continuous for two days and
it was hoped that Generals French and
Hamilton wonld be able to entrap the
burghers on the following day. It
was discovered, however, that Botha
had ia the night effected another mas
terly retreat.
The Times' correspondent at Eroon-
stad says that General Dewet is show
ing capable generalship, but is unable
to prevent his men from deserting daily.
Demand on th Porte.
Washington, Juue 28. As to the re
port from Constantinople that tbe
Unite States charge, Mr. Griscom, has
presented another demand for the set
tlement of the claims, it can be stated
on high authority that this government
is steadily pressing for a definite and
final settlement and is losing no oppor
tunity to remind the Turkish authori
ties of the unsatisfactory and indefinite
nature of the present situation. But
beyond this persistent pressure there
has been no imperative action taken,
nor has it been definitely determined
what course will be adopted if the
temporizing of the Tiukish diplomacy
is carried to the point of practical fail
are to meet the American demands.
900,000 Out Prom Klondike.
Seattle, June 28. The steamer Cot
tage City arrive here today from Skag
way with f200,000 in dust and drafts
and a number of passengers from Daw
son. The latter left Dawson June 6
and confirm the reports of the finding
of young Relfes' body near Minto.
Among the interior passengers are
George Avery and John Andereon, who
are said to have $50,000 each with
them.
Brooklyn Leave Manila.
Manila, June 28. The United States
cruiser Brooklyn, with 800 marines
from Cavite, bag sailed for Nagasaki,
where she will coal, and from which
plaoe she will go to Takn. Colonel
Robert I. Meade is in command of the
marines. The United States transport
Logan, with the Ninth infantry, and
the United States gunboat Princeton
will follow tomorrow.
Captain John Power Arreatad.
Louisville, Ky., June 28. A special
from Harlan Court house, Ky., says:
Captan John L. Powers was arrested
here today, charged with being an ac
cessory to the murder of Governor Goe-
. bel. Powers at onoe instituted habeas
corpus proceedings. He holds a pardon
j issued by Governor Taylor while in
office, and was released once before on
habeas corpus proceedings in Knox
county. He ia a brother of Secretary of
State Caleb Powers,
A NEW GOLD BEACH
On Alaska Coast 55 Miles Be
low Cape Nome.
GOLD IS AMONG GRASS ROOTS
Nea-ly Haifa Million Tahaa On la (j
ft Wk-A Tkaa.aad ktoa
An Alraady Thar).
Nome, Alaska, June 8. Mora defi
nite and complete returns have lately
been received concerning the beach
strike at Topkuk, 55 miles below Noma,
'i'uere seems no reason to doubt that
this is one of the greatest strikes ever
made in this vicinity, as important as
the strike at Nome itself.
Though the discovery at Topkuk is of
comparatively recent date, many have
struck it rich already, and several in
dividual fortunes, running as high aa
$25,000, have been taken out. Parties
of two or three working with ordinary
rockers, it is said, are takng out f 1,000
day. One little plot of ground, just
about big enough tor a good-sized
grave, yielded $15,000 worth of th
precious metal, it lay juatat the dg
of the tundra, and the gold waa actual
ly among the grass roots. It ia reliably
estimated that one stretch of beach 00
feet long by an average of SO feet in
width has yielded $476,000 within the
past few weeks.
Another strike, though )f a less sen
sational nature, has been reported at a
point on the beach 20 miles south of
Nome. At this last-named place and
scattered along the beach between
Nome and Topkuk over 1,000 men are
now at work.
There ia little doing at present in
this immediate vicinity, and soma ot
the newcomers, who expected to pick
np nuggets like shells on the seashore,
are somewhat disappointed. Work is
proceeding steadily on most ot the
claims, but there ia so excitement jus
now except over the news of the new
strikes.
Tal of a Caataway.
Nome, Alaska, June 8. Alter four
months of fearful suffering, during
which he helplessly watched the death
of one after another of his companions,
James Murphy, of New York, a caata
way sailor, was rescued from starvation
by natives on St. Lawrence island.
He was picked np from the island Jnne
1 by the bark Alaska. Murphy is the
sole survivor of a party of six which
sailed for Nome November 3, 1899, on
board the schooner E. A. Creet. of Ban
Francisco. The others of the party, all
of whom perished from cold or starva
tion on St. Lawrence island, were:
P. Lair, of Snohomish, owner of the
vessel; J. H. Johnson, of San Francis
co, master; Charles Elliott, of Denver.
Colo., mate; R. A. Nichlo, of Ply
mouth, Mass., cook; J. Smith, of Beat
tie, sailor.
The little vessel was destined tor Cape
Nome, but after an unusually rough
voyage she waa driven ashore on Bt.
Lawrence island. She landed high and
dry, and the men made an .easy land
ing, getting most of their proivsions
and baggage ashore. But the schooner
had been scantily provisioned, and the
supply was soon exhausted. The
weather . waa severely cold, and the
men could find but little shelter. The
island was known to be inhabited by
natives, and a Catholic mission waa
supposed to be somewheiein the neigh
borhood, but Captain Johnson, who
started in January to find it, was frozen
to death on the way. In the weeks
following, Lar, Nichol and Smith suc
cumbed to hunger and cold.
Murphy and Elliott were discovered
by a party of natives -March 20, 1900,
after having passed nearly four months
on the island. The next day, March
21, the two survivors set out for tho
mission, under, the guidance ot the na
tives. Elliott was on the verge ot col
lapse when the start , waa .made, , and
tbe party had not gone far on the way
when he died in a litter in which the
Indians were carrying him. The mis
sion proved to be 70 miles distant from
the point at which the schooner was
cast away. On arriving there, Murphy
was well cared for, and soon recovered
strength, although be may never en
tirely get over the effects of bis physi
cal and mental suffering.
Scattered about the camp of the ship
wrecked party on the bleak shore of St.
Lawrence island lie five nnburied
corpses. Captain Frank Tnttle, of the
le venue cutter Bear, haa interested
himself in Murphy's tragio tale, and,
it is said, will go to the island and give
deoeut burial to the bodies of the five
victims. Murphy will go with the
revenue cutter to locate the bodies,
after which he expects to retarn to
New York.
Will Drill Cuatamalaa Army.
New Orleans, Jnne 27. Herr Tiaf
fenbach, of Hamburg, '.Germany, ar
rived here today, on his way to Guate
mala, where he goes under a contract
to teach German military tactics to the
Guatemalan army. He stated that the
object of the government ia to make a
general improvement In the army.
C. H. Bryan, ot San Franoisoo, com
mitted suicide on the steamer Ohio,
while en route to Dutch Harbor, be
cause of despondency.
Boar in Small Band.
London, June 88. The Boer 00m
mamndos in tbe eaatern part of the
Orange River colony appear to have
been broken np by their leaden into
small parties, that harass large columns
of the British incessantly, catting caff
sconts, sniping pickets, makicg a shew
of force here and there. , Commandant
Christian Dewet. President titayu's
prinoipal leader, ia the genius ol these
'guerrilla operations. Ha is the hero
of the Boer tide in these laj) days of
hostilities