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VOL. VII.
HILLHWmO, OKEOON, TIIUItSDAY, JULY 19, 1900.
NO. 18.
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EVENTS OF Till! DAY
Epitome of th'; Telegraphic
News o! the World.
n.USK TICKS KIM .liK. WIKF.H
a Intrrt-allng I'ullvrlliin i.f 1ihi. Flout
he Two. MemUphvrea Free -mm
In a tor lmH ?vm-
Amerlcau athletna wai eurceaafut at
tli Parla tournament.
An nil day right llwn the llo-rr
and ItiltUli at Platknp resulted WkWI'
slvely.
Th Kuain miiilrtir lit 1'i'kto l
said hi v a bu Midi l death by
ituiera.
Nina house were entirely ruiianmml
ml mauy other damaged by II ro at
Dtinaiuuir, Cel.
A German paper iw the ristir of
KUo t'lnm caused the preanut trou
ble Kith China.
Fir lit Duraut, I, T., wiped out th
greater portion o( the lowu, causing
kM u( $100,000.
All foreigner hav been returned
from the tnwu of W Chou, China, ami
kre eaf at hhaughal.
United Ktutna Senator John It. Gear,
( Iowa, (1 !! at Washington City ol
heart dlanaae, agwd 75 year. '
A large part of the budm district
ol Cnwoutt, Arttoiui, wet burned,
causing a lio( 1 1. ooo, ooo.
The steamer City u( To peka ni rived
at Kfattla fiimi Lynn raunl with I
tweeu f ;MI.K)0 and $1,000,000 111 gold
dual (rum Klondike.
Twenty square mlltta ol Ii.mv.ta were
burned by a lira started by a firecracker
uuar Grub Gulch, Cut, The Um will
be hundreds ol IIhiumiuiU.
General rata ha fallen over nearly
all India during tha wt lew days and
lh pruepeot are that crop hava tm
Uienanty Improved. Tha famine ;rea
baa generally ru beuelllled.
F.lglit-hour ahlfu ftir all mderground
mau at tha United Verde iiilua aud an
Increase of 16 per i-unt iu wage (or
tuluara in carUiu portions ol ilia mina
warn atiuoumwd at JeiOiita, Aria.
Advice ware received from Sv.lney
that tribal wara ara raging at tha Solo
mon group. Thura haa Ihh ii a llerce
battle between tha Mariau (llova) aud
Malata tribe. Tha luun on each aida
wara heavy.
Dynamite wa iiIim11 nmlrt a
Transit car lu North St. Lout, and
lour paeaengur were injured A an
burban car, tha only union hue iu tha
city, accldently ran luU a striker'
Mma wagou and lujuiad 1 '.' occupant,
two seriously.
Hiuh gold strike hnva Ixwn made on
th Koyuktik, aoin claluia ataked oul
yluldluii 4 to tha pan.
HoliUra huld up an Illliiola ('entrat
train uaar 1'adurah, Ky., blKW up tho
xpreaacaraud aiK'tirad f 10,000.
The emprea dowar hat ordarod
the aupinwliin ol tha ltoxwr aud tha
protactlou ol th UKutlona at IVkln.
A Tollman car wan tnruad upaide
down linar Heddiun, Cat., tha utua oo
oufiauta ware all morn or leaa iujurcd,
but none tatatly.
Thirty-l Iwdiea, horribly rtUllit
urad, hava Imou recovered from tha
hull of the ateaiimhlp Kiuile, rereutly
burund at lloboken, N, J.
County I'-omnilaaloner ChiiiiIhiII, ol
Spokane county, Waali., waa killml by
an C). it, ft . paiuonifcr train utar
lAtah, Idaho. Ho wai crowing tha
track in a bi;y.
A flood ol koM in jKinrlnit in from
Aluxka. The rocelpta ol the govern
nient aaauy olllce at Hnnttle iu the tlx-
cal year were f IS.030.8SU. Thia
mouth' raoeptH may excoml $0,000,
000.
The Chlueae government la aorry lor
the reoeut ontlireaka, but holda the
power blaiualilo. The euipmrw dow
ner aaya tke attmtki on Tiou Tain were
th reault of th imiiiuaMiueut oi lieu
Tain.
Havnuca of th Caroline Inland nt
tacked a tdilpwracked lirtuali crew,
lailotwly woondiua two ol the Urltiah,
aud were only driven off when an
American cuttle dealer cnine to the
reaoue of the Itiitiah.
On the llaltimore A Ohio railroad.
a deliberate attempt to wrenk the
WaabiiiKtou expruaa, beiirlug $3,000,
000 in gold to the Nulitreaaury iu New
York, came very near being autioeaNlul
at Folaoin, abort Jtatnuue outalde ol
Fhiludolphla.
Th geueral height agonta of lending
Weatoru road have funned an arrange
nieut (or the nooliuii of buaiueaa. .lolut
agenuiei are to be eatahliahed at Kau
ai City, Dmaha aud Ht. Paul. A
joint agent will be placed in charge ol
the tralllo at each ol theae oltiea.
Coloinblun revoluttouiBta, nudur (Ion
eral Juan 11. (ionmilos aud Htinou
Chaux, have captured the city ol J'opa
van. a capital ol the department ol
Cauua. Ou the march to 1'opayau the
revolutiouiHt took all the citiei near
tha Ecuadorian (routlor, iuuludiug the
I'aport Tunioo.
Chlnoh bug are doing great damage
to Kanaat crops.
American trade with China it
ohieflr in the region where the dis
turbauoe 1 greatest.
A iteam automobile was built in
Eno land in 1884. It wai regarded as
a curiosity.
An Oklahoma, woman wants a dl
vorce becaute her hualiand had killed
87 men. After the Sttth she drew th
line.
LAIkft NtWi.
Llama, Ti wa demolished by a
cyolou.
Ht. Ltml Tranatt Oompany refuaea
to arbitral with th atrlker.
Chicago Chlueae, havlug Juat learned
of the trouble tit Chlua, ai greatly
cited.
Tweuty peraon were proatrated by
heat at New York. Temperature W
degreea.
Foreign warahip have their guna
trained ou Che Fou, in anticipation of
an outliixak.
Fleet of the revolutionlata hat been
raptured by govnruioaut foroea in Co
loiubian relielliou.
The big aluel plant ol th Federal
Kteel Company, at Uiralu. Fa., hea
Imwu i loaMl down, throwing 4,000 men
out ol work.
Two trail-port, with 1,200 offlcera
and men, tailed from Manila (or Taku.
The hoapital ahip Itelief baa aitio been
aaut to Taku.
Mrt. F.llaabetb C. Toliuan, wlf of
(ieiieral J. C. Tulman, aud a pluuwr
of lNSl. died at her home lu Aahlaud,
tr., aged I year. "
At New York city, Terry Mrflovern.
feather weight champion of the world,
defeated in three rour.de, Frank Krne,
light weight champion of the world.
Healing clnima are to be arbitrated.
Ituwia, I'ulted Plate and F.nglaud
have dually armxl on a mutliod of dial-tiling
of loug pending llehring tea
trouble.
In Iloml'iay, India, for tha week cod
ing July 7, tliere were B.Vl'f caaet ol
' l , I.. .1 ... ,,.... I -
vnoiera id ine laiiuue uiairici, oi wiucn
6,474 were fatal, and iu the native
late 9,t!!0 caaea, of which C,hU'.' were
latal.
Jo IWUinl, wealthy aheepman of
Weetfall, Malheur county, Dr., wa
accidentally killed while itacking hay
ou hit ran. h, being ttruck by a durrlck
(ork, oue orouK ol which pierced hit
neck. ' "
I'eiirU, 60 milea aouthweat ol Dal
la a, Teiaa, wa (wept by cyclone,
killing three raona. Two cuurchea,
aeveral duelling houae and an tut
nivnae amount ol farm property waa
deatroyed.
Th flrat anit for damagea growing
out of the Fourth of July atreet car ac-
rldeut at Tacoma, in which 43 Uvea
were liwt, haa been tllwl by Harry (ianl,
for the dentil of hia ton Harry, for $5,
000. Mauy other tulu am xpcted
Five Chlueae rvgliiient have been
ordered from I'ekln to Chlng Han I'o,
on the tirand canal, the ohjectiv point
ol the aouthern extoiinlou of tha lkixer
moveiiieul. tihaughal aud t'he Foo are
threatened, aud an attack on New
Chwaug It imminent.
Ten tliouaand Iloert are matting near
Prehiria.
Demand (or barvett hand In Kaitern
Oregon it enormoua.
More aoldler are needed (or garrison
duty In the l'bilippiue.
t'liiiicmi retormeit are nalng even' en
deavor to tava the foreiguera.
A mountain of gold bearing quartz it
taid to have been found in tha lllue
river dint riot.
A daagliter of Theodore Havemayer,
the tugar king, ahot and aocidently
killed heraelf.
Manila la now the couuterlelter't
parudlae. lUg anap in making Auieri
cau dollart out of Mexican dollar.
Andy Smith, 70 yeartold, waattrnck
with paialyaia at Kalama, Waah., and
wheu found bad been four day without
food or water.
Heavy rata tormt are racing In
Northern Wiaooualn. All railnwida
have ufferd from waibouU. Hail did
great damage to cropt.
It 1 reported that 10.000 Boor are
preparing to emigrate to America
1'roaldvnt Krogev Will retuae to tnrren
dvr uutil hit tuppliea r xhauatd.
Theodore drell, aged 60, an employ
of the woolen mill at Oregon City
Or., waa accidentally drowned whila
attempting to get into a boat to row
home.
The American bajfc MeNtatr wa lout
on a reef near Laytan ltiano, nunt
Japan. The pantcngert and crw apent
two dart on the wattr and landed ou
Laytan it laud.
Anmiral Seymour wa ejorot)lld to
about hi owu wounded during th re
cent diaattroni retreat of th Pekln re
lief expedition. They lire f erred it to
tortus by barbarom1 Chinamen.
Judge W. II. Wathlugton, of Fhlla
delphla, a direct deHcondaut of Augua
tine Waaliiiigton, father of (ieorge
Wathlugton, in dead at Cuntle Creek
Hot SDt'inga, Arizona, of couaumption
He waa 45 veura old and a lawyer of
recogulaed ability.
A Holland Huhmarlue torpedo Ixmt
may protect the port of l'ortlnud, Or
Two of the new ouea toon to be cuu
t true ted will be URNiguod to service on
the Facitlu coant, and one may come to
the Columbia river.
Th Washington government will take
everv vrucautiou aualutt violence to
Chinese In tho United States, which la
Intimated iu some teotlona, in order
that the force of our demand for satis
faction from China shall not he weak
ened by counter claims.
A IUrmluglinm, N. Y., school teaoher
whipped a school boy and exploded
torpedo. He may die.
A six year old boy at Acorn Ridge,
Mo., shot his brother dead as th re'
suit of a quarrel.
Japan has appropriated 60,000,000
ven or war purposes. A yen is about
the same as our dollar.
The Christian Endeavor convention
in Loudon will be attended by 10,000
delegates, 8,000 from America.
IG FIRE IN PRESCOTT
osses Aggregate More Than
$1,000,000.
MANY ilOMK.I.KSS AND FF.XMIXSS
rrlacliMil HatlBMt Purtlaa at tha Tuf
Omruf -Mcrclianta K.dr
fr MualHtM la Tata.
Freaoott, Aris.. July 17. A scene of
great duaolatiou aud a feeling of deep-
eat gloom pervade thia town today.
11 that remains of tli principal bual-
next portion of the town 1 tottering
wailt aud pile ol charred ajid burning
ubrl.
Th Dre. which started at 10:45
'clock last night, wa not under cou
trot until 8 o'clock this morning, when
the fliflitom went a oouaiderahle dit-
tauc iu advanc of th llaiueiand blew
d the bulldingt on e aoutn aide ol
oodwlu afreet, preventing the Dre
from croatlng that ttreet. The moat
oonavrvativ eatlmatetof the total ioaae
from 11.000.000 to $l,t00(0)0
Tha burned diatrict embrace nve
blockt. in which were located the prin
ipal mercantile houaea, both bank,
both telegraph olllce, the three new
paper olllce. lour hotel, aud every
auloun and restaurant except on in
the town, beeidct icoret ol private real
dencet. To add to the p-evailing
gloom, high wind ha prevailed all
oay, teudlng tmoke, dust aud burning
embert in every direction, requiring
the greatest vigilance to prevent an
oilier outbreak ol the llamet. Owing
to the chaotic condition existing today,
it it linpomible to obuin an accurate
account of th lost or individual insur
ance. From interviewi with inaurauce
agent, th total immranoe does not ex
ceed $350,000.
At daylight this morning teams were
at work hauling lumber to the public
plaaa. and thit evening it It covered
with tent and temporary frame build
ing. The occupants will be ready lor
buaineat tomorrow. ISoth banks have
it-cured temporary quarter and will be
open tomorrow, ine iiatnioro-ur-
uielatcr Company will be open lor Dun
nes tomorrow iu their warehouse, two
blockt from the pluxa.
Hon. W. A. Clark, of th United
Yerd Copper Company, who wa vialt
ing tli work at Jerome, wired a draft
for $500. All the sufferers from the
fir are provided with food, shelter and
clothing, and it is not thought any
outtlde aaaittance will be required.
The only business houaet remaining
lu the town are Coldwater Broa., A.
lllumberg and Mrt. K. K. Blaine, dry
goods; Joaeph Dougherty, T. W. Otis
and J. I. Gardner, grocers, and W. W.
Hou and W. P. Covilland, drug store.
Tha exprett office aud pottofnee w ere
both out of the fire limit, but tna
atter bad a clot call. All th mail
aud effect were ready to mov at
moment's notice.
The oflioe of the supervisor of census
for the territory wa located in the
Freicott National Bank bailding, and
contained all the official (tatiaticaof tha ,
census of th territory, but they were
removed to a place of safety.
The western Union opened lu otuce
thit morning in a grocery store, and
th Tottal baa opened an office at the
railroad depot. The electrio light
poles and wires were in the burned dis
trict; and the town will be In darkness
until they can be replaced, ine com
pany alto ownt the telephone system,
and lose more than ball it instru
ments. Many citiaens who yesterday were
comfortably fixed are today homeless
and penniless, a number losing both
their business places and their resi
dences. An army of carpenter have
been busy all day putting up tempor
ary structures, many 01 wuicn uava
been completed and will open lor oust-
nets tomorrow.
Of the three printing offices In town
all that waa sated waa about 80 cases
of type by the Courier. The destruc
tion of the others was complete. J. C.
Martin, proprietor of th Journal
Miner, saved only his books. Included
in his loss was a Mergenthaler linotype,
Installed in th ofUoe only three months
ago, The two papers nave aireaay
mad arrangements for continuing pub
lication, although but little insurance
was carried by either. Most of the
heavlett losers will rebuild at once,
Th origin of the fire was unknown
until this evening, when it was learned
that a man rooming over the bottling
works waa lving in bed reading by
candlelight when a piece of loose paper
on th wall caught fire. He ran out
to olva tha alarm, and before other
. ..l 1 U J.M ,ta Am waa ItAvnnit I
control.
Mere Italnt In Tat at.
Dallas, Tex., July 17. Northern
Tsxai ba been deluged by rains for
mors than 12 hours, and the indioa
tioni are that the storm has only be
gun. The downpour at Dallas wa ter
rific Streams are swollen ana train
tr delayed because of washouts.
Tpungstown, O., July 14. The
severe storm last night caused a sud
den rise in Mill creek, sweeping away
a bridge and washing out railroad
tracks, causing damage amounting to
150,000.
100,000 Fruit Fire la California.
Newcastle. Cal., July 17. Fire to-
day destroyed all the fruit houses and noon destroyed five large and three
leading business houses of tha town, small buildings formerly nsed by tha
The loss will exoeed $100,000. Over Chicago Great Western railway as re
100,000 boxes ot frnlt were burned, pair shops, at South park, just outside
Th Southern Faolfio Company wa th th city. About 800 carloads of shin
heaviest loser. Their loss in fruit in g were bnrned. The loss is estimat
oars and rolling stook Is estimated at ed at $300,000. There was a high
$35,000. 1 wind blowing, and the flames spread
" ' from the oil house to the adjoining
8om women amount to nothing out- buildings and freight cars, of which
! old of tkeir ohuroh.
MORE MEN ARE NEEOED.
the Dtasaa trmm All Part
r tk
Pklllapla l.laa..
Manila, July 18. "Mora soldiers"
Is th demand which is coming to Gen
eral MacArtbnr from every department
f th Inland. Kecent events hav
worked to vindicate General LaMon't
Judgment that 100,000 troops would be
Deeded to establish American sovereign
ty over th Philippines. Until they
attempted to hold province of .00,000
or 800,000 hostile people with a regi
ment or two, tb American command
ers hardly realized the sice of the Phil
ippine Inlands. The preneut force is
oot large enough to garriaon more than
half the Important townt, and In torn
of the moat important itlandt, among
them Cebu, Panax, Kamar and Ltyt
tnd the great Mohammedan empire of
Mindanao, only th commercial parts
are occupied.
The Moros are cloud on the bori
son. ' The officers beat acquainted with
conditions in Mindanao and the Hula
Islands tell the correspondent that they
contider teriout fighting there inevita
ble. If it comes, th two regiment
which are scattered in small garrisons,
tome ol them hundreds of mile apart
along the coast of Mindanao, an Island
nearly at large at Luzon, may hav
teriout work. The Moro are fighters
by nature, do not fear death, hav
many gun, though of antiquated
make, but do the best execution by
lying in th thick jungles and cutting
down soldiers who pat through with
their terrible krltet and spears.
GREAT WAR HAS OPENED.
Will Knit Only With Breaking a4 Par.
titloulRg or CnlnoM Kmplra.
New York, July 18. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
A great war has opened in China,
with the Japanese in the front line and
with th heaviest reserve immediately
available. Three American battalions,
and about 13,000 Japanese troops, have
reached Tien Tsin t nee the two battl
were fought, to that the allied force
now aggregates 25,000 men, with con
tingents slowly dribbling into Taku.
War baa not been formally declared,
but it is in progress, with every indica
tlon that it will continue indefinitely
until the government now In power it
overthrown and the empire broken tit
Into a eerie of European and Japanese
provinces ami piotectorates. Hie re
treat of the allied forcet from Tien Tsin
would be followed by oothreakt against
the foreigner in all the province.
They are compelled to bait where they
are and to bold their ground by bard
fighting, and a campaign begun with
no other motive power than that of se
curing rengance and reparation for tb
massacre of the legations will involve
sacrifices aud expenditures for which
territorial concessions are indispensa
ble.
This is not th American view, bat
the Kuwian, Japanese, German, Ital
ian and French, who already have their
eyes fixed npon future provinces and
conquests, and the Kngliah will find
an India in Central Asia.
A Crime of Deaperatlaa.
Baltimore, July 17. Poverty and
Ill-health drove Louis Fisen, a shoe
maker, today to kill bimself, his wife
and 13-months-olil liabe with a razor
and to wound 1 his 8 -year-old son,
The tragedy occurred in Fast Leilng
ton street. The corpse of Flsen was
found lying in the middle of the floor
with the head almost severed from the
body. The body of Mrs. Flsen lay
across a mattress in the cornet of the
room, her throat cut from ear to ear,
and the infant's body was in a baby
carriage btklud the counter. A inort
pitiable and distressing sight wsa the
little boy, Harry, standing near the
body of his dead mother, with blood
streaming from a gash in his throat.
The bov wa sent to a hospital, wher
the physicians hope to save his li'e,
From Manila to China.
Manila, July 18. Two battalions ol
the Fourteenth iufautry and Daggatt':
battery of the Filth artillery, will
leave lor1 China tomorrow by the trans
ports Indiana, Flintshire and WyefleU!
The expedition, which will join the.
Ninth infantry, will carry 800 round
of ammunition to a nmn, and a reserv
Df 1,000,000 rounds, together with
medical subsistence, stores and cloth
lug for 500 men for three months. It
will take also two seven inch mortars
nd two six inch howitzers, with am
munition. The hospital ship Belief is
going to China.
Assault oa Kansas Oily Chinamen
Kansas City, Mo., July 18. In
censed at the Boxer news a crowd of
men nud boys gathered about the lsun
dry ol Ah Siug, a Chinese laundryman,
and started a demonstration that cans
ed Sing to call ou tho police for pro tec
tiou. The crowd passed the time
throwing stones into the laundrv and
oalling out to the inmates that thoy
would kill them. A squad of polio
dispersed the crowd quickly, and, at
. the Instigation of Sing, who is one
- , the most intelligent of the several bun
dred Chinese In Kansas City, guarded
the place during the night.
Violence to Italian Missions.
Rome, July 17. Tha Italian consul
at Shanghai cables that tbe Italian
mission in llu llan has been destroyed
and Bishop Fantotati and two mission
aries killed. He also reports that th
Italian missions in Ho Nan and Hu
hav been assaulted.
Fire at St. Paul.
St.
Paul, July 18. Fire this
after-
IOwra was a great number in the yard.
REPULSE OF ALLIES
Admiral Remey Confirms the
News From Tien Tsin.
AUKftlCASS LOST 0VF.K THIHTY
fhrae Tboaaaad rrln4ljr t'hlarte OS
alale Were Ordered Killed b)
Prior Teaa.
Washington, July 18. The navy
ApeartiBent thia morning received offi
cial confirmation from Admiral Keroey
Df th reverse of the allied force at
Tien Tsin on the morning of the 18th.
The dispatch is dated Che Foo. July
16, and tays:
Kenorted that the allied forcet at
tacked the native city the morning of
the 18tb, KuFsians on the right, with
the Ninth infantry and marines on the
left. The loss of the allied forces is
large; Kusrin, 100, including artil
lery colonel; Americans over 30; Brit
ish over 40; Japanese, &S, including
colonel; French, 25.
"Colonel Liacum, Ninth Infantry,
killed; also Captain Davis, marina
corps. Captain Leinley, Lieoten ats
Butler and Leonard wounded.
'At 7 in the evening an allied attack
on the native city waa repulsed, with
great loss. lie turns yet incomplete;
detail not yei continued.
"REMEY."
Consul-General Ooodnow cabled to
the state department from Shanghai
under today's date that there is noth
ing more to report since his cablegram
of the 13th inst. The dispatch report
ail the attack on the legatloni at Pektn
a about to beign. Mr. (ioodnow't
tatement is in direct contradiction of
the Shanghai story that all foreign con
sals were informed Saturday by Sbeng
that the legationsfjhad fallen and the
ruinistei were killed.
Without exception today the foreign
representatives in Washington accepted
practically certain that the foreign
legations and ministers at Pekin have
been wiped out. The opinion is based
on the accumulating unofficial data
that the slaughter occurred about July
6 or 7. Even among the high Chinese
officials nope haa been about given up,
but thev maintain that there is no offi
cial information, and that they are as
much in the dark as other.
Th situation at a telling effect on
the Chinese minister, who is under a
nervous tension and agitation more
severe than that of the American offi
cials. H is seeking to show in the pres
ent acute crisis that no matter bow bad
conditions may be in China, he is not
the less anxious to serve the American
people and government, for be has
taken great pride in th kindly person
al relations between him and the peo
pie here. Minister Wu declares un
worthy of belief the cable report that
Sbeng, director of telegraphs and posts
at Shanghai, knew of the killing of th
foreign ministers at the time he made
a recent suggestion that foreigners he
escorted out of Pekin il the allied forces
would not advance. As a matter of
fact, Minster Wu states that the Chi
nose officials have no better means of
learning the truth of affair in Pekln
than the foreigners, as all the usual
means of communication are suspend'
ed. But he points oat that Sheng
could not have known of the death of
the foreigners, else he would not have
made a proposal that the foreigners be
escorted out of the city. This latter
is considered proof positive by Mr. Wu
that Sheng considered the foreigners
alive.
Builnet Interrupted by Strike
St. Louis, July 18. The St. Louis
Transit Company today filed iu the
city register's office its returns of trips
and passenger for the quarter ending
June 80 last, as required by law
These reports are particularly interest
ing, as showing the decrease in the
company's business, caused by the
strike. During the first three months
of this year, before the strike was in
augurated, the Transit Company, ao
cording to its returns, carried 27,058,
685 passengers, its cars making 1,367,
835 trips In so doiug. According to
its returns for the three months endiug
June 30, its cars made only 447,049
trips and carried 13,733,621 passen
gers-
Hurt by Falling Walla.
Chcago, July 18. Nine persons were
Injured, one fatally, by falling walls
in a tire caused by lightning tonight at
Michigan street and Dearborn avenue.
Fireman Robert Meany will die,
The total damage amounts to nearly
1200.000. Henry F. Yehemeyer &
Co , proprietors of the broom corn fac
tory, estimates their loss at $150,000,
and J. Dreyfus & Co., furriers, at $30,
000.
Attempt to Wreck Fast Train.
Junction City, Kan., July 17. As
attempt was made to wreck and prob
ably to rob the Union Paciflo "flyer'
about four miles this side of Manhattan
this evening. The switch was turned
but the engineer succeeded in stopping
the train before it had gone but a
short distance in on the Biding. A
gun, dynamite and a bottle, supposed
to contain nitroglycerine, were found
hidden under a pile ot old ties.
Cloudburst In Texas.
Coleman, Tex., July 18. Fifteen
lives are known to have been lost in a
cloudburst here today. Ten bodies
have been recovered, but only two were
identified. It is feared that many
more lives were lost iu the valley be'
low Coleman. The cloudburst, which
followed three days' unprecedented
rainfall, caused Font's creek to burst
its banks and rush through Coleman,
a village of less than 1,000 inhabi
tants.
LIGHT FROM PEKIN.
administration; Arrangee tm
Oot War
Throega.
Washington, July 19. A decidedly
more hopeful feelintT with regard to the
Chinese situation wa apparent in all
administration circles this evening.
Tb tide of sentiment, which bad (been
markedly pessimistic, turned with the
announcement of th victory of th
allies at Tien Tsin, an1 the capture of
the forts and native city, and gathered
further strength from Minister Wu'
cablegram declaring that the foreign
ministers at Pekln were safe July 9.
Aside from these dispatches, the ar
rive.) of tb president and tn special
cabinet meeting called to contider the
situation were the features of the day.
The cabinet met at 2:80 this afternoon,
lea than an hour after the president
reached the White House. Over 100
newspaper men thronged the corridor
while the cabinet was sitting behind
closed -doors. Tb scene resembled th
hottest days of the Spanish war. Tber
were present Secretaries Hay, Root,
Long, j Gage and Postmaster-General
Smith. At the conclusion of the ses
sion, which lasted two and a half
boors, aeiTetary Root gave oat tbe fol
lowing formal statement of thection
of the cabinet:
"The president has determined thst
the facts known to us do not require
or justify calling an extra session of
contneis. Should future developments
indicate that he is unable to do what it
required with the means now at his
command, and tb action of congress is
necessary; to furnish either men or
money or authority, be will not hesitate
to call it together."
The decision that an extra saasion m
congress was not demanded by existing
conditions was the outcome of the
showing which both Secretary Root
and Secretary Long made as to tbe
force that can be thrown into China
without, tbe authorization of additional
troop by congress, and also tb decid
edly mora hopeful feeling entertained
by the president and member of bis
cabinet as to tbe safety of Minister
Conger and tbe other foreigners in
Pekin, due to the cable of Minister
Wu, reporting tbe safety of tbe minis
ters July 9, two days after their re
ported massacre. While this cable is
not regarded as conclusive, it is ac
cepted in good faith for the present.
CAMPAIGN IN CAVITE.
Geaerml Grant
Blame Captain Hollls
Ceadaet.
Washington, July 19. Brigadier-
General Fred D. Grant, United State
volunteers, in submitting to the war
department an interesting account of
the fighting around Imaa, - in Cavit
province, from September 29 to October
8, last, closes by saying:
All the officers and men under my
command behaved well in all engage
ment, unless I except the movement
of Captain Hollis battalion of the
Fourth infantry, from Imna, on October
S, which was not well conducted.
Some deserve especial mention for their
bravery and energy. Among these I
would mention Captain Reilly, of the
Fifth aitillery, who conducted the
move against. Binacayan, October 6;
Lieutenant Knatsenshue, my aid-decamp,
who commanded the scout dur
ing th who! time; Lieutenant Fenton,
Fifth cavalry, aid-de camp, who con
ducted a company'through from Baooor
to Imus, October i, and wa much ex
posed in the fighting which occurred
October 2, 3 and 8, and Captain
Cow lea, who commanded' the recon
naissance, October 8, which resulted in
a fight at St. Nicholas.
Major Lee and Captains King and
Fuller, of General Law ton's staff, who
were with me on October 3 and 8, de
serve special mention for their gallan
try, and my personal thank for the
assistance they rendered me."
New York SSreKered.
New York, July 19. There was no
relief for suffering New Yorkers today.
In fact, it waa hotter thia afternoon
than yesterday, and there was scarcely
any breese. As was tbe case yesterday,
many business houses were compelled
to close early in the afternoon, and it
Wa impossible for laboring men to
work in the streets after 8 o'clock. In
Greater New York there were about 35
cases of heat prostrations. Five per
sons died from the effects of the heat,
and one person, who bad been over
come aud taken to a hospital, commit
ted suicide. Orhcially, tbe mercurv
ranged from 9t to 100 degrees between
the hours of 10 A. M. and 5 P. M, but
many thermometers at different points
throughout the city registered as high
as 106.
Horns del Toro Deatroyed.
Kingston, Jamaica, July 18. A let
ter from Atrato, Colombia, says Bocat
dol Toro has been visited by a terrifio
gale, which destroyed many buildings
and banana plantations. Immediately
after the gale a fearful fire swept the
town, destioying its finest buildings.
The situation is said to be desperate,
the people being demoralized.
Perished In Ctnh Desert.
Williams, Aria ' July 19. Word
leached here today of the death of J.
M. Meneck, upon the desert of south
ern Utah. Meneck, who wa an engi
neer aud mining expert, and a repre
sentative of th Smithsonian institu
tion, left here June 24 in company
with four others (or southern Utah in
quest of the far famed lost copper mine.
that was claimed to have been visited
bv one of the party, E. R. Good,
Worried to Death Over the Massacre.
Davenport, la.,. July 19. John B.
Phelps, a prominent lumberman, died
today of apoplexy, attributed to worry
over the fate of relative in Pekin who
are guests of Minister Conger', family
at tbe American legation
Halifax, N. S., July 19. A cable
gram from South Afrioa report that
Captain Harold Borden, of the Cana
dian contingent, bad been killed in ac
tion. He was tb ouly son ot F. W.
Borden, Canadian minister of militia.
BURST ITS BOUNDS
Chinese Army Invades Ail
atic Russia.
ATTACKED CAPITAL OF AMUt
fnteUeallr Deelnratloa of War
raneet.
London, July 19. Tb Daily Mail
publishes a sensational dispatch from
St. Petersburg, dated Monday, which
ieits that there is no doubt that
China has declared war against Rossia.
"The Russian press," sayt th corre
spondent, "Is restricted to the publica
tion of official details, and tbe publica
tion ot any dispatches from tbe front
ha been prohibited. 1 bear, however.
from a reliable source, that the Chines
troops and tbe Boxer seized a Russian
transport vessel laden with munition
at Ariagon (on th Amur river, about
18 miles from tbe Russian frontier),
killing almost the entire Russian escort.
They next suddenly attacked and bom
barded the town of Blagovestchnesk,
capital of t'n Amur government, on
tbe Amur river. The garriaon held out
bravely, but was finally overwhelming
ly overpowered. Nearly all perished and
tbe town wa burned."
Plenty of Bualnne,
London, July 19. Tbe new of tha
Manchuria disturbances is not regarded
a justifying th serious view attribut
ed by tbe Daily Mail's advices. Amor
is boundary territory between Eastern
Siberia and Manchuria. The district
ha been tbe scene of local disturbances
for a long tint, owing to provocative
conduct of th Cossack toward the
25,000 Chinee employed in the con
struction of the Bnaso-Manchurian
railway.
Several collisions bar occurred be
tween the Coraacks and the Chinese
troop. One happened several week
ago, when two Russian officer and 18
men were killed. Tbe extension of the
Boxer movement to Manchuria ha re
sulted in great destruction of tbe rail
way, compelling th Russians to with
draw' their official. Tbe Chines tried
to stop the Russian steamer Michael,
carrying ammunition, and the steamer
Selonga, with the Ruaaian frontier
commission on board, from passing up
tbe Amur at I gun. They fired on the
teamen, wounding an officer and a
few men, bat th steamer reached
Blagovestchnesk. Tbe local commander
at Ariagon seem to have sent' the
Russian a sort of ultimatum to quiet
Manchuria. ,
The Chinese! according to the Dally
Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent.
have throwm np fortifications and
placed 40 guns at a point 12 miles from
Anagon, to dispute the passage of the
Russians. The official Bnasian adivce
leave the inference that Blagovestchnesk
is still In Russian hands, the Russian
losses daring1 the bombardment ' being
only three killed aid five wounded.
Tbe Amur military district wai
mobilised a' fotthight ago, on a war
footing-, and it it believed that the
Russian forces there are 50,000 men and
112 guns. The governor-general has
now ordered the troops on the frontier
to form a cordon. Tbe Russian paper
demand retribution for Chinese auda
city in Manchuria, but they bold fo tbe
view that Russia must persevere in lier
resolution to avoid wai. Tbe-Chinese
minister in St. Petersburg ha disavow
ed the event in Manchuria, on behalf
of his government, and has ' promised
to make serious , representations : to
Pekin regarding the consequences that
will follow if the hostilities ther be
continued.
A CHINESE REFORMER.
Long Kal
Chn't Idea of Governing
th Bmpire.
Honolulu. July 12, via San Fran
cisco, July 19. Long Kal Chu, the
noted Chinese'refdrmer, on whose head
a reward of $86,000 i offered by tb
empress dowager, has returned to Hon
olulu from the Island of Maui. The
reformer has been in the islands about
three months, organising the Po Wong
movement, which has a it object the
overthrow of the empress dowager's
regime and the re-instatemect of the
young emperor. , Societies have been
organised here and a large amount of
money raised. In speakfng' of how
China may be governed in the future
he said: ,
"The opening np of China so that
tbe Chinese may be able to assimilate
foreign ideas of progress) and that all
foreigners may share with th Chinese
in development of the wealth of thi
vast empire, the power in China mnst
be centralized to prevent jealousy
among factions, and for tha best inter
ests of China and the world the em
peror should be reinstated.
"Last year the United State pro
posed to the other power .to open np
China and to protect her territory from
partition. Snob a course Will be found
most beneficial and a policy most ap
propriate to modern civilisation,"
Kumaaale Relieved.
Fumsu, July 18. Kumatti ha
been relieved by the command under
Colonel Willooks.
Antl-Chluese Riot In Tlrden.
Virden, III., July 19. Enraged at
the new from China, a mob today at
tacked a Chines laundry bar and de
molished the entire front of the build-
j gl iMf tni 4 two cw,
nese laundrymen, but without effect.
No arrests have yet been made.
Joseph Real, a white man, died la
Toledo, O., from luokjaw, resulting
from bite received in an assault or a
' negro, Haley Ravelle.
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