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The VOL. VII. HII.LSHOitO, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST- 1, 1900. NO. 22. EVENTS OF THE DAK I Epitome of th? Telegraphic News of th: World. TKHSK TICKS FKOn VliK YVIR.F.S Ah Interesting l'iillilln t I trim From ho Two llninLuheree l'r iu In a 'ir Inn.il i'f.m- Kxtrnme hot weather continues la the Prlnne Tuan Is prepailug to escape (rum Poklu. Tim Klniidlki gold j In I (I till year Is $.5,000,000. Several MTiiti were killed by storm lu Sow York. Goverutir Huoenvelt will speak la Oregon iu SoptitmlHir. Seattle inaugurates a mow fr an International fair it IUU4. There it a great demand (or tlwlier and Unu lauds lu Oregon. Hut weather klllml Hit persons iu New York and Philadelphia. Bryan Iim decided lo make a general campaign tour o( tli country. Sealing schooner Minnie, of Victoria, was wrecked iu Northern waters. King Victor (ouk llt oriustttutioual oath before the Italian parliament. General Haiidall In given auUtority to eud destitute person out (nun Nom - Tli riugleailnr In Um Pretoria plot u capture Lord Kohurt have been nr rested. General Mae Arthur sends news n( tho auriuudur ol Filipino command ol m. . Jafferin U mix limn to meet Fitislin Dion ul Sharkuy iu the U.I week of August, , In the Fieneh naval maueuveisator pedu Imat deatrwyer ai sunk and 4! live lout. Miiny AnirrU'Mn soldiers wero pro' trahtd by tho heat lu the advance ou Yang Turn. Chinese viceroy wnnt tlm United States to prevent the lauding ol troop at Shanghai. Fifteen perwms were killed ly mil road tialn strlktug an omuibu iu Pennsylvania. Congressman Ovrratreet Mtyn the Iteptiblifnim mutt work hard to coutiol the next house. Euoouraglug development urn re. ported (rotn the Humpler 'liatriet ol Fjutern Oregon. Six pernio were killed In mi IuHhii jrmliUHd wreck. The king and queen w nut to the scene. An advance guard n( the lntiriwtlon I column ha puhed mi (nun Yang Teun to occupy Tl Taun. A London newspaper corroapoudetit write a hitter coniplulnt ol the oou- duct ol affalni lu Huulh Africa. The French pro anil piniple are not tileaaed with the ipiKiliitiiiciit of You WaldurMMi a oonuiinuilvr-lu'ohinf. Democrat oiwucd their national campaliin. Fire In a Butte, Mont., miue canned $100,000 diinm)E. There will tie no yellow peril, no lar a Jnpmi i ounccriu'd. YYtucouain Uepublicnuii uouitimted Ilobert M. I-a Follette or Kovvrnor. The pontolllce at ( iilliix Wunli., wnl . burglurineil aud f 10 In Ktnmpii aecured A telnKraph linn fmni Vol.li'H to Cape Nome, Ahmku, ia juidor ooiiNtructiou Lienteniint-Colimnl llimre'ii liiirrinou at Kland'i river Irns aurrcnilercd to the lioere. Ilryan and Stflvcnnou wete formally notified of their Humiliation at Indian polls. General Milo mvi the Nitimtlim in China is wirioiiH. He my a tho move meut of troopa ia dlflicult. Heavy ralua iu the YeUowrtoua Na tlonal 1'ark completely extiiiKuialicd the foreat Area which had burned fur oiiio time. lUver itiiprovemeut will precede and a naval itatlon nccnmpmiy the locution of a Roverumeut drydouk ou the Colum liia river, Or. One man win killed mid four acr louely injured iu a oolliHiou ou the Hpokane Falla aud Northern, uuur Hpokaue, Wash. Qeneral MaoArtlmr'a olHuiul report of the tickueaa In hit army ou July HI ii aa follow: Kick in hoapitalH, 8,765; tick lu quarter, 1,081. Tho third battaliou of the Fifth in iantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, lilt noli, hm been ordered to China to join General Chaffee's oommnud. The Columbia Southern railway la . extending it telegrapn line through , Harney oonnty, Oreuou, whiuh 1 a , thought to be a Rood indication that too railroad will shortly loiiow. Tho wife of Dr. A. McDonald West water, of Llaoyung, Manuhniru, com mitted aulcide at Anna lu ooiiMniiucuce of mental depreiaion caimed by her ex oitlni experiences at Now Cliwan . nt before her departure from China. Petroleum fields of some importance Are being opened in Japan. Belgium is one of the few countries . .. In which the death penalty, though . still part of the criminal code, is uovur enforced, in deference to public opin ion. Three women, the wives of famous hatbands, have been accorded the honor of burial In Westminster Abbey, They are Lady Pulinorstou, Lady Augusta Stanley, wife of Dean Stanley, and . tin, Gladstone. LATER NEWS. Theodore Itootovelt will Out Visit the Pacific ooant. General Muthueu U In touch with Duwel' " Hhaiiiilisl ha word that the j'ekin aittlous were desperately attacked Aug ust H. In a eollialon near Colorado Hprlmta, Colu., two paasuuuers wero killed aud live injured. 1'ritsldeht Kruiier has appllwl (or a temporary aayluui lu the Aineriouu cuuaulatu at Uiorenco Msnjuea. C. I', lluutiuuUm, prealdeut of tin Southern I'aciflo lailroad, cllwl iu the Adirouducks, N. Y., of heart disuaae. The army of the Philippines eleotw' (ieueral F. V. (ireeiiu prealdeut, Uen eral O. Huinmera as secoud vice prealdeut. The clothing fuutory of K. 11. Olson & Co , of CIiIcbl'o, was destroyed by lire, with a Urns ou buildings aud guodi of f U6.OO0. Coutrsctors are making close exam ination ol the route for the Klamath Falls railway, preparatory to siguluv the contract. Steamer Deutuculind nude the run from New York to Plymouth, England, in 6 daya, 1 1 hours aud 45 iniuuUa, breaking the record. iloh Pitzalmmun and Toui Sbsrkey have been matclied to light, August 25 before the Coney Island Cluo for a purse of IJ&.IJUO. Charley WhlU Is to be referee, . Twelve liuat prostrations, with out that will prove fatal, Is the record ol one day at St. Joseph, Mo., which a thu hottest of tliu aeaaon. 1 heruiome ters registered 101 degrees. The queation of making the pe,rma neitt repairs ou the Oregon at home iu stead of iu Japan hat been disuuastd by some of the authorities ol the navy de partment and may reault in her being brought back to the l'aoitlu coast. The ufttcisl report of the Coloioblao Koverumeiit commander in the recent battle at Panama sayt tho rebel i-aimal ties were 000 aud those of tho govern' meut 10U. The oommandec iutlmaten that the conauls (uvored tho rebels, and that their luterveutiou was dangcroui aud pernicious. Tho detective bureau of New York Citv, la baikiug fur Autonlo Peace, tanker, with omoe lu that city. , lit has myaterioualy dtsapward. 8vore of excited ltaliau depositors , jiave thnmged Peace' otllces, aud it U re ported to the police that tlm Itankei hat gone to Italy., taking with . him flti.OOO. Dr.Stvlnlt, tho cheat champion, died in New York. A site has been choacu (or tho new Fort Hull ludiau school. Hie Uusaiali mluiater will not leAvt Pektu iHifore his comrades. The beairged foreliiuora in Pekln lutvt food to luat them only a week. ltryan's speech of adccptauco will b rvpruilucod by phonograph. Twelve person were killed aud 40 injured iu a train wreck iu Italy. The empress intends to leave Pekin bolero the foreign troopa arrive. Appropriations by the hint seasioo of congress were $710,1&0,B0'.'. The ameer of Afghaniatan is pnpir lug to cross into Knaaiau ten itory The annual convention of the Typtv graphical Uulon opened iu Milwaukee Several oannerymon were arrested tor packlug salmon after close of ten son. ly mlatake ltritiah and KiiHsinn ar tillery shelled the Americana at Yiuif Tsun. JihIko Ijiooinhe, of New York, re fuaed to sigu a writ of extradition foi Neidy. About $0 farmers near Salem real lzed fill ceuta er tiuahul foi wheat ivy pooling the Mime. Kxpirt of gold from New Yrk la ex peeted to relax the tluaucial tonaiou al European capitala. The state department replied to the edict appointing 14 Hung Chang peace onmiuiaslniier. Two government pack trains leav Vancouver to take a tvauaport at Seat tie for service in China. The report that the Ciiniulian govern meut has abandoned the royalty ou the Yukon cold output ia not correct. As exort duty is under consideration. 1'arcjita, well-known Cuban bandit was allot and k lied nt Palmu Sorito 20 miles from Santiago, by a corporal of the rural guard. This outlaw had been terrorising the country for several ycais. He bas committed numerous murders. A pitched battle occurred near Or' ham, N. M., bvtwoen a poaae, under Deputy Sheriff Vv K, Foster, nud two bandits who nibbed a store in Graham iu broad daylight. One of the robbers was killed, Tho other , was wounded but he escaped, C, N. McMuhon, a young society man, of Woodward nveuue, Detroit was robbed of $500 in greenbacks while coming out of the California, theater, San Francisco, utter the perfomiam by a pickpocket, who secured tho roll of bills aud escaped. . An Atlanta jury decided that wife is reapouNible for the burial expenset of her hiiHbuud. Cheap lauds in Nebraska have been taken up so rapidly that few desirable acre remain. An addition of two miles will short. ly be made to the tine avenues on tho Gettysburg battlefield, rue Kansas City proauoe exvnange una nuupivu a jjmu iua aviiiun vjin. vj I ...l.....J f... ...lltnn anna hm weight instead of bv the dozen. FIFTEEN WEBE KILLED rain Crashed Into a Loaded Omnibus. SF.VF.RAL SKIilOL'Hl.Y I.NJUItF.D Aedd.ai Oi-rerr4 al liril-CTU..i,f Wli.ra .Nu W.trlini.a It icuiiwrwii. Slatlngton, Pa., August 14. Fifteen persout were iustantly killed and It tbrra, several of whom will die, wero seriously injured tonight in a grade crossing, about three miles from this ity, a passenger train on tho Ixhign alley & Nrw England railroad craali. lug Into an omnibus containing "5 per sons. All the dead aim injured were in the omnibus. Hut three of tho oo uupanta escaped injury. The omuibu paaaenuer wero re turning to Klatlngtou (ioiii a funeral. Tho dead and. iujut-wd were nearly all relatives of Sophia Schoefer, whose obsequies they had atteudml. The ac ideut occurred at 5 o clock at a sharp curve. The train was a special, and was running at a lively rate of ipeed Tho omnibus came aloug at a good rate of speed, the occupants uncoust-iout of any impend iug diingr. At the but wuug around tho curve the engine cam in sight. It wat too late to stop either the omnibus or the train, and, as tho driver of the former whipped up the four horse to cross the track ahead I the train, the latter cruahed into its middle. The occupants were thrown iu all directions, bruised sud bleeding, The 15 (lead were killed outright Physicians and special train were sent from here and the injured were taken to South Ilethlehom. No watrhmaa i employed to warn team or pedestrians of any approach ing train, aud those living in the vie in ity state It is imposkiblo to hear an ap proaching train. Tho burses drawing the bus escaped unhurt. DID DOUBLE CRIME. Mardar4 HI. friend and Bbbd tli. Kipr... Columbus, O., August 14. Charles It. 11. Ferrell, a former emplovo of the Adams Kxpret Company, was arrested this afternoon in this city, aud con fessed to the killing of .Messenger Lane aud the robbery of the way safe of the Adams Express Company, on the Penn tylvauia east-bound traiu Friday night. Hue thousand dollars of the money he ttoto was recovered. F'errwll was to have been married Thursday next to Miss Lillian Coetlow, daughter of sn engineer ou the Pemiayl vauia Hue. He had been discharged from the employ oi the Adams Express Company, aud confessed that the motive of the robbery wat to secure money for the approaching wedding. The money recovered he had given to Miss Costlow to keep for him, saving he bad saved it from his earnings, Ferret 1 it but 2a years of age. He wai at the home of hi atlianced and in her company when placed under arrest. When the ollicers took him into custody he assumed a nonchalant de meanor, but when lie luund that he could no longer carry out the decou tion, he made a full confession. After his statement had been taken by Chief of Police Tyler aud he was led to a cell in the police ttatiou, he was in a state of tu-rvoua collapse, and order were given tiiat he be via tidied oluaely to pre vent his duiug himself bodily injury The confusaion of Ferrell msolosed a premeditated and blood curdliug crime, almost impossible to believe. He said he had become desperate because of his inability to secure employment and a realization of the fact that be must have money to defray the expenses of hi approaching marriage. The rob bery, including the murder of Express Messenger Lane, bad been planned carefully. Ferrell had no accomplices and no uoulldauts He knew Lane well Iu fact, they were friends, and he re lied upon Lane' coulldeuce to help him execute the crime. He kuew that considerable money was always carried by the messenger between St, Louis ana Columbus, and that he was certaiu to secure a large sum if he rob bed the way safe. Nina struck by Lightning-. New York, August 14. Nino persons who sought shelter nuder trees in the wood iu the Uroux section during Btorra this evening, were struck by lightning. They were James Brown, a Hungarian tailor, of this city, hie wife and five children, and Bertha Lesuhowitx aud Bertha Silverman, They were taken to F'ordham hospital, At a late hour tonight attending physi cians said they thought Mrs. Brown, two of her children and Bertha Silver man could not possibly live. The physicians said Bertha LeschowiU would either die or become hopelessly insane. The party was camping out, ringue Situation at Manila. Wnsbiugton, August 14. Marine hospital scrviue advices from Manila, just received, state that the number of plairue cases there is diminishing. No information has been officially commu nicated here regarding the reported action of the Singapore health ollicers in quarantining against Maui la. Ii Klllnd In a Tralnwraok In Italy, Rome, August 14. A traiu bearing many notable persons, who had been attending the recent ceremonies here, collided with another a few miles out- tide the city. Six persons were killed outrtuht, aud several others fatally in- jured. The king and queen went im mediately to tho scuno of the accident, Tl,a tiumn. nf thn vlottms have lint Vteeu Moertaiiied, but it ia understood that Grand Duke and Duchess Pierre, of I Russia, are safe. ::: OUR KILLED BY A STORM Olh.r. Prabably ratally lajnrad- Wlad aa4 Llghlalag. New York, August 15. In tho storm which panned over thit section this af ternoon, four person were killed in Prooklyn,' and two others stand very little dune of recovery from injuries received. Thomas Dunn, 16 year of sge, wat killed by lightning white thettring under tree. Prank Valentine wat crushed in the wreck of his barn that had been set oo tire by lightning and Clarence Weeks, s farmhand, who was in the bain be fore tho lightning atrni-k it, is misving. Chauncey Lay, 16 years of ago, became entangled In an electric wire and was burned to death. Fannie Brvne, 17 years old, wai badly burned and shocked in alighting from Urooklyn Heights trolley car during the storm. The arm of the trolley car broke and fell upon Mist Hi) lie's shoulder. She tried to push it from her and was badly shocked. Her life is despaired of. Angelina Kosa, 80 years of age. utepped npon a live electric wire and was burned and shocked to badly that tiio may die. At TeuHfly, N. J., LUile North wai killed and her mother aud two sistert wero severely injured by a bolt ol lightning that they will probably die. DEATH RATE IN HONOLULU. Alarmingly High. K.parlally Among Katlraa and dapaaaM. Honolulu, August 6. The health re ports for the months of June and Jul show an alarming increase in the death rate, escially among native Hawaii ins and Japanese of the Island of Ohau, which has the only complete records. Iu June the numbei of death pel thousand was 45; in July 49.6S. The increase for the past few yean, at shown by table just compiled, hai aroused a great deal of discussion. It IHU0 the July deaths numbered 48 Since then the figures have jumped tc Gil. 75, 83 and thi year 114. Consumption heads the list of dis eases, causing deaths in almost every month, and theie is agitation foi strict measures to quarantine patient, lht hoard of health is discussing a quaran tine against consumption, as many peo ple come here from other place to en joy the mild climate, and it is believe that tbev are a source of danger to tbt population. Typhoid fever ba also claimed I good many victim lately, a slight epi demic having developed in one district of Honolulu. The United state courts in Hawaii were formally inaugurated today lj Judge M. M. Estce. Rtrlke at Maraalllas. Marseilles, August 15. The strike of the firemen of the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company, which began tbil morning, seriously interferred with th arrauKemeuts for the departure of tb transports, only one, the Polynesian setting away. The striken of tho oth er left the vessels. This afternoon thi strikers tried to prevent the Polynesian leaving the harbor, by blocking th entrance with a number of barge. Tec strikers entered by tho scuttles and threatened the firemen with death They were placed under arrest. It wai only w ith great difficulty that the com pany's tugs guoceeded in driving thi barges toward tbe quayt, where all thi nianifestants, tome 50, wero arrested Filipinos Surrender. WBshiucton, August 14. The wai department received today the follow ing dispatch continuing cheerful newt from General MacArthur: "Manila, August 14. Adjutant-Gen eral, Waabingotn: Colonel Grassa, August 11. in the vicinity of Taug, sur rendered command to Colonel Free man, Twenty-fourth United States in Iantry, consisting "of one major, sij captains, six lieutenants, 169 men, 10C rities and 50 bolos. s "MaoARTHUR." Two Fatally Shot by Robber.. St. Joseph, Mo., August 14. Josepl Phelpot and Frank Craig, both wealth stockmen, were fatally shot, near theii homes, three miles from Nodaway Mo., early this morning by two ruei who attempted a hold-up. Tbe stock men had visited the St. Joseph marke with cattle, and the robbers doubtlesi expected to secure a large sum o money, which had already beeu de posited In a bauk here. Still righting in Columbia, Kingtson, Jamaica, August 15. There was heavy fighting last weet south of Carthageua, Colombia. The rebels lost heavily, and retreated. Writers describe the suffering of th people as very great, One says thai a disorder resembling "tmbonio plagm has developed at Panama. So man were killed in the last battle at Pana ma that some of the bodies had to tx burned. Suicide of an Indian Family. Burns, Or., August 14. A few dayi ago, snownie, a nine inuian oi tnu county, committed suicide by eatin wild parsnips. Lust week, his child, a 14-year-old girl, on account of bad health, ended her life in the same way Her mother, upon finding . the chile dead, procured some parsnips, and, eat imt tli em, also ended her life It ii unusual for Indians to commit suicide Germany will land troops to proteo her interests in tho Yaugtse valley. Newark Gone to Cavlte, -Washington, August 16. Actiuj Secretary Hackett, of the navy depart ment, today received a dispacth frou Admiral KempiT, stating the ouisei Newark, his flagship, has suited from Nagasaki for Cavite. The Newark hai been for some time past in Cliiuesi waters, and was in the vicinity of thi operations at the time the Taku fort; were taken. It is presumed here thi trip to the naval . station at Cavite ii for the purpose of making some neces sary repaim, -iKO TIME FOR PEACE The Ministers Must First Be Liberated. REPLY TO THE CH1SESE EDICT America', firm Poattlon la thl. Mattes la L'arttaagftii A JM..af tram Conger, Washington, August 15. The reply of the United hutes government to China' overture fur peace was mad public early in tbe day, tbowing the firia and final position that had been taken. While expressing satisfaction at this peace ttep, the reply ttates that it is evident ''that there can be no gen eral negotiations between China and tb powers" so long as the ministers and legationers are restrained and in danger, and then follows a specific- statement of what the United States txpects as a condition precedent to a cessation of hostilites. viz.: That a body of the relief force be permitted to "enter Pekin unmolested" and escort the ministers back to Tien Tsin. The text of the American reply is a foi low Memorandum: Touching the im perlal edict of August 8, appointing Li Hung CbaDg envoy plenipotentiary to conduct negotiation on the part of China with tbe powers, and the request for a cessation of hostilities pending negotiations, communicated to Mr, Adee by Mr. Wo ou the 12th of An- rust. 1900. "Tbe government of tho United State learned with satisfaction of the appointment of Earl Li Hung Chang aa envoy plenipotentiary w eouuuc. ucgu tiations with toe powers, and will, on its part, enter upon such negotiations with a desire to continue the friendly relations so long existing between tbe two countries. It is evident that there can las no general negotiations between China and the i overs so long as the ministers of the powers and tbe persons under their protection remain in their present position of restraint and danger. and that tbe powers cannot cease their efforts for their delivery of those repre sentatives to which they are constrain ed by the highest consideration of national honor, except under an ar rangement adequate to accomplish a peaceable deliverance. e are ready to enter into an arrangement between the powers and the Chinese government for a cessation of hostile demonstra tions on condition that a sufficient body of the forces composing the relief expedition shall be permitted to enter Pekin unmolested and to escort the lor 9ii2U ministers and residents back to Tien Tain, this movement being pro vided and secured by such arms and dispositions of troops as shall be con nidered safe by the generals command ing the forces composing tbe relief ex Edition. ALVALi A. A DEE, "Acting Secretary. "Department of State, Washington, August 18, 1900." Mra.aga From Conger. A dispatch was received from General Chaffee transmitting a message he had received from Minister Conger. Evi dentir the message had been delayed long in reaching him, and hie own dis patch was dated four days ago. The distiatch was as follows: Adjutant-General, Washington Toitsuu, 8th Message received today 'Pekin, August 4. We will bold nntil your .rriral. Hope it will be soon, Send such information as you can. Conger.' C11AFFE." Three Men Killed. New York, August 15. inree em ployes in the New York Steam Heating Company were killed this morning by the explosion of a 15-inch pipe elbow. They are: Frank Sherrick, of Jersey Citv; George Jenkins, Edward Brown, colored, of this city. Jackson and Brown tried jo crawl out, but were overcome and Buuocateo. snerricx was on the second floor, in the tire room, and was suffocated by the steam, Others seriously injured were sent home. W. J. David, the engineer, was arrested. More Pay for Operatora. Pittburg, August 15. After several conterences with the Baltimore Ss Ohio railroad officials, the Order of Railway Telegraphers has secured recognition oi the order and a readjustment of wages and conditions, which will mean au advance and betterment to the majority of 2,000 or more operators employed on the Baltimore & Ohio system. In some instances, the advance will be between $5 aud $10 a mouth. Illluol.' Wheat Crop. Springfield. 111., August 15. The state board of agriculture issued a bul letin today stating that the winter wheat crop of Illinois amounts to 20, 677,000 bushels, the largest since 1890, The quality is exoelleut, and at the price of August 1, 68 cents, its value is $14,169,000. the best returns since 1894. ' Kxploilon lu Shanghai. Shanghai, .August 15. A native powder magazine exploded last night. The damage is not known, roreigners are uot admitted within the magazine enclosure. ; Baltimore Doi k strike. Baltimore, August 15. The strike of 2,000 union stevedores is assuming an ukIv aspect, in which minor dis turbances are of daily occurrence. A big crowd lust night attacked a street car at Locust Point, in which were a number of non-union colored mun. One of the negroes drew a pistol and tired five shots into tho crowd of men, wo men and boys who were following them. Three of the shots took effect, woundiug Harry Pressor, Joseph Pensch and Arthur Raynier. TRAIN WRECK IN ITALY. f wolvo Penon. Wero Killed and Forty lnjarod. Home, August 16. The railroad ac cident which occurred about midnight 12 mile from this city turn out to have been more terion than reported. It now appear that 13 persona wero killed and 40 wounded, of whom 15 are seriously injured. Too disaster was caused by the to e- scoping of two section of the train on tbe railroad from Lome to Florence, bearing notable person who had been attending the recent ceremonies here. The engine of tbe first section became disabled and stopped and the train was almost immediately afterward struck by tho second section. Tbs Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Peter of Russia and tbe members of tho Turk ish mission, who had attended tho funeral of King Humbert, were among tbe passengers, but tbey were unin jured. The grand duchess Is a sister of tho new queen of Italy. ben informed of the accident, King Victor Emanuel and Queen IJelene, hastened to tho scene. The queen and her sister returned to the quirinsl, while tbe king and tbe grand duke re mained on tho snot, giving orders tc assist in clearing the wreck and saving the injurod. v Tbey re-entered the qui riual at 6 o'clock in the morning. SAN FRANCISCO STRIKE, Tho Mlilaeu'. ITaloa Wnnt. an Eight- Hour Day. San Francicso, August 16. Tbe Millmen'a Union, becked by the Build ing Trades Coancil, today began in earnest it fight for an eight-hour day. A strike has been ordered and tlie strength of the movement will soon be known. Tho lumber ami planning mill owners have not yet decided whether the mill shall try to continue operations with nonunion men or shall close down until an adjustment is effected. In four San Francisco mill and in all of tho Oakland mlils the union men were paid off Saturday night after their refusal to return thit morning under the old schedule and wero ordered to remove their tools from tbe works. 'Unless some understanding is reached before tbe end of the week," said Andrew Wilkie. proprietor of tbe Mechanic's mill, "I believe building will practically cease in San Francisco and the bay cities and the 15,000 men in the building trades will bo thrown out of employment." No advance in wages is asked, but the same pay is wanted for eight boors as is now given lor nine, lne mill men say they cannot grant the rise and meet Eastern competition. A Fatal Blander. New York, August 16. A special cable dispatch to the Evening World today, dated Che Foo, August 9, via Shanghai, pave: A terrible mistake occurred at the taking of Yang Tsun.- Knssian artillery opened fire on tbe American troops. Before the mistake was discovered many American soldiers had been killed or wounded bv tbe Russian shells. Tbe Fourteenth took part in the attack on the Chinese trenches. As the Chinese fled the regi ment entered and occupied one of the Chinese po&itious. A Russian battery, some distance off did not notice the movement. It opened fire on the posi tion and planted shells among the American troops. The Russians were quickly v notified and ceased their fire. Slabbed by nn VnarchUt. New York, August 16. James Sye- fane, an Italian, was stabbed to death with a stiletto in this city last night. His brother. Angelo, knows who tbe murderer is, but he will not tell. "I have sworn to the vendetta," ho savs. "-No one shall mu mm out l." Tbe two Syefsnes came from Croton lake to visit friends and in the coarse of their visit became involved in an argument with a fellow Italian in a sa loon, relative to King Humbert's char acter. The Syefanes eulogised the dead monarch, the third Italian de scribed him as an oppressor of the peo ple. The quarrel ended in an affray in which James Syefune was stabbed in the left breast. His assailant es caped, though pursued by a mob. Identity of Hugo Bobber. Kansas City, August 16. A special to the Star from Goodland, Kan., guys: The two Union Pacific train robbers killed near here last week are believed to be James and Tom Jones, Missouri and Texas desperadoes. There is a re ward of $3,000 in Missouri and $1,500 in TexaB for the Jones brothers, dead or alive. Word from Springfield, Mo., says the description of the robbers fits that of the two men who were in Dallas count', Mo., and who, after lending lives of desperadoes in that state, went to Texas. The body of the taller man will be exhumed to Bee if it bears marks that one of the brothers is known to have had. Yellow Fevor In Havana. New York, August 16. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: Au gust opened with 85 cases of yellow fever in Havana. There are now 59 cases iu the citv, four victims being Americans. There were 80 .deaths from the fever during Jiily. Up to Sunday the number of deaths this mouth was 11. Confidence is expressed by the authorities that there will be no general fever epidemic. Collapae of a ScaB'olil. Chicago, August 15. Six meu were seriously injured, two probably fatally, at W'hitting, Ind., today by the col lapse of a scaffold on which they were engaged iu repairing a refining tank of the Standard Oil Company. Forage for tho Orient. Seattle, August 13. The local branch of the United States quarter master's office today opened bids for 10,000 tons of forage for immediate shipment to the Orient. ASKED FOR A REFUGE Kruger Applied for Asylum lo American Consulate. MOLLIS MISSIOX TO TRANSVAAL or Froeldeat Wanted to Rentals Lonroaeo Mnrqao Oflloo Until Bo Conld Loot A Men. London, August 16. President Kruger addressed formal appVi cation to tbe United State to grant him a sanctuary in ease the necessity (or il arose. Thi occurred, according to Secretary Reitx, tbe day Lord Roberts entered Pretoria. The details of tho event bavo been related to a reporter of the press by F. i W. Unger, who bas just returned from the Transvaal, and who secured the iu- . formation from Secretary Belts and others. After quoting the secretary as saying President Kroger would never take to the mountains, on accoout o' his age, but would retreat down the line, finally escaping to Portuguese ter ritory, Mr. Unger says that the day the British entered Pretoria President Kruger sent for W. Stanley Hollis, tho American consul at Lourenco Marques, and Mr. Hollis was taken to Macbado dorp In special oar. President Kruger asked him if his government would grant bim (President Kruger) an asy lum in the Lourenco Marques consulate nntil be (Mr. Kroger), made other ar rangements lor his departure. Presi dent Kruger expressed fears concerning his treatment by tho Portuguese govern ment, and wished to guard A way of escape. Mr. Hollis asked for time to consult with his government, and Pies ident Kruger assured him ho would receive a week's notice before putting the plan into execution. In consequence of this visit to the Transvaal and the transmission of Pres ident Kroner's request to Washing ton, Mr. Hollis received instructions from Secretary Hay not to leave Portu guese territory again. Ho was thus compelled to neglect tho interests of tho British prisoners at Nooit Gedacht, where there was great suffering. Mr. Unger in conclusion said: "I make this explanation in justice to Mr. Hollis whoso action has been misun derstood in America and Great Brit ain." Mr. Unger did not. know whether tbe state department events lly gave a speoiflo answer to President Kruger's request. BRAKES WOULD NOT WORK. Head Knd Colll.lon on the Denver Bio Grande. Colorado Springs, Col., Angnst 16. A head-end collision on tho Denver & Rio Grande railway today at Monu ment about 20 miles north of this city, resulted in the death of two persons and the injury of several others. ! Missouri Pacifio train No. 12, north bound, running on tho Bio Grande tracks between 'Pueblo and Denver, left this city at 10:10 A. M., 40 min utes .late., Bio Grande train No. 1, the Pacific coast limited, had orders to pass tho northernbound at Monument twitch. The north-bound train bad the main - lino, and tbe train coming from Denver failed to stop in time and crashed into the north -bound train. In the forward oar of tho south bound train coming to Colorado Springs wero seated all of those who were killed and injured. Gilbert and Webber were pinned under the debris and conld not be reached for half an hour. Engineer Desmond, of No. 1, states as a reason for the oollision . that when he attempted to stop at Monument his air brakes would not work. Chief Surgeon Corwin of the Colorado Iron to Fuel Company . at Pueblo and Dr. Gunsaule, of Denver, were on the train coming south and immediately set to work caring for the injured. ; K. . F. Webber, who was killed, leaves a wife and one child. Web ber's hip was smashed, and he died almost instantly. Dr. Gunsaule, de spite the fact that she was considera bly bruised, assisted in caring for the other injured. II. C. Barnes, of Den ver, was injured about the legs and face, but not seriously. Big Salmon Bun on the Fra.er. Vancouver, B. C, August 16. Large numbers of salmon are running on tho Fraser river, and tbe packing houses are running full blast. Fisher men are catching as many as 500 to the boat per day. Canners are confident that the run this year will bi of fair proportions for an off season. Xlghty Aeroa of Wheat Burned. Colfax, Wash., August 16. Fire in a wheat field of 100 acres on D. E. Kensinger's farm, 10 miles south of here, destroyed 80 aures of fine stand ing wheat. Header and thresher orews saved half the field by hard fighting with wet blankets. The loss is $800; no insurance. Muucie, Ind., August 15. A fright ful explosion oi nitro-glycerine oo ourred today, three miles east of Mont pelier. The Gaithwalt nitro-glycerina factory was demolished and two men injured. There was 15Q quarts of tbe stuff in the explosion, and the country was shaken for miles around. Pulson on tho Stage. London, August 16. While per forming Monday evening at the Royal pera House, Buda Pest, the well- known opera singer, Mine. Nemethy, according to a dispatch from Vienna to the Daily Express drank a virulent poison instead of colored water sop posed to be used on the stage. Mmo. Nemethy fell before tho horrified an dience and died an boar later. How , poison came to bo substituted lor the colored water has not yot been tcr tained. "ti