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VOL. VII.
IIILLSIJOUO, OltECJON, THUItSDAY. 8 KPT EM HE It C. 1900.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of thj Telegraphic
, New of the World.
TKK8K TICKH FU VllK WIRES
Aa ltrmlng t'lltlan t llamt from
ha Two llauiLphr Vnn M .
lu a ( lnrf jrivaa.
The public debt Increased nearly II,
0U0.U0U til Augutt.
' Pbilipplua volunteers Will begin re
tu ruing lu' November.
There are 83 suspected case of
plague lu Glasgow, Scotland,
Charles A. Towue npeued the cam
palgn lu Idaho (r the Dcuiorcat.
General (H In ha been assigned to
command tlis department of the lake.
Tim governor of Hlinu Tung tin 30,
(too ready to oppoa German ex
jiHtln loll.
14 Hung C'hmiiC it lutlgiiliig to mt
he fnrtitgut'r to quarreling among
tliritiwlvel.
Thirteen pnrenus were kllli'd and
mauy Injured by railroad collision et
Hatfield, I'.
The Chinese situation now depends
OB the response of th power Ui tut
Kutao-Aiuerican propotul.
W, W, Itorkhlll, American i-ouiuilt-iuiier
to China, nn now la ilia tlma
to settle the alatua ol foreigner in
China.
Tlia UralUuuT ciir iniiiBii, situated
on Howe Hound, lu-ar Vancouver, II.
C, tiava beeu wilil U Kugllth capital'
Lu for f J.OUO.OUO.
A la-year-old Uiy accidentally ahul
auil killed tila ltl-year-old Lruilmr at
JliituuliiMin, Kama, w III tu attempting
, Ui remove cartridge Iroiu a revolver.
Secretary Fosters' annimj rnjw.rt of
the cotton crop lit tlu I'iiIUmI stiitfn
makeilhe crop for lKUti-ltlOO IUa.
410 bulcs, egatmt 11,274.810 luxt year.
Ahmit'88,000 lilla tlnplntn workers
(if Ilia American Tinplntit Company
have resumed work, owing to the tin
pi te tnakura egreeiug to a new witga
ana la,
Kir dnatwyed the plant ami yardt
of the Otter Creek Lumber Company,
at HambleU.u, W. V with U'.OOu,.
000 feel of lumber, causing a lots ol
$360,000.
Six hundred longshoremen who went
on a alrlka recently at tlio Erl rail
way ur dock, returned to work puiid
lug a m'ttleuieiit of their grievaucei by
arbitration.
A aerloiu conflagration ovenrred at
(iuaymaa, Sonora, Mexico, a few day
, ago, which consumed the general mor-
i-ha'-jdlte establishment of K. A, Aiiutl
lar. The building covered au entire
block and waa tlie largest of Ita kind
on the weal ooaat of Mexico. The
stock of gooda carried waa valued at
$1,000,000, on which a loaa of lilOO,-
000 waa sustained.
A (inrinan gunboat haa been ordered
to Amoy.
A plot to burn Shanghai haa been
discovered.
Bryan haa decided on an Kanlorn
atump tour.
Suvi'iitv nilxiiionarliia from China
reached Vnnvouver, II, 0,
Waahington fiiaiouixta reiioiutiiHted
Johu H. Kigra fur governor.
Nancy U. KofT, gn-at aout of Gov
ruor tit'er, dlnd at Maulcay, Or.
llraml, the aaiilu of King Hum
bert, wna auutouued to life iuiprliion
ineut.
I'-arl LI aiki the apiioiutinent of iov
ral ChiueHfl offlciala to the Hat of peace
anakert.
, Yu, the governor of tlie province of
(thu SI, li reported to have iuvited tlm
(oreiguera lu hia proviuce to oome to
hia protection. About Auguat 21, SO
aouepted the lovltiitlou aud all were
linaMiicred,
It la aaid that the Ktnndard Oil Coiif
pany will ioou be"tiurclmlng the pro'
luct of California well, now having
fibtuiuud lu tlie KmkI a number of tauka
jfur the atorage, which will lie located
ht llakcrafluld, where grouud hua been
heuurud for thum.
; The United Htatea tritnupnrt Thniuai
arrived at Hun FrauulHco, 1!D diiya from
(Manila, via Yokohama. Hhe hua on
, lioard 261 Nick aud wonudod wldluri,
Si military prlaonerH, (il cabiu phhsch-
vera, 178 In the ateeriige, and hhvbu
atownwaya. Beveu deathi occurred
during the voyage.
Dr. P. 8. Kellogg, who haa just re
tnrued from two yenra1 service RHHuiir
geon in the rhilippinea, deului the
, churgea of neglect on the transport
therman, made by Captulu Creuahaw,
. of Atlanta, in hia ante-mortem Btute
ineut. Dr. Kellogg, who came home
on the Sheimau with Cieuidiaw, aayt
the oaptaiu wua badly wounded; that
It waa only a qneation of time when
he (ho n Id die, aud It waa at hia own
requeat that the captain waa allowed
to come home. Dr. Kellogg avert that
Ureuahaw bad every poiHiblo attention
including the beat phyatcinua uud
aurnea.
Anatell Sage gave a picnio to poor
children at Poughkeepalo, N. Y.
The native rebellion ngatuat the
) Dutch in Sumatra ia now aald to be at
au end after luatiug 27 yearn.
The aultan of Turkey haa ordered the
oonatruotiou of a toregiaph Hue be
tween ludia aud CouHtantinople.
J. L. WilkiUHou, . 81 yeura old, o
'Tannery, Pa., haa married IiIh 71 -year'
ld iweetheart with whom he quarreled
(0 yean ago.
LATER NEWS.
Glasgow now haa 18 plague eaaea.
bmpurur Kwung 1 1 au I itlll tiuder
rv.trnlut.
Thuie la au outbreak of yellow fever
In Havana.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland,
will inpport llryau.
(ienvral ChalTiie ruporta eatUtactory
condition! lu I'eklu.
Jloera are making a aland in the pat
tou th of Lydeiiborg.
The ChimiM goverinuent la trying to
get the allli't out of I'eklu.
Utah Ititpublli'uiia uomiualed a full
late ticket, headed by (iovaruor Weill.
Forelgnurt In hihanglml protext
EaliiKt the althdrawal of truopt Irom
that place.
In the Vermont election the llepub.
Ilcau uutjorlty waa atxiut SU.000, a da
create of 20 1T rt lit.
Three milla owned by the American
Stwil is Wire Company, of Clevebtnd,
Ohio, which wore cloned dowu June 1,
retiimed oiwratloua, giving employ
ment to between fiUO and 000 men. It
aUted by the eiiiployei that ther
ia bi-eii a general cut In wagut,
amounting III tome rune to at high at
'J 11 r cent, aud alto that the hour ul
Ulnir have beeu lucreaed.
John I), ltockefaller boa mnda HholN
man temluary, a tiegro. rejlleg of At-
lauU, (ia., a preaent ! 9 IKO.OOO. The
money hat been paid Into the tremary
of the Auierltaui llaptitt Home Mlaalon
Hoclety, of' Kw vtk, which bat
barge of the C4illege. A new ilnroil-
lory, a new 'diuing-hall, a retidfAre
fnr the fnculty, a honpttal aud a hoat-
ug and light Jiliint will be built.
C. W. Yall la the turkey king of
Ihniglaa comity, Or. He him tome TOO
foula uow, and many more coutractnd
for. ltcorntly be leaned the 4.D00-a-re
rauch of Kendal Southerllii, near Oak
and, aud will grace tuikeva upon it,
prcbably to the uuinlmr ol 2,000. Mint
of thexe will be put iu condition lor
the holiilay markeit, only the old onet
being placed oil the market at preteut.
Judge I)h Haven, lu the United
Ktatet circuit court at Sau Kranuitco,
hebl JuIIhu II. Aruold, the Kugllth law.
yer, mm of K.dwiu Arnold, acciited of
emlieaxllug the ftiuda of clieutt, (or fi-
tradition. The priaoner will U de
tained pending the tlguiug of the ucc
try latpeit by 1'mldeut 1 McKiuiny.
The borxe tniimport Kreloriok tullel
fnun Situ Krntictxco for Mauibi. 8he
hat 48 hornet and the guua uud ac
coutrement of lUtlcrlc C and M, o(
the heveuth artillery, that auilud ou
the liotecriint recently.
The puy of Chineio olliuiala baa beeu
topped.
r.x-lioveruor Lluwellyu, of Kautut,
la dead.
The Itrltlnh garriwon at Ladybrand
la invented.
(iermau tioopt have been landed a'
Wu Suug.
Keveial forctt Urea are raging iu Cool
county, Oregon.
Au outbreak hut occurred lu llohol,
Philippine Ulanda.
'ie cxar ia trying to fruatrute Km
peiur WiUtHtu'tjiluut.
War on the foreiguuii waa ordvied
by the emprett dowager.
The entire Domooratlo atate ticket
in ArkaiiNMi, wna elected.
Lord Robert haa ittued a proclama
tion formally annexing the Traunvual.
Labor day celebration were held iu
many ciliei, Uooxevelt and llryau
tpeHkliig iu Chicago.
Labor day wat culuhiattkl in St.
Louia by a labor parade, wherein mure
thuu 25,000 jncu of all tradca i aitii'i
pated.
In au altircnton uear Walla Walla,
Kmauuel Kdwardt abut and illghtly
wouuded P. Jl. Knight in the left leg.
The trouble la mild to have ataitcd over
a borne.
Labor day wna oelubratod Lu Cincin
nati by a parade of worklugmou, enti
muted from 19,000 to 10,000. It wat
thu beHt-appoiutod procetiiiou ever aeeu
there ou Lubor day.
Suutingo, Cuba, 1 experiencing tlie
anverext weather known nines 1877
Tlio lower part of the city ia five fuel
under water. The llremuu aud police
are aKtUtiug the auuurera. '
Having lived SO yearn, .Mian Emily
II. Trevor, one of the iuobI popular
young womu of Youkeri, N. Y., hat
come into a fortune of , f 1,1(58, TUf).
Thit hirue amount remusmits Mim Tie
vort nliuro left by her father, the late
John 11. Trovora, who died December
20. 181)0.
At a tlieep slaughtering and droM-
ing exhibition at Indiunapollt, iud.,
Chariot J. Uarduer, of Indianapolis,
broke the world a record. In 1808 he
killed and dretaed 10 sheep In 83 in in
utea aud 9 seconds; thlt time he killed
aud dieosed 10 ahoep in 80 minutea and
28 lecoudi.
Ho much of the general ordert of
August 1 last aa direct Light Batteries
C and M, Seventh artillery, for duty
lu China have been amended to at to
direct those batteriea to proceed Instead
to the Philippine inlands for attign
meut to a station. Major George
Greenough, Seveuth artillery, hat beeu
ordered to accompany the batteriea to
the Philippines.
A New York man who wai knooked
iuaeutible by a briak duriug a parade
80 yenra ago hat just received an apolO'
gy from the man who threw it.
To relieve the poor of Dublin Huron
Iveagh will build artisan dwellings in
cougettud tenement district of the
city. The cost will be over 00,000
TTlrliH Hnnnneht cnmmittnd anioida
on his wife's urave at Norwich. X.)nt.
The latter died from poisoning three
weeks ago aud murder was suspected.
TJSION AT SEATTLE
ohn R. Rogers Renominated
for Governor.
CONTEST WOS OS EIGHTH BALLOT
HCrt M trad Humiliation of Itok-
ritufl, f atMikaiitf, anil Hnal4.
Congretimen-at-large P. C. Roliert
too, of Kpokane; J. T. Ilouald, of King.
(joveruor John It. lingers.
Lleuteuaut-Uovernor VV. K. Mc
Croikry, of Whitman.
Hupreuie Jadget h, C, Million, of
Hkaglti lilcliard Win tor, of Kin.
Secretary of btate J. A. Brady, of
BnohoinUh.
Attoruey-Ueuerak Tlioiuat Vance, of
Yakima.
Trcaturer W. E. Ituuner, of Kpo
kane.
Auditor L. Hllvarthorn, of DongUt.
Land Cominlaalooer O. K. Ilol-
eouib, of Adams.
Huperiuleiideiit of Public I nit ruc
tion K. J. llrowue, ol King.
Pivtideiitial Klectorn Jainet Mc-
Neeley, of Pleroe; N. (1. lilallock, of
Walla Walla; J. (1. Helm, of Pacific;
George T. Cotterilt, of King.
(Seattle, August 81. John It. Roger
waa renominated for governor by the
union Demouratio convention on the
igth ballot, at I o'clock thia morning.
He received 70H'-fc votet, or 6. 'a mors
than the neceanary number. The oon
Uwt throughout waa niott exciting, anil
great d border many tlmea marked the
course of proceeding! lu the conven
tion, lingers on the firnl ballot re
ceived 638 votet, and gained ou every
ballot uutil bit Dual victory. He wat
actually nominated on the seventh bal
lot, but lu the confusion aud through
miHunderntaudiug at to the vote ol
the Walla Walla Populists he lost lour
votes Intended to be cast for him. lis
then wanted only 1M votes. The
chairman ordered another vote, which
was decisive.
The unexpected turn of event in
Roger's direction came about with the
nomination of Rebertson, of Spokane,
lor congressman. Thlt state nominates
both rongrMi!n-at-Urge. It was the
plan of the auti-Rncrra faction to put
J. T. Ronald, of Kiuv, whom a great
majority undoubtedly favor, against
Robertson, for oue nomination, and
thus kill off Robertson, and leave the
way open to Yoorhees as a candidate
for governor. Robertson proved a very
atrong candidate, and led Ronald, and
as the balloting proceeded seemed cer
tain to defeat him. Many delegates
voted for Robertson, expecting to give
Ronald the second Domination. The
King county man had made a com hi
nation with Thurston Daniels for the
other nomination, and he could not
honorably enter the second contest.
Daniels dually .solved the problem foi
King county and saved Ronald's neck
by offering to withdraw. Ronald aud
Robertson were then nominated by ao
claruatlon,
The riitrorin.
The following platform waa adopted
by the convention:
we, the repiesentatlves of the Dem
ocratlo, Peoples and Silver-Republican
parties of the state of Washington, as
sembled in joint convention thlt 29th
day of Auunst, 1900, respectively re-
atllrin onr faith iu the principle
euiiuulated by our respective untioual
couventions; and wb pledge our earnest
anpport to the peerles representative
of the people, William Jenniugi llryan
and Adlai K, Stevenson.
We still believe iu the Declaration
of Independence, aud therefore hold it
aloft in preference to the impeiialittic
policy of the Republican party.
We oppose trusts aud combination
which corner the products of industry
and levy tribute on the people.'
We denounce these twin relics of
barbarism Imperialism and mllitar
iem whether in the form of trusts at
home or greed of conquest abroad.
We pledge, our reperseutatives In
congress to work for the passage of
measure providing payment fur the time
consumed by our state volnuteert in
the late war with Spain.
We favor just aud liberal pensions
to the true aud fnithful soldiers of the
United States, including the gallant
Indian war veterans.
We demand such legislation as will
insure to the farmers aud producers ol
the state of Washington a reduction of
freight rates aud fares to a just basis.
We demand the inauguration o(
noh measures us shall give the people
the right to express themselves, when
they so elect, upon all Important ques
tious, by the system known a direct
legislation.
We commend the official conduot of
11 our state officers, and call attention
to the contrast between the present ex
eel lent flnnnoinl condition of the state
and the blight and ruin prophesied by
the opposition to sorely result from the
election of our state officers.
' We commend the wise, courageous
and patriotio manner in which the Hon
George Turner, our representative in
the United Stntes senate, has defended
the houor of his country and fullllled
his duty to the people of the state of
Washington.
Laintl JCxiilopett.
Vancouver, B, 0., Sept. 1. A
Rescia, wife and child were burned to
death here this morning. Their two
story frame house was discovered on
fire about 8 o'clock and as soon as the
flames were partly extinguished, the
firemen entered and found the charred
remains of Mrs. Resoia on the lower
floor. Resoia was lu bed with the
burning olothes wrapped around him,
suffocated. Tbe baby had rolled from
the bed to the flour in ite agony.
BOERS AT ST. HELENA.
A Brill. k tklppor'a VI. II to tka Prltoa-
art Kupart Hill,
New York, Sept. 8.-The British
steamship Masconoiiio, which has just
arrved from Kouth Africa, touched at
Kt. Helena for repairs. Captain Mann
wat .erinltteil to vl-it the ISoer prison
ers on the itlsnd. He rode up the five
miles of wiudiug road to the top of lio
per'; hill, in Dead wood plain, where he
found the prison pen of General Crun
je'a 2.000 men.
Th IloercaptivM are confined within
a barbed wire encloaure a quarter of
a mile square. Twelve feet from the
fem e on all sides is a second trocba
like the first. It la death for a l'-r
private to cross the line of the inner
pen. Una iloer was stmt by sentinel
for doing thta. The British soldk-r wst
then trie-1 sud acquitted by a court
martial. '
"While the British soldier sleep 18
men in a tent, said Captain Mann,
'the Itoers sleep only 10 to a tent, lu
order to afford them all the room pos
sible, the IMtbtli have allowed the
Ikier to cut bamboos for shacks. There
ba-nboo Iraiues the lioeishave covered
with canvus aud with slabs ot tin.
The tin they obtained in a curious
way. There were on the island a great
number ot paraffin cans, which the
Boc-rs carefully flattened out for tin
tides and rooft for their shacks.
'home of the prisoners are permitted
to work for the farmers on the islaud,
and thereby earn a little money. There
were many men 70 years old, and just
ss many other IS, 16 and 17. The
officers with whom I convened speak
both Dutch and Kuglish. 'lhe privates
seemed rather a stupid lot. They have
the same faie as tlie British soldiers.
I couverned with Colonel Scblol, the
(iermau officer, who fought with the
Boers. He was very cantankerous still.
"Commandant Roose, the Boer ofbeer
who captured Winston Churchill, told
me that he thought the game was op
and his people ought to stop fighting.
"The Boer ollicers are allowed to do
pretty much as they please, and their
unmet are posted at the Ht. Helena
club. The British officers entertain
them at afternoon teas, and General
Crunje is practically the steady guest
of the governor.
"A cable now runt to tbe island
from South Africa, and tbe bulletin!
from tlie seat of war are frequently
struck off and sold to the prisoners at
a penny apiece.
"A Dutch ship anchored while I was
there, but was lequested to leave and
did so. The British were afraid some
of the Boers would getaway on their
country s ship."
DEFENSE OF HAWAII.
A Mutainunt In Inercatn the Military
Htrro(lh of Hit l.lanUa.
Honolulu, Pept. 6. The stirring
events of the pant week have resulted
iu a movement to increase the military
strength of the Hawaiian islands, and
arraniiemeuts are beiug made to add to
the furces uow here.
1 1 is thought, In the event ot some
Kuddeu warlike UKareiuenta, Hawaii
might have to defend herself for a time,
as the United States has so far done
little to make the islands safe from inva
sion. It is proposed to have a full regi
ment of troops heie. There are plenty
of men snd eight companies are now
iu existence. The men of the old citi
zens' guard w ill make up two more and
there are plenty of men available to
complete the regiment. Tbe principal
dilliciilty at present is a luck of ma
terial. There are not enough guns uu
the islands.
It is found that under the new condi
tions of American government, Hono
lulu is a very heavy exporter of gold to
the United states, and local financiers
are thinking of menus to atop such
shipments. Tire exportatious are due
to the custom-house collections. Hono
lulu has no money except what comes
from the mainland and the heavy
drain, it is thought, will have bad ef
fects upon the local money market.
KtToita are being made to take advan
tage of a United Stntes law which al
lows for the depositing with assistant
treasurers of mouey for duties to be
cdllected, iu such cases vouchers for
'lie cash to be taken by the collectoi
i re instead of money. As the cash
icposit at San Franoisco would be kept
up bv suuar buyers there, this would
put au end to heavy go d exportation
from Hawaii by the customs depart
ment. It would also result iu saving
a considerable sum of mouey now beiug
paid for constant importations of gold,
only to have the gold sent mick to the
const.
Trouble Over Waga Scale.
Pittsburg, Sept. 6. Efforts are .In
lug made bv the American Window
Glnss Company to start its factories
regurdiess of the trouble with the fiat
teuers nud cutters over the wage scale,
Otllcials of tbe combiue report that
work was resumed today at tbe factor
ies at Dnukirk, hid., Greenfield, lnd.,
Newcastle, Pa., Hszaleton, Pa., and
Coudersport, Pa. The Phillips plant
iu this city will start up tonight and
the large plants at Aruold aud
Jeunette, Pa., have been ordered to re
sume operations tomorrow. Telegrams
from Dunkirk, CreeuOeld, Newcastle
aud Coudersport report the fuolorles
working in full.
On September 1 a new law went iuto
force iu New .Yoik which forbids prize
tights within the limits of the state.
Soap Manufacturer Killed Himself,
Milwaukee, Sept. 6. Jacob Gross,
treasurer of the Gross Bros.' Soap Co.,
who shot himself Monday afternoon
while sitting alone in hia oflioe, died
late last uight from the wound inflict
ed. It was thought by his frieuds that
business troubles were the cause of his
death, Mr. Gross was 67 years of age,
Live stook agents of western rail
rouds say shipments of cuttle from
ranches will be uuuiuully heavy this
fall.
OUTBREAK IN B01I0L
MacArthur Reports Fighting
in Southern Philippines.
A.I ENGAGEMENT NEAR CARXE5
Th forty-fourth. VolaaUtrt ImI Ob
Klll.d mad Sit Woaatf .4-lriU.
phw Ltu Wat lie.
Washington, Sept. 5. Tbe war de
partment today received tbe following
dispatch from General MacArthur:
"Manila, fcept. 6. Adjutant-General,
Washington: General Hotrbee
report an outbreak in Bohol. First
Lieutenant Lovak. Forty-fourth volun
teer infantry, reports an engagement
near Cannes). At Bohol, our loss in
killed was one, wounded six; tbe ene
my's loss in killed, 130. Have not re
ceived futrber details.
"MACARTHDR."
Bobol is an island in the southern
part of tbe archipelago, 805 miles from
Manila. It lies north of the large
island of Mindanao and 1 not far
from Cuba.
Thu war department received ca
blegram this morning from Geneial
MacArthur announcing tbat the trans
port htepheni sailed September 1 for
Seattle. She baa paymasters and army
wagons aboard for our forces in China
and will pot them ashore at Taku en
route for this country.
General MacArthur chronicles two
recent deaths among his officers in the
Philippines in cablegrams received at
the war department today. Captain
George II. Betlev, Forty-seventh in
fantry volunters, died on the morning
of Auogst 26 from wounds received in
action near Camalig, Luioa, August
21. fecoud Lieutenant Roy L. Fer-
nald, Twenty-sixth volunteer inlantry,
wa accidentally drowned in the Jau
bar river near Pototan, Pansy, Septem
ber 1. The body was not recovered.
NOT THE END OF IT.
Thar Will Ba an Inquiry lata tht
Oregon's Ml.hap.
Washington, Sept. 8. The report of
Captain Wilde, exonerating everybody
connected with the Oregon 'rom blame,
is not likely to end with the ex-parte
statement of the commanding officer.
There will be a court of inquiry to de
termine whether the great battle-ship
bad the care and attention wnioh
should bare been given it by tbe offi
cers who were aboard ber.
Although there ia determined ef
fort to prevent anything like the con
trol of Chinese territory by tbe United
States, the best-informed here think
that it will be inevitable, or tbat this
government will have to give up all Idea
of indemnity for the outrages which
have been perpetrated upon American
citizens.
There Is a suspicion now tbat th
movement of Russia for the with
drawal of troops was made with full
knowledge that the other powert
would not consent, and that it is sim
ply plea for another diplomatic posi
tion when negotiations open with Chi
nese authorities.
Election la Arkaniaa.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 5. The en
tire Democratic ticket, headed by Hon.
Jefferson Davis, of Pope county, foi
governor, was elected in Arkansas to
day. Karly returns indicate that the
vote will he lighter than was expected.
II. L. Reimnel, the Republican candi
date for governor, made a good show
ing and his increased vote over two
years ago will piobabty reduce the us
ually large Democratic majority.
There was no opposition to tbe Demo
cratic ticket for any office except the
governship. The negroes voted in
larger numbers than usual, but their
vote is not large euough to affect the
result. A fair estimate places the to
tal vote as follows: Davis, Democrat,
100,000; Remmel, Republican, 40,000;
Files, Populist, 3,000; Davis.' major
ity, 57,000.
Boat Cot la Two.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 5. Four
campers from Vancouver put out in a
row boat from a point near Powell lake,
a short distance north of Vancouver,
last night, for the purpose of boarding
the steamer Comox, for home. The
Comox iu the darkness ran into the
boat, cutting it in two. Two of the
four, An bray Lund and A. Vaughn,
were drowned.
Killed While Hunting.
Spokane, Sept. 5. Jay Carr, aged
12, was accidentally killed thia after
noon by his U-year-old brother, Burt.
The tragedy took place near tbe Carr
homestead, at White Mud Lake, three
miles north of Colville, Wash. The
boys were bunting. Burt was carrying
a rifle, which in some way exploded,
the bullet taking off the top of Jay's
head.
Oarinant Itecoine Indignant.
Berliu, Sept 6. The presence of the
bubouio plague at Glasgow is com
meuted upon here indignantly as going
to show criminal negligence on the
part of the British authorities.
Manila, Sept. 5. The United States
transport Califoruitui arrived here sale'
ly this inorniug. She waa delayed 18
days at Guam with a brokeu propeller.
40,000 Fire at Atlin.
Victoria, B. C, Sept. 6.- The steam
er Amur, trom Skngway, reports tbat
the business section of Atlin City was
tienrly wiped out by lira Sunday last,
fl'eu of the largest busiuesa buildiugs
,weie destroyed. The loss it over f-10,
!000, with little, if any, insurance.
The people worked like Trojans to save
the town and prevented the flames from
eaohiug any government property or
buildings. Iba news readied bKag
way by telograph and no details were
obtainable wbeu the Amur sailed.
ALUM BAKING POWDERS
CONGRESS.
Benort That CvIoVmo ot Taelr
Bana
falati It Otarwhalotlag.
Tbe committee on manufacture of
the senate were tome time ago directed
to Investigate the food adulterations,
snd accumulated a volume of testimony
upon the subject from tbe best Inform
ed parties and highest scientific author
ities in the country.
One of the greatest sources of danger
to our foods, the committee ttate In
their report, exists in alum baking
powders. The committee found tbe
testimony, they tay, overwhelmingly
condemnatory of Jhe use of alum in
baking powders, and recommended that
such use be prohibited by law.
Senator Mason, discussing in tbe sen
ate the report of tbe committee and tbe
several bills Introduced to carry tht
recommendations of tbe committee in
to effect, said:
"When w made this report we made
it based on the evidence before us, and
the evidence is simply overwhelming.
I do not care how big lobby there
may b ber for the alum baking pow
der, I do not care now many memorials
they publish, there ia no place in the
human economy of human food for tbii
thing called alum. The overwhelming
evidence of the leading pbysichuu and
scientists of this country is that it it
absolutely unfit to go into human food,
and tbat in many cases if tbe gentle
man will read the evidence, some of
tbe physicians tay they can trace case
in their own practice tbeie are dis
eases of the kidney due to tbe perpetual
use of alum in their dailv bread.
"When you mix mineral poison, at
tbey all say that alum Is, It Is Impossi
ble to mix it always to rich a degree
that there will not be a residuum left
of alum, which produces alumina, and
which contribute largely te the diseases
of tbe people in this country.
"I want to give tbe senate an idea
ef the class of men -we bare called.
They are the leading scientists from
every college of tbe United States that
we could get bold of."
Senator Mason, from long list ol
scientists who had testified as to ( th
nurtfalnes of alum' baking powders,
and as to the healthfulness of cream ol
tartar powders, mentioned the follow
ing: Appleton, John Howard, professor
of chemiftry, Brown University, Prov
idence, K. I.
Arnold, J. W. S.t professor, Univer
sity of New York.
Atwater, W. O., professor and direc
tor, government experimental station,
Washington, D. C.
Barker, George F., professor, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
Caldwell, G. C, professor, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. Y.
Chandler, C. F. professor, Columbia
University, New York.
Chittenden, Russell H., professor,
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Cornwall, II. B.. professor. Univer
sity of Princeton, Kew Jersey.
Crampton, C. A., professor, Division
ot chemistry, Washington, D. C.
Frear, William, professor, State Col
lege, Pennsylvania.
Jenkins, Edward H., professor, de
partment of agriculture, state of Con
necticut.
Johnson, S. W., professor, Yale Col
lege, New Haven, Conn. -
Mallet, John William, , professor,
University of Virginia.
Mew, W, M., professor, Army and
Medical Department, United States
government.
Mimrue, Charles Edward, professor
of chemistry, Columbian University,
Washington, D. C.
Prescott, Albert B., professor, Uni
versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Price, A. F., medical director, Unit
ed States Naval Hospital, Washington,
D. C.
Smart, Charles, lieutenant-colonel,
assistant surgeon-general, United
States army.
Sternberg, George M., Surgeon-Gen
eral, United States army, Washiugton,
D. C.
Tucker, Willis G., professor of
chemistry aud chemist of state board
of health, state of New York.
Vaughan. Victor C, professor, Uni
versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Van Reypeu.. W. K., Surgeon-General
United States Navy, Washington,
D. C.
Wiley, Prof. II . W Chief Chemist
department of agriculture, United
States, Washington, D. C.
Wyman, Walter, Surgeon-General,
United States Marine Hospital, Wash
tngton, D. C.
Mr. Fettigrew Was there any Ustl
mony which showed tbat there were
caBes of injury to health as a result of
constant use of alum?
Mr. Mason Yea; I can turn you to
the testimony.
Mr. Fettigrew I do not care to have
the senator turn to it. I simply want
to emphasise tbe point. I agree with
the senator. It has always been my
own impression that alum baking pow
der is injurious, but I wanted to bring
it out and make it emphatic if the
proof sustains that position.
Mr. Mason I quite agree with the
senator. It is claimed that ' there is
not a country in Europe that does not
prohibit tbe use of alum. Certainly
three or four of the leading countries of
Europe to which 1 have bad my atten
tion called prohibit the use of alum in
baking powder.
Mr. Pettigrew Did the chemists
who came before the committee, these
professors, generally testify was it the
result of their evidence that the
cream of tartar baking powder ia
healthy and does not leave a residuum
which is injurious to health?
Mr. Mason Yes; I say emphatic
ally, yes; tbat the weight of the evi
dence is, that whenever any of these
distinguished men, who have nation
al reputation, the leading chemists of
the colleges, were interrogated upon
the point, they stated that faet, every
one of them, to my recollection.
DESPERATE EFFORTS
Chinese Sparing Nothing to
Get Allies Out of Pekin.
WHY TELEGRAPHS WERE CUT
tear tha Mlnl.tcrt Woala Reveal
Fall Eitent of taa ImallcHr
f the Uovaramaai,
tne
London, Sept. 8. Today's dispatches)
from Shanghai and Tien Tain refer to
the hope 1 est confusion and mismanage
ment of tbe Chinese telegraph system,
which may probably account in part
for the delay in getting new from Pe
kin. Another reason for the delay
doubtlesa is tbe anxiety of the Chinese
authorities to procure tbe evacuation
of the capital. No effort is being
spared by them to bring this about.
Their idea is should tbe foreign mints
ters In Pektn be allowed free communi
cation with their governments, the full
extent of the complicity of the Chinese
government in the anti-foreign out
rages would be revealed and would
cause the allies to decide to remain un
til retribution had been exacted. All
telegrams have to be conveyed by cour
ier to Pekin, and probably- all cipher
dispatches have been stopped.
According to Shanghai advices, Li
Hung Cbanz wired the Chinese minis
ter in London, Sir Cbih Chen Lob Feng
Luh, aa lollows: "Our St. Petersburg
minister haa persuaded Russia to leave
Pekin. You are useless if you cannot
persuade England."
It is asserted that Earl Li has prom.
ised Russia three Manchurian prov
inces if she secures the withdrawal of
the allied forces from Pekin and favor
able peace terms from the powers.
Both tbe empress dowager and Lt Hong
Chang are said to be lavishing money
to attain these objects.
There ia no sign yet of any decision
on the part of the powers regarding the
Russian proposals. The Japanese pa
per unreservedly condemn tbe idea of
evacuating Pekin, but hint that there
is a secret compact between Germany
and Russia to the detriment of Great
Britain.
The Moscow correspondent of tht
Standard, referring to the horrible ac
counts of Russian brutality at Blago-
veetcbensk after the bombardment,
says: '
"It is rumored tbat the Cossacks
mercilessly butchered ' men, women
and children in the villages on the
Amur river and flung their corpses into
the stream. These stories are con
firmed by an official order just issued
couched In a mild note admitting the
massacres, which are described aa
caused by exasperation against ; the
Chinese for beginning' hostilities and
threatening the utmost severity of mar
tial law for any future violence to un- '
armed, peaceful Chinamen,; at the same
time ordering tbe police throughout tbe
Amur district to compel the town and
country populations to drag the Chi
nese corpses out of tbe liver and bury
or burn tbem, in order to prevent an
outbreak of infection. - 't
"Thia order reads like a free warrant
for the massacre , of any Chinaman
wnom tbe Cossacks may provoke into
a quarrel or prove to be in possession
of arms."
Rebellion In Persia.
Chicago, Sept. 6. A dispatch to the
Record from Moscow says: A report
comes from Teheran that, after a des
perate fight, 'AH Mohamet Bey, the
rebel who, at the head of a few hun
dred followers, has been trying, to get
possession of the Persian throne, has
been defeated by the Cossacks hastily
summoned to oppose his march on the
capital and has been thrown into an
underground dungeon.. When cap
tured, he emphatically denied that he
bad harbored any intention of usurping
Ine abah'i throne. ,
Vermont Election. '
White River Junction, Vt., -Sept. 6.
State issues, of which tbat of local
option was the most important, .caused
a 20 per cent decrease in the Republi
can vote today in the state election,
and a large proportion of that loss went
to the Demorcatio party. The liepnb-.
lienns of course, carrie the state by an
immense margin. It is likely to fall
at least 10,000 under tbe vote of 1896,
but at the same time it is probably
about 5,000 ahead of the gubernatorial
vote of two years ago. . .
Tellow Fever In Havana.
Havana, Sept. 8. The yellow fever
outbreak In Havana, although serious,
is confiued to the Spanish colony.
The best quarters of the city are affect
ed, the lower portions being almost ex
empt. The authorities contend ; that
cleanliness is of no effect in pi eventing
contagion ' and the local conditions
seem to substantiate this. Eighty-five
oases are under observation.
Chief Charger Dead. , , ,
Pierre, S. D., Sept. 8. Chiel
Charger Is dead at bis home on th
Cheyenne agency. He was one of the
party which helped to react white
captives fiom the hostilct after tbe New
Ulm massacre. The surviving mem
bers of that party are Swift Bird, Little
No Heart, Four Bear and White-Swan.
Three of them attended the funeral.
Balloon Trip Over Kugllth Channel.
Hew York, Sept. 6. A dispatch to
the Herald from Pari . says: M,
Jacques Faure, treasurer of the Acre
Club, has successfully crossed the chan
nel in a balloon. He left the Crystal
Palace. London, at ft o'clock Saturday
night and arrived at Alette Pas -de Ca
lais at 8 o'clock yesterday morning.
The crossing of the obannel occupied
four hours. Duriug this time tlie aero
naut kept bis balloon at a height ol 70V
meters, v , ,
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