IHLLSKOKO, OREGON, THUKSDAY, 8EPTEMJIEU 13, 1900.
""NOt 26.
VOL. VII.
EVENTS 0I; THE DAY
LATER -NIW3.
Tha three .live-
Milt fu.
parti U Colorado
1 'run id will accept Prloc Cuing a
Epitome of the Telegraphic Bvoy
News of thf; World.
TF.UKK TICKS FUG i'HK WIRES
tt Inlereetlng Ceillerll.m if llama from
h T. tlealuhMa l're.iU J
lit a Conlaneed i'u.'w.
Frea..
nearly
The American troop bave order to
Hot ready to leave I'cklu.
I.I lluiin Chang will Ihi permitted to
go to Pekln lor a conference,
France agree uiiwlllingly to ltu
ilit'i proposal to evacuate th impes-ai
city.
Seven vessel were wrecked or
gtrauded ou the Florida coast by the
. recent hurricane.
Two person were kilted mid ana ser
(aunty wuuuded lu a tun tu restauraut
t Itenu, Nevada.
""V'commaiidutit Therou, noted Boer
iout, bus been found dead mi the Held
unr KrugerKirt, a small town about
0 mile northeast of Lydeuburg.
The census bureau auuoutice that
the population ol I'ortUnd, Or., lit 90,
42U, a against 46,885 in 1HUU, an lu
create ol 44,041, or 94.95 per eut.
Germany' reeoii (or rejecting tbe
Itussu-American propositi o( with
drawal from Pekln U that tli time tu
luupportuue hiuI calculated tu prol )U)
tli war.
Th American ahlp May Flint col
lided with bark in the buy of Sau
Franclst-u, then drifted onto the battle'
ttilp Iowa, where she wm Ilt open
mid mink to tha bottom.
Kx-i'rlnViit Cleveland hat declined
tli presidents' appointment a a mem
bar of the International Board of A rt.l
tratlon. under TIib Hague treaty. 1
president' Harrison ha accepted tlia
appointment.
Th staff surgeon of the Gorman Intra
lion at Pekln announce that an x
amtuation show tba caum of Baron
von Kcttnler' ilatli to have been a
bullet through tha neck, which must
bave been iustautauwiusly fatal,
Fraud Edward Hinckley, one of
tli Inoorporutora of the I'Mo go Uni
versity, and prominently identified
with iimiiv Important railroad and coin
merolal enterprise, la dead at till
home at Went New Brighton, Htatou
lulttud, avjml HO.
Ulynaoa Kulloita. at!1 11 yeara, and
(li'cirite k y wr klllwl by tl rutin nip
In an abamlouwd ahnft at Newfaxtln,
V'aIi. Tb lormrr ilwondwl Into the
bola to look ,for a i'bltkfn which b
( had llirown tbfnlil, and wa followad
, by Ouloahy, lloth wnra overcomo by
tlia vapir aud full to tlia bottom of tlia
halt.
Tb alfua of Idybrand hat boon
ihImuI.
hativna of Alanka rtiulr govern
mi'iit aid.
Kx-Hoi rttry of Ktat 01niy will lap-
port ltryau.
Tha yellow favor situation in Havana
li Itii proving.
Tlia allien marolMfcl through tho for
bldili'U city of 1'fkln.
Nmw York Hvpulilk'niia uomiuatud
II, It, Odnll for governor.
Conuoetleut Heiiubllram noitilnatod
(ieorgo V. MoLwan for governor,
Tha liody of a rooatllo, Idaho, fir
man waa found in tliu WlUamutta rlvur
nuar C'hampoeg,
An l'.Hxtorii hop nmn aayt tlia yrw
nt Mtrximtli of hop iirloai in aua to a
parulativa flurry.
The National party nomluatad Sttunt
nr CaHery for praaidi'Ut aud A. at
i llowa for vice-praidont.
Arthur Hawaii, Dmuoorutio candidate
for vice-nrtwldant lu 1KIKI, died at hii
uiiiiuar home at llath, Me.
Moutuiia tapubliciiu uotuiuated
David K. KoIhoiii for governor aud 8.
tl. Murray for congressman.-
A man with 13,000 in bin pocket waa
aiit to jail nt The Dalle, Or., for
toaliug 20 ot'iitu' worth of wood.
The viceroy of India, Lord Cnraon,
of Kurt Ioh tun, ualilca tiiut the total nmn
ber of peraona roooiving relief i 4,810,
000.
Tha population of Salt JLke City,
Utah, accord lug to the Uuited Htatea
oeuaua of 1900, li 08,631: 1800, 44,
H4ti.
. The population of Albany, N. Y
according to the Uuited Htataa uensua
of 1000,ii 94,151, againat 94,a3 in
1890, a decrease of 772, or .81 per cent.
u Moruan liobbina, ageut of the Ar-
monr-llavllund Company, of Chicago,
aid that he. with bin aMHoolutea, had
. i iuat closed the Hist part of a deal in
. volving $20,000,000 that ia to be in
vented in Colorado gold mine by tha
naokeii and London men. Mr. Koh
bina aayi contracts vera cloned for
properties in Gilpiu county ouUiug for
the payment ol 33,uou,um, out ue t
fused to divulge the names of the prop-
1 1 ertlea nntil he had succeeded in train
ferriuu all the mines on which he has
. an option.
HURRICANE IN TEXAS
ROADS FOR PHILIPPINE.
American aud
slashed in 1'akin.
Iori Jtolwrta ia pushing .operations
la Kasteru Trausveal.
Aninrican soldiers took no part in
the looting of Tien Tlu.
Many gulf coast towns In Tux us auf
red vrely Irom tha storm.
The state di-partiiH-ut l not raily to
bfgiu ut'gotiattuus with Li Hung t'haug.
New Hampshire Hcpublicatia ikmiiI-
unU'd ('litr II, tiurdon for governor,
Colonel W. II. Hhaw, of Illinois,
will make l!publtcait apeei'hoa in Ufa-
Oil.
The stvanutili) Bun I'edro arrived at
Keattla from the north with 1)00 pas-
teugera aud $H0,0UO in Noma gold.
Americans on thoir way to bunt gold
in Htheria got tho. best of trick at
tempted by Ittnwlan, aud seven Yankee
t'Mjk 80 Uu.siaut. .
The control lor of the currency haa
is.ued a call fur tha condition of na
tional banks at the olose of business
Hepumiber 1, 1900,
The population of Dulutli, Minn , as
ofllclatly amioiiuoed by the ceuxus
bureau, is &'.',lH)i, an inr rvaau in 'po-
lt Ion of 19.K54, or t9.9 per cuv (rum
1NUU to 1900.
At lli'im, Kuvnda, a wreck on the
Nevada, California ti Oregon extuitlou
iliiiuilril 14 cars of heuf cattle, reduc
ing the cars to kindling wood aud kill
lug I'O head of fat atevrs.
The di'otrui'tiou of shipping at (ial-
vkMoii may rcduov the volume of early
ci'tton iliilhi-rics at LnucHxhire, Kug-
land. lti'irtH from there show that
I'O.ilt'O tiMMiis had MpiHt and tlmt 24,
000 iiHratiri4 were idle.
The porttiiKKtor-gMiieral has received
a communication irom i . w, aiiiu,
director of in the I'hilippinea,
showing that there will be a Korpluaof
receipts over expenditures up to June
80offtU,4u. This does not include
fees fur inuiiuy mdi-r of fit, 500, and
there is one department, that ol ltaco-
lor, yetato her from.
Tim government tranuport Ijwtou
milled from Shu Traucisco ou her
rrruttil of iiiitiv to the far north.
With all available apace ln,low docks
devoted to bertha, provided w ith bed-
ding for iicurly a thoiisaud lairsoua, Ixv
sides the rvgtibtr Hmiilemeut of olli
cer and crew, the big transport will
urooeed to Caiie Noma, stopping at
heat tie for supplies. '
General Joneph Whmilnr ha retired
Japntieva trooiw will not withdraw
from 1'ekln.
Tho American troop will winter In.
the rititippiue.
Iteoulilli'iiiis carried Mulne by 81,'
OuO tu 8:i,l)Htl majority.
Au apiwal Is IxHiieil br Texan in be
half ol the (ialvestou sotTerurs,
(iermauv and F.uglaiid are said to
have agreed to remain in l'ckiu.
Humor Is ileiilcl that iitock gnixing
ou forest reMTviw is to be restricted,
(ialvestou1 death list numbers fully
1,000. Home estimates place it higher
Texas City and many smaller town
near the gulf were pnitiiilly wercked
Oregon In-en aked to erect a
bnibllint at the Buffalo I'lin-Aiuericau
expoalttou,
Oregon prune prices have been
IxKiined liv action of the California
Fruit Association.
Mucty-three mlaaionarie are known
to have heen killed and 170 are missing
from the recent uprising in China
Henry Watson died at hi homo uer
Albany, Dr., aged 70 years, lie was a
tiionecr of 1847, and au ludian war
veteran .
The Kureka fhtngle mill at Harrison,
Idaho, was burned recently. Tho loss
will amount to about $15,000. of
which ouly $5,1)00 ia covaied by iunur
auoa.
t'luinir Li, military comniaudatit of
1'ekln, who is resiKiuidlile for the niur'
del of the German oiiuiHur, haa been
arrested and ia ooullnud under Gor
man jurimlictlon.
At Hock Creek, in l'ark ornnty,
Mont., Frank Forrest, a ranoh haud,
aued 20, shot and killed Willis Hoard,
a well-to-do rauohor, aged 80; fatally
wounded Mi Laura Llun, Hged 18,
aud then committed snlclde by shoot
iug himself through the heart
Henry A. Chitteudeu, a journalist of
note aud the man who secured for Oak
land, Cab, the $250,000 Carnegie free
public library, is dead at that city of
a throat affliction, aged S4 years. Ha
served as reporter and editor ou
Knateru papers. For 15 years he waa
employed by Jamas Gordon Itenuett,
working on tha Herald and Telegram.
At Seattle, the largo steamer Inver
ness, 8,813 tons, was formally turned
over to the United States olllcials for
use for transport service iu the Philip
pines. - The vessel is large and com
modious, and will at once be placed iu
commission. Two other ships have
been secured by tlio government from
the ltrithdi-Americau line for a like
service, 1 They will all be used (or oar
rying army and other supplies.
Devastation Extends ioo
Miles Into the Interior.
COAST 8TKKWH WITH VESSELS
fuqr Thou.snd llulldlnf. Wr &! I
Hal !!, J 3,000 fsutile
. Th.lr l.ltas.
Houston, Texas, Kept. 11. Tha Wft
Indian storm, which reached the gulf
toast yesterday morning, has wrought
wlnl havoc in Texas. Ileports are
conflicting, but it ia known that au ap
palling disaster has befallen the city of
Ualvestou, where it is rorted, a
thousand or mom lives have been blot
tod out aud a tremendous properly
damage inillcted. Meager report
from Haldue t'ass and Port Arthur also
ludicaU) a heavy loss of Hie, but the
reports cannot be confirmed at this
boor.
Tha flrt new to reach this city from
tha stricken city of Galveston was re
ceived tonight. James C. Tiiuitiins. of
Houston, superintendent of the na
tional Comprus Company, arrived here
St 8 o'clock from Galveston. After
remaining through the hurricane on
Saturday he departed from Galveston
on a schooner and came ecrm the bay
to Morgau' point, where be caught a
train lor Houston. The hurricane,
Mr. Timuiln said, was tha worst ever
known. .
The estimates made by citisens of
Galvestou was that 4,000 house, moot
of them residences, have been de
stroyed, and that at least 1.0U0 people
have been drowned, killed or are mis.
ing. Some business houses were also
destroyed, but most of them itood,
though badly damaged.
The cltv, Mr. Tiuimln aver, is a
complete wreck, so far as ha could see
from the water (root and Irom the Ire
niont hotel. Water was blown over
the islaud by the hurricane, the wind
blowing at tha rate of BU miles an
hour, straight from tha gulf, and forc
ing the sea before it in big waves.
The gab was a steady one, the heart
of it trikiug tha city about 6 o'clock
yesterday evening and continuing with
out intermission until midnight last
liiuht. when it abated somewhat, al
though it continued to blow all night.
In the bay Uie carcasses of nearly 800
horse and mule were seen, but no
human body was visible.
Tba scenes during tha storm, Mr.
Ti mini us sal it. could not be described.
Women aud children were crowded
into the Tremont hotel, where be was
seeking shelter, and all night these
tinfottnnntes were bemoaning their loss
of kindred and fortune, They were
grouped about the stairways and in the
galleries aud rooms of tha hotel. What
was occurring iu other parts of the
elty he could only conjecture.
Provisions will be badly needed, as
a great majority ol the people lost all
they had. The waterworks power
bouse was wrecked and a water famine
is threatened, as the cisterns were all
ruined by tha overrlow of salt water.
This, Mr. Timmins regards as the most
serions trouble to be faced now. Tha
city ia in darkness, the electric plant
having beau ruined.
Larga Appropriation for Sa.h Improve
want, la Vlaw.
Manila, Kept. 12. The Philippine
commission, at its first public session
to be held in tha near future, will dis
cuss tha appropriation of one-third of
the treasury's $8,000,000 (or the con
struction and tepair of roads aud
bridges throughout tha archipelago
Tha people profess to be much gratified
at the prospect of this work of develop,
moot.
Tha revenue authorities of Manila
collect under the ripanlsh laws a tux of
S per cent upon the salaries of Ameri
can civilians earning $300 per annum
aud upward. The tax is unpopular
and provokes protests among them.
The Filipinos and foreigners who are
used to it do not accept the levy.
The report of military operation
how that of late these have been triv
ial. . Manila is now experiencing the heav
iest typhoon (or years.
Operation, la Philippines.
Washington, Kept. 11. The war de
partment haa made publio a report of
Major-General Otis, giving details of
tha operations of the United (states
army in the Philippines from Peptem
her 1. 1899. to May 5. 4900. Tha re-
port covers the operations of the arm
ies and cominsnds of Generals Lawton,
MacArthur, Wheaton, Bchwan, James
M. and J. F. Iiell. Hughes, Bates and
Young, as well as different colonels,
who bad separate or independent com
mauds diirtna that time. Nearly all
tha fact contained in the report and
all important matter were published
during tha campaign. Beiides con
tainlug an account of the movement
of the United States forces, there is
considerable space devoted to the poll
cies of tha insurgents shown to a great
extent in the publication of the cap
tuied corresvondence and documents
found in possession of persons in sym
pathy with the insurgent.
General Otis sata be denies to cor
rect an "erroneous impression that the
war with tha insurgents was initiated
by the United States." After explain
iug the conditions that existed at tha
breaking out of hostilities, he says:
"War with the insurgents was forced
on u and was inevitable."
He asserts that this is shown in Fili
pino correspondence captured by the
Americans, which, he says, proves that
the war was planned by Aguinaldo.
He says another erroneous impression
prevail that the Filipino endeavored
to stop hostilities after the first out
break, but were refused by the United
Stales.
iALVESTON IN RUINS
M'KINUEY ACCEPTS.
tha FraMatS
Extent of the Disaster
Appalling
Is
THE DEAD S I'M IS F. It FULLY 1,000
STAMPEDE FROM NOME.
Nai
Digging. Baportad further Up tha
vuast.
Kitnilt IOO lillas Inland.
Houston, Texas, (Sept. 11. The
storm that raged along tlio coast ol
Texas last night was the moBt disas
trous that haa ever visite.l this section.
The wires are dowu, and there is no
way of finding out just what has hap
pened, but euough is kuown to make
It certain that there has wen great loss
of life aud destruction of property all
along the coast and for 100 miles in
land. Every town that is reached re
port oua or mora dead, and tha prop
erty damage is so great there is no way
of computing it accurately.
The small town ot lirooksltire, on tha
Miasouti, Kaunas As Texas, was almost
willed out by the storm. The crew of
a work train brought iu this informa
tion. When the train left there, the
bodies of four persons had beeu recov
ered, aud the search for others was pro
ceeding.
1 1 em tued, across the country from
Brookshire, was also greatly damaged.
Sabine Pass has not been heard from
today. Yesterday morning the last
news was recevied from there, and at
that time tlia water was surrounding
the o)d town at the pass aud the wiud
was rising and the waves coming high.
From tha new town, which is some
distance back, it was reported that the
water had reached the depot and was
running through the streets. The peo
ple were leaving for the high country
known as the back ridge, and it is be
lieved that a 1 escaped.
Three bodies have been brought in
from Seabrooke, on Galveston bay, and
17 persons are missing.
Chieago police have reoovered a $1,
000 poodle that was abducted the other
day, but there are a number of $4.80
children quite hopelessly missing, to
say nothing of a $33 parrot. V
Earl Calvin Titus, of Iowa, and of
the Fourteenth United States Infantry,
was the first soldier to plant the Amerb
can fine on the walls of Pekin. It will
be remembered that a certain Titus
battered dowu tho walls of Jetusalem.
Alter all, there may be something in
liauie. ,
Tuis are the diamonds of the fairies.
The "missing link" has again beeu
found, this time in Java, where Dr.
Dubois has unearthed oertain fossil re
mains of such au interesting character
that Prof, llaeokel, the celebrated Ger
man biologist, has determined to go
there himself and investigate. . Ur,
Dubois is Uruily of the opinion that the
bones belong to a species intermediate
betweon the highest ape and prehistoric
man.
."i Ulatress In Labrador.
St. Johns, N. F Sept. 10. Reports
from Northern Labrador reveal the ex
istence of groat distress among the
shore men, owing to the toe remaining
on the coast so long. Many vessels
have been crushed in the floes, losing
their supplies and fishing outfits. The
others are meeting with bnt poor suc
cess. The Labrador cod flsheiy is a
virtual failure.
"tJlo.e Call for 000.
i Cohasset, Mass., ept. 11 The ex
cursion steamer John Endioott, on the
Boston and Plymouth line, struck a
sunken rook jiiat east of Miuota Light
this ufternoon and tore a hole in her
side, so that she was obliged to run
full steam (or the shore off North Soit
uate, where - she foundered. ' There
were on board 600 passengers at the
time of the accident, bnt by the hasty
use of all her life boats and with the
assistance from the ' boats near by,
i vary parson aboard was saved.
Tort Townsend, Wash., Sept. 12.
The steamship Elihu Thomson arrived
fmm Cape Nome this evening, bringing
200 passengers, most of whom are prac
tkally "broke." , While the vessel waa
iu the stream beinir inspected by the
quarantine ollicer, a boat pulled along
aide with fruit, and before purchases
could be made a collection waa taken
up and enough raised to purchase two
or three boxes of apples.
The Thomson sailed from Nome Aug
nst 28, aud her 'officer . report condi
tions but little chanced. About 15,000
people are tiiera, any of them in deati
tute circumstances, and as winter ap
proaches much uneasiness prevails
among tha unfortunates, as they can
see no urosnect of trotting away and
nothing ahead but suffering and per
baps death.
Before the Thomson sailed from
Nome tho report reached there that
rich digging! had been struck on Blue-
stone creek, this side of Cape York,
and nieu who came down from Blue
stone and reported the Bud had plenty
of dust. This caused a stampede, and
all the small steamers and schooners at
Nome headed for the scene of the new
strike, loaded with passengers, while
many started out iu small boats, and
it is said that by the time tlie stampede
is over and tha last steamer sails south
Nome will be almost depopulated.
The captain of the Thomson reports
that several other of the earlier claim
located at Noma are showing np well
it having taken the entire season to
tilace them lu working order. Nome
is practically free from sickness, small
pox and other diseases having disap
penred except among Indians at the
villaco south ol Nome. A number of
them are down with smallpox, and
with their method of handling the di
sease the villaue stands a good chance
ol being wiped out.
. . Akron Ktoters Arrasted.
Akron, O., Sept. 10. Andrew Hal
ter. brother of the police court clerk
was arrested today 'on the , charge of
having participated iu the recent riot.
He was bound over in $1,000 bail, hav
ing waived examination. W. A. Hunt,
a well-known contractor, was also ar
rested in the same oonneotion, being
accused ol using dynamite which blew
up. the city building. lie was bound
over in $3, BOO.
reople la tha Island City Wr Caught
Like Kata-Nearlf A II the ttoialere
at tba rrt Were Drowned.
Houston, Texas, 8ept. IS. The first
report of the appalling disaster which
has stricken the city of Galveston do
not teem to have been magnified.
Communication was bad with the city
by boats, and reports tonight indicate
that the deaths will exceed 600, while
the property loss cannot be estimated.
although it will reach several million
dollar.
Tha burial of tba dead has already
begun. The list is only a partial one,
and tha names of all who perished in
Saturday's great storm will never be
known.
At the army barracks near San An
tonio a retort is current that more
than 100 United States soldiers lost
their lives in Galveston. The report,
however, lacks confirmation.
Today a mass meeting was held, and
liberal contributions were made for the
immediate relief of the deititute.
Governor Sayers appealed to President
McKinley lor aid. This appeal was
met by a prompt re nonce from the pres
ident, who stated that 10,000 tents and
60,000 rations had been ordered to Gal
veston. Governor Sayers also ad
dressed an appeal to each municipality
in -the state, asking for prompt assist
ance in caring for the sufferers.
Telegrams of inquiry and help bave
been pouring in throughout tha day
and night Irom every state in the
Union, and in almost every instance
substantial relief has been offered.
The stricken titv is in imminent
danger of a water famine, and strenu
Ous efforts are making here to supply
the sufferers. Belief trains are being
organized, and will leave here at an
early hour tomorrow.
On tha Mala Land.
Dallas. Texas. Sept. 12. The first
train from Houston arrived at Dallas
last night over the Houston & Dallas
Central. It left Houston yesterday at
8:30 A. M., and arrived here practical
ly 10 bouts late.
When it left, Texaa Guy was deso
late and devastated. Buildings bad
been wrecked, roofs had been torn off
aud hurled hundreds of feet through
the air. The electric light plant had
heen demolished and all night long the
city had been in darkness.
Along the road north ol lioueton
scenes of devastation an 1 distress were
witnessed. Buildings hail been torn
down aud the niateilul of which they
ere built scattered over the ground
for miles. Trees hsd been pulled up
bv their roots aud denuded of their
branches. Fields that had been smil
ing the day befoie with all the great
fertility of this record-breaking year
were bare, tne plants naviug oeen
erasned by the hurricane and scattered
far and wide. Hundreds of beads ol
cattle had been killed. At least 40 per
cent of the structures in the towns of
Herkelv, Cypress and AValler have been
totally destroyed. Twenty per cent of
Homestead is in ruius. Jlenrne was
damaged somewhat, but the situation
there U not regarded as serious.
Dl.ca.ee foe l..aee of
Campaign.
Washington, Sept. 10. President
MuKlnley's letter oi acceptance cover
fully tha following subjects:
Approve platform adopted by the
Philadelphia convention.
Asaerta confidence in gold standard
and it rain to tha country.
Expresses fear of danger to the conn-
try should silver agitation at 16 to 1
triumph.
Recites the fact that during the past
year $19,000,000 of Lnited Htates
bonds have been paid and $25,000,000
are in process of payment.
The government has received $124,-
421, 0(W from tbe Pacific railroads and
relations with them are all but closed.
Tba present congress haa given to
Alaska territorial government for
which it bad waited more than a quar
ter of s century; baa aabtalisbed a rep
leseutativa government in Hawaii; baa
enacted bills for tbe moat liberal treat
ment of tba pensioners and their wid
ows; ha revived tbe free homestead
policy.
In it great financial law it proivded
(or the establishment of bank of issue
with a capital of $25,000, for tbe bene
fit of villages and rural commnnitiea.
Oar industrial and agricultural condi
tions are more promising than for
year.
Our foreign trade shows latisfactory
and increasing growth.
Tbe gold stock of tbe United States
was increased $436,000,000 since July
1, 1898.
While our receipts both from cus
toms and internal revenue bave been
greatly increased, our expenditures
have been decreasing. Civil and mis
cellaneous expenses for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1900, Were nearly
$14,000,000 less than in 1899, while
on the war account there is a decrease
of more than $95,000,000. There
were required $8,000,000 les to sup
port tba navy this year than laat and
expenditures on account of Indians
were nearly $2,000,000 to $3,250,000
less than 1899.
Tbe only two items of increase in
the public expenses of 1900 over 1899
are for pensions and interest on tbe
public debt. For 1899 we expended for
pensions $139,394,939 and for the fiscal
year 1900 our payments on this ac
count amounted to $140,877,316..
The Philippine..
Regarding the Philippines tha presi
dent says civil rule gradually makes
military rule unnecessary.
He say that "no alliance of any
kind was entered into with Aguinaldo,
nor was any promise of independence
made to Mm at any time."
The president says we must not with
draw from the Philippines, must let
China alone except as necessary to pro
tect our citizens and their property.
THE REPLY TO EARL LI
United States Not Yet Ready
to Begin Negotiations.
CREDENTIALS SOT QUESTIONED
State Department May Be Waiting
Hear rran Minister Conger Be
fore Taking final Aetlwa.
AN APPEAL FOR HELP.
Washington, . Sept. 13.-The state
department this afternoon issued the
following:
Tbe following communication waa
banded to Acting Secretary of State
Hill this afternoon from the Chinese
minister:
"Cablegram from Earl Li Hung
Chang, dated the 7th of September,
1900, transmitted by the Chinese min
ister at St. Fetersborg, under date of
September 9, and received by Minister
Wu on the last-named date:
"I am in receipt of an imperial edict
of the 80th day of the seventh moon,
August 24, 1900, transmitted from Pao
Ting Fu. It ia as follows:
" 'LI Hung Chang, envoy plenipo
tentiary, is hereby vested with f nil
discretionary powers, and he shall
promptly deal with whatever question
may require attendance. At this dis
tance we will not control his actions.
Let this edict be forwarded with extra
expedition at the rate of 600 li per day
(to Earl Li) for his information and
guidance. Respect tbia.' "
To tbe above communication Acting
Secretary Hill has handed Mr. Wn tbe
following reply;
"The United States does not feel
called upon to express any opinion at
this time as to the sufficiency of Li
Hong Chang's authority, but hope it
will transpire that hia credentials are
full and authoritative, not only for ne
gotiations, but to enable him, without
further delay, to give assurance that
the life and property of Americans
will henceforth be respected through
out the Chinese empire."
From this formal statement it ap
pears that the state department ia not
yet ready to begin direct negotiations
with Li Hung Chang. It does net
question his credentials as a plenipo
tentiary, but simply leaves tbe matter
in abeyance. Probably this is because
all of tbe powers have not returned
their responses to tbe Russian note, aa
it is desired to avoid placing the Unit
ed States first among the powers to
abandon the hope of harmonious action
and strike for itself toward the settle
ment directly with China. Also, it
may be deemed well to wait to hear
from Mr. Conger, who, several day
ago, waa invited to express his opinion
about quitting Pekln.
Sabine Pas. aud Port Arthur.
Beaumont; Texas, Sept. 12. Tbe
city of Sabine Pass and Port Arthur
nassed through the terrible storm of
Saturday virtually unscathed. Every
where the water spread over the town,
but it did not reach a depth sufficient
to destroy buildings. The town pleas
ure pier was washed away complete
ly, as was also the pier in iront ot tne
Gates aud Elwood homes. The dredge
Florida, property of the New iork
Dredging Company, which cut the
Port Arthur channel, was sunk at the
mouth of Taylor Bayou.
Damage In Houston Light.
. Houston, Texas, Sept. 12. The
dauiaue iu Houston from wind aud
water is comparatively light. One
life was tost here from falling wires.
At Bavside issorts. about 25 miles
from Houston, the houses were mostly
blown awav and five or six deaths are
known, while 15 or 20 people, sup-
cosed to be drowned, are still missing.
West and southwest of Houston for
50 miles the conutry has been swept
and losses are heavy, but few deaths
are reported. Cotton has been widely
ininred.
Tbe losses on the mainland in an
area of more than 50 miles square are
more than $1,000,000, with probably
a score of deaths.
Hlg Railroad Clang.
Weisei, Idaho, Sept. 10. The rail,
road enterprise here is . resuming con
struction aud about 1,000 to 1,500 men
will be put to work shortly. This will
mean great improvements for business
in and around Weiser. Building oper
ations here this summer have amounted
to over $90,000.
Damaged Railroad Tracks,
El Paso, Texas, Sept. 18. The heav
iest rain storm kuown iu several years
here occurred north, south and west of
El Paso during the past few days.
The Mexican Central tracks are wash
ed away in several plaoea this side of
Chihuahua and trains are running very
irregularly. The Southern Paoific
tracks me gone in several places in
New Mexico, and no .through trains
have arrived here from the west since
Ft iday night.
Bast Beninlit Blown Away.
Eagle Lake, Texas, Sept. 12- Three
churohes, together with many houses,
were completely blown to pieces. Thi
rioe and pecan crops are ruined. The
cotton crop is neatly ruined, aud the
cane crop is considerably damaged,
The loss to this community from the
storm is estimated at $250,000. No
lives were lost here but tlie town oi
East Bernard has been blown away and
three peraous wero killed.
Two Thousand Dollars Raised.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 12. A
meetiua tonight, oalled by Mayoi
Robinson, a draft for $2,000 was order
ed sent to Governor Sayres, of 'lexas,
to be uBed to relieve the storm suffer
ers.
Louisiana Rico Crop Damaged,
Jonnines.- Texas, Sept. 12. The
Southwest Louisiana rice crop has snf-
ered heavy loss from the storm. Kice
men estimate the damage at 10 to 15
per cent of the crop aa a whole.
SaflTerlng Galveston la Need of Assist-
ance-Orter From Manr Cities.
Austin, Texas, Sent. 13. Governor
Savers is in receipt of tbe to Ho wing
telegram, coming from a prominent
Galveston citizen, who made hia way
by boat from Galveston to Houston over
the submerged country:
"Houston, Sept. 13. Governor Say
ers: I bave beendeputized by tne mayor
and citizens' committee of Galveston to
inform yon that the city of Galveston
is ia ruins, and certainly many hun
dreds if not a thousand people are dead.
The tragedy is one of tbe most fright
ful in recent times. Help must be
given by the state and nation or the
suffering will be appalling. Food,
clothing and money will be i needed
over the whole south side of the city,
for three blocks in from the gulf is
swept clear of everything. The whole
wharf front is a wreck, and but few
houses in the city are habitable. Tbe
water supply is out off, and the food
stock damaged by salt water. All
bridges are washed away and stranded
steamers litter the bay. When I left
this morning the search for bodies had
begun. Corpses were . everywhere.
The tempest blew 85 miles an hour,
and the government instruments were
carried away. At the same time the
waters of the gulf were over the whole
city, having risen 12 feet. The water
has now, subsided, and survivors are
left helpless among the- wreckage, cut
off from the world except by boat."
Say res Will Receive Contributions.
San Antonio Texas, Sept. 13. Gov
ernor Sayers bua issued a proclamation
to the mayors of all cities, stating that
he will receive and forward all : contri
butions, clothing, etc, that may be
sent for the relief ot storm-swept Gal
vestou and other southeastern Texas
cities.
Roasted to Death.
Corvallis, Or., Sept. 13. James
McLane. aged 63, was roasted at a
prune-drier on the farm of Samuel Mo
Lane, near Philomath, yesterday. He
was alone at the drier, which he was
attending - Smoke from tbe drier
brought his brother to the soene, when
the victim was , found . lying at the
moutlr of the furnace, in which there
was a very hot fire. He was ying on
his back, and was dead. The flesh on
hia neck, shoulders, right breast and
right side, as far as the spine, and as
low as tbe hip,' was literally cooked.
A coroner's jury-returned a verdict of
accidental death, with indications that
the cause might have been an epileptic
fit.
A dispatch to the Chicago Chronicle
from, Ilermosillo,' Mexico, says: jNine
of the dozen niembeis of the Wells ex-
peditou, which left tiuaymas last June
to explore Tortugas island, in tne Gull
of California, have been slain by can
nibals on the island.- Three men who
escaped did so only after a fierce fight
to reach one of their boats. '
Patienoe in its highest sense ia spir
itual endurance. It mean the readi
ness to wait God' time without doubt
ing God's truth.
IT GROWS WORSE.
List or Dead at Gal re. ton I Steadily
Increasing.
i Galveston, Texas, Sept.- 13. Mayor
Walter C. Jones estimates the number
of dead at 5,000, and be is conserva
tive. Over 2,300 bodies have been
taken out to sea or buried in trenches.
Other hundreds are yet to be taken
from the ruins. These bodies are all
now badly decomposed, and they are
being buried in trenches where they are
found. Others are, being burned in
the debris where it can be done safely.'
There ia little attempt at identifica
tion, and it is Safe to say that there
will never be a complete list of the
dead.
Chief of Police Ketchnm ia in
charge of the work of burying the dead.
There are large bodies of nieu engagsd
in this work, tearing up the ruins and
getting out the corpses. Some of those
whose bodies are being , taken. out were
probably only injured when they were
first struck down, but there waa no
getting relief to' them, and they per
ished miserably.
The remnant of the force of regular
soldiers who were stationed here, and
it is a very small remnant, bave joined
the police in patrolling the city.
Several persons have already been
shot. A soldier of Kafferty'a battery,
while patrolling tba beach this morn
ing, ordered a man to desist from toot
ing. Tbe fellow drew a weapon, and
the soldier shot him dead. The sol
dier was attacked by three-ether men,
and he killed all of them. He had
five cartridges in hia rifle, and each of
them found a victim.
Other men have also been shot, but
the details are not known, nor can the
exact number be ascertained. It ia
probable that 25 were killed. 1 8orue ot
these were shot for (failing to halt
when ordered to do so. Others were
hot for vandalism.
The ruins of the heavier brick build
ings bave not yet been searohed for the
dead, and there is a large number in
them. In the mass of rubbish which
marks tlie site of the Luoa Terrace
Bridge House, 40 or 60 people were
killed outright, and their bodies are
till in the ruins.
The Orphans' home is totally demol
ished. ' Ninety-two ohildreu aqd 11
nuns were killed. It is rumored that
one skter escaped, but if she did, no
trace of ber oan be found.
The fact that money does not make
the man seldom worries the man who
is trying to make the money.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 13. The tail
end of the West Indian storm, which
devastated Galveston, struok this, oity
last night and today, making itself ap-i
parent In the heaviest rain eve record
ed is the local weather efflc In 16
houra there was a precipitation of 4.23
inches, most of which fell between
11:80 last night and 7:80 this morning.
The ralne caused several bad washouts
on the Great Northern, in the northern
part of tbe state, one at Cold Springs
and others between Bear1 Spring aud
bhevelias. 1