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ASTORIA, ORE.
Agent W. P. a. tad faolflo Kxpreaa Co .
UNDER ARREST
FOR ROBBERY
Nephew of Ex-Scnator McBride
in Trouble.
ARRESTLD IN BAKER CITY
Charred Will Complicity la Peaiolllc Rob.
bery la Sill Uks City Lail Juse
Prcvlosaly limbciilr Poll
oilier f nodi,
HA K Kit ITY, ir.-.. Aug 20.
-Frank M.-llrl.' who ! Bill t'
be a ti ,.f rX-Ju.li!.- M. Hrl c of
Hit- aupr.-itiv court .f l't.ih an I
a nephew nf in-fuln il HMt.
States H'-mit .r M. Hrid'-, of fir---!.
Was arreKUd here to-liy,
charg.d l:h complicity In the
ponoifll. v robberies at Salt Iik
"It y In July lam. Hi- denied all
allegations.
i;m iu:zzi.iii i'o.'jtokkic'e funds.
Mcl'.rldc Wii Sentenced t K ur V-ar
While Aletrii pnMmasirr,
SALT LAKE. Aunt Ju A il-m r:p:l .in
if Krmk Jl. Hr..l. who Is un li-r ur
vllutue at ll.ik r .'l:y. tall!.', with
that of the nun tii n Hie rear of the
iMit.oilir,. in t!ii i lly on thf nigh: uf the
roliliiry lam tnon:h.
Vi'lirlJ", while .!l;int Kinw:er uf
Salt luike iionlotfli-e, wit 'rre;eJ 1 :v
I iT. charged t ith ih enilx-iilement rf
ti.ietoillie funJii. Il irntoncetl lo
four year In the ue r'nlttrntlwy. .He
Hat rrlea-J on bond pending action
on a m ;ion for a ne trliU. and im
imrtonrd by the .rmldent In lX-cerot-r
lit At the time of hl pardon. M
Hrul tliiu-kerrr at the Hunker
Hill and Sullivan mine In Ma ho.
THK iiUXNUA DISASTKU.
IVath IJm Nunibem Seven!a and May
H'-a. h Tfiity-Tv.
I'ADri'All, Ky. Aug ?.-The hor
for of the i'lty of U ilc . ndu d!j"t.T at
(iiI:oiim'ikI b.ir. four tulle, alwve I'l-
liii-.th. U: nlfcli:. I. Ju-t tiHinnlng to be
fully comprehend.- u body after body
lit brought Into the oily. The tniafa
regMer h not b-n nvoveml but It is
certain that tho death lift will number
mventit-n and perhae twenty-two.
A revUM lint of the dead lit as fol
Iowa:
MISS FLKMINO. Hlrdvll!e.
MISS OltAHAM, Onihammllle.
MISS IIAK.VBTT. Smlthland.
MISS (".HIM KS. OrihantiU'llle.
MItS. IUX1AN and thr.v children, Ta
ducah.
MItS. ADAMS. Smtthltnd
WATTS PAVIS. Uvlngatnn county.
IIjARKNCE PLAYPEN. Ltla, Ky.
WAU4ACK PEN'S' KIT, Tolu. Ky..
and flv colored men.
Sin THOMAS COM ISO.
HxiiecttM to Arrive In New York Today
8par for Slmmroi-k.
NEW TOHK. Aug. 20.-8 1 r Thomaa
Upton la expixliM to arrlvo here on
Weilneitdii.v. In the meantime Sham
rock II. will be got Into trim for trial.
The Llptnn fleet, five vensela ftronir.
attracti a great deal of attention from
all pn.nl ng craft, and from those on
nhore. The eteam yacht Erin lit the
flaarnhlp, 'and he U anchored furthent
to the aouth. Next to her comes the
lender Puerto Illco, ;hen the tug Jame
A Lawrence, and then the racing yacht.
The latest addition la a forty-foot
launch named the Dulterln. with which
errand to the shore are to bo made.
The moorings for the yachts Inside the
Horse Shoe have been laid, and the Meet
will probably go down there tomorrow.
The Spalding-S:. Lawrence Company,
of Ogdensburg, has shipped to the
Shamrock several hollow spruce spars.
There are four club topsail spir. rang
ing In length from 45 to 68 feet, onl a
spinnaker pole 79 feet long. This Is the
largest hollow spruce spar ever made.
THOUGHT ISLANDER WOULD
FLOAT SEVERAL HOURS
Reasons Why Captain Fool Did Not
Reach the Vessel No Additional
Names.
STaTTLK. Aug. 20.-J. T. Snyder, a
resident of Juneau, arrived on the
steamer Ftrallon today. At an Inquest
held at Juneau, which Snyder attend
ed, evidence developed which may tend
to excuse the captain of the Islander
for not beaching her at once. Snyder
aid: t
"At the Inquest the testimony show
ed that there was a stowaway In the
forward water-tight compartment and
when the vessel struck the water rush
ed In on him and he ret up a big howl.
The sailors thoughtlessly rushed down
and opened the compartment, which al
lowed the sea to come rolling' Into the
hull. This don without t her cap
laln'a kn'iwledg-, and I think txcuwl
t'liri for thinking the ve- would fl'tt
everal hours. "
ADDITIONAL NAMES LACKING.
Survlvon Unable v Throw Kurth'-r
Light on IHia:er.
VICTORIA. i. C. Auir. M.-Intr-
vl-ws with the aurvlvms of th stumer
Inlond.T who have ra-h! her? failed
i) throw any further light on the dl-
atr and no'ie were able to give any
j.l lltiuiiiil names.
The iiuirtermaitters. who were at the
wheel at the time, corrotxrate the state.
mi nt uf l'ilot I-blanc is to lc having
be.-n en. and they relti-rate the state
ment, eo often made of the coolnfj of
the otllcer and Tew and of the ef
forts to save the iaj:igers at the risk
if their uwn lives.
KIUGEK WAS RKfO';NIZED.
t'air It;rllnel to Tak Notice of C.reat
Ilrltain's t'rotest.
U)NriN. Aug. 20. It Is OKiertel In
Itoer circles In Ilrun--ls that Emperor
Nicholas S.i-dlly nlt.;d Mr. Krugr
to ih-nd a lepreiteiitailve ti attend the
nveni wedding of his youngest sister,
lirand DuchtKs Olga. to Duke f'er of
Old-nburg.
According tt Iht Iikal Anx'g-r, of
Hi-rlln. It was the presence of this rep-re.-ntatlve,
M. Van iVr H ieven. that
prevente-l any meniber of the Urillsh
smbiny In 8:. Teteraburg attending,
the cxar hSNlng Ignore-I the British am
ljaador's prote.t against the presence
if Mr Van der II oevn.
rnrvnnwun an niwwwi nruj
COMPELLED TO MARRY. 5
Whites Made to Wed Squaw. l:t
5 Alaska.
SEATTLE. Aug. 20. Accord
ing to sdvlcea from Sitka, the
United States cutter Rush arriv
ed In that port August 8th.
A general round-up was made
of all white men who were living
with squaws and they were tak
en before the court and cn-
Lpelled to marry. p
SCHLEY'S FAMOUS LOOP.
Man Who Was at Brooklyn's Wheel
Says It Was a Mistake.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Walter R.
Adams, of Glouces.er, Mass.. a seiman
who claims to have been stationed at
the wheel of the Hrtoklyn In the battle
of Santiago, . quote! as giving a r-cw
explanation of the loop made by Admlr
al Schley's tlatrshlp, according to a spec.
lal from Itell.ws Falls, Vt. Adams says
that when the Vlxciya waa pointing
her course with 'he evident Intention
of ramming the Brooklyn, Commander
Hodicklns, the navigating officer. Issued
the order to put the wheel hard down.
This would have thrown the Brooklyn
directly toward the Vlicaya,
Adams says he understood the order,
but Involuntarily threw the helm hard
up, causing the Brooklyn to awing away
from the Spanish ship. Noticing his
mistake, Instantly he eased the wheel
down, and In getting the ship back to
her course, the loop was formed which.
Mr. Adams Mys, waa not over half a
mile In length.
STONED TO DEATH.
Four Boys Heartlessly Kill a Compan
ion. KOKOMO. Ind.. Aug. 20. Four boys,
Roy and Lester McVeta and Ray and
Fred Marvin, all In knlckerbockera.
ranging In age from 6 to 10 years, have
oe-n arrested for stoning another boy,
Eddie McKee, to deith. Only one of the
children was old enough to write his
name to the bond.
The children were playing on the rail
road, when the McKee boy. who was
older, came along, and a fight followed,
which resulted In his death.
MILL TO SHIT DOWN.
Rumored That Purpose Is to Trace Al
leged Shortage In Ore Accounts.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. :0.-The Argen
tine smelter of the American Smelting
and Refining Company, which employes
S00 men, will be closed down September
15th. Assistant Superintndent McDon
ald says the shut down Is to give the
plant a thorough cleaning and denies
the rumor that the purpose Is to trace
oji alleged shortage of $100,000 In ore
accounts.
GERMANS ARE STAYERS.
They Refuse to Vacate Tien Tsln Uni
versity.
TIEN TSIN. Aus. 20.-The American
minister, Mr. Conger, is urging1 Wash
ington's attention to the persistent oc
cupation of Tien Tsln University by the
Germans, who refuse to vacate the
building or pay rent, thereby prevent
ing Dr. Tenney from continuing his
educational work, which the Chinese de
sire him to resume.
QUIET DAY IN
BIG STEEL STRIKE
Contending Forces Settling Into
Determined Struggle.
ARBITRATORS TURNED DOWN
Oble Maa's Suutalloat Repsduded by Botk
Sides Ulc Mill at Clark Plaot Starter
-Cblux Worker Are Ex
pectea to Walk Oat.
riTTSni'iVJ, Aug. 20 - Following
the rapid movs of yejwrday on itl.-r
of the great :.-el strike. th-re wis
a lull lodiy, and neither side look de
cisive action. The contest appears 'o
be settling down Into a Je'erml'iel
struggt.. In which neither side will ac
knowledge defeat while there Is hope
lef:.
Joseph Bishop, the Ohio arbitrator,
app-ir-d here toliy but both sld-s
promptly repudiate! the suggestion tla:
another move for peace was b?lng con
sidered. The steel managers succeeded In start
.ni the last Idle nili at 'he Clark plant
and are evil .-oily planning a "fries of
exienslons at every point where there
is a cham of ;u"ce.s. The ttrikers
claim tfcat Chicago will. In the end, come
out. and :ht th?re Is no danger of the
Jolle: mn going back to work.
THE CHICAGO MILLS.
No Conference Held Between the Men
and Vice-President Davis.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-There waa no
conference tonight between the steel
workers employed in the Ill.niia f.eel
works at South i.'hi.'aga. and Vice
President Davis, of the Amalgamated
Association.
There Is lit:!. - - -hi situation,
although an unu.-'.'.a' number of men
have asked to be ex Ui?l from work,
rllegtng sickness.
VENGEANCE WREAKED
ON THREE NEGROES
Supposed Murderers of Miss W1U
Lynched at the Hands of Mis
souri Mob.
SPRINGFIELD, Ma., Aug. 20. After
1I the conflicting stories from Pierce
City have ben sifted. It developed that
three negroes losi their Uves there as
.he result of an outrage upon C&sella
Wild. The dead are:
WILLIAM GODLET, hanged from
the porch of the Lawrence Hotel, and
the b,vly rlddLd wl'.h bullets.
FRENCH GODLET, grandfather of
William Godley, shot In his house..
TETE HAMPTON, burned in bia
house, but probably shot before the fire.
Eugene Barrett, In a confession while
a rope was iround his neck, accused
Joe Lark, a Pulman porter, of being
Implicated In the crime, and Lark was
arrested In this city.
The mob was composed of a thousand
or more and no masks were used.
Thirty negro families were driven
from their houses.
It Is row believjd that Will Godley,
who was lynch ;d, was not the real cul
prit. The cause of all the bloodshed
was the killing of Miss Casella Wild
Sunday Afternxn, as she was returning
home, after attending church. About
a mile from the town her brother found
her with her throat cut, lying lifeless
near a culvert under which her assail
ant had attempted to drag her.
Monday bloodhounds were taken to
the scene and the girl s bloody hand
kerchief was laid before them. They
immediately caught the trail and ran
with full speed to the home of Joe
Lark.
CHARGED WITH BRIBEHY.
Information to Be Filed Against Pro
prietors of Evening Post.
DENVER. Aug. 20 -Judge Mulllns
this evening instructed the district at
torney to tile Information against H.
M. Tammen and F. G. Ronflls, Pro
prietors of the Evening Poet: W. J.
Thonias. police magistrate, and Daniel
Padlier. fire warden, on charges of at
tempting to bribe Jurors In the case of
W. W. Anderson, recently tried on a
charge of shooting Tammen and Ron
flls
MYSTERY
' "CD UP.
Two Men Arrested for Wrecking Chi
cago Stone Yards.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Details of an al
leged plot by which two Chicago atone
yards were wrecked by dynamite on Au
gust 12, in order to deprive 200 members
of an Independent stonecutters' union-of
employment, are believed by the police
to b cleared up In the arrest and con
fession of Frank Hardy, formerly an
employe of the Chicago Athletic Asso
ciation. Involved with Hardy in the
confession and alleg d plot and also un
1'r arr-n are Micha-I Fitzgerald, a
.eamner, and J? Hayes.
Thi two stone yards which were
wi'yk-d -m.'i'.o-d stonecutter. who
broke away fr.m the oil Bull ling
Trades Cuncl durlrg the strike of las:
year. Tn"s s:oncu(t-rs raking to an
indep-ndent umm. and are pl:tel In
trade nval.y against seventy-five o.r.r
stonecutters who st.ll belong to 'he okl
irlon. This rivalry has led to frequent
asuaults upiti m.r.bera of the Indepen
dent union, according -o the police.
MILLION IN BAD MONEY.
Lsrgj Amount of N .t a of Defunct New
Brunswick Bank.
SAN FRANriSOO. Aug. 20.-Secre:
service afflc-rs have arrested In this
el'y three men ccud of passing bank
notes purporting to be Issued by the
State B-ink of Ne Brunaick, N. J.,
an lns:i:ut:on long defunct. The plates
he 1 never been destroyed and In the
hands of some criminals have furnl.'hed
over l.WiOOOO no;j in denominations
fmm tl tto 120. which have been dis
tributed all ovrr the United S ates.
On informatl m furnished by Frank J.
Perry, who was captured a week ago,
thr.v hive Just taken Into custody Wil
liam Hogan and E. W. Smith. The lat
t'T w ho, according to Perry, ts the lead
er of the gang, has been for eight years
chief clerk of the federal lite saving
aervlce In this city. He has been re
leaed on bal, but the other two men
are In Jail. Othir arreats are expected
:t follow today.
TrwnrtrutrtjTanjiip
NORDSTROM IS DOOMED. 5
Stiy of Proceedings Denied Hi
Counsel.
SEATTLE. Aug. 2. Charles
W. Nordstom will, in all prob
ability, be hanged Friday for
the murder of Willie Mason,
nearly ten years ago.
The counsel for the prisoner
failed to secure a, tay of pro
ceedings in the superior court to
day, and the question Is not ap- c
peilable.
ifunnnjfujnnn
WHALER KITE RESCUED.
Taken From an Ice Pack Off the Coaat
of Labrador.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20. -President C.
A. Moore, of the Moattauk Club, of
Brooklyn, has Just received a letter
from his son, Chaa. A. Mjore, Jr., who,
with several friends, is on a scientific
expedition In Arctic waters. They sailed
some weeks age. on the steamship Alger
ine, commanded by Capt. William Bart
le:t. Mr. Moore says the Algerln res
cued the whaler Kit and her crew from
a perilous position In an ice pack off
.he coast of Laoradr. The Kite was
the vessel formerly used by Lieutenant
Peary.
The Algerlne towed the Kite to Turn
avlk. Moore says he -vas told there
were 150 men on the Kite. They are be
lieved to be sealers and fishermen who
were on their way to northern stations.
TO TEACH CHINESE.
Hundred Thousand Dollars Givea to
Chair in Columbia College.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20.-That General
Horace W Carpentier, of thi9 city, is
the hitherto unknown donor of 1100,000
for the endowment of a chair of Chi
nese in Columbia University, is stated
as a fact by the World. President Seth
Low, in announcing the donation at the
commencement exercises in June, did
not reveal the name, and there has been
much curiosity on that score.
General Carpentier was at one time
president of the Bank of California and
mayor of Oakland. He is reputed to be
a millionaire, and made much of his
money in trading with China.
AMBUSHED AND MURDERED.
Body of Swan Knudson Found on Sal
mon River Trail.
LEWISTON, Ida., Aug. 20. A special
to the Tribune from Grangeville gives
an account of the finding of the dead
body of Swan Knudson on the Salmon
river trail, near the state bridge, in
Idaho county. Th? man had been am
bushed 8-nd murdered.
There is no clue to the perpetrators.
DAMAGED BY FIRE.
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 20. The ware
house of the Kennedy Furniture Com
pany caught fire tonight and was dam
aged to the extent of $40,000.
TELEGRAPH LINE COMPLETED.
VALDES. Alaska. Aug. 13. via Seat
tle. Au. 20. The telegraph line from
this place to Eagle City has been com
pleted to Copper Center
BASEBALL SCORES.
TACOMA, Aug. 20. Tacoma, 13; Se-
attle, 0.
PORTLAND. Aug. 20.-Portland, 4,
5
5
c
Spokane, 1
SAY REPORTS
ARE EXAGGERATED
Trouble Between Columbia and
Venezuela Is Magnified.
RAILROAD NOT MOLESTED
PuKSfert ea Sftiaitlpt Fron flit Sosta
PJdkule Reaoru at Battle at tke
IstkaiKS Martial Law la
Tkrcr State.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.-Offlcers and
passengers of the steamship Orizaba,
which arrived from Colon today, said
that reports of the trouble between Ven
ezuela a.id Colombia are greatly exag
gerated. Captain Smith said:
"The government had put a few sol
diers on the trains running across the
Isthmus, but this was often done."
Colonel Shaler, general superintendent
of the Panama railroad, who wis a pas
senger on the Orfiaba, ridiculed the re
ports of battles and incursions at the
Isthmus, and said there had been no In
terference with the road.
Henry Wlllard Ream, consul for on
of the asphalt companies, arrived tody
on the steamer Maracaibo. from Vene
zuela He said:
"Caracas Is quiet. Guarantees of the
constitution have, however, been sus
pended on account of Invasion of the
Venezuela soil. MartiaUlaw exists in
three states, Marlda, TrubJUlo and
Tacrira.
COLOMBIA WANTS AMERICANS.
Engaging Seamen as Officers In Its
Navy.
NEW TORK. Aug. 20. The Times
says the government of Colombia Is en
gaging American seamen 'as officers in
Its navy.
Jos. A. Merritt and John Grundel
have been engaged as first and econd
officers respectively. They will be as
signed to duty on the gunboat General
Pinion, formerly James Gordon Ben
nett's steam yacht Namouna, recently
purchased in England.
WAR WILL SOON END.
England Again Feels Hopeful Regard-''
lng South African Situation. -
NEW TORK, Aug. 20.-There Is a re-;
newed feeling of hopefulness that the4
war in South Africa will soon be at '
an end, says a London dispatch to the '
Tribune. The position is different from '
that obtaining at any time since the
outbreak of hostilities in October, 1899.
Natal la clear; Cape Colony is rid of
Kritsinger; In the Orange River Colony
there Is practically little opposition,
while in the Transvaal there are not
many symptoms of Boer activity. Ru
mors of important developments are
freely curre.it.
It la stated that the funds of Boer
leaders in Europe are now absolutely
exhausted, and it Is certain that the rig
ors of winter have told on the burghers
In the field.
DOES NOT WANT FREE TRADE.
Cuban Asserts That His People Desire
Tariff Redactions Only.
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. L. V. De
Abad, commissioner for the Economic
Association of Cuba, who is it present
in this city, says that he does not be
lieve the commercial elements of Cuba
are desirous of establishing free trade
tariff relations with the United States.
He said:
"Those who state that Cuba wants
free trade with the United States have
either been deceived or are trying to
deceive the Ajneriean people. What Cu
ba reilly does want Is to harmonize her
interests with th.ise of the United States.
This could be done by removing from
35 to 10 per cent of the Import duties
upon certain products."
NEGRO MURDERER BURNED.
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 20. A dispatch
from Whltesboro, Texas, says the ne
gro, Alf Wilder, charged with the mur
der of Mrs. Caldwell, Saturday last, was
captured by a mob and burned at Nel
son's ranch tonight.
AN EXPENSIVE FIRE.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 20. The fire
which began yesterday a: the works
of the Atlantic Refining Company at
Point Breeze is tlll burning fiercely
ind Is eating up oil at the rate of 1100.-
000 a day.
REPUBLICANS TO MEET.
ROANOKE. Va., Aug. 20.-The Re
publicans of Virginia will meet in State
convention tomorrow. For the first time
In many years the Republican atate con
vention will seat only a few negroes.