uiiy Clerk
CORVALLIS
GAZETTE.
WEEKLY.
I U Kvtab. July. 1S97.
GAZETTE: Estab. Dec, 1802.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1900.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 32.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of tte Telegraphic
News of thf. World.
TERSK TICKS FRO JriE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items Frnm
he Two Hemispheres Pres Mit .
in ji Cor'IonHei'- 'V.'m-
Chinese soldiers are killing the Box
ers. Belgium proposes to send an expedi
tionary corps to China.
Civil govenrment has been establish
ed in Vigan, Luzon.
China has appealed to France to use
her good offices with the powers.
Desolation and ruin in Tien Tsin.
Pigs and dogs are eating the bodies of
dead Chinamen.
A mob in New Orleans killed three
negroes and wounded several others.
The police prevented a lynching.
An explosion and fire in a collar
factory at Chicago, caused the death of
fonr women, and five others were in
jured. Colombian rebels are fighting hard
for the possession of Panama. Heavy
artillery fire is being directed against
the city.
Pants makers of New York City
have struck for shorter hours and an.
inrcease in wages. Five thousand are
Involved.
A passenger train on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois railway was wrecked
near Benton, 111., killing one man and
injuring 25.
The Boers have evacuated all their
positions and are retreating northward
to Lydenburg. Many burghers are
anxious to see peace come.
At Truckee, GaL, a faro bank in the
rear of a saloon was robbed by two
masked men, who covered five players
with revolvers and secured $750
The admirals, it is said have decided
that an advance on Pekin cannot he
made with less than 60,000 men.
About half that number have been
landed.
Senator Clark, of Montana, says hit
credentials have been prononnced good
by the best constitutional lawyer of th
country, and he expects to be seated
in the senate.
Li Hung Chang assures the French
consul at Shanghai that Minister Pi
chon is alive, and he will transmit a
message to him requesting an answer
within five days.
The navy department is preparing
for eventualties by fitting out trans
ports to carry coal and stores to the
Heet in Chinese waters. Army troops
aie hurrying from various posts
throughout the country to the Pacific
seaboard.
Peace reigns in Venezuela.
Colombian revoltuionists have cap
tured Panama.
Honolulu Chinese will ask powers tc
restore Emperor Kwang Sai.
".Aunt Mary" Walling, a pioneer,
died at Amity, Or., aged 82 years.
There was a stampede from Juneau
to the new placer diggings on Glacier
bay.
Militiamen have been called ont to
quell the striking fishermen on Fraser
river, B. C.
A family of six went bathing in a
shallow lake near Ventura, Cal., and
only one lives. .
The brigadier-generals who will
serve nnder Chaffee are Grant, Barry
and Wilson.
D. Alexander, a prominent business
man of New Watcom, Wash., met
death by asphyxiation.
Four out of a party of five prospect
ors lost their lives as a result of a terri
ble trip to the head waters of the Stew
art river, in the Klondike.
The Kumassi relief column has re
turned to Fumsu, bringing the defend
ers of the town. The besieged were on
the point of giving up when rescued.
Turkey is considering the subject of
eending a force to China to co-operate
with the powers. The Sultan is great
ly affected by the barbarous acts of the
Chinese.
The Gaynor-Greene hearing developed
the fact that Captain Oberlin M. Carter
made heavy purchases of bonds while
in charge of government work in Sa
vannah haibor.
Two fatalities at Tacoma. Coal
passer on transport Rosecrans fell
through a trestle and drowned and a
student at Vashon college instantly
killed while felling a tree.
Famine threatens the city of Tien
Tsin. Hundreds of thousands of Chi
namen are leaving their homes in the
districts where fighting is going on
without means of support.
Harry Arinott, locator and part
owner of the Little Annie group of
mines in the Big Bug district, Arizona,
has committed suicide at Prescott by
taking strychnine. Despondency due
to ill health was the cause.
The United States court of claims
has jnst settled a case 102 years old.
New York's Masonic grand lodge has
jurisdiction over more than 102,000
members.
The prince of Wales is credited with
the ambition of anonymously owning
and editing a newspaper.
The League of American Mothers has
issued a call for a national convention
to be held in Chicago August 1, 2. 3
and 4.
LAIfcR NEWS.
The weakness of tne monsoon causes
anxiety in famine-stricken India.
Many Boers are surrendering and the
Free State army will soon be a thing
of the past.
Twelve; persons were drowned and
3,000 made homeless by inundations
caused by rains in Chile.
Bressi, the assassin of King Hum
bert, worked in a silk mill at Paterson,
N. J., until May of this year.
The Populists are planning to have
their main campaign headquarters at
Lincoln, Neb., with a branch at Chi
cago. United States Senator Wellington,
Republican, of Maryland, announces
that he will oppose the re-election of
President McKinley.
Italy deeply mourns the assassina
tion of King Humbert, but the situa
tion is quiet, and no disturbance will
attend the accession of the new king.
Every fisherman on Fraser river,
with the exception of 700 men of the
white fishermen's union at Steveston,
started to work and the strike is prac
tically broken.
Russian soldiers in Manchuria have
been attacked by Chinese troops and
driven southward from' Mukden. Box
ers have appeared in several towns,
and are inciting the inhabitants to re
volt. After a conference with Chairman
Hanna, yesterday, Governor Roosevelt
said he would be a private citizen dur
ing August, and that he had made no
definite arrangements for the later
months of the campaign.
Caleb Powers, on trial foi the mur
der of Governor Goebel, of Kentucky,
testified that the object in bringing
mountain men to the state capital was
to show their interest in affairs, and
not to intimidate the legislature or the
election board.
The commissioner of internal revenue
at Washington has issued a circular
prohibiting the use of manufacturers
of cigars, cigarettes or tobacco, when
put in statutory packages, of labels
containing "any promise of, offer of
or any order or certificate foi any gift,
prize, premium, payment or reward."
A cablegram from United States
Consul Fowler, at Chee Foo, says that
the American, German, British,' Rus
sian and half the French and Japanese
legations were defended July 22. It
is not doubted that the ministers at
Pekin were alive on that date. The
state department hopes to have early
communication with Minister Conger.
England has received a cable dispatch
from her minister.
New Orleans has quieted down after
the race riots.
King Humbert of Italy, was assassin
ated at Monza.
Christian Dewet has offered to sur
render conditionally.
Thirty miners were entombed by
fire in a Mexican mine.
France fears a possible coalition be
tween Japan and China.
General Otis justifies the killing ol
89 Filipino bandits in Mindanao.
Speculation in Wall street is checked
by possibility of money stringency.
A Wisconsin syndicate has bought
10 000 acres of timber land in Idaho.
A London paper makes serious
charges against New York immigration
officials.
Plans are on foot to establish a gen
eral transportation at Governor's
Island.
National quarantine has been de
clared against Cape Nome and Dutch
Harbor.
An "astounding American intrigue"
is alleged to have been discovered in
Shanghai. ..
A Kansas stockman is "wanted' for
extensive fraud in disposing of second
mortgages.
Boei General Prinsloo, with 5,000
men, surrendered unconditionally to
the British.
Lady Randolph Churchill was mar
ried to Lieutenant George Cornwallis
West in London.
Ex-Director of Posts Rathbone was
arrested at Havana for the misuse of
government money.
A railroad bridge was burned in
Baker county, Oregon, and caught an
excursion train out.
Senator Clark acknowledges that be
contributed a large sum to the Demo
cratic campaign fund.
German papers condemn Emperor
William's instructions to his troops to
give no quarter in China.
Yuan, the governor of Shan Tung,
assures Consul Fowler at Che Foo that
the ministers were alive July 24.
Shong says General Tung Guh Sang
threatens to kill all members of the
legations if the allies advance upon
Pekin.
Ten persons were injured, two or
more fatally, by premature explosion of
a cannon at the Illinois encampment
of National guards.
A missionary who started for Pekin
got as far as the walls of the city, nut
was stopped by Tartar troops. He
learned nothing of the foreigners' fate.
Dr. Pigg, of southwest Missouri, has
succeeded in having his name changed
to Peak, with the assistance of the cir
cuit court.
Buffalo county, Neb., boasts the
largest alfalfa field in the world. It
is from one-half to two miles wide and
eight miles long.
Dr. G. R. Wieland, of Yale, found
a turtle in the black hills that lived
millions of years ago, which proves
that the region was once an ocean.
FLIGHT OF THE BOERS
French Comes Up With Rear
of the Dutch Army.
IT IS IN DISORGANIZED RETREAT
Staking; fur the Mountains In the Ley
denbura; District Bethlehem
Boers Hemmed In.
London, July 30. The war office has
received the following dispatch from
Lord Roberts:
"French and Hutton continued their
pursuit on July 26. The former crossed
Oliphante' river, and from the high
ground on the east bank be could see
Middleburg and the enemy retiring in
great disorder. The main road north
was blocked for several miles with
horsemen and wagons. The enemy's
rear was then seven miies north.
Mounted forces were still west of the
river. Night was closing in; the rain
was falling in torrents, ana so it was
impossilbe to follow. The night was
terrible. In addition to the rain a
strong east wind made the bivouao
most uncomfortalbe. One officer, I
reget to say, died of expose, and the
mortality among the mules and oxen
was great. The men made light of the
hardships, and were in famous spirits
when I saw them.
"Hunter has occupied Forierburg,
and so far as I know did not suffer loss.
He found Mrs. Steyn, wife of the ex
president, and several of our men
whom Dewet had captured at different
times and whom he was unable to send
to Machododorp.
"The enemy in the Bethlehem hills
are now closed in upon. BasntuJttnd is
closed them. Harrismith is the only
line open, and it will not be easy fer
them to reach there with guns and
wagons.
"Broadwood is still watching Chris
tian Dewet, who has taken up a posi
tion on high hil s near Beitsburg, about
seven miles south of the Vaal. P. De
wet, a younger brother of Christian,
surrendered at Kroonstadt yesterday.
"Barron reports from Krugersdorp
that he has reconnoitered the railway
to Bank Station, where the train was
wrecked on July 19, and been enabled
to replenish his supplies.
"Methuen's column, which reached
the Krugersdorp-Potchetstroom Rail
way, is now moving on Potchetstroom.
"Buller reports that the railway was
opened to Heidelberg yesterday, giving
us through communication to Natal,"
SIX HUNDRED KILLED.
That Is the Cost of the Revolution In
Colombia.
Colon, July 80. The liberal rebel
lion in this department has ended after
the sacrifice of more than 600 lives,
the liberals having been the greatest
sufferers, while the wounded number
many hundreds. Dr. Mendoza, repre
senting the liberals, and General Alban
arranged yesterday for a cessation of
hostilities, the Colombian liberals be
ing pledged to surrender their arms
and being guaranteed their freedom
from prosecution and the retention of
all political rights. The foreigners
who took sides with the rebels are to
be banished within a week. General
Herrera and Dr. Parks, who were act
ive in the revolutionary interests, have
already left Panama. The work of
burying the dead on both sides is in
progress. .Panama has been plunged
into the deepest mourning by the loss
of many of its most prominent men on
both sides in this conflict. The armies
were provided with arms of the latest
model. Colon has been tranquil
throughout the rebellion.
Trouble on Southern Borders.
El Paso, Tex., July 80. -The immi
gration situation here grows worse
daily. Notwithstanding the fact that
the force of guards has been -naterially
increased along the river, daily occur
rences demonstrate that the number is
not sufficient to prevent pauper and
contract emigrants collected in Juarez
from crossing the border and scatter
ing into the interior. Customs inspect
ors captured 14 Italian emigrants who
had crossed the border and boarded a
northbound Santa Fe train whioh was
about to start. These emigrants were
sent back. The statement comes from
Durango and Chihuahua, Mex., where
there are several thousand Chinamen,
that hundreds contemplate returning
to China, and are drifting this way to
take advantage of the exclusion act
and get free transportation.
Miners From Klondike.
Victoria, B. C, July 80. The Cot
tage City arrived this afternoon, bring
ing about $100,000 in gold. She had
a number of Klondikers on board.
News was brought by her that the
miners had found rich placers diggings
at the headwaters of the Yukon. Over
500 miners had stampeded to finds in
Glacier bay.
Woman Mall Carrier Killed.
Roseburg, Or., July 80. Mrs. D.
N. Fish, mail carrier from Glendale to
Starveout, was instantly killed near
i Glendale this morning. The team be
' came frightened and ran away and she
was thrown from the buggy. She
' struck on her bead and her neck was
broken. .
To Be Reinstated.
New York, July 80, A speoialto
the Times from Paris says: It is hfetty
probable that several generals who
were out on the retired list by former
1 Minister of War Gal life t after the Drey
fus trial will shortly be reinstated in
the army. Generals Do Negrier and
, Zurlinden will both probably receive
command of army corps. This further
proof of the government's conciliatory
policy will be favorably received by
public opinion.
THWARTED BY ACCIDENT.
Bold Flan for the Relief of Pittsbm-p
Prisoners.
Pittsburg, July 80. One of tho bold
est and most systematic plans for the
release of one or more prisoners from
Riverside penitentiary was thwarted
today by accident. The first theory
advanced, when the matter was dis
covered, seemed to point to the release
of Alexander Berkman, the anarchist,
who is serving a 22-year sentence for
the shooting of H. C. Frick, during the
big Homestead strike of 1892, but the
conclusion reached tonight by Director
Muth, of the Alleghany police depart
ment, is that the real object of the res
cueis was to secure the freedom of the
real estate swindler, J. C. Boyd, who
is serving a seven-year sentence in the
penitentiary. This opinion is shared
by the Pittsburg police officials also,
and many reasons are brought forward
to confirm ths theory. Among these
are the fact that Boyd is wanted in
nearly every state in the Union on
charges of real estate swindles, as
confederates all over the country, and
is accounted one of the wealthiest pris
oners in Riverside. It is argued that
Berkman 's friends could hot afford the
expensive outfit which was used in this
Instance, and their resources could not
possibly equal those of .Boyd's confed
erates. The plan by which the rescuers
hoped to reach the inside of the peni
tentiary wall was by a tunnel from the
cellar of a house on Sterling street,
nearly opposite one of the gates. Their
work is remarkable, consideiing the
obstacles to be overcome. Investiga
tion today shows that the tunnel was
over 200 feet long, but becuase of its
zig-zag character had not reached the
prison wall. One of the officers who
crawled a distance of 201 feet in the
dark passageway today was compelled
to return before reaching its end by
reason of the foul gas arising. From
this it is inferred that the tunnel had
tapped a sewer. Director Muth, how
ever, believes that the dead body of
one of the tunnelers will be discovered
tomorrow when the tunnel is opened
from the surface. He thinks the man
was overcome by gas, and that his
companions fled.
The elaborate arrangements that had
been made for completing the tunnel
and for providing for the safety of the
diggers is a source of amazement to
the authorities. An electric bell, con
nected with the entrance of the tunnel
in the cellar, was used in giving the
workers and watchers an instant warn
ing, and an air pump had been used to
keep the tunnel free from gas. It is
estimated that the electric plant and
other apparatus used cost the would-be
liberators at least $2,000.
A SUDDEN ENDING.
Collapse of the- Revolution In the
Republic of Colombia.
Washington, July 80. The state de
partment has received a dispatch from
Consul-General Gudger, at Panama,
anouncing the collapse of the revolu
tionary movement there. He states
that the Liberals unexpectedly surren
dered and that quiet now prevails at
Panama.
Panama, July 80. The insurgents
in the department of Panama have sur
rendered. New. York, July 30. Consul -General
Espionla, of the republic of Colombia,
said today of the revolution in Panama:
"I think it is all over. Eight hundred
government troops met 1,200 insurgents
and either killed or wounded 400 of
them. Reinforcements for the govern
ment came just then, General Campos
bringing 1,000 additional troops.
There was nothing else to do, and the
insurgents just laid down their arms
and surrendered."
California Oil Lands.
Washington, July 80. Commis
sioner Hermann, of the general land
office, has decided to continue for a
reasonable time the suspension of about
50 whole townships in Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Visalia land dis
tricts in California, from disposition
under the agricultural law, on represen
tations that tney contain valuable oil
deposits. A thorough inquiry into the
true character of the lands is now in
progress. Petitions and sworn protests
have been posted with the general land
office, setting out that vast areas of
non-agricultural lands in California
have every indication of containing val
uable deposits of oil. The land office
last February ordered the suspension of
these townships, in view of the con
troversy over their value as oil lands.
The action is in line with a recent de
cision of Judge Ross, of the United
States circuit court for the southern
district of Californa.
Ska g way Treasurer Commits Suicide.
Seattle, July 30. W. L. Metcalf,
treasurer of the city of Skagway, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head on July 20. The cause for
the deed is not known, apparently,
even among intimate friends of the de
ceased. Metcalf was 32 years old, a
native of the state of Washington, and
unmarried. He went to Alaska in the
early 90s, residing at Sitka, 'Juneau
and finally at Sakgway, during all of
which time he held many positions of
trust. He was a member of the Elks
and the Arctic Brotherhood. His
parents reside in Seattle.
Defeat of Ashantees.
Bekwal, Ashantee, July 28. Colonel
Moreland. under instructions from
Colonel Willcocks, with a force of in
fantry and five guns, attacked a large
war camp at Kokofu. With a brilliant
charge the stockades were rushed be
fore the enemy had time to occupy
them, and, therefore, they were forced
to evacuate the town. A large amount
of ammunition and arms were cap
tured. The town was then razed, thus
removing an important obstacle on
Colonel Willcoek's flank.
KING HUMBERT SLAIN
An Anarchist Assassin Bores
His Heart.
AT MONZA HEALTH RESORT
Kins; Had Been Attending Gymnastic
Kxhibltion Assassin Iiuiuedi-
. . . -
ately Arrested.
Monza, Italy, July 31. King Hum
bert has been assassinated. He was
shot here last evening at 10:45 by a
man named Angelo Bressi, and died at
11:30.
The king had been attending a dis
tribution of prizes in connection with
a gymnastic competition about 10
o'clock. He had just entered his car
riage with his aid de-camp, amid the
cheers of the crowd, when he was
struck by three revolver shots fired in
quick succession. One pierced the
heart of his majesty, who fell back and
expired in a few minutes.
The assassin was immediately ar
rested and was with some difficulty
saved from the fury of the populace.
He gave his name as Angelo Bressi,
descriDing himself as oi Prato, in Tus
cany. He cynically avowed his guilt
of the crime.
The News in Rome.
Rome, July 31. The news of the
terrible event did not arrive here until
after midnight. Signor S. Saracco,
the premier, immediately summoned a
meeting of the cabinet, and the minis
ters will start at the earliest possible
moment for Monsa.
The prince and princess of Naples are
on board the Yela, yachting in the
Levant.
The city presents a normal aspect
this morning, the news of the murder
not yet being generally known. Signor
Saracco, the premier, will leave for
Monza at 7 o'clock this morning with
the vice-president of the senate, to
draw up the certificate of death of the
king, whose body will be brought to
Rome.
NEW KIND OF FOOL.
Threw Cigarette Into Powder at the
Cannon's Mouth.
Springfield, 111., July 31. Ten per
sons were injured, two fatally, by the
premature discharge of the evening gun
at the National guard encampment,
Gamp Lincoln, this evening. The ex
plosion was caused by some one throw
ing a lighted cigarette-- into-- -powder
which had fallen to the ground. The
accident occurred in the presence of a
large crowd of visitors to the camp.
Corporal Balsley and Jesse Ruppert,
acting quartermaster, were loading the
evening gun, assisted by several men of
Battery A. A sack of powder was
placed in the mouth of the cannon, and
Ruppert was about to drive the charge
home. The powder sack was too long
for the gun, and in forcing it into the
cannon the canvas was torn, some of
the powder falling to the ground just
below the nozzle of the cannon. Priv
ate Ruppert stood facing the gun, ram
rod in hand. Balsley also faced the
gun, while a number of soldiers and
civilians were gathered around, despite
the commands of the officers in com
mand to keep back. Suddenly some
one uttered the words:
"Watch them scatter."
There was a flash of powder on the
ground, the flames were communicated
to the powder which was to be fired in
the cannon and the gun was discharg
ed. The ramrod was broken and shot
from the cannon and Balsley and Rup
pert had their clothes blown from their
bodies, which were blackened with
powder. The others staggered back,
burned and blinded. The wounded
were taken to the hospitals.
Some say it was a man in uniform
who threw the cigarette, but an eye
witness declares it was a small boy.
North Dakota Tornado.
Hillsboro, N. D., July 81.- A severe
tornado passed through Traill county
yesterday afternoon, and across the
river into Minnesota, where it split into
two parts. The path of the storm in
Traill county was 37 miles long and
four miles wide. Three miles north of
Caledonia the house of Thomas Everson
was demolished and his 17-year-old son
killed. At Caledonia the city hall and
Presbyterian church were wrecked,
and nearly every building in the town
was injured. So far as known, the
Everson boy vas the only one killed.
The Nome Tundra Burned.
Seattle, July 80 . A special to the
times says: Cape Nome was treated
to a great conflagrationn early in this
month. Miles and miles of tundra
was burned over and many native
homes destroyed. The fire began close
to the eastern suburbs of Nome and
swept the country from the outer edge
of the sand beach to the foothills and
far belw Cape Nome, so that the sur
face looks like a vast prairie that has
been burned over.
Prominent New York German.
New York, July 81. William
Kramer, a millionaire real estate own
er, founder of the Atlantic Garden
Music Hall, owner of the Thalia thea
ter and one of the best known Germans
in New York, died today, aged 66
yeais.
More Troops From Cuba.
Santiago de Cuba, July 31. The
Second battalion of the Fifth United
States infantry, Major Borden com
manding, will leave tomorrow for the,
United States. The companies at
Guantanamo and Baraooa will be
taken aboard en route. The officers
have received instructions to prepare
warm clothing for a hard winter cam
paign, and to be ready to re-embark
shortly after arriving in New York.
Al the men are enthusiastic at the pros
pect of active service iu China.
QUESTION OF SUPPLIES.
Army Cannot Forage in Chin
Carry All It Meeds.
New York, Aug. 1. Brigadier-General
James H. Wilson departed tonight
for San Francisco, where he will em
bark August 3 on the Japanese steamer
America Maru for Chna. He was ac
companied by his aids, Lieutenants J.
H. Reeves and G. S. Turner. When
asked if he thought the various foreign
forces in China could be merged in a
homogeneous whole, the general said
that such a thing was possible, and
that it depended the largely on the
skill and tact of the generalissimo. In
view of the pressing needs of the situa
tion, he said he felt sure there would
be no great difficulties in the organiza
tion of the allied forces. He said there
would be much preparation required
for. the advance, on account of the scar
city of forage along the routes to Pekin.
J "It will be necessary," said he, "for
an army to take great quantities oi
supplies. The country is poor. It is a
low plain, almost devoid of vegetation.
There are no trees of any account which
could be used for firewood. The na
tives even scrape the bark from the
trees to get fuel. They burn weedc
and rice stalks. There is little to be
got by foraging, and there is practic
ally nothing to plunder, and an army
would have to take supplies of every
kind, including fuel and water. Fur
ther than that, it is difficult to say
much, and I do not wish to be placed
in the position of judging the situation
before I am thoroughly familiar with
ft.
"There are no mountains or other
natural obstacles. There are no strong
fortifications. It is easy, of course, to
throw up entrenchments. The Chinese
will have the same difficulties to con
tend with as far as supplies are con
cerned as the allies must encounter. It
will be impossible to maintain great
hordes of men without something on
which they may feed. In these mili
tary operations the great base will be
the sea. Supplies can be brought up
the Pei Ho river and its branches to
within 12 miles of Pekin and then
there is the railroad. Even if it is
torn up, still it will not be so dicffiult
to get it into operation. The Chinese
have only a vague notion of Western
tactics. They have had German drill
masters, but generally they have been
drilling only when they felt like it.
They are good fighters when they are
winning, and they take killing well.
They do not fight well when they begin
to lose, and tbey are easily stampeded."
ST R UCK BY LIGHTN I N G .
Street Car Accident lu IVUicli Ten Per
j,;, - jons, Were Injured. t
Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 1. Ten people
were injured, one fatally, and two ser-
iousjly, in a street car accident here
tonight.
The injured were taken into adja
cent drug stores and physician's offices
and their injuries cared for until they
could be taken home.
The accident was a peculiar one. It
resulted from an explosion that hap
pened, no one seems to know exactly
how. It had just reached Twenty
second street when a blinding flash of
electricity, followed by a cloud of
smoke, and cries of injured persons,
as they were tumbled into the street,
attracted the attention of belated passers-by.
The injuries are of such a
character that they are in every in
stance extremely painful.
The car was provided with the usual
two-light circuits, but the crew are of
the opinion that during the storm,
lightning struck the short circuit and
cut it out. This left but one circuit
unprotected with the connecting wires,
subject to a cutout or any overcharge
of electricity. Just how the explosion
occurred is not known, but the circuit
fuse blew out with a crash, the car was
instantly filled with the lurid flashes
of the subtile electric fluid, and cries
of pain and astonishment were uttered
by men and women, falling over eact
other out of the car.
F I ESTA WAS A FIASCO .
flie People of Manila YJnenthusiastic
Over the Amnesty.
Manila, P. I.. Aug. 1. The two
days' fiesta in Manila, organized by
Senor Paterno and his politicial follow
er s to commemorate the amnesty, re
sulted in a fiasco. The people were
passive, unenthusiastic and not even
interested. Failing to perceive any
tangible, effective results of amnesty,
tbey say they can see no reason for cel
ebrating. Judge Taft and his col
leagues of the commission felt con
strained to decline to attend the banquet
as they had been informed that the
speeches would favor independence un
der American protection, and they
could not pass' very lend theii acquies
cence by being present. Senor Pater
no, foreseeing the suspension of the
banquet without the Americans, fran
tically appealed to them to attend,
promising that there should be no
speeches.
The provost's cautions were extreme.
The guards were doubled both days,
and the authorities forbade the display
of Filipino flags, and of pictures of
President McKinley and Aguinaldo
fraternally framed.
The fiesta is generally considered to
have been premature and unfortunate.
During last week's scouting 10
Americans were killed and 14 wound
ed. One hundred and eighty Filipinos
were killed and 60 taken prisoners.
Forty insurgent rifles were captured.
American Corn In India.
Washington, August 2. The state
department has received word from
William T. Fee, United States consul
at Bombay, India, reporting the arrival
at that port June 25 of the ship Quito
with 5,000 tons of corn contributed by
the people of America for the relief of
the faimne sufferers in India.
An electric lieht olant to supply
Roseburg and a large saw mill will be
erected at Winchester, Douglas county,
by Portland and Eastern capitalists,
RUSSIANS ATTACKED
Driven South From Mukden
by Chinese Troops.
COLUMN SUFFERS SEVERE LOSS
Boxers Appear in Several Towns, Inelt
ins; the Inhabitants to Kevui
Against Foreigners.
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St. Petersburg, August 2. The Rus
sian general staff has received dis
patches from various commanders indi
cating a serious state of affairs through
out Manchuria. The revolt in the
neighborhood of Mukden and the dis- "'
trict northward has assumed such pro- - ft
portions that the Russian column has
been compelled to retreat from Muk
den southward. Fighting continuous
ly, tne column with difficulty reached
tne station at the A-insnntiman. wham
on July it was surrounded by Chinese
troops. Reinforcements were sent and
the withdrawal of the column was
effected to Daschizao with 48 casual
ties, killed, wounded and missing.
The railway from Mukden to Telin
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destroyed and the fate of the workmen
and railway officials north of Mukden
la not known. The whole Mukden dis
trict is menaced by large bodies of Chi
nese troops with artillery.
Chinese troops and Boxers, in defi
ance of treaties, have appeared at the
towns of Tukshou, Sinjudshi and Ga
ieff, inciting the inhabitants to revolt.
On July 17 the garrison at Sinjudshi
was shelled from the town, three men
being killed. A Russian detachment
returning from an inspection of affairs
in Gaoudnn peninsula was attacked and
surrounded by Chinese troops July 21.
The Russians eventually repulsed the
Chinese with a loss of eight Cossacks
killed and 10 wounded.
MINISTERS SAFE.
All Except Von Ketteler, German, IV eve
Alive July 23.
Washington, August 3. The effect
of the day's news from China was to
freshen the hope that the government
can soon get in direct communication
with Minister Conger. The mass of
testimony as to his being alive as late
as the 22d inst. is now so great as to
warrant the department in resuming
considerations of projects for the future.
With all its anxiety to get Mr. Conger
and the i Amerfcajas jn. . pekin - safely
away, the department iB proceeding with
proper precaution, and is by no means
disposed to accept any proposition that,
would unduly jeopardize their lives.
Such might be the result of an off-hand
acceptance of the proposal to have the I
Chinese government deliver the foreign .
ministers at Tien Tsin, for it is real
ized that the escort might be overpow
ered by superior forces of Boxers on
the way to the sea. The state depart
ment has come to the conclusion that
Mr. Conger himself is the best person
to judge of the conditions under which
his deliverance shall be effected, and,
theretore, it is again looking to the
Chinese government to place it in com
munication with Mr. Conger, in order
that it may be advised by him. That
requirement was the first of the condi
tions laid down by President McKinley.
in his answer to the appeal of the Chi
nese emperor, so that the situation dip
lomatically cannot be said to have been
materially changed by the develop
ments of today.
Miners Entombed.
Monterey, Mex., Aug. 1. At Mate
huala, a mining camp south cf Mon
terey, in the state of San Luis Potosi,
fire broke out in the La Paz mine and
before the miners could reach the sur
face many of them were entombed Jand
either burned to death or suffocated.
It is thought the loss of life will reach
30. There is great excitement in the
town and the number of missing men
cannot be accurately determined. Al
ready 11 bodies have been removed.
Ramon Gomez, the mine foreman,
boldly descended the shaft and went
into the burning chamber for the pur
pose of aiding the unfortunate miners.
He was overcome with smoke and per
ished. His body has been recovered.
The fire raged fiercely for 11 hours.
Old Excelsler Factory Burned.
Lebanon, Or., Aug. 1. Lebanon
was again visited by a fire last ni-jtt
about 10 o'clock. The building that
was recently vacated by the Lebanon
excelsior factory was discovered to be
on fire and within a few minutes the
whole structure was in flames. It was
undoubtedly the work of incendiaries.
The property belonged to O'Neil Bros.
& Peterson. The loss is about $1,500;
no insurance. The Lebanon Flouring
Mills and electric light and water
plants were in close range of the burn
ing buildings and were badly scorched,
but otherwise were not damaged. The
Lebanon fire department did good work.
Imported Laborers Arrested.
Eagle Pass, Tex., August 2. Seventy-five
Mexicans who were about to
proceed to the Indian territory as labor
ers and were suspected of having been
hired in violation of the contract labor
law were detained here by United
States authorities. Fifty of them were
found to belong to this side of the Rio
Grande and were liberated. The re
mainder were returned under guard.
Mollnenx's Petition Denied.
.New York, Angst 2. Judge Dugro,
of the supreme court, today handed
down a decision denying the petition
of Weeks and Battle, attorneys for Ro
land B. Molineux, for a writ of man
damus to compel Recorder Goff sum
marily to decide the Molineux appeal
papers. Judge Dugro's decision means
a delay of - many months in the Moli
neux case, during which the condemn
ed man must stay in the death cell.