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    GAZETTE.
WEEKLY.
UNION Kotah. July, 18T.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1900.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 34.
GAZETTE Estab. DM
CORVALLIS
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSR TICKS FKOm 2HB WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
h Two Hemispheres Pres r it j
in a Cor 'lensed I' c.'io-
The Russians lost 500 killed at Peit
Sang.
Democrats opened their national
campaign.
Fire in a Butte, Mont., mine caused
f 100,000 damage.
There will be no yellow peril, so far
as Japan is concerned.
Wisconsin Republicans nominated
Robert M. La Follette for governor.
The postoffice at Colfax Wash., was
burglarized and $40 in stamps secured.
A telegraph line from Yaldes to Cape
Nome, Alaska, is under construction.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hoare's garrison
at Eland's river has surrendered to the
Boers.
Bryan and Stevenson were formally
notified obtheir nomination at Indian
apolis. General Miles says the situation in
China is serious. He says the move
ment of troops is difficult.
Heavy rains in the Yellowstone Na
tional Park completely extinguished
the forest fires which had burned for
some time.
River improvement will precede and
a naval station accompany the location
of a government drydook on the Colum
bia river, Or.
One man was killed and four ser
iously injured in a collision on the
Spokane Falls and Northern, near
Spokane, Wash.
General MacArthur's official report
of the sickness in his army on July 31
is as follows: Sick in hospitals, 8,755;
sick in quarters, 1,081.
The third battalion of the Fifth in
fantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illi
nois, has been ordered to China to join
General Chaffee's command.
The Columbia Southern railway is
extending its telegraph line through
Harney county, Oregon, which is
thought to be a good indication that
the railroad will shortly follow.
The wife of Dr. A. McDonald West
water, of Liaoyang, Manchuira, com
mitted suicide at Arma in consequence
of mental depression caused by her ex
citing experiences at New Chwang
just before her departure from China.
When bids were opened at army
headquarters at Chicago for the trans
portation of troops from Fort Sheiidan
to ban ranciasco, tne umcago as
Northwestern was found to be the low
est bidder at $7 per capita from Fort
Sheridan to Ogden. From Ogden to
the coast the troops are carried by the
Southern Pacific. This is the lowest
bid ever made for the transportation of
troops.
St. Louis strikers blow np a car with
dynamite.
Harrismith surrendered to the Brit
ish August 4.
Russian troops looted, tortured and
murdered at Tien Tsin.
Towne declines the Populist nomina
tion for vice-president.
Li Hnng Chang says the Chinese
must fight if the allies advance.
Americans want General MacArthur
to lead the international forces.
Chinese reported to have 170,000
troops between Tien Tsin and Pekin.
Insurgents are troublesome in the
vicinity of Cagayan, Island of Min
danao. Fire in the heart of the city of Blue
fields?, Nicaragua, did damage to the
amount of $175,000.
Three people were killed and 1 1 in
jured in a collision on the Monon
route, near Lafayette, Ind.
Conger cables that the situation of
the ministers is precarious. Imperial
troop are firing on the legations.
Battery O, with its 7-inch siege
guns, the largest in the army, and 175
men, have left Fort Riley, Kan., for
China.
Memorial serivces for Humbert in &
Catholic chnrch at Washingtion augur
better relations between the papacy
and the Italian government.
It is stated positively that President
Krnger is willing and anxious to sur
render, providing a satisfactory promise
is given as to his ultimate destination.
A. H. Zeigler, of Santa Cruz, Cal.,
formerly a justice of the peace in
Idaho, killed his wife by cutting her
throat, and attempted suicide by hack
ing his own throat.
Fire at Spencer, Tioga county, N.
Y., destroyed the saw mill, grist mill
and the lumber yards of A. Zeeley, the
Grove hotel, the town electric light
plant, the Lehigh Valley railroad sta
tion, and other property, entailing a
loss of $150,000.
If you never begin a task you will
never finish it.
According to Mr. Wilson, secretary
of agriculture, the skins of superfluous
dogs in Nebraska are tanned and made
into gloves. This might give a valua
ble hint to many large cities where
great numbers of stray dogs are killed
annually. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars' worth of cauine pelts are im
ported annually for this purpose, dog
akin being one of the best materials for
oves.
LATER NEWS.
Dr.Steinitz, the
died in New York.
chess champion,
A site has been chosen for the new
Fort Hall' Indian school.
The Russian minister will not leave
Pekin before his comrades.
The besieged foreigners in Pekin have
food to last them only a week.
Bryan's speech of acceptance will be
reproduced by phonograph.
Twelve persons were killed and 40
injured in a train wreck in Italy.
The empress intends to leave Pekin
before the foreign troops arrive.
Appropriations by the last session
of congress were $710,150,862.
The ameer of A fghanistan is prepar
ing to cross into Russian territory.
The annual convention of the Typo
graphical Union opened in Milwaukee.
Several oannerymen were arrested
for packing salmon after close of sea
son. By mistake British and Russian ar
tillery shelled the Americans at Yang
Tsun.
Judge Lacombe, of New York, re
fused to sign a writ of extradition foi
Neely.
About 20 farmers near Salem real
ized 56 cents per bushel foi wheat Dy
pooling the same.
Export of gold from New York is ex
pected to relax the financial tension at
European capitals.
The state department replied to the
edict appointing Li Hnng Chang i
peace commissioner.
Two government pack trains leave
Vancouver to take a transport at Seat
tle for service in China.
The report that the Canadian govern
ment has abandoned the royalty on the
Yukon gold output is not correct. Ai
export duty is under consideration.
Parejita, well-known Cuban bandit,
was shot and killed at Palma Sorito,
20 miles from Santiago, by a corpora.'
of the rural guard. This outlaw had
been terrorizing the country for several
years. He has committed numerous
murders.
A pitched battle occurred near Gra
ham, N. M., between a posse, undei
Deputy Sheriff W. K. Foster, and two
bandits who robbed a store in Graham
in broad daylight. One of the robber?
was killed. The other was wonnded,
but he escaped.
C. N. McMahon, a young society
man, of Woodward aVenue. Detroit,
was robbed of $500 in greenbacks while
coming out of the California theater,
San Francisco, after the performance
by a pickpocket, who secured the roll
of bills and escaped.
Extreme hot weather continues in
the East.
Prince Tuan is preparing to escape
from Pekin.
The Klondike gold yield this year is
$25,000,000.
Several persons were killed by a
storm in New York.
Governor Roosevelt will speak in
Oregon in September.
Seattle inaugurates a move for an
international fair in 1904.
There is a great demand for timber
and farm lands in Oregon.
Hot weather killed 39 persons in
New York and Philadelphia.
Bryan has decided to make a general
campaign tour of the country.
Sealing schooner Minnie, of Victoria,
was wrecked in Northern waters.
King Victor took the constitutional
oath before the Italian parliament.
General Randall is given authority to
send destitute persons out from Nome.
The ringleaders in the Pretoria plot
to capture Lord Roberts have been ar
rested. General MacArthur sends news of
the surrender of a Filipino command
of 173.
Jefferies is anxious to meet Fitzsim
mons and Sharkey in the last week of
August.
In the French naval maneuvers a tor
pedo boat destroyer was sunk and 42
lives lost.
Many American soldiers were pros
trated by the heat in the advance on
Yang Tsun.
Chinese viceroys want the United
States to prevent the landing of troops
at Shanghai.
Fifteen persons were killed by rail
road train striking an omnibus in
Pennsylvania.
Congressman Overstreet says the
Republicans must work hard to control
the next house.
Encouraging developments are re
ported from the Sumpter district of
Eastern Oregon.
Six persons were killed in an Italian
railroad wreck. The king and queen
went to the scene.
An advance guard of the internation
al column has pushed on from Yang
Tsun to oocupy Tsai Tsun.
A London newspaper correspondent
writes a bitter complaint of the con
duct of affairs in South Africa.
The French press and people are not
pleased with tbto appointment of Von
Waldersee as commander-in-chief.
If there enters your soul a sense of
peace which makes you forget all that
is behind you, all that is mournful and
confused in your past, that is God.
Some time ago the Princeton, N. J.,
university presented to the British
museum 250 specimens of North Ameri
can birds' eggs many of them of rare
species. Now the British museum re
ciprocates by presenting to the Prince
ton university 2,000 mounted birds, in
cluding brilliant specimens from India,
Australia and the Malay islands.
GOOD SALMON CATCH
Yielded More Money This
Year Than Last.
FISH WERE OF FINEST QUALITY
Detailed Estimate of the Individual
CstohH and Comparison it
Those of Last Tear.
Astoria, August 13. The fishing sea
son just closed on the Columbia river
baa been a remarkable one in several
particulars. While the run of salmon
has been light and the pack is small
compared with that of former years, the
price of raw fish has been such that
more money has been paid to the fish
ermen, trapmen and seiners for their
labor than for several seasons. The
quality of the fish caught has been ex
ceptionally good, commanding the
highest market figures, and, notwith
standing the advance in raw fish; the
packers have sold their product at
prices which netted them a much bet
ter profit than they received a year ago.
Thus, while the pack shows a slight
falling off from that of 1899, the season
of 1900 can be regarded as a more suc
cessful one so far as the profits of all
directly engaged in 'the industry are
concerned.
Official figures show the spring pack
on the Columiba river for the season
of 1899 to have been 278.000 cases.
While it is impossible at this time to
get exact figures, a carefully prepared
estimate places .this season's pack at
262, 0M cases. This estimate is on a
basis f four dozen one-pound cans to
the case. About 40 per cent of the to
tal pack was put up by the Columbia
River Paokeni' Association, commonly
known as the combine, which consists
of a combination of 10 canneries. Be
sides the above, there were 1,600 tons,
or what would equal 50.000 cases, of
salmon shipped by the cold-storage
men. The estimated pack of the indi
vidual canneries, compared with the
estimate at the close of last season, ia
as follows in cases:
Canneries. 1899. 1900.
Union Fishermen's Co-operative.. 26,000 22,000
Kan bom 9,00
Columbia River Packing Co 14,500 13,000
Booth Packing Co 24,000 20,00C
McUowan. Chinook 7,500 14,000
McOowan, Cascades 8,000
Metier 16,000 14.U0U
Pillar Rock 12,000 28,000
Warren, Calhlamet 7,500 10,00(1
Warren, Cascades 17,000 11.000
Beulert 2,000 7,000
Colombia River Packers' Associa
tion, Astoria 132,500 102,000
Columbia River Packers' Associa
tion, Cascades 4,000
The Dalles Packing Co . 1.500
William Hume 3,000
Buckhelt Packing Co. 12,000
Totals 276,000 262,000
Battle With Bandits.
Good land, Kan., August 13. The
two men who held up a Union Pacific
passenger train near Hugo, Colo., last
Sunday, killing Mr. Fay and plunder
ing the passengers, were killed today
by a sheriff's posse at the Bartholo
mew ranch, three miles east of this
place. The robbers were located in
the house on the ranch in the morning,
and the posse lined up and cut off
escape. After a fusillade between
the robbers and the posse, in which
Riggs and Cullens, deputies, were shot,
one of the robbers jumed from a win
dow and sought to escape, but was shot
to death. The posse then lay siege to
the house in whichthe remaining rob
ber stood guard with a Winchester,
and finally succeeded in Betting fire to
the building, which was destroyed
with its occupant. The robbers have
not yet been identified.
The Hot Wave.
Philadelphia, August 13. The in
tense heat today resulted in two deaths
and 20 prostrations. The maximum
temperature, 98 degrees, was reached
at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The mini
mum was 80 at 4 o'clock this morning
At 8 o'clock the mercury had reached
the 85 mark, and by 10 o'clock bad
jumped to 92. At noon three addition
al degrees were noted, and at 2 o'clock
96 degrees was registered. The aver
age for the past four days has bee,
higher than for any similar period on
record. Many large factories through
out the city are working on half time,
the heat of the afternoon being too great
for the employes to endure.
Floods la New South Wales.
Victoria, B. C, August 13. News
brought from Australia by tne steamer
Aorangi is to the effect that terrible
floods oOourred in New South Wales
during July, as a result of which some
hundreds of people were rendered home
less, while the property loss was
enormous. People had to flee for their
lives from the floods, while the result
of -years of labor was swept away in a
few hours. Hawkesbury and the Na
pean valley suffered most. Appeals
are being made for aid throughout Au
stralia. Glass Factories to Start Up.
Pittsburg. Pa., August 13. The of
ficials of the American Window Glass
Company announce that all the factor
ies in the country controlled by that
combination will be started up Sep
tember 1, with the exception of one
plant in this city. No date has been
fixed for a wage conference with the
employes and the window glass manu
facturers. Colorado Sues Pullman Company.
Denver, August 13. The state of
Colorado today began a suit against
the Pullman Palace Car Company for
$11,085, which it is claimed Is due the
state as an incorporation fee. The
company is incorporated in this state
for only $100,000, while in Illinois it is
incorporated with a capital of $74,
000,000. The suit is brought to force
the company to incorporate anew here
and pay the incorporation tax on its
entire capital.
PLOT TO CAPTURE "BOBS."
A Bald Boar Conspiracy Nipped In the
Bud.
London, August 13. The Daily
News has the following dispatch from
Pretoria, dated August 9:
' 'A plot to shoot all the British offi
cers and to make Lord Roberts a pris
oner has been opportunely discovered.
Ten of the ringleaders were arrested
and are now in jail.
"It is probable that it is ""part of a
conspiracy of which the attempted ris
ing at Kannersburg was the first indi
cation." Details of the Plot.
Pretoria, August 13. Everything
was prepared in the plot to make Lord
Roberts a prisoner and shoot the Brit
ish officers, and the conspiracy was only
discovered at the last moment. The
conspirators numbered about 15. They
had planned to set fire to the houses in
the extreme western end of the city,
hoping that the troops would be con
centrated there. The plan was that
the conspirators wore forcibly to enter
all houses occupied by British officers
and kill the occupants. The Boer sym
pathizers were acquainted with the
plot, and several had been told off t
secure the person of Lord Roberts ann
to hurry with him to the nearest com
mando. Horses bad been obtained for
this purpose. The affair has created a
tremendous sensation.
Pretoriaus Involved.
Pretoria, August 13. The plot dis
covered to make a prisoner of Lord
Roberts and shoot all the British offi
cers, included a number of the towns
people, who were in communication
with the enemy. It was arranged that
the capture and killing should take
place on the evening of Tuesday last.
Intense indignation prevails throughout
the army, and the general opinion is
that the leniency of the British invited
such a conspiracy. It is considered
that no measure for the repression of
such plots can be too strong.
HOT WEATHER IN THE EAST.
All Records Broken in Chicago Many
Deaths and Prostrations.
Chicago, August 13. Hot weather
records for this city were broken again
today. For 25 years, or since the
weather bureau was established, there
has been but one term ot hot weather
in which the mercury reached 90 for
five consecutive days. The average
maximum temperature for these five
days was 92. There have been now
six days on which the temperature has
gone above 90, and the average max
imum for the six days has been 93.5.
Today was the hottest of the present
season, the mercury reaching 95 in the
Auditorium tower at 3 o'clock. On
the street it was two degrees warmer
than in the tower. ,
The prolonged heat is having a seri
ous effect on business. All those who
can leave the city for points along the
lake shore and the woods are going,
and many have materially curtailed
their hours of labor. Gangs of labor
ers all over the city laid offeduring the
afternoon. There were ioajpdeaths due
to the heat, and 29 prostrations, three
ol which are expected to prove fatal.
The four deaths today make a total of
17 due directly to the heat. It is esti
mated that over 100 deaths of people
already ill have been hastened by the
weather of this week.
For the week the mortality list has
been mounting with great rapidity, the
ia crease being attributed entirely to
the heat. There were 465 deaths last
week., and with the present ratio of
increase there will be 600 this week.
The ratio of deaths, according to the
coroner, will increase steadily as long
as the hot weather continues.
Cost of the Molineaui Trial.
New York, August 13. The convic
tion of Reland B. Molineanx for the
murder of Mrs. Kate Adams, it has
been ascertained from an authentic
source, was obtained at an expense to
New York county of more than $100,
000, says the Herald. One of the
chief causes of this enormous expense
was the large amount of money de
manded by handwriting expert.
Could Not Hear the Whistle.
Pendleton, Or., August 13. The
fast mail, east bound, struck the wag
on of J . C. Saltmarsh, a farmer driv
ing a four-horse team from town today,
throwing him a long distance from the
track. Saltmarsh suffered fracture of
the skull, and will die. He was deal
and could not hear the numerous
whistles of the engine.
Seal ins; Schooner Minnie Lost.
Victoria. B. C, August. 13. A
letter was received this morning, vie
Seattle, by Mrs. Jacobson, wife of the
owner and master of the sealing
schooner Minnie, in which was report
ed the total loss of that vessel in Bear
ing sea. The crew was saved. No de
tails are given. The schooner and
equipment were insured for $4,000.
British Force for China.
Simla, August 11. Including the
Fourth brigade, the strength of the
force proceeding to China is 446 Brit
ish officers, 1,064 non-commissioned
and native officers, 13,970 men, 11,850
followers, 1,150 drivers, 2,520 horses,
4,300 ponies and mules, 12 guns, 14
Maxims and 1,800 imperial serivoe
troops. It is expected that the entire
force will have sailed before the mid
dle of next month.
Cat to Pieces Under a Train.
Pocatello, Idaho, August 13. Jamei
Whalen, a butcher of this place, fell
between the cars of a moving freight
train three miles north of here tbii
forenoon, and was cut to pieces.
Whalen was intoxicated, and was steal
ing a ride.
Two Deaths in Pittsburg;.
Pittsburg, August 13. Today th
temperature registered 94 degrees.
Two deaths and seven prostrations were
resorted.
FIFTEEN WERE KILLED
Train Crashed Into a Loaded
Omnibus.
SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED
Accident Occurred at Grade-Crossing
Where No Watchman Is
.Employed.
Slatington, Pa., August 14. Fifteen
persons were instantly killed and 11
others, several of whom will die, were
seriously injured tonight iu a grade
crossing, about three miles from this
city, a passenger train on the Lehigh
Valley & New England railroad crash
ing into an omnibus containing 25 per
sons. All the dead and injured were
in the omnibus. But three of the oc
cupants escaped injury.
The omnibus passengers were re
turning to Slatington from a funeral .
The dead and injured were nearly all
relatives of Sophia Schoefer, whose
obsequies they had attended. The ac
cident occurred at 5 o'clock at a sharp
' curve. The train was a special, and
was running at a lively rate of speed.
The omnibus came along at a good
rate of speed, the occupants unconscious
of any impending danger. As the bus
swung around the curve the engine
came in sight. It was too late to stop
either the omnibus or the train, and,
as the driver of the former whipped up
the four horses to cross the track ahead
of the train, the latter crashed into its
middle. The occupants were thrown
in all directions, bruised and bleeding.
The 15 dead were killed outright.
Physicians and a special train were
sent from here and the injured were
taken to South Bethlehem.
No watchman is employed to warn
teams of pedestrians of any approach
ing train, and those living in the vicin
ity state it is impossible to hear an ap
proaching train. The horses drawing
the bus escaped unhurt.
DID DOUBLE CRIME.
Murdered His Friend and Bobbed the
Express.
Columbus, O., August 14. Charles
R. H. Ferreil, a former employe of the
Adams Express Company, was arrested
this afternoon in this city, and con
fessed to the killing of Messenger Lane
and the robbery of the way safe of the
Adams Express Company, on the Penn
sylvania east-bound train Friday night.
One thousand dollars of the money he
stole was recovered.
Ferrel was to have been married
Thursday next to Miss Lillian Costlow,
daughter of an engineer on the Pennsyl
vania line. He had been discharged
from the employ oi the Adams Express
Company, and confessed that the
motive of the robbery was to secure
money for the approaching wedding.
The money recovered he had given to
Miss Costlow to keep for him, saying
he had saved it from his earnings.
Ferreil is but 22 years of age. He was
at the home of his affianced and in her
company when placed under arrest.
When the officers took him into
custody he assumed a nonchalant de
meanor, but when he found that he
could no longer carry out the decep
tion, he made a full confession. After
his statement had been taken by Chief
of Police Tyler and he was led to a cell
in the police station, he was in a state
of nervous collapse, and orders were
given that he be watched closely to pre
vent his doing himself bodily injury.
The confession of Ferreil disclosed a
premeditated and blood curdling crime,
almost impossible to believe. He said
he had become desperate because of his
inability to secure employment and a
realization of the fact that he must
have money to defray the expenses of
his approaching marriage. The rob
bery, including the murder of Express
Messenger Lane, had been planned
carefully. Ferreil had no accomplices
and no confidants He knew Lane well.
In fact, they were friends, and he re
lied upon Lane's confidence to help
him execute the crime. He knew
that considerable money was always
carried by the messenger between St.
Louis and Colnmbus, and that he was
certain to secure a large sum if he rob
bed the way safe.
Nine Struck by Lightning.
New York, August 14. Nine persons
who sought shelter under trees in the
woods in the Bronx section during a
storm this evening, were struck by
lightning. They were James Brown,
a Hungarian tailor, of this city, hit
wife and five children, and Bertha
Lesohowitz and Bertha Silverman.
They were taken to Fordham hospital.
At a late hour tonight attending physi
cians said they thought Mrs. Brown,
two of her children and Bertha Silver
man could not possibly live. The
physicians said Bertha Leschowitz
would either die or become hopelessly
insane. The party was camping out.
Plague Situation at Manila.
Washington. August 14. Marine
I hospital service advices from Manila,
just received, state that the number of
plague cases there is diminishing. No
information has been officially commu
nicated here regarding the reported
action ot tne Singapore neaitn omcew
in quarantining against Manila.
Six Killed In a Train wreck in Italy.
I Rome, August 14. A train bearing
many notable persons, who had been
attending the recent ceremonies here,
collided with another a few miles out
side the city. Six persons were killed
outright, and several others fatally in
jured. The king and queen went im-
' mediately to the scene of the accident.
The names of the victims have not been
ascertained, but it is understood that
Grand Duke and Duchess Pierre, of
Russia, are safe.
FOUR KILLED BY A STORM.
Two Others Probably Fatally Injured
Wind and Lightning.
New York, August 16. In the storm
which passed over this section this af
ternoon, four persons were killed in
Brooklyn, and two others stand very
little chance of recovery from injuries
received. Thomas Dunn, 16 years of
age, was killed by lightning while
sheltering under a tree.
Frank Valentine was crushed in the
wreck of his barn that had been set on
fire by lightning and Clarence Weeks,
a farmhand, who was in the bam be
fore the lightning struck it, is missing.
Chauncey Lay, 16 years of age, became
entangled in an electric wire and was
burned to death.
l-anme Bryne, 17 years old, was
badly burned and shocked in alighting
irom a .Brooklyn Heights trolley car
during the storm. The arm of the
trolley car broke and fell upon Miss
Bryne'8 shoulder. She tried to push it
from her and was badly shocked. Her
life is despaired of.
Angelina Rosa, SO years of age
stepped upon a live electric wire and
was burned and shocked so badly that
she may die.
At lenany, a. J., Lizzie Worth was
killed and her mother and two sisters
were severely injured by a bolt ol
lightning that they will probably die.
DEATH RATE IN HONOLULU.
Alarmingly High. Especially Among
Natives and Japanese.
Honolulu, August 6. The health re
ports for the months of June and July
show an alarming increase in the death
rate, especially among native Hawaii
ans and Japanese of the Island of Ohau,
which has the only complete records
In June the number of deaths pel
thousand was 45; in July 49.68. The
increase for the past few years, as
shown by tables just compiled, hat
aroused a great deal of discussion. In
1896 the July deaths numbered 48.
Since then the figures have jumped tc
59, 75, 93 and this year 114.
Consumption heads the list of dis
eases, causing deaths in almost every
month, and there is agitation foi strict
measures to quarantine patients. The
board of health is discussing a quaran
tine against consumption, as many peo
ple come here from other places to en
joy the mild climate, and it is believe
that they are a source of danger to the
population.
Typhoid fever has also claimed i
good many victims lately, a slight epi
demic having developed in one district
of Honolulu.
The TJnited States courts in Hawaii
were formally inaugurated today by
Judge M. M. Estee.
Strike at Marseilles.
Marseilles, August 15. The strike
of the firemen of the Trans-Atlantic
Steamship Company, which began thi
morning, seriously interferred with the
arrangements for the departure of the
transports, only one, the Polynesian,
getting away. The strikers of the oth
ers left the vessels. This afternoon the
strikers tried to prevent the Polynesian
leaving the harbor, by blocking tht
entrance with a number of barges. Ten
strikers entered by the scuttles and
threatened the firemen with death.
They were placed under arrest. It wai
only with great difficulty that the com
pany's tugs succeeded in driving the
barges toward the quays, where all the
manifestants, some 50, were arrested.
Filipinos Surrender.
Washington, August 14. The wai
department received today the follow
ing dispatch containing cheerful newt
from General MacArthur:
' 'Manila, August 14. Adjutant-Gen
eral, Wasbingotn: Colonel Grassa
August 11. in the vicinity of Taug, sur
rendered command to Colonel Free
man, Twenty-fourth United States in
fantry, consisting "of one major, si?
captains, six lieutenants, 169 men, IOC
rifles and 50 bolos.
"MacARTHUR."
Two Fatally Shot by Bobbers.
St. Joseph, Mo., August 14. Josepl
Phelpot and Frank Craig, both wealth;
stockmen, were fatally shot, near theii
homes, three miles from Nodaway
Mo., early this morning by two mei
who attempted a hold-up. The stock
men had visited the St. Joseph marke
with cattle, and the robbers doubtlesi
expected to secure a large sum o
money, which had already been de
posited in a bank here.
Still Fighting in Columbia.
Kingtson, Jamaica, August 15.
There was heavy fighting last weel
south of Carthagena, Colombia. The
rebels lost heavily, and retreated.
Writers describe the suffering of the
people as very great. One says thai
a disorder resembling bnbonio plagui
has developed at Panama. So mam
were killed in the last battle at Pana
ma that some of the bodies had to b
burned.
Suicide of an Indian Family.
Burns, Or., August 14. A few days
ago, Snowdie, a Piute Indian of thii
county, committed suicide by eating
wild parsnips. Last week; his child,
a 14-year-old girl, on account of bad
health, ended her life in the same way.
Her mother, upon finding the child
dead, procured some parsnips, and, eat
ing them, also ended her life It it
unusual for Indians to commit suicide.
Germany will land troops to protec
her interests in the Yangtse valley.
Newark Goes to Cavite.
Washington, August 15. Actinj
Secretary Hackett, of the navy depart
ment, today received a dispactb froa
Admiral Kempff, stating the cruisei
Newark, his flagship, has sailed from
Nagasaki for Cavite. The Newark hai
been for some time past in Chines
waters, and was in the vicinity of tb
operations at the time the Taku forti
were taken. It is presumed here the
trip to the naval station at Cavite ii
for the purpose of making some neces
sary repairs. ,
NO TIME FOR PEACE
The Ministers Must First Be
Liberated.
REPLY TO THE CHINESE EDICT
America's Firm Position In This Mattes
Is Unchanged A Message
From Conger.
Washington, August 15.-The reply
of the United States government to
China's overtures for peace was made
public early in the day, showing the
firm and final position that had been
taken. AVhile expressing satisfaction
at this peace step, the reply states that
it is evident "that there can be no gen
eral negotiations between China and
the powers" so long as the ministers
and legationers are restrained and in
danger, and then follows a specific
statement of what the United States
expects as a condition precedent to a
cessation of hostilites. viz.: That a
body of the relief force be permitted to
"enter Pekin unmolested" and escort
the ministers back to Tien Tsin. The
text of the American reply is as fol
lows "Memorandum: Touching the im
perial edict of August 8, appointing Li
Hung Chang envoy plenipotentiary to
conduct negotiations on the part of
China with the powers, and the request
for a cessation of hostilities pending
negotiations, communicated to Mr.
Adee by Mr. Wu on the 12th of Au
gust, 1900.
"The government of the United
States learned with satisfaction of the
appointment of Earl Li Hung Chang as
envoy plenipotentiary to conduct nego
tiations with tne powers, and will, on
its part, enter upon such negotiations
with a desire to continue the friendly
relations so long existing between the
two countries. It is evident that there
can be no general negotiations between
China and the powers so long as the
ministers of the powers and the persons
under their protection remain in their
present position of restraint and danger,
and that the powers cannot cease their
efforts for their delivery of those repre
sentatives to which they are constrain
ed by the highest consideration of
national honor, except under an ar
rangement adequate to accomplish a
peaceable deliverance. We are ready
to enter into in arrangement between
the powers and the Chinese government
for a cessation of hostile demonstra
tions on condition that a sufficient
body of the forces composing the relief
expedition shall be permitted to enter
Pekin unmolested and to escort the for
eign ministers and residents back to
Tien Tsin, this movement being pro
vided and secured by such arms and
dispositions of troops as shall be con
sidered safe by the generals command
ing the forces composing the relief ex
pedition. ALVAL A. ADEE.
"Acting Secretary.
"Department of State, Washington,
August 13, 1900."
Message From Conger.
A dispatch was received from General
Phaffpfi trflnnmittinir a mcssao-e he had
received from Minister Conger. Evi
dently tne message naa ueeu aeiayea
lnni7 in machine him. and his own dis
patch was dated four days ago. The
dispatch was as follows:
" Arlintant-Mnnfiral. Washington
Toitsun, 8th Message received today:
'Pekin, August 4. We will hold until
your arrival. Hope it will be soon.
Send such information as you can.
Conger.' CHAFFE."
Three Men Killed.
Nnw York. August 15. Three em
ployes in the New York Steam Heating
Company were killed this morning by
the explosion of a 15-inch pipe elbow.
They are: Frank Sherrick, of Jersey
City; George Jenkins, Edward Brown,
colored, of this city. Jackson and
Brown tried to crawl out, but were
overcome and suffocated. Sherrick
was on the second floor, in the fire
room and was suffocated bv the steam.
Others seriously injured were sent
home. W. J. David, the engineer, wag
arrested.
More Pay for Operators.
Pittsburg, August 15. After several
conierences with the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad officials, the Order of Railway
Telegraphers has secured recognition of
the order and a readjustment of wages
and conditions, which will mean an
advance and betterment to the majority
of 2,000 or more operators employed on
the Baltimore & Ohio system. In
some instances, the advance will be
between $5 and $10 a month.
Illinois' Wheat Crop.
Springfield, 111., August 15. The
state board of agriculture issued a bul
letin today stating that the winter
wheat crop of Illinois amounts to 20,-
677,000 bushels, the largest since 1896.
The quality is excellent, and at the
price of August 1, 68 cents, its value
is $14,169,000, the toest returns since
1894.
Explosion In Shanghai.
shanchni. August 15. A native
nowder magazine exploded last night.
Tha lirnnnim is not known. Foreigners
are not admitted within the magazine
enclosure.
Baltimore Dock strike..
Baltimore, August 15. The strike of
000 union stevedores is assuming an
ugly aspect, in which minor dis
turbances are of daily occurrence. A
big crowd last night attacked a .street
car at Locust Point, in which were a
number of non-union colored men- One
of the negroes drew a pistol and fired
five shots into the crowd of men, wo
men and boys who were following
them. Three of the shots took effect,
wounding Harry Presser, Joseph l'euseb
and Arthur Raynier.