CORVALLI8
WEEKLY.
l'MO E.lah. July. 1SW7.
GAZETTE! Eatab. Dee., 1862.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
COKVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1900.
VOL. XXX VII. NO. 35.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TORSE TICKS FRO. iHE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
-he Two Hemispheres Pres it
la Cor'lensed Aval-
Fort Sherman, Idaho, is unsuitable
for an Indian school.
Ex-Secretary Boutwell announces
that he will vote for Bryan.
Seven persons were killed in a train
wreck near Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Frink slate went through the
Washington Republican convention.
The war department publishes Fili
pino correspondence captured by Fun
s ton.
Pritchard Morgan says the powers
have decided on a new form of govern
ment for China.
General Chaffee repotted the allies
at Ma Tou, 20 miles from Pekin, three
or four days ago.
Preparations to extend the railroad
down the Yukon from White Horse to
Selkirk, are in progress.
China will send a high official to
Tung Chow to arrange for delivering
the foreigners to the allies.
Foreign and domestic wheat markets
have a downward tendncy, and the
local situation continues dull.
Oregon supreme court decides that
district attorney's fee must be deposit
ed with clerk when divorce suits are
tiled.
The transport Thomas, which left
Nagasaki August 10, will bring 210
sick and four insane soldiers from the
Philippines.
Severe floods have occurred in Japan
and it is reported that 2,200 persons
have been drowned. Railway traffic is
interrupted.
Three lives were sacrificed by fire as
the result of an explosion of natural
gas in Thirty-fourth street, Chicago.
Three other persons are supposed to be
in the rnins.
Secretary Gage, of the treasury de
partment, ays that as long as the
United States maintains the gold stand
ard and keeps the public credit good it
can retain for its own use all the gold
it needs.
A severe hailstorm destroyed 40,000
acres of the finest grain in North Da
kota, even that cut and in the shock
being destroyed. Many of the hail
stons were from three to four inches in
diameter.
.Maurice Brennan, who is under ar
rest at St. Louis, charged with being
a dynamiter, was indentified as one of
the men connected with the blowing
np of the stieet cais in the soutnern
part of the city several weeks ago.
Theodore Roosevelt will not visit the
Pacific coast.
Shanghai has word that the Pekin le
agtions were desperately attacked Aug
ust 8.
In a collision near Colorado Springs,
Colo., two passengers were killed and
five injured.
President Kruger has applied for a
temporary asylum in the American
consulate at Lourenco Marques.
C. P. Huntington, president of the
Southern Pacific railroad, died in the
Adirondacks, N. Y., of heart disease.
The army of the Philippines elected
General F. V. Greene president, Gen
eral O. Summers as second vice
president. The clothing factory of K. B. Olson
& Co , of Chicago, was destroyed by
fire, with a loss on buildings and goods
of $95,000.
Contractors are making close exam
ination of the route for the Klamath
Falls railway, preparatory to signing
the contract.
Steamer Deutschland made the run
from New York to Plymouth, England,
in 5 days. 11 hours and 45 minuter,
breaking the record.
Bob Fitzsimmons and Tom Sharkey
have been matched to fight August 25
before the Coney Island Club for a
purse of $25,000. Charley White is to
be referee.
The question of making the perma
nent repairs on the Oregon at home in
stead of in Japan has been discussed by
some of the authorities of the navy de
partment and may result in her being
brought back to the Pacific coast.
The official report of the Colombian
government commander in the recent
battle at Panama says the rebel casual
ties were 600 and those of the govern
ment 100. The commander intimates
that the consuls favored the rebels, and
that their intervention was dangerous
and pernicious.
The detective bnrean of New York
City, is looking for Antonio Pesce, a
banker, with offices in that city. He
has mysteriously disappeared. Scores
of excited Italian depositors have
thronged Pesce's offices, and it is re
ported to the police that the banker
has gone to Italy, taking with him
$16,000.
Petrolenm fields of some importance
are being opened in Japan.
Belgium is one of the few countries
in which the death penalty, though
still part of the criminal code, is never
enforced, in deference to public opin
ion. Three women, the wives of famous
husbands, have been accorded the honor
of burial in Westminster Abbey. They
are Lady Palmerston, Lady Augusta
Stanley, wife of Dean Stanley, and
Mrs. Gladstone.
LATER NEWS.
Count von Waldersee started for
China.
Roumania and Bulgaria are on the
verge of war.
The emperor and empress dowager
have left Pekin.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada, will
support McKinley.
A tornado did great damage in sev
eral Wisconsin towns.
Ex-Senator John J. Ingalls left an
estate valued at $250,000.
Japanese are beginning to distrust
the Continental Europeans.
Chicago's population as shown by
the United States census, is 1,698.575.
More rebels are reported to have sur
rendered in the United States of Co
lo m bia.
A drunken Kansas doctor killed three
persons, and was shot dead by a sher
iff's son.
William M. Johnson, of New Jersey,
succeeds Perry Heath as assistant
postmaster-general .
Lord Roberts issued a proclamation
prescribing severe penalties for Boers
who violate their oaths.
Estimates of the shortage in the
Pacific roast salmon pack vary between
600,000 and 1,000,000 cases.
A posoffice employe killed a Kansas
City woman and wounded her husband
as a result of a quarrel over rent.
The Chinese government asks that
Conger or some other American be ap
pointed to open peace negotiations.
The Willamette valley hop crop, is
practically out of danger. The yield
will be heavy and prices, re advancing.
The state Board of agriculture ordsrs
the erection of 150 additional stalls for
livestock exhibit at the state fair at
Salem, Or.
Caleb Powers, ex-secretary of state
of Kentucky, issued a statement in
which he declares his innocence, and
says he had a poltical trial.
The reported of the plague in Manila
for the two weeks ending July 17, af
just reported to the murine hospita
service, is seven new cases and five
deaths. Ol the new cases four were
Filipinos and three Chinese.
The Kansas City firemen, in a class
created at the Paris exposition for paid
firemen, won the world's champion
ship cup. The officers received gold
medals, and silver medals and the
money prize, 600 francs, was divided
among the officers and men. The min
ister of war. General Andre, presented
the prizes to Captain Hale. Portugal
won the volunteer championship.
American troops shared in the as
sault on Pekin.
Fire in Wellington, Ohio, caused a
loss of $50,000.
Frenchmen accuse Euuland of dupli
city at Shanghai. ,
Unirrigated crops in Idaho are suf
fering fiom drouth.
Another attempt was made to assas
sinate the shah of Persia.
The Typographical Union has refused
to enter the political field.
Two persons were killed in an acci
dent at the Paris exposition.
The population of Greater New York
is shown by the census to be 3,437,202.
Four deaths and 15 prostrations as a
result of another hot wave in Chicago.
Steel mills at Wilmington, Dela
ware, shut down, affecting 1,500 men
The Shanghai muddle is beginning to
assume a serious aspect, international
tioops being landed.
Fuget sound salmon pack for this
season is about 199,000 cases, compared
with 528.000 for 1899.
Philip Koenigberger, a New York
tobacco dealer, cut his throat in. a bar
ber shop in San Francisco.
Caleb Powers was convicted of com
plicity of in the Goebel murder and
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Lord Robeitu will be recalled from
Africa in October and appointed commander-in-chief
of the British army.
War in China caused the closing of
a large mill in Biddeford. Me., throw
ling 3,000 hands out of employment.
Shipments of lumber from the state
of Washington for the year just ended
amount, approximately, to $7,500,000.
Foreign anarchists, said to have
come to this country to assassinate
President McKinley, are under' arrest
at New York.
Ex-President Ignacio Andrade, who
was deposed from the presidency of
Venezuela and succeeded by Cipriano
Castro, the present incumbent, is dead.
A forest fire near Encampment,
Wyoming, has burned over a territory
eight by 10 miles in extent and now
threatens two towns. Two thousand
sheep and one man have perished in the
flames.
The general attack on Pekin began
August 15, in the morning, when the
Japanese demolished the Cham Chang
Lang and Tong Chi gates and entered
the capital. The other armies entered
by the Tong Quien gate, and sent de
tachments at once to the legations,
where the ministers were found safe.
An Atlanta jury decided that a wife
is responsible for the burial expenses
of her husband.
Cheap lands in Nebraska have been
taken up so rapidly that few desirable
acres remain.
An addition of two miles will short
ly be made to the fine avenues on the
Gettysburg battlefield.
The Kansas City produce exchange
has adopted a plan for selling eggs by
weight instead of by the dozen.
TICKET IS RATIFIED
The Frink Slate Adopted by
Washington Republicans. ,
ALL BUT ONE BY ACCLAMATION
A Slight Contest Over Nomination of
Superintendent of Schools The
Platform Put Forth.
Congressmen W. L. Jones, of Yaki
ma; F. W. Cushman, of Pierce.
Governor J. M. Frink, of King.
Lieutenant-Governor H. G. Mo
Bride, of Skagit.
Secretary ol State S. H. Nichols, of
Snohomish.
Treasurer C. W. Maynard, of
Lewis.
Auditor 3. D. Atkinson, of Chelan.
Attorney -General W. B. Stratton.
of Pacific.
Land Commissioner Samnel A. Cal
vert, of Whatcom.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
R. B. Bryan, of Chehalis.
Judges of Supreme Court Wallace
Mount, of Spokane; R. O. Dunbar, of
Thurston.
Presidential Electors Chas. Sweeny,
of Spokane; J. M. Boyd, of Okanogan;
F. W. Hastings, of Jefferson; S. G.
Cosgrove, of Garfield.
Tacoma, Wash., August 17. J. M.
Frink, of King, was nominated for
governor by acclamation at the Repub
lican state convention today. Every
candidate on the Frink slate was suc
cessful. All were named without con
test, with one exception, the candidate
for superintendent of public instruc
tion, R. B. Bryan, of Chehalis. Pro
fessor Bryan appears to be objectional
to many leadeis of the state, who are
not satisfied with his former adminis
tration of the office, and a very sharp
fight was organized against him. It
resulted in nothing except an acrimon
ious discussion in the King county del
egation. Several delegates insisted on
voting for Professor Layhue, and ap
pealed to the convention to be permit
ted to cast their votes, despite the unit
rule enforced in the Seattle delegation.
The King county leaders violently pro
tested, and a very lively row ensued,
to the edification of the convention,
and the great delight of Pierce county,
who was seated near. Bryan was
nominated by a small majority.
The Platform.
The following platform was unani
mously adopted:
' 'Four years ago, the Republicans of
Washington met to mourn over uni
versal calamity and despair under
Democratio rule. Today we meet to
rejoice over universal prosperity and
happiness under Republican rule.
Democratic theories become dangerous
when coupled with political power;
and they are not improved by a mon
grel mixture of free silver and Popnlist
vagaries They can be rendered harm
less only by maintaining Republican
rule in the nation, state and county;
and to such maintenance we pledge our
strongest effort.
' ' We are proud of President McKin
ley, and indorse his able, fearless and
patriotio administration. Under his
leadership protection and reciprocity
have again been restored to their proper
place in public law; the Hawaiian
islands have become part of the Union;
Spain has been compelled to lift her
heaw hand from off the Western hem
isphere; Cuba has been made free;
Porto Rico is happy under our flag;
the Philippines are rapidly learning to
appreciate and accept that kind of lib
erty which is known and understood
only by the American people; our
army and navy have been ably sus
tained; the honor of our flag has been
maintained at home and abroad.
"We indorse the Republican national
platform adopted at Philadelphia, and
commend it to voters of this state as
an able exposition of Republican doc
trine and of correct public policy.
"We unreservedly indorse and ap
prove the work of Senator Addison G.
Foster and Congressmen W. L. Jones
end F. W. Cnshman in behalf of the
state.
"We favor the building of railroads
within our state as an essential means
of its development and growth. ,
"We stand for the loyalty of the flag;
for the gold standard of value for all
our money; for protection and reci
procity; for the Niearaguan canal,
owned, operated and defended by the
United States; for the election of Unit
ed States senators by direct vote of the
people; for the further enlargement of
our trade and commerce; for the im
mediate rescue of our people imperiled
in China, and for ample restitution for
loss of life and property therein.
"In concluding this address to the
voters of the state of Washington we
invite their aid and co-operation upon
the principles and purposes herein enu
merated, without regard to past politi
cal affiliations, in the firm belief that
the best conduct of our public affairs
will be assured bv this convention."
Fort Snelling. Minn., August 17.
The depot battalion of the Eighth in
fantry, United States army, started for
China via San Fiancisco today, under
command of Major W. L. Pitcher.
There were 500 men in line.
Safe Conduct of Ministers.
Washington, August 17. The state
ment was made tonight on reliable au
thority that the Pekin government
would designate some high official to
meet the commanders of the allied
armies at Tung Chow and agree with
them on some measure for the safe
conduct of the members of the foreign
legations in the capital. Information
to this effect was received here today.
The hop yield of California is re-
I ported to be short.
THREE TRANSPORTS SAIL.
Warren Carries Over One Thousand
Troops to China.
San Francisco, August 20. Three
transports sailed for the Orient. The
Warren carried the headquarters, band
and two squadrons of the Ninth (col
ored) cavalry, under command of Col
oriel McGregor; 75 hospital corps men,
under command oi Surgeon-Major Ives;
138 recruits for the Ninth infantry.
166 driveis and other government em
ployes and also a detachment of hospit
al corps men for Manila. The Warren
also carried $1,500,000. According to
present arrangements the tioops will
be transferred at Nagasaki to a trans
port that will take them to Takn. The
Warren will then pioceed to Manila
with a few officers and men together
with freight. There are 1,100 troops
and civilians on the transport, and the
cabin accommodations are taxed to
their full limit. It was necessay to
leave considerable supplies on the dock,
owing to laok of room.
The Aztec sailed for Kobe with 500
horses and mules for China, and the
Siam sailed for Manila via Guam with
5,000 tons of freight.
The general hospital at the Presidio
is to be enlarged to accommodate the
extraordinary detachments of sick and
wounded on the way here from the
Philippines and China. Fifty wall
tents will be erected inside the in
cisure at the rear of the hospital and
a large tent to serve as a ward.
The Seventh Artillery.
Washington, August 20. Light bat
tery M, Seventh artillery, which has
been stationed at Washington barracks
for seveial months, will leave here
Friday for San Francisco, en route to
China. Light Battery F, Second artil
lery, has arrived here from Cuba to re
lieve Battery M, and will garrison the
aresnal post for the present. At San
Francisco the troops from Washington
will be joined by light battery C, alBO
of the Seventh artilley, and will sail
on the first available transport. The
equipment of Battery M. including
horses, has been shipped to San Fran
cisco. Second Infantry Hurrying West.
Kansas City, August 20. Five
hundred and fifty soldiers of the Sec
ond United States infantry, destined
for service in China, being rushed
through to San Francisco from Foit
Thomas, Ky.. arrived here from Chi
cago this afternoon, with their officers
and equipments, and were hurried on
west.
COLOMBIA'S TROUBLES.
President Has Resigned and the Vice
President SnecSeds Htm.
New York, August 20. A cable
dispatch was received here from Bo
gota, announcing the resignation of
President Sanctlemete, of the republic
of Colombia. Vice-President Marro
quin will serve out the foar years that
remain of his term. The action of
Senor Sanctlemete will bring about a
change in the political system of Co
lombia, and may even end the revolu
tion which has been in progress for 10
months.
Intervention of Consuls.
Colon, Colombia, August 20. The
following is the full text of the state
ment regarding the alleged interven
tion of the foreign consuls during the
recent fighting in Panama, as contain
ed in the official report of General Sa
lazar, commanding the government
forces, General to Alban, civil governor
and military chief of the province of
Panama, who was in command of the
garrison when the city was attacked
by the revolutionists:
"The revolutionary leaders, after
taking positions around Panama, placed
themselves in communication with
several foreign consuls, hoping that
their intervention would lead to the
surrender of the city. The interven
tion of the consuls produced such dan
gerous and pernicious effects, morally,
that only the resolution of General
Alban averted serious consequences."
HEIR TO MILLIONS A PAUPER.
Fills Pauper's Grave Beeanse of the
Provisions of a Will.
San Francisco, August 18. The Ex
aminer says: Asa Packer Wilber, one
of the heirs to the $20,000,000 estate
left by Asa Packer, the Pennslvania
railroad king and coal baron, has died
in poverty in this city, and yesterday
was buried in a pauper's grave. He
was a victim ot the morphine habit,
and until a few days ago worked at in
tervals for J. P. Bogard, proprietor of a
dramatic paper, to whom he assigned
half of his prospective estate.
He was a nephew of Asa Packer,
whose will made over his immense
estate to his children, but contained
a cianse that should they die without
issue the estate was to revert to two
brothers, named Elisha and Jeremiah
Wilber, who were related to Packer by
marriage, or in case of their death to
their direct heirs. Elisha Wilber
took charge of the Lehigh Valley rail
road and the Packer coal properties
and operated them, increasing the
value of the property.
One by one the Packer ohildren
died, leaving no direct heirs, until only
one daughter is left. She has no chil
dren, and her life is said to be all that
stands between the Wilber family and
the Packer fortune.
Philadelphia, August 20. Three
freighters the British steamships Rey
nolds, Trevanian and Rathmoor- have
been cbi.rtared to carry coal from this
port to Fiance. It is stated that five
more vessels will be chartered for a
similar purpose. The miners' strikes
in Germany and Austria have resulted
in a scarcity of bituminous coal in
France, and for several weeks agents
of the French government have been
endeavoring to secure ships in England
and this country available for carrying
fuel. .
REPORT OF CHAFFEE
Admiral Remey Also Sends
Information.
SMALL AMERICAN LOSS AT PEKIN
Uncle Sam's Troops Entered the Lega
tion Grounds on the Evening
of the 14th.
Washington, August 21. From Gen
eral Chaffee today the war department
received official confirmation of the fall
ot Pekin and the rescue of the besieged
legationers. The dispatch of the
American commander was not long,
and contained but few details, but the
unconcealed satisfaction with which it
was received by officials of the admin
istration indicated clearly the anxiety
that had been engendered by his pro
longed silence. His last communica
tion to the government prior to the re
ceipt of today's advices was dated Aug
ust 11, at Ma Tou, almost 30 miles from
Pekin. The explanation of his silence
is suggested in advices received by the
navy department today from Admiral
Remey, who, telegraphing from Taku
on the 18th, says the telegraph line be
tween that point and Pekin is in
terrupted .
Ihe cablegram from Admiral Remey
contains some important information
not mentioned by General Chaffee.
He makes the startling statement, on
Japanese authority, that the inner city
of Pekin was being bombarded by the
allied forces. Admiral Remey says
also that the dowager empress is de
tained in the inner city by Prince Ynn
gedo. Advices received last night
from the foreign office at Tokio, Japan,
by the Japanese legation in this city
confirms and amplifies previous ac
counts of the capture of Pekin by the
allied troops.
Following is the text of the dispatch
from General Chaffee, as made public
by the war department:
"Che Foo, August 21, Pekin, Au
gust 15. We entered legation grounds
at 5 o'clock last night with Fourteenth
and light battery. Eight wounded
during day's fighting. Otherwise all
well. CHAFFEE."
The dispatch, which was received
during the morning, was transmitted
immediately to the president at the
white house. He expressed his gratifi
cation at the news it contained, par
ticularly at the small loss sustained by
the American troops.
It will be noted that the dispatch
indicates that the American troops en
tered the leeation grounds at 5 o'clock
on the evening of the 14th inst. By
the Washington officials and by several
legation officials to whom it was shown
the date of General Chaffee's commu
nication is regarded as an error of
transmission. It is believed that the
date "15" should be "16." NA11 prev
ious advices, official and unofficial,
have indicated that the legations were
relieved on the evening of the 15th,
Wednesday, after a day of sharp fight
ing. Minister Wn, the Chinese repre
sentative, and Minister Takabira, of
Japan, were quite positive on this
point, all their official advices being
that the entrance to the city of Pekin
was effected early in the evening of
Wednesday, the 15th inst.
Big Ax Plant Burned.
Alexandria. Intl.. August 21. The
entire plant of the Kelly Ax Manufac
turing Company, valued, at $800,000,
was destroyed by fire tonight. It was
the largest ax facto; y in the world,
employing 900 men when running at
full force. The insurance on the plant
is thought to be $450,000. The fire is
thought to have originated from an
overheated boiler. The fire was dis
covered by the watchman, and the
woodwork between the boilers and the
grinding room was ablaze. The plant
was thoroughly equipped with an au
tomatic sprinkler, but owing to the
steam in the boilers being so low it
would not work. The great establish
ment was divided by a railroad switch,
and all of the buildings on one side
was burned. The burned district in
cludes the forging, drop, grinders, pol
ishers and pattern makers' depart
ments. In addition to the buildings,
machinery and half of the finished'
stock, $150,000 worth of manufactured
goods were destroyed.
0i Slain With a Hammer.
New York, August 21. Catherine
Scbarf, aged 22, was beaten to death
with a hammer in her rooms on the
second floor of 674 Second avenue,
some time between 7 P. M. and mid
night Saturday, the body not being
found until early this morning. Her
brother made the discovery when he
came home after midnight. The wo
man's body lay in a pool of blood, face
downward. Near by on the floor was
a bloody hammer and the rooms had
been ransacked of everything of value.
It is tbe opinion of the police that a
thief entered the bouse and was sur
prised in his work by the girl and that
he killed her to prevent identification.
Aberdeen, S. D., August 21. A
severe wind and rain storm is raging
in this city. At Columbia consider
able damage was done. The spire of
tbe Congregational church was blown
off , and numerous barns and other
buildings unroofed.
Ruse to Gain Information.
Cape .Town, August 21. General De
Wet's demand for the surrender of the
British force at Commando Nek is con
sidered as a pretense of gaining infor
mation. Finding that Commando Nek
was strongly garrisoned, Dewet re
sumed his march northward, shadowed
by General Baden-Powell.
Negroes Died From Heat.
Louisville, Ky., August 21. Two
negroes died at Louisville today from
heat. The maximum was 9S
STATEMENT OF POWERS.
Says His Trial Was Political and a
Judicial Farce.
Georgetown, Ky., August 22. Ca
leb Powers issued a statement to the
public tonight, in which he says:
"That one of the greatest judicial
farces known to history has been en
acted here in my trial, under the forms
of law, no well-informed man can
doubt. Innocenoe is no shield with
$100,000 and the methods of Campbell
ism against you. The rectitude of
one's past life counts for naught. They
say Taylor is guilty, because he was
at his office, and that I am gulity be
cause I was away from mine. This
has been a political trial 'throughout,
for political purposes, and no greater,
mistake has been made by the Demo
cratic party since they robbed us of the
offices to which we were fairly elected
by the people. From the beginning of
the campaign until now I have stood
with what little of merrit I have had
for the rights and liberties of the peo
ple. That is my crime. That is the
only offense I have committed. That
is the only thing they have proved
against me. I swore to that myself -in
testimony. I have never had, and I
now have no apology to make for be
ing true to the trust imposed upon me
by a majority of the voters of this
state. History will draw its dark
lines around those who have outraged
me and disgraced the judiciary and
blackened the history of the state."
$5,000 PACKAGE GONE.
Lost Somewhere Between Chicago and
Burlington, la.
Chicago, August 22. Somewhere
between Chicago and Burlington, la.,
an express package supposed to con
tain $25,000 is alleged to have gone
astray. ' The Commercial National
bank of this city sent the package to
the Burlington agent of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad a few
days ago on orders given from the Bur
lington headquarters in this city. The
money was sent by the Adams Express
Company. When the .money was sent
fiom the Chicago bank it was wrapped
in the usual way in which money is
transmitted. In due course of time the
Burlington agent of the railroad re
ceived a similar package, but it con
tained nothing by brown paper. The
wrapper containing the worthless pa
per was returned to Chicago and the
bank officials are certain it is not the
one sent by them. Representatives of
the corporations interested in the mat
ter spent a busy day today investigat
ing the mystery of the missing pack
age, and laying plans for the arrest ol
the robber, if the money was stolen
between Chicago and Burlington.
Drouth in Kansas.
Kansas City, August 22. Two-thirds
ot Kansas, west of the three eastermost
tiers of counties, is experiencing one
of the most severe droughts in the his
tory of the state, and tbe general opin
ion is that the Kansas corn crop will
be the smallest in proportion to its re
quirements for feeding, that has been
raised in many years. In 1899 there
was 225,000,000 bushels. Secretary
Coburn's report of conditions in Au
gust indicated a yield this year oi
about 145,000,000 bushels. Since
then there have been two weeks of hot,
dry weather, which has further materi
ally reduced conditions, and the most
liberal estimates ol well-informed men
on change do not exceed 10.000,000
bushels, while many place the crop at
not over 75,000,000 bushels. The plow
ing for winter wheat is delayed by the
dry condition of the soil. Pastures are
dry and stock water in many cisterns
is scarce.
Porto Rico Strikers Ask Aid.
New York, August 22. The Social
Democratic party received a letter to
day from Alwin Hushler, secretary of
the Federation Libre, a central labor
body of San Juan, Porto Rico, asking
for aid on behalf of a number of strike
leaders who were arrested there. The
letter started that the cigar makers,
painters, carpenters and bricklayers
were on a strike in San Juan, and the
strike was beginning to spread over the
whole island,. In all, 20 strike lead
ers were arrested. Tbe subject was
brought up at today's meeting of the
Central Federation Union, where the
letter was read, and it was decided to
send a contribution to the Porto Rico
strikers and also to ask President Mo
Kinlevto act in the matter.
Bodies Located Mine Still Burning.
Mahoney City. Pa., August 22. Af
ter many hours of desperate battling
with deadly white damp, one of the
successive rescuing parties succeeded
today in locating the bodies of George
and William Thompkiss and Charles
Iritis, who were entombed in the burn
ning colliery. The 60 mules which
were in the mine when it was discov
ered to be on fire are also dead, and
were raised to the surface today. The
fire is still burning fiercely, and the
mine officials are bending every effort
to extinguish the flames.
Son Killed Father.
Lincoln, Neb., August 22. James
N. Burnham, publisher of the Wymor
ean, at Wymore, Neb., shot and killed
his father. Captain Collins A. Burn
ham, at their home today. A coroner's
jury immediately exonerated the son.
Both father and son were prominent
political workers in the county in
which they reside. The killing was in
seif-defense. Ihe son gave himself to
the officers.
Collision In Paris.
Paris. August 20. A street-car col
lision, resulting in injuries to 35 per
sons, occurred last evening at the cor
ner of the Boulevard des Batignoles
and the Rue St. Petersburg, where
electric and horse lines cross. All the
injured will recover. No American
was hurt.
The United States army will aid des
titute miners at Cape Nome, feeding
there those that cannot be gotten home.
PITCH DARK AT NOON
Tornado Burst Over Town
of Sheboygan.
SWEPT AWAY ALL IN ITS PATH
Was Preceded by An Intense Heat Thai
No One Was Killed Seems Al-
w
most a Miracle.
Milwaukee, Wis.. Augnst 22. A
special from Sheboygan, Wis., says:
A terrific wind storm struck the city
this afternoon. The storm came very
suddenly from the north. Eight large
buildings were completely wrecked and
200 small houses were blown down.
The loss will be more than $300,000.
At noon it was dark as night and in
tensely hot. A few moments before 1
o'clock the storm broke, increasing in
force until a tornado was blowing.
Persons were thrown down and fences
and signs hurled hundreds of feet. The
storm raged for some minutes and
passed off to the south. The storm
started in the western pait of the city,
near the cemetery, and swept down on.
to the south side and off into the lake.
It was two miles wide and wrecked
everything in its path. All was over
in 10 minutes, although it seemed hours
to the panic-stricken people.
The roof Of the large warehouse of
the Crocker Company was blown off
and thrown against the large factory.
Tbe building was wrecked and a large
stock of chairs was left without protec
tion from the rain, which tell in tor
rents. The street car barns were wrecked,
and street cars were smashed to pieces.
The electric wires were all blown
down. The roof of the malthouse of
the Keneid-Schriver Brewing Company
was lifted from the building, carried
over 150 yards and thrown into the
street. It was carried over the huge
ventilators of the brewery. The
American Folding Bed Company's plant
was demolished and the sheds in the
Sim ball & Sons brickyard were blown
down and the debris scattered in every
direction.
Tbe storm struck the South Side Lu
theran church, and the steeple was
blown down on to two residences,
smashing in the roofs. The Fourth
ward school house, a beautiful build
ing, was completely wrecked, one side
and the front being blown in, causing
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down into the cellar. The plant of
th Opetenberg & Sonneman Company
was partially wrecked. Several freight
cars standing on the Northwestern rail
road' tracks were blown over on their
sides.
That no one was killed seems almost
a miracle. The wind wrecked build
ing after building, with the greatest
rapidity, and there was little warning
of the approach of the storm. The peo
ple in every oase were out of their
homes before the storm broke, and those
who were struck by flying debris were
only slightly injured. In the factories
the employes were in many cases
bruised and cut from wreckage.
The 5-year-old son of Mrs. Thomas
Atkins had a remarkable escape. The
house was torn into shreds and scat
tered about in the roadway. What
was leit of the house was only about
three or four timbers where the build
ing stood. The child was buried in the
ruins, and when found was standing in
the corner, with timber plied in front
of him in such a manner as to shield
him, and be escaped with only bruises.
Four box cars in the Chicago &
Northwestern yard were carried off tho
track and stood straight on end. Some
of the bricks from the Crocker Company's-
warehouse were thrown with
such force against the adjoining build
ings that they passed through the sides
of the buildings and yet no one was in
jured. Other portions of the building
of the Crocker Company were torn to
pieces. There is scarcely a whole pane
of glass left in the tornado district.
Telephone, electric light and trolley
wires and poles are torn down, and a
street, car has not run in the city since
the storm struck. Sidewalks and trees
were carried away like chaff.
The principal sufferer is tbe Crocker
Chair Company, whose loss is $250,
000. Three Bathers Drowned.
Cape May, N. J., August 22w EUen
Young, Salina Newliouser and Albert
J. Schwab, all of Philadelphia, were
drowned in the surf at Cape May point
today. They were bathing and got be
yond their depth. Schwab made a
noble effort to save his companions,
holding their unconscious bodies above
the water loi some time. Just as a
boat, whieh went to their rescue,
reached bia side, be loosened his grasp
on- the women and sank out of sight.
The women were taken ashore and,
although the usual methods for resusci
tating drowning people were resorted
to, they could not be bi ought back to
life.
Cattleman Assassinated.
Wichita. Kan. August 22. Mr..
Huff, oattleman and farmer, was shot
dead in his home in Custer county,
Oklahoma, Friday night by some one,
who fired through an open window.
The herd there is said to be the cause
of the crime and more trouble is feared.
Sergeant "Buck" Taylor.
Washington, August 22. Sergeant
"Buck" Taylor, 42 years old, known
as "King of the Cowboys," a dashing
i cavalryman, and one of the best-know u
of the Rough Kiders, died at ram:
dence hospital today of consumption,
tbe result of illness contracted during
the Cuban campaign. Taylor's correct
name is said to have been Berry F.
Tatum. He was the son of a former
well-to-do merchant of Montgomery,
Alt).