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Newspaper Page TextVALLIS GAZETTE. WEEKLY. I MOV Estah. July, 1897. GAZETTE Kstab. Dec, 1862. Consolidated Feb. 1899. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY? OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1SOO. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 37. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROi JflE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items From he Two Hemispheres Pres vU i in a Cor'lensed ivm A German gunboat has been ordered to Araoy. A plot to bnrn Shanghai has been discovered. Bryan has decided on an Eastern stump tour. Seventy missionaries from China reached Vancouver, B. C. Washington fusionists renominated John R. Rogers for governor. Nancy C. Eoff, great aunt of Gov ernor Geer, died at Macleay, Or. Bressi, the assassin of King Hum bert, was sentenced to life imprison ment. It is reported that Prince Tuan and 1,500 Boxers were killed in a great battle. Earl Li asks the appointment of sev eral Chinese officials to the list of peace makers. Yu, the governor of the province of Shen Si, is reported to have invited the foreigners in his province to come to his protection. About August 21, 50 accepted the invitation and all were massacred. It is said that the Standard Oil Com pany will soon be purchasing the pro duct of California wells, now having obtained in the East, a number of tanks for the storage, which will be located at Bakersfield, where ground has been secured for them. The United States transport Thomas arrived at San Francisco, 29 days from Manila, via Yokohama. She has on board 261 sick and wounded soldiers, SI military prisoners, 51 cabin passen gers, 173 in the steerage, and seven stowaways. Seven deaths occurred during the voyage. Dr. P. S. Kellogg, who has just re turned from two years' service as a sur geon in the Philippines, denies the charges of neglect on the transport Sherman, made by Captain Crenshaw, of Atlanta, in his ante-mortem state ment. Dr. Kellogg, who came home on the Sheiman with Ciensbaw, says the captain was badly wounded; that it was only a question of time when he should die, and it was at his own request that the captain was allowed to come home. Dr. Kellogg avers that Crenshaw had every possible attention, including the best physicians and nurses. Boxers attempted to mine the Ameri can legation. 4 A strike of 140,000 anthracite coal uiiiiers is threatened. General Chaffee is preparing to win ter 15,000 men in Pekin. The battle-ship Alabama averaged 17 knots on her official trial. The Nehalem and Tillamook fisher men's strike is at an end. Several of Minister Conger's guests have arrived at Tien Tsin. A movement to clear the country south of Pekin is in progress. Official American dispatches are be 4ng tampered with in China. From St. Petersburg it is reported that peace negotiations have begun. Primary returns indicate that Croker will "control the New York Democratic convention. Senator Scott, of West Virginia, says the Republicans will lose 100,000 votes in New York. Heavy righting is leported to have occurred at Machadodorp, between Boers and British. P. G. Stewart, member of the pro visional government of Oregon, is dead at Tacoma, Wash. Four townships surrounding Sho shone Falls, Idaho, have been reserved. for a national park. San Francisco's population, accord ing to the United States census, is 842, 7&1; Bostons', 560,892. Ten square miles of forest reserve in the San Gabriel reservation, near Los Angeles, CaL, have already been swept by tire, and still the names are devour ing the timber. It was reported from Sturtevant's Camp that the lire had spread on the north side of the west fork of' Che San Gabriel river and the south side of the Tejunga river, between Devil's canyon and the Short Cnt. . Jose Castroy Garcia, who was arrest ed in Havre, France, on July 20 last, charged with absconding from Porto Rico with 1 12,000 of United States funds, has arrived in New York. He was in the custody of Luis Barrios, assistant chief of the insular police of Poito Rico, who went to Havre to bring back the alleged embezzler. By his extradition the French government recognizes the sovereignty of the Unit ed States in Porto Rico. it is stated that Germany will take more first prizes at the Paris exposition than any other nation. Fifty residents of Massillon, O., left for Oklahoma, where they will take up claims on government land and estab lish a colony. The comptroller of the treasury has decided that a common carrier is respon sible for the loss of goods received by jt, even though such gooas are not ac companied by a bill of lading or snip ing aireciioua. LATER NEWS. The pay of Chinese officials has been stopped. Ex-Governor Llewellyn, of Kansas, is dead. The British garrison at Lady brand is invested. German troops have been landed at Wu Sung. Several forest fires are raging in Coos county, Oregon. An outbreak has occurred in Bohol, Philippine islands. The czar is trying to frustrate Em peror William's plans. War on the foreigners was ordeied by the empress dowager. The entire Democratic state ticket in Arkansas was elected. Lord Roberts has issued a proclama tion formally annexing the Transvaal. Labor day celebrations were held in many cities, Roosevelt and Bryan speaking in Chicago. Labor day was celebrated in St. Louis by a labor parade, wherein more than 25,000 men of all trades partici pated. In an altercation near Walla Walla, Emanuel Edwards shot and slightly wounded P. B. Knight in the left leg. The trouble is said to have started over a horse. Labor day was celebrated in Cincin nati by a parade of workingmen, esti mated from 12,000 to 15,000. It was the best-appointed procession ever seen there on Labor day. Santiago, Cuba, is experiencing the severest weather known since 1877. The lower part of the city is five feet under water. The firemen and police are assisting the sufferers. Having lived 26 years, Miss Emily H. Trevor, one of the most popular young womn of Yonkers, N. Y., has come into a fortune of $1,158,795. This large amount represents Miss Tre vors' Fhare left by her father, the late John B. Trevors, who died December 20. 1890. At a sheep slaughtering and dress ing exhibition at Indianapolis, Ind., Charles J. Gardner, of Indianapolis, broke the world's record. In 1898 he killed and dressed 10 sheep in 32 min utes and 9 seconds; this time he killed and dressed 10 sheep in 30 minutes and 22 seconds. So much of the general orders of August 1 last as direct Light Batteries C and M, Seventh artillery, for duty in China have been amended so as to direct those batteries to proceed instead to the Philippine islands for assign ment to a station. Major George Greenougb, Seventh artillery, has been ordered to accompany the batteries tc the Philippines. The public debt increased nearly $3, 000,000 in August. Philippine volunteers will begin re turning in November. There are 83 suspected cases ol plague in Glasgow, Scotland. Charles A. Towne 'opened the cam paign in Idaho for the Demorcats. General Otis has been assigned to command the department of the lakes. The governor of Shan Tung has 20, 000 men ready to oppose German ex pansion. Li Hung Chang is intriguing to set the foreigners to quarreling among themselves. Thirteen persons were killed and many injured by a railroad collision at Hatfield, Pa. The Chinese situation now depends on the responses of the powers to the Russo-American proposals. W. W. Rockhill, American commis sioner to China, says now is the time to settle the status of foreigners in China. The Brallamer copper mines, situated on Howe Sound, near Vancouver, B. C, have been sold to English capital ists for $2,000,000. A 18-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 16-year-old brother at Hutchinson, Kansas, while attempting to remove cartridges from a revolver. Secretary Fosters' annual report ol the cotton crop of the United States makes the crop for 1899-1900 9,436. 416 bales, against 11,274,840 last year. A tout 25,000 idle tin plate workers of the American Tinplate Company have resumed work, owing to the tin pi te makers agreeing to a new wage scale. Fire destroyed the plant and yards of the Otter Creek Lumber Company, at Hambleton, W. Va., with 12,000, 000 feet of lumber, causing a loss of $250,000. Six hundred longshoremen who went on a strike recently at the Erie rail way ore docks, returned to work pend ing a settlement of their grievances by arbitration. A serious conflagration occurred at Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, a few days ago, which consumed the general mer chandise establishment of F. A. Aguil Uhv The building covered an entire block and was the largest of its kind on the west coast of Mexico. The stock of goods carried was valued at $1,000,000, on which a loss of $300, 000 was sustained. English army experiment with a bi cycle corps as a defensive force is pro nounced a success. After living with her husband for 41 years a Topeka woman has discovered that he is not her affinity and asks divorce. Work has begun in Baltiomre on the silver serives for Rear-Admiral Schley, to be made from the silver coin cap tured on the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon. The cost, when completed, will be about $8,000. FUSION AT SEATTLE John R. Rogers Renominated for Governor. CONTEST WON ON EIGHTH BALLOT Begers Men Forced Nomination of Kob trhoD, of Spokane, and Bouald. of Seattle, for Congress. Congressmen-at-large F. C. Robert son, of Spokane; J. T. Ronald, of King. Governor John R. Rogers. Lieutenant-Governor W. E. Mc Croskey, of Whitman. Supreme Jadges E, C. Million, of Skagit; Richard Winsor, of King. Secretary of State J. A. Brady, of Snohomish Attorney-General Thomas Vance, of Yakima. Treasurer W. E. Runner, of Spo kane. Auditor L. Silverthorn, of Douglas. Land Commissioner O. R. Hol oomb, of Adams. Superintendent of Public Instruc tion F. J. Browne, ol King. Presidential Electors James Mo Neeley, of Pierce; N. G. Blallock, of Walla Walla; J. G. Heim, of Pacific; George T. Cotterill, of King. Seattle, August 31. John R. Rogers was renominated for governor by the union Democratic convention on the eigth ballot, at 1 o'clock this morning. He received 708 Y votes, or 6 more than the necessary number. The con test throughout was most exciting, and great disorder many times marked the course of proceedings in the conven tion. Rogers on the first ballot re ceived 633 votes, and gained on every ballot until his final victory. He was actually nominated on the seventh bal lot, but in the confusion and through a misunderstanding as to the vote of the Walla Walla Populists he lost four votes intended to be cast for him. He then wanted only 1 votes. The chairman ordered another vote, which was decisive. The unexpected turn of events in Roger's direction came about with the nomination of Robertson, of Spokane, lor congressman. This state nominates both congressnien-at-large. It was the plan of the anti-Rogers faction to put J. T. Ronald, of King, whom a great majority undoubtedly .favor, against Robertson, for one nomination, and thus kill off Robertson, and leave the way open to Voorheea as a candidate for governor. Robertson proved a very strong candidate, and led Ronald, and as the balloting proceeded seemed cer tain to defeat him. Many delegates voted for Robertson, expecting to give Ronald the second nomination. The King county man bad made a combi nation with Thurston Daniels for the other nomination, and he could not honorably enter the second contest. Daniels finally solved the problem for King county and saved Ronald's neck by offering to withdraw. Ronald and Robertson were then nominated by ac clamation. The Platform. The following platform was adopted by the convention: We, the representatives of the Dem ocratic, Peoples and Silver-Republican parties of the state of Washington, as sembled in joint convention this 29th day of August, 1900, respectively re affirm our faith in the principles enunciated by our respective national conventions; and we pledge our earnest support to the peerless representatives of the people, William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. We still believe in the Declaration of Independence, and therefore hold it aloft in preference to the imperialistic policy of the Republican party. We oppose trusts and combinations which corner the products of industry and levy tribute on the people. We denounce these twin relics of barbarism imperialism and militar ism whether in the form of trusts at home or greed of conquest abroad. We pledge our repersentatives in congress to work for the passage of a measure providing payment for the time consumed by our state volunteers in the late war with Spain. We favor jnst and liberal pensions to the true and faithful soldiers of the United States, including the gallant Indian war veterans. We demand such legislation as will insure to the farmers and producers ot the state of Washington a reduction of freight rates and fares to a just basis. We demand the inauguration of such measures as shall give the people the right to express themselves, when they so elect, upon all important ques tions, by the system known as direct legislation. We commend the official conduct of all our state officers, and call attention to the contrast between the present ex cellent financial condition of the state and the blight and ruin prophesied by the opposition to surely resnlt from the election of our state officers. We commend the wise, courageous and patriotic manner in which the Hon. George Turner, our representative in the United States senate, has defended the honor of bis country and fulfilled his duty to the people of the state of Washington. Lauid Exploped. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 1. A. Rescia, wife and child were burned to death here this morning. Their two story frame house was discovered on fire about 3 o'clock and as soon as the flames were partly extinguished, the firemen entered and found the charred remains of Mrs. Rescia on the lower floor. Rescia was in bed with the barring clothes wrapped around him, suffocated. The baby had rolled from the bed to the floor in its agony. MURDERED BY SIBERIANS. F. Scott Morrison, of Chicago, Shot by Natives Captain Gilley browned. Seattle. Sept. 3. The steamship Sen ator, which arrived today from Nome, brought news of a brutal murder, in which the life of F. Scott Morrison, of Chicago, was sacrificed to the blood thirsty savagery of Siberian natives. She brings also the report of the drowning of Captain Gilley, a noted Alaskan explorer, whose good or bad fortune it was to have killed five North ern Indians some years ago while they were trying to take forcible possession of a vessel of which he was master. Gilley was captain of the sailing schooner Edith, which, with F. Scott Morrison and Edward Foregren, as pas sengers, sailed from Nome, August 8, for Siberia on a trading and prospect ing expedition. They had enlisted the rervices of an Indian named Sam to pilot them to Siberian shores, where they arrived the Friday following their departure. That afternoon was passed in making exchanges with the natives, who appeared to be both friendly and peaceable. About 10 o'clock at night, Morrison retired to bis stateroom, and a few moments later shots irom ashore were heard. The reports had hardly subsided when Morrison exclaimed: "I've been shot." His shipmates hurried to his assistance. They found that the bullet had penetrated the side of the schooner and stateroom, enter ing Morrison's groin. A few minutea later the vessel set sail for American shores, but Morrison succumbed to his injuries at 5 o'clock the next morning. The next day, when in the vicinity of Sledge island, 15 or 20 miles off Nome, Captain Gilley went on deck and seated himself on the rail of the ves sel. A second later the boom swung around, striking him. He toppled over into the sea and drowned before assistance conld reach him. His body was recovered. Foregren assumed command of the Edith, and, with the aid of a Sledge island Indian, succeed ed in reaching Nome in safety. Mor rison was a passenger to Nome on the first voyage of the Jeanie, which reached the district May 2. With M. C. Anderson, he was engaged in the saloon and general merchandise busi ness at Nome. His widow and five step-children, one of whom, H. C. Heisler, accompanied him to Alaska, survive him. Captain Gilley was 60 years old and a native of the Island ol Borneo. He had been a resident of Alaska for nearly two decades. His fight with the Indians, in which 10 are said to have been slain, occurred at Cape Prince of Wales. "Jack" Hawkins, a passenger on the Senator, says the steam schooner Samoa arrived at Nome from Sibera the night the Senator sailed. In cross ing from the czar's domain, her pas sengers, composed of Russians, Eng lish and Americans, are reported to have engaged in a general row, result ing in the master of the vessel calling for the United States marshal as soon as he reached Nome. Hawkins did not learn the particulars, though he is inclined to believe that there was seri ous trouble aboard. The Senator sailed an hour after the Samoa's ar rival. TAFT COMMISSION. Ready to Establish Civil Government In the Philippines. New York, Sept. 3. A special to the Herald from Washington says: All. arrangements have been practi cally perfected by the Taft commission for commencing its duties in coranneo tion with the establishment of civil government in the Philippines. The committee will assume on September 1 all the functions which properly belong to the legislative branch of the govern ment. It is not proposed that it shall be in supreme control. Major-General Mac Arthur will be the executive of the islands aud the commission will be co ordinate with him, just as the execu tive and legislative branches in the United States are on the same plane. Civil government will not be establish ed excecpt in those towns where the military authorities are satisfied there is no danger of insurrection. The commission and the military will work together to propitiate the natives and induce them to return to theii peaceful avocations-. For the suppression of those insur gents who continue in arms it is under stood measures will be taken as soon as the dry season begins. General Mac Arthur will soon have a force of nearly 70,000 effective men, who will be used to destroy the insurgent organization when operations can begin. WEBFOOT BONANZAS. A. Kittle Booklet Given Away by the O. R. N. Co. The famous Pat Donan has written another of his inimitable "folders" for the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company. This time it is a descrip tion of the cold fields of Eastern Ore gon but such a description! The glories, the riches, the possibilites of this wonderful region are set forth in a way to cause throbs of interest in the most phlegmatic man that breathes. The folder is entitled "Webfoot Bo nanzas," and is given away to anyone who will write W. H. Hurlbnrt, gen eral passenger agent, O. R. & N. Co., Portland, Oregon. Canadiau Strike Ended. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. S. The strike of railway mechanics on the Canadian Pacific railway has been de clared off, and the men in all the shops from Fort Wiilliam to Vancouver will return to work tomorrow. At Winni peg some of the strikers resumed work this afternoon. The only matter now in dispute is the rate of wages to be paid machinists, and this will be set tled by arbitration. The strike lasted 28 days, and was everywhere quiet and orderly. REAR-END COLLISION Excursion Train Crashes In to a Milk Train. THIRTEEN KILLED MANY HURT Locomotive Plunges Through Passenger Coaches and Crushed Them as if They Were Est; Shells. Philadelphia, Sept. 4. Thirteen persons killed and over SO others in jured is the appalling record of a rear end collision between an excursion train and a milk train on the Bethle hem branch of. the Philadelphia & Reading railroad this morning at Hat field, Pa., 27 miles north of this city. The wrecked train consisted of 10 day coaches and was the first section of a large excursion made up of people from Bethlehem, Allentown and sur rounding towns, to Atlantic City. This section carried only those persons who lived in Bethlehem and Allen town. It left the union station in Bethlehem at 6:05 A. M., exactly 35 minutes behind the milk train. The latter train consisted of two milk cars and two passenger coaches, and had stopped at every station on the road from Bethlehem en route to Philadel phia. At 6:54 the milk train drew np at the milk platform at Hatfield, and in less than two minutes the special excursion train, running at the rate of 35 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the milk train. The locomo tive plowed through the two passenger coaches and crushed them as if they were eggshells. The milk car immed iately in front was also badly damaged. Fonr persons on the passenger car of the milk train were almost instantly killed. Fortunately, there were very few persons on this train. - The excursion train was a picture ot indescribable horror. The locomotive, a mass of bent and broken iron, firmly held the bodies of its engineer and fire man beneath its great weight. Behind the engine six -of the 10 cars were also a mass of wreckage. The first car was broken in twain and the other five cars were thrown on their sides, completely demolished. Nine persons were killed in the first two cars, and the others in those coaches were badly maimed. As soon as the crash came, a terrible cry rose from the smashed cars, and those who had not been injured crawled or jumped from the cars and went to the assistance of the injured. Many were pinned down by wreckage and and had to be freed by the liberal use of axes. With three or four exceptions, the dead were killed instantly, the others dying on their way to the hos pital. All the injured were first taken to a shed at the Hatfield station and the dead were removed to a barn. Mes sengers were sent to the nearby villages for phvsicians, and a relief train was ordered from Bethlehem. With 15 doctors and half a etozen nurses, a spe cial tram was sent from Bethlehem,, but before if reached the scene of the wreck it was signaled to return to Bethlehem, as a special carrying nearly all the injured had ntarted for that place. On the run from Hatfield to the hospital three of the injured died. Much trouble was experienced in keep ing the relatives away from the injuied on the train, so that the doctors gath ered from near Hatfield could attend to the wounded. The special train arrived at Bethle hem at 11:30 and was met by fully 5,000 persons all clamoring for news from the wreck or trying to learn whether relatives were among the vic tims. The news of the wreck reached Bethlehem at 8 o'clock and spread like wild fire. All the policemen in town were gathered at the station, and was with great difficulty that the injured were removed to the waiting ambu lances and other vehicles which con veyed them to the hospitals.. All dur ing the day people from Allentown, Catasanqua and other places came pour ing into Bethlehem, . and confusion reigned throughout the city. The second section of the exenrsion, made np of persons from towns other than Bethlehem and Allentown, left soon after the first section, bat was flagged before it reached Hatfield. As it conld not get through on account of the blocked tracks, it was returned to Bethlehem, and there was great re joicing at the narrow escape of it oc cupants from the catastrophe. The coroner of Montgomery county visited the wreck early and spent the entire day at the scene. He at once directed the removal of the dead to Lansdale, a short distance south of Hatfield. He promises a rigorous in vestigation into the horror. Wrecked In Behring Sea. Seattle, Sept. 4. Tug Wallowa, from Nome, brings news of the wreck of the dismantled bark Mercury in Behring sea. The bark was being towed to this city by the tug and sprang a leak in a heavy gale. She was stripped of some machinery and abandoned in Cook strait, where she sank. She was owned by Captain E. E. Caine, of this city, and was sent to Nome last June in tow of a tug with a coal and lumber cargo. She had been condemned as a sailing vessel. She was built 49 years ago in New York as a full-rigged ship. No Chinese Meed Apply. Lima, Pern. Sept. 4. The Peruvian senate yesterday bad under considera tion a proposal for preventing Chinese immigration, in view of a possible ex odus from China as a result of the pres ent disturbances. Plague at Glasgow. Glasgow, Sept. 4. Another death. supposed to be due to the bubonic plague, occurred here today. Ninety- three cases of the disease are now un der observation. TOO DEEP FOR THEM. i ilipinos Incapable sjf Comprehending New Conditions. Manila, Sept. 5. The Filipinos seem incapable of realizing the scope and purpose of the legislative functions of the commission of peace. There is no possibility of separating the legislative from the executive branches of the government, and, therefore, the com mission's announcement of its assump tion of power has met with childish comments at the hands of the Span iards and foreigners', who sneer at the new arrangements, as they are apt to do, at every oeneficial innovation on the part of the United States authori ties. The co'nmission enters upon the gov ernmental field under the following conditions: A majority of the island ers desire peace and the "resumption of business under American rule, but they are so cowed by a long series of mur derous atrocities and destruction of property by their armed countrymen, that they dare not actively show their feelings, especially because experience has taught them what such an expres sion of sentiment will bring upon them from the mercilessly revengeful rebels. A genuine reign of terror is "exercised by insurgents and ladrones over peace ful country folk in order to collect the revenues and recruits their operations require, and widespread vengeance is wreaked in the vicinity of uarrisoned towns. For example, the insurgent General Cailles, in the province of La guna, put to death the president and officeholders of the town of Bay, on La guna de Bay, officials who had been in stalled by the Americans, and gave or ders that a similar fate should be meted out to other adherents of the American cause. He also ordered that all Fili pino soldiers who sold their rifles to the Americans should be killed. Any change of policy involving the withdrawal of the United States troops without substituting for them an ade quate defensive force is certain to re sult in fear of retaliation at the ex pense of the "friendlies." The ap proaching return of the volunteers tends to influence the situation unfav orably. In Northern Luzon the status quo is fairly well maintained and the people in that quarter are quiet and engaged in planting, except in tfie provinces of Neuva Ecija and Bulacan, where there has been a recent outburst of rebel and ladrone activity. But in Southern Luzon conditions are far less satisfactory. Life there is not safe outside of the gairisoned towns. Trav elers are subject to ambush by guerril las. Rarely does a day pass without an encounter between the United States trooops and the insurgents or la- drones, resulting in casualties. There are 18,000 troops in that district, Gen eral Bates commanding, and in three regiments over a third of the men are sick. The. activity of the enemy in creased last month. There is evidence that the insurgents have come into pos session of new ritles and that they wish to annihilate some small American garrisons. Conditions in the Visayas continue virtually unchanged. The lack of troops prevents aggression. Negros, Rombion, Masbate, Sibuyan, Talbas and Bohol are tranquil, all desiring civil government. Mindanao also is tranquil, except the districts of Tea- gay an and Surigam, where occasional encounters with the Filipinos - occur. The enemy's fighting force there is limited but it has a number of rifles. The surrenders, although they have notably decreased since May, continue. The experience of Northern Luzon shows that the American occupation of any locality tends to its pacification and well-being. . An unsettled Ameri can policy retards the investment of capital. Nevertheless, the imports for tfce last quarter and a half were greater than during any period of the Spanish regime. No doubt, the needs ot the army of occupation are responsible for a very considerable portion of this. The internal revenue collections are a third greater than those made by Spain. This is due to an honest system of ac counts, to a lack of favoritism and to impartial enforcement of tbe law. The military officials will turn over 000,000 (Mexican) to the commis sion, and this will probably be expend ed in public improvements, notably in harbor developmments, the need of which is greatly hampering the ship ping industry. The commission will first oragnize municipalities in the provinces, notab ly in Pampanga province. Subse quently it will turn its attention to needed reforms in the civil and crim inal codes, passing, in due time, to other featuies of its instructions, "with the idea of establishing a central civil government during the next 18 months. Twelve Americans, including two captains and two lieutenants, have been killed during the past two weeks. The official reports of the encounters in which these casualties occurred are meager. Thomas J. Powers Killed. Philadelphia, Sept. 9. Thomas J. Powers, commissioner of banking for Pennsylvania, was killed by falling from a train in the outskirts of this city last night. Mr. Powers was 66 years old, and was a conspicuous figure at Republican national conventions, and was one of the 30 who held out for a third term for General Grant. One of his sons, Lieutenant Powers, is in the regular armv at Manila. To Bring Home the Destitute. San Francisco, Sept. 5. The United States transport Lawton, which arrived today in ballast from Seattle, is to be j sent to Cape Nome to relieve the desti- : tute miners, many of whom have peti- j tioned, turougn general rtano.au, ior transportation south before the bard ilaskan winter sets in. Tbe Lawton 'ill sail for the north as soon as she an be got ready, probably , within a w days. She has accomodations for bout 700 men. OUTBREAK IN BOHOL MacArthur Reports Fighting ' in Southern Philippines. AN ENGAGEMENT NEAR CARMEN The Forty-fourth Volunteers L,ost (lis Killed and Six Wounded Fili pino Loss Was 180. Washington, Sept. 5. The war de partment today received the following) dispatch from General MacArthur: "Manila, Sept. 5. Adjutant-General, Washington: General Hughes' reports an outbreak in Bohol. First Lieutenant Lovak, Forty-fourth volun teer infantry, reports an engagement near Carmen. At Bohol, our loss in killed was one, wounded six; the ene my's loss in killed, 120. Have not re ceived futrber details. "MACARTHUR." Bohol is an island in the southern part of the archipelago, 305 miles from Manila. It lies north of the large island of Mindanao and is not far from Cuba. The war department received, a ca blegram this morning from General MacArthur announcing that the trans port Stephens sailed September 1 for Seattle. She has paymasters and army wagons aboard for our forces in China and will put them ashore at Taku en route for this country. General MacArthur chronicles two recent deaths among his officers in the Philippines in cablegrams received at the war department today. Captain George II. Betley, Forty-seventh in fantry volunters, died on the morning of Auugst 26 from wounds received in action near Camalig, Luzo i, August 21. Second Lieutenant Roy L. Fer nald, Twenty-sixth volunteer infantry, was accidentally drowned in the Jau bar river near Pototan, Panay, Septem ber 1. The body was not recovered. NOT THE END OF IT. There Will Be an Inquiry Into th Oregon's Mishap. Washington, Sept. 5. The report of Captain Wilde, exonerating everybody connected with the Oregon 'rom blame, is not likely to end with the ex-parte statement of the commanding officer. There will be a court of inquiry to de termine whether the great battle-ship bad the care and attention which should have been given it by'tbe offi cers who were aboard her. AlrhnnorH tham ia a ildfarminail af. fort to prevent anything like the con trol of Chinese territory by the United States, the best-informed here think that it will be inevitable, or that this government will have to give npall idea of indemnity for the outrages which have been perpetrated upon American citizens. There is a suspicion now that the movement of Russia for the with drawal of troops was made with full knowledge that the other powers would not consent, and that it is sim ply a plea for another diplomatic posi tion when negotiations open with Chi nese authorities. Election in Arkansas Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 5. The en tire Democratic ticket, headed by Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Pope county, for governor, was elected in Arkansas to day. Early returns indicate that the vote will be lighter than was expected. H. L. Remmel, the Republican candi date for governor, made a good show ing and his increased vote over two years ago will probably reduce the us ually large Demooratic majority. There was no opposition to the Demo cratic ticket for any office except the governship. The negroes voted in larger numbers than usual, but their vote is not large enough to affect the result. A fair estimate places the to tal vote as follows: Davis, Democrat, 100,000; Remmel, Republican, 40.000; Files, Populist, 3,000; Davis' major ity, 57,000 Boat Cut In Two. Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 6 Font campers from Vancouver put out in a row boat from a point near Powell lake. a snort distance nortn ot ancouver, last night, for the purpose of boarding the steamer Comox, for home. The Comox in the darkness ran into the boat, cutting it in two. Two of the four, Aubray Lund and A. Vaughn, were drowned. Killed While Hunting. Spokane, Sept. 5. Jay Carr, aged 12, was accidentally killed this after noon by his 14-year-old brother, Burt. The tragedy took place near the Carr homestead, at White Mud Lake, three miles north of Colville. Wash. The boys were hunting. Burt was carrying I tl . i ; 1 .1 , a riue, wmcu in sunie way expioueu, the bullet taking off the top of Jay's head. Germans Become Indignant. Berlin, Sept 5. The presence of the bubonic plague at Glasgow is com mented upon here indignantly as going to show criminal negligence on the part of the British authorities. Manila, Sept. 5. The United States transport Califoruian arrived here safe- 'ly this morning. She was delayed 16 days at Guam with a broken propeller. 40,000 Fire at Atlin. Victoria. B. C, Sept. 5. The steam er Amur, lrom Skagway. reports that tbe business section of Atlin City was pearly wiped out by fire Sunday last. (Ten of the largest business buildings jweie destroyed. The loss is over $40, joOO, with little, if any, insurance. The people worked like Trojans to save the town and prevented the flames from Teaching any government property or .buildings. The news reached Skag way by telegraph and no details were.