VALLIS
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.