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Consolidated Feb. 1899.
COKVALIilS, BEJfTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1900.
VOL. XXXY1I. NO. 39.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSK TICKS FROitt THE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
Two Hemispheres Pres ' it 1
in a Coc'lenged V.'in-
Conger advices Americana to leave
China.
Colorado Democrats nominated J. B.
Oran for governor.
General Botha is said to be making
overtines to surrender.
Forest fires destroyed no timber in
Cascade reserve this season.
A man fell from a fruit tree at En
gene, Or., with fatal results.
Negro vandals were tried by court
martial and shot at Galveston.
New York Democrats nominated
John B. Stanchfield for governor.
A number of vessels were lost or
st landed in the gale on the lakes.
American troops await the presi
dent's word to march from Pekin.
Eire at Narragansett pier, R. I.,
destroyed property worth $350,000.
President Kruger is at Lourenco,
Marques preparing to sail for Euiope.
From 15,000 to 20,000 Chinese con
verts were massacred in July by Box
ers. Nine persons were killed in South
ern Illinios by the wrecking of a the
atrical car.
Three thousand bodies of storm vic
tims have been buried at Galveston.
The property loss is estimated at $15,
000,000. The city of Dallas, Texas, has sub
scribed nearly $15,000 in cash and six
carloads of clothing for the South
Texas flood sufferers.
Dr. Dennis Dowling Mulcahy, once
an active Fenian agitator, who was
imprisoned in England in the latter
pait of the '60s with O'Douovan Rossa
and others, died in Newark, N. J.,
aged 53 years.
The trouble that was threatened be
tween the whites and Indians, arrayed
on one side, against the Japs, on the
other side, in the hop fields above Puy
allup. Wash., seems to have been avert
ed, at least for the time being. No ac
tual clash has yet taken place, but
there is bad feeling between the fac
tions that may at any time break out
into open hostilities.
The three silver parties in Colorado
will fuse.
France will accept Prince Ching as
a peace envoy.
Americans and French nearly
clashed in Pekin.
Lord Roberts is pushing operations
in Eastern Transvaal.
American soldiers took no part in
the looting of Tien Tsin.
Many gulf coast towns in Texas suf
ered severely from the storm.'
The state department is not ready to
begin negotiations with Li Hung Chang.
New Hampshire Republicans nomi
nated Chester B. Gordon for governor.
Colonel W. B. Shaw, of Illinois,
will make Republican speeches in Ore
gon. The steamship San Pedro arrived at
Seattle from the north with 300 pas
sengers and $80,000 in Nome gold.
Americans on their way to hunt gold
in Siberia got the best of a trick at
tempted by Russians, and seven Yankees
took 30 Russians.
The controller of the currency has
issued a call for the condition of na
tional banks at the c'.ose of business
September 1, 1900.
The population of Duluth, Minn , as
officially announced by the census
bureau, is 52,969, an increase in popu
lation ot 19,854, or 59.9 per cent from
1890 to 1900.
At Reno, Nevada, a wreck on the
Nevada, California & Oregon extension
derailed 14 cars of beef cattle, reduc
ing the cars to kindling wood and kill
ing 20 head of fat steers.
Tbe destruction of shipping at Gal
veston may reduce the volume of early
cotton deliveries at Lancashire, Eng
land. Reports from there show that
20,000 looms had stopped and that 24,
000 operators were idle.
The postmaster-general has received
a commnnication from F. W. Vaille,
director of posts in the Philippines,
ehowing that there will be a surplus of
receipts over expenditures up to June
'30 of $19,447. This does not include
fees for money orders of $6,500, and
there is one department, that ot Baeo
lor, yet to hear from.
The government transport Law ton
ailed from San Francisco on her
errand of mercy to the far north.
With all available space bblow decks
devoted to berths, provided with bed
ding for nearly a thousand persons, be
sides the regular complement of offi
cers and crew, the big transport will
proceed to Cape Nome, stopping at
Seattle for supplies.
Chicago police have recovered a $1,
000 poodle that was abducted the other
day, but there are a number of $4.36
children quite hopelessly missing, to
say nothing of a $25 parrot.
Earl Calvin Titus, of Iowa, and of
the Fourteenth United States infantry,
was the first soldier to plant the A men
can flag on the walls of Pekin. It will
bo remembered that a certain Titus
battered down the walls of Jerusalem.
After all, there may be something in a
name. j
LATER NEWS.
Galveston's list of dead numbers
1,078.
Six persons perished in a Cincinnati,
Ohio, fire.
Bryan's letter of acceptance was
given to the public.
The powers have accepted Li Hnng
Chang as a negotiator.
Plans are being drawn for harbor im
provements in Manila.
Americans are building a permanent
telegraph line to Pekin.
Lord Roberts will leave South Africa
for England about October 3.
Colorado Republicans nominated
Frank C. Gondy for governor.
Great Britain is preparing to have
more troops in readiness for service in
China.
Troops of various nationalities are
hustling for winter quarters at Tien
Tsin.
Portugal has authorized the depart
ure of President Kruger from Lourenco
Marques.
Cuba had an orderly election, and
closer relations with tbe United States
are desired.
All Alaska is infected with small
pox and strict quarantine regulations
are prescribed.
Government is building railioad
spur to secure direct delivery of rock
to Columbia river jetty.
Li Hung Chang sends memorial to
tbe throne, advising the impeachment
of several anti-foreign advisers.
Roosevelt's letter accepting the Re
publican vice-presidential nomination
discusses the financial question, trusts
and "imperialism."
The steamer City of Grand Rapids,
built for the Yukon trade, was burned
to the water's edge in the West Seattle
harbor, causing a loss of $20,000.
An official dispatch from Shanghai
says a German naval battalion, ac
companied by 40 Bengal lancers, cap
tured and burned the town of Liang
September 11. Chinese regular troops
occupying the ' place had previously
fled. The German loss was one man
killed and five wounded.
Professor David Starr Jordan, of
Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal.,
has returned from a three months' trip
through Japan, where he succeeded in
securing the largest and most complete
collection of Japanese fishes ever ob
tained by scientists. Collections or
descriptions were made of all but 15
known species, besides 125 species un
known to science.
Boxers are again active at Pekin.
A gradual reduction of the Russian
forces in Pekin has begun.
Other towns in Texas besides Gal
veston are in need of assistance.
General French has occupied Barber
ton, capturing 100 Boers and some roll
ing stock.
Tbe first thimbles were made in Hol
land. They were brought to England
in 1695.
At Tacoma, Wash., the North Taco
ma shingle mill was entirely destroyed
by fire. Loss unknown.
John Wilson, a pioneer merchant of
Portland, Or., who began business
there in 1850, is dead, aged 74.
The exodus from Galveston grows in
number as the facilities for getting
away from tbe city are increased.
At Eau Claire, Wis., seven men were
drowned by the overturning of a boat
while trying to cross the river at that
place.
Mexican thieves entered a saloon at
Gnthrie, Arizona, for tbe prupose of
robbery and were compelled to kill
two men and then escape.
Three men were drowned and two
gasoline launches sunk as a rseult of a
collision between the small craft and a
steamer at Stookton, Cal.
Another plague case has been re
ported at Glasgow, making a total of
17. In addition there is one suspect
and 115 persons under observation.
Near Nanaimo, B. C, two coal
trains collide 1 on the center of a tres
tle, killing four men and reducing one
engine to scrap iron. Misplaced sig
nals was the cause.
The division of customs and insular
affairs of the war department has given
out for publication a statement of the
receipts of the Havana custom house
for the month of August, 1900, show
ing that the total receipts lor the
month were $991,926.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men convened at Des Moines adapted
resolutions denouncing the governor of
Idaho for maintaining martial law in
the Coeur d'Aleue district, the gov
ernment for using the government
troops and congress for making public
the testimony taken at the investiga
tion by the bouse committee last win
ter. The Boer delegates, Messrs. Fisher,
Wolmarans and Wessels, have ad
dressed an appeal to all nations for in
tervention in South Africa. Tbe ap
peal concludes as follows: "In the
name ot justice and humanity, we ap
peal to all peoples to come to our aid
in this supreme moment and save our
country. We commit ourselves to
God, trusting that our prayers will
be beard."
Teais are the diamonds of the fairies.
The "missing link" has again been
found, this time in Java, where Dr.
Dubois has unearthed certain fossil re
mains of such an interesting character
that Prof. Haeckel, the celebrated Ger
man biologist, has determined to go
there himself and investigate. Dr,
Dubois is firmly of the opinion that tbe
bones belong to a species intermediate
between the highest ape and prehistoric
man.
FIVE THOUSAND DEAD
The Galveston Victims Will
Reach That Number.
BODIES STILL STREW THE BEACH
Hundreds Burned and Buried at Sea
Thirty-five Hundred Kefurre
Are at Houston.
Houston, Tex., Sept. 17. The Post
today prints a list of 2,701 names of
the Galveston dead, compiled from var
ious sources, but believed to be authen
tic. There were hundreds of bodies
burned and buried in the sea and in
the sand, wbeie no identification was
possible. Other hundreds were buried
on the beach of tbe mainland, few of
whom have been identified. Some
bodies are still in tbe ruins of Galves
ton and scattered along the beach of
the mainland and in the marshes,
where they were thrown by the water.
Some of these bodies have been sent 20
miles inland along small water courses
by tbe rush of high waters. Taking
all things into consideration there
seems no longer any doubt that the
number of dead will reach beyond the
estimate of 5,000 which has been made
by Mayor Jones and other reliable citi
zens of Galveston.
About 1,300 refugees arrived here
from Galveston last night and are being
cared for as well as possible. Fonr
buildings have been set apart for the
benefit of rufgees, but of tbe 3,500 who
have reached here so far not more than
800 remain a public charge, the re
mainder having gone to the homes of
relatives and friends.
Agents of several insurance compan
ies are passing through to Galveston.
They say that there is certain to be
much confusion. They do not know
what action will be taken by the com
panies concerning the payu.ent of
claims without proof of death, which,
in many cases, will be impossible.
Contributions of money continue to
come in, as do supplies of all sorts.
E. D. Dorchester, manager of tbe
Velasco Terminal railroad has reached
this city. He says three-fourths of the
Velasco people lost their homes and
four persons were drowned. Eight
bodies were washed asbore at Suif
Side, supposed to be from Galveston.
INTENTIONS OF KRUGER.
: It Is Said He Will Set Up His Govern
ment in Mozambique.
Ne York, Sept. 17. A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
I The Mail's correspondent in Louren
co Marques learns that Mr. Kruger has
resigned the presidency of the Trans
vaal, bat remains a member of the ex
ecutive. General Botha is said to have
been so incensed at the cowardly con
duct of his forces that he has resigned
the supreme command, and Viljben is
now commandant-general. According
to a Lisbon message to the Express,
: Mr. Krnger proposes to set up the seat
I of his government at Mozambique.
News from the seat of war in South
: Africa is indecisive, but it is clear that
: Lord Roberts is making a concentrated
movement upon Komatipoort, and has
; left Pretoira in order to direct it per
sonally. Ian Hamilton is returning to
the, railway from Lydenburg; Pole
; Garew is pushing east towards Nel
i spruit; French is making for Bar berton,
; and Buller has divided both his forces
and cut off a portion of them from
communication with the commandos
between Nelspruit and Komatipoort.
Lydenburg apprently was abandoned as
soon as it was captured, and the Brit
ish forces are in hot pursuit of the rem
j nant of the Boer army, and driving it
I eastward to the Portuguese frontier,
i These tactics are bold, but in accord -I
ance with Lord Roberts' strategy since
; February. Komatipoort is the new
i objective point, and when it is captured
i Lord Roberts will be ct edited with
having taken possession of the last
Dutch railway line and closed the door
into neutral territory. Tbe work of
pacification will not have been
thoroughly worked ont, but the main
: object will have been secured, as was
done when Blomefontein and Pretoria
j were occupied.
Mew Law Creates a Mob.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14. When
the new law adopted by the last legis
lature preventing the nse of trading
stamps went into effect the first of this
month, Manager Buntty, of the trad
i ing stamp store, 1229 Fulton, issued a
j circular announcing that he would
cease operations today. Since the is
i euance of the circular thousands of
; women who held trading stamps issued
by the various stores doing business
with Buntty have besieged him and
made his life unbearable. He has
been compelled to barricade himself
and seek aid to prevent summary
action on tbe part of the infuriated
women.
Admiral Slcard Dead.
Rome, N. Y., Sept. 17. Bear-Admiral
Montgomery Sicard died of apo
plexy at 9 A. M. today, at his summer
home at Westernville.
Our desires often loom up so large
that we fail to see our mercies behind
them.
Sympathy From Pern.
Lima, Pern, Sept. 17. The bouse
of representatives has sanctioned a mo
tion to send a cablegram to the presi
dent of the United States, expressing
the condolence of the people oi Pern
over tbe disaster of Galveston.
Montana Miners Killed.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 17. Thomas
Kelley and James Murray were killed
in tbe Stewart mine this morning by
an explosion of powder in the magazine
on one of tbe lower levels.
NATIVE TROOPS.
Question of Replacing Vol nnteer Troops
With Filipino Soldiers.
Manila, Sept. 17. As the time ap
proaches for the volunteers to leave
these islands and return to the United
States, in order that all may be mus
tered out there by June 30 next year,
the question of how to replace the de
parting troops has brought tbe matter
Df an armed native militia to general
ootioe.
For more than a year there has been
in the service of the United States a
detachment of native Macabebe scouts,
and their work has in tbe main been
satisfactory. It is argued that other
native fighting -organizations can be
nsed with as good a result as the Maca
bebes, especially if tbe authorities take
advantage of existing tribal hatreds
and jealousies in selecting native sol
diery to operate against the Tagals.
In many of the village garrisons
throughout the islands, native inhabit
ants are being employed as a local po
lice force to protect their own villages
against depredation and attack from
robbers and other malefactors. These
local police are in some cases given
firearms and uniforms, and they have
at times done effective work izt the
limited field of action allowed them,
namely the protection of their homes.
They have also been used in operations
against tbe insurgents, both in .Luzon
and in the Southern islands. In Leyte
they did good . work two months. ago
when they helped eight American sol
diers repel a persistent insurgent attack
upon their town, and two weeks ago,
near Lipa, 20 native policemen went
ont alone against 40 insurgents, scat
tered the enemy, killing one, and re
turned proudly to their town with two
of their number wounded.
These are the beginnings of what
must eventually come to pass in the
Philippines, namely the organization
and nse of native soldiers to preserve
order in the counrty. Just how these
men will be organized and officered is
not yet decided; but Major Allen, of
the Forty-third regiment, on Samar
island, has lately been given permis
sion by General MacArthur to organize
two companies of Visayans for use
against the insurgents, and Colonel
Kennon, of the Thirty-fifth regiment,
now stationed in Cabanatuan in the
Nueva Ecja, province of Luzon, has
been experimenting along the same
lines with Ilocanos from the northern
portion of Luzon island.
In Decern Der of last year, about 600
Ilocanos came to Colonel Kennon, at
Cabanatuan, and asked to enlist under
the American flag. Colonel Kennon
at once opened negotiations with the
corps headquarters in Manila in the
matter, and Jnue 1 he was granted per
mission to enlist 50 Ilocanos as scouts.
During this intrim of six months tbe
600 men were employed as far as pos
sible as road builders, ration carriers
and guides. The success of this first
detachment in the service will proba
bly soon lead to the enlisntment of
other Ilocanos tribesmen.
- THE WRECKED CITY.
Galveston Slowly Recovering; From the
Terrible Blow.
Galveston, Sept. 17. More than
2,000 dead bodies have been identified
and the estimate of Mayor Jones that
5,000 souls perished in Saturday's hur
ricane does not appear to be magni
fied. The city is being patrolled by
troops and a semblance of order is ap
pearing. Though the city appears pitilessly
desolate, the authorities of the com
mercial and industrial interests are
setting their forces to work, and a start
has at least been made toward the re
sumption of business on a moderate
scale.
The presence of troops has had a
beneficial effect upon the criminal
classes, and the fear of a brief, but
desperate, reign of anarchy now no
longer exists. The saloons have at
i least temporarily gone ont of business,
I and every strong-limbed man who has
; not his ow-i abode to look after is be
: ing pressed into service, so that first
! ot all the water service may be re
! snmed, the gutters flushed and the
I streets lighted.
; The further the ruins are dug into
! the greater becomes the increase in tbe
list of those who perished as their
houses tumbled about their heads. On
the lower beach yesterday a searching
party found a score of corpses within a
small area, going -to show that the bul
wark of debris that lies straight across
tbe island conceals many more uodies
than have been accounted for.
Fire at Fort Huron.
Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 17. Fire
at noon today destroyed the entire
plants owned by the McMorran Mill
ing Company, the Port Huron &
Northwestern Elevator Company and
D. McMorran & Company. - The loss
will reaoh $225,000, covered by insur
ance. One hundred and fifty thousand
bushels of grain Stored in the elevator
were destroyed.
Buffalo Butchers' Strike.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 17. Eight
hundred butchers employed in the
packing houses of the Jacob Dold Pack
ing Company and Klinck's and Dana
bay's packing bouses are on a strike,
owing to tbe refusal ot the Dolds to
discharge two men who refused to pay
their dues to their union. Dold claims
to have 150 men at work today.
Chinese Funds Confiscated.
Pekin, Sept. 17. The Russo-Chinese
bank, which, as announced yesterday,
closed here today, and removes to
Shanghai, will confiscate, as part of
tbe indemnity to tie paid to Russia, tbe
imperial university fund of 6,000,000
taels deposited with it, against which
the Chinese drew for the payment of
their troops.
Pittsbutg, Sept. 17. The Carnegie
Steel Co. has given $10,000 to tbe Gal
veston relief fund.
MORE TROOPS READY
British to Have Men Conve
nient for China.
SOLDIERS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Americans Have Begun Construction o
Permanent Telegraph Between
Tien Tsin and Pekin.
London, Sept. 18. In accordance
with the prediction of Sir Robert Hart
that there will be further hostilities
in China in November, the press un
drestands that the British government
is already considering the transfer of
troops from South Africa to India in
order to make it practicab'e to send
more British troops to China. Tbe
military authorities consider the war
in South Africa so far ended that
troops may now be safely moved.
It is possible that tbe Russian lega
tion has already been removed from
Pekin to Tien Tsin, but there is no
definite news as yet as to whether Li
Hunt; Chang will after all go to Pekin.
General Dorward is going to the capi
tal, leaving the British troops at Tieti
Tsin under command of Brigadier-General
Campbell. Vice-Admiral Alex
ieff has returned to Taku.
The Americans have begun at Ho Si
Wu a permanent telegraph line be
tween Pekin and Tien Tsin.
The Pekin correspondent of the Daily
Mail says that the assassin of Baron
von Ketteler has been shot.
The Morning Post's representative at
Pekin says that the question is being
discussel of sending relief to a few
British, French and American engi
neers, who are besieged in a city 200
miles south of Pekin.
Chinese officials estimate that 20.000
disbanded Chinese soldiers, by tbe
simple expedient of turning their coats,
managed to remain behind in Pekin.
Other dispatches confirm the report
that in addition to Hsu Tung, the
guardian of the heir, apparent, Yn Lu,
viceroy of Chi Li, and Wang Yi Yung,
president of tbe imperial academy,
with 200 members of official families,
committed suicide when tbe allies en
tered Pekin.
HUSTLED BY A MOB.
Ohio
Boxers" Forcibly Expel Dowie
Teachers From the City.
Mansfield, O., Sept. 18. A mob to
day drove Zion Elder Ephriam Bas
ginger, of Bluff ton, Ind., and two of
Dowie's converts here ont of the city,
and thus broke the monotony of the
usual routine followed for the past lour
Sundays.
Elder Bassinger was in tbe city yes
terday, held several meetings without
molestation, and had a number of con
sultations with bis attorney, A. A.
Douglas. He -left last night, but re
turned again today and'was holding a
meeting at the home of E. H. Leiby,
when the officers went there and took
bim to the depot, followed by a jeering
mob of several hundred. He was a
target for apples, tobacco quids, mis
siles and kicks, as he was escorted to
the depot, and when he arrived there
he was a pitiable sight. The passenger
train was missed by about two min
utes, and while they were waiting for
the next train the mob went to the
home of E. H. Leiby and took him and
Frank- Calver, both Zion followers,
and marched them to the depot. When
an express train arrived all three were
put on it and hustled out of the city.
CLUBBED TO DEATH.
Brutal Murder of a Portland Saloon
Keeper Motive Was Bobbery
Portland, Or Sept. 18. A brutal
murder, followed by robbery, was com
mitted at an early honr yesterday
morning in a saloon on the southwest
corner of Fourteenth and Marshall
streets, H R. Dickel. tbe proprietor of
the place, being tbe victim.
Although the tragedy occurred about
2 o'clock, nothing was known of it un
til nearly 4, when Partolman Wheeler,
on bis regular rounds, was passing tbe
premises. He noticed that the saloon
was lighted up, which was something
unusual, and he proceeded to investi
gate. On entering a little cardoom at
the rear, he found the bod' of the
murdered man in a corner, leaning
against the wail, where the murderers
had placed it after riling the pockets
and helping themselves to the contents
of the safe, which it is thought
amounted to over $250.
New Burlington Line Opened.
Denver, Colo., Sept. 18. The first
train over the new branch of tbe Burl
ington road from . this city to Dead
wood, S. D., left this city at 11:30 to
night. , The first train from the north
will complete its journey of 455 miles
at 11:80 tomorrow night. This new
route to the Black Hills country is al
most due north from Denver, tbe main
line of the Burlington being left be
bind at Brush, Colo. The road then
leads across Eastern Colorado and
Western Nebraska and into the Black
Hills.
The Russian government is investi
gating the cost and probabilities of
quick delivery of 80,000,000 feet of
lumber from Paget Sound to Vlaidvo
stock. Three Negroes Lynched.
St. Louis, Sept. 17. A special to
the Post-Dispatch from Memphis,
Tenn., says: A masked mob of be
tween 60 and 100 men broke into the
jail at Tunica, Miss., early today and
took ont three negroes, whom they
strung up to a tree within 100 yards of'
the jail. Not a shot was fired. Each
negro had committed a murder. The
lynching la a climax of the intense
feeling against desperate negroes wbicb
bas been brewing in the neighboihood
of Tunica for months.
AFFAIRS IN CHINA.
Rockhill Goes to Pekin Operations oi
American Troops.
Tien Tsin, Sept. 18, via Shanghai,
Sept. 19. William W. Rockhill, spe
cial representative of the United States
in China, has left for Pekin. In an
interview before leaving, he said he
did not expect to Remain there more
than a few days.
Li Hung Chang is at Taku on a Rus
sian vessel. It is not believed that he
will come to Tien Tsin.
Americans Fight With the Boxers.
Tien Tsin, Sept. 18, via Shanghai,
Sept. 19. A British signal officer re
ports a sharp engagement between a
company of the Fourteenth United
States infantry and 2,000 Boxers at
Matow, on the road to Pekin. The
Americans made a gallant stand, and
a detachment of Bengal lancers nearby,
hearing tbe firing, came to their rescue
and charged the Boxers in the rear.
The Chinese were routed, leaving 200
dead. The Americans had no casual
ties. The Germans report an engagement
with a heavy force of Boxei s west of
! Pekin yesterday. The German loss is
said to have been 20.
Indications now point strongly to
i the withdrawal of all the powers from
! Pekin to Tien Tsin. The British have
' issned an order prohibiting the selling
j or renting of any building within tbe
J limits of the British concession. Gc-n-I
eral Fnkushima is here arranging win
ter quarters for the Japanese troops,
j The Germans are pouring into Tien
Tsin, and all nationalities are scram
bling for buildings. One British bat
tery and 200 Australians have arrived.
Russians Push Into Manchuria.
i Tien Tsin, Sept. 18, via Shanghai,
Sept. 19. The Russians, it is rumored
here, are rapidly pushing through into
Manchnria, where all indications point
to extensive operations before the arri-
j val of winter. They have suspended
work on the railroad to Pekin, which
i adds to the complications. It is be
lieved that their object in this is to
compel the other powers to consent to
the destruction of Pekin.
The Tu Lin expedition has returned
to Tien Tsin. The march back was
unopposed, and it is reported that the
. Boxers have retired in force to a vil
li ge SO miles up the Grand canal.
i The Americans did not participate
in the burning and looting of Tu Liu,
and this caused considerable comment
among the other commanders.
The Sixth United States cavalry, it
is rnmored here, has been ordered to
camp at Yang Tsum. up the Pei Ho,
with a view of strengthening the line
of communication. The regiment' will
i take two heavy guns,
i Twelve thousand Germans arrived
here.
Corporal Hughes, of the Third Unit
ed States artillery, was killed, and bis
companion wounded, while trying to
force a passage of the French bridge
! after dark.
AGAINST COLUMBIA.
Award of the French President on the
Boundary Question.
Washington, Sept. 19. The minis-
ter of Costa Rica at Washington, Sen
1 or Calvo, has received a cablegram
j from the minister of Costa Rica at
Paris, which conveys the information
that the president of the French repub
lic, M. Loubert, who was the arbitra
tor appointed to decide the boundary
question between Costa Rica and Co
lombia, by his award of yesterday,
fixed the boundary limit between the
two countries on the Atlantic side at
Mona Point and on the Pacific side at
Punta Barica. The republic of Colom
: bia claimed that tbe limit should "be
' fixed at Cape Gracias Adios. on tbe At
lantic, including the whole of Costa
; Rica and the Nicaraguan Atlantic
coast, and that the limit on the Pacific
I side should he placed at Boruca river,
j to the northwest of Golfo Dulce, which
wonld have given Colombia a right to
1 half tbe territory of Costa Rica and
about two-thirds of that of Nicaragua.
; Costa Rica claimed the old limits be
i tween Central America and Colombia,
I placed at the Island of Escudo de Ver
agua, on the Atlantic, and the river
I Chiriqui Viejo. on the Pacific. The
j award fixes the boundary line on the
j Pacific side at Punta Barica, as claim
ed by Costa Rica, and on the Atlantic
denies the right of Colombia to any
pait of the territory of Nicaragua or
any portion of that of Costa Rica be
yond Mona Point.
An Arizona Murder.
Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 19. Some
time last night, Fermina Ochoa, a Mex
ican woman, about 50 years of age,
was murdered in a horrible manner at
Yuma. Her body was found the fol
lowing morning in front of tbe house
where she bad taken lodging the night
before. Her skull bad been fractured
by a blow on the forehead and a piece
of cloth torn into strips and twisted
into a rope was tied around her throat
so tightly as to produce strangulation.
There was also a deep knife wound in
the body.
Captured Boer Ouns and Stores.
Cape Town, Sept. 18. The military
authorities have taken over The Nether
lands Railway. General MacDonald,
operating in the northeast corner ol
Orange colony, compelled the Boers to
make hasty flight from Vet river. He
captured 31 guns, a quantity of cattle
and stores, and 65,000 rounds of am
munition. In the Haymarket Riot.
Chicago, Sept. 19. Police Lieuten
ant Edward J. Steele died suddenly
early today. Lieutenant Steele " was
the man who led the police up Des
Plaines street to the scene of tbe Hay
market riot, his company being at the
head of the column that advanced to
disperse the anarchists who were mak
ing speeches. He was prostrated by
tbe force of the bomb explosion and
had one of his wrists broken. Nine
out of 24 of his company were severely
injured.
STRUCK IN EARNEST
Coal Miners Out in the An
thracite Region.
MITCHELL SAYS 112,000 QUIT
No Violence Has Thus Far Been Re
ported Strike Extends Over
a Large Territory.
Hazleton, Pa., Sep 19. The grea.
struglge between the anthracite coal
miners of Pennsylvania and their em
ployers was begun today. Each side
is confident of winning, and neither
of the contending forces shows any dis
position to yield. The contest thus far
has been devoid of any violence.
The exact number of men who struck
cannot at this time be told. Reports
received by the United Mineworkers'
officials from the entire anthracite re
gion were to them most satisfactory.
In this territory, known as district No.
7, there are 16,000 men employed in
and about the mines. Of this number,
it is conseravtively estimated that
about 50 per cent obeyed the order of
President Mitchell to quit work. Five
thousand of these belong to the col-
lieries which did not work at all, and
the remaining 3,000 to mines which
j work short-handed. The district
! south of this place, known as the
South Side, was tied up completely
with the exception of Coleraine, Beaver
Meadow and Carson's Washeries. In
i this territory the United Mineworkers
are very strong. On the north side,
: the Upper Lehigh. Minesville, Eberale
' and Drifton No. 1 collieries, employ--"
; ing about 1,500, are shut down. The
: mines at Lattimer and Pond Creek,
j employing 1,200, are wroking full, but
: every other mine in that big territory
is working with badly crippled forces.
Three of the Markle mines, over which
there has been so much contention,
; worked all day with aobut 65 per cent
of the men. On the West Side every
: colliery started up today minus its
; union men, except at tbe Hazle mines,
: where the union miners went to work
in consequence of a misunderstanding.
Hazleton today presented an ani
mated appearance, strikers from all the
! surrounding mining towns coming in
early in the day and gathering in
groups on the street corners and dis
cussing the situation. It was a most
orderly crowd. Around strike head
quarters, at the Valley hotel, there was
more or less of a crowd of men all day.
President Mitchell, who arrived from
the West last night, was kept busy all
day and evening, receiving reports
from every section of the region. Mes
sengers bringing information to bim
from near-by points kept coming regu
larly. Mr, Mitchell decided an important
point today in tbe matter of arbitra
tion. Last week the miners employed
by G. B. Markle & Co. decided not to
strike until the firm had passed upon
a set Of their own grievances, which
differ somewhat from those of the Unit
ed Mineworkers. The firm has an
agreement with its men that if any
differences fail of adjustment, then the
grievances shall be arbitrated. John
Markle, of the firm, yesterday agreed
to have Archbishop Ryan, of Philadel
phia, arbitrate the differences, if tbe
mediators already decided upon by the
firm and the men cannot come to a
j satisfactory agreement. President
Mitchell, however, stated today that
he should ask the men employed by
Markle to cease work. The men might
gain concessions through arbitration,
he said, but it was now a case of secur
ing a uniform settlement throughout
the anthracite region.
About 100 foreign-speaking miners
left Hazleton today, and will take a
steamei for Europe. These men ex
pect a long strike, and, rather than re
main' idle here, they preferred to go to
their former homes.
President Mitchell tonight gave out
the following statement:
"Information received up to tonight
shows that 112,000 mineworkers aie
on strike in the anthracite region. Of
this number, 72,000 are in district No.
1; 30,000 in district No. 3, and 10,000
in district No. 7. Reports received
are to the effect that a large number of
those who went to the mines today will
join in the snspensiontomorrow. The
number of men now out on strike ex
ceeds that of any other industrial con
test in the history of our country.
Rewrads For American Heads.
Victoria, B. C, Sept. 17. Among
the advices brought by the Breconshire
from China were stories of the arrest of
Chinese with the heads of foreign sol
diers in sacks. It seems that head
money of 50 taels is paid for each head.
This fact was brought to light by the
disoovery of the private papers of Vice
roy Yu Lu, of Tien Tsin. In bis day
book there is an entry which reads:
"Taels, 100, paid for the heads of two
American marines killed in the ad-
! vance for the relief of Tien Tsin. Taels,
60, for the two guns captured on the
same occasion."
More Plague in Glasgow.
Glasgow, Sept. 19. Five additional
cases of bubonic plague have been re
ported here, four of the stricken per
sons being members of the same family.
Prince of Saxony Killed.
Dresden, Sept. 19. Prince Albert
of Saxony was killed in a carriage ac
cident yesterday at Wolkau, a snort
distanee from Dresden. He was born
in 1859 and was unmairied.
Refused to Work,
Bloomsberg, Pa.. Sept. 19. All
effort to settle the difference between
tbe Reading Iron Company, of Dan
ville, and its employes having failed,
the 600 men employed at the plant re.
fused to work this morning.