CORVALLIS
ETTE.
WEEKLY.
UNION Estab. July. 1897.
GAZETTE Estub. Dec, 1862.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1900.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 45.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS PROk THE WIRES
In Interesting Collection of Items From
e Two Hemispheres Preset i
in a Condensed i'c:m. V.
American troops have withdrawn
from Pekin.
Roosevelt was met by big crowds in
the state of New York.
The business portion of the town of
Dnnavant, Kansas, was destroyed by
fire.
The United States is holding back
its answer to the Anglo-German agree
ment. Bryan says, if elected, be will im
mediately withdraw the army from
the Philippines.
Thomas Walsh, the Colorado mil
lionaire, forms a partnership in com
mercial enterprises with King Leopold,
of Belgium.
Great uneasiness was created in pal
ace circles, says the Constantinople
crrespondent of the London Daily Mail,
by a reprt that an American squadron
was approaching and the censor was
instructed to prohibit the press from
mentioning the subject.
Another feud has broken out in Clay
county, Kentucky, between the Phil
pots and Davidsons Recently David
Davidson, father of Felix Davidson,
the deputy who was killed by a l'hil
pot a few weesk ago, was killed and
several others wounded in a fight. On
the other side, David Philpot was
killed and two others badly wounded.
Skirimshes continue between the
Russians and the Chinese at various
points along the Manchurian railway.
The Amur Gazette, at Blagovest
schensk, asserts that the Chinese bank
of the Amur river will be offered to
Russian settlers. It is reported that
the construction of a railway between
Blagovestchensk and Teilsikar has been
decided upon.
Colonel Picquart's suit for libel
gainst Le Journal of Paris, arising
from the Dreyfus polemics, was de
cided in his favor. The court com
manded the manager of the pap3r, M.
Pouch, to pay a fine of 2,000 francs,
rod M. Possiden and Galli, the writ
ers of the articles, were sentenced to six
months' and one months' imprison
ment, respectively, and all three were
sentenced to pay 30,000 francs darn
iges. William Hammer Piper, of Chicago,
on behalf of the Zion church has sent
telegrams to President McKinley and
Governor Nasb, of Ohio, protesting
against the treatment of the represen
tatives of the denomination at Mans
field, O., and appealing for their pro
tection. Mr. Piper sasy these punis
ters have not broken a single statute of
the state, and tbi right to preach the
gospel of Jesus Christ is vouchsafed to
them by the laws of Ohio and the con
stitution of the United States.
A New York bank teller stole $700,
000 and escaped.
Boer guerrilla attacks give the Brit
ish much trouble.
President Mitchell thinks this is the
last week of the wipers' strike.
Twenty-five carloads of Oregon fruit
trees will be shipped to other states.
The British steamship Royalist will
enter the transport service of the Unit
ed States.
The Pacific Coast Company in three
years has risen from bankruptcy to
fl, 000,000 surplus.
Thirteen-year-old school girl, Lulu
Jones, was tbe victim of a muderous
assault at Jefferson, Or.
Baron von Richthofen is Count von
Bulow's successor as minister of for
eign affairs for Germany.
The Kentucky miners' strike has
been declared off. Eight hundred
men will return to work at once.
The Russian minister of finance, M.
De Witt, authorizes denial of the story
that Russia began negotiations in New
York in tbe middle of October for a
50,000,000 loan.
General Charles M. Seira, of the Co
lombian republic's army, announces
that his government had purchased
George Gould's yacht, Atlanta, and
would use her in suppressing the rebel
lion. Near Vicksburg, Miss., Glester
Barnes, colored, was lynched by a mob
of his own people. In a drunken fury
Barnes murdered his wife, stabbed and
badly wounded a negro who interfered, -and
engaged in a rife duel with a
white man who attempted to arrest
bim. The murderer was shot to death.
Tbe citizens of Oklahoma and In
dian Territory want single statehood
for the two territories. The formation
of leagues to promote this end has com
menced. The first league was organ
ized at Wagoner, I. T. Determined
sfforts in this direction are being made
by tbe leading people of those territor
ies. There are about 30,000 lepers in the
Philippines.
The gold yield ot Cripple Creek for
the present year is expected to amount
to 127,000,000.
An English inventor proposes to
build a boat that will cross the Atlan
tic in two days.
Big imports of gold from Europe art
anticipated in New York as a result o!
tbe resumption of mining in South
Africa.
LATER NEWS.
Alvord, the absconder, was arrested
in Boston.
Japan withes to hold the balance of
power in the Orient.
The cigarmakers of Tampa, Florida,
ire out on a strike.
Fall fishing on the Columbia is
tbout at an end.
Prince Christian Victor, of Scbles-wig-Holstein,
died at Pretoria.
Venezuela was visited by a great
aarthquake, killing 15 persons.
Damage by flood is reported from La
Crosse, Wis., and Winona, Minn.
Professor Max Muller, the famous
philologist, died in London, aged 77.
There was a general resumption of
work in the Pennsylvania coal region.
The new gold strike in the Baker
City, Or., country, is extensive and
rich.
A Democratic leader predicts that
Idaho will give Bryan a majority of
5,000.
Chicago postoffice clerks have affili
ated with the American Federation of
Labor.
The Boers are said to have 15,000
armed men in tbe field in Orange River
colony.
Prince Hohenlohe says he resigned
because he was ignored on important
occasions.
Chinese looters stole Manchn throne
and colossal archaeological objects oi
great value.
Boxers at Pao Ting Fu declare the
provincial treasurer ordered them to
kill foreigners.
Prince Yi and Ying Nien are added
to the list of those whose execution
France has demanded.
More than $20,000,000 in gold dust
and bullion has been deposited in Seat
tle assay officethis year.
Seven people were killed and as
many injured in a Northern Pacific
train wreck near Livingston, Mont.
Many persons were injured and per
haps killed, and a dozen buildings
wrecked in a New York fire and ex
plosion. A special from Victor, Colo., says
the 300 miners who walked out of the
Independence mine on account of the
order to search them when they came
off duty have been discharged. Every
thing is quiet about the mine.
At Spoakne, Wash., Mrs. Edith
Strobe!, wife of an engineer on the
Great Northern, killed herself by blow
ing out her brains with a revolver.
She was 29 years of age, and before her
marriage was a Tekoa, Wash., girl.
Temporary insanity is said to have
been the motive. .
New York Democrats gave W. J.
Bryan another reception.
A plot to assassinate President Lou
net, of France, has been discovered.
George W. Shaver, a pioneer steam
boat man, of Portland, Or., is dead.
Roosevelt concluded his tour in New
York state with a speech in Bingbamp
ton.
All but one colliery in tbe Hazleton
mining region have granted the miners
demands.
Four hundred native Christians were
massacred at Mukden before the Rus
sian occupation.
Near Frederickstad, the Boers under
Dewet. were scattered in all directions
by a British force.
A Republican parade lasting six
hours was the culmination of the cam
paign in Chicago.
The evacuation of Cuba will not be
ordered till the character of the new
government is tested.
Edward Dewey, brother of Admiral
Dewey, died at his home in Montpe
lier, Vt., aged 71 years.
An Everett, Wash., saw mill has re
ceived and order foi 2,000,000 feet oi
lumber from South America.
A man who had been a) rested at
Spangle, Wash., for being drunk and
disorderly, committed suicide by hang
ing himself in jail.
The 150-ton schooner Fischer Bros.,
of Seattle, is reported to have been
wrecked on the beach of Behring sea
in a storm near Port Clarence. No
lives were lost.
W. S. Robson, one ol the most ex
tensive cotton planters of Texas, has
gathered statistics from the Brazos and
Colorado valleys and declares that the
ball weavil has destroyed $6,000,000
worth of this year's crop.
A sheriff's posse in pursuit of five
prisoners who escaped from the Doni
phan, Kan., jail, overtook tbe men
near Dalton, Ark., and a battle ensued
in which two members of the posse
were dangerously wounded. Three of
the prisoners were wounded and recap
tured. Tbe war department has made public
an order issued by General McArthur,
looking to tbe piotection of the health
of the soldiers in the Philippines.
This recites that 50 per cent of tbe
sickness in the army is avoidable by
sanitary precautions, the most import
ant of which are the boiling of all
drinking water for not less than 20
minutes, and the adoption of the strict
est cleanliness as to camps, quarters,
kitchens and cooking utensils.
A German firm has built a locomo
tive on the American pattern.
The international peace congress in
Paris condemned Great Britain's course
in the Transvaal.
During the last year 2,400 duels
have been fought in Italy and 80 deaths
have resulted.
Cabbage crops in Europe are gener
ally poor this year and this country is
being called upon to make up the deficiency.
THE STRIKE IS OFF
Official Settlement of Trouble
by Union Officials.
FEW OPEPATORS FAIL TO COMPLY
At Such Mines the Strike Will Con tin m
Until the Employes Are Grant
ed Their Demands.
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 28. The follow
ing statement was given out for publi
cation tonight by President Mitchell,
of the United Mineworkers:
"Temporary Heaqduarters, United
Mineworkers of America, Hazleton,
Pa., October 27, 1900. To tbe miners
and mineworkers of the anthracite reg
ion: Gentlemen After carefully can
vassing the entire strike situation, we,
your officers, district and national,
have concluded that your victory is so
nearly complete that no good end can
he served by continuing the strike
longer. The contest has been in pro
gress for 39 days, and the companies
employing you have, with few excep
tions, signified their willingness to pay
the scale of wages formulated by the
Scranton convention uf October 12 and
13.
"We are aware that some disappoint
ment and dissatisfaction has been
caused by the failure of the operator,
in districts 1 and 7 to separate tbe re
duction in the price of powder from
the advance in wages, but after careful
inquiry we are satisfied that each mine
employe will actually receive an ad
vance of 10 per cent on the wages form
erly paid. In the Schuylkill and Le
igh regions the largest companies have
agreed that the sliding scale should
be suspended and that wages should
remain stationary at 10 per cent until
April 1, 1991, thus removing one oi
the iniquities of which you have com
plained for many years.
"While it is true that you have not
secured redress for all your wrongs;
while it is true that the increase in
your earnings will not fully compensate
you for the arduous labor you are com
pelled to perform, you have established
a perfect organization, which, if main
tained and conducted on business prin
ciples, will enable you to regulatn
many of your local grievances and make
your employment less hazardous and
more profitable than before the strike
began .
"The companies agree in their notices
to take up with their mine employee
all grievances complained ot. We
would, therefore advise that when
work is resumed committees be select
ed by the minp employes and that they
wait upon the superintendents of the
companies and present their griev
ances in an orderly, business-like man
ner, and ask that they be corrected.
"Your attention is respectfully
called to the fact that the laws of the
state of Pennsylvania provide that
miners should be paid semi-monthly
upon demand. We should, therefore,
advise that each mine employe serve
notice on the companies that he expects
to be paid his wages twice each month,
as provided by law.
"Tbe practical benefits to tbe miners
which accrue from thorough organiza
tion have been so clearly demonstrated
during this strike that it should be
needless for us to urge upon you the
necessity of maintaining your union in
tact. We trust, however, that those
who are now members of the union
will be unceasing in their efforts to in
duce all mineworkers to ally them
selves with the United Mineworkers of
America at once, as it will be impossi
ble for you to secure your wages in the
future or even maintain the present
rate of wages unless you are prepared
to offer a united resistance if any at
tempt is made to reduce your earnings
upon the expiration of tbe present
offer."
Tbe address is signed by tbe national
and district officers of the United Mine
workers of America.
Do d son & Co., operating the Beaver
Brook colliery, posted a notice today
complying with the demands of the
Scranton convention. The company
also operates the Morea and William
colleries, in Schuylkill county.
Kecrnits for Philippines.
New York, Oct. 28. Col onel Kim
balll, assistant quartermaster of the
United States army, announced today
that 2.000 recruits will leave for the
Philippines in the next three weeks.
The first 1,000 will leave on the trans
port Bp ford, November 5. The second
transport carrying the other 1,000, will
be -the Kilpatrick, which will leave
I November 10. The recruits on the Bu
ford will be under the command ot
! Colonel Jacob Kline.of the Twenty-firs
infantry, and those on tbe Kilpatrick ,
under Colonel Tully McCrue.
State Boundary X.ine Wrong;,
Montgomery, Ala., Oct; 28. Secre
tary of State McDavid has taken the
first step toward annexing West Flori
da to Alabama. In his annual report
to the government the secretary of state
says Alabama runs a mile farther south
on the eastern boundary than the tract
books have hitherto shown, and that
tbe state is possessed of a wedge of land
which his office records failed to show
it owned running 100 miles along the
southern end ot the state.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., Oct. 27. In
tense adverse feeling has been excited
here by the renewal of the report that
Denmark intends to sell the Danish
Antilles to the United States. A meet
ing of the colonial council has been
convoked at St. Croix for the purpose
of making a formal protest. The news
papers discuss the question, declaring
in bold type: "We do not wish to be
sold." There is no desire, much less
enthusiasm, among the popilation to
belong to the United States.
BRIBERY IN GERMANY.
Fatsdowsk; - Wehner Implicated in m
Scrapa.
Berlin, Oct. 29. A great sensation
has been caused oy the allegations
that Count von Posadowsky-Wehner,
secretary of sta te for the interior, had
been bribed w ith 12,000 marks for his
wok in connection with the penal
servitude bill of i898 . The allegation
is contained in a letter which is going
the rounds of the German press. The
writer asserts that Herr Krupp sub
scribed 5,000 marks to the fund con
stituting the alleged bribe. The Na
tional Zeitungb says it expects that
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner will
resign, and nearly all the papers con
demn him severely.
A special addition of the Berliner
Correspondent, which was issued by
the minister of the interior this after
noon, publishes a statement admitting
that Director von Woedtke, of the im
perial department of the interior, in
duced Secretary Bueok, of the Central
Association of Manufacturers, to de,-
vote 12,000 marks lor printing reicm
stag material and other documents
tending to show arguments in favor of
passing the anti-strike bill. This
printed material was sent to the pro
vincial press for reproduction. The
official statement amounts to a virtual
corroboration 6f the press charges
brought against the ministry of the in
terior, of which Count von Posadowsky
Wehner is the head.
All the evening papers comment
upon the official administration. The
entire Liberal press now demands the
resignation ot Posadowsky-Wehner, j
and Director von Woedtke, the assump
tion being that the latter doubtless
acted at the suggestion of the former.
The Berliner Tageblatt says: "The
sole consequence of the official state
ment is that both must resign." A
similar demand is made by the Vos
siche Zeitung, which remarks: ' 'It is
an unheard of proceeding thai a govern
ment department should request and
receive large sums from one small sec
tion of a population directly interested
in pending legislation for the purpose
of influencing the nation against such
legislation."
The only papers which attempt to
defend the secretary of state for the in
terior are the Berliner Post, the Kreuz
Zeitung and the Berliner Nachrichten,
whose justification of his course in the
matter is weakly apologetic
SOUTHERN BOXERS.
They Are Organizing to Drive Foreign
ers Out or China.
Hong Kong, Oct. 29. Advices from
Lien Chan, on North river, say that
American mission porperty there is
threatened with destruction by Boxers,
whj have posted the following procla
mation: "We have organized to protect oui
country and our homes, and we rely
upon one another to support the order
to drive out the foreign devils. They
are mad. Their folly passes descrip
tion. They are the usurpers of our
land! They disturb our borders. In
all the provinces and prefectures chap
els have been opened, and our people
are deceived, ripped open ana disem
boweled, while the foreigners grow fat
on tbe revenues of China, insulting our
officials and merchants and seizing our
temples and palaces. The emperor is
indulgent and permits this. Who can
foretell the intention of 'the foreign
devils? Day by day they act more out
rageously. When we behold the pres
ent condition of affairs, our hearts are
bruised with grief. Therefore, we have
organized our strength to destroy tbe
devouring wolf throughout the em
pire." The Boxers took the American Pres
byterian mission buildings, but have
not destroyed them. Tbe rebellion is
spreading along East river and North
river, in the province of Kwang Si.
It is supposed to be aimed at tbe over
throw of the Manchu dynasty, but the
reports are so contradictory that it is
next to impossible to form a lucid im
pression In Canton the Chinese offi
cals are taking tbe insurrection so
lightly that foreigners believe it will
be very difficult to suppress.
Mine Boiler Exploded.
Minonk, 111., Oct. 29. A boiler at
shaft 8o. 1, of the Chicago & Minonk
Coal Company, exploded early this
morning, seriously injuring William
Jackson, engineer; Samuel Hayes,
George Hayes and Ed Liston, firemen.
Several other workmen received slight
injuries. Jackson was badly burned
and may die. Hayes was badly scald
ed, and his son George sustained a frac
ture of the pkull. Liston was so badly
scalded he will probably lose the sight
of one eye. At the time, the superin
tendent and 250 men were in the mine,
over 500 feet below. Two of the bat
tery boilers were uninjured, and in or
der to operate the lift with steam, the
two boilers were separated from the
debris and enough power furnished
from them to operate the lift and raise
tbe men to the surface. The financial
loss is not over $10,000.
Structural Ironworkers' Wages.
Pittsburg, Oct. 29. The National
Association of Bridge and Structural
lonworkers, in session here today,
adopted a universal wage scale, fixing
the rate at 50 cents an hour, with
eight hours as a day's work. The
scale will go into effect next May. It
was also decided to send an organizer
to South Africa and Egypt.
London, Oct. 29. Tbe Daily Mail
has the following from Lourenco Mar
ques: The American bark Fred P.
Litchfield, which went ashore here
from her moorings during the gale on
the night of October 14, and was
searched the next day for gold, in con
sequence of a suspicion that she was
carrying Mr. Kruger's treasure, to the
imount of 1,500,000, sailed today,
rhere is little doubt that she carries a
large quantity of gold hidden under her
BOERS WAKING UP
Active Resistance Reported
From Several Points.
ATTACK MADE UPON JACOBSDAL
Burghers Raiding in Northern Natal
Steyn .Establishes His Capital
at Fourie'j Burg.
Cape Town, Oct. 29. The Boers
have captured Jacobsdal, southwest oi
Kimberley, after a stubborn resistance
on the part of the garrison, which con
sisted of a detachment of Cape Town
highlanders. The latter suffered se
verely, losing 34 out of 52 men.
Hans Botha has cut off a train with
a reconnoitering party of the Highland
brigade between Heidelberg and Grey
lingstad, in the Transvaal colony, tear
ing up the Tails in front and behind
the train. In the fight which followed
two captains and eight men were
wounded and all were captured.
London, Oct. ij.s-r-It now appear!
that Jacobsdal was not captured bj
the Boers. Advices received from
Cape Town shortly after midnight say:
"Later news from Jacobsdal shows
that 200 Boers unsuccessfully at
tacked a garrison. The Highlanders
had 14 killed and 20 wounded."
It is reported here as a curious coin
cidence that the news should be re
ceived concurrently with the expected
arrival home from South Africa of the
City ".Imperial volunteers, as Jacobsdal
was tbe scene of the latter 's first fight.
The town was captured by these volun
teers February"15.
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RIOTING NEAR MONTREAL.
Clash ' Between Militia and Strikers
Many Were Hurt.
Montreal, Oct. 29. Over a score
were wounded, one fatally, in a con
flict between militia and strikers at
Valley Field, Quebec, today.
' Two hundred men employed by the
Montreal Cotton Company on the
foundations of a new mill, went out on
strike yesterday, demanding an in
crease of 25 cents a day in their pay.
The company refused to deal with the
union. The strikers prevented the
company from shipping goods and to
day held up the company's coal pile.
The local police were powerless. The
company had to have coal or shut
down. Consequently a message was
sent to Montieal asking for military
assistance. It arrived at Valley Field
at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon and con
sisted of two companies of the Royal
Scots. The embargo on the coal pile
was promptly raised. -
At dusk a big crowd, composed of
strikers and their sympathizers, gath
pied and there was every evidence of
trouble. About 8:30 the mob gathered
pear the Empire mill and began throw
ing stones through the windows and
otherwise destroying property. The
troops charged the mob with fixed bay
pnets. They were driven back. Eight
pf their number weie wounded, two of
them seriously. The strikers had 15
men injured, one fatally. Reinforce
ments were then asked from Montreal
tand 300 men with medical assistance,
left, sxpecting to arrive at Valley Field
about 2 A. M.
K luge's Flans.
Paris, Oct. 29. Dr. Leyds, Trans
vaal agent was questioned today with
reference to tbe plans of ex-President
QCruger. He said:
"Most of tbe stories published on
.the subject are imaginary. Mr. Krug
pr will land at Marseilles, and I sbal!
go to meet him. It is not true that I
bave seen M. Delcasse, French minis
ter of foreign affairs, or that I am in
any way arranging a reception which:
will be entirely in the hands of the
French themselves. Nothing has beer:
definitely decided as to the details o
Kruger's stay in Europe. But Mr.
Kruger is an old man and not accus
tomed to a cold climate, so it is likely
he will sojourn in the neighborhood ot
Nice for the Wwinter.
Annexation of the Transvaal.
Pretoria, Oct. 29. The Transvaal
was today proclaimed a part of the
British empire, the proclamation being
attended with impressive cereomnies
The roval standard was hoisted in the
main square of the city, tbe Grena
diers presented arms, massed bande
played the National Anthem, Sir Al
fred Milner read the proclamation, and
6,200 troops, representing Great Britain
and her colonies, marched past.
Drank Carbolic Acid.
New York, Oct. 29. Mrs. Mabel
Hanson, 23 years of .age, who lived
with her mother and two elder sisters,
on the top floor of a handsome apart
ment house on West Sixty-first street,
died at her home today from, the effect
of a dose of carbolic acid. The family
is not communicative as to the mat
ter, and claims that it is certain that
Mrs. Hanson took the acid by mistake.
It is known, however, that she pur
chased 10 cents worth of carbolic acid
in a drug store less than half an hom
before her death. The woman's hus
band, Charles Hanson, is in San Fran
osoo, where, it is said, he is in the fu
business. Mrs. Hanson has been visit
ing here about three months.
Chigi Sold Art Treasure.
Rome, Oct. 29. Prince Chigi, who
was prosecuted by the Italian govern
ment for selling a painting by Botti
celli, which is now in London, has bees,
ordered to pay as a fine for violating
the law against selling valued workc
of art for exportation, the sum oi
3,151,000 lire, which was the price
pad for tbe picture. The purchaser,
who was summoned to appear before
the tribunal, but was in default, was
condemned conjointly with Prince
Chigi.
FILIPINO ACTIVITY.
force of Four Hundred Attack Ameri
can Scouting Farty.
Manila, Oct. 30. While scouting
near Looc, a detachment of the Twen
tieth and Twenty-eighth regiments,
under Captain Beiglei, were attacked
by 400 insurgents, armed with rifles,
under the command of a white man,
whose nationality is not known to the
Americans. The insurgents for the
most part were intrenched. After a
heroio fight, Captain Beigler drove off
the enemy, killing more than75. The
fight lasted for two hours. Captain
Beigler and three privates were slightly
wounded, and two of the Americans
were killed.
An engagement took place October
24 between detachments of the Third
cavalry and the Thirty-third infantry,
numbering 60, and a force of insur
gents, including 40 riflemen and 1,000
bolomen. The fighting was desperate.
Finally, under pressure of overwhelm
ing numbers, the Americans were com
pelled to retire on Narvioan. Lieuten
ant George L. Febiger and four pri
vates were killed, nine wounded and
four missing. Twenty-nine horses are
missing. A number of teamsters were
captured by tbe insurgents, but were
subsequently released. The enemy's,
loss is estimated at 150.
Reports from General Young's dis
trict show an increase of insurgents
there owing to the fact that recruits
are going thither from the towns.
While a detail of tne Thirty-third
infantry was returning from Bangned
they were fired upon by insurgents.
Sergeant Bearstaller being killed and
two privates wounded.
A civilian launch towing a barge
loaded with merchandise near Arayat
was attackde by a force of 150 insur
gents under David Fagin, a deserter
from the Twenty-fourth infantry. The
American troops, hearing the firing,
turned out in force before the boat
could be looted and captured Fagin,
who holds the rank of general among
the insurgents, and who has sworn
special enmity towards his former
company. Of the 20 men he captured
a month ago, seven have returned.
One was killed in a fight, his body bet
ing horribly mutilated. Fagin sent
messages to his former comrades
threatening them with violence if they
became his pirsodners. It was Fagin's
men who capture Lieutenant Freder
ick W. Alstaetter, who is a prisoner.
General Hall's expedition, with a
force of nearly 800 men, through the
mountains to Binangonan, province of
Infanta, in pursuit of the insurgent,
Cailles, although it discovered no trace
of the enemy, encountered great hard
ships on the march. Twenty Chinese
porters died and 40 men were sent into
tbe hospital. After stationing a garri
son of 250 men in Binangonan and vis
iting Polillo island, off tbe coast of In
fanta province, General Hall and the
rest of his force embarked there on the
transport Garonne.
FLOODS IN WISCONSIN.
Much Damage Done at and Near the
City of La Crosse.
La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 30. In the 24
hours preceding 8 o'clock this morning
7 l'i inches of rain fell in this city.
The storm was the heaviest in this
city, although it was generally felt
within a radius of 50 miles from here.
The Milwaukee road suffered much
damage to its tracks, and no trains
have arrived from the East for 24
hours. The La Crosse river marshes
are flooded, and inost of the bay that
escaped the late flood has been destroy
ed. On H. Goodard's farm the house
was undermined and the family sought
refuge in a barn until rescued today.
The Green Bay road has a washout on
the marshes which wlil require some
days to repair. At Hokaho the dam
which held in Lake Como broke today,
and the lake has almost disappeared.
There is a good deal of damage
throughout the country. Fire caused
by electricity damaged the La Crosse
Knitting Works to the extent of sev
eral thousand dollars.
Sentences for Filipinos.
vVashington, Oct. 30. Military
commissions in the Philippines have
recently tried a score or more of na
tive Filipinos on charges of murderous
assaults, abduction, rape and violation
of the laws of war. In most instances
the death penalty was imposed, al
though in only two cases was it actual
ly executed, the others being com
mutetd to imprisonment at bard labor.
In one instance a native organized a
miniatuie insurrection and with a
small squad of Filipinos made an
armed raid on the town of Tuguegaro
to release some of his fellows who were
held prisoners there by the United
States, He was sentenced to bard la
bor and imprisonment for 30 yeais and
his sentence later was commutted to 10
years' imprisonment.
Four Children Drowned.
Port Clinton, O., Oot. 30. A quad
ruple drowning occurred near Plaster
Bed on Sandusky bay, eight miles east
of here, this afteroon. The drowned
are: Doulgass, George E.. Alfred and
Henry Stark, respectively 3, 5, 8 and
13 years. They were the children of
William Stark. Mr. Stark and the
children went for a boat ride this af
ternoon. On returning to shore the
boat became fouled in a fish net and
the oarsman could neither force
the boat ahead nor go back. The
children Decani e irigtenea ana leaning
over the side of the craft it capsized.
Stereoptleon Cas Exploded.
Chicago, Oct. 30. An explosion of
gas that was to be used for a stereop
ticon entertainment wrecked the inte
rior of the First Presbyterian church
in Austin tonight, and the operator,
George W. Leitcb, recently returned
from missionary work in India and
Ceylon, lost his right hand and re
ceived a number of other injuries.
The gas was in two cylinders about
four feet long. One of the tanks
sprang a leak and the light in the lan
tern ignited it. causing the explosion.
FIRE IN NEW YORK
Caused Terrible Explosion in
Heart of the City.
A DOZEN BUILDINGS WRECKED
Tarrant's Establishment the Scene of
the DisasterMany Persona
Were Killed.
New York, Oct. 31. As the lesult
of a small fire, several explosions of
chemicals occurred in Tarrant & Co. 's,
drug store, at Warren and Greenwich"
streets today, and blew down a dozen'
buildings and badly damaged a score
of others. The loss of life is not known, (
but from all sources of information it
is gathered that there are perhaps:
the bodies of 30 persons in the ruins,1
though, because of the hot debris and
the slowness of the moving of it, no
body had been removed up to mid
night. Chief Croker, of the fire de
partment, said tonight that the loss is
fully $1,500,000. The buildings de
stroyed were:
Seven-story brick and stone struc
ture, occupied by Tarrant & Co.,
wholesale druggists; the F. T. Witte
Hardware Company and Breitenbach
& Co., manufacturers of patent medi
cines. Seven-story brick building, occu
pied by Eppens, Smith & Weinman
Company, coffee-roasting house.
Five -story brick building, occupied
by Locke & Conklin, produce dealers;
Douglas ft Co.. cheese; Kahn, bakers'
supplies, and Hopping & Campfield,
broomsticks and broomstraw.
Six-story brick, occupied by Aller,
dried fruits; Haven's drug store &
Spice Company; Flake & Co., and Ao
entins & Cuneo, fruitdealers.
Five-story brick, used as a hotel.
Five-story brick, occupied by the
Morris Jackson Flag Company and
Hart & Co., butter and cheese.
Five-story brick, occupied by Shieve
ley, printers' materials; O'Keefe &
Shievely, printers; Morrs-Jackson Flag
Company and Boerne, butter and eggs.
Four-story biick, unoccupied.
Four-story brick, occupied by Behr
nan, produce, and Kornaheens, storage
and screens.
Four-story brick, occupied by Er
nest, saloon; Hesse & Ohlsbuhls, sup
plies; Granatto, bananas.
Seven-story brick, occupied by Ep
pins, Smith & Co., teas and coffees.
Five -story brick occupied by Hart
man, embossing and stamping, card
board factory; Lifsitcb, cigars; Rosen
berg, saloon.
Tbe work of the firemen saved the
buildings fronting on Chambers street
from total destruction and the fire was
halted after it had eaten about 100 feet
southward into the block below War
ren. Thirty-five persons weie reported
missing, and 100 men, women and
children are on the list of the injured.
UNION POSTOFFICE CLERKS.
Chicago Employes Affiliate With the
A nerican Federation of Labor.
Chicago, Oct. 30. The postoffice
clerks of Chicago today entered tbe
ranks of the trade unionists. The
clerks have affiliated themselves wth
the Amercan Federaton of Labor, and
the new organzaton will be known as
the Chicago Postoffice Clerks' Union.
It is claimed that practically all of the
1,400 postoffice employes in Chicago
are included in the movement.
Foremost among the objects for which
the new union is to strive will be the
adoption of the eight-hour working day
for letter-carriers. Another object to
be given almost equal prominence will
be the agitation in favor of federal leg
islation that will fix absolutely the rate
f wages for letter-carriers and other
postoffice employes, taking the matter
completely out of the hands of the
"Promotion Board" and other similar
agencies. It is to be a labor union
pure and simple, and will airect its ef
forts solely to the problem of bettering
the lot of the rank and file of the post
office epmloyes.
Admission of Chinese.
Washington, Oct. 29. The secie
tary of the treasury, aoting on the de
cision of the solicitor of the treasury,
has held that the wife of a Chinese native-born
citizen of the United States
is entitled to admission into the United
States, regardless of tbe provisions of
section 1884, revised statutes. Such
ri jht to land does not depend on the
status of her husband as a merchant,
even if it is held that the exclusion
laws apply to a Chinese merchant who
is native born, but rather on her higher
right not to be separated from her hus
band who is legally entitled to live in
the country of his birth.
Suicide of a Butte Woman.
Butte, Mont., Oct. 31. Mrs. Marian
Adams took laudanum at a late hour
last night, and died this . morning.
Her husband, John Adam 3, instituted
suit Saturday for $25,000 damages
against Dr. Jonathan Tobb for alienat
ing his wife's affections.
Consul-General McNally, at Gaute
mala, writes to the state department
that the Gautemalan government has
issued a decree permiting the exporta
tion of fresh fruits from that country
free of all fiscal duty. This revokes a
governmental decree of recent date,
which placed a duty of 10 cents os
each bunch of bananas exported.
Mother Killed Her Son.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 31. The
iead body of Clifford Cawthorne, the
16-year-old son ot a widow, was found
t his home last night, lying on a bed
(n a pool of blood, his head hacked to
pieces with a hatchet, which was lying
near by.