Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1901)
CORVA GAZE 7r H WEEKLY. 252&Z2SJEJ?2& CoasolldaledFel). 1899. COBVAIililS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 12, lSOl. VOL. XXX VIII. NO. 29. EVENTS OF THE DAY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Revlw of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Presented in a Condensed Form Which Is Most Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many Readers. The plague is spreading with great rapidity at Amoy. - Sixteen German soldiers were drowned in the Rhine. - Friars were mobbed in Pangasihan province, Philippine islands. .'-'-. Cattlemen have protested against the opening of Oklahoma lands. " Municipalities will be organized in Laguna province, Philippine islands. The Abyssinians " pursuing . Mad Mullah are on the verge of starvation. A landslide at Lung Keng, China, caused the loss of 300 lives and much valuable property. . A cloudburst in -San Andreas can yon, near Albuquerque, N. M., did considerable damage. The secretary of the treasury has been authorized to refund duties paid on goods from Porto Rico. . A switch engine at" Columbus, Oy, crashed into a passenger train and about 20 passengers were hurt. " Militia may be called out toquell trouble between union and Japanese fishermen on iraser river, B. C. . Governor Whitmarsh, of Bcnguet province, Philippine islands, is ac cused of violating his instructions. . The war department has finished the new ' Philippine tariff and the schedules will be mailed to Governor Taft at once. ' . '; - -.-. .- " : The United States training ship Alert, with 124 apprentice boys on board has sailed from San Francisco for Yokohama, Japan. .'The' freight handlers strike, at .Reading, Pa... is still on,, with no prospect for an early settlement. More than 100 cars block all traffic. : - Pierre Lorillard, the tobacco" king, is dead. " . .. The hot wave in the east has been broken. ' - " ; '.-'.".'.-..'," i . The pope condemns the French law of associations. , Prince von Hohenlohe died at Rag atz Switzerland. - - Kruger has abandoned his contem plated trip to America. ' President opens a large tract of land in Oklahoma for settlement. The navy department has re-estab lished the European station. Crazy man shot and killed the judge who once declared him insane. The miners' strike at Telluride, . Colo.,. has been satisfactorily " settled. The Standard Oil company is send ing vessels to; the Pacific coast for wheat.. .. ? '- C. N. Gordon, inder five years' sen- tence, escaped from the jail at Van "couver. - . Actual business on - London stock exchange last week was worse . than ever before.. - Dr.,J. ,W. Watts, whose vote made " Rutherford B. Hayes president in 1876 is dead. . ,- ; Montana train robbers :- "have out tv it ted the officers, and. their capture is not probable.. .,- Robert Knapp drowned himself in ...the Willamette at Portland to end his sufferings from asthma. It is authoritatively stated that the long-talked'of-salmon canners' com ' bine has at last been formed. In the last race.' at Newport the yacht Constitution beat the Columbia nine minutes and the Independence Bcven minutes. neaa-ena collision oi trains on the Southern Pacific near Dunsmuir, Cal.j resulted in the death of a hobo and serious injuries to two other men. . Fire in Williams, Ariz., destroyed jieairy $duu,uuu worth oi property, Albert L. Johnson, a prominent trolley line promoter, is dead at his home in Brooklyn. An American has been awarded the South: African war medal for service " rendered the English. , England gives instructions - that raising of flag at Skagway, Alaska, is not to be insisted upon. mi . . . . . - xne- president nas issued a pro clamation adding 142,000 acres to the ' Cascade reserve in Oregon. The hot wave in the East continues . and the deaths and prostrations are more numerous than ever before. An immense lead combine has been formed to control the lead fields in Missouri. Capitalization, --- $20,000,- OOO.- .- : '. -; ,. ;. - : A Chicago man was shot and . fatal ly wounded while attempting to re cover a lady's purse from the man who did the shooting. Six former governors of Tennessee are among the citizens of that state, . one being United States senator Wil liam B. Bate. Twenty torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo boats wil oe turned . over to the government by contractors within tne next tew months. - ; The earl of Stamford, addressing the National Vigilance Society, in London, says American women are the purifiers of the national morals. THE BALAENA' WRECKED, Ancient Pacific Whaler Goes on the Rocks in Bthrlng Sea, ; Seattle, July 5. The whaler Bala ena, of San Francisco, belonging to the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, lies on St. Lawrence Island, 20 miles west of Southeast cape, in Behring sea, a total wreck. Captain P. F. Cotte and the 60 men in the crew had an almost miraculous escape from death. Through the" bravery of the officers all escaped to shore. . The Balaena was on a voyage to the Arctic. She was provisioned for 30 months. The whaler left San Fran cisco April 4. and, after battling with the ice for weeks, had succeeded in working through the worst of the floes. She was headed to pass St. Lawrence island when the wreck oc curred. Shortly after midnight, May 1, the wind rose : until it assumed the strength of a gale, and the whaler was driven to a point 20 miles west of Southeast cape, St. Lawrence island, where she struck a rock, The cap tain immediately ordered the boats out. The - whaler seemed to have been hung on the rock, and, although the waves were pounding her terribly, she did not founder. In a "very short time the boats were manned and the crew started for the shore. The sea was so high that it was impossible for the boats to keep together, but.they all made the island eventually. ; The hands and feet- of several are badly frozen.-.. ''-.S-:-:---'". k :- The Balaena is a total wreck. She is hanging to the rock where she struck, but is liable to slip off into the water and sink at any time, r She struck on the port side and crashed a hole fully 12 feet in the length of her hull. , , RESERVOIRS WERE DRY. Fire Raged in the Heart of Huntington, W. Va. Loss is $200,000. Huntington, W. Ya., July 5. A fire raged in the heart of the city from 11 o'clock this morning until 5 o'clock this evening, resulting in the loss of $200,000. The flames started in a hotel which was crowded with, guests, many of -whom were women. Of these a number fainted when the alarm of fire " rang -out through the halls, and it was with great difficulty that . they were re moved from the building. - There was not a gallon of water in the city re servoirs when the fire broke out. and all the fire engines in the city were ouFof repair. , Rapidly the flames spread and soon half a dozen resi dences were ablaze. -A livery stable and a number of private houses fruit stores, barber shops and. dozens of smaller structures were burned. DISORDERS IN MEXICO CITY. Anti-Clerical Demonstration Students. - by a Band ol Mexico City, July 5. The public mind is much excited and the clergy nnea witn indignation over- the re sults of the students' anti-clerical demonstration. ' The students to the number of 300 held a public meeting. Stirring speeches were made, showing the intense feeling of the young men and denouncing the recent immoral lties of the few priests, who, it was claimed,' had been shielded and not punished. . ; .- .-. A company of gendarmes preserved order and the demonstration was wit nessed by Governor Coral, of the fed eral district: ;" . -. : . : :: ' -': -. Precautions have been taken to pre vent further trouble, but it is believed that if the several priests who are publicly denounced in the the press are not punished the young men may make an attempt to invade the tern pies. - Recruiting New Regiments.. - Washington, July 5. Acting Adju tant General Ward has received the reports of the officers engaged in re cruiting the five new infantry regi ments and the five new cavalry regi ments authorized by the army reor ganization act, showing that the regi ments .are all practically recruited except the Thirteenth cavalry, which is reported to be 389 men short. ; It is expected that all these troops will be sent to the Philippines for the re lief of an equal, number - of 'regular troops, who have been there two years or more and who are to be brought home.. .; -. -.- Fighting in Manchuria. - Tien Tsin, July 5. Fresh reports of fighting in Manchuira and on the frontier of Chi Li province have beenJ received here. A pitched battle has been fought at Shen Yang, in which the natives defeated the Mohamme dans.. General Tung Funh ,Siang, it is reported, is attacking the Chinese converts in Shan Si province. , - Tu. Foundered. Eagle River, Mich., July 3. The tug Fern, of Algonac, Mich., found ered off here Saturday morning. She carried a crew of five men, all of whom were lost. - The wreck of the yacht Marguerite, of Hancock, was discov ered between here and Eagle Harbor. Two men are supposed to have been lost on her. . Summer Mail Service in Alaska. Washington, July 5. The post office department announced today that the summer mail service is now in operation between Lake Bennett, B. C, and Dawson, in the Yukon ter ritory. ; . It is being performed under the same conditions as last year,-and is open to all classes of mail originat ing in Canada and the United States. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. Commercial and Financial Happenings of Inv ' portance A Brief Review of the Growth - and Improvements of the Many Industries Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth Litest Market Report ." - - Salmon are scarce this year in the rivers of Wallowa county. Indications are good for" a - record breaking: ; prune crop in Benton county.. - - A sheep herder of Clark's creek killed an eight foot cougar with a 22 caliber rifle. - The Roaring Gimlet placer mine, frequently takes out near Gold Hill, $50 to the pan. Many good prospects are being de veloped in the Calapooia side of the Blue river district. - - ;r Ten car loads of horses were recent ly shipped trom Elgin, Union county, to the Kansas City market. . : - : Some fine asphalt croppings have been found on Lost Creek in Crook county. Hopes of oil are also enter tained.--;--. ... . - " A new species of thistle, - somewhat resembling the Russian, and growing in two foot clusters, has been found neur Pendleton. Athena is building a two mile pipe line to secure city water. Other municipal and private improvements are under way. The pine needle industry is flour ishing in the . southern part of the state. This business is unknown elsewhere save in Germany. The Eugene creamery is making prosperity more general among the Lane county farmers. Five hundred to 800 pounds of butter are churned daily." . . Colonel Winchester, of the Siletz reservation, expects authority- to dis tribute about $100,060 among the In dians of that section in liquidation of various claims against the govern ment. The fish Warden collected $607.30 fish licenses during June. The second annual : Harney county fair will be held September 16-21. - Rattlesnakes are said by trout fish ermen to be numerous and dangerous near Pendleton. " - : .'- - - - Bids have been asked for the im provement of the federal building and grounds in Astoria. -: - .- - - A boy at Medford was badly crushed by falling in front of a moving engine, which he tried to: board. There are now four fish hatcheries in Oregon and it is the intention of Master Fish . Warden Van-Dusen to establish several more. A young man at May ville,. Gilliam county; tried to duplicate a- prescrip tion from memory. He is dead, as the medicine was for external use. Hopyards in the northern part of Clacakmas county and around Wood burn and" Hubbard: show great im provement in the last 30 days. Verm in so far have- not- appeared. The plants are healthy and cultivation has not been more thorough m : 10 years. The present outlook is for a yield 10 per cent in excess of that of 1900. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, export value, 57c per bushel; bluestem, oojc valley. nominal. Flout best grades, $2.903.40 pel barrel; graham, $2.b0. Oats White, $1.321.35; gray, $1.30(81.32 percental. Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing, $1717.50 per ton. . Millstuff s Bran, $17 per ton : mid dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16. Hay Timothy, $12.5014 ; clover, $79.60; Oregon wild hay, $67 pei ton. Butter Fancy creamery,1517o dairy, 1314c; store, iuizc pei pound. - -, ; Eggs 1717ic per dozen. CheeserrFull cream, - twins, 12(g 12Kc; Young America, 1313c pei pound. . -i - Poultry Chickens, mixed, $Z.7b 3.50; hens, $3.254.00; - dressed, 9(g 10c per pound; springs, $2.004.0C per dozen ; ducks, $3 for old ; - $2. 5C O.3.00 . for young: geese. . $4 pei dozen; turkeys, live, 810c; dressed, 1012Kc per pound. . , - Mutton L.amb8, . ayic gross dressed, .67c' per pound; sheep, $3.25, gross; dressed, 66)c per lb. Hogs :- Gross, , heavy,. . $a.7ab lignt, $4. IO(ao; dressed, b(gc pei pound. ' - Veal Small," 7 8c ; large, 6 7c per pound. Beef Gross top steers, $4.004.25 cows and heifers, $3.253.50; dressed beef, b7c per pound. . " Hops 12 14c per pound. Wool Valley, -ll13c; Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair, 2021c pei pound. rotatoes au.zo per sack; new potatoes, lKlc per pound. " The town of Katick, Mass., on July 4th celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding ol tnat place. - . ' Oklahoma fruit growers have begun the annual snipment of peaches tc the northern markets; The crop it estimated at aU,0U0,UU0 bushels. The circulation per capita in th United States is now the largest ir the country s history, amounting tc $28.13. One year ago it was $26.71 TELLURIDE STRIKE ENDS. Miners Regard the Terms of Settlement as a Practical Victory. Telluride, Colo., July 9. With the positive information from Lieutenant Governor Coates, a member of the commission appointed by the governot to investigate tne strike in the Smuggler-Union mine, that Governor Orman would not send troops, and with the- assurance from the mine managers of the district that they could not longer afford to close down. Arthur L. Collins, manager of the Smuggler-Union mines, has conceded several points, and a settlement be tween himself and the Miners' Union has been made. vv. - This ends ' the : strike,: and ; many miners will return to work im mediately: The terms of settlement are looked upon as a victory for the miners, and tonight hundreds are celebrating in Telluride. The tension of the last four days has been removed and the miners and citizens alike are jubilant. The agreement was signed after a con ference; lasting three, hours. . The miners declare that the settlement is a victory for them, but Manager Col lins claims that he is satisfied and that he has not coneeded any material points. The local union held a meet ing tonight and declared the strika off. By the terms of the settlement non union men may be employed in the smuggler-Union mines.. It is certain. however, that the union -miners will not allow non-union men to remain so any longer than they ' can - help. The union is permitted, -through its president or secretary to declare a man incompetent and order his dis charge. This feature of the settle ment is a distinct advantage to the union, and will enable . the union to regulate unionism in the mines. The secretary is given the right to visit the mine at any time, and can order the measuring of... the men's work whenever he wishes, even though the man has worked but one hour. He can also order- the payment of the men at any time.. The Liberty " Bell and Tomboy mines, which were closed during the Smuggler-Union trouble, will also open again. The following is the agreement : - : : '.".""'-."-.. First The Company agrees not to discriminate against the union or the members .thereof, and the union and the members thereof agree not to molest nor nor interfere with non union men. Second The union expresses its entire disapproval of the recent out rages. . - Third The company agrees to let the president or secretary. of the local union have full access to its surface property at all reasonable hours ; pro vided that the work of the men is not interfered with. - . Eourth The union aerees to use all its influence to stop the illicit sell ing of liquor in Marshall Basin or around the mine. -; : - ? Fifth The company is" to have the right to let contracts to any men who wish to take them, all such contracts to be on printed forms which are here after to be drafted' by a representative of the union and a representative of the company. ' : A TASTE OF FREEDOM. That Is All the Cubans Want, Says General ': Gomez, Then Annexation. , - New York, July 9. A dinner was given tonight at the Union League elub to General Maximo Gomez and General T. Estrada Palma, by W, E. D. Stokes. "-- Mr. Stokes was formerly a member of the Cuban league of Amer- lca, and was closely, identified -with the work of the junta: of which Gen eral Palma was the heid. " The Cuban general made a brief speech, : which was interpreted by General Gonzales. ' General Gomez said he was deeply touched by tne remarkable reception he had received in the United States. Cuba and the United States, said the general, belong together. .It is only a question of gravitation ; when they will be one. But at present, after the great struggle in which thousands of lives were sacrificed, - and when men returned to their homes only to find their wives and children starved to death in , the - restricted :. barriers in which Weyler. had them under his policy of concentration, they felt that they must have Cuban libre. - It is now fully, realized. : He said that Cuba cannot get along without the United States, but. the Cubans want to feel freedom. ' After dinner General Gomez said to the newspaper "men that he wished to express his gratitude to' the " press of the United States and of the world for the great good they had done to the cause of Cuban libre. lie was- sure that the Cubans would now establish their ; own government, ' and would show the' gratitude they feel for the help of the Americans in removing the Spanish yoke. Jessie Morrison Sentenced, Eldorado, Kan., July 9. Jessie Morrison, convicted of manslaughter in the second degree for the murder of Mrs. Clara Wiley Castle, on June 22, 1900, was today sentenced to five years in the penitentiary in close con. finement at hard, labor. - Privateering Threatened. - ' Brussels, July 9. The Petit Bleu says that Mr. Kruger .has lately re. tused to entertain -proposals, to arm privateers, but that the promoters are again urging the ex-president of the South African republic to notify the powers that unless they intervene he will issue letters of marque. - In the event ot Mr. Kruger s continued re fusal, the promoters propose - to act without authorization. TENTH DAY OF HEAT STORMS BROUGHT RELIEF AT A FEW POINTS. No Considerable Fall in Temperature Is Ex pectedHeavy" Rain at New York Gave That City Temporary Relief Washington the Warmest Place East of the Alleghany - Mountains. : ".' Washington, July 8. The 10th day of the present heated term was again a'scorcher, except where severe thunder storms, local rains or violent atmospheric changes brought cool weather. In. Arkansas, the eastern Gulf states, Northern Ohio and New York, thunder storms brought relieL In Southeastern New England, also cooler weather prevailed: the temper ature falling from 6 to 10 decrees. Tonight the weather bureau officials say the only prospects "for relief from the "heat lie in the occurrence of storms. 4": There is no promise, they say, of general thunder storms suffi cent to' make a eeneral fall in the temperature. :: Local thunder storms will give - temporary relief, - - but weather bureau " officials say that per manent relief ; will not come until heavy storms or local rains prevail. In Chicago a promise of' a short re spite from the-heat is given. New York-today had a two-inch downpour' of rain, which sent the ; thermometer down to 76.H East of-, the Alleeanv mountains the temperature rose gen erally a few degrees over ; the highest of yesterday, and in - portions of the Southwest -it - warmed up," also i in Arkansas and Oklahoma, maximum temperatures of over 100 being record ed. .. Washington was the warmest place east of the Alleghanies today, the maximum" temperature recorded being 95.: There was not much : hu midity, but the day was 'ery trying. General John W. Darr. - formerly of Fort Scott, Kan., who served on the Staff of General Garfield '- during the civil war, is critically ill from heat prostration. STORM AT BUFFALO. Exposition Grounds and Basements Flooded - and Electric Wires Bumed Out. Buffalo, July 8. A severe electrical atorm passed over this city tonight. The lightning struck in a dozen places. It hit the supply wires that bring the"! electrical power from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, burning out transformers and other electrical ma chinery in the Buffalo receiving house. ,' For over an hour the streets were without electric light, and the Btreet cars were at a standstill. The rain fell in torrents, the water flood ing many cellars. . The flash of light ning that put out the downtown elec tric lights and stopped the street cars also burned out all the circuits lead ing to the exposition. :: The conduits were utterly, inadequate to carry eff the water and the grounds were flood ed . Some of the midway shows were flooded to a depth of three feet. The engine room under the Machinery and lransportation building was also tilled with water and the machinery topped. . ; ' Martial Law Proclaimed. Buenos Ayres, July 8. A state of siege has been proclaimed here. . This is due to the participation of anarch ists in local disturbances. Quiet now prevails here. ' The minister of finance, Dr. Enrique Berduo, has re signed. - Tle government -will send a message to congress withdrairins the bill tor the unification of the for eign debt. Will Test Japanese Coal. ' - " Washington, July 8. The quarter masters', department has contracted for large quantities of. miike. coal at Nagasaki, Japan, for use on the Unit ed States army transports. '.-The con tract extends for x months, running up to tne end ot tne calendar year. It is desired to test this - bunker coal thoroughly before an agreement for a further supply is effected.- Serious Cloudburst In Michigan. Grand Rapids, Michigan, July 8. iit:.i , ..... western micnigan was visited bv, a destructive, cloudburst early yester day, and the - resultant damage will amount to thousands of dollars. Both the Pere Marquette & Grand Rapids and Indiana railroads "are", crippled north of here. . Dams in the Flat and Rouge rivers have been washed out, and many mills along the streams will be idle : for ; days. . The Grand river rose -three feet and six inches in four hours this morning. Great dam age was done to fruit trees' and crops. " - Work on the Colorado. . Washington, July 8. The navy de partment has been advised that a start has been made on the ; new bat tle ships and armored cruisers, the Colorado, building at Cramps, being the first under way. . The forthcom ing report will show -that she is 2 per cent completed.':; It marks the start on 11 big ships. The 2 per cent rep resents the keel and some 300 tons - of material, frames, etc. OPEN TO SETTLERS. Large Tract of Land in Oklahoma Territory Proclamation of President Washington, July 9. The procla mation of President McKinley open ing to settlement the lands ceded by Indians in the territory of Oklahoma was given to the public yesterday. The proclamation covers the cessions made by the Wichita and affiliated bands of Indians, in accordance with the act of March 2, 1895, and those made by the Comanche, Kiowa and Apache tribes, in pursuance of the act of June 3, 1900. The proclamation provides for the opening of the lands in those reservations, which are not reserved at 9 o'clock A. M., August 6, the lands to be open to settlement under the homestead and townsite laws of the United States. The proclamation says that, begin ning August 10, and ending August 26,bhose who wish to make entry of lands under the homestead law shall be registered. The "registration will take place at the land offices at Reno and Lawton. The registration at each office will be for both land dis tricts. - To obtain registration the ap plicant will be required to show - him self qualified to make homestead entry of these lands under existing laws, and to give the registering officer such appropriate matters of description and identity as will protect the appli cant.and the government against any attempted impersonation. Registra tion cannot be , effected through the. use of mails, or the employment of an agent, excepting that honorably dis charged soldiers and sailors may pre sent their applications -through an agent, no agent being allowed to rep resent more than one soldier. ' . No person will be allowed to register more than once. After being regis tered applicants will be given certifi cates allowing them to go upon the ceded lands, and examine them in order to aid them in making an intel ligent selection. . - ' It is explicitly stated that no one will be premitted to make settlement upon any of the lands in adavnee of the opening provided for, and the statement is added that "during the first 60 days following said opening, no one but registered applicants will be permitted to make homestead set tlement upoD any of said lands, and then only in pursuance of a home stead entry, duly allowed by the local land officers, or of a soldier's declara tory tsatement, duly accepted by such officers." AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE. Bellarmina's Filipino Band Taken by Sixth Cavalry. Manila, July 10. The forces of the insurgent leader, Bellarmina, which recently have been operating around Donsol, province, of Sorsogon, were driven across the mountains' by, the Second infantry and finally captured by the Sixth cavalry.' Bellarmina, with 1,000 men and 214 guns, surren dered to Colonel Wint, at Albay, cap ital of the province of that name. One hundred more rifles will be sur rendered tomorrow. " : Later in the day the - official ' an nouncement of the surrender of Bel larmina was made. . According to this account, Bellarmina, who has been operating in the province of Sorso gon; surrendered at Legaspi, on Alby bay, with 32 officers, 315 guns, and 3,000 rounds of ammunition. The insurgent presidents of that section of the country and many Filipinos ac companied Bellarmina, who gave him self up to Colonel Theodore J.1 Wint, oi tne oixtn caaviry. in all, since June, 1,082 insurgents have surren dered in that district. RURAL DELIVERY ABUSES. Carriers Served Interests of Private Individu- "i a!s Too Much. Washington, July 10.- Already abuses have sprung up in the rural free delivery service, and prompt steps are being taken to prevent their spread, if not stamp them oat alto gether. Under a recent order of the postoffice - department,-: - carriers on rural routes were granted permission to deliver and carry packages for per sons living aiong tne routes. - Com plaints soon piled in that many car riers, acting under this, order, ; have been making it a", practice to deliver or sell goods along their routes, which were furnished by merchants, grocery men - or liquor dealers, who sought this means ot reaching rural custom ers, in is manner ot business, , on a small scale, would,;; perhaps, ;' have been unobjectionable, but in a num ber of instances the carriers became so industrious in attending to their out side deliveries that they neglected their mails, and .in consequence a second ' order has now been issued prohibiting rural carriers from engag ing in any other bsuiness while per forming their duties as carriers. This was merely a case of privilege abused by the few, and in consequence de nied to all. . There were many routes where carriers conducted this outside business in an unobjectionable mn ner, but they will be affected. , Deaths from Heat in New York. . New York, July 10. The official reports of the bureau of vital statis tics of deaths from heat for the week "ending July 6 show that the actual number in the five boroughs of Grat eer New York was 989. ; For the bor oughs of Manhattan and the "Bronx the number- was 699; for Richmond, 12 ; for Queens, 24; for Brooklyn, 264, The records cover the days when the neat was most intense. .. FIVE BROKEN HEADS NION FISHERMEN OBJECT TO EMPLOYMENT OF JAPS. Fraser River Fisheries the Scene of Trouble The Japanese Are Now . Armed, and De termined to Stand Their Ground Price" Paid for Fish Is Point of Dispute Miti iUry May Be Needed- Vancouver, B. C, July 10. The threatened trouble in connection with the salmon -cannine- indnstr-v rpxrhml climax today. 1 he fishermen and the canners have been unable to agree upon the remuneration to be paid to the former for catching fish. and, as was the case last year, the . fishermen, who are well organized, have declared a strike. The fisher men's union comprises all the whites' and Indians who, by reason of many years of service, have become experts in working : for the "50 canneries on the Fraser river. The canners. un able to come to terms with the union fishermen," have arranged to employ Japanese to catch salmon. When the Japanese started out to . fish today the union men organized a system of patrol boats, and every Japanese found fishing was ordered to deftiRt find r.n rptnrn tn sVinra . number of Japanese resisted this com mand, and fights occurred between Japanese and union men followed, resulting in five broken heads for as many Japanese. None of the latter mc jMbiaiiv imureu. uub un lire urcLtv . r.. . 1 1 I 1 I .. t n well battered up. following this incident the Japan ese held a mass meeting, at which it was decided that their entire strength should be paraded tonight. Conse auentlv 1.200 boats, each containing tnree Jaoanese. started simultaneons-. ly this evening from the fishing vil lage of Stevenston 14 miles from Van couver. Twenty-five sftecial police men were sworn in besides the regular torce at bteveston, but these proved inadequate to restrain the union men. The union patrol of 300 boats is ar ranging to follow the Japanese at midnight and both sides significantly agree that the matter will be settled before morning. All the Japanese are armed and so are - the whites. There is talk of calling out the mi litia, but it is likley that the trouble will be, settled, whether with or with out bloodshed, before a military force could be got to the scene of the trouble. FRICTION IN LUZON. Grave Charges Against Governor Whitemarsh, t - of BengueL Manila, July 10. The United States Philippine commission has ordered H. P. Whitmarsh, the gov ernor of Benguet province, to come to Manila and submit to an investiga tion owing to the allegation that, he has been using his position to his per sonal advantage in acquiring land and mining rights from the natives. He is at present charged with violating his instructions. The commission particularly instructed Governor Whitmarsh to cultivate the friendship and protect the interests of the Igor rotes, who suffered from Spanish ex tortions and exploitations. Colonel Duval, of the Forty-eighth regiment, who formerly occupied the provinces of La Union and Benguet, and Dr. Kiefer, the regimental surgeon, who was prominent in the civil service of the province, complained of Governor WhitmaTsh's method of administer ing his office. The commission is in clined to attribute the feeling existing to military opposition to civilian authority in : Benguet. Voluntary statements made by natives to Com missioner Worcester while on a visit to Benguet form the basis of the in vestigation. General - Bell has for warded similar allegations to Manila. Two friars who were invited to Cal asiao, province of Pagasinan, to cele brate a holiday, were mobbed. A native priest denounced the action of the people, whereupon 4hey attacked the priest. The friars fled. The native papers have since renewed their attacks on the friars. General Chaffee and Wade are at Batangas. . The removal of the mili tary headquatrers in Southern Luzon from Manila to Li pa, in Batangas province, is contemplated. ' Pardo-de Tavera, who has been an nounced as a future member of the civil commission, and General Cailles, the insurgent leader who recently sur rendered in Laguna province, are go ing to that province tomorrow. -- "The Peace Neeotiatioiu. London, July 10. The .British government has issued further South African correspondence - concerning the peace negotiations, which con cludes with the text of the proclama tion of Schalkburger and Steyn, cabled by Lord Kitchener to the gov ernment July 4. This proclamation affirms that Mr. Kruger and the Boer deputation abroad make satisfactory reports ; that peace would be worth less without inffependence ; that no peace should be accepted whose price - Electrical Storm In Ontario. Fort Erie, Ont., July 9. This place was visited last -night by the most severe electrical storm ever known in Canada. At the rece -track a row of stables was struck by lightning and a colored " jockey - of Louisville, Ky.Y was killed. A farmer whose stable is just outside the track was killed and his son rendered - unconscious. A woman living near met death in the lame manner. :: "'.-v.-