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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.-