WEEKLY,
UNION Eatafc. Jmlr. 1W7.
GAZBTTE Eatafc. Dec, IMS.
(Consolidated Feb. 1899.
eOBVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1301.
VOL. XXX VIII. NO. 34.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
THE WORLD.
OF
A Comprehensive Review 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.
Turkey has given, in to the demands
of France.
Colombia has severed relations with
Venezuela.
Flour and cereals will be on the
Chinese free list.
The plants of the Carnegie group
are still working.
New York police methods are to be
investigated again.
A Cotton Belt train was wrecked in
Arkansas and two men killed..
Great forest fires are raging along
the coast of British Columbia.
Fourteen thousand steel workers
obeyed Shaffer's general strike order.
Eastern wheat market is booming
on the strength of unfavorable crop
reports.
Lipton's yachtmen believe the Co-
lumbia is a better boat than the Con
stitution. A freight locomotive on the Denver
A Rio Grande exploded, killing the
engineer and fireman.
Germany and France are both after
American islands of great stragetic
value lying just north of Cuba.
Rear Admiral Johnson has been
selected by the navy departmr nt to
succeed Admiral Sampson, in com
mand of the Boston navy yard, when
the latter retires.
Ex-Premier Crispi is dead at Naples.
The United Mineworkers indorsed
the steel strike.
Forest fires are beginning in West
em Washington.
Another Negro was burned at the
take in the South.
Steel workers in Western mills of
the trust refused to strike.
Engagements with insurgents were
fought recently near Panama.
Business men of ban Francisco are
" working bard to end the strike.
Civil government will be established
in northern rhilippine provinces.
The funeral service over the late
Empress Frederick occurred at Cron-
breg.
The Phiippine commission granted
$25,000 to each rinderpest stricken
province.
Shamrock II has arrived at Sandy
Hook, after a 14 days' passage across
the ocean. . ,
John Winters, the man under ar
rest, has confessed to the robbery of
the Selby smelter.
Admiral Evans was censured by the
navy . department because of state
ments in his book.
Governor Taft, of the Philippines,
says tariff legislation is necessary to
develop the islands.
- An attempt was made by Boer sym
pathizers to blow up a British trans
port at .New Orleans.
The steel trust is preparing to start
up its idle mills.
Another Negro was burned at the
stake by an Alabama mob. -
Thousands were drowned by the
overflowing of the Yangtse river.
Police working on the Selby smelter
robbery have made one arrest on sus
picion. 1 . :
The gunboat Machias has been or-
. dered to Colon to protect American
interests.
. The German army has been ordered
to go into, mourning for six weeks
for the late empress.
France has warned Turkey that the
porte must settle claims or i ranee a
minister will be recalled.
Foreign men on warships'of Colom
bia quit and have left the country,
being afraid of being murdered.
Patterson, N. J., anarchists will
produce a play depicting the tragedy
connected with the assassination of
Humbert I, of Italy.
A bad wreck was caused on the
Great Northern in Washington
burnt tree fell across the track, wreck
ing the engine and killing the en
gineer. Several others were injured
Two hundred sand teamsters at San
Francisco, have joined the strikers.
Admiral Howison will be the third
member of the Schley court of in
quiry.
Governor Gage will be asked to
mediate between the contestants in
the San Francisco strike.
St. Paul '8 cathedral, in London, is
settling from the vibrations caused by
passing underground trains.
. Thirty Turks were killed in a bat
tle between Bulgarian bandits and
Turkish government troops. ,
Colorado leads all the states in the
production of both gold and silver'.
English opponents- of ostentation
at funerals will extend their propa
ganda to the United States. .
The United States will not prevent
Cuba assuming payment of bonds is
sued by the New York junta. :
Lord Pauncefote's talk about a new
canal treaty is taken to mean that
England will make concessions to ad
just differences.
PUTTING DOWN REBELLION.
Annual Report of General MacArthur on the
Philippine Situation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. The an
nual report of Major-General Mac
Arthur, dated July 4, 1901, the day he
relinquished command of the division
of the Philippines, has been received
at the .War Department. The period
covered by the report la from Oc
tober 1, 1900, when the last report
from General MacArthur was dated.
He reviews the, policy of the Fili
pinos that were hostile to the Ameri
cans, saying that their action since
the practical collapse of the insur
rection has been a perplexing prob
lem. With the disbandment of the
insurgent field armies, the Filipinos
organized desperate resistance 'by
banding the people together in sup
port of the guerrillas. This was car
ried -out by means of secret commit
tees, who collected contributions, in
flicted punishments and carried on a
considerable opposition to the Ameri
cans. General MacArthur reviews
the manner in which operations were
carried on against these guerrillas
and says he hopes the policy adopted
There is a possibility that in
case the trouble between Vene
zuela and Colombia breaks out
in war one of the war vessels
now on Puget Sound' will be
sent to Panama. "
The- available warships on
Puget Sound are the Oregon
and the Iowa. The Oregon is
at Puget Sound navy yard and
the Iowa at Anacortes. The
Wisconsin is also at the Puget
Sound yard, but is not in shape
for active service. If but one
battleship is sent to Panama it
will be the Iowa, owing to the
need for permanent repairs to
the Oregon.-; -
will in time conciliate the natives and
make them friendly to the United
States. The education of the people
in times past made them susnicious
of any governmental beneflclence, and
they evidently looked on the lenient
attitude of the United States as in
dicating-weakness.--- -General -Mac-Arthur
says the proclamation issued
on December 21, firmly declaring the
intention of the United States to hold
the island and to have the laws
obeyed, had a good effect, and the sec
ret resistance was much abated.
A - considerable portion of the re
port is devoted to the field operations
of the army, showing that October 1,
1900, it occupied . 413 stations, which
was of necessity increased to 502 sta
tions, every command being in con
tact with some hostile force. . He
speaks of the good service of the
army and says, as a result of the co
operation between the army and the
people who have accepted the Invi
tation to combine for mutual protec
tion, the armed insurrection is almost
suppressed.
PLOT AGAINST KING EDWARD.
Anarchists
Intended to Assassinate Him at
Friederichshof. '
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Says the
London correspondent of the Tribune:
Rumors are current that, the rea
son why the departure from London
for Germany of King Edward and
other royal mourners has been de
layed was that the . German police
authorities had received information
of a plot which the anarchists had
intended to put into execution at
Friedrichshof. It is certainly some
what significant that even now the
exact hour of the King's departure
has not been .made known. However,
it is known that preparations for his
departure are complete. 'Accompanied
by Queen Alexandra and Princess
Victoria, he will leave London to
morrow evening and reach Cronberg.
in time to be present at the memorial
service which is to be held there Sun
day. -
; Boers Captured a British Post
LONDON, Aug. 12. Lord Kitch
ener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, an
nounces that a post of 25 men, be
longing to Steynacker's Horse on the
Sabi River, has been surprised and
captured by the Boers.
Lord Kitchener reports also the
surrender at Warmbaths of Com
mandant Devilleres, who was second
in command to Selers.
Russia After the Jews .
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12. The
government will hereafter limit the
number of Jewish students in Russian
universities to 3 per cent of the total
number of students, except in the
University of Moscow, where they are
entirely prohibited.
. . Contribution from a Soldier.
WASHINGTON, - Aug. 12. Secre-
tary Gage has received from a sol
dier in the Philippines a contribution
of $270. The money was sent
Father Conaty, rector of the Catholic
University, for transmission to
Secretary.
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Death Sentence AnnrAvftd.
..rr
wAsniiNiiiuiM, Aug. iz. For the
iirot umc mute jL,ue uutureaK or tne
SnanlRh war trt,1,w Wm.i l.J
approved the death sentence T tZl
case of an enlisted man. The case
is that of Private Phineas Foutz, Com-
pany rs., nmeieenm lmantry. This
K,
soldier was convicted by a general
court-martial at Cebu. P. I., for the
murder of Geneviva Torres, a native
Filipino girl, by ' tabbing her . to
death with a sword cane in her home
at Mandaue, Cebu, November 15, 1900.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEM 3 OF INTEREST FROM ALL
" PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
J and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report
Cherries are just coming to' market
around Enterprise, Wallowa county.
A street fair promoter is in Eugene
trying to work up a carnival there for
September. ..,'"".
There are five Ed Millers in Baker
City, and each gets the mail of all the
others, so it is said.
Between hot weather and harvest
the valley towns are almost deserted
and business is very dull. -
It is estimated that 1,000,000
pounds of prunes will be dried in the
icimty of Dallas this fall.
A big prairie fire raged at Ella, in
Morrow county, caused by small boys
playing with matches. It burned
several sections of bunchgrass.
A submarine diver has been engag
ed for about two months in placing
blasts to blow up a reef outside the
entrance to the Umpqua harbor.
Rabbit killing is the leading sport
now around. Paisley, Lake county.
The pests are thick and do damage,
when able, in the - grain and alfalfa
fields.
There is no apparent scarcity of
harvest hands in the Weston neigh
borhood ; neither is there a surplus,
and those in search of work are not
disappointed. - -.
W. H. Brummond, - of Connell,
Grant county recently killed two coy
otes with one rifle shot. One . of the
varhnnts was standing 10 feet to one
side of the one he aimed at.
Grasshoppers are present in great
numbers on both Birch creeks, abov,e
Pilot rock, in Umatilla county, and
are doing considerable damage both
to gram and gardens, the latter par
ticularly.
Great activity is reported -in the
Galice mining district, 25 miles ' west
of Grants Pass. Quartz mines are
working steadily and placer? are pre
paring for the work of next season
More miners and prospectors are now
at work than at any time for 15 years.
A big natatorium has been finished
at Baker City, with two large tanks,
30x90 and 15x30 feet.'
Buyers are offering Hood River
apple growers $1.25 a box for apples,
to be delivered in the fall.
A rattlesnake was killed near Ash
land rceently. It measured seven feet
one inch in length and had 27 rattles.
A German farmer residing on the
Necanicum is reported to have disco v
ered a three foot vein of gold bearing
quartz. . - . ;
Douglas county growers are already
looking tor labor to pick their prunes,
w ages to De paid are not . yet an
nounced.
Threshing machine operators of the
Powder valley have formed a thresh
ers union, and hxed the Duces to be
paid for this .work. . -V
A large gray timber wolf, of the
genuine tpye, was killed near Elgin
recently. It- measured 65. inches
from tip to tip and. 38 in height.
Portland Markets.'; -
Wheat Walla Walla, export value,
000bc per bushel jbluestem, 5758c
valley, nominal. v
- Flour best grades, $2.903.40 per
barrel; granam, iZ.bU.
Oats $1.151.20 pef cental.
Barley Feed, $16 16.50; brewing,
aj.o.au(gr per ton. .
Millstuffs Bran, $27 per ton : mid
dlings, $21.50; shorts, $20; chop, $16.
Hay Timothy, $1113; clover.
$79.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 pe:
ton. " .
Butter Fancy cream ery. 17 4 20c
oairy, ia(gioc$ ; store, ii(gizc per
pound. - . - , -
Eggs 17c per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins. 11
llc; Young America," 1212)c per
pouna. -
Poultry Chickens.'mixed, $3.00(5
3.75 ; hens, $3.754.75 ; dressed. 10a
11c per pound; springs, $2.504.0C
per dozen ; ducks, . S3 for old ; -42 51
3.50 for young; geese; $44 50 per
aozen; turkeys, live,- ogiuc; dressed,
iuizc per pound. -
juunon janms, 3c, gross
dressed, b7c per pound; sheep,
3.2o, gross; uresseu, bo3c per lb.
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.756
ugut, t.ii)(ga; uressea, ofcg c per
pouna. -
Veal Small. 89c; large,
7ic per pound. ; "
Beef Gross top steers, $3.50(34.00
cows and heifers, $3. 25 3. 50; dressed
beet, 647ic per pound.
Hops 12al4c per pound. -
Wool Valley, 11(313 c : Eastern
nAn Q101. 1 : OAaOI.
i viuii. uvis "72u , uiuutur. ajwjiiic Tier
I .
. pouna.
Potatoes 90c$1.00 per sack.
. '' ;.' rti .i.- .
senator vtaxK, oi Montana, owns
about 40 gold silver, and copper mines
- a -; -t i. t j i-t
A. P?ie oi that expands like
! f'. discovered
-i i-"""-" "
. Andrew Carnegie "has offered the
, citv Of Portsmouth.- O.: 850.000 for
public library.
It has been judicially decided that
women who pay rent directly to
landlord in Toronto are . entitled t
rote for aldermen.
RUSHED A BLOCKHOUSE.
Captured by Boers After Sever Fighting
Dewet Intends to Attack Cape Town.
London, Aug. 13. A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, says:
A blockhouse near Bradfort,
Orange River colony, was rushed and
aptured by the Boers, after severe
fighting, the night of August 7.
Elliot has captured 70 prisoners
and; large quantities of stock and
wagons, which he is sending in. No
detail? have been received."
Mail dispatches ; from Lord Kitch
ener issued today in a parliamentary
paper, say his constant endeavor is to
improve the fortifications along the
mes of communications, thus re
leasing men from active service. The
garrisons off the railways have mostly
been withdrawn. ;- - -
Lord Kitchener received certain in
formation that Dewet intends to at'
tack Cape Town, while General Botha,
soon as he hears that the concen
tration in Cape Colony is effected, is
enter Natal with 5,000 picked
horsemen and make for Durban.
IOWA MAY GO SOUTH.
Will Prob&bly Be Substituted for the Wis.
consin at Panama. ,
Washington, Aug. 13. The state
department was without additional
information today concerning the
Venezuela-Colombia situation, or of
the revolutionary outbreak on the
Isthmus. - These two troubles are dis
tinct, one being on the west and the
other on the east coast of Colombia.
The Ranger, which has been ordered
to get in readiness at San Diego, Cal.,
for a trip to Panama, is a small cruis
er of 1,020 tons displacement, and has
been engaged for sortie time past in
survey work on the Pacific coast and
in Ccmtral American; waters. It is
possible that her services at the' seat
of trouble will suffice and that a bat
tle ship will not be - needed to make
the long trip from the.; north. The
Ranger has a main battery of six four-
lncn rapid-nre guns and a secondary
battery of four six-pounders and a
Colt gun.' v; She has a complement of
21 officers and 127 men,
As the battleship Iowa has report-;
ed her arrival at Bremerton, while
the Winconsin has not yet been heard
trom, it is probable th-t the former
may be substituted foi the prospect
ive trip to the Pacific side of the Isth
mus, if it is decided to send a battle
ship, although the formal announce
ment of the - change has not yet been
made. -.-.-. s- '
TRAFFIC BECOMING UNSAFE.
Pressure is Bein Sroueht to Bear on the
Panama Railroad Company.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. F. A. Drake,
secretary of the Panama Railroad
Company, says that the cammunica- j
tion which J. Edward Simmons, pres.
ident of the c6mpany sent -to the
State Department suggesting that an
American warship go to the Pacifio
side at Panama, as well as to the At
lantic side at Colon, was sent largely
as the result of the. pressure which
residents of the isthmus have brought
to bear on the company. Since
Wednesday night .officers of the com
pany, in New York have received mail
advices from the isthmus showing in
creased activity on the part of the
insurgents in the shape of depreda
tions by bands of from . 40 to 60
guerrillas, who have raided outlying
towns, looting- property and captur
ing citizens for ransom. .
Traffic, however, even 1n the ab
sence of any - reported depredations
along the railroad line, is clearly tend
ing, in the opinion of the officers, to
become unsafe and the significance
of the movements of the rebels, they
think, it that it appears to be a re
vival of the insurrection that was
supposed to have been - suppressed
last year. ' .
Storms on the Southern Border.
Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 13. - Rain
storms continue to rage in Southeast
ern Arizona and Northern Sonora.
The road from Benson to Guaymas
w is badly washed out last night and
this afternoon again,. stopping trains.
A hurricane ram storm visited Tucson
this afternoon, totally destroying the
gas works, - leaving the city without
light. Several large smokestacks and
buildings were blown down and a
large number of trees destroyed." The
destruction is considerable.
. Anarchist Play Prohibited.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Mayor Hin
cliffe, of Patterson; N. J., has issued
orders to the - ' Right of Existence"
group of anarchists that he will not
permit the performance in the city
of the advertised play depicting the
murder of King Humbert. The Mayor
says he will, in future, take steps to
prevent meeting of anarchists such
as .the one held recently to glorify
Brescl. . .- ;v.;
: German Punitive Expedition. :
BRISBANE. Queensland, Aug. 12.
The German punitive expedition sent
to avenge the massacre of Dr. Menc
ken and other members of the first
German South Sea expedition on the
cannibal Island of St. Matheas, land
ed from the German crulser.Cormor
ant, near the scene of the massacre
killed 80 natives and captured 17.
Damaged in a Collision. . .
Iiondon, Aug. 13.? A dispatch from
Nasasaki says the British ' steamer
Ching Wo, from Seattle July 21 , for
London, is at Nagasaki with a hole in
her port bow, her ' bridge damaged.
and with the loss of her anchor --and
105 fathoms of chain, c Repairs will
be made temporarily in a few days.
The injuries were sustained in a col
lision with the JHoyoKu filaru, wbicn
was also damaged. -
WILL AID STRIKERS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LA.
BOR PLEDGES SUPPORT.
Steel Trust Makes an Important Move by Or
dering Its Five-Mlllion-Doll.r Plant at
McKeesport to be Torn Down and Re
moved to the Kiskimlnetas Valley Men
Are Undaunted.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 12. There were
gravely' important developments in
the strike situation today. The United
States Steel Corporation moved de
cisively in its strike campaign, with
a peremptory order directing that the
Dewees-Wood plant, at McKeesport,
he dismantled and removed to Kis
kimlnetas Valley. President Gom
pers, of the American Federation of
Labor, after a two days' conference
wim president tmaner and his asso
ciates, issued a formal statement to
night, specifically holding the Feder
ation to the moral and financial supt
port of the Amalgamated. His 'writ
ten review of the tram . of events
leading up to the Industrial quarrel
sustains the course of the Amalga
mated Association, and declares that
nothing remains for labor but to bat
tle for the- cause of unionism.
The official announcement of the
order to dismantle the Dewees-Wood
plant came this afternoon toward the
close of an otherwise uneventful day,
and its importance was such that it
claimed the, serious consideration of
either side of the great . industrial
conflict now being waged here. Per
sifer F. Smith, district manager of
the American Sheet Steel Company,
made the formal announcement in
the following statement:
"I have orders from President Mc
Murtric, of the American Sheet Steel
Company, to at once tear down the
Dewees-Wood plant at McKeesport
and remove the same to Kiskimlnetas
Valley: Tnls I shall proceed to do
immediately."
, The publication of the order was a
great surprise and McKeesport re
ceived it at first with doubt. Actual
preparations were made later in tne
day for the dismantling of the plant,'
and there u little doubt but that it
will be torn down. The strikers heard
the order in a spirit of defiance. They
simply sail that it showed the steel
corporation was convinced that it
could not reopen the plant in the face
of the opposition of the Amalgamated
Association. Strike leaders here said
that the order was a bluff that had
been worked unsuccessfully before.
and declined tb take it seriously.
President Shaffer refused to discuss
the matter. . - - - .
The steel officials declined to give
any reason for the order, but it is
stated here that the pronounced sym
pathy of citizens and city officials at
McKeesport with the strikers Is re
sponsible for it. It is also said that
the plant of the National Tube Corn
pan at McKeesport will be ab
doned and the old Carnegie plan for
a tube plant at Coaneaut, - O., re
vived. -
, Gt iroers Pledges Support
President Gompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, wav closeted
with the advisory board of the Amal
gamated Association for more than
three hours. This evening he gave
out the following statement:
Since the arrival of Secretary Mor
rison, of the American Federation of
Labor, and myself, we have been in
almost continual conference with the
advisory board of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers. - We made a thorough in
vestigation of the present strike, of
the causes which led to the strike,
the present situation of the country.
and we unhesitatingly declare our
judgment that the position of the
Amalgamated Association is absolute
ly justified and essential to its con
tinuance and effectiveness as a union
of the workers in the trade, as well as
the protection of the rights and in
terests of its.membars.
Organized labor advances or re
cedes, never stands still, r It, there
fore.' follows -that if the trust, by its
great wea'.th, can prevent the exten
sion and growth of the Amalgamated
Association, it encompasses its dis
integration and destruction. The only
powers then standing between the
trust and the workers as a protector
are the tender mercies of its directors.
Against such a calamity the sense of
justice and humanity revolt,, and
against it we solemnly protest -"We
shall stand by the Amalga
mated Association in the present con
flict to the fuT extent of our power,
both morally and financially; we shall
aid in every lawful way the men on
strike or who may come out on strike
to maintain the workers in th i' r! ht
to organize and the extent ion of their
organization. , : "
- . - Philippine Imports of Silk.
WASHINGTON, Aug. -12. A : com
parative statement giving the Imports
of silk manufactures in the : Philip
pines during the years of 1898, 1899
and 1900 has been prepared in the
Division of Insular Affairs of the War
Department. -The total imports of
manufacturers of silk into the Phil
ionines during the rear 1900 amount
ed to S385.984. as 8 gainst $183,000 for
1899, an increase in favor of 1900 of
111 ner cent. The imports of this
commodity from the United States,
while comparatively small, increased
from 361 in 1899 to $1,140 in 1900,
" KruCer's Mental Condition.
LONDON. Aug. 12. A special dis
patch from Rotterdam says the men
tal condition of Mr. Kxuser is arous
ing serious apprehension. -A special
ist in nervous diseases has bee i sum
moned by telegraph from Berlin. -
i v ' Drouth m Russia. .; - -
; ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12. The
continued drouth has extended the
area of crop damage, which includes
the Baltic provinces. ; In the West
Siberia and Volga provinces, an al
most total crop failure is expected.
OBEYED BY 14,000.
Answer to Shaffer's General Strike Order-
Sixty Thousand Men Now Out
Pittsburg, Aug. 14. The strueele
for mastery between manufacturers
and men in the steel strike is now
fairly launched, and on the first
show of strength advantage is with
the former. The general strike order
issued by President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated Association, has so far
been obeyed by only about 14.000
men, according to the best figures ob
tainable nere. The brst two calls
were answered by about 45,000 men,
so that the total "number now out is
in the neighborhood of 60,000. The
strikers made gain) here today over
the showing of last night, and their
prospects for further accessions at
both McKeesport and Wheeling dur
ing the week are very favorable.
The action of the Amalgamated men
at Chicago, Joilet and Bayview in re
fusing to come out, and their failure
to secure any recruits in the Carnegie
group throughout the Kiskiminetas
valley, and in the big plants at
Youngstown and Columbus, O., have
been marked . by disappoitment to
them. They are keeninir ud the
fight, however, in a spirited manner,
and claim that they have strength in
reserve which will surprise their op
ponents. They assert that they have
gained a foothold in the Carnegie
mills in this city, and at the time de
sired the men will come out. They
are pressing their advantage at Mc
Keesport and Wheeling and their or
ganizers are still at work in those
towns. President Shaffer has decided
to visit Wheeling, and will address a
mass meeting of his followers. He
plans to spend tomorrow here direct
ing the fight and conferring with his
associates as to plans for the future.
An appeal for financial aid has been
made to organized labor and to the
general public, and it is expected the
responses to it will be liberal.
CHINESE ON THE ISTHMUS.
United States
Consul Gudger
Them.-
Will Protect
Colon, Colombia, via Galveston,
Aug 13. United States Consul Gen
eral Hezekiah A. Gudger has publicly
notified the Chinese that they are en
titled to the protection of the United
States consulate. He draws attention
to the - acts of violence committed
against them in the recent insurgent
raid along the railroad line, and ex
presses the hope that their rights as
loreigners will in future be recognized
and respected. .
' Washington, Aug. 13.--In assnnng
tne Chinese on the isthmus that they
are entitled to the protection of the
United States consulate, Consul Gen
eral Gudger is, in all probability, act
ing simply as a matter of comity to
citizens of China, resident there.
There being no traety between Colom
bia and China, the latter has no dip
lomatic or consular representative in
that country. Several years ago the
Chinese requested that the United
States officers be authorized to look
out for the interests of Chinese resi
dents on the isthmus, and Consul
General Gudger is doubtless, acting
in accordance with that precept.
THE CUBAN PRESIDENCY.
General Gomez Suggests the Names of Palma
and Masso.
Havana, Aug. 14. General Maxi
mo Gome has addressed a letter to the
local committee of the National party,
in Havana, declining to be a candi
date for the presidency of Cuba, and
suggesting the name of Senor Estrada
Palma and Senor Masso as the best
selections that could be made for the
presidency and vice presidency.
Let all Cubans agree upon this
important matter, " says General Go
mez ' in his communication, "and
Cuba will have a strong and stable
government, entirely fitted to deal
with the external relations in which
Cuba will have to exist as a republic."
; A movement backed by a number
of revolutionary generals was started
some time go to endeavor to make
Senor Palma the unanimous choice
of the people for -president. It is
asserted that thus far Masso has de
clined to fall in with the plan as sug
gested by Gomez, as he relies upon
the Negro vote to elect him president:
Kruger Intends to Come.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 12. Mr. Kruger
has received at Halversum a repre
sentative of the Holland Society of
Chicago. HS confirmed the. rumor of
his intention to visit - the United
States, but said he had not yet fixed
the date on account : of possible
events in Europe. .
Death of Premier Christe.
Naples, Aug. 14. Signor ' Crispi
died at 7 :45 O'clock last evening. : He
was surrounded by the members of
bis familv and several intimate
friends. -. -
The news was immediately tele
graphed to King Emmanuel and
Queen Helena. TThe evening papers
assert that the body will be conveyed
to Palermo, where the municipality
will arrange for a great public funeral.
It is rumored that Signor Crispi's
will authorizes a prominent Italian
politician to examine his papers and
to publish his memoirs.
"T , ' Bomb Outrage '.. at Troys. y
Pan, Aug. 1. A bomb was ex
ploded this afternoon near the alter
of the Church of St. Nizier at Troys,
doing considerable damage to the 13th
century windows, but , not . injuring
any of the 100 children who, together
with a priest, were in the sacred edi
fice at the time. A Spaniard has
been arrested on suspicion of being
the author of the outrage.
WAR MAY RESULT
COLOMBIAN LEGATION LEAVE8
VENEZUELAN CAPITAL.
United States is Asked to Try and Avert th
Conflict by Taking Sides with Colombia
Mr. Russell, of Caracas, will Represent
the Colombian Government During the
Trouble Battleship Iowa will Go.
Willemstad, Aug. 14. The Colom
bian legation left Caracas today. '
This Would Please Colombians.
Panama, Colombia, Aug. 14. The
editorial of the New York Herald urg
ing the United States to end the con
flict by taking sides with Colombia
against Venezuela, has caused great
enthusiasm here, and will make
Americans very popular, as such a
step would put an end to the state of '
anarchy existing.
Russell's Good Offices.
Washington, Aug. 14. The state
department has authorized Mr. Bus
sell, the American charge d'affairs at
Caracas, Venezuela, to use his good
offices for Colombia in case the Co
lombian minister at the Venezuelan
capital leaves that country. Mr.
Russell telegraphed last week, seek
ing information as to his course of
action in case of the withdrawal of
the Colombian minister, which ap
parently was in contemplation at
that time. The state department
has no information as to whether Mr.
Bussell is fulfilling this temporary
duty.
There have been no additional
developments as to the situation on
the Isthmus of Panama, where the
trouble is far removed from that
along the Venezuelan border. Consul
General Gudger's course in looking
after the interests of Chinese along
the Isthmus is not in pursuance of
any specfic instructions from Wash
ington, but follows a procedure estab
lished 12 years ago in connection
with points at which the Chinese
were entirely without official repre
sentation. The navy department h&a now de
finitely determined to make use of the
battleship Iowa instead of the Wis
consin on tne racihe side of the
Isthmus in case affairs become ser
ious there. The Iowa is the flagship
of. the . Pacific station, and as such
flies the flag of Rear Admiral Silas
Casey. At last reports received here
the admiral was on board the Iowa, -
but it is hardly probable that he will
proceed further south than San
Francisco.
The gunboat Machias has reached
Norfolk, and will probably sail for
Colon tomorrow morning.
MUCH GOLD RECOVERED.
Selby Pec pie Have Dug Up All But $80,000
of Stolen Treasure.
San Francisco, Aug. 14. It was
rated at the office of the Splhv
j
Smelting Company at noon that a
force of divers, under the manage
ment of the Pinkertons, had today
taken $65,000 worth of gold from the
spot where it was hidden by Winters,
making nearly $200,000 already re
covered. . It is expected that the
balance of the stolen treasure, amount
ing to $80,000, will be recovered in
side of 24 hours.
Winters is still detained by the
officers in this city, but has not been
formally charged with the crime.
The fact that he has not been charged
with any crime lends additional
weight to the belief that he will be
leniently dealt with for confessing the
crime and locating the spot where he
secreted the bullion.
There promises to be a lively fight
between the detectives over the re
ward money, and this matter may
eventually be taken into couit for
settlement. - Detective Morse, who,
it is stated, definitely fixed upon
Winters the authorship of the crime,
states that he got his first informa
tion from Donaldson, an employe of
the works, who formerly roomed with
Winters. Morse, who is a detective
for the Selby people, does not claim
any of the reward, but states that
a large portion of it should be divided
tietween Donaldson and Sheriff Veale,
of Contra Costa county. Their claims
are opposed by the other detectives
engaged in the case.
Admiral Sampson's Successor. "
Washington, Aug. 14. Having in
view the possibility of the applica
tion of Admiral W. T. Sampson for
relief from duty as commandant of
the Boston navy yard, pending his re
tirement, the navy departmment offi
cials have selected an officer for as
signment to that duty. The admiral
has been in delicate health for some
time and it would not surprise the
officials here should he seek an early
relief from duty.
Endorsed the Steel Strike.
" New York, Aug. 14. The Build
ing Trades.' r Council, 'the House
smiths' Upion and the Bridgemen's
Union Of this city has adopted reso-.
lutionp pledging the moral and finan
cial Blip port of the oragnizations to
the 8teelwrjrke8.- It was also decided
to refuse Whahdle all products of the
United' Steel 'Corporation which have
been manufactured since the strike
was declared.