Corvallis gazette., July 18, 1902, Image 1

WEEKLY.
SIxriL8.iConsoUtlsaed Feb., 1899.
CORVAIililS, BENTOH COUNTY, OREGON, FEIDAY. JULY 18, 1902.
VOL. XXXIX. KO. 30.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
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 -
The war department has ordered the
Marietta, now at Kingston, Jamaica, to
La Guayra, Venezuela.
King Edward has no far recovered
that he has been able to go aboard his
yacht for a short cruise. , j
Tracy's last exploit was near Entim- '
claw, where he made a boy shave him
while three men looked on.
One hundred and eight Boers have
just arrived at New York from Ber-
muda, where they were confined as
prisoners of war. .
David Merrill, the
Marconi Las received wireless signals
at a distance of 1,400 miles. Com
plete messages were received at a dis
tance of 850 miles.
The United States transport Rosen
rrans ha? been sold for $50,000, a little
more than a third of its cost to the
government in 1890.
Four Chicago railroads have made
individual agreements with the strik
ing freighthandlers. This may cause a
general break in the strike.
The body of Lord Pauncefote, late
ambassador -f Great Britain at Wash
ington, has been laid to rest in the
family tomb, near Newark-on-Trent,
England.
Two hundied miners at Leavenworth,
Kan., have gone on strike.
The Peary relief ship has started on
her trip to the Arctic regions.
The president has appointed Director
Merriam as permanent director of the
census.
The emperor of Corea has accepted
an invitation for that country to parti
cipate in the St. Louis exposition.
Blanks for Indian war veterans have
been issued and applications will soon
be going in to the pension department
at Washington.
The posse in pursuit of Tracy has re
turned to Seattle for a rest. The force
will be reorganized and a more deter
mined campaign inaugurated.
General Chaffee has been relieved of
command in the Philippines and will
be assigned to duty in the United
States. He will be succeeded by Gen
eral Davis.
Masked men held up a Denver & Rio
Grande passengei train in Colorado.
It is not known how much they se
cured, but the train usually cariies a
large amount of money.
By the finding of Merrill's body, the
story told by Tracy has proven to be
true. The body has been found a few
miles from Chehalis, at the place Tracy
declared he fought with his partner.
A boy passing through the canyon dis
overed it lying in the brush.
Fixing of coronation date has upset
Londonsociety's plans.
The flood situation at Topeka. Kan.,
is becoming more serious.
A number of violent earthquake
shocks have been reported from Vene
zuela. The Vatican is anxious to establish
diplomatic relations with the United
States.
A Fronch doctor inoculated himself
with consumptive cow matter in order
to disprove Prof. Koch'a theory.
John D. Rockefeller offered Smith
college, Northampton, Mass., $100,000
on condition that a like sum be sub
scribed. Col. II. II. Williams, of Springfield,
O., former postcffice inspector in Cuba,
predicts that Cuba will soon apply for
annexation, as such action is desired by
a majority of the people.
CHAFFEE IS RECALLED.
Relieved of Command in the Philippines
Davis to Succeed Him. .
Washington. July 17. General
l Chaffee has been relieved of the com-
mand in the Philippines and ordered to
I the command of the department of the
East by an order issued by Secretary
Boot. The order is as follows;
"By direction of the president, Major
General Gerogs W. Davis will relieve
Major General Chaffee of the command
of the division of the Philippines, Sep
tember 30, 1902. On being relieved
General Chaffee will with his author
ized aid repair to Governor's island,
New York, and. assume command of
the department o the East.
A few days ago General Chaffee was
cabled that he could have command of
either the department of the East or the
department of the lakes if he desired
to come home at this 'time. He was
informed that the retirement of General
Brooke afforded an opportunity of
making either exchange be desired.
The cablegram closed with a commen
dation by the secretary of war on Gen
eral Chaffee's services in China and the
Murdered Outlaw.
Philippines. A reply was received
from General Cftaffee stating that he
left the matter entirely with the de
partment, but that he would prefer
New York in cafe he was relieved in
the Philippines. He suggested that
September 30 would be a good date to
make any change in the command of
the Philippines.
The status of the commander of the
department of the East,- as qualified
by the last order is as follows:
General Biooke is at present in com
mand, but he is to retire at the end of
the piesent month. General Mac
Arthur is in command "of the depart
ment of the lakes at Chicago, but he
will be temporarily ordered to New
York after General Brooke's retirement
to command the department of the East
while the combined maneuvers are go
ing on. He will retain the command
until relieved by General Chaffee,
probably about November next, when it
is expected General .MacArthur will
return to his present command in Chi
cago. LIGHTNING STRIKES OIL.
Large Part of the Jennings Field in Louisi.
destroyed by Fire.
Jennings, La., July 17. During a
heavy electrical 6torm that passeed over
the Jennings oil field today a bolt of
lightning struck the field storage tanks
of the Jennings oil company, setting
them afire. The flames spread to the
derricks of the company adjoining,
and in a short time the derricks and
tanks were destroved. Burning streams
of oil from the Tanks ran in the direc
tion of Coulee. All workmen in the
field immediately stopped work and set
about throwing up levees so as to pie
vent as far as possible the spreading of
the fire. In a short time, however,
another tank had broken loose, and the
wind had driven the flames into the
tanks of the Southern, Northern and
Crescent oil companies, but they in
some manner escaped destruction.
Portland and Jeanie Are Safe.
Victoria, B. C, July 17. Two pas
sengers from Nome, landed here by the
collier Melville Dollar on her way to
Ladysmith, report the safe arrival at
Nome of both the Portland and the
Jeanie. The steamers, they say, ar
rived at the same time, the Portland
towing the Jeanie, which was disabled,
part of the way. No hardships were
suffered by the passenger and crews, the
two steamers being within hailing dis
tance of each other. The Portland
getting free first, assisted the Jeanie to
get out.
Mine Magazine Explodes .
Salt Lake July 17. A telephone
message just received from Park City,
Utah, says that the magazine on the
1200-foot level of the Daly West mine
exploded shortly after 1 o'clock this
morning. There were 150 men at work
in the mine at the time the exploison
occurred. Eighteen dead bodies have
already been removed, and it is thought
that the number of dead will reach 100.
Gases issuing from the mouth of the
mine prevents any one entering. '
MiWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF OREGON.
Commercial and Financial happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report.
A large box and basket factory is to
be established at Eugene.
Salem hoo buyers are closing con'
tracts for the 1902 crops at 20 cents per
pound.
Two Oregon postoffices were diseon
tinned July 15 Irma, Curry county,
and Waldron, wheeler eonuty. ,
A blaze at Sheep Rock mine, four
miles from Sanger, Eastern Oregon, de
stroyed the stamp mill, hoist and other
buildings.
Citizens cf Crook county are consid
ering numerous plans of ridding the
county of rabbits, which are the worst
pest in Eastern Oregon.
Mountain climbers have started on
their annual pilgrimage to the top of
Hood. One party has already "made
the ascent. They report much snow
and ice still on the side of the peak.
The' county bridge over Hubbard
creek, at Millwood, Douglas county,
collapsed while a team with a load of
lumber was crossing. The driver was
fatally injured and both horses killed.
Citizens of Hillsboro held a , meeting
and a committee was appointed to se
cure a right of way for the electric rail
way to the Multnomah county line,
the company having secured the right
of way from there into Portland.
The pioposed railroad into Malheur
and Harney counties has caused timber
lands in that eectionto be taken up
rapidly. It is estimated that along the
line of the proposed road 20,000 to 25,-
000 acres of land well covered by timber
have been located since March 1.
Oregon counties, for the past year,
have been paying out nearly $5,000 a
month for scalps of wild animals, prin
cipally coyotes. The county stands
one-third of this amount and the state
two-thirds. The $50,000 appropiia-
tion made by the legislature of 1901
is exhausted and $20,000 in claims are
on file. The counties are relying on
the next legislature for reimbursement.
Lane county, however, has made an
order that no more scalps will be ac
cepted.
Hop buyers around Salem are offering
18 cents for the 1902 crop.
A sawmill with a capacity of 100,000
feet per day is to be built at Astoria
at once.
Hop growers in Lane county antici
pate more trouble this year than usual
with lice.
The prospects are good for a heavy
crop of both fall and spring wheat in
Linn county.
The recent rains have brightened the
prospects for the grain and hay crops
around Prineville.
Cold storage men at Astoria are now
paying 8 cents per pound for large fish,
ah advance of 1 cent.
Several cars of Willamette valley
1902 prunes have been contracted for
at 54 cents in 25-pound boxes.
A. J. Webster has been appointed
deputy fish warden at Astoria, to suc
ceed Henry Bultman, resigned.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 65H 66cj
bluestem, 6768c; valley, 66667e.
Barley Feed, $22; brewing,
$23 per ton.
Flour Best grades, $3.053.60 per
barrel; graham, $2.95(33.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $1516 per ton;
middlings, $21.50; shorts, $18;
chop, $16.
Oats No.l white, 1 1.20 1.25 ;gray,
1.10O1.15. Hay Timothy, $1215; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Burbanks, 7585c
percental; ordinary, 40c per cental,
growers prices; sweets. . f z.zo($z.dU
per cental ; new potatoes, 1 Jc.
Butter Creamery, 2021e; dairy
1618c; store, 1516c.
Eggs 20 22 c for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 124
13c;YoungAmerica, 1314Jc; fac
tory prices, 1 lj-c less.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
4.50; hens, $4.005.50 per dozen,
llHMsC per pound; springs, 11
HJ-ssC per pound, $2.504.50 per doz
en; ducks, $2.50 3. 00 per dozen; tur
keys, live, 1314c, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, $4.005.00 per dozen.
Mutton Gross, 2 s 3c per pound ;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6Jc; dressed, 77c
per pound.
Veal 78c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 33o; steers.
3s4)c; dressed, 78c per pound.
Hops 1416 cents per pound.
Wool Valley,12)i15;Eastern Ore
gon, 814c; mohair. ?526c pound.
The insurance of the lives of children
is forbidden in Montreal.
William McGoveru made the eighth
suicide in Meriden, Conn., in two
months. A suicide club is believed to
exist.
The congregation of the First Church
of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, unani
mously adopted a pledge to contribute
any part of $2,000,000 that may be
necessary to build an immense auditor
ium at Boston.
-SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Grants Pass Visited by a $50,000 Fire Orig
. mated in Defective Flue.
Grants Pass, Oregon, July 15. A fire
which is believed to have had its origin
in a defective flue in a hotel yesterday
afternoon destroyed $50,000 worth of
property here. A southwest wind
that was blowing a gale scattered the
flying embers over all parts of the city
and made it practical ly . impossible for
the firemen to keep the flames under
control. The fire was a most remark
able one in that it did not sweep every
thing as it went, but skipped here and
there, making he situation all the more
difficult for the firemen and the citi
zens, who fought heroically to quell the
destructive flames. 'Nearly all ot the
residences and buildings burned were
insured tor one-half or two-thirds of
their value.
The fire originated in the old City
motel, on Front street. Flames were
discovered breaking through the kitchen
roof about 1 o'clock in the afternoon,
and probably caused by a defective flue.
Fanned by the fierce wind, the flames
had completely enveloped the City hotel
and the adjoining buildings before the
fire department could reach the scene,
notwithstanding their prompt response.
Ihe Grants Pass brewery was next in
the path of the flames, and in a few
minutes was reduced to ashes. The
blaze then leaped across the street to
the railroad yards of the Southern
Pacific, where are located- the round
house, machine'shops and wood yard.
These were soon a mass " of flames.
Across the street were three residences,
and these were next to go. By this
time the whole city was in gieat alarm.
The wildest excitement prevailed, for
the solid business portion of the town
on Front street and all of the residences
of the city, comprising half of Grants
Pass, seemed doomed, as they were di
rectly in the path of the flames. Every
available team, dray and truck in the
city weie brought into use in getting
the contents of stores and residences to
places of safety.
The mayor telephoned to Ashland for
assistance and the fire department of
that city was loaded onto a special
train and hurried to the scene of the
conflagration, where good service was
rendered in saving the remainder of
the town.
SALISBURY RESIGNS.
It Was Expected, but Not so Soon Succeeded
by A. J. Balfour.
London, July 16. The fact of the
resignation of the premiership of Great
Britain by Lord Salisbury has been offi
cially given out. The prime minister
laid down the responsibilities of his
office July 11.
Within 24 hours his majesty elevated
A. J. Balfour, the government's chief
representative in the house of commons,
to the position of premier.
While it was expected in political
and commercial circles that Lord Sal
isbury's retirement would be coincident
with the coronation of King Edward,
it was scarcely looked for prior to that
event. Consequently about the only
surprise expressed" ap the news spread
through London concerned the date,
rather than the fact of the resignation.
The real interest was not so much in
reference to Lord Salisbury's with
drawal as it was in the appointmeut of
his successor.
The liveliest speculation is rife as to
the personnel of the new cabinet. The
most discussed feature of the pending
changes is the position of Mr. Cham
berlain, the colonial secretary, who in
many quarters has been regarded as the
most promising candidate for the pre
miership. As to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal,
the main reason is considered by prac
tically all well informed persons to
have been a desire for a quiet life on
the part of a man advanced in years,
whose activities have been unusual and
whose scientific tastes predisposed him
to study and seclusion.
Although Lord Salisbury's resigna
tion does not necessarily involve the
reconstruction of the cabinet, it is be
lieved there will be some changes. It
is considered not unlikely that some of
the ministers will be made peers in
order to make room for new blood in
the cabinet.
Waters Are Falling.
Topeka, Kan., July 16. The flood
situation is beginning to show some
improvement. The Kansas river has
fallen nearly four inches since 10
o'clock this morning, and the prospects
are that the fall will be steady now
until the water has reached its usual
level. Railroad traffic-on the Santa Fe
and Union Pacific is entirely shut off
between here and Kansas City on ac
count of washouts near Lawrence. It is
thought that the damage will be re
paired sometime tomorrow.
Collide in Malacca.
Singapore, June 9, via San Francisco,
July 16. A collision took place the
night of June 6 in the Straits of Malac
ca, between the local steamer Teutonia
and a Chinese junk. Both vessels sank
almost immediately, and only 68 per
sons were saved out of 106 on board.
Precautions Against Cholera.
Tokio, June 28, via San Francisco,
July 16. Owing to the prevalence of
cholera in certain districts of Japan,
the United States sanitary authorities
wiH allow no one to go to Hawaii or
America from the infected places with
out undergoing five days' disinfection
at Yokohama. ; This order also applies
to any person coming by way of Tokio,
as the disease has made its appearance
in the capital. - s; -
MEREILL IS DEAD
TRACY KILLED HIS PAL, JUST
AS HE SAID.
Body Found at Napavinc, Near Chehalis
Brother of the Outlaw Identifies the Re
mains Discovery Was Made by Woman
and Her Son While Out Picking Berries
Will Not Get trull Reward.
Chehalis, July 16. All doubt of
Convict Harry Tracy's story that he
had slain his pal, David Merrill, has
been removed by the news that Mer
rill's dead body had been found, four
miles southeast of here, partially con
cealed by two logs, between which the
murderer had thrown it. Although
partially . decomposed, two bullet
wounds were plainly discernible in the
body, one in the wrist and another in
the Dacx, and it is believed that a
third bullet found lodgnent inlthe ncek
of the victim of a fellow criminal's
treahcery. The discovery was made by
Mrs. Mary Wagoner, of Napavine, and
her 12-year-old son George, who were
picking black beiries in the woods near
the Northern Pacific railroad track,
aid were attracted to the body by the
odor. Thinking at once of the story of
Tracy, which, wiih the many tales of
his adventures, is known to everyone
in this vicinity, they at once made an
investigation.
The body was lying between two logs,
face down, and with the legs and one
hand up. The spot where it lay is
about 200 feet from the Northern Pacific
track, on, an unfrequented road, and so
distant from any dwelling that the
crack of Tracy's murderous rifle might
have sounded without attracting any at
tention. The surroundings and the lo
cation of the bullet holes indicate that
the story Tracy told to the cerw of the
launch which carried him down Puget
sound from near Olympia, July 2, may
be true, although there is reason to
believe that the convict, fearing that
Merrill would reveal the whereabouts
of the fugitives by his clumsiness
killed him in cold blood.
Three 30-30 shells, found a ilttle dis
tance from the spot where the body was
found, destroyed whatever doubts re
mained in the minds of those who
answered Mrs. Wagoner's summons,
and subsequent developments have
demonstrated conclusively that Tracy
not only is the slayer of six men who
were obstacles in his path to liberty,
but also shot down his own companion
and fellow fugetive. The face was un
recognizable, and the body in a bad
state, hut a comparison of the descrip
tion of scars on Merrill's hands, his
foot and knee, and the color of his hair,
tallied with those on the body. War
den J. T. Janes, of the Salem peniten
tiary, did not swear that the body was
that of Merrill, but expressed an opin
ion to this effect. J. W. Studebaker,
of Castle Rock, who had known Merrill
many years, said the body was that of
the outlaw. Ben Merrill, his brother,
who has been working in a Chehalis
livery stable the past two weeks, ex
pressed the same opinoin.
Will Not Get Full Reward.
, Salem, Or., July 17. Superintend
ent J. D. Lee, of the Oregon peniten
tiary, today received a message asking"
whether the reward will be paid to the
person who found the body of Merrill.
Superintendent Lee replied that the re
ward would be paid according co the
language of the offer, which was for
the "capture and return-' of the con
victs, dead or alive, but that in any
event he would pay liberally for the re
turn of the body, even though not cap
tured as specified in the offer.
BATTLE SHIP AGROUND.
Illinois Strikes an Obstruction in the Harbor
of Christiana, Norway.
Christiana, Norway, July 17. The
United States battleship Illinois, flag
ship of Rear Admiral Crowninshield,
and the United States cruiser Chicago
have arrived here. While the Illinois
was standing into the harbor, leading
the squadron, her steering gear failed,
and her helm jammed hard to star
board, with the ship headed straight
for the shore. Both anchors were let
go and her engines were backed prompt
ly, but the port anchor chain parted.
The ship struck an obstruction' and a
hole was punched in her bottom. Two
small compartments filled with water.
The crew were piped to quarters and
the water tight doors were closed. The
rest of the squadron stood into the in
ner harbor. The Illinois was eventu
ally backed off and anchored safely.
Rear Admiral Crowninshield will
probably shift his flag to the Chicago.
Tornado in North Dakota.
St. Paul, July 17. Tremendous dam
age, and, it is thought, great loss of
life, were caused by a terrible wind
storm which early tonight swept in a
southwesterly direction from the inter
national boundary across the north
eastern portion of North Dakota.
Three towns, according to the meager
reports which are obtainable, were
totally wiped out. Telegraph lines are
wrecked and there is no communication
with the section where the most serious
devastation is thought to have been
worked by the tornado. ,
Explosion of the Kaichi.
Victoria, B. C, July 17. Details are
given in the Chinese papers, received :
today by the steamshipEmpress of j
India, of the blowing up of the Chinese .
cruiser Kaichi, which - was lying at :
Hsiakuan, and used as a training ship. 1
The first report placed the loss of life
at 250, but the more reliable papers say
it it will not exceed 140. At the time
of the explosion Captain Lee and sev-
eral of the officers were : ashore, four
officers haying been left in charge. '
TO ; BE BIG POST."
Department Proposes to Make Vancouver One
of the Largest in Country.
Washington, July 15. The action of
the war department in allotting $142,'
000 for immediate expenditure in en
larging the present quarters at Van
couver Barracks indicates that this post
is not only to be retained as department
headquarters, but is to be gradually
developed as one of the largest perma
nent army stations. The money now
made available will be expended under
the direction of the department and
constructing quartermasters in enlarg
ing and fitting up the 10 barracks
buildings now standing, making them
sufficiently large to accommodate a full
regiment of infantry. New quarters
wilt also be erected for the accommoda
tion of two large companies of field
artillery of 120 men each. Such addi
tional officers' quarters will be erected
as are necessary to accommodate the
complement of officers in command of
the troops provided for. A large build
ing for the "bachelors' mess" will also
be erected, together with several smaller
buildings not yet arranged for.
The apportionment of funds made
does not provide for sewer, water and
heating systems, for which additional
funds will be allotted later. In the
construction of all builidngs, local tim
ber will be used, as experience has
taught that on the Pacific coast frame
buildings are a great deal cheaper and
equally as satisfactory as brick. Plans
for this new work are now being com
pleted, and will be advertised at an
early date, as most of the work will be
done by contract.
At Fort Lawton, $105,500 has been
apportioned for erecting new quarters
for two additional companies of infantry
in addition to the two companies now
quartered there, while headquarters for
a regiment will also be built, making
this the most important post on Puget
sound. These buildings will be frame.
At Fort Wright-the $27,000 allotted
will be expended in erecting officers
quarters of brick, to replace the quai
ters now provided. Work at the late
named posts will be done by contract,
under supervision of the constructing
quartermasters now at these stations.
Plans for the work will be completed as
rapidly as possible.
MOVING SIDEWALKS.
Syndicate Formed Which Proposes to Equip
Brooklyn Bridge.
New York, July 15. It is learned,
says the Herald, that behind the plan
to equip the Brooklyn bridge wjth mov
ing sidewalks are men of great promin
ence in the railroad and financial
world. They have.it is stated, perfected
a preliminary organization, and if their
proposition is viewed favorably by the
officials of the city who have power to
act they will organize a corporation
under this state and become practically
a local concern!
It has been agreed by the representa
tives of these men that they will with
in one year equip the bridge with mov
ing sidewalks at,theirown expense, and
will pay the city $150,000 a year for
theprivilege of operating them. They
have agreed to charge not more than 1
cent a person for each crossing. There
will be no total suspension of traffic at
any time during the progress of the
work, they promise, and the public will
not even be inconvenienced for" more
than four days, or certainly more than
a week, while the termials "are being
put in place. - It is proposed to operate
the moving sidewalk for about 10 out
of the 24 hours, during the times of
the greatest crush of passengers, and to
operate the trolley cars as at present
the remainder of the time, thus giving
opportunity to inspect thejsidewalk and
keep it in perfect operation.
WILL FIGHT TO A FINISH.
Union Pacific Strike Promises to Be a Long
Struggle Botn Sides Determined
Omaha, July 15. At the end of the
fifth week of the Union Pacific shop
men's strike there appears to be little
hope for an immediate settlement.
Both sides have shown themselves de
termined to fight to the end. The offi
cials of the road today made a brief re
sume of the conditions, stating that 65
per cent of the strikers' places in this
city are filled. The company is not
hampered, according to the official state
ment, in the handling of motive power
by reason of the strike. Strike leaders
declare that there has not been a sin
gle defection from their ranks; that
the new men at work are not generally
skilled mechanics, and that a long
fight is in propsect which will eventu
ally force the company to their terms.
Will Mold Their Coal.
New York, July 15. At a meeting
of the coal operators yesterday, an
agreement was reached that until the
meeting of the bituminous coal miners,
to be held July 17, becomes known,
the coal operators in the agreement
will hold their present stock of coal,
and that which they will receive this
week, and not sell any in the open
market. The operators say they are
impelled to protect themselves because
of the scarcity of soft coal in or near
i New York, which the consultation dis
closed yesterday.
Great Northern Strike Settled.
St. Paul, July 15. Four hundred
boiler makers and helpers on the Great
Northern railway system, who went on
strike for higher wages some six weeks
ago, returned to work yesterday morn
ing. The strike was settled . at a con
ference between a committee of strikers
and officials of the company. There
were concessions on both sides. Under
the new schedule, the men will receive
an advance of 25 cents per day over
the sf ale in effect before the strike.
OVER HALF A CENT
THIS PREVENTS A SETTLEMENT
OF CHICAGO STRIKE.
Both Railroads and Freighthandlers Say They
WUl Yield Nothing More, and Expect to
Fight It Out to a Finish Business Men
of the City Losing Million Dollars a
Day No Sign of Settlement.
Chicago, June 16 While the whole
sale business of this city is almost com
pletely paralyzed, and while its busi
ness men are standing a loss of 1 1.000. -
000 a day, the striking freighthandlers
and the railroads are in a deadlock and
announce their determination tn fioVit
to-a finish over the question of one-half
a cent per nour per man, or a total of
$500 tor everv 24 hnnrn Ihia hoino
divided on one 6ide between 24 rail
roads and on the other side between
10,000 men.
The situation tonicht is more neriona
than at any tim since the commence
ment of the trouble, and at
since the walkout have the points at
issue oeen so obstinately maintained.
Three times yesterday the freight
handlers sent committees to nwt the,
general managers, and three times
came back without results.4 The first
call was made . without eivinir warning
to the managers, and when the commit
tees arrived, they were unable to find
any of them, for the reason that tha
managers- were having a meeting of
their own, and were not at their ofl5ces.
The second call produced more effect.
as several of the committees saw the
managers, but nothing definite resulted.
The last committees were 6ent out by
President Curran, of the freighthand
lers, at the demand of the teamsters,
who wanted something attempted to
ward a settlement. This time the com
mittees were started so lat in th
afternoon that it was a foregone conclu
sion tnat they would not find many of
the general managers at their offices.
All the committees reported, as before,
that they had failed of any result.
The committee that went to the Mil
waukee & St. Paul road OA ma nalr
bearing the information that they had
been refused admission, and were in-
tormed that their former employers did
not care to receive them, that thw hnri
all the men necessary in their business.
1 i 1 1 a. '
ana tnat nereaiter no deputations
would be received from emDlova who
had gone on strike. The officials of
the road declared later that they would
maintain this position.
After this had been reoorted at hd-
quarters of the strikers, President Cur
ran announced that the fight was on to
a finish, and that hereafter when the
railroads had any overtures to make, or
wished to do any business with their
employes, they would he rnmnAllfvt tn
transact such business through the
omcers oi the .freighthandlers' union.
Both sides now declare that, thew
have reached the limit, and that abso
lutely nothing will be conceded. The
men demand 17M cents, and t.h man
agers say that they will not, under any
circumstances, pay more than 17 cents.
The railroad warehouses, ordinarilv
a hive of industry, were almost as quiet
as on ounuay. At a distance from each
warehouse was a company of pickets
posted to keep freight from entering or
leaving tne sneas. JNearer the depots
were guards of police on dutv to nrot.ertt
the men in the warehouses and to quell
any disturbances which might arise.
Gangs of nonunion men brought into
the city to take the places of the strik
ers lounged about the warehouses or in
their cars, with scarcely anvthinsr to
do.
CONDITIONS FOR TIEN TSIN.
City Government to Be Restored to Chinese,
With Limitations.
Pekin, July 16. The foreign minis
ters to China have agreed upon the
conditions for the restoration of the
government of Tien Tsin to China, and
these conditions only await the signa
ture of the Italian minister, the Mar
quis Salvago Raggi, who is absent, for
presentation to the Chinese govern
ment. According to the conditions,
the 30-kilometer radius from which
Chinese troops are excluded is reduced
to 20 kilometers, the limitation of the
number ot police which the Chinese
may maintain within the radius is
eliminated, and the concessions granted
Dy toe provisional government are ig
nored. The members of the government are
considering the question of devoting the
surplus in the treasury to the reim
bursing of the concessionaries for in
vestments made on the strength of their
concessions.
The negotiations for the lestoration
of the Pekin-Shan Hai Kwan railway
have reached a partial deadlock.
Ihe German minister to China, Dr.
Mumm von Schwarzenstein, started for
Berlin today for a six month's leave of
absence. He will proceed home by way
of the United States.
Cholera Spreading in the Islands.
Manila, July 16. Cholera is spread
ing somewhat in the islands. The
ratio for Manila is maintained. The
rains now falling have not' checked the
disease materially;
Says Boer Peace Will Be Short
Colorado Spring?, Colo., July 16.
H. C. De Roo, an adjutant in the Boer
army "under Delarey, is in the city on a
visit. He says in his opinion peace
will not last two years in the Trans
vaal." The arms turned in to the Brit
ish are worthless, and the good ones
have been buried in secret places. He
says England is trying, to make Eng
lishmen of the Boers, and when they
put on the screws too hard the latter
will rebel. ; -. " '; -.' .' '. - "