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EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD. CÁMmtl.l BUOI . rr*prl*tor*. EUGENE _____ OREGON. e T ents of the dat Au 1 nirreatlu< < oll*«-ll«,n of ll*ms » «•■■ the Twu Heu.lspli.-r«» Freseuted Iu a CuudeiMd Form. Fl<*>d* have washed away saveral town* in Texa». Eight person* were killed by a tor nado in .Michigan. Bryan will make a determined effort to capture New York. The latent lilt of Galveston'* dead uuinber* 3,859 name*. The navy department is hurrying ves sel* to the Asiatic station. The expected clash in the »trike re gion in Pennsylvania did not occur. Eight pemona were drowned at Brownwood, Texan, bv a Hood. ’J he llio Grande railway is badly crippled. Anti-foreign leader* me «aid to have been appointed to position* of reapon- nihility and honor in China, in defiance to the allien. The Merchant*’ Nail & Wire Work*, of Charleston. XV. Va., ’which time been cloned for two mouth*, opened again. About 250 men are affected. Anita Lutz, aged 18, »hot and fatally wounded her father, John Lutz, near Lanning. Kansas, Ixcaune her father had rent her brother away to nchool. Direct advice* from Carthageua, Colombia, nay tiie retail* are active in that department. Septentlier 3 they attacked the town, but government troop* from Colon arrived just iu time to preveut their success. Die rebel*, who are under General Commaucho, will join hand* with the force* of Gen eral (tribe. Plan* are proceeding fi r another revolution for the new but un recognized government. Phil A. Julien, coroner of Silver Bow county, Mont., and one of the beat knowu of the old-time uewspaper tnpu of the country. Hied nuildenlv at Butte of heart disease. He was a native of Waahiugtou, D. C., and waa 5ti year* of age. He worked on the Wa*hingtou Kepulilican in the early day* of that paper, and on other paper* at the capi tal. He had been on uew*pa|*r* tn Montana (or about 15 year*. The «urgeon-gensral's office of the war department ha* no information regadilig the epidemic of yellow fever in Havana. Private advice* indicate that tlm outbreak i* serious. The fever exi*ta iu the heat part* of the city ami among American* who bate gone there. It 1* «aid at the war depart ment no fears are entertained of a serious oatbreak among tlm American troop*, a* they are outside the city and llot 111 the infected districts. Surgeon- Geneial Sternberg doe* not think there need lie am apprehenaiou concerning the »proud of the disease. The |*>wer* are planning to evacuate Pekin. Railroaders may join the »Hiking coal miner*. S|*ikane, Wash., is visited by a tel- Hide wind atorm. Anglo-American troop* defeated th* Boxer* at I’ei Ta Chu. The Briti*h troop* occupy Koomati- pooit without opposition. Boxer* and other anti-foreigu Chi ne»« are in imperial favor. English and German* express di**at- iafaction at American attitude. Further violence in the Shenandoah, Pa., coal dintrict prevented by the ar rival of troop*. The Aatoria, Or., coal bunker*, val ued at $3t),(M)0, were completely de stroyed by tire. A «tevedoie in Portland, Or., drowned from a falling scaffold. leu other* narrow I v escaped. By settlement of the wage scale, tit),000 iron ami steel worker* will re sume work in Ohio. Four masked men held up an express car oil the Burlington route, near Lin coln, Neb., ami a very large sum wm ■««cured. E. J. Clough, of Arlington, Or., esti mates the wheat crop of Gilliam coun ty at 1,000,000 bushels. Some think tlie output will reach 1,500,000 bush els. Hie I’nited State* trnns|*ut Port Albert sailed from Seattle for the Phil ippine* with 50» calvary horse* ami a cargo of forage aud commissary sup plies. The I’nited states transport Grant arrived at san Francisixi from the Philippine* and China, bringing home over «on discharged soldier*, including 200 sick ami wounded and 30 dead bodies. There were 11 death* during the voyage. Methiieu completely routed a Boer convoy at Halt river, west of Klerk*- dorp, ami rvvapture<l a 15-pouuder lost at Coleu»o. He also captured 90 wag on« * '«) cattle, 4,('(Hl -lieep, 20,000 rounds of ammunition aud 28 prison ers. LATER NEWS. Hoodlum* at Victor, Colo., attacked Governor Roosevelt. Conger will not yet begin negotia tion* with tbe Chinese commission. Q.itposU south of Manila were at tacked by 400 Filipino*, who weie dis pel sed with a loss of 50. 1 ne Parkland Fishu g <fc Packing Company Las been incorporated with a capital ot $20,000. It* headqaarter* will be Parkland, Pierce county, Wash. A passenger traiu on the Fort Worth 4 Klo Grande rai.road r*u into a wash out uear lio.-k Creek, Texas. One person was killed aud eight badly in jured. George F Drew, the first Democratic governor of Florida after the war, died at hi* home at Jacksonville, aged 73 year*. Two hour* before hi* death hi* wile died from the effects of a stroke of a|*iplexy. News ba* been received of hurricane at Off ord. b elaud, September 20. Tbe wind, it is said, blew 120 mile* au hour. Nearly all the fishing smack* were driven ashore, house* were raze and several persou* were killed. 1 hei was great destruction of property. lhe Republic Iron & steel Com pany's work* in East St. Louis, 111., known a* the Tudor Iron Work*, have resumed operation* after a suspension of two month* on account of the fail ure to agree upon a wage scale. An agreement has now been reached aud signed for the ensuing year, aud up ward* of 800 men are at work. A Winnipeg, Manitoba, special say*: C. E. Steven*, a Methodist missionary at Oxford House, iu the district of Kowateeu, in a letter dated September 10, 1900, state* that during the late winter ami early spring of thi* yeat between 20 and 30 Indian* of the Saul- trail tribe, residing near Andy Lake, died of starvation. Babbit* aud deer have fci this people, aud although they ate even the bark of tree*, they were not able to sustain life. A large timber-laud deal wa* com pleted at Albany, Or., by the tiling in the office of the county recorder a deed from W. II. Stimson, of Lo* A ng lees, Cal., to Theodore (). Wither, of La Crosse, Wi*., conveying alxiut 4,500 acre* of timber land in the southern part of th«- county for the consideration of $40,860. Two other deed* of 160 acre* each were tiled in favor of With er, the consideration being approxi mately $10 an acre, a high puce for limber land, indi. atiug an increased demand for such pro|>erty. TIIE DOLLAR IS SAFE Steamship Arrived at Nome September 17 ALL ON BOARD LEPOR FED WELL Shipping Men Attribute the Alnsk» Murui to m I White Home I* Booming. Port Townsend, Sept. 29.—The steamship Tacoma arrived early thi* morning from Nome, bringing 524 i«a* »eliger*. The Tacoma railed from Nome September IK. aud brings advice* from the place up to September 17. The steamship Robert Dollar, sailing from here August 25, ami fortlie safety of which much anxiety w«s felt, ar rived at Nome Septemlier 17. the even ing before the Tacoma sailed, with all on boar«l well, (hl September 17, tbe body of Captain Giese, <>f the schooner 'ro*]»-r, wa* found iu the surf uear the mouth of Cripple river, ami wa* taken to Nome. Captaiu Giese wa* drowned during the storm on September 13. The schooner sequoia, which wa* Iriven ashore during the storm of Sep tember 6, whs lying in an easy posi tion, aud could have I.«. n floated, but the storm of September 13 broke her back aud she is now a complete loss. shipping men at Nome attribute the recent damage by water at that place to a tidal wave. Captain ('. B. Owens, of the schooner Z-iiith, which was among the wrecked vessels, says hi* vessel wa* at anchor three mile* from shore in nine fathom* of water, and at 4 o’clock on September 13 the water begin rising rapidly, and by <1 o’clock the h ad showed 10 G fathoms. A long-continuous blow from the south had piled the waters up to the propor tion* of a tidal wave. The protection afforded by St. Lawrence island, which mitigated the furv of the gale, *ave«l Nome from complete destruction. Solomon City, at the mouth of Solo mon river, wa* devastated by the storm. All the building* were either swept away by the wave* or wrecked by wind*. The town had a population of 200, all of whom are destitute and homeless. A message from th«« *ea was picked up on the bench by a soldier on Sep tember 17 near the military reserva tion. The bottle wa* tightly corked. The message waa written on a common Japanese paper napkin, ami read as follows: "(Iff Port Safety, 11, )!)00—Who finds this please re|*«rt to authorities. Eight of us left Port Clarence three days ago; are now sinking fast, with no hope. Sign*): Jack Danley, G. L. Mvers, Sam Murk (or Mack), John Dolan, George Thoma*. A. M. Dean.” The message was turned over to Cap tain Jarvis. The steamer Dirigo arrived today from Lynn Canal port*, and, according to interior passngers, White lloise is experiencing a boom e«pial to the early day* of the gold excitement. All the warehouse* are packed full of Dawson freight, aud the accumulation is so large that cur* cannot be unload« <1. Scow* are loaded, but cHiinot find men to take them down to Dawson. The accumulation of freight is so large that shippers are trying to build scow* ami are offering men from $8 to $10 per day to work, but at that price are un able to get help. It is estimated that thousands of ton* of freight w ill re main at White Horse alter the river freeze*. Geimany is about to declare war on < ’Inna. General John M. Palmer, of Illinois, 1* dead. Galveston appeal* for help to rebuild the city. Four perrons were killed by a tornado in an Iowa town. Epidemic of *malli*>x at Nome has been stamped out. Von Waldersee will demand the sur render of leader* of the outrage*. American troops, except a legation guard, are ordered from China to Ma nila. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, opened the Republican campaign in Illinois, with a speech iu Chicago. Senator Caffery, of laiuisaua, ha* officially declined the presidential nom ination bv the National party. At Terre Haute. Ind.. The Abbott broke the world * trotting record ol 2:08*4, held by Alix, making the mile in 2:03 *4. llreyfii* Still Itevlaioii. Another death from bubonic plague Paris, Sept. 29.—The l’resse pub wa* reported at Glasgow, making the seventh since the outbreak. Only 40 lishes the text of an alleged letter trom Alfred Dreyfus to .XI. Treieux, ex-min person* are now under observation. ister of justice, dated Geneva. Switzer Prince Henry, of Prussia, 1* now land, September 13, in which the commander-in-chief of the First Ger writer say*: man *<|midron,*ueceediiig Vice-Admiral “The moral effects of the iniquity Hoffmann, who has beau relieved from still exists, and the mental torture i* the poet. as great as ever. Since justice ha* not The Austrian press bitterly con been «lone to me, the aim 1 pursue re demns the attitude of the I’nited state* main* the same until attained: the towards China, attributing to the legal revision of my trial.’’ eourae of the Washington government The l’resse cite* the letter a* prov “the arrogant defiance witli which iug “that the Drefusard* are mill agi China is Heating the allies. ” tating ami persist in their intention to The iMthmian canal commission keep alive the hatred and discord of stated that It would lie able to submit recent years.” a report to congress sufficiently com Four Thou«Mi»<t I mmtg runt• » prehensive to nerve a* a basis for the New York, Sept. 99.— More than action of that body at the approaching 4,0(8) prospective American citizen* sessiou, if it should lie desirable to act. were passed through the immigration Dispatches announce that among the bureau at the barge office yesterday. missionaries killed by Chinese in the They came from all |>art* of Europe, massacre in Yuuuau province were ami were passenger* by six different Bishop I sutotisalli aud lather t^uirine, steamer*. The Kaiser Wilhelm dor of tbe Hemau Catholic church. It Grosse from Bremen, brought 637; the was said that the bishop died after the Oceanic, from Liverpool aud Queens- town, brought 1,210; the Spaarndam, most awful torture. from Amsterdam, brought 675; the Trouble between the union plumbers Furuessia. from Glasgow, brought 275; and the Seattle plumbing companies the Frei'lerich der Grosse brought who do not l«clong to the Master Plum 1,050 from Bremen, ami tbe Milano ber»' Association of that city. A* a brought 190 from Hamburg. result of this trouble the union plumb Miirtlrirtl by Htiirii, ers have “walked out” from the *hop* Minneapolis. Minn . Sept. 29.— Mr*. of all such plumbing companies. The walk-out ot union men in this instance M. D. Clapp, of thi* city, today re 1* not owing to any difference with ceived a letter containing the informa their employer* a* regard* wage* or tion that her sister, Mr*. G. F. Ward, hour* of labor. Vat wholly became otan formally of thi* city, together with agreement existing between the Master her little children, were murdered by Plumbers* Association aud the nnion Boxers in China alsiut eight week* ago. plumbers which prevents the latter Iheir Isaiia* were horrible mutilated. from woiking for any plumbing firm Mrs. Ward’s husband, an Englishman or individual not a member of such as escaped. They had labored in South ern China missions for «ear*. sociation. The groat world'* fair that was an- Il I* reported that Chicago «nd Iain- nonneed for Bruofel» in 1903, ha* been dou firm» will luveit $.'0,000,000 in at«an«loned becaiiM of the failurb of Colorado mine*. the Pan* exposition. Spirit distiller* ami distributor* hav* The new year at West Point l«egan ftvmed a oo-opemtiv* aaaoctatloU em with 434 cadel* on the roll«, the bracing all the distilleries iu the Unit largest number by 60 that was ever at ed state*. the academy. Bnti«h capitalist* have *oqulre<! op A X I- toria « B C.) dispatch say« that tiie money ha* law n *u «rcilx-d (or a tion» on more than 1.000,000 acre* of ■>rw railroad from the Great iaikea to oil field* in northern XVvonung and )>*• lhe Pacific coast with a brau. h line organise«! the XVesteru States Oil Com- pany of America. to Daw son. Captain Tuttl*, of the revenue cot Swift A Co., the tug Chicago pack ing lirm. ha* leo*r«i the extensive New ter Bear, report« that (ever and famine X <>rk plant ol the Eastman CtHu|winy. threaten t< exterminate Alaska native*. Th* steamer Umatilla ha* arrive«! in The month of Xugu.t wa» the hotteog -an Franct»co from the north, bringing g io the a lout $1,500.000 in treasure from the weather authorities iu tbe East. Klondike and l>>ugla* island and a few Of all the line and staff general« in nugget» from Nome. the United states army al present only Thi« vear»’ apple crop iu North two. Ludlow and J M. XX il*«>u. ai* America is expected to )>e the largest gradiiato* of West Point. ever known. The horticultural »tatls- Lincoln, Neb , made the l*«a*t that ti< ian* predict fl- m 80,00,000 to 100,« it h»» th* large«! rreamery iu th* 005,000 hart*)«, which will l«e a sup world. The iu»tltutiou turn« out 30,- ply oi ni re4han one barrel l«r every luhabitant ol the United Alate*. 0V0 )*>*ud* of butter every Jay. OUTPOST FIGHTING. fnBuigsut Attacks In th* Country Sontb of Manila. Manila, -ept. 28. — Mendny night, vigorous insurgent attacks sere made upon the United States outposts in the district near Zapote bridge. Las Pi nas, Parauaqne, Bacoor and Imus, 12 mile- south of .Manila, the scene of the fighting last (Jctober. It i) estznated that tbe retails numbered 400 and they w. re «ruled with rifle». The inhabit ant* took refuge in the churches, lhe American* have since energetically ilisi«er*4.d the enemy, killing and wounding 50. ■ A party of »«-out* belonging to the Twenty-fifth United <tates infanttv landed on the island oí -amar, the in-, militant* aud insurgent« fleeing to the nouutaiu*. The Americans met with but «light resistance and burne<l the ;own. f.ast night there wa* outpoat firing it Pacts, I'agsaugan and -anta Cruz, In Laguna province. It i» reported that an American ■conting party discovered a body of in- «urgent* iu the province of Neuva Icija, two skirmishes ensuing, iu hich 12 of the natives were killed -unilar brushes have taken place near Inda ng aud Silang, in Cavite province, «nd near lba and Suing, in Zambale* irovince, the Americans having two tilled and three injured. Advices from Islandof Lev te say that .eueral Mojica’s band has been scat- ;eied and demoralized by Major Henry 1. Allen, of the Forty-third infantry, who wa* vigorously pursued the insur gent* in the mountains, capturing many and taking a quantity of money, rifles, ammunition and stores. Señor Aroilay, the chief justice; Leon Pepperman, the recorder; Mr. Bchurmauu, Judge Taft and .Mr. Hig gins have been appointed commission ers of the Philippine civil service. Thi« morning the commission enacted a bill designating their line of proced ure. The commission also established a bureau of statistics aud approved ♦ ’20,000 for expenses incurred by the war department in the Philippine*. HOWARD FOUND GUILTY. Convicted of tho A •onooilnHt Ion of Gov ernor Goebel« Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 28.—James B. Howard, who has been on trial for the past 10 days, charged with being a principal in the assassination ot Wil liam Goebel, was found guilty by the jury today, his punishment being fixed at death. The fact that the jnry had deliberat ed all of yesterday afternoon without reaching a verdict led to the belief that it was hopelessly divided, aud this fact made the verdict shocking to Howard aud those who hoped for his ultimate acquittal. Howard did not lose h* composure when the verdict calling for the extreme penalty of the law was read in the court room. He glanced at his attorneys, who sat be side him, and smiled, but said noth ing. After the jury had been dis charged Howard was taken back to the jail, aud there, for the first time, he betrayed emotion. He called for a pen ami paper and wrote a long letter to hi* wife, during which the tears coursed down his cheeks. He was joined later by his attorneys, who spent a good part of the day in confer ence with him in ragard to the motion for a new trial, which will be filed to morrow-, and other matters in connec tion with the case. < Hie of the juror* stated to a press representative that a number of ballots were taken, but the first ballot result- e«l in a unanimous vote in favor of a verdict of guilty. After that the bal lot* yesterday were a* to the degree of punishment. Ten members voted for th«« death penalty, while two voted for life imprisonment. The first ballot today resulted in a verdict, the two jurors vvhg had voted for life imprison ment gave in to the majority and voted for the death penalty. The jury consisted of niue Democrat*, one Re publican and two anti-Goebel Demo crat*. The verdict of the jury, it is be lieved, was nased largely upon the de struction of Howard'« alibi, upon which iie depended solely. One of the juror* admitted that the failure of Howard to bring any of the occupant* of the executive buildings January 80 to testify that he was not there, was considered by the jury as an indication that he waa there. The testimony of Gaine* as to seeing Howard run ont of the ground* aud also of Stubblefield, who swore that Howard confessed the killing a few «laya after the murder, were the other principal points upon which the jury relied. Ku«»i»n Oiitrng«*«, London. Sept. 28.—The Time* prints correspondence from New t’hwang de claring that the Russians have killed indiscriminately between 1,500 aud 2.000 Boxer* ami Chinese civilians, men, women an«i children, both inside and outside of the walls. The cxirre- •pondent adds that from all side* comes the report of violence to women, ami that tbe Russian* are carrying out a policy of destruction of property and extermination of people in Kai Chau. Nearly all the villages have lieen burn ed ami the inhabitants killed. For some «lay*, the corres|*«ndeut declares, tbe soldiery and Cossack* have been allow«««! to do what they like, and he think« the annexation of Manchuria is intended. King 1 ropo Iti Will % bill« at«. 1‘irwcy on West Klwer. Pari*. Sept. 29. — “From a score* worthy of contidem e,’ any* the (’our ler «lu soir, “we learn ^that th* king of the Belgian* intend* to abdicate be fore th«« dose of the preoeut Belgian parliament, in favor of tbe prince of 1 lander«. King L*opnl.l count* con fidently upon the re«ult of hi* action being the «inking of the «juarrel* of the rival partie«, which would then unite k observe the condition* of the new regime.” Hong Kong, Sept. 28.—The German transport Gera ami three German tor- pedo boat* have arrivetl here. Advices from the XX’eat river report that piracy «nd brigandage are increasing, aud it ia possible that the river will latae into it» old state of insecurity during tbe winter, unles* active measure* are taken, several minor piratical acts ate reported, and it is also stated that village* hear hum Chuk hav* !>*eu burned by bngaud*. ih^’gt'tl Wlih I iit*ntlritle. Wallace. Idaho, Kept. 29. — E. J. Mahe, amt wife, of Burk*, «ire tn the «■entity jail, charged with lufnntlcKte. Tueelay morning the lodv of a baby »«• found in the hotel here, ami the coroner’s jury trace.! it back to the Maher*. A preltmnary hearing will Ire held today. I «»••. Oflr Mkllln** littllat«. Fort Worth, lex., Sept. 9.4.—A con servative estimate place* the kxwe* by tlve storm in various sections of th* state at $1.(HX>,i*H), «»elusive ul th* l.alve*tou <iiaa«ter. > h»«*d« In T»!»«. Dallas. Tex.. Sept, 9».—All report« i>*tay imiv ate that the Lowe» Bra*i<* «nd Colorado river* ar* falling «lowly, ex.-ept at lai < «range, where the water 1« reported to have nwu 24 ftet sin«-* yesterdav an<1 i* »till rising slowly. There is no confirmation here of th* Austin report of last night that tbe town of M«n*rdvi|)e. ou the Upper >au >al^. ha<) t*-e«i • « |t away. Mr: ville has no railway or wire commuui- cation. Tbe Trinity river at Dalia* ba* fallen n* foot iu the last 24 boar*, but 1* »till daugerously high. IN HANDS DE REBELS Captain Shields and Party Captured in Marinduque. - ----- - RELIEF FORCE The • HURRIED OUT MHftiiiff Eiprdition Conilil» Fifty-'hree Meu Beeidee Otticer» Mini (re* of a Guuboat. o* Washington, Oct. L—The war de partment has received the following cablegram from («eueral MacArthur: “Manila, Sept. 30 —Adjutaut-Gen- eral, Washington: Reptemher II, Cap tain Devereaux Shields, with 51 meu of company F, Twenty-ninth regiment United States volunteer infantry, and one hospiital corps man. left >auta Cruz, Marinduque, by the gunboat Villalobos, for Torrijos, intending to return overland to Santa Cruz. Have heard nothing since from Shields. Scarcely doubt that the entire party has been capture«! with many killed ami wounded. Shields among the lat ter. Information sent by letter from the commanding officer at Boae, dated 20th, received >eptember 24, consisted of rumors through natives. “The Yorktown and two gunboats, George Anderson (colonel Thirty eighth volunteer infantry), witii two companies Thirty-eighth volunteer in fantry. sent to Marinduque immediate ly. Anderson confirms the tirst report as to capture, but was unable, on Sep tember 27, to give details and present whereabouts of Shield* and party, or names of the killed and wounded. His information will probably be available soon. Anderson has order* to com mence operations immediately and move relentlessly, until Shields and his party are rescued. Logan will be sent to Marinduque, if necessary, to clear up the situation. “MACARTHUR.” The Twentv-ninth infantry wa* re cruited at Fort McPherson, Ga. Cap tain Shields wa* lieutenant-colonel ot the Second Mississippi during the Span ish war. He was made captain iu the Twenty-ninth infantry July 5, 1899. He was a resident of Natchez, .Mi«*., where his wife now resides. The scene of this latest reverse is a small island lying due south of the southern coast of Luzon aud altout 300 miles from Manila. Marinduque is about 24 miles iu diameter and was garrisoued by two small detachments of United State* troop*. Gue of these was at Boac, on the west coast of the island, and the other wa* at Suita Cruz, the principal port on tbe north side, t'aptain Shields appear* to have started (torn Santa Cruz on a gunboat for Torrijos, a small coast port, and it is inferred that the boat as well a* the body of troop* under that officer ha* been captured, for the dispatch make* no reference to her return. The officers of the gunlmat Villalo bos were: Lieutenant Edward Simp- sou, commanding; Ensign I.F. Landis and Naval Cadet R. \V. Vincent. Lieutenant Sipmson ba* seen over 14 years active sea serivce. He entered the navy June 17, 1888. He returned from hi* last tout of sea service in May, 1896, and was assigned to shore duty. February 1, 1898, he wa« order ed to the Brooklyn. Ensign Landis has seen not quite three year* of sea serivce. He joine«! the navy Septem ber 6, 1893, aud hi* last cruise expired iu May, 1899. He was ordered to the Asiatic squadron December 22, 1899. Cadet Vincent has had one year and seven month* of sea service. February 1, 1899, he was assigned to the New Orleans. Ga« Tank Exploded. New York, Oct. 1. — At 1:45 thia morning a ga* tank exploded in the Central Gas Light Company’* works at the foot of East One Hundred aud Thirty-eighth street. The explosion was heard for mile* around, and broke all the window* in the vicinity. The burning naptha (lowed dovvn the street and into the eugine-room of the gHS company, setting it afire. Two alarm* were sent iu and the tiielwiat wa* sum moned. The flames at thi* time shot 70 feet in the air. The fire is still burning fiercely and the firemen are fightiug de*i«erately to prevent the flames from spreading to the ga* hold ers. which are near tiie scene of the explosion. There ha* been no loss of life. . Tore llown the Fl:«*. SITUATION WORSE THAN EVER. Buraya Appareull/ Urtsrmlusd te Far lition ChtMB« New York, Sept. 29 —A dispatch to the Herald trom Shanghai says: The situation in China is now more terion* than ever before for tho*e who ire :nten-t.«ed in p—the integri ty of the empire. Th* Chinese govern ment is iu the power of Boxer leaders who are not likely to submit to the snip«*» «lowager any proposition un- favoiable to them. The friendly vice rov. of the south are loyal to the throne iml any foreign *ggre**ion in Southern China will precipitate an uprising. There i* danger that the friendly viee- rovs will be replaced. Sheng, the friendly Taotai of Shanghai, ha* been ordered north, uud that practically mean* hi* death. Russia is bidding all the fort* and *trategie»l points from Takn to Pekin. Ru-ia'a possession of the railway show* bv the permanent arrangement which her officer* are making that *he intends to swallow the north of China. No one here believes that Russia will ever move out except under overwhelming pressure from other power*. Ger many's H»*nrance that she does not de »ire territory in China, if the latter be able to pay an indemnity, i* mislead ing. Iler demand for tbe punishment of the leader* of the Boxers a* a con dition precedent to peace negotiations mean* continued war and perhaps the complete disruption of the Chinese gov ernment. Friendly feeling between Japan and Russia i* increasing. France is hand in glove with Russia. X’tce- A Imirnl Seymour* attempt to under take the isolated British occupation of Shanghai and to patrol tbe Yangtse Kiang ha* weakened the British posi tion, while losing an opportunity to make n definite agreement for non-par- tition of the empire with Japan. The United States is consistent but power less. Lu Li Chuan Liu, who, it is unoffi cially announced, is to be the new viceroy ol Canton, is anti-foreign. Un less the allies protest the friendly vice roy* are likely to have no friends left in China. The only method of dealing with the situation not involving the division of Chinese territory is through the friendly viceroys, gradually remov ing the throne from the pow er of the Boxer leader*. Americans ou the spot believe that the settlement of the pres ent question will decide the fate of -noriuon* ami increasing American aud Chinese trade. INDUSTRIAL CRISIS. The Indicatioiis I'oint to Hartl Times Coming in Europe. Washington, Sept. 29.—The wave of industrial prosperity ill Europe, which ha* steadily risen since 1985, ssys Act ing Consul-General llanauer, of Frank fort, in a report to the state depart ment, has taken a tuin aud lias begun to recede. “All signs,” he says, ‘‘point toward a crisis in industrial and financial lines, which may occur before two year* have passed. Any fxilitical dis turbance of note may bring on the crisis suddenly, and without warning. Coal mining is still booming, a* the supply is not equal to the demand, lhe iron aud steel wroks, including the manufacturers of many lines of machinery and steel plates for war ships, have orders which it will take »niue months to till,but factories making small ironware, needles, bicycles, nails, sewing machine*, etc., are cur tailing production and reducing work ing force* and wage scales. “There are doubts if the immensely capitalized electiical work* of Ger many aud other countries can keep tullv employed after present contracts ire filled. This line of industry which iu Germany alone represent* an invest ment of nearly $300,000,000, has l«een largely instrumental in creating the lx *>m. “Failure- have begun already in the building trade, which, in the large cities, ha* G en of a speculative nature, and rested mainly on borrowed capi tal. Rent* for business hou«e* and iwillings have advanced, but will top ple upon the first beignning of a busi ness crisis.” I>K of Military Traffic. Chicago, Sept. 29.—Western rail road* today Tea died an agreement re garding the division of military traffic between points west of Chicago and New Orleans and the Pacific coast. It was agreed to leave the control and division of the traffic east of Sau Fran cisco entirely in the baud* of the Santa Fe and .Southern Pacific railroads. On west-bonnd traffic the division of the business has been put in the hand* of Chairman .McLeod, of the XX'estern Passenger A sm «« iation. The draft for a transcontinental association, prepared at the recent meeting at Glenwood Springs, Colo., was considered at length today, but no final action taken. San Antonio, Texa*. Oct. 1.—Unit- de«l State* Consul W. W. Mill*, at Chihuahua, Mexico, reported to the federal authorities at Washington, de tailing au insult to the American flag over his consulate September 16, the anniversary of Mexico * in«lcpendence, by a mob of Mexicans. He had hoist Train Wreck in I tnh. ed the United States and Mexican flag* Ogden, Utah, Sept. 29.—Train No. in honor of the day, and the mob tore 4. on the Southern Pacific, waa wrecked down the United State* colors. while coming down Gretna hill thi* afternoon. Conductor Herrick and Lumber I’laut Hurwed. Mendocino, Cal., Oct. 1.—The plant Engineer Hasting* escaped injury, but af the Albion Luml er Company, at Al ot the passengers one woman was bion. ws* destroyed by tire today, to killed aud several men were injured, gether with 400,000 feet of lumber and three thought to l>e fatally injured. 1,000 cords of tan bark. The dry kiln, I’ailroa«] officials and doctor* were sent «tore, hotel and several dwellings l>e- from Ogden to the scene of th* wreck. longing to the company were also con He that can say the most convinc turned. The lo*» is between $125,000 ing thing* in the fewest words u the aud $150,000. great orator. ► ir« in HMiiiburg. Holler Mdkrr*' Trouble*. Hamburg, Oct. 1.—In a fire today Norwich. Conn . Sept. 29.—The 20u I'fgluk* A Tietgeu's wnrehouse, the Robertson great* warehouses. Both«-**’ men employed by the l’Hge Boiler Com granary and four residences wet* de- pany, who yesterday went out ou a strike becanse the company refused to «troyed. The lo»» i* estimated at over pay them a vouintary increase of 10 l. 000.000 marks. per cent, today returned to work with Fir» la Msilea < II,. the understanding that if the company Mexico City. Oct. I.—The dry good* did not grant their demands by Octo- »tofe I m Valencia, owued bv *»tM«tian. er 2, they would again go out. Rolwrt A Co, ............. rued Ute last uioht. I be lo»» is estiuated at $l-50 • In case of folly, silence cannot be 000. ci»iiimended too much. Kingston. Jamaica. Oct. 1.—Ad Ailrr Mfxl 11 it it«»»itt m n. vice» received today from Colon. Co Chicgao. Sept. 29.—George Siler, lombia, »ay the insurgent* forces ad the prize fighter ref. ree, and Lou M. vanced to aitbiu It mile* of Panama, Houseman, tbe boxing exhibition man- but were vhecke«i there by the govern «ger. both tiled petition* in bankruptcy ment troop*. The latest news wa* •«ere today. Siler » he«tuled liabilities thst fighting w«i proceeding )>etween $6.180 »ml lb uaeiiian at $5.735. the opposing armies. iheir O’ni nined «-*. t« were put at $100. -heldon. III., Oct I —Firvdestrov*d Kemp <;. Cooper, of Denver, Colo., four bri. k bnstn*« building* here ear- ■ nv of the best-known newspaper men ly ~ Th* 1<"- *’ »«.«JO; m- in tbe XX eat, died from Bright * di»- r»-«t. The fir* started in a drug stur*. e*«e. H* was for 18 year* one of tbe from an uakmvwn cause, ant for * ow uera of the Denver Republican, and ti n* threa ened lo destroy th* *ut;r* a few weeks ago retired from the preai- m. >iurn. district. Jeucy of the Repu Uican I’ubluhmg Co. ESCAPED DEATH the unusual expep :E v . GRANTED LE ROY BOWfcX niv.w Vp 1« Die by F.ur l(or|„t uf a Seri.,«. Cempllr»,......... . ”•* -Haw H. *,..d Hhu..,,’***’ From th* Enterprise, Mxp!«toll M To escape death after being by four doctors, and l,idd.n 1'?? to family aud friends j, FU T,„ uot granted every man. Yet i. . pened to Mr. Le Roy j«,,^ ‘ S oorin township, ElUv. j drtu ’ Minn. Mr. Bowen is a farmer, but resided in Mapleton, whers U* clerk and city marshal fur 4 n of years. He is a well-known mZ* of the .Masonic ftaternity »nfi ” an enviable leputatiou f<^rhi<itp, ' honesty and uprightness of ..i,«». ’’ He told his story ot ,lllraX> lief and cure to a reporter rec*Mbro it is a story of the greatest He said: “I was suddenly taken M<k ¡.a, spring of 1895. lhe paiu Wg, ¡J* lhe doctor was hastily snniai„"* He pronounced my ease one of e. and said that the pain w„ the passage of a stone from the kidk ’ to the bladder. 1 doctored with ’’ for thiee months, but was not beu»C Frequently, once a week, I have a bad mjk -11 of two or three duration, during which 1 J told agony. “Finally I went to .Mankato Ui consulted a specialist. ] H« ’ »tatsd ttat I did not have gravel, but th?0\7a waa rheumatism of the »tomad 1 continued to visit him until th* o( August. Then 1 became conphte. bedridden and sent for another doctor' He called mv complaint iurtamuistM of the bowels mid treated me for that. 1 became better, but in on* wi*k v legs swelled up aud 1 waa w«Mtta ever. “The doctor laid my cas* before th, faculty of Rush Medical U' o I1« m , cago, aud it was decided that I w neuralgia ot the stomach. 1 wutmi- ed for that until December, but ok *. ued to grow worse. Then the docU I said, ‘I can’t do you any good, jj the help I know for you is an open, tion.’ ‘Very well,’ 1 replied.’go aud operate if that is left for rue This was on Sunday. The time of t* operation was set for Tuesday. H, children were sent for, aud 1 prepared for the worst. “The appointed lime came; thef* I doctors present examined rue lor tsa I hours, then they retired and ccrnnsl I for the same length of time. Its I concluded that they did not know ik; I ailed me. The head physician »«hi I permission to ‘cut,’ as he expressed», I ‘and find out.’ I asked how byi I place he wanted to cut. Be saidi. I thought four inches far euough. I I knew euough uot to allow any m I hide-and-seek game to le played «nil me, so the operation did not occur. 1 I continued under the doctor’» <»rf,!»i I my case was considered ho;«le»s. 1 I made my will, balanced my secants I aud made every preparation fur drsth I “I continued to grow steadily worse. I Day after day was passed in interne I agony. As a lust resort 1 Eld my I hired man to bring me, the next tune I he went to town, a box oi Dr. " il- limns’ 1'iuk Bills for l’ale l’eople. I ha«l read considerable aboiit thrm ini thought I would try them. lumie!- lately alter beginning tbe um - oi ti»e pills 1 commenced to Irei letbr. Il first, I took one pill three times »di’, but increased the dose to three piik three times a day. In two week«l was out of bed and around. "In five weeks 1 took a trip to Mu’ kato, but thi* trip was a little bey««nd luy strength and 1 came home and W to go to bed. I again began thec*«< the pills. The effect was a» b*fo»i “ four days I was on mv feet, »nd bo» been there ever since, thank» to Pt. Williams’ Pink Pill* fur Pal« ' 1 hereby i-ertifv the al«ue rteFm'“1 is true, to the best of my km » » «» LE ROX' l’.(>"l-'i mid belief. XX'itnesses: J. . A. Biddesoa, to Le Roy Bowen. Mr. Bowen’s Beauford, Minn. He will gbi:'» swer any inquiries to those enelwW stamp for reply. It was nature's own remed' :» accomplished this cure (•*'«»*$ I”* pure blood, for Dr. XX liliaw- Bills for I'ale People are cotnpe"1!* vegetable remedies that exert a I" ’”' ful influence in purifying »»'"''•r‘ ing the blood. Many di-ea«*» • supposed by the medical profs”!'11 be incurable have succumbed tent influence of these pili». ,‘l1’ ver»al remedy i* sold by «H nl*‘ Kinm. Abbott’« F«lk»r I»«»»* Chicago Oct. 1.— X »|*ci’l M Chronicle from Milwuakee, _ plication ha* been made t ■ u •’ her for tbe appointment of » for Seth Abbott, father of th* I*'’ ,■ ma Abbott. Mr. Ald-itt insane in the Chicago courts »■ *, day, and hie commitment -I sanitarium at XX’auwat« »a. , r^. cation for a guardian 1- ui»«:* •’’ ’ I erick Abbott, a son. who a’*‘, or some suitable person1» "^' 34 guardian. Judge XVal!'*r ** the hearing for October Go..,». I. Tr«lhr.l. Havana. Oct. 1 .-General I Gomez hai written a letter, ia he »ay»: ., . *«1 "Many persons »re niorti *1 prolongation of the Amer «n ■’ J tion. Manv also view the *’* a pessimistic light. ' "L ,r • cans are not to bl»me for 0 J the Cubans hsve pla “I 1 their path. No goo ! man » that tbe promises of the 1 nl secretary of war and t:>e people will be faithfully Wpt- Agrari«" »«>'•' „ Berlin.Oct. 1 .—The Agni: rii» ha» ju«t begun an aggt «* against the continúan«’«’ v.f let*«**'^ favored-nation rvlati- n« many ami nlte^ * and the I — appears to be without the J the government. for at tbe imperial secretary o( ,i”‘ J where the tariff schedu -• * ing prepared, a press r-esl ' told that there wa« ‘ ar■' 1* influenti* * *9* to disturb Amerivau n$“’' ’ apect.