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THE OFFICIAL AMD LEADING PAPER OF GILLIAM COUNTY. ! HAS THRIE TIMES THE CIRCULATIOt OF AWT PAPER IN THE COOMTT. ADTBRTIIIM0 UTIIf NDON VSLWIIXD IVIir THUMDiY ST ...8. A. PATTISON.... . Editor snd Proprlutor, Profamlnnal cr(U.............l 00 par month Oiieaqnar ...., 1 W Mr month One-oiiaiuw .lnma.... ... I SO par month ,(Oue bill colamn ............ 00 per month Oneooluma ..la 00 per mouth Baalnaa local! will be charged at 10 otnta per Una lor Srat laeertton ad I oent par Un there after. Legal dTrtisraeot will In all earns b harged to tha party ordering Una, at lfal mm, and paid lor baton affidavit if furaUhed CHRCRIFTION RATEHi On yasr (In advance).,,,,..., ; It nut paid lu itlVlllt ..II M .. a i) ,. 1 im rm minima.. q-i... ....... 11.. Ml IV IIIXinPlliulHHytulUliMIIIHHHHUHIWtHIMI BlIIKle Oopl ,....., VOL. IX. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1899. OS NO. 9. GO GLOBE KnlrrM at l Pnttnfli at Condon, Of am. Of unmd eUui mail mutter U. It. N. Co. Tim Card. AIIUSUTt.M, OHIumX. " Now lima curd, taking effect Kiinday, Fcbrtt ary ltllh k ZAKT SollrlD. No. 8Vla lltiiitlugtnii, leaves. 1:M. m, No. 4--V In Spoken, leavo.....,, 7:'.i p. 111. No. MLocal IrvlKliI, leave..,,.,,, V.W p, m. WIWT Sotixa. No. 1 Portland, Icav ...,.....12i47 a. m, Jill, 0-1'iirilullil, leave ,.... 4 :M a. III. No. iffl-Jniciil ItrlKht, leave II :vs a. m. 1, K. CUANK, Agent, Arlington. JjR. J. J. IHHIAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Condon. Or. Ofne-.Orenn arc,, twtwcen Catholic Church ami ruaidfiiitu ul 6. 1. Mailt. IW. DAHM.NO ; : ia ( Attorney at Law, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Condon, Or. rntlertlonaandliiattranr. Tirm rnnhl, Oltlca Id rear ol poatoinc building, Main a treat. g A. . Ol'KI.KY Attornsy and Counselor at Law Arlington, Or. IT. S. fnmmlMlnner and Koury Public In oOlco. Prai'llce In all tha Hate and federal tnurlaol Oregon end Waaliluglod, All klud oiU. B. laud and legal tmalueea trenaaeled. J II. WIMtON Attorney and Counselor at Law. Tba Halloa. Or. " Will attend to local btulnea In all courts to tlio tat. gAXl K. VAV VACTOH ATTO RHEY-AT-LA W. Orncs corner Spring ilroet and Oregon annua. -CONDON. OBKQON. II. IMIBVKt Attorney-at-Law, Hotary Public. ARLINGTON, OR. , Will practice In all tha court of tha atata. Colleeilou and Probate Utuluo g Iven careful attention. The Regulator Line. The Dalles, Pcrtland I Astoria NAVIGATION CO. THROUGH FREIGr- T AND PASSENGER LINE.... Dally Line of Stramcr Bctwwn PohIatkL Vancouver. Cuca Locka, Hood River and all Point on the Waihington aide. Tha .Iramf ni Dallr City and Rrtrnlalnr laave Portland awry rnornlne (rx-apt Hnndar) at J amlTha hallva at 7 a. in., arrlvinit at dntlna. tlon in ample tiro lor outgoing train. rralglit Hatca (Jraatly Kvdurad. W. C. AI.I.AWAV.tlen. Agt., root ot Court Htrcot, Tha 1'allaa, Or. 0 D ilIo Dirtat TIM IOHIOUIII AaaiTI rwa rraa Arllta raoii Faat Halt Ika, I.n.r, rant Mall Ft. Worth. Omaha, Mall. lAlara. Kan t'llr, lit 1:0 p. av Loul.. Chisago, and Kat. 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TKUSK TICKS FROM 'J'HK WIRKS An Intaraatlng Collootlun of Ham Frnm the Two If ainlauhoro Pra.aotad In n Condanaod form. Now It ia R iKMtiiut truiit, to control (he whole product of the coiintr. Quay's friends are wurk!ii hanl to Infliieuue souatori In favor of sauting blin. Tlie ItosilinB, Pa., Iron Company ad vanced wugo for the seoond time this your. fitrikrirs at Cleveland wore accom f ul In obtaining more wagossnd ahorter hours. The price of gas In New Yoik has btwii redaoed from $1.10 to 05 cents por 1000 foot. Gtirmsn paters are anxloiuly adrla Ing President McKiuloy to give up the Philippine. Lieutonant Utlmore has been hoatd from. He has sent word of his cap ture to Ueneral MacArthnr. Cecil Ithodcts has failed to locate the Id of the British government in his Cupe-to-Csiro railway scheme. Paymaater-Ueneral Stewart, having reached the age limit, will he lelired with the rank of rear-admiral. Howell T. Moigan, who returned to South Bend, Intl., from Alaska, where he had lost hie mind and money, com mitted suicide. Secretary Hay has been formally no tified of the lelfuse of the Ppaniah gurrisoii at Ponapet, in the Caioliue islunds, and of naturalised American cttUen named Meltnder, held as a pris oner of war since last sumuior. ' Aguinaldo has again sunt envoys to General Otis with peaoo proposals, but s they bear the same instructions as beloie they-will accomplish nothing. They still insist that consent of the Filipino congress must be obtained. As result of Qonoial Tories' op pressive conduct toward American merchants trading at lUueflelds, Nica ragua, this government line deter mined to require the Nioaiagtian gov ernment to relieve him fiom duty at that point, r Archbishop Corrigsn's tetter to the pope, thanking him for his duclnration against ".Americanism," was answered inimediutely by the caidinul sucretmy of stato, who expressed to the arch bishop the great satisfaction whioh It gave his holiness. The postniaster-grnoinl has directed the postmaster at Hnn Francisco to tako out of the mails for Manila three pam phlets issued by Kdward Atkinson, of Boston, vice-piesldent of the Antl Impei ialistio Leagtio, dinoonteut and even mutiny among the soldiers being stated by the department to be the de sign of these publications. - Ei-Governor John P. Altgeld Is dan gerously ill. Various Toronto workmen struck for higher wages, Admlrnl Dewey onblus that ten ol the Vorktown's orew ar-j piisouers iu insurgents' hands. Chilkat Indiana are reported on the warpath in Alaska, and driving whites off the White Pass trail. Returning Copper liver prospectors bring horrible tales of suffering, sick ness and disappointment. . While American In Manila expect peace soon, Otis keeps vigorously pre paring to prosecute the war. Captain Baxter, chief quartermaster of the department of the Missouri, has been ordered to Manila for duty. Fred Whiteside, ex-senntor from Flathead county, has brought suit for 1100,000 against the Butte Miner (or defamation of oharaoter. Under the terms of the recent naval appropriation law, the depnitment is authorised to enlist 8,500 boys and half that number mnst be constantly at sea. Murderer W. U. Magors, nudor sen tence et death In Polk county, Oregon, for the murder of Kay Sink, last Sep tember, baa been granted a now trial by the supreme court. An officer is missing in the Philip pines, lie has not been heard from slnoo April SH. Captain Rockefeller, of the Ninth infantry, went to visit outposts, and no tiace ot him has since been found. UrltfHillor-Uonoin! Harrison Gray Otis, lately In high command In the Philippines, hns arrived home in Cali fornia, having voluntarily resigned. He will at once resume the editortihip-in-chlof of the Los Angeles Times. Action has been takon by the navy department which will result, It is be lieved, In the submission of several bids in the forthcoming armor-plate competition. The department has re duced the. amount of the check each bidder will be required to subnIH with his hid from $1,000,000 to $100,000. Bids will be opened on May 81. Minor New Itain. It is estimated that Argentina will have $1,600,000 tons ot maixo avail able for export. Mrs. MoKlnloy'g health lias im proved very mnoh of lute and she i now said to bo bettor than for many years past. El Correo Espanolo,the Cnrlist organ at Madrid, bus been suppressed on the ground that It is the property of a Brit. Ish subject. LATER NEWS. At Cedar crock, in Cass county, Ne braska, a cloud hurst occurred, causing several thousand dollars' damage. ltudyard Kipling has heon offered snd bus agreed to accept the degree of LL. D. from McGill university, Mon ti eul, Canada. Tho sheriff of Bhoshone county, Ida ho, has boon arrested by the federal authorities, charged with bribing and aliening the Wardnor rioters, and step have been taken to oust him from offlco. Cyrus Dolph, of Portland, Or., son of tiie Into United Htutoe Hens tor Dolph, of Oregon, has been recom mended by the examining board at the Presidio for a second liuutenaritcy in tho regular army. Admiral Dowey's physician says I e is in perfect health. He has not been more than 20 miles away from Munila since the first duy of Inst May. and he has not felt tho necessity of a physic ian's aid in that time. British industry is being forced to the rear, and growing American com petition alarms England. We are tak ing rich markets from her. Skill in Engine building on this side is bring ing in ordcis from abroad. At a monster mass meeting held in Chicago the president snd government were endorsed, and the Philippine war was declared to be Just and holy. Sup port was pledged to the boys who are fighting for tho Mug 10,000 miles from home. President McKinley stated Sunday that he believed the war in the Philip pines would be at an end within 48 hours. This conclusion Is based upon highly gratifying cablegrams roccived from Mr. Schurgan, president of the peace commission. It is rumored that Mabinl, president of the cabinet and minister of foreign affairs in the so-culled Filipino govern ment, who -Is radical, ia to be suc ceeded by Patreno, the trainer of the Spanish treaty of 1890. This change is regarded as significant at the pres ent Juncture. It is declared in Washington that the president's nervous condition and ill health are the result of bis incessant smoking. Of late, he has smoked from breakfast to bod time, and while at work ho has constantly a cigar in his mouth. He almost rivala the late General Grant as a smoker. Governor Thomas has announced that within tow days, if President McKinley and the secretary of war con tinue to Ignore his communications on the subject of the returu of the Colo rado regiment from the Philippines, he will take steps with the view of secur ing the immediate recall of the troops. Porto Rico is to have a first-class postal service. The oruiser Chicago will pay the Moots a significant visit toroinind them of claims due us. The Italian ministry has resigned. Discussion over the exposure of official correspondence caused the rupture. Sadio Tunic, a 13-year-old Russian girt, was struck by lightning in crowded Now York street. She suffered severe burns, but is still alive. At Hutchinson, Kan., John Moore, wtiile being tried for the murder of his five child ron, admitted that he bad killeJ them so that he could get work. The military government has decid ed to returu to the United States all ex-volunteers now serving sentences in Cuba for misconduct under their toruis of enlistment. The California raisin-growers' asso ciation have secured control of - 00 per cent of the product of the counties of tho state. The packers have accepted the terms offered, and will work in harmony with ths association. The new Montana copper company has been organised, with capital ot $75,000,000, aud Marcus Daly as presi dent. Koveral other large properties will be uuited with the Anaconda mines, ami more thorough work done. The president has appointed Hon. Bert W. liowen, of New York, as min ister to Persia. Minister Bowen was consul-general at Barcelona before the Spanish war broke out. The place hud previously been tendored ex-Governor Lord, of Oregon. An insurance decision ot much im portance hits boon rendered by a New York court against the Equitable Life. It is held that policy-holders are en titled to a share in all the company's surplus, in proportion to the amount of his poioy and paid premiums. The California Packers' Association has been incorporated, with a capital stock ot $3,500,000. It is composed ot some of the lurgest fruitpacking estab lishments in the state, and its object will be to control and regulate the prices ot canned fruits whioh it will siiip to all parts ot the world. Mr. Shurman, the prosidont of the United Stutes Philippine commission, expresses the opinion that the inter views accorded by General Otis to the Filipino represotatlves will have a good moral effect, as tending to convince Aguinaldo's representatives that the American authorities mean to give the Filipinos a good government, aud not one of the Spanish sort. The American Linsood Oil company, of Chicago, has absorbed the lour oil mills ot tho Twin Cities, Minn., the consideration being $3,000,000. , The German government has boon informed by Great Britain that the latter has no designs on annexation or protectorate on the Tonga islands. Governor Powers, Maine, lias called a special election for June 19 to choose a congressman from the Second dis trict to sucoeod the late Nelson Ding, ley. DOOMED TO DESTRUCTION. Half the Yukon Fleet Faat In tho lea and tillable to Eari. San Francisco, May 8. Advices from the Northwest confirm previous reports that nearly half of the Yukon fleet is fast in the ion, and will probably be destroyed when the spring freshet comes. Among the vessels in danger is the Sherman, of the Alaska Explora tion Company. She is near Nuluto, and is on a sand bar in the middle of the river, broadside on the current. Four miles from the mission is the Dawson City, owned by a Son Fran cisco firm. She is fast in the ice, with no chance to escape. The Gov ernor Steuumun, owned by Portland capitalists, is about 25 miles above the mouth of the Xanana river, and she will probably break up when the fresh ets come. The May D is also doomed. She is near Rampart City, fast in the ice in the middle of the river. The Trenton is close to the May D, and she cannot escape destruction. The Clutoo, owned in San Francisco; the Seattle No. 1, of the Seattle-Yukon Company, and the City of Chicago, owned by Chicago capitalists, are in a bunch a short distance above Rampart City, They will probably be crushed to pieces with the first cake of ice that comes down the river. The Robert Kerr, the Seattle, the Sovereign, the Tacoms, the Arnold and the John C. Barr are near Circle City, and there is little hope that any of tliera will escape destruction. All of these boats were engaged in general freighting and passenger business on the Yukon be tween St. Michaels and Dawson City. NEGRO'S BIG FIND. Ha Dig t'p Bond That Had Bean Bur led and tho Source of Much Trouble. Cincinnati, May 8. Buried treasure in the shape of 11 $1,000 bonds, bear ing undipped coupons which add sev eral thousand dollars to their value, were found by Thomas Lawson. a negro laborer, while digging in the cellar ol a down-town depaitment store on Sixtli street. The ground was formerly the property ot Britting Bros., piano man ufacturers. In the tin box was found a paper on which was written: "These bonds belong to Julius and Martin Britting, and are the result of years of industry and saving." This discovery solves a mystery whioh had been a source of angry con tention among the heirs of Julius Britting, whoso sisters brought suit against Muitin Britting, a brother, charging him with having concealed the bonds. Martin denied everything, but notwithstanding , his denial a judgment was rendered against him in favor of the estate ; of Julius for about $4,000. The money was collected and the estate distributed and settled. The negro claims the bonds as tieasuie trove. CENTRAL AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Hereafter Amerlran Intereeta Will Be Thoroughly Protected. New York, May 8. A special to the Herald fiom Washington ears: Meas ure have been initiated by the navy department which contemplate provid ing constant protection for American interests in Central America. As a re sult of a consultation between Assist ant Secretaty Allen and Reur-Admirul Crowninsliield, instructions have been given to Kear-Admiral Hicliborn, chief constructor, to fit out the converted yacht Viking for duty in Central American waters as expeditiously as possible. Tiie Viking's small draught will permit her to enter the shallow waters on tho eastern ooast of Central America so that the American flag will be flying constantly at Honduras and Nicaraguan ports. The deteimination to send the Viking to Central Amerioa is the result of the communications received at the state department from Americana in Honduras and Nicaragua. Acting Sesretary Allen said that no word had yet been received from the Detroit, but it is supposed that Com mander Dayton and Minister Meiry are continuing their investigation, obtaining affidavits from Amer'caus, etc., bearing upon their refusal to pay double duties on goods imported by them into Nicaragua. MURDERED HER MOTHER. Chicago Woman Lay la Walt for llri Two Houra. Chloago, May 6. Mrs. Augustus Styles, after waiting two hours in a dark recess of a hallway at the en trance to 'Wallatt'a hull, Burlington street anil North avenue, this after noon, aliot and killed her mother, Mrs. Catherine Schulti. Mrs. Sohults wat to attend a meeting ot the Martha Washington Fruu Verein, which was held in the hall, and the daughter lay in wait for her until she came. Five shots were fired, three taking effect. Mrs. Styles, who is 33 years of age, said she was driven to the act 'by her mother's revealing closed chapter of her early life to Mrs. Styles' daughter, 16 years ot age. The child's parents were not rcgulaily married, and Mrs. Schulti is said to have disclosed this fuct to her grandchild. Mrs. Styles was arrested. New Towna In Colorado. Durango, Colo., May 8. Building on several new townsites in the Ute lands is going forward with all possible speed. The filings at the land office up to noon today numbered 80. There is no way ot estimating tho number oi actual settlors. flniig Till They Dropped. Washington. May 8. Tho double hanging of William Strather and Charles Winston at tiie district Jail passed off quietly. The two colored men started for the scaffold Just at noon, and seven minutes later they were hanging from the gallows. Wins ton and Strather both sang on the way from their cell to the scaffold, and con tinued to sing until the drop fell. Strather killed Rose Talbot, who loft her husband to live with him. Win ston shot his wife; Kiuuia, while in bed. THEY FLED IN DISMAY Rout of the Filipinos at Sac Fernando. TOWN WAS WELL FOKTIFIEE low Troop Made the Caplnre-t'ol uiumera' Brigade Joined b,r I.nwton'e Column, Manila. May 8. The Second Oregon under Colonel Summers, captured Maasin, near San Miguel, and Lawton, with his main body of troops, is thert now. The fallowing ii a list ot the killed and wounded yesterday: Killed Twentieth Kansas, one lieu tenant and one private; First Montana, one private; First Nebraska, two pri vates. Wounded Twentieth Kansas, II men, Including two officers; First Mon tana, three, including - one officer; Fifty-first Iowa, three; First Nebraska, five; First Soutli Dakota, one. The Filipino army, though terribly demoralized, had San Fernando well fortified with zig-zag trenches well con structed and a number of Spanish blockhouses in position to lie used. These rebels could have resisted a much stronger force for a long time, if they bud had moral courage; but they were jieheartened and discouraged, and so ran in great disorder from the place. Spanish prisoners left behind in the rout of the rebels today told the Ameri cans that General Luna had been wounded in the shoulder in fighting at San Tom as yesterday, and the Filipino loldiers have all gone to pieces. General MacArthur bag moved bis full command to Sou Fernando. Many people left in panic, discarding property and leaving household goods behind. The main residence part of n is intact but the church, convent, ail road buildings and business houses rere fired by the Filipinos. . Ceptare of San Fernando. The capture of San Fernando was nade by the Fifty-first Iowa, after a ;allant charge. General Hale led the tttack. He had two battalions ot the towa regiment, a Hotchkiss gun, and a lank movement on the right was iiade. To reach the city the troops bad to turd two shallow streams. Before the advance was well begun the main body ot rebels fled to the north ward from San Fernando, leaving a small garrison. These fired on the lowans when in the middle of the sec ond stream. Although the rebel fire was hot, the Americans were not checked for an instant. With a yell the lowans rushed up the bank of the stream nearest the rebel rifles and be gan sprinting after the now fleeing gar rison. Heavily armed and accontered the lowans had a handicap as against the lightly clad rebels, and wheu out run, many of the Americans stopped his quarry with bullets. This chasing lusted through the town and almost a mile beyond. Tiled out and wi.ided the lowans returned to fight the flames consuming the public buildings from the torch of the natives, and then held the town until MacArthur's command eatne up. HAS HAD ENOUGH. Aguinaldo Offere to Murrender He Aaka for But Little. Washington, May 8. Aguinaldo'e envoys to the American Philippine commission have formally admitted the sovereignty of the United States over the Philippine islands and the sur render of Aguinaldo is believed to be close at hand. President Schurman, of the American Philippine commission, who has never been optimistic on the problem, cabled today to the president the beliet of tho commission that Aguinaldo is ready to surrender. He Informed the president of the new plea for peace made by the Tagal representatives. Aguinaldo offers to surrender, but makes, through his representatives, a plea for certain assurances as to local officers and government being given the Filipinos. The conditions are of minor consequence, as fur as this gov ernment is concernod. As a result of the dispatch sent by Schurman today, it is the confident expectation of the president that the end of the rebellion is near. This result will not be obtained with out some of the concessions asked for, which have been recommended by the commission, and whioh, by the oabled direction ot the president today, will be granted. These concessions con template giving the Filipinos a form of government modeled after that ot the United States. Klot at Oolulh. Duluth, May 8. The first serious demonstration by the street railway strikers and sympathisers occuirod to night They used dynamite to stop traffic. Four curs weie derailed, three at West Duluth and one on Garfield avenue. One ot the cars in West Du luth was smashed almost beyond re pair, and all ot tho glass in tho other two was broken. The car on Garfield avenue was served li nowise. One man was seriously if not fatally injured, and four others were slightly hurt Peace In Veneaueln. Caracas, Venezuela, May 8. Peace is now re-esttthlishod in Venezuela. General Ramon Gara, formerly Vene zuelan minister of war and marine, who started the revolution last Febru ary and was finally severely defeated by the government troops, lias escaped into Colombia. Lord Salisbury expi esses much satis faction at the Anglo-Russian agree ment, and hopes Russia will consent to its publication. OPPORTUNITIES IN PORTO RICO Itoom for Young Men or Knterprlae an: F.ngergy. Washington, May 0. Owing to tho large number of inquiries that have lieen received by the members of the insular commission since their recent return from Porto Rico. General Rob ert P. Kennedy hns prepared a state ment as to the resources and conditions in Porto Rico, which he thinks will cover the points upon which the great est interest has been manifested. Con cerning the people themselves, General Kenedy says: "There can scorcely be found on the globe a more hospitable and warm hearted people than those of Porto Rico. They are in full sympathy with American institutions. There is a great deal of poverty in the island, as it is understood in the United States. That is, the people live in fliinsily constructed huts, have few clothes and still less of ready money, hut, owing to the bounty ot nature around them, they can live with little work and few worldly goods and still not suffer from either cold or hunger. The stories of starvation upon the island are baseless fabrications. "While the richer 'classes live well In beautifully appointed homes and have been, for the most part, educated abroad, so that they can speak Englsh, the percentage of illiteracy among tha poorer classes is very high, reaching 90 per cent, but this is laigely due to the tact that there are no schools worthy the name outside of the largest towns, or, indeed, one might say, in the whole island. "As to agricultural opportunities, I should say that not one-fourth of the land is under cultivation, and thous ands of acres yet remain to be given over to husbandry. Lands are held at good prices, owing to the promise of an influx ot people from the United States. Still, there is opportunity for many thousands of persons who really wish to engage in agriculture in the island. That there are great opportun ities in Porto Rico is unquestionable. To young men desiring to seek per manent homes and who have a good stock of energy and enterprise, Porto Rico offers great inducements. But I would discourage the simple adventurer who expects to reap a quick and un earned reward. "The opportunities for stock-raising, it appears to me, are superior to those in almost any part of the United States, and this without disparagement to our own country." FRANCE PRESSES CHINA. Demand Conceealon for Mlaalonary Outrage. Peking, May 9. -The French minis ter, M. Picbon, has demanded mining concessions to the value of 1,200.000 taels in the province of Szechuan, one of the largest in China, and traversed by the Yang-tse-Kiang, as indemnity for the recent imprisonment of a French missionary. The demand is considered exorbitant. The Chinese say that the existing conditions of re hellion are not due to any lack of en ergy on the part of the government, which has frequently consulted the French minister regarding the best means of obtaining the freedom of the priests in question. Accoiding to advices from Hankow, capital of the province of I loo Pee, the Russians contemplate taking definite action with reference to property now owned by British subjects in the Rus sian Jardine concession. The Russian consul refuses to recognize the titles of the claimants. The affair threatens to interfore seriously with the Peking Hankow railroad project, and the dis missal of the Russian official is con sidered to be the only remedy. Admiral Dewey Accept. New Yoik, May 9. Dewey cabled Saturday that he would accept the $100-a-plate banquet to be tendered him on his return. This is only one of a number of functions now being planned and given great impetus by the arrival of the cruiser Buffalo, which made record-time home from Manila in 44 V,' days. All the officers declare that Dewey is in the best of health and spirits, and ia satisfied with being the head of the navy, wants no presidential troubles, and is planning to come home as soon as peace is con cluded. Powder Plant Wrecked. Pottsville, Pa., May 9. The powder mill plant of the Pottsville Water Company, located seven miles east, blow up today, destroying 13 tons of powder. No workmen were about the plant at the time of the explosion. A gang ot tramps, it is believed, set fire to a magazine, which contained 14 tons of blasting powder. Five minutes later there was a second explosion, when the diying-honse, containing four tons of powder, went up. The two explosions wrecked the entire plant. Debris was oarried for a distance of half a mile. The loss amounts to about $10,000. Crulaer Buffalo Home. New York, May 9. Flying a "homeward bound" penant, the Unit ed States cruiser Buffalo, came into port this morning after a record-breaking run from Munila. She brought 600 officers and men fiom Dewey's fleet, more than half of whom participated in the battle of Manila bay. The men are those whose terms of enlistment have expired. Not doing to Ramon. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, May 9 Tho Newark, United States cruiser, de parted from this port in haste several days ago and is "id to be bound fur the Philippines. The Loan Aaaureit. London, May 9. The Peking corre spomlent ot the Times says: The ne gotiations for a loan ot 400.000 for the Tien-Tein-Chin Kiung railway, under Anglo-German control, bus been successfully terminated. GEN. MILES BLAMED Commission Finds the Beet Was Not Embalmed. SECRETARY ALGER CLEARED General Vegan Cenaured for Kiceealv Pnrchaae of Untried nation. Meat-Packer Exonerated. Washirgton, May -9. By direction of the president, Who approves the find ings, Acting Secretary ot War Meikle juhii today made public the report and findings of the military court appointed to investigate toe charges made by Major-General Miles, commanding the aimv, that the beef supplied to the array during the war with Spain was unfit for the use of the troops. The most important features of the report are: The finding that the general's find ings that the refrigerated beet was treated with chemicals were not estab lished; that his allegations concerning the canned fresh or canned roast beef were sustained as to its nnsuitability for food as used on the transports and as a long-continued field ration; cen sure of General Miles for "error" in failing to promptly notify the secretary of war when lie first formed the opin ion that the food was unfit; censure of the commissarv-generat (then General Eagan) for the too-extensive purchase of the canned beef asan untried ration; censure of Colonel Maus, of General Miles' staff; the finding that the pack era were not at fault, and that the meats supplied to the army were of the same quality as those supplied to the trade generally, and the recommenda tion that no further proceedings will be taken in the premises. The conclusion of the court adverse to further proceedings based upon tha charges is as follows: "It has been developed in the coarse of the inquiry, as recited in this report, that In some instances some individu als failed to perlorm the full measure of duty or to observe the proprieties which dignified military laws com mand; but the court is of the opinion that the mere statement of official facta developed meets the end ot discipline, and that the interests of the service will be best rrabserved if further pro ceedings be not taken." UNION MEN BARRED. May Not Be Employed In Cosnr d'Alen Under Martial Law. Spokane, May 9. The miners of Shoshone county, Idaho, that proposed to operate during the reign of martial law may do so only on condition that they do not employ members of the Coeur d'Aleue Miners' Union. This is the martial taw as laid down by General Merriam and Attorney-General Hayes, of Idaho. At a meeting of the mineownerB in this city tiiis morn ing, Mr. Hayes presented this man date. The owners cheerfully promised to oley. "We're going to clean up the Coeur d'Alones." said Attorney-General Hayes prior to his departure for Boise. "I have seen some of the mineowners today and they have been informed by the proper autlioi ities that they oannot employ anyone connected with a crim inal organization iu the county. The miners' unions in Shoshone county contain many desperadoes and crimin als who have under the protection ot the unions perpetrated ctimes and out rages. Twice has it been necessary because of these men and their organi zations to put the country under mar tial law. We wont to put a stop to that sort of thing." TO INVEST BACOLOR. Country Around San Fernanda Will Bo Swept of Rebel. Manila May 9. To clear the Filipi nos out of Bacolor about five miles southwest of San Fernando, will be the next task of the Americans. The rebel general, Mascardo, has a force of 600 men there, well armed and pos sessed of plenty of ammunition. His troops have never met American sol diers, and they think, according to re ports carried to San Fernando, that they can "whip the whole lot." Bacolor is well intrenched, and thou sands of natives are working like beav ers digging trenches and carrying the dirt iu baskets. The enemy uses his riflemen tor fighting only, but compels the bolo men and Chinese men, and even women, to labor incessantly. The rebel outpost is about a mile be yond Sun Fernando, with a trench that holds between 200 and 300 men. From that point several volleys were fired last night upon the camp of the Twen tieth Kansas regiment. Neither Major-General MacArthur not Major-General Lawton moved to day, although each reconnoitered the country in his vicinity or some miles from headquarters, developing the presence of small forces of the enemy. In the vicinity ot Laguna de Bay, the rebels are extremely aotive, but the lines of General Ovenshine and Colonel Wholley, who is commanding General King's brigade during the lutter's ill ness, have been materially strength ened, and there is no danger in that direction. The armed steamers Laguna de Boy and Cavadonga, under Captain Grant, have gone to Onagua, about five miles sothwest ot Bacolor, presumably to es tablish a base of supplies for the troops engaged in the northern campaign. Admit They Are Whipped. Manila, May 9. Colonel Arguelles and the other peace envoys ot the rebels are here working and begging for peace. They admit they are whipped. The troops are not to be shaken in their resolve to surrender, and they will not fight. it