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AS THUS TIKES THS CI2CULATIO OF ANT PAPER IN THE COUNTY. 0 rvausaso avast thumdiy at ...... A. PATTISON..., Editor and Proprietor. QBE. ADTBNTIBINO BATH. Prefaaetonal oarde. oo par menu One tr,nare lNptl month One-aiiai ur colnmn - in roueoolamn .....!110 00 mi month lna half unl m n . i RCBBCRIFTION RATZBi loalnou local! will be charred at 10 nulla t line lor tm Inanition and I out! per Lin Uur after. Legal aavertlaementt will 1b all oaeat be Charged ta the party ordering Um, m lags! MM, and paid lot before affl davit la famished fine year (In advance), II not paid In advauc. It M M Safest 200 ?IB lllllllllll .,,, ,,, hrea ntnnihi. .... , 1 (XI M 06 VOL. IX. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1899. in Hi eouiei u NO. 17. THS OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER OF GILLIAM COUNTY. GL Bnearad erf lft PMaitlai at Ckm4an, Orn. at Mewuf mail MIr O. H. A N, C. Time Card. ASUNOTO, OBBOON. New Unit eard, taking rfteet Sunday, Pekrn star ammo. No. x Via IlnnllriKUin. 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Mllwaokaa, Cbioago and Itaat $mp.m. OcaealteaauMaa iMf.m. raai Parttaaaj. Ball avary trs days. Mp a. Cattmkla aivsr 4-otp.m. Kb. aundar llaaawrs. B. guadajr gaturda, IS.W) p. aa. To Astoria and Way LauUluga. :Wa ai. WlllaaMta) Irvsr. 4:p.s. Kb. Bandar Kb. aitaday Oregon City, New berg.galaaa A Way ladings. 7:00 a. m. WUIsnatn) sad f aav t:M p. an. fW. Thur. klH llvara. Man.. Wad. and Bat, ea4 Pit, Oregon Clip, Par Ion, a Way Land tags. 00a m. WIllsMstto Rlrar. :ggp.a. fuea., Thar. Tuaa.. Thun and Bai, Portland la Corral, aad Bah Its Way Laud ing!, . t. Blparla Inako Rlrar, Lr.Iwlatog 1:4 arm. :4B. ra, lall, Rlparla ta Uwleton Pally It.Baturday la. Prlday f, E. CRANE, A(ant, Arlington. W. H. HUFtLDURT. taaaral Paaaaogai Ajaat, Pavllaad. oa EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TEU8K TICKS FROM THE WIRES Aa InUraatlng Collaotlon of I Urns From tha Two Ilauilapharaa rraaantad la Coadanaad Form. Onr galog abroad have more tlian doubled since 1880. Now Ortoiins will (ornlsh tha flrst two of tlio Hpanlsb court stunograpliors Otis asked lor. A new siianr com pan orgnnlrod io Ban Franc isoo bag 10,000,000 to use In Uawaiaii loleg. One of the Prince Lnlgl pnrty psnnod out t,800 In (our duys' time et Cape Nome, Alaska. Alter 28 bntlots were taken, the Ken tacky Doinociata nominated William Uoebol (or governor.. A Japanese vessel ling arrived In San Francisco and is gald to have bu bonic plague on board. Rioting hag broken out afresh in Cleveland. Heveial atreot oars weia demolished by the mob. Tha government will nse a shell ol terrific eiplosive power in the full cam palgn In the Philippines. Tha freight s loam or Pawnee burned near Cape Henry, const of Florida. Her crew of 14 wag pioked up. The ghlp Selkirk went down on Ape reef, in the Philippines, with a $100, 000 cargo. All bunds were saved. The Chicago stockyards strlkois have been auooesaful, and have returned f woik at an Increase of 85 cents a day ' Tha peace conference will lay aside disarmament proposala. The Kussian proposals were declared nnacoeutable. The 'varsity boat race whs won by Pennsylvania, with Wisconsin second. Twenty-seven thousand people were In attendance. Vanderbilt has bought another rnal In lite East, and the rumor is Iwing re vived that be Intends eslabliahing a new transcontinental line. An asphalt trust, to control the par ing material output of the world, has been Incoprorated in New Jersey with a oapiUliaalion of $110,000,000. Yellowstone hag a new geyser. The slae of the opening is about the aama as tha famous Fountain geyser. The eruption plays from 800 to S50 feed high. - San Francisco authorities have dis covered counterfeit dies for stamping oert ideates of Identification aa given at Hong Kong. They cot an important pait in the Chinese amugting schemes. Crop prospects in England and France have Improved. Fire in the freight yards at Toledo, a, did $500,000 damage. Rich New Yorkers are on their way to Alaska to develop Ametioan niiuae A life also statue of solid gold will be Colorado'a state exhibit at the i'ails eiposition. Iteat-Admlral Sampson will re linquish command of the North Atlan tic squadron In November. John Dull is said to be in a bad pinch and Germany and France are not far behind. They all need American gold. The new French cabinet la being well received. Two hostile groups have withdrawn their opposition aud most Journals are favorable. Three hundred native Porto Moans have been enlisted in the new battal ion authorised by the war deparment. and 100 more will be taken. Aguinaldo expects recognition after the neat election. He has proclaimed that the present administration of the United States will meat defeat and Fil ipino independence will follow. Since the announcement that ahont 10,000 voluntoers were to be inuntered Into the army service in the Philip pines, the president has been deluged with applications for commissions. At Poughkeepsie, N. Y in the col lege boat races, Pennsylvania four oared and Cornell freshmen were the winners. The eight-oared race was an exciting contest between the llbanane and Col urn bin. A dlspatoh from Fekln says: U. A. Flltohe, interpreter of the French lega tion there, hag been struck by a China man, and la sutler log from biulne. The French minister demands a public apology from the tsung 11 yamen. Sir Thomas Lipton'a cup challonirer Shamrock wag launched at Mill wall. England. Aa the Shamrock reached midstream (rom the slips, a barge col lided with her, atiking tho vacht'a bow above the waterline, and making a big dent. At Pueblo, Colo., the Eilera smelt ers, one of the trust plants, has resumed operations with about half the regulai force. The wages paid out are aboui what the company originally offered, and the men are guaranteed protection if they choose to violate the eight-hour law. . ,,,r ..nine. For 70 yean Hob well Beardsloy has been postmaster at North Lansing, N. Y. William Whist, of Denver, wag Stricken by death while praying that io might join his wife, who had died 14 bouts before. The elm tree at Fort Meiua, in Ohio, piade famous by the campaign of Wil liam Henry Harrison aguiiiBt the In (Jlaiia, baa fallen. ' ' LATER NEWS. Retninlng soldieig gay all Philippine flews Is oensored. Daniel F. Tlmnnn, former mayor of ew xork, Is dead. New York has a case of yellow fever. It came from Cuba. Fifteen hundred men are now out at the Chicago stockyards. Secretary Algol Invented parapot, but on a test It proved worthless. The writing paper trust has been in oorporated, capitalized at $35,000,000, At a tumult in the Italian chamber of deptitioa in Rome 80 deputies weie Injured. . At Belgium the government has con ceded to the socialists the right to bold meetings. London telegiaph company objects to a Pacific Cable because It will hurt their business. The California miners who were re ported to have perished in Siberia, are alive and well. The peanut trust hag been incorpor ated in New Jersey with capitalisa tion of $00,000. Retail prioea will advance tn keen ing with those of the wholesale in the iron and steel trade. General Harrison Gray Otis says his namesake should have 60,000 men to route the Filipinos. The cruiser Chicago has gone to Pre toria, South Africa to protect American Interests in the Transvaal. Dreyfus hag at last been landed in France. He was taken to Rennes, where his retrial will take plaoe. The United Statea consul at Salva dor, Informs the state department that yellow fever bag made its appearance there. Under direct orders from the presi dent, every nerve Is strained to get the volunteer regiments away from the Philippines without a day's delay. No colored regiments will be organ ised for amice in the Philippines. Any colored men enlisted will be as signed to vacancies in the present col ored regiments of tbe regular army. Heavy rains have done great damage In Texas. It is reliably stated that one family of six persons perished. The loss in cotton and oorn alone will reach $1,000,000, while another $1,000,000 will not cover tbe loss to railroads and other property. California reports a profitable fruit season. Admiral Sampson hag been granted a month 'a leave of absence. - The Dewey borne fund contributions have reaohod nearly $12,000. A German company will build a smelter in Shasta county, Cal. Spain haa gold the gunboat Velas qties to Vencxuela for 150,000 franca. A steam flue ool lapsed on a Missis sippi river steamer scalding five men, two fatally. After an absence of six years a Min neapolis man returned to stand trial for grand larceny. Captain Coghlan will go to Puget sound after all, as commandant of the naval station at Bremerton. The navy department has received information that Admiral Dewey sailed from Colombo for Port Said. Governor Jones, of Arkansas, has issued a pioclamation tn whioh he says Uie importation of miners must oease. Two Japanese sailors jumped from the plague ship anchored at San Fran cisco, hoping to roach shore, but were drowned. The campaign will cease in the Phil ippines nutil the bad weather is ended. Meanwhile Otis' force will be increased to 40,000 men. The secretary of war has sent re quest to General II. G. Otis, at Log Angeles, to come to Washington tor a conference in regard to affairs in the Philippines. Tbe coroner's investigation of tha two negroea killed in tbe Alabama raoe riot, found that they were shot down In cold blood, but failed to bring to light the guilty parties. Railroad ticket agents in the entire territory west of Chicago will have their Incomes materially increased aftorJulyl. After this date agents will receive liberal ooinnlfssions for selling tickets over foreign or connect ing linos. These commissions will run from 85 cents to $4 per tioket, the av erage being about $1. A St. Loots police officer found con cealed in a dirty trunk and a valise a sum of money exceeding $15,000 in government bonds, gold and bills of large denominations. The polioe think that this small fortune is the propetty of Mrs. Walbonger Waokerle, an aged German woman who is now patient at the city insane asylum. At Wallace, Idaho, deputy sheriffs have posted notices forbidding the publio observance of July 11. This is the anniversary of the riot at Gem, seven years ago. It has ever since been observed aa Miners' Union day, the ex sroises in the forenoon being similar to those of Memorial day, while in the afternoon Fourth of July spots are held. ' Not a sovereign or ruling prince in Europe failed to send (jueen Victoria felicitations on her 80th birthday. The five-ton schooner Coke has sailed from San Francisco for Manila. Cap tain Freitoh, the sole occupant of the little vessel, expects to reach the Phil ippines in 00 days. The exposition of natural and manu factured products of the south will take place at the Grand Central palace in New York, commencing October 80 and ending December 1, 1808. STARVING MINERS. fhoea on Koteabn gonad Have Ka Money and Aek for Keller. San Francisco, July 1. 'The Asso ciated Press has received a letter from Dr. J. 8. Stone, formelry a well-known physician of this city, telling of the sit uitioit in the Kotaebue country. The letter is dated Kowak river, Alaska, mouth of Manneluck river, January 1, 16U9. Dr. Stone says that 1,600 men paid $200 passage money to Kotzebue besides buying provisions, clothing, mining tools, etc., on the strength of circulars issued by certain transporta tion companies announcing "The rich est gold fields in Alaska," and offering other inducements to secure travel on their lines. The cicalara, writes Dr. Stone, were malicious lies made out of whole cloth, and no gold haa been found on Kotze bue sound or either the Kowak, Noto ark or Selawik rivers, which flow into llotbam inlet, a part of tbe sound, or, any of their tributariea in anything like paying quantities. Up to date other largo rivers have been prospected witli no result. One tbonsand holes were sunk this winter, some of them 86 feet deep, with no bedrock or color being struck. About November 1 a rush was started for the Alashook on reports being re ceived of gold being found in enormous quantities, and hopeful prospects. Af ter journeying 16 days, cutting trails, diHgging heavily loaded aledt with tbe thermometer registering from 45 to 60 degrees below aero, we reached Beaver City, a settlement consisting of seven cabins, only to find the reports abso lutely false. The report had been started by a merchant who had supplies to sell sand by a recorder of claims. Repot ta from other rivers are just aa discouiaging. Of 1,600 men who came bere proba bly half have returned; tbe remainder are here waiting for tbe ice to break up and for the possible arrival of a vessel to take them back to civilization. This country is cold and produces noth ing to sustain life. Of the men who are bere not 60 have means to get away and most, unless the United Statea government sends one of its transports bete, die of cold or starve. One-half of tbe terrible Buffering of the people in this district haa not been told. Tbe last news received from the states arrived on tba steamer Grace Dollar, and tbe last papers are dated June 20, 1898. We do not know if we belong to Spain, Germany or tbe Uni ted States Mr. Stone wished the fact of the ne cessity of governmental aid impressed upon the people until necessary aid is sent to distressed Americans who were hoodwinked by the transportation com panies. FIRST VOLUNTEERS. General Oil a ftbalrtnn BagtenaaU Will Urn rilled. Washington, Joly 1. -The first vol unteers to be raised for services in the Philippines will be those for tbe skele ton regiments now being foimed by General Otis. It is not believed tbere will be the least difficulty in obtaining these men. It is probable that some time will elapse before the tioops of the provis ional army are sent to Manila, but, meanwhile, they will be drilled and taught marksmanship in camp. It is estimated that three months are re quired to make soldiers of recruits. The officers ol the war department think that a number of volunteera now coming home will desire to return to the Philippines for a short service after they have had an opportunity to see borne and friends. They are tegarded as the moat desirable for the regiments being organized by General Otis. Tha aituatlon la France. London, July 1. A representative ol the press saw Senator Depew today. He said: "1 hare just returned from Paris and Brussels, where I pioked np my son, who is now thoroughly restored to health, and who embarks with me Sat urday for New York. "The situation in Paris, which is equivalent to France, seems gradually becoming broader. All thia spasmodic upset, thia changing of mlninsters, the criea from the housetops are surely laying the foundation of making men divide off into those cognate paities which, well denned, will, in my opin ion, yet raise France iuto and keep ber in the I rout rank." A Hourgngne Dainaga Bull. . Paris, June 80-. The aotlon for dam age brought by time, Resal aa a result of the loss of I er husband by the ainke ing of the French line steamer La Uourgogne in collision with the British ship Cromartyshire, June 4, 1808, off Sable island, N. S., bag. resulted in a verdict against the company of 100,000 italics, tbe plaintiff at the aame time being debarred from claiming any money lost with M. Resal which may after be recovered. The court found the copmany responsible for the acta of the captain, who as declared to be at (unit in bringing bis ship to a stand still after the collision, in losing time in launching the boats, and in not furnishing the passengers with life boatg. Work ota llalton Trail. . Judging from the number of blasts going off near Pyramid harbor Jack Dalton must be doing extensive work on that end of his trail. Harvard Wan Throe New London, Conn., July 1. -Har vard won all the boat races today three viotoriea over Yale in three hours and the western sky glowed crimson this evening when the Harvard 'varsity crew pulled over the finish line aiz and a half longhts ahead of Yale. After eight years of defoat, the students of Cambridge are tasting the sweats of success. In Portugal married women retaia their maiden names. NEGROES FIRED UPON Strikers Shoot Into Miner's Train Near Pana. GOIXO TO TAKE STRIKERS' JOBS One Woman Waa Shot Through tit Heart Aa Italian Lad tho Hlot. .ftarphygboro, III., Joly 8. At 9 O'clock this morning, Conductor Wil liam Bryan's train on the Johnson City branch of the Illinois Central, bearing 47 negro miners from Pana, was shot into by a crowd of miners at Lawder, in Williamson county. One negro wo man was killed by a bullet through her heart. Tbe negroea were brought by Sam T. Bush, superintendent of tlya St. Louis Big Muddy mines, near Cartera ville, to work in his mine there, where tbere is now a strike, Tbe miners, 60 in number, were armed with rifles and were hidden in the grass behind the company depot. When tbe train stopped tbe leader, an Italian, got on the platform and com manded the negroes to get out. Con ductor Bryan interfered, bnt was stopped by a revolver in bis face. Tbe train began to move and tbe miners poured in a withering fire. Conductor Bryan yelled to the negroea to throw thenselves on tbe floor. Half a mile fur liter on the negroea were unloaded and placed under charge of guards. They were then marched to tbe mine. Intense excitement prevails in the Carterville coal field, and bloody riots are expected, as tbe feeling bas been intense for weeks. FIGHT IS INEVITABLE. Tho Rebel a Gathering- to Attack Baa Foraaado. Manila, July 8. A collision between the two armies at San Fernando seems inevitable soon. The insurgents are active all around the town, aud can be een working in tbe trenches to strengthen their position. Day and night forces are at work. It ia estimated that 8.000 men were seen marching in the road north of town yesterdsy morning. Tbe Ameri cans turned out and manned the de fenses, expecting an attack. The sol diers sleep in their clothes and break fast at 4 o'clock in the morniog, so as to be ready for an assault. The commission of three -Spanish officers who entered the insurgent lines a fortnight ago to make a final attempt to arrange for the release of the Span ish prisoners have not returned. Their long absence has occasioned alarm, but reports come to Manila that tbey were received by Aguinaldo at Tarlao and entertained hospitably. It is said that Aguinaldo gave a banquet in their honor, all the loading familiea of the rebel leaders of the present cabinet at tending, hence the Spaniards in Ma nila hope that the mission of the com missioners will be successful. General Ovenshine is in tbe hospital suffering from fever. General Grant is commanding his troops on the south line. EXCLUSION A BLESSING. Americana Bonolltad by Having Beaa Kept Oat or Attla. Seattle, July 3. Advioes fiom Atlin mining district are to the effect that Judge Irving, who was sent into the district by the British Colombia gov ernment to straighten out the tangle caused by the alien exclusion act, bas arrived there and haa already settled many disputes over locations. He has decided that theorgioial stakes, located before the passage of the exclusion act, shall stand, whether the locators are Americans or Canadians. Ross Humber, of Victoria, a late ar rival, says: "The'condition of affain in Atlin is very serious. Nearly 4,600 men are in the dislrict doing nothing. Many have ran out of provisions and money. Only a few of the claims are turning out well. I would not give over $3,000 for the beat claim in the dis trict. While I am a Canadian, I con demn, in the strongest terms, the ac tion of the provincial government in keeping the country closed up. Ameri cans should be thankful that the alien law kept them out" DREYFUS IN FRANCE. Famona Prlaoner Koached Kennea, Where Ha Will Ba Triad. Rennes, Franoe, July 8. Captain Dreyfus has arrived here. He waa landed at tjuidoron, and was conveyed by train to Bros, 13 kilometers from Rennes. Tbere he entered a landau, accompanied by the chief of tbe detec tives and prefect of the departmnet, and waa driven to Rennes, where 85 gendarmes waited bis entrance into tbe town. Ten of the gendarmes entered a wagon and followed the carriage. The rest followed on foot. Tbe party ttP rived at the prison without incident. A large crowd assembled and wit nessed the arrival in silence aud with out manifestation. Women Lawyera la Franoa. Paris, July 8. Theohamberof depu ties adopted a resolution today author izing duly qualified women to piactice at tbe bar. Hre. Bouthworth Dead Washington, July 8. Mrs. Emma D. E. N, Soutbworth, the authoress, died at her resldenoe in this oity at 8:30 o'clock tonight, and after an illness of several weeks. About month ago Mrs. Sonthworth was prostrated by the heat, and tbe infirmity of advanoed age, she being in her 79th year. She grew rapidly worse until, a few days since, it was seen that death was inev itable. She wag attended by her son, Di. Soutbwoith, GRAVES RENTED IN CUBA. Whan Payment la Dallnqnent Bomalna Ara Thrown Out. Havana, July 8. The oilizena of Matanzas protest against restoring the cemetery to ecclesiastical authoirtes. It is asset ted by those who are particu larly active in their opposition that the church, though always regarding tbe cemetery as a leading soucre of in come, lias invariably taken advantage of the poor in connection therewith, compelling them to pay exorbitant sums when renting graves for their dead, and then, at the expiration of tbe terms, relentlessly disinterring tbe remaina and throwing Item into un consecrated ground. Brigadier-General Lee called upon the governor-general today with regard to future action against the thieves who have recently created so much trouble in the district of Guanajay. The prompt meaurea already taken served to check the outbreak of thievery, and it is not expected that tliete will be much more trouble there. Nevertheless General Lee wishes to take steps that will be absolutely pre ventive. General Brooke bas received a decree drawn by Senoi La Nuza, secretary of justice on the advisory cabinet, by the terms of which, for the time being, citizens of loreign countries who desire the recognition of charters and licenses shall present to their diplomatic repre sentative or conscl all such documents for formal legalization. The people in Havana are deeply in terested in the reported discovery of yel low fever aerum. Most of them doubt its efficacy, but they aay they will give it a fair trial if oppotunity offers. Tbey believe that if administered in minute doses it would not harm the patient. OREGON MAN'S INVENTION. Naval Board Exporlnionta With a New Kiploalvo. New York, July 8. A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: Important tests with thorite, a new high explosive, are being conducted by the board of ordnance and fortifications at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. Little ia known at the war department of the characteristics of the new explo sive. It is tbe invention of Profeeecr Tuttle, of Oregon, who asserts it is per fectly safe, and was willing some weeks ago to put a red-hot poker in a charge ol thorite, declaring it conld be done without causing it to explode. It ia believed to have picric acid as its base. Tests of tbe explosive by the inventor are said to have been very sat isfactory, and it may prove to be the material tbe army haa been seeking. Besides thorite, the ordnance depart ment of the army baa been experiment ing with jovite, emmensite and dry and wet guncotton, paying more atteo iton to tie last named explosive than to any other. So far none of them haa given the results desired before adop tion for service nse. Captain William Crozier, military attache of the American delegation to Tbe Hagoe conference, was instructed several weeks ago to stop in England on bis way home and ascertain if possi ble the ingredients of liddite and the secret oi the fuse used by General Kitoh ner'g army in the Soudan with such excellent effect. It is nntrue that be has been directed to oontract for any quantity of the explosive. Military officers In England have ap parently been unable to secure all tbe information concerning tbe explosive the authorities would like to have. It ia recalled that emmensite, discovered in and used by France, was kept a se cret, but Una government finally ob tained infotmation of its ingredients and has been testing it for some years at Sandy Hook. Tests of jovite were made by the army officials several years ago and were not very gucoessfuL Tiie navy department has tested thorite with con siderable success, and if it continues to be satisfactory it may be adopted by the naval aervice. Joint PaelBe Coaat Terminal Company. Tacoma, Wash.. July 8. A special from New York to the Evening News today says: Negotiations wihob have been pending for tbe past 90 days for settlement of the terms for Joint terminal corporation for tbe Pacific coast have been practically concluded, and the plan of organization agreed upon. Tacoma will be the center of the system, which will include various ports on the navigable waters of tha North Pacific coast, where the steam ship lines of the Pacific will be cen tered. Aotive work in the carrying out of the project, which includes the Great Northern, Northern Pacifio, Put I ing ton aud Union Pacifio systems, will be at once begun. Another Ulplomatlo Crlala. Washington, July 8. The negotia tions in London looking to tbe arrange ment of modu vivendi fixing t lie Alaskan boundary, have again nearly reached a crisis, the several confer ences that have taken place recently between Salisbury and Cboate having been dismally disappointing in results. At moments it anneared the details could be easily arranged, but it turns out that tnose very details cannot be agreed upon without the sacrifices of the interests of many American min ers, mainly those who are driven out of the Atlin district by tbe severe aud discriminating Canadian lawa. Tho Tranevaal UllUculty. London, July 8. The Digger News, the Boer organ in London, prints a dispatch from Johannesburg announc ing on reliable authority that the volksraad will be asked on Monday to confirm an arrangement made by the executive counoil and acceptable to the British government. The arrangement grants a retroactive franchise to U it landers resident in the Transvaal be fore 1890, who will be admitted to burgbership, with other modification in the naturalization laws. MURPHY'S GREAT RIDE Paced by Locomotive, He Did a Mile in 57 45 Seconds. THE WORLD'S FASTEST TIME Beroenod From tha Wind by Hood oa tho Train-It Nearly Coat Him Hla Life. New York, July 8. Charles M. Murphy, of the Kings County Wheel men, rode a mils on a bicycle, paced by a locomotive, in 67 4-5 seconds to day. His course was a two-mile board track on a siding of the Long island railway. Murphy followed an engine and a day coach, the latter being pro vided with a hood, which acted as a wind shield for the rider. The board track was laid near Maywood, L. 1., and extended fiom that station two miles east, and was as nearly perfect to a level aa skill could make it. Fully 8,000 people saw Murphy make his dar ing tide. Engineer Sam Booth had big hand on the throttle of engine 74 when the word waa given to start at 6:10. The engine started at a rapid rate, and be fore 400 yards had been traversed, was running at a rate of more than 60 miles an hour. Mnrphy was keeping well within the hood. As tbey neared the beginning of the mile stretch, the pace waa a mile a minute, and a cloud of dust obscured everything from the view of tbe spectators, who lined the banks on either side. On entering this pace, which would test his -speed, Murphy, in reply to a query, shouted: "I'm all right, Bend her along." but there was no necessity fot his remarks as to speed, as the en gineer waa sending the big steam flyer along at top speed. Tbe quarter waa reached in 15 seconds, and the half in 29 2-5. Tbe time for the three-quarters was 44. At tbe finish, two of the watches showed 57 4-5, oue 67 3-5, an other 68 and tbe fifth 57 8-4, which was held by Sheriff Creamer. The timers agreed tbat Murphy had covered the distance in 67 4-5 seconds. Those on the back platform who had watched Murphy all through bis won derful ride stated tbat the rider's handle bars had knocked againtt the rubber buffat at least six times and each time the concussion sent him back fully six feet, but Murphy always had strength enough to regain thia distance. During the last quarter of a mile, tbe rider covered the ground for the greater part fully a wheel's length out side of tbe hood, but as be passed tbe finish be waa close up. Just then two strong men on board the train reached down and seized the rider by either srm and lifted him aboard the car in safety. Their action undoubtedly saved Murphy's life, because he waa then in such a weak condition that bad he been allowed to remain on the wheel he would have been unable to contiol it, and a serious, if not fatal, accident might have happened. Mnrpby was carried to the front part of the car and laid on a cot where a physician administered to him, and in less than five minutes the cyclist was able to converse with those around him. Murphy seemed- dazed at first, and said, in answer to queries as to why he fell back so many times: "I did that so that I might not oome in contact with the planks which were being torn up in front of me." Later on, howevei, be did not refer to this, but said: "Boys, I've felt al ways that I could do this. Now that I have done it, 1 am satisfied, and so are many others. " Before the train had readied Baby lon Murphy had regained his normal condition. Murphy rode a 28-inch wheel, geared to 120, 6, Si-inch crank hangers, and the weight of the machine wag 20' pounds. GOVERNMENT OF SAMOA. Ooveraor Not to Ba Subject to Aay ot tho Treaty Powers. San Francisco. July 3. The steam ship Mariposa arrived from Australia, via Samoa and Honolulu, today, and reports everything quiet in the Sa tnoan islands. The commission lost no time in get ting to work and had an interview witli the riavl kings, who agreed to surrend er all arms ami abandon their claims to the thorne. The commission ia now engaged in writing ita repoit. Apia ia to be governed by a council and mayor. The judicial and diplo matic functions of the consuls will be greatly restiicted and the supreme court and one law is recognized aa suf ficient for the needs of Samoa. Rev enue will be raised by indirect taxation by means of increased customs duties, and the poll tax will be abolished. A governor will be appoiuted who will not be tbe subject of any treaty pow ers. He will be assisted by a council of three, oue from each of the interest ed powers. This council will legislate for tbe Samoans and will be aided by a small body of representative Samoans. Consuls Rose and Maxse are passengers on the Mariposa. Some of the rebels aie disatiefied with the procalmatiou providing for a provisional government, and have de. clined to give up their rifles. Fighting BfcCook Marries. Philadelphia, July 8. Rev. Henry 11. McCook, 60 years of age, the em inent Presbyterian clergyman and scientist, and Mrs. Eleanor D, Abey were married last Tuesday. Dr. McCook belongs to tbe fighting McCook family. Duiing the civil war he aided in oragnizing the Fotty-first regiment Illinois volunteers and served as its chaplain. During tbe war with Spain be visited Cuba and did splendid work in locating and marking the. graves of American, soldier,