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Newspaper Page TextJ TBI OFFICIAL AMD LEADING PAPE1 . OP GILLIAM COUNTY. k rosiWNt irnt nu iwoiT it A. PA7TI80N.- Bailor tat Proprietor, saj nmnra tsj cizzzlatw' OF AHY PAPO IS TS2 CQSHTT. ADTBKTIf IRS) KATKS. Prate 1eaJ ears-, On to sat 41 Si M. BMt Owe k.f eelaasu. So khiI VH !.- Sa4amlooawinieorft4ttU-iM Hi rasc-tir-rioM hatiesi lMtMtontaiialiHUMBM WW. On rr Mb aoaiic), II BUI Ittld IB u 111 monilii .. irffl sO bm t orts Shoe, m to are, month, VOL. XII. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1902. NO. 18. Of ! Oule., adMa-nte CONDON B GLOBE. ilNMMitHWMNWNIHNM IMtllMIHIIMINNIHItNHINNNNIHUN 8 EVENTS OF THE MY FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE WORLD. A ComprthcMivB Review of the Important flapping! of th Past Week, presented I a Cendeiwd Form. Whkh li Mori LUwIy to Prevs of Interest to Our Many , Rtoderi Minnesota ntibl Irani hive renom inated Van Sat (r governor. Seventy Mild ami resolutions were rmxNtttl tlio lrt day in the house. Shopmen of the Northwestern and Burlington & Ohio are on strike. The rsblnt ha Iwgnn the considers tlon of the Mlmiau in rial measure. The Oolunihln (Ivor salmon pack this year will he Ihu largest in years. Many nomination sent to (lie senate (or confirmation were not acted uon. China refuse to pay th July Indem nity installment at the present rate of exchange. The eah value of real etate of Chi cago ami Cike county is iImcih1 at f 1, 263,924, 2.10. The session of congress Just closed appropriated f il,85,2t!2 more than the aetution of lait year. An Italian striker at Wilkcsbarre, Pa., was aliot hy a policeman. Thia ia the fir it lorn of life a lure the great anthracite strike began. Friquent rita have occurred In South Itusalu. Tho Union Tatcinc strike haa set tied down to a at abhor n contest. Two Fait lake bank employe have Urn arretted for embezzlement. The first all montha of thin year 310,711 emigrant landed at New York. The feaurei of the new warships will lie strength o( batteries and thickness of armor. A b ard of en)finers hai been namel to lniiiire Into Columbia and Willam ette river projects. Four hundred clerks in tho Chicago pofttofhYo4ave had their salariea rained from 1 900 to 1 1,000 jer year. One man wa klllwl and several in jured and 40 houie wrecked ana result of tornado in Wiwonxin. The Vrince of Wales and Queen Alexandra reviewed tho Indian troops who went to London' to attend the coronation. The gunboat Marietta haa been ordorod to llayti to protect American intercut. Senator Klklnc, of West Virjtinh, made a lengthy speech on ,tho annexa tlon of Cuba. Karthiiuakes in Asia Minor deatroyeiLj many lives and demoliidied the greater part of 20 towns. Marine engineers on the Columbia and Willamette rivers nnk for a raise of . f 10 a month and will strike if they do not receive it. General Cronio, the I oer commander, has taken the oath of allegiance to King Edward. Many of the remaining prisoners are following his example. Many of the miners and other strik era in the anthracite coal fleliis are willing to return to work, and it is not likely that the trouble will lant a great while longer. Fonator Bailey, of Texas, assaulted Senator Heveridge, of Indiana. The southerner declared he was insulted aud demanded retraction, but the Indiana senator said he had meant no insult and . had nothing to retract Congress held, a seswion last 8unday, the first time in 91 years. Chicniio stieot car men will go out If they do not receive more pay. One was killed outright and 30 in . jured in a railroad accident In Col orado. The house decided the Missouri con tested election by declaring sthe seat vacant.' With the exception of iron and Bteel our exports this year will beat any previous record. No great anxiety is folt in Washing ton olticial circles regarding the situa tion in Vengzetila. It has been ascertained that the man killed at Whatcom, Wash., in mistake for Tracy, was insane. . King Edward's health continues to lmnrove." His coronation has been set for the end of September. Oneen Alexandra received Whitolaw the Rnecial amlmsKador of the United States, and Mrs. Beid in a very courteous manner. Fit htlnn has been renewed in Hayti The situation is complicated as there are several candidates for the presi dency and each has an army fighting the rest, Texas cattle will be shipped to re stock Boer farms; 660 head have been hipped from Bensacola. New York university has confeired the degree of master o! letters upon Miss Helen Miller Gould. The American shipping syndicate is reported to have offred the Cunard line 155,500,000 lor jits neet. Viceory T-iu Kun Yi insists in pay- ino th Chinese indemnity, in silver Against the wishes of foreign nations. CHINA REFUSES TO PAY. Aaothtr WrtnjU Ovir th, Sltlcmt of tht War b4tiaty. IVkln, July ft. The Taotai of Shang hai haa notified the banker's commis sion that China refuses to pay the July Dstallnieiit of the indemnity except at the rate of exchange prevailing April, 1901, The .foreign ministers consider that the Taotal's declarUlon ia the re suit of the announcement of the United Rates minister, Mr. Conger, to the Chinese, that the United States aim- tains China's contention and Is willing to accept payment on the hauls men tioned. I Hut the ministers are confi dent that China will accept the decision of the majority of the ministers when she Is convinced that the United States is her only supporter. Some of the ministers Insist that the policy of the United Statea ia unreasonable and in direct opposition to the terms of the trotocol. They ansert that Prince Ching, head of the foreign oiDce, and other Chinese officials, before learning that China had the support of the United States In the matter, admitted that their arguments were rather a plea for mercy than a demand lorjustice. Kacuiiiiran : ; ::::::: : : rf i -H i 8 g I'roMutiiou ; : ; : : j j " o Hoctaiis i : i :::: : i i fi . j liamucrat " : : ::::::: : : j WoathorfwM -tt i :S : : :5.55sa S ;S ! i l n imirat : " : : : ; i "" : : : : : : : : : I ' i t! r-'sTTS : : :?'PS',7:f- :fTT . ; .afT? Sa Tmmo : ; : :aL 3. ;H . 2 Republican :::-::;: " : : j" ?5 2 rrwiiiuitinn : :::::: : : : : ; j j " C o tlftlal-ritll I; BwiaiMi ;::::: I ! j i w -tvt(nar 5?5psS3Sii534.,3'!rf; H. . . RoiuMl.an - . - " V 2 (kwlal.at . rf a c ,? -fit i 31'.4T23?r- ?f W?.?5?J5$TKJ W riixlfrrr fSla-UiJ JJSiR-,3tJSS J 3-2.?. d c. iwmucrat " " " " 5 rrtiblbiilon " ... I'MblLllldll es C Crawford 8!rSvSSia3--.S ,AriA,p,,v Rej-ubtluan " - " w O I)emu.!rat ". " - -- ----- - - B el Mr ' mMiin Pmhlbl'.lon ' t-'i- KepuUlcan N " " " ci - - o- -- - 5 M B.,clallt " 10 ? Republican . " w " " "M " E TT7T "spissssnrpii? McPanlol . w c w cic r. g froblbltioa " . S maekman I lisiiSiSIliiSSsMlllIIlWl I Uomoorat -- -- --g " Dolocrat - " - - - - -- - - g 5' R.,bi".u - " " - " " - -- -!; H Prohibition Socialirt 10 g Prohibition S .lSmocra " " - - c - - - K Repubhcan " " " 4 ' s hnilhiiiMinnnuniinnni D : :a :j ::::::; :J :j : : : :a : : to s S o S i 1 Q Names of New wsnhips. Washington, July 5. At Secretary Moody's suggestion, the cabinet adopt ed names for the six new ships of war authorized by the naval appropriation bill. The four larger ships, .two battle ships and two armored cruisers, will be named Louisiana, Connecticut, Tennes see and Washington, but it ia not set tled which states shall be chosen for the battleships and vice versa. The two gunboats provided for in the act will be named the Paducah and the Dubuque. Difficult to Obtain Facts. ".' Willemstad, Curacao, July 6. Great difficulties are now experienced in ob taining facts regarding the real progress made by the Venezuelan revolutionist and the crit'eal position f the govern ment of President Castro - United States ministei Bo wen haa sent Secre tary of Legation RusBell on board the United States cruiser, at La Guyara, with instructions to ascertain and re- nort the state ot attairs botn east and west of that port. NEWS OF THE STATE ITEMS OF INTERE8T FROM ALL PART8 OF OREGON. CernmercUl and Financial Mippcnlngj of law porUnca-A Brief Revitw of th Growth and Improvement of ths Many Indiu triu Throughout Our thriving Commonwealth latest Miriut Report. The receipts of the state land ofllae for Juno were $35, 240.8-1. According to the city superintendent of schools, 1'ortland has a population of a tritleover 98,000. The firrt labor trouble in yeara in Astoria was caused by the plumbers going on ttrike for an increase of 60 cents per dsy in wages. The receipts from the rale of stamps, stanieil envelops and iotal cards at the Portland postofflce for June moil n ted to 120,444.14, an increase of 3,130.80 over the same month of last year. - K ' A petition is being circulated asking the Southern Pacific to extend the eerV' ice from Sheridan to Portland via Cor neliue so as to include Sundays. Work is progressing rapidly on the repair of the Madison street bridge at Portland. The structure will be open for public travel in about two weeks. As a result of the labor tioubles, all sawmill owners in Portland have ad vanced the price of rough lumber fl.50 per thousand feet and $2 per thousand for"clear. - ,: v New York is to have the most mag nificent hotel in the world. It will be 20 stoiiea high and cost 110,000,000. " German experts, after two years' test on lour men, declared borax in the human system retards assimilation of fats and albumen. ' It is reported that Andrew Carnegie gave his second cousin, Miss Harriet Lauder, of Pittsburg, $1,000,000 when she became Mrs. J. C. Greenway re cently. ' . IN PROVINCE OF ALBAY. Encouraging Report by th Governor Per fect fcaca Prtvaib. Washington, July 3, The war de partment makes public the report of Governor A. U. Better, of the province of A I bay, P, I. to Acting Governor Luke . Wright, dated Albay, May 17. fie says: "Perfect peace exbt through the province. At the present writing there is not a jadrone in the hills. The work of the constabulary li entirely satis factory, and as their : organization is more perfected I expeit them to render a still better account of themselves. The commercial prospi ts of the prov ince, I am informed the leading citizens, were never in a more prosper ous condition than they are at present. There is plenty of work for all w ho de sire it, and in fact the greatest com plaint from the interior of the province is the lack of labor to work hemp fields. The present high price of hemp Is bringing enormous sums of money into the province. We have no difficulty whatever in collecting the taxes im posed, and the present revenue is ample to conduct the business of the province on a very limited battis. 'Excellent work is being done by the survisor's department in the con struction of bribes and highways. The end of this montn will see com pleted through the center of the prov ince 22 miles of highway that will com pare for excellence of construction with any highway in the States. This 22 miles of highway is through the heart of the great hemp district in the prov inces, and over this highway passes nearly one-eighth of the hemp of the entire Philippines. - "Up lo the present writing the prov incial medical bt-ard haa succeeded in keeping the epidemic of cholera out of the provinces. Smallpox,-, which had become almost epidemic in certain por tions of the province, has been prac tically stamped out. "Several of the . pueblas have con structed new school buildings and the greater portion of the pueblas now have very suitable tribunals. "For a diversion from the monoton ous life lived in an average pnebla, we have encoursged the building of small theaters. This has proveu not only a source of entertainment for the people that is much appreciated, but it is also a financial benefit to the pueblas. Ar rangements ha re been made to bold in the leading pueblas during the summer months fairs corresponding somewhat to the county fairs held in the States, at which prizes will be given "for the Lett exhibits of products of this prov nee. "The finances of each pnebla in the province are in a very eatiwfactory con dition." BIGGEST IN THE WORLD. Cotton Mill to Be Built Near Kaiuas City $10 009,000 to Be Inveited. Kaneas City, Mo., July 3. The Star says: - The largest cotton mill in the world is to be built within 20 miles of Kan sas city. Ten million dollars is to be invested, $3,100,000 of which has al ready been subscribed by Eastern and Western men. The mill will have 500,000 spindles and 12.000 looms. It will employ 4,800 operatives, and have a payroll of $2,450,000 a year. The capacity of the mills will be 170,000 bales of cotton a year, with an output of 75,000,000 pounds of finished cloth. The value pf the annual output will, it is estimated, amount to $12,750,000. Electricity will be used as the motive power, ana several new devices will be installed. There will be fonr mill buildings, covering an aggregate of 2,- 000 acres of ground. Robertson la Charge of Police. Salt Lake City, July 3. Alexander A. Robertson, payimz teller of Wells Fargo's bank, and member of the city council, who disappeared Saturday morning has returned home after abandoning his intention of committing suicide and is now in charge of Chief of Police Faul and is being kept closely hidden. The bank a shortage is esti mated at $80,000. West Virginia Strike End. Keystone, W, Va., July 3. ' The Btrike of the United Mineworkers in the Norfolk & Western coal fields is practically at an end. The strikers, with the exception of probably 15 per cent, have returned to work. All train crews on the Norfolk A Western that were laid off owing to the strike, have resumed wfork. ; Philadelphia Leaves Panama. New York, July 3. The United StateB cruiser Philadelphia has left here, north bound, lays a Fanamais patch to the Herald. Governor Salazar and Generals Guiterrez and Allaya made a farewell call on the cruiser. Engagement In Morong. Manila. July 3. A detachment of United States marines and a force of the native constabulary have had. an engagement with a large body, of la drones in Morong province, Luzon Many Idle Men at Dawson. Victoria. B. C, July 3. Arrivals from Dawson who reached here on the j year ending today, New Jersey's state reports there have been in Manila up steamer Amur today report that there treasury will show a balance of $2,- to date 1,740 cases of cholera and 1,385 area large number of idle men in the 698,202, which means nearly $500,000 deaths from the disease. ' The same re Klondike canital. many of whom have ' increase over that of last year. The ports for the provinces shows 9,444 ViAAn ttttractftd there in the hone of so - purine UArlr nn the Klondike Creek Railway. The majority have not the means to outfit to prospect ' or go to work on the creeks, and are lingering on about Dawson. WOItK OF C0XGKESS 8ESSION NOW CLOSING WAS VERY ACTIVE ONE. Canal Appropriation! Were the largest Ever Mads for e Single Purpoie, Except for War Reduction of 173,350,000 la Was Revenue Taxes Also Largest Ever Mads Many Other Important Acta, Washington, July 3. The work of the first session of the 67th congress baa been marked by exceptional bmri- ness activity, with many questions of far-reaching importance and general interest engaging attention. With the exception of the Cuban reciprocity bill, most of the larger subjects of gen eral legislation have been enacted as laws. Notable among these larger measures is the isthmian canal out, which consummates the efforts of half a century to link together the waters of , i the Atlantic and Pacific. Aside from its national and international import ance, this bill probably involves a larg er sum of money than that covering any other single undertaking by the govern ment, outside of war exinditures. The Philippine civil government bill is another measure of far reaching import ance, extending to onr remote Pacific posssion8 a system of internal govern ment together with coinage, currency, banking, corporation, timber and home stead lawsv' Among the other important laws en acted are those repealing the war reve nue taxes, extending and making more effective the Chinese exclusion laws; establishing a tariff of goods to and from tho Philippines; extending the charter of national banks for 20 years; establishing a permanent census office; restricting the sale of oleomargarine by placing a high tax on imitation butter; providing a consular and diplomatic service for Cuba; establishing an ex tensive system by which the govern ment will aid in the irrigation of the arid sections of the west. The repeal of the war revenne taxes has reduced taxation $73,350,000, and ia said to be the largest single reduc tion of taxation ever made in this conn try. By this step the last of the taxes imposed at the beginning , of our war wltn pain are wiped oafciw-J?iil lppine tariff act imposes to per cent of the Dingley tariff rates on trticles com ing from the Philippines to the United States, and also imposes duty on arti cles entering the Philippines from the United States. The oleomargarine act results from several years' agitation. It places a tax of 10 cents a pound on substances colored to imitate butter. The irrigation act is of special im poitance to the West. It creates an ir rigation iund in the treasury depart ment into w hich ia to be paid the pro ceeds of the sales of public lands in the ari 1 ttates. This iund in turn is to be used in storing water and establishing irrigation systems, the irrigation sec tions to be open to homesteaders, who are to be charged a proportionate share of the cost of the improvement. The Chinese exclusion law continues exclusion "until otherwise provided by law," and also applies the exclusion "to the island territories under the jur isdiction of the United States." The amount of the appropriations. of the session will run unusually high, ow ing in part to the amount required to build the isthmian canal. When Mr. Cannon submitted a general esti mate of appropriations a few weeks ago, he made the total up to that time $691 ,445,000. Since then the canal bill has been - passed, carrying a present appropriation of $40,000,000 for the franchise and enough more for the righto of Colombia and for beginning the work to carry tne total up to $5C, 000,000. The entire cost of the under taking is approximately $184,000,000. This estimate also omitted several con tracts and other expenditures which will carry the grand total for the ses slon almost if not quite up to the billion dollar mark SILVER TO MEXICO. Government Admit Five Million Ounces Free of Duty. Laredo, Tex., July 3. Large ship- menta of pure silver in bars have been made through this city. It is from New Jersey and is going to the Mexican government mint in the City of Mexi co. One hundred and nineteen bars were shipped through yesterday, mak ing a total of ttlo bars. lhe average weight of the bars is 75 pounds, so the total number of pounds is 46,200. These shipments will pay no en trance, duty. The Mexican govern ment, it i understood, some time since granted the American Smelting & Refininc Company the right to import 6.000.000 ounces of silver bullion that has been exported from Mexico. This bullion will be coined free of charge in the government's mint and under the rnlinir rt of exehanee will i ermit of a large profit. New Jersey's Treasury New York, July 3. For the fiscal ! lro amounts received within the lat-t month in turns and from the trusts ' chartered in 1901 make upthis increase, ! The taxes on big coiporations foot up ' considerably more than $2,000,000 an- nually. ANTHRACITE COMBINATION. President Room veil Wants to Know If It It a Trust New York, July 2. President Roose velt has requested Attorney General Knox to submit an opinion, says Washington dispatch to the World, as to whether the combination controlling the anthracite coal ontput constitutes a trust within the meaning of the Sher man anti-trust act and the decision of the United States supreme court there on. In making this request the presi I dent gave Attorney General Knox the report recently prepared by Carroll D. Wright, commisHioner of labor, after a careful Investigation of the differences existing between the coal operators and the miners, -the facts forwarded by President Mitchell, of the United Mine workers of America and all other data in his pof session bearing on the subject. It will be the duty of Attorney Gen eral Knox to formulate an opinion for the president, making a definite decla lation that the anthracite combination does or does not constitute a trust. His present instructions did not roomie him to go further and express an opinion as to the probability of socce- I i J ft . . ful prosecution under the Sherman anti trust act. The president will, it is believed, de termine on his subsequent lineof action after Attorney General Knox has ren dered his opinion. TREATY OF ALLIANCE. Renewal of the Drcibund bv the Three Powers In It Original horra. Berlin", July 2. The treaty provid ing for the prolongation of the alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy (the dreibund) has been signed in Eerlin by the imperial chan cellor, Count von Bulow; the Austrian ambassador, L. von Saogyeny-Marich, and the Italian ambassador, Count Lansea di Busca. The alliance was renewed in its original form. Upon the request of the imperial chancellor, the text of the new driebund treaty will be kept secret for the present, and it is not certain whether its publication ill occur later. - The announcement of the signing o! the dreibund did not cause surprise, as the renewal had been taken as a fore gone conclusion since Count von Bulow was in conference with the Italian and Austrian ministers dering the Easter holiday. German officials have never evinced the slightest concern at the many reports emanating from Paris and other diplomatic centers reporting the prospects of a renewal of the dreibund to be gloomy, and they knew all along that Italy's flirtation with France was Teutonic allies. - - WAS NOT ACQUITTED. Court Martial Found General Jacab It. Smith Guilty ef Violating Rules of War. Washington, July .2. It is an nounced by the war department that the case of General Jacob H. Smith will not be acted upon before the end of the present week, at the earliest. Judge Advocate General Davis, has completed his review of the proceedings of the court martial and the papers are now in the hands of Secretary Root, who is so biiftv with other matters that he has not yet had time to give the case the attention it deserves. It has been generally understood that General Smith was acquitted by the court, but it transpires that such was not the case, the court, it is alleged, having founoVGeneral Smith guilty of violating the rules of war and sen tenced him to be reprimanded by the reviewing authority, which, in this case, is President Roosevelt. Inas much as the case is considered strictly confidential until finally acted upon by the president, it is impossible to obtain any official information in regard to it. SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. Two New Steamship Companies Start a Ser vice From New York, New York, July 2. Actual and pros pective trade with South Africa has as sumed such proportions since the term ination of the Anglo-Boer war that two steamship companies have inauguiated service between this city and South African points. It is the intention of the agents to maintain a bi-weekly service. For the last few years the carrying trade between this port and South Africa has been in the bands ol a combination consisting of three lines The new service has already resulted in a reduction of rates. "The demand," said an official of one of the new lines, "is maiuly for lumber and building materials, for which cable orders are coming to this country every day, and also largely for supplies of grain and agricultural im plements of all kinds is very large and is rapidly increasing." Trolley Car Overturn. Denver, June 2. At 11 o'clock last night an electric street car loaded with people returning from a suburban re sort, jumped the track and overturned at West Thirty-eight avenue and 11 persons were ' Homer boulevard, and ' seriously injured aud four of them are likely to die. About 80 persons were on the car and all of them were more j or lets injured. Cholera in Philippine Manila, July 2. According to official cases an 7,038 deaths. Lieutenant Col ouel Louis M. Maus, the insular health commissioner, says that there probably have been 2,000 deaths from cholera in the provinces, oi wnicn it is jnipouni ble to get records. TRACY IN SEATTLE 8T0LE A LAUNCH AND CROSSED THE SOUND. Compelled Four Men te Accompany Kim at Point of Cinv-Says Be Killed Merrill Be came Utter Played Kim False This, However, is Not Believed Mas Pleaty of Asnmunitioa. . Seattle, July 3. Tracy and Merrill, the escaped Oregon convicts, have sep arated, and Tracy ia in Seattle after a series of thrilling Incidents. He robbed , the bouse, of aa.age4 Scotchman caoied . Alexander Laird, who lives alone four miles southwest of OJympia, Jet Laird bound hand and foot on the bed, stole a horse from another rancher and a sad dle and bridle from m neighbor. Tracy passed through Olympia and reached the npper end of Sooth bay. At South bay the Capital City Oyster company has four men at work seeding oyster beds. Two of the men were in a small cottage and when they arose at 5 Tracy was at the door with bis rifle demanding breakfast. When two other men, who were staying in a float house, arrived for breakfast they were also lined up. Anchored in the bay was the large gasoline launch N. AS., chartered by the oyster company to tow oyster scows Irom Big Skookum inlet. On board were Captain Clark and his son, who were also lined op when they . arrived for breakfast. When breakfast was over two of the men were left tied in the cabin, and at the point of the rifle the other two men, with the captain and son, were driven on board the launch and the party sailed away. Tracy told bis captives that he bad k:!ii Merrill be cause he discovered the latter bad played him false and because - Merrill was careless and made too much noise in the woods. Tracy's stoiy of the killing of Mer rill is that while in the vicinity of Castle Bock Tracy learned that Merrill was responsible for bis getting into the Oregon penitentiary. Merrill was a hindrance in -the flight any way, he said. He was careless and left a trail like a log, so Tracy resolved to pick a quarrel with him. In this be succeed ed, and the two agreed to fight oat their differences in an open spot. Standing back to back, it was agreed that each . should advanee 10 nsiM r-. " uvr ma Biiouiuer, saw Merrill start to fire at nine paces, so be wheeled himself, fired, and Mi rri 1 dropped dead. This is not believed, - i .1 i. ; . . i . uowever, inu it is mougni iiieiriii ia still in the woodB south of Olympia. Tracy landed late last night at Meadow Point, 2)6 miles north of Bal lard. The last teen of him be was headed for Seattle with the express in tention of holding up a policeman in order to secure his revolver. A posse was organized by the local police, and is now in pursuit of the daring criminal. The voyage to Seattle from Thurston county was marked by several exciting episodes. Tracy wanted the boat steered near McNeill island so that he - might take a shot at any of the guards who happened to be on the beach. He also wanted to kill the captain of the tug Seafoam near the entrance to Tat coma harbor, because the tug persisted in heading toward the launch. Tracy had 200 rounds of ammunition when he boarded the launch at Olym pia. " " ' PACIFIC CABLE PROPOSAL. Offer te Hasten Construction ol line Belni Considered by Cabinet ' Washington, July 5. Secretary Moody has laid before the cabinet the proposition of the Commercial Pacific . Cable companv to hasten the construc tion of their cable across the Pacific, and offering important, advantages to . the government in return for the use of the surveys made by the United States steamer Nero for a cable route connect ing San Francisco, Honolulu, Midway ' island, Guam and Manila. The officials of the company state that they are asking for these plans solely in the name of their own com- ! pany, and that no othei cable company, ' domestic or foreign, has joined , in the application. The navy department is earnestly desirous, for military reasons, that the cable shall be laid as soon as possible, as certain safeguaids are de sired, and these formd the basis of the discussion before the cabinet today. It is regarded as essential that the route shall be all-American, a point which will be secured by the use of Midway island as a relay station, and a provision be made to avoid touching on foreign soil between the terminals. Another point was that the United States government shall have preferen tial rates and time of transmission . for its messages, and have the sole right, , in its discretion, to use the .cable in-, time of war. . The subject was regarded as too inr portant for an immediate decision, ana it is probable that before the company's application is finally acted upon, it w ill be referred to the attorney general. ' General Brooke Soon to Retire. New Yoik, July 5. Major General John R. Brooke, in command of the department of the East, is packing up his furnituie and books on Governor's island. He will be 64 years old on July 21, and wilt be retired under tne age limit. It is understood General MacArthur, now in command 'at Chi cago of the department of the lakes, will take the vacant post. General Brooke will go to his old home near Philadelphia to live.