JUNCTION CITY BULLETIN.
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EVENTS -OF 'TIIE DAY
u Inferostlng Collection of Item Fra
Two Hemianoerva Irr.mtl
la a Condensed. Ion.
Tbe state of Oregou has contributed
more than $ 3,000 to the Galveston, re
lief fund.
Belle Archer, the actress, died at tht
Emergency hospital at Warren,. Pa., of
apoplexy.
Three men robbed the First National
bank at Wiunemucca, Nevada, and se
cured about $5,000.
General John A. McClernand died a
a result of old age at bis home in
Springfield, III., aged 88 years.
In an engagement with Filipinos
near Solonan, near the end of Laguna
de Bay, tbe Americans lost 13 killed I
and 26 wounded. j
At Iona, I. T.f Postmaster Dismnke
was shot and instantly killed by Sain j
Ashton, a well-to-do stockman. Dis-!
mute's son rushed to his father's as-
sistance, and was also shot.
f
Thirty thousand dollars was for
warded to ths governor of Texas by the
citizens' permanent relief committee
of Philadelphia, Pa., making the grand i
total of cash forwarded to date by this '
committee $55,000. (
At a meeting at Lebanon, Pa., of
about three-quarters of the 1,200 men
employed by the American Iron & j
Steel Company who struck August 1
against a redaction of wages from $4 '
to $3 a ton for pnddlers, it was agreed
to go back to wort at the rate offered,
$3 a ton.
I
General Vilioen, who succeeded
Louis Botha in the suprene command
of the Transvaal foroee, is reported to
be moving northward in the direction
of Hectorspruit, with 3.000 men and
80 guns. He is known as "the fire- ;
brand," and will endeavor to protract
the war.
In the North China Daily News, Li
Hong Chang is reported as having said
that as China could not possibly pay
indemnity which will be demanded
from ber, there will be no alternative
bnt to give territory instead of money,
in which cane Japan would get Shin
King, Russia would be given Shin
Kiang, and Thibet would go to Eng
land. Llyod Griscom, United States
charge d'affaires, at Constantinople,
Turkey, has made verbal representa
tions to tbe porte, demanding tbe re
lease of an Armenian, who, it is claim
ed, is a naturalize! American citizen,
and who was arrested upon the charge
of belonging to the Armenian revolu
tionary committee. An investigation
has been ordered and if the prisoner is
found to be an American citizen ha
will be released.
Count von Waldereee has reached
Hong Kong.
Tbe yellow fever situation in Ha
vana is decidedly unfavorable.
British and Boers are fighting for
the possession of Komatipoort.
The work of clearing away the
wreckage in Galveston progresses.
Herman Petersdorf, a farmer living
near Junction 'City, Or., murdered big
wife.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mineworkers, says 118,000 men are on
strike.
Germany demands that the Chinese
responsible for the outrage be deliv
ered np.
Seventy-two new coal mines hare
been opened in Prussia this year, in
creasing the output for 1900 by 2,500,
000 tons.
The transport Thomas sailed from
San Francisco
enlisted men,
for Manila with 1,648 1 Albert sailed from Seattle for the Phil
107 cabin passenarera ' ippines with 509 calvary horses and a
and $1,200,000 in treasure.
Emperor William has pardoned a
German-American named Schuh, in
Kiel. After 20 years' absence, Schuh
bad visited his relatives and been sen
tenced to six months' imprisonment for
contravening the army regulations. i
Major Edward E. Dravo, commls-! tryed
lary of subsistence, who has just ar- j The United States transport Grant
rived at San Francisco from the Phil- arrived at San Francisco from the
ippines, has been ordered to New York Philippines and China, bringing home
for assignment to duty as chief com- over 5u0 discharged soldiers, including
tnissary oi ne department 01 the Kast,
to relieve Major David L.
sommissary of subsistence.
Brainerd,
The department of tbe interior it
taking steps to prevent the further suf
fering among the Pima Indians on the
Sacton reservation, Arizona, caused by
a scarcity of irrigation water. Col
onel . II. Graves, of that department,
who is at Phoenix making an examin
ation of the conditions on the reserva
tion and reporting any method of relief
that is practicable, has investigated
thoroughly and has planned a system
by which the underflow in tbe Gila
river may be raised to tbe surface in
lummer and a supply of water devel
oped sufficient to irrigate many ban
dreds.of acres now uncultivated.
LATER NEWS.
Floods have washed away several
towns in Texas. " '
Fight person were killed by a tor
nado in Michigan. '
Bryan wilt make a determined effort
to capture New York.
The latest list of Galveston's dead
numbers 3,859 names.
The navy department Is hurrying ves
sels to the Asiatic station.
The expected clash in the strike re
gion iu Pennsylvania did not occur.
Fight persona were drowned at
Browuwood, Texas, by a flood. The
Kio Grande railway is badly crippled.
Anti-foreign leaders ate said to have
been appointed to positions of lespon
sibiliiy aud honor In China, iu defiauce
to the "allies; ' , .
The Merchants' Nail & Wire Works,
of Charleston, W. Ya., which have
been closed for
two months. opeued
again. About 230 men are affected,
Ani'A Luti, a,red 18, shot and fatally
wounded her father, Johu Lwt, near
Lansing. Kansas, -because her father
had Bent her brother a wav to school.
Direct advices from Carthageua,
Colombia, say the rebels are active iu
that department. September 3 they
attacked the town, but government
troops from Colon arrived just in time
to prevent their success. The rebels,
who are under General Commancho,
will join hand with the forces of Gen
eral Uribe. Plans are proceeding for
another revolution for the ue but un
recognized government.
Phil A. Julien, coroner of Silver
Bow county, Mont, and oneof the best
known of the old-time newspaper men
of the couutry, died suddenly at Butte
of heart disease. He was a native of
Washington. D. C, and was 5H years
of age. lie worked on the Washington
Republican iu the early days of that
paper, and on other papers at tbe capi
tal. He had been un newspapers iu
Montana for about 15 vears.
The surgeon-general's office ot the
war department has no information
regading the epidemic of yellow fever
in Havana. Private advices indicate
that the outbreak is serious. The
fever exists in the best parts of tbe city
and among Americans who have ?ne
there. It is said at the war depart
ment no fears are entertained of a
serions outbreak among the American!
troops, as they are outside the city and ,
not in the infected districts. Surgeou-1
Geneial Sternberg does not think there '
need be any appreheusiou concerning ,
the spread of the disease.
The powers are plaunin to evacuate
Pekiu.
Railroaders may join the striking 1
s
Spokane, Wash., is visited by a tei
rible wind storm.
. Anglo-American troops defted the
Boxers at Pei Ta Chu.
The British troops occupy Koomati
pooit without opposition.
lexers and other anti-foreign Chi
nese are in imperial favor.
English alii I tiermans express dissut
isfactiou at American attitude.
Further violence in the Shenandoah,
Pa., coal district prevented by the ar
rival of troops
The Astoria, Or., coal bunkers, val
ued at $30,000, wer completely de
stroyed bv tire.
A atevedote iu Portland, Or., drowned
from a falling scaffold. Ten others
narrowly escaped.
By settlement of the wage scale,
60,000 iron and steel workers will re
sume work in Ohio.
Four masked men held tip an express
car on the Burlington route, near Lin
coin, Neb., and a very large sum was
secured.
E. J. Clougb, of Arlington, Or.,esti-!
mates the wheat crop of Gilliam couu- !
ty at 1,000,000 bushels. Some think I
theoufpnt will reach 1,600,000 bush-j
els.
The United States transport Port
' cargo of forage and commissary sup
plies.
Fire destroyed the large grainhouse
and elevators on the Atlantic dock,
Brooklyn, causing a loss of $100,000 to
buildings
thousand
and contents,
bushels of oat 8
Forty -five
were de-
200 siclc aud wounded and 00 dead
bodies. There were 11 detths during
the voyage;
Methuen completely routed a Boer
cciivoy itt Hart river, west of Klerks
dorp, and recaptured a 15-pounder lost
at Colenso. He also captured 26 wag
ons, 8,000 cattle, 4,000 sheep, 20,000
rounds of ammunition and 28 prison
ers. A special dispatch from Loirenco
Marques says that Boers arriving there
report that collisions are occurring on,
the frontier between Poitnguese troops
and buighers, whom the former wish
to disarm on entering Portuguese ter
ntory.
Several have been wounded j
j and further fighting is feared.
ALL LEAVING "PEKIN
Even
German Legation
Move Elsewhere.
Will
TROOPS TO QUIT BKFOUK WIS IT.K
Chliio Capital 1 an Vmpty I'rli
I'rubabljr I.ant Aggrculva Aet
, r I ha Aiimt'lrau 'uru.
Chicago, Sept. 25. -The Recoid has
the following from Pekiu, under date
of September 16;
Changes in tho. plaus of the allied
commanders indicate the evacuation
Pekiu before the wiuter sets in. The
British leaders have countermanded the
order for extensive wiuter supplies aud
the Americans are also making evident
preparations for departure. At
!,H,uetiine " 'rein rdetta have
! tK,,n to prepare to leave Pekiu.
' Tn6 German lotion will soon move
lwhere and the Kussluus are aliea.iy
iwiiuuxawing to iicn iiu ami , the occasional boiling of the water for , Known mat Amirew a, uyan, ot wm
nt stations in Manchuria. It is also UMry Hn hour, and the disturbance Angeles, was drowned. Several cap
, extremely likely tliat the Japanese j WBi Btm gotll(l wa M jjVBy CVer. It;tit and seamen ou small tugs are
will make the town of. Nagasaki their certainly looked like a volcanlo dis- j wlsslng, aud it is thought they are
winter base instead of some Chiuese tnrbauce to me." j It. Fully 500 people are homelew,
, town as was originally their intention. ! Captain Lvddle took an observation, I while the loss to property Is over
; The missionaries are protesting (m pK,t H being Utttada : faoO.thMl. There is not au alley lead-
against this "desertion." , 23.14 aud lougitude 87.7. s ing to the beach that is not filled alth
From North China come rexrts of a . . ' debris. Many of the Front utrm't
long series of disturbances. The at-! WORSE THAN ALASKA. I buildings abutting on the beach hava
tempted control of the local authorities i been damaged. Numerous small build-
there is synonymous with anarchy and Hardship ( uid Mining in Hriiuh iugs were swept completely awar, Tbo
the country is only safe where floats j tiuunn. dsmage to the buildings, tent, houm-
th allied flags. Native Christians are ' New York, Sept. 28. Jeorge II.; hold effects, merchandise, and other
still being attacked aud leleged in ' Moutton, of Colorado, United States ' gooH and chattels is seen ever) where
man different places iu the provluce consul to Demarara, in British Guiana, ; along the water front,
of Chi Li. , jhasatrivmi in New York, being on; The heaviest individual loners a ra
The allies are beginning to realise leave of absence. In discussing affairs i probably the Alaska Commercial Com-
that the city of Pekiu is, after all, an
empty prize. Communication between :
the foreign forces, the envoys and the
empress government is next to impossi
ble. The new capital in the pioiuce j
of then Si is 400 miles from Pekin and . ed to materialize. The new boundary
the journey has to be made by eart, j fixed by the arbitration court is quiet
which requires at least 60 days ly accepted by the people of Yenesuela,
There has been a change in the and no further dispute is likely to
American front in the directiou of an ' arise. Gold mining Is still Wing pns
aggressiveness which will probably be ' ecuted in the British Guiana gold
; the last important demonotrarion I (ore fields, and a few Americans are there,
the evacuation. General Wilson, with ! tiying to make their fortunes. Tha
800 United States infantry, 600 Brit- j yield of thoa gold fields is about $.'.
i isb and six guns, slightly aided by a 000,000 a year. All tbe gold is secured
German column, marched against the , by placer mining.
Boxer citv of Pei Ta Chu, 16 miles ' "Mining ia British Gniana is attend
northwest of Pekin, and surrounded it ed by the giaatest diflicnltiea and hard
; with tbe inteutiou of capturing an 1 ships, and there Is also some danger to
; arsenal there. A courier reports to-1 life. The gold fields are all at some
'. day that General Wilson's attack was distance iu the interior. To reach
successful from the firm. The; were
no losses on the foreign side. j
''"r the present all campaign P!ns
mean guerilla warfare. Both the mill-j
; iary ann me lopograpiucai guuaiion in
China forbid anything else.
i Kfforts at pacification have resulted
; in the return of a small number of o
' pie to business. The jmilous guarding
of the forbidden city by the allies
makes the Chinese believe that the
foreign leaders are afraid to desecrate
, it.
The American authorities here in
tend to urge the severe ptinhdimeut of
the persons guilty of the I'ao Ting Fu
! murders. Summary vengeance will,
, if they can effect it, be exacted for the
, slaughter of the Simcuxes and the
: Hodges aud Pitkiu party.
Much Prpriy iitryd. j
Scranton, Texas, Sept. 25. A cloud-1
burst in the valley of the Neuces river
Saturday night did much damage to
property, aud also, according to re-
!aorts received here, resulted iu loss of
life on ranches iu thai vicinity. The
Neuces at Uvalde rose 2' feet in two
hours time and broke the bridges. A
number of ranches a ere inundated and
one English sheepman, Ethelbert Mac
Donald, together with some Mexican
sheepherders, are said to have lost
their Ives on a ranch in the mountains
near Brackett. Reports from a colony
nf nomadic Indian say that two lost
their lives.
Wandered Acrua the Country.
Denver. Sept. 25. P. Charles
Murphy, a New York undertaker, and
sou of Felix Murphy, ex-assembly-man
of the Second district. New York,
has been wandering aimlessly over the
country since early in July. Yester
day he appealed at police headquarters
attired in overalls and jumper, his
hands calloused from hard work, and
asked to have bis wife communicated
with and told of his condition. He
remembered nothing since tbe Fourth
of July, which he spent in New York,
until he suddenly realized while stroll
ing along the streets of Denver that he
was iu a strange city. He attributes
ois mental lapse to excessive nse of
patent bitters prescribed by a physician
is a tonic.
Lout on the Grand Ranks.
St. Johns, N. F., Sept. 25. An un
known American fishing vessel found
ered on the Grand Hanks in last week's
gale and all of her crew, about 20 in
number, perished. . The French .'.'bank
er," Thornton F. Jard and 15 of her
crew were lost, while six escaped. The
schooner Eddie lost three men. The
schooner Dolphin was dismasted and
lost five men. A number of other ves-
I tela were greatly damaged and many of
; the fishermen who were awav in boats
overhauling their trawls when the gait
arose were drowned.
VOLCANO UNDER THE SEA.
! Strang Night at the Nititthaiit Mouth of
, the tJulf of Hoklrn,
New York, Sept. 80, Captain Lyd
die, of the British steamship King
j Mleddyn, which arrived here today,
I brought a tale of the discovery of a sub
marine volcaua on the northeastern
edge of the Campecho bank, at the
mouth cf the tiulf of Mexico. The
j location was 103 miles north of Cape
jl'aoohe, the nearest point of land. The
captain said that lute iu the afternoon
of September 16 he saw a great volume
of vapor oue mile away. It seemed to
j cover a puce of at least 100 leet square.
;Tho air was clear aud the suu shining
st the time. The vapor rose like a
; cloud of steam 00 to 75 feet in tSe air.
(The water mound seemed to be perfect
i.. rMa,
! "Occasionally the vapor would
clear." said the captain, "and then we
Mw Wttt,r ttg ( MVt,r R IOl4(
i ow. i, i,n,,Hibla that uv shoal
' f ,jtg there, and it it did that would
not account for the vaiior.
, u tiw ,.j,Rrt llwll 4l ft,omg pf
; WAter nvnt thl point, and just to the
eastward off the bank it deepens to 800
j tttjlotni We watched tlut vapor and
iu British Guiana Mr. Moutton said:
Tlij. ni.li t,t t, i,.,l.l ttul.l- f ll.lt-
ish Guiana and Venezuela, which wbs
expected to nniow tne settlement or
tbe Venezuelan boundary dispute, fail
them the miners have to travel through
swamp lands and denxe brush, which
are lufe.teci by alllg.b.r. enormous
reptiles and wild bead. Lverything
tne miners carry aiong mis to ie pucxed
ity men. r.ritlsn oulaua is no place
fur American in inn a. They cau do
better in Colorado or MotiUua."
BIG 'bLSTEXpCoDED.
i Nearly 30,000 uMf Yards of Bitch
Wit. Dl.lcidgf il.
Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 2. -A special
to the Chieftain from Texas Creek,
Colo., where Grmau iV Crook are mak
ing .he grade for the Kio Grande
branch to Silver Cliffe, says:
At 4:50 P. M. oun of the largest
shots ever used in railway construction
was fired in tlm Texas Creek canyon.
There were 640 kegs of blasting pow
der used, besides a quantity of giant
powder, which altogether dislodged
nearly L'0,000 cubic yards of rock,
The blast was pronounced a thorough
success. All trains ou the mainline
were stopped by signal several mile
each side of the cauyou, and all the
livestock in the camp was removed to
a safe distance. Contrary to expecta
tions, the rejHnt was not heavy, al
though the shock was felt plainly ou
surrouning mountain sides. Quite a
party from Pueblo and other points
had arrived to view the spectacle,
which was magnificent. No injuriof
resulted, though a shower of small
stones, which followed the explosiou,
covered a radius of a half mile.
Shot Ilia Hrorher-ln-l.aw.
New Whatcom, Wash., Sept. 28.
In a druukeu quarrel at Blaine last
night, Thomas Betrand shot his brother-in-law,
Frank Adams, with a re
volver, the ball entering between the
sixth and seventh ribn, passing through
tbe left lung and lodging near the
heart. Adams will die. Betiaud had
been drinking during the day. Going
out on the street he met Adams and
commenced to abuse him, following it
up by drawing his revolver and shoot
ing at him three times, only one ball
taking effect. Betrand is in jail. He
is a half-breed Indian, and both he and
bis victim have bad reputations.
Five Nulvlda In One llajr.
New York, Sept. 20. There were
many suicides in New York today.
Magnus Swenzen, a cabinet maker,
drowned himself in the North river,
after tying his own bands with fish
lines. , George Burick, an insurance
solicitor, shot himself In Tompkinc
equal e. , He had been complaining re
cently of a carbuncle on his neek.
John Myer took poison in a Third ave
nue hotel, then turned on the gas and
was found dead later. James Camp
bell fatally shot himself in Centra)
park. He had been drinking. Edward
Schwarz also ended his life la Centra
park.
GALE STRUCK NOMK
Worst Storm Ever Known in
Northwestern Alaska.
600 PEOPLE AUK NOW llOUKt.KS
Member tt Llv lllid In Have linen
Lout -Tax tu 1'ioprriy 1
(r anon. ooo.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. . Tho
Jtcamer Roanoke brings news of th
most disastrous storm at Nome, It
raged with unusual violence for nearly
two duys up to the evening of Septem
ber 13, ami was the severest that ever
visited Northwestern Alaska.
A numlter if barges and lighters were
drlveu ashore aud totally wrecked.
! All along the beach for miles, both east
j and wen of Nome, the wind atidwtr
have created Imvoo with tents au l
: mining machinery. A number of lives
j sieved to have beeu lost. It is
j Mny Mnd the Wild Gooo Mining Ss
. 'r...li.. . i i i . . i
' the disappearance of over S,0n0 tu of
; coal.
j Captain French, iu command of thu
i troop., bug thrown open the government
reservation to those rendered homeless
j by the storm and will exteud such
Hher assistance ts Is posnible.
I S T R U C K B Y"a TORN ADO.
' A a il l)ropi un aitlaun In a Sllvli-
Igan town,
! Minneapolis, Sept. 'Jd.A special to
! the Times from Faribault, Mtuit., says:
Meager details have just reached
i here of a catastrophe which vNited tha
! vlllayo of MorrUtown. 10 miles wefc
i of Farilmult, shortly after 0 o'clock
this evening. The village was struck
by a tornado mid a bsru was rained in
the air and dropped directly on top of
Paul Gatseke's saloon, where 16 pen
pie had taken refuge from the storm.
The saloon collapsed, and all Its occu
pants were buried in the debri. At
present it is said that eight dead lo.!i."
and three injured persons have bomi
taken from the ruins.
The storm tamo without warning,
from a southwesterly direction. Tbe
length of its path iu the village wa
less thau half a mi Ik, but, owing to
its peculiar action, the ditrf and
damage resultiu wen not as great as
'.hey might have been.
Tbe storm made jitm; nf on block,
j but whenever it cam down every
thing was crumbled by the puwer of
the wind. A barn belonging t Dr.
Dargnlml on the outskirts of the ullage
was the first structure destroyed. It
was picked up and carried a block,
leaving the floor uninjured, with two
hortcs standing on it. Before reaching
the Gatseke saloon there ii a two-story
building, which was left untouched.
All the people killed and injured in
Morristown were in the saloon, having
hurriedly taken refuge there wnen the
storm was seen on the outskirts of tlio
village. There wore HI peoplo in the
structure at the time the storm struck.
The building was crushed like an egg
shell. Before the building fell thrmt
people managed to escape, but thu
others are found in the lists of dead
and injured.
After leaving the saloon the storm
crossed the street and destroyed the
barn of J, G. Temple, and took the roof
from the bam of W. M. Bigoll. It
then crossed the Cannon river aud de
stroyed the barn of Adam Snyder, kill
ing several hogs. The storm then
passed oft to the northeast, and did n
further damage. Before reaching tlio
town the stoim descended on the farm
of John Olson aud killed a hired man
named Peterson.
Forest and Orast Fire.
...Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. 20. A for
est aud grass (Ire which has been burn
ing in the, vicinity of Occidental thu
past three days today assumed vast
proportions. Tho fire has covered
space of about 100 miles square, and is
estimated to have done over $35,000
damago. Only by hard work was the
town of Occidental saved, The lire U
now traveling south, owing to a strong
north wind. The North Pacific rail
road lost miles of track, in addition to
two long trestles, one 219 feet, and
other 800 feet in length.
Three county bridges are. in rutus, '
and about 18 farms have been swept
clean of their buildings and crops.
The towns ol Freestone, Bodega and
Sebastopol are in immediate danger.
Nearly 1,000 people are fighting tho
fire. . '
Germany believes all the powers but
America will approve her policy.