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J. W. V«M,» I.
Sptx ultst for P< fr.u fb»n and
Defects of ihr F.ye.
Will tnah© regulär trip© U» Krh».
atcf» kn) Ooiumn tor dal« ui virile.
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P laning
Hole«« ©Item; te»i U mine th© Kmart
can kagatioo.
Th© l««tUe *bip Alalmma averaged 17
knots *n her otto la I trial.
The Nehalem and Tiiletn *>k fisher
men a strike la at an end
Nevsral of Minister Conger*« guc*ts
ham arrived al Hen Tain.
* movement I«» dear the country
v ulh of Pekin ia in prog Cree
Official American diepatehee are be
ing tampered with in China.
1 Win Hl. Peter* tirg it 1» reported
that peace negotiation* hat© begun.
Primary return* indicate that Croker
i will <•< ntrol the New York 1 N-mocratic
cum ent ion.
Senator Scott, of Wwt \ irginia, ant«
the liepu .; .«n* w
>,• . •’ >
■ > v t«w
in New York.
Heavy fighting it lejorted to have
«»crurred at
Ma hadodorp. between
Boers and British.
P. <» Stewart,* member of the pro-
I viaional ifuortiiiiciit of Oregon, Is dead
at I «coma, U a»h.
Four townships »urrounding hho-
©hone Falla. Idaho, hate been torrml
for a national perk.
san F nuiciMir * population, a* cord-
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Coiled
tales
• mm , i «
349,7*2; Boston ». 30U.MU.
Ten *M|uare in 11«* of foreat r»-*rr\e m
the s«n < tai riel r****-rvMtt«»n. near l>»a
tngol.e*, <’al.. bavr Mire r :v la*» n *uej t
l»y fire, and *nH th** flame* are devour
ing the Umber.
Il whb reported from
^turtrxant • < amp that the tiro had
spread on the north »ide of the w»**t
fork of the san Gabriel river an ! the
M’uth fhlroi the l»juns*a Titer, l-etweeo
1 lev H a canyon and the short Cut.
M ills
HARRY S JOHNSTON At CO., Proprietors.
ALL KINDS OF MILL WORK ON SHORT NOTICE
All Fur. I* <t Lumber. \:-li. hur«. Monili u*.
Shingle-, l’a.ii*- ani Oik
81JRIAI
• m InlrreallHg « «*|»rrl|a*n • •/ fS*ms !>•■••
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Pr»» >ta <
lu « ( Mt !»•>•«>«* .« . Mg
(««neral 4 haff©« 1« pr«|«aring U> win
ter 15.000 men in Pekin
»1» , » tir •• enJ
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T»:USK ll<Ks HU»a .'HK WIREN
A strike uf 140.000 anthracite < xm I
miner» la threatened
General Blacksniilhs and
Wagonmakers...
POHTIAMD, ORICON
I.I-. ( A-tr> v ‘ .at- l.», u h u >}•■■ .iitv't
r<l m Hat re, F raix e, on July 20 lavt,
«’barge*! with aDwcomling (min Port*»
Kico with irj.tMM) of United statae
fund* ha* arrived in Sew York
He
w a* iu the cu*t<x!y of Lula Barrloa.
«•*i*tant chief of the lusular pihva of
Polio iftoo, who went to Havre to
bring back the alleged rmlM'Biler.
Bv
hla extradition the French government
rec*»got«*« the aoterrignty of the I nit-
e<1 '-tale* in Port«» hi «».
CASKEIS AND ( \SES ALNVvYS ON HAND
Eitolmmoni announce hi* retire
ment from th«* ring.
SCIO, OREGON.
The district writ of Pckiu wa* taken
by the allied force*.
SCIO LIVERY AND PEED STABLES
IRVINE & CALAVAN, Props.
Our Kiyfs Art* First-(’l;i-s and Our Hulses
Are I hhh I Drivers.
Hack Connects With All Trains at West Scio and Morning
I rain at Munkeis.
CLOTHING^
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We now have the largest and
best selected stock of Clothing
ever shown in the Valley, which
we are offering at
WAY DOWN PRICES.
We have many special lines of
Spring and Summer suits and
light Weight Underwear.
BLAIN CLOTHING CO.
A lbany , O regon .
C. A. WHALE
.. Salem and Por tland...
LEADING DEALER OF THE NORTHWEST IN
PIANOS AND ORGANS
IiistniineiitN Sold on Easy Terms. Call and
See My Goods Before Purchasing.
l ATIH
FHI1»AY, SEPTENIO
7.
I1MM).
i . odiim ; in tien tsin
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alum
baking
powolks
in
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CONGRISS
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rMlwves I« O»»i •h*lMlkg
Th« public debt iDcrwased nearly $3 -
thX).Duo m Aog :*t.
Ainmcan Soldier« Took No
Part in It.
I’bihppm© vol an tears will l»<i» r»
turniug iu Nuv«n«b©r.
Ther« are N3 suspect«*!
plagus I d <»la«gvw, Mxrtia&d.
I XbkU
t hat)«« A. Town« opened th. earn
¡<aign in Idaho t< r th© Itemorcats.
Ctor I atari arr sopptad < «th the
hc»i ths merket» afford.»4 ‘a J*
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All worb gaifltlti I Är»< • aw
OHEGON.
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Only Flrat-Clast Shop In the City
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EVENTS nF HIE DAY
J. BEARD. Prop.
L V1M0EMT. Prop.
f.IXX
IXrntrr • population I* 1
of Baltimore ¿OH.tftT.
l.k »9. that
Th« allir* are *al! to have lost l.*ilk)
men lu a l»attle In Pekin.
senator
Carter
will
aceotnpany
lluoaevelt ou hl* We*t«*rn trip.
Minister Conger report* the *ituati«»u
prartb allv unchanged in i'ekin
I’.reawi, the ae*a**»in of King Hum*
l»rrt. attempted to commit aui> i«ie.
ttriieral (llivirr, the Boer leader,
was captured by the British at
iu-
burg.
General Lung Wu la declare»* to l>e
the real author of (he anti foreign out
break.
The Hankow uprising was started
bv follower* of hang Yu Wei, the re
former
(•old Hill j-oatofTi«’* ami «lore **»!*
waa cra< ke-l by burglars aud over |soo
»ecuird.
I wo men were killed aud threw
meu and a woman wounded iu a Gil
man. III., riot.
Camille <1 Art*lie, the « per* »Inger,
was married to F.. W. Crelin, au Oak
land millionaire.
The Populiat national committee ao-
re I ted Stevenson as the v h e-presiden
tial iM’miuee of the party.
The naval teterau«* parade waa the
feature of the second dev «»f the G. A.
It. encampment at Chicago
Work «»u T he I Hile* portage road
closed tor want of funds
Company
being organised t** complrte the meme.
• >re<on timber
landv
ofTrr good
chance fur inveettnaut. situaii»»u re-
viewed by former .Michigan iembar
men.
Nicholas Aylward, age I 7t. an in
mate of the o uuty infirmary, at st.
Joseph. Mo., died from th© rffe< is of
a beating administer«*! by Ja k Han
lon. au atteudaut. Hanlon «auuol lw
found.
A wholesale jail deli ©ry <» carted al
Bed ijoiige, Mont., Persona outside
pried off a window !<r and c>|>ri»ed tire
«ells with skeleton keys, and four
Montana
<lesporad<>ee
made
their
oecapo.
It is state! that Germany will take
more first prites at the Pane exposition
than any other nation.
Fifty real dents of Mauailhm. <>., left
for Oklahoma, where tirey will take up
claim* on government land aud estab
lish a colony.
The comptroller of the treasury has
decided that a comftion carried Is rvspon
sible for the lose of goods received by
It. even tlamgh such gwooa are not ac
companied by a bill ut lading or ship
ping JirovtioiM.
<>KI»» RS
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»■©neral <>tis ha* been assigned f«v
Coinman I th© defasrtmeni of lb»» lakr*
The governor uf chan Tung has JO.-
• u ready t
< pj- *«• <•«••
« 1
pans hm.
Li Hung (‘hang is intriguing to *rt
th« fureigoera to quarreliug atuoug
themselves.
Thirteen prr«>ns wrr© kill««! and
manv in Jared by a rallrvxd «olllsiun at
Hatfield. I’s
Th© ( hinee© situation now depend*
ou th© rw*jw n*©* of th© p eer* t > th©
Ku©*»»-American prop»*©!«.
W. W. Ilo-khill. American «x»mmi»-
• ion«-r t«> t'hina, »«vs now Is the tun«* >
to M'ttle th© statu* of foreigners in ‘
( biua
The Brallamer copier mines, situate*!
on How© b**uu*l. Hear Vancouver. H
(’., have been »old to Lngliab capital
ists for I'J.UOW.IMM).
1-1 KI VI’lollV
s of
the war d©|««vtm©nt ar© pxitiv« that
tn© a»|<li«r* I <»©neral t haff©«** a»my
4*»ok »>• }wrt in th© ©tten«it« {■«•ting
• blch followed th© fall of the t’hine««*
citv of Tien T-in
it th© direction of
hr'-tetarv Io-t. « remptorv «*r»l©r© wer«
i«*u«*l t«> militar© ufhiers to eteri
rtrrr rff. »( tn prevent the h'i-’iDg sD-l
t»» punici) *evrr« .v disul'4'dú m © of su- b
order«. to»r ibi* rwaaun am! frutn re
pot« which hai© r«>m<» t the d©¡ » t-
ment, th© officisi» »r© confirm«*! in th©
«»pinion that our men refrained from
di »T»*ga rd I ng th© « r 1er* <»f their super*
tors
I hey think that th»- Chinese
themM'Ite* are *e*p»n«iTta for much ut
th© pillaging and disorder follow mg
th© entry til 4, th© alh©« into th© city,
There is ( considerable
proporle In
charge of uur army at Tien Tsin tor
safekaepiug.
\ Ui-year-old to»v srri<i«ntailr shot ’.
nt»*l kill«*l his Ifi-year-old brother at
Hutchinson. Kan»«», while attempting
Slrrtiyi li •>r tlllra S»»r re.
to remove cartridge* from a revolver.
Washing!« >ii, Sept.
The following
secretary F*»*ter»’ aunual report of ' telegram fr«>m the Ja|>ai3«sM L-reign
th« <-ott* n crop of th«* United Mates i attice was r»- -•iv»-*l t>*dav at th«« J mjw
makes lbs crop for 1NV9-HMK) f,4S8.* ura© legAlion:
\ t -legram from I ekin give* th©
4l»i bab-s. »gainst 11.374. Mu last year
• tr»-ru*t h ‘ 11 •• i . i» >1 ' r. • -i a Inch t- • k
Ate’ut 25.0<»0 Kile tinplate worker*
p-ftrl >u the Tulle! uf I’ektri as toiloWs
of th© American Tinplate Company
"Japan*»«©. fi.fiOu infantry. ‘JtX) < a V ■
hat© resume*! w«»rk, owing to th© tiv* >
alrv, 450 engineer* and .*»3 guns.
pl t© makers agreeing t* a new wag©
Unr-iauR, 3,3ou infantry, I HO cat
acais.
alrv, and 22 guus.
Fire destroy«*! th© plant and cards
*‘British. l,N3J Infantry, 400
of th© < »tier ( reek Lumto»r ('orupauv. alrv, and 13 guns.
at ILiml>h*t*»n, W. Va., with )2,0<H»,-j
° Americana, 1,600 infantry,
150
UDO to* ! of 1 ■itni’er, causing a l«ws *1 marines, 75 cavalry and (I guns.
f 130,000.
**French. 4iH) marim*© and IM guns,
*‘(>n the ‘Jrtth. 70 ('hint’s«* surrmd-
Mx hundred longshoremen who went
on a »trike recently at th© F.rie rail «•©<). Of those, live each were detain*
way ore docks, return©*! to work pend ed by th«* Ja|NUH*M’ and Brit)»h 1» r r*
ing a M-ttleineul of their grievances by for the purp a© of a*« ertaiuiing th©
«Cat© <>f affaira among the Chine«»«, the
arbitration.
being
t .u ,i'-«!'v
rm ihr _'?th.
\ wn< »is cooflsgratioii «K'cnrTw! at 2«io mo«© »urr«-n«hr»*d, most of a hom
Guayma*. Sonom. México, a ft»w dayw were guard» and court «»IYI cim I*. < >ne
»»g . whích c*»nsumr»d the gruerel mer- of them, a niililarv orb-«*r. after being
« haudÍM’«'-tabhshment of F. A. Aguli* brought h» tli© Jspanr-e li©M<l(jtiatt* n».
lar.
¡hflbuilding covered au entir»» where lie wa* kindly treat«**!, was » ut
bb’ik mu í wms th© largvst of Ha ktnd to the pabti *’ to make th© m*«'e*iu»ry
un thc w»**t cuasi fif México. The prep*«ratb-n* f-*r the parade of the allied
stock of g«M)»|M carried was velued at fore©» through tha palace, to i © held
$1.000,1)01), un whích a lose of $UIXJ,- ,»n the ‘.’Nth in «-ommeiu*-rau* n uf th»’ir
000 W a» SUHtaiUtMi.
suc«*©svf«il entry into the city,
a
A German gunboat has l»eeu urdered large iiumler of court ladies Were
found in th© | in !««'<*. vvety pr»H*auttiMi
to Amoy.
was tak«’U to prot«*«*t them from insult
A plot to burn Shanghai has been an l MK»uran<*e* were given them of the
discovered.
reaflineik» of Japau's force to supply
Bryan has decided on au Eastern them at anv moment with food and
■)th»*r U«‘ e«©arie* ”
stump tour.
hevt-ntv missionaries from
reached Vancvouvsr, H. C.
China
Washington fmriunists reno tuina iwl
John 11. Kogers fur governor.
Nancy U. F.«»fT, great aunt of Gur-
ernor Geer, died at Macleay, Or.
Brewi, the as«*ansiu of King Hum
b«rt, wo sentenced to life Imprison
incut.
It is r©p rt«d that !*rin< e Tnau and
1,500 lloxerv were killed in a great
t*attle.
l^arl Li »*k« the appointment of sev
eral < Tiittwsa officials to ths list of pane©
maker*.
Yu. th© governor of th© province of
Shen >i, 1« i«*p>rte<! to have invlteg th«
foreigners in his pruvin« © to cum© V
hie protection.
About August 21, 6o
accepted th« invitation and all warn
massacred.
It is said that th« Standard »)iI (’«»lu
pany will soon t»e purchasing tile pro
dwet of < allfuruia walla, ix*w having
obtained in the F.a*t a ftsinkr o! tank»
fut the storage, which will I« located
st l'aker«field, where gr-uu l has been
secured f> r them.
The United '•tales transport Thomas
arrived at han Frawctoco, JV days from
Mauil». via Yok«>hama. She h.»s <»u
>*»ard 2HI sick aU«l wounded soldi©»*.
31 military prisoners, 51 «abin passen-
gem. 179 m th© strerag«, an«! »©>©u
stowaways,
seven deaths oecurrwd
during ths voyage
In Ix*ndon. th« I>uk« of Manchester
was adj idlcateti a iankrupt, entailing
his resignation from all his dubs. Th©
petition© to the bankruptcy court in
cluded • u© from th© voung ix4>l©man
himself
whega arcwptancwu ar* ao
wblelv distributed in unknown land*
that his frteuds f >r • use time have
strongly urged this radical course.
Hr. I’. S. K* !l«<a g, who Has just re
turned from two vears' *«ivi« s as a sur
geon in the Philippines, denies th©
charge« of neg Is* t on the tran*p»rt
Sherman, made by Captain t‘r*u*haw.
of Atlanta, in hi* rd te-mortem state
ment.
Dr. hell* gg, who came hum©
on ths sheiman with Cienvbaw, sax s
the captain was badly wounded; that
it was only a que«ll<>D ef time « hrU
h© should die. and it waa at his owu
request that the captain was allowed
to come Imme.
IX. Kellogg avers that
Crenshaw had every p>s»ibl© attention,
in« lading th« beat pteyticuuM
au«l
nurses.
F ngli.h army «ipxrimsnt with a bi-
»Tel« o rpa aa a dalaaalra tore* is pro-
uounead a ao»'c«as.
After lining with b*r hu.lwnd for 41
• •ata a lo|«ka «oinan baa <lla>'<»y arn>l
that h. ia u< t her affinity ami a.ka
<Hrort*.
Work ha. twgun in Baltinmr* on tha
sil»«r semes for Raar-Admiral
hlay.
P> ti* made from th* silver roin rap
tured on the !*|wniiah crui-er t'ri.t«>l>al
('•»Ion. Ths roat. wh«u wmplated
a ill be shunt |a,lA*U.
tirr c*f a Mee© t »*• ii •
Proi v d»*m c. IL I., Sept. 3.-—shortly
after the b» innitig of th© racing m th©
closing day uf the grand circuit meet-
lug at Narragansstt Park thisafteruoun
fire I ink© out in <*ne of (he atablns
near the three-quarters turn an t with
groat rapidity destroy© I three» stable«,
a uumtwr uf cattb* »h©d« and burue'l to
death four race horses.
Ih© hor»»e« dw-
stn»y»*d comprised three iu the string
«xmtrolled by P. Sitnon, uf Loi>«lon,
» »nt
I lie I • •-. vv itii a n > rd of 2 » ‘4
at,d valued ut fl (NX); Maud K., a
gr« -n mars
without a r«x *.rd and
vain© I tl |‘.D<
tckmaii Jim, with a
r©« rd * t J lb’s «»»'I v«l »*<1 st fl.thhi,
aud » bar
A <*uver's brown mare,
IV dev L* m , valued at
were the
«nimals <le»tr»»v•**!. The 1« as <*u build-
ug* and tiitur«*» antoiiuts to fr>,thXL
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s’
V ’•••tilth I o<n.
New Y- rk, Sept 3 —Aliort II. Wig-
gin*. vl< ©-president of the National
Park bank, said to«lav it was true (hat
th© lank harl i-oen approached by r©p-
re»eiitatives«>f th© Sw«*<l|*h guverumeul
, with inquiries as to the chance of plac
ing a |Io,*><>«»,ihMj l«>an in this country.
Mr W iggin* said he w.«s ix t prepared
ti> «ay vet whether th© proposition hud
I»©» n fuv< rablv receiv«*!,
1 he propose«!
Lmn )• iu the f rm uf builds Fearing 4
¡•©r • «-nt inter* st f r th»- fir-l 10 years
ixl .1 1 per cent tor another 10.
It
is tin th* lally stat©.I that If»« bonds
will la* offered at Vn aud accrue*! inter*
r©t.
l*s«lil «inios, uf « I m « lunall.
CinviniMli, kp>-t. S. — Ihitid Mnfon,
ou« of Ibu riche.: <-itl4.-u< of Clm ln*
■■■tl. illmi al hl. hom« her® bxlay.
U3 yr»r».
II* lelt • for tun« ••tlmaUMl
■ t ».•il.O'xi.O’ki. He he«l Urge real
•■tat* lutrrert« In < hirago am! Sew
York, a« ■■II as here, am! owned big
cattl» rau-1»*« in Texas.
He had glv« n
much m-'Uay to publh* iBslitwttolM.
III» ouly hair is th© wife of ex tain-
irraa.mau Charlaa P. Tait, proprietor of
Ilia
< lucliiiitti
lima. --tar. and a
brother of Jn-I,« Tali, of th* 1‘hillpplua
»mmlMion.
S'!»«» I»t 9«w Orleans.
New <>rlr««ns, Sept. 3.-—Fir© touighl
J«**»tn>ye«l ih© building *n »14 ('anal
street oeeupied bv tl»« Falrlwukk* M«*alw
Company, entailing © b-uu! |JtH».u<M).
kwitef Bi •*.’ slit»« factorv adjoining,
suffered a kww of f lOU.ttoO, and H hb
Morri* I’Uildiug, «x ruer of Canal and
(amp streets. «u*tam«l about g.X)j>»u
iam age*.
Wrlslt « .«al Mlwsrs* *M»lfc©.
Cardiff, Wales. >«|«t. 3 —A ru set Ing
•( th© «inker» at t'arvliff to lay c*»u-
firmed tlx* action of their committee in
agreeing to a rvwapwition of Work, th©
company hating a«’« eded to the de
mands of the strikers.
About &0.1XM)
eolliar© went to Work this morning.
Wethington. Mwpt. S.—A dis|Mt4h
Iruin General Mac Arthur aun«*un.©a
that *te<*otid Lieutenant II. N. Way,
Fourth infantry, was killvMl near \ ilia
Vieja. Luiuo, August 3*.
I
Th© <*»mn>itte©
iimnu acturv* cf
the «IUI« wer« vom« tim© agu dirweta*! Excursion Train Crashes in
t<> imwsligata th© fool adulterati n*,
Co a Milk Train.
snd arcui»uU»e«i a volimi© of testi»»»- ny
upon th« subject from th© i>r*t inferni-
rd parti«** and big r*t a irutl
author-
rmSIKhV Kll.Ll.lt MiW 111 KT
it»«*© iu the .«'Uiitrv
«’n© of th© gr©ato*t »ourve* of danger
!• • ur I »«!*. th© « mmitte«*slat- in
th©ir rep rt. sítete lu slum baking
pow*!«g*.
Th© e*onm|U<'S f und ih.
trsttmouy. th«y •a*. Qirrahelminglv
cun-Utuuatory uf th. uw uf a.um In
lavkiug p»wders, ami raoimtu.t>Í0«i that
Phila L p ».
s«*pt
4
Thirteen
su. h use la* pn bi l> I ted I v law.
p©r»on» kil<©«l and over 3<* other* in
senator Ma*«>u. di*c»»*«ing lu th© i »*n jured is th© apiwlhug rvcvr«l of a rear
al© lb© repirt of ties cum mil te© «ivi the ©ml colUaiou |j«>tw«©n au *x ur»x u
»•varal t>íll» iDln-duced to carry the train and a milk t ain *>n the P-« thle-
r«cv«mmrn lationa of th© c»»mu«ilt«w lu hwsn branch «d th© Philadelphia »V
to ©ffe* l. satd
Beading railroad thia m«»rnlug ©I Hat-
*‘llhrn a© mad© this r©p>rt w© ma«!© held. Pa , 2» mil«*« n> ith uf this cilv.
tl Uwl on th© «videric© twfor« u*. »t>«!
The wrecked tram ex ns »«tied of 10
th« © videur« U «imply overwhelmiug day caach*w aud was th© Hr»< «««’Hou of
I I do n* t car« how tig « lo).» v there a larg© » «»cursiun
«vur*i* n mol»
n «•!*» up
u
uf |©*‘pta
may I-© her© (or th© statu baking flow- frotn B©tbl«
Bethlehem.
’h©ju. A 1 llet»to«v
1 let» L » « tl
u and »ur-
»!«r, I »!»• tx»t car© h<»w man* toe curiáis rounding
towns,
tow a», to Atlantic
ttlantic City.
! they poblivh. tb«r© i* ivo pl«. • in the This am t mu i curried < nlv those per«nu«
human ©cvmnuy of human f«*x| for Ihtv who lived iu l>thl«b©ui and Allan-
thing called alum.
Ih© overwhe'miug tow*, It left th© union Biation tn
•vldeoce uf the !ea*l»ug phvsl* ¡ah* »ud
I M • % • dy |a
»c)ruti«t* of this country Is that it i* minute« )»©hiu I th© milk train,
Tti«
abwolutaiy unút t*» go Hit«» human f»*»<‘, latter tram c* n«L«tr>-d of two milk ra» •
and that iu many c«»©«—>11 the gentle an t two paaweoger to©**)»©«, »mi ba* I
man wifi reed the evidene«. »* m© ol am»pp©d at ©very stall«»!) on th© road
th© physicians »ay they can tr»-© cases from Bethlehem ©n r*>ul© to Philadel
iu their own practice—th«i© «re di«- phia
At L j) th© milk ""train drew up
©as«-«* of the kulnev «lu* to the |*rf «>t sal at the milk piatto«til at Hatfield, and
u»© *»f alum tn their daily t r©<d
tu I©*© than two minute* »be *)«©« tal
"When »•■’iinu a mtlo-ral p>l** ti. as excursion tram, running at tho rate of
they all ©ay that alum Is. it I» imp «»I- 3 » mil©* hu h* ur, crashed into th©
Id© to mix it alwa«» to such a «Irgree rear of the milk tinnì
Ih© locomu*
that there «ill n t I»© a residuum l©(l live phfWcd ihr gh th© tw pa» « ))>•©r
of alum, which produ* cs abimimi, an«l <”©. hrs and i*ru»h*'d them aa if they
which <x>ntri»>ut«*e largely t* th»* ttiaean©« wei© eggshell».
Th«* milk car Immed
uf th© ¡»©opls m thi« cuuntrv
iately in frvnt wo al*» i*a«!ly dutna^e-L
' I want to give tit© »©n vt«* an®! !•••» F • ur p©r«*-n* «•n the ¡«••i'iig'T car of
of th© clasa of meu w© have railed. th© milk train «©re «hm*I instantly
They are th« leading w’tontiets (rv»m killed.
Fortunately th«*r© were very
every e«*llrge »»f th© I'nit««I Mates that few pi-rsun* on thi« train.
we »«mid get bold ©(.*'
The excursion tram wa* a pi* t»ir© ot
>©n»!» r Ma-on. from a long list »»I Ind« «« riiuible horr* r.
Th© h>* «/motive,
srientiits wh>> had totlbed tvs to th© a mass of l«ri»t am! Broken ir» ti. firmly
hurt futa»*»« of alum (©»king p>wrier*. held th© G dies <»f it* engineer uni fire
•
man i>en«ath it* great weight.
L* hm I
taritr piwdrra, mention©*! the follow- the engin© six of th© 10 < ar© were al»«*
lug
a ma*« of wieckage. Th© firwt car wu*
Apptet«>n, John Howard. |>rofe«w»r broken in twain and th© other five curs
of ch©ini»try. Brown Univ«r»lty. Prov wrr© thrown on their sides, completely
idence. li I.
deimdished.
Nine persons W©rv killed
Arnold, I W. s . professor. Univer in the hr»t two car», au I lb© utherf in
sity »»! New Y»»rk.
th***© «•(«• h©s w» r© badly maimed.
ltw»!«-r. W. () , piuf«w»w»ir and dlrec*
\<* soon as th© crash cam©, a terrible
tor, government ©i|jeriiueuiai station, cry r«’*e from th© smashes! cars. ai> I
Washington, I). C.
th*»«« wta> ha*l nut been Itij'ir©»! » * raw led
Barker. <»«■• rg© F., professur, Uni-I or jumped from the car« ami went to
veFsity of IVnuav Ivsnia.
th« asaialau« © of tb© injure I.
Mauy
< ahlweU. <» <*,, profeetur, Cornell were pinned down hy wr> kag© and
Univ*r»ity, ¡Chara, N. Y
and had to L-e free«! by th© lil/©ral u»e of
i'han Iler, C F. protrsaor, Columbia ■ iM.
With three er four © r ?'»,| lion*,
Unit©r**itj. New York.
th« dead wer« killed instantly, th©
Chittenden. Iluswll H., profeasor, uth©ra dying <*n their war to th© ho©
Yale University, N»-w Haven, (oun
pttal
Ail th© injur* «l war© Lfi»t taken
Cornwall, H It .
■•« r. Univer to a «had at tn© Hatfield station an I th-*
sity of Princeton, Nrw Jersey,
»lead wer© removed t<> a barn
Me»-
Crampton. C. I. profe*©or, División *cng«-rs war© «eut to the n<*r y village*
Of chemistry, Washington. I> C,
for physician», au»l a rehef Hain was
F’lrar. William, professor. Mat© Col- •rdwred ffoni Bethlehem.
With 15
leg«». PetinayIvanta.
doctor* and half a «4 /> »i ntir«««*. a s|©»
Jenktus, F-dwnrd II., pr»»f©««or. de dal train w
sent from B*»thlel»©m.
partment of agriculture, stat© of Con ■ ut l»e re K r* » bed the s»-en« ! th©
necticut,
w re* k rt w as signaled to return to
Juhnsun, 8. W.. pruftMtur. Yale Col Bethlehem. a» a sjn*« lai carrying n«arlv
lege, New Haven, (owu
all the Injured h*d : tarimi for that
Mallet, John William, profeanor, plara. < >n th© run from Hatfield to
University of Virginia
the boipital three of th© luj if« d lte«l.
'lew. W M , prufe»-or, Army and Much trouble was experteii« ©d in keel
Medical Ih-parttnrnt, I ulled Stalos ing the relatives away from th© iujuiod
government.
on the train, ao that the «hn-tor» galit
Mnnroe. Charles Edward, professor •red from near Hatfield c*>uld atteud
of »hemistry, Columbian University, to the wounded.
Washington. I). <’
Th© S|>ecial train arrived » al Itrillln-
I'rescott, Albert B., pr* hms*>r. Uni
betn Rt II 30 an«! was met I by fully
versity of Mtehigau, Anu \rix»r. Mich
A.OOO persons all clamoring for n«w.
Price, A. F ., medical director. Unit- fn.ru th© wreck or trying t t>> l.aru
e»l Mates Natal Ho.pilai. \\ a.l.ui^io». whether relatives wrr© among iba yin-
D. C.
lima. Th© urwsuf tha wr«x k r«arh»l
Smart, < ha rie*, lieutenant-catione), Bethlehem at N o'clock au>l spread Ilk©
assistant
sorgeoii-general,
I nite.I wild fire.
ill the policemen In town
Matra a* my.
were gathered at th© stati n. uvl Was
Rternberg. Georg« 1|.t s«irge*»n-< ’»©n • w ith great dlHlciltv that the tnjurr«l
©ral, Utiitrd Mates army, W««hingt-■» , were removed t<> the waiting ambu-
I). <L
Tucker, Willis (4.,
profesMir of
chemistry and chemist «»f • tale iMMird
of health, state uf New York
Vaughan. Vi* for < , professor. Cm
v©r*ity of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mi h
Van Bev |<*u W. K . Surg©« >a •Gen-
rial United Mates ''•'J. Washington.
D. C.
Wiley. Prof. II. W., Chief < hem)*!
dspartm* nt of
agro ultore.
Cuitr-I
Mates. Washington. D. U.
Wvman. Walter, bnr¿e»»n-General,
United Mates Marine Hospital, Wash
ingt* n. D. ('.
Mr Pettigrew —Waa th«re any testi
mony which *h«>w©d that liter* were
• a»©» <»l injury to health as a result uf
i’«»u»tant u**’ «>f alum?
Mr. Mason—Y«s; I can turn you to
th« testimony.
Mr. Pettigrew — ! du n«>t car© to have
th« «enstor tom to It. I simply want
to emphasise th© point.
I agree with
th© srnator
It has always brwn iny
<»*n iiupr©«*»iou that alum iwking puw-
der is injurious, but 1 wanted la bring
it out and make it emphatic, if ths
proof sustain* that position.
Mr Ma*«»tJ — I quit« sgree with th©
•enator
It 1» claimed that there is
txt a conn try m F.urop© that •loe« Dot
prohibit (he QNB uf alum, ( 'ertalnlv
thr©*’ or four of th« leading couutil©» of
F urc)|>© to which I hav« had my atten
tion «ailed piobibit th© u«e of slam in
iwking powder.
Mr Pettigrew—!>|d the chemist*
who came Hdore d»© <*ommltte«, th©«©*
prof«*soi». g»n©rally f©»ttiy —was it the
result of their ©video* ©-—that
til*
cream of tartar Lak lug powder Is
h©aitny and does t»*>t l©«t« a residuum
which I* lujiirtou* to health?
Mr. Ma*on— Yes; I say emphatic«
ally, yes; that the «eight of the evi
dence is, that whenever auv of the©«
diatinguishe*! turn, who have a n«t;< n
al repotattou, th« leading chemist* of
the colleges, wrr« Interrogated up n
th« point, they »(«u-d that fact, every
on© of them, to my recollection
lam e* ami other vehicle* which con
veyed them to the hôpital».
All dur-
in< the «lay prop!« from Allentown.
t'atasauqua and other places « ame pour-
mg mb» Ih? th Ir hem, ami con fu *i»»n
reigned througimut live city.
The aa<x»n»l section of the excursión.
ma»!© up of perwms from towns other
than Pe-thlehrm aw! \ I leutown, left
•o*<n after the first section, but was
flagged >•«(• re it rear he* I Hatfield. As
it could not g©t through <»n ««count < f
th© blocked tracks. It was returned to
Bethlehem, and there was great re-
joicing at the narrow ew ap© of its oc
cupante from the catastr* phr.
The coroner of Montgouiery county
visite*I the wreck early and epent the
©ntir* day at the acene,
lie »t once
directed th« removal of th© d©a I to
I .an »dale, a »bort distam© south of
Hatfield. 11« pn>mi»©*i a rigor» us in
vestigation into th© horror.
Hr»rkr<1 In tfohrlng •a*.
Seattle, "«pt. 4—Tug
Wallowa,
from Nome, brings news of ths wreck
of the diemantled (»ark Mar« ury in
Bebriug eea.
The bark was l»«ing
towed to thia city bv the tug and
sprang a leak In a heavy gal«. Hba
was stripped of aune machinery aud
a)M«U’lou©<l in Cook strait, wl»©re she
sank,
bhe waa owned by Captain I
F. Cain«, of thia «Tty. and was sent to
N<uue last J ;ue in tow of a tug with a
coal and lumber cargo.
Hh« had bem
condemned as a »ailing ve«»rl. M»*
waa l uilt 49 year» ago iu New York as
a full rigged jp»lp.
M. « h la... M..4 4p,.l,.
Lima, l’eru. Sept 4. — Th» Prrurian
annal* ymitnrilay ha l un 1er <*<>n.l Inra-
lion a prr>|»>Ml for pruvantln, ChltwM)
immigration, iu ri»w of a pnaaibia ai-
Oitiia ( h .ni < lilna as a rvsult of tiiaprra*
rnt <haturban<-ea.
Fla««« a
Glasgow, Hept. 4.—An» tiw»r »laath.
supposed to be •lue tu tha bulmnle
plague, occurred beta b 'tay. Minata-
three cases of th© dlM-asa ar* puw uu-
<kr u beer vat lull.