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I NEWSJF THE WEEK
From All Parts of the New
World and the Old.
OF INTEREST TO OUR READERS
Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happenings) of the Past Week
Called From the Telegraph Column
The cotton duck ' trust is the latest;
capitalization, $23,500,000. v ".
It is said that Mexico's bad faith is
the cause of the Yaqui Indians' out
break. North Mississippi valley corn and
wheat suffered from hail and wind
stoitns.
The Charleston shelled the enemy on
the island of Celni and compelled them
to tetreat.
The Standard Oil Company lias gio
ceeded in purchasing the iuteiests of
its only competitor in Mexico.
. Charles Franklin, a Portland man,
tins been appointed to an important po
sition in the Philippine postal servioe.
' Zaohert's remarkable story asserting
that the Alaska boundary is outlined
by monuments is not credited at Wash
ington. . ;
The hospital ship Relief has arrived
In San Francisoo with 820 sick and
wounded soldiers on boaid. Two died
en route. .
The new bankrupt act is not popular
in New York. Those taking advantage
of it have not leaohed near the expect
ed number.
While on a tryout the new Columbia
broke her mast.' When the accident
occurred she was a mile in the lead of
the Defender.
Dave Connell was shot and probably
fatally wounded while trying to secure'
miners in Colorado for the Coeur
d'Alene country.
A tramp at - Independence, Kan.,
has confessed to killing two farmer!
who had let him tide all day. . He
says he secured but $30 in mono v.
An American has a cinch on coal in
the straits of Magellan, and patriotical
ly charged the Oregon $11 a ton for
supply hen she made her long cruise.
Rumor says that William Waldorf
Astor became a British subject in order
to marry Lady Randolph Churchill.
His children also became subjects of
the queen. -
The political " situation at Port an
Prince, Hayti, is causing anxiety and
numerous arrests have been made.
The United States minister interfered
in one instance.
United States Senator Hull, who has
just returned from Alaska, pays the
Hudson Bay Company paid Russia a
stated sun for 10 years' lease on the
same land now in dispute. This was
virtual recognition of ownership by
Russia, and the United States cannot
now back down.
The Belgian cabinet has resigned.
Uncle Sam is said to be negotiating
for a coaling station near Chile.
Distinguished Russians are in Chi
cago to study American railway serv
ice. ' . . ' "'-v- V . i
The returned volunteers are reported
to be having a good time in San Francisco.-
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Ingersoll left no will. He consid
ered it nnnessary, having confidence in
the laws. " . -
The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern are believed to be friends
once more. .' .
The gunboat Dolphin was injured in
New York harbor by colliding with a
ferryboat. .' - , v.,.
There has been a general advance in
the price of lumber from 15 to 25 per
cent since July 1.
' Nine hundted employes of Morse's
shipyards, Brooklyn,' want more pay
and have quit work.
I. L.. Wilson killed Walter Cava
naugb, a brother of his sweetheart, in
a saloon at San Francisco. . " -
A Filipino has sued an English mem
ber of the Filipino junta at Hong Kong
for $50,000 damages for libel. ,
Mrs. E. B. Crooker has presented
Sacramento lodge of Elks with her spa
cious residenoe in that city valued at
$90,000.
A Christian Scientist has instituted
proceedings against Mrs. Eddy and
her followers foi $125,000, alleging
criminal libel.
Four were killed and six others bad
ly injured near Boone, la., in a wreck.
The tiain jumped the track and all the
cars went over the bank.
James Entwistle, Dewey's fleet en
gineer, has been raised to the grade of
rear-admiral for excellent seivioe in
the battle of Manila.
The remains of John Brown's raiders
will be taken from Harper's Ferry and
buired beside those of the their leader
at North Elba. N. Y.
Elihu Root has taken the oath of of
floe. He was congratulated by Secre
tary Alger, who prayed that God would
give him strength and bless him.
LATER NEWS.
. Henry Fieuhauf, a young German,
tilled himself in a Portland saloon.
Quo warranto proceedings were begun
to oust the mayor of Portland, Or.
An Eastern syndicate will build a
railway 253 miles in length in Mexico.
Troops A, D and M, Third cavalry
will embark from Seattle for Manila.
The New York Sun is badly tied up
by the strike of the printers and stereo
types. ' -
The new Samoan treaty will not be
come effective until . ratified by the
powers. .
. Catholics and freethinkers Indulged
in a riot in Spain and a number were
injured. , .
In a race riot five negroes and one
white man were wounded at Green
ville, S. C.
During the examination of the secret
dossiei the Dreyfus court will sit in
secret session. .
Marshal de Campos, president ol
the Benate, predicts a ministerial crisis
in Spain in November.
An American is to be tried in Japan
for murdering three people. It is the
first case under the new treaty.
Dewey will next go to Genoa or Nice.
He refuses positively to disouss any
public questions. He was banqueted
by the Italian vice-admiral.
President MoKinley will be in Chi
cago during the fall festival in Octo
ber, and will participate in .the laying
of the cornet stone of the new federal
building. .
The London Times' financial news
editor says that the new decree Older-
ing a gold standard for India seems a
kind of owlish joke, sjnoe India is nn
able to collect gold save by borrowing.
The returning Samoan commission
ers say that an agreement to the pres'
ent form of government has been
signed by the chiefs from all tribes and
factions, among whom there area num
ber of intelligent men.
The situation Jn Santo Domingo is
grave. Tlitee thousand soldiers arc
under arms to prevent an insurrection,
and armed steamers ate patrolling th
ooast. The interior is reported quiet,
but business continues depressed.
. The heaviest batteries yet placed oc
any naval 'vessel in the world will b
carried by the Georgia, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania, the new battleships
authorized by the last congress, if the
suggestions of Reai-Admiral O'Neil
are carried out.
: Bubonic plaluge has made its reap
pearance at Calcutta.
Great Britain will increase her gar
rison at Victoria quite materially.
The Mexican government, it is said,
has determined to exterminate the
Yaqui Indians. 1
The American and German repre
sentatives of the Samoan commission
have returned to San Francisco.
Offioials at the Soldiers' Home now
believe they have succeeded in effect
ually stamping out the yellow fever.
By the collision of electric oars at
Saunderstown, R. I., the motorman,
M.: W. Abbey, was killed and one lady
injured. .
- Toral and Pareja, who were on trial
in Madrid for having - surrendered
Santiago to the Americans, have been
acquitted. . -
Pension Examiner Benjamin H.
Snell brutally murered a 13-year-old
girl with whom he had become infatu
ated in Washington. '
Captain Dreyfus is again faoing hie
accusers. Hs retrial began at Rennes,
Franoe. . There was no demonstration.
The prisoner was firm but pallid.
At Bridgeport, Conn., 80 person!
were killed and a large number in
jured in a street railway accident. A
trolley oar dropped 40 feet into a mill
pond.
Paris was visited by an electrical
storm and many buildings were slightly
injured and scores of trees destroyed.
The lightning conductor of the Eiffel
tower was struck ten times.
. A colored American citizen, a blaok
smitb, was mistaken for a Kaffir at Jo
hannesburg, South Africa, and cruelly
maltreated by the police. The United
States consul has taken up the matter.
' Hon. John Goodnow, consul-general
of the United States at Shanghai, has
rendered a decision, as roferee in the
consular court, that will lesult in cut
ting off Aguinaldo's supply of aims he
has been receiving from China.
A big river coal combine has been
completed at Pittsburg, Pa., and 96 of
the 102 working coal mines along the
Monongahela river, together with a
large number of steamers and barges,
will be merged into one concern.
At Juvisy, a suburb of Paris, two
fast trains collided and 17 persons were
killed and 73 injured. The collision
ocouurred during a thunder storm, and
it is supposed that the electrical cur
rent may have been responsible for the
defective signalling. .
During the exoitement attending th
arrival of battleships at Bar Harbor,
Me., a crowded gangplank gave way
tand 150 persons were precipitated into
the water. Seventeen were drowned
and thiee died subsequently from" in.
juries.
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Electric Car With Passengers
Jumped the Track.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
Four-Ton Motor Fell Forty Feet fjpoi
the Wrecked Car and Crushed the
Helpless Victim.
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Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 8. Nearly
4Q persons were killed by an accident
on the Stratford extension of the Shel-
ton Street Railway Company at
o'clock today, when a loaded trolley car
went off the trestle over Peck's
millpond at Oronoque, about six miles
north of Bridgeport, and sank in the
flats 40 feet below. Thus far 86 per
sons are known to ba dead, and seveial
more injured.
Onlv two persons are known to have
escaped unharmed. It is believed that
there were 43 passengers on the car, but
the indicator was removed by a con
ductor of another car and . spirited
away, so that at present it is impossi
ble to say accurately the number
aboard. . .'':'
' The scene of the accident is midway
between Shelton and Bridgepoit. The
car was northbound, running toward
Shelton. The trestle is 440 feet long,
made of iron, with stone foundations.
and was not protected by guard rails.
South of the tiestle is an incline down
which the car ran on the trestle for
about 10 feet, the trucks left the rails.
The car continued on the ties about 75
feet, when it went off the trestle and
dropped into the pond below, overturn'
ing and completely upending.
When the oar struck, the four -ton
motor and the heavy truoks crushed
into it, instantly killing many of the
passengers. .Three physicians, who
were passengers on a car a short diS'
tance behind, arrived quickly and ren
dered all possible assistance to the in
jured. -
.Word was sent to Bridgeport and
three ambulances and a poheo wagon
were hurried to the soene, and the
injured were taken to Bridgeport gen
eral hospital. A morgue was impro
vised in the main room of the town
hall at Stratford, and in a very abort
time 23 bodies were laid out awaiting
identification. . "
DROWNED IN GROUPS.
Disaster to . Maine Kxennlonlit at
Mount Desert Ferry,
Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. 8. A score
of persons were killed today by the
col I ape of the gangplank of the Mount
Desert ferry. Seventeen were drowned
and three died from the terrible exper
ience of immersion in the water and in
juries while struggling for life.
The Maine Central today tan excur
sions to Bar Harbor from all sections
of its line in Maine, the attraction be
ing the warships which were expected
today. All the morning long trains
packed with exoursionists were rushing
to Bar Harbor.
When the excursion from Bangor ar
rived at the ferry there was a rush for
the steamer Sappho. The first few pas
sengers had crossed the gangplank safe
ly, and it is estimated that 200 people
were massed ou the plank. Suddenly
they felt the plank give way, and a
struggling, screaming mass of human
ity was plunged into the water, 15 feet
below the wharf. A few clung to the
inclined sides of the plank, but at least
150 were struggling in the water. The
piling of the wharf partially penned
them on three sides, and the boat lying
at the wharf closed the outer end of
the opening. .
After the first moment of stupei fac
tion the work of rescue began. Ropes
and life preservers were thrown to the
crowd, but in the panio the people in
the water clutched one another and
many sank in groups in a death grip.
The exact numbei - of dead will not be
known for some time yet, as a strong
tide sweeps under the pier, and the
bodies may have been carried away
away by it. " ' .',-- --
YAQUIS " PREPARED ' FOR WAR.
It Will Take the Mexican Government
a Long; Tluin to Whip Them.
. Austin, Tex., Aug. 8, A special re
ceived here today from Terrazas, Chi
huahua, Mexico, which is located neat
the scene of the Yaqui uprising, is to
the effect that the Indians are arrang
ing foi a prolonged war. The special
says: . :
It is going to take the Mexican gov
ernment a long time and a big lorce ol
troops to quell the rebellion. The
Yaquis are better prepared now than
ever before for a long and bloody cam
paign. They are all well fixed finan
cially, nearly all of them having saved
the $200 per head which the Mexican
government paid them when they
signed the treaty of peace two years
ago . They have bean making since
then, too, and it is known to be a fact
that they have been laying in big sup
plies of arms and ammunition for some
time past. It has been common tfclk
among the American prospeotors in the
Yaqui vail ay that the Indians were pre
paring for another outbreak, but as the
braves had always shown a friendly
spirit toward the Amerioans, it was i
thought they would not molest them
when they did go on . the . warpjath.
SANTA TERESA IS BLAMED.
Mexican Sorceress Relieved to Have In.
cited Red Men to Riot.
St. Louis'. Aug. 9 A speical to the
Republic from El Paso, Tex., says:
Santa Teresa, the Mexican woman who
has long been revered as a saint by the
natives of Chihuahua and Sonora, and
who is believed to possess the power of
healing the sick by the laying on of
hands, is believed to be more ox less
responsible for the present outbreak
among the Yaqui Indians. .
George Harold, an old Texas ranger.
now a policeman of El Paso, says that
he is confident that Santa Teresa is re'
sponsible for the outbreak. Harold is
one of the officers who rounded up the
ringleaders ; that raided the Mexican
customhouse at Palomas, Chihuahua,
a few yeais ago.
'Santa Teresa," he said, "was im
plicated in that rebellion, which was
crushed in its inoipiency. Hivery rebel
captured on this side of the line had
a picture of the woman in his posses
sion, and on the baok was inscribed
one of her prayers."
After the Palomas raid the Mexican
government made an effort to appre
hend her, as she was looked upon as a
dangerous character. She escaped to
El Paso, however, and remained here a
year or more. While here she was
visited by thousands. About a year age
the woman disappeared from this lo
cality and it afterwards turned out that
she had gone to Sonora, and had taken
up her abode in the edge of the Yaqui
villages, where she was safe from mo
testation by the Mexican government.
It is believed she incited the Yaquis
to revolt. The woman is described as
frail and delicate looking. She un
doubtedly possesses great magnetic
powers. Harold and others are confi
dent that ber presence in the Yaqui
country had a great deal to do with
the uprising now assuming alarming
proportions.
SEIZED BY MOROS.
Savage of Ralbnbao Captured a Light
' ' house. But Were Routed. ' :
; Washington, Aug. 9. The following
dispatch was received from Admiral
Watson, in command of the Asiatic sta
tion: .. '
"Secretary Navy: Nazro, the com
mander of the Manila, on July 7 re
established the lighthouse at Cape Mel
ville, Balabac, Philippine islands, and
hoisted the flag with appropriate hon
ors. July 13, on his return, 13 Moros,
under arms, were found to be in pos
session of the lighthouse. The land
ing party,- commanded by EriBign E. L.
Bissett, enoountered resistance. No
casualties in our party. Loss in killed,
one officer and one man of the enemy;
Diegago Manilo, chief of the Balabac
Moios, was killed, and seven men
taken prisoners; two escaped. The
chief of the party was very unpopular
with the people of Ba'abac owing to
fear of him. The light has been re
stored. The Manila has landed a force.
The Charleston ' is on her way to Bala
bac, and will render all assistance pos
sible. WATSON.".
The island of Balabac, the scene of
the brush with the Moros, detailed in
Admiral Watson's dispatch, is situ
ated southeast of the island of Pala
wan, which is thz most westerly of thr
Philippine islands, and directly west
of the island of Panay.
HAD HIS EYE ON MANILA.
Dewey Wanted to Capture the City a
; Quarter of a Centuty Ago.
Washington, Aug. 9. An interest
ing historical fact dating back to 1873,
has come to light, in which Admiral
Dewey was the central figure. Dewey,
then a commander, was in command
of the United States ship Narragansett,
on the Asiatic station, having taken
charge of the vessel March 1, 1873.
The vessel was on surveying duty when
the Virginius tiouble was precipitated
and a war with Spain seemed immi
nent. Commander Dewey wrote to the
navy department requesting that in
case of war he should be assigned to
the duty of capturing Manila. The
peaceful settlement of the controversy
with Spain avoided the necessity of
hostile demonstration, but the inter
esting faot is that the doughty officer
had his eye on Manila over a quarter
of a oentuiy ago. A search will be
made for the letter in the files of the
navy department and if found it is ex
pected an effort will be made by the
citizens committee to have it repro
duced as a souvenir of the reoeption to
be tendered Admiral Dewey upon his
arrival here.
f " Fight for Steelhead. '
Astoria. Ana. 9. The ficht fnr
steelheada is still in progress, and the
buyers for Trescott and Alter were re
ported to be paying 12 oents last night,
and willine to so as hi&h as 15 cents.
Very few are being caught, so not
mucn money is Deing paid out. Tne
run of chinook salmon has fallen nff
considerably, and the quality is not as
good as it nas oeen.
. Escaped From Lynching Party.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 7. John
iThomas, a negro charged with attempt
ing to assault the wife of a prominent
eitizen of Cuba, Ala., was surrounded
in a swamp last night by a lynching
crowd and wounded during a running
fight. He finally managed to escape
with the posse in hot pursuit,
wounded several of bis pursuers.
He
Were
GOT DISCHARGES AND PAY
General Summer in Hi Farewell Talk
to the Troop Gave Them Whole
some Advice.
San Francisco, Aug. 9. They are
oitizens now, and the gallant Second
Oregons are no more. The men who
took up the burden over a year ago for
their nation and their Oregon today
saw their release. It was a day of jol
lification and excitement.
Each man received his discharge pa-.
pers . from the mustering offioer and
passed on to the paymasters, who gave
each soldier what money was due him.
There have been none of those terri
ble thrashings promised non-coms and
officers, nor even an "Tauiple of that
mild revenge, blanket-throwing. Offi
ores and men were glad their term was
over. They joined in the final cere
monies wit.li feelings of regret at part
ing and evidences of pleasure at getting
back to civil life.
General Summers gave eaoh of the
battalions a farewell address that oalled
forth tremendous cheering. He re
called the faithfulness with which the
men had obeyed him at times under
most trying circumstances, and the
mutual trials. He most cordially
thanked all for support and considera
tion at all times. The general closed
with the statement that he felt most
closely bound . to them all, and he
wanted them to feel he would ever be
willing to afford assistance to mem
bers of his old command.
- He cautioned them not to do any
thing in the short time, that remained
before they are finally disbanded to re
flect on the excellent recoid they have
made, and also to be on the lookout
that no one should take undue advan
tage of them. General Summers, who
is very popular, was enthuiastically
cheered by the men of his command.
He asked the members of the regi
ment, so far as was possible without
inconvenience to themselves, to follow
the colors until finally delivered to the
governor. This he asked as a personal
favor, and the request will hold many
for the Bpeoial train tomorrow aftej
noon who would have straggled home.
Each of the three majors gave their
battalions farewell talks. A desire
was expressed to know the boys in civil
life more intimately than was possible
under military regulations.
Chaplain Gilbert was made the hap
piest man in camp by an evidence of
the regard in which he is held by the
men, in the form of $200 as a library
fund. The little, tender-hearted chap
lain, who has buried the fallen com-,
rades, often taking hold of the spade
himself, is universally esteemed, and
says he prizes the affection of the men
more than any past favor. There were
swarms of sharpers and scheming men
about, but no undue disturbance.
Cheers resounded from every quarter.
tavonte officers were obeered and
cheered again. Many partings were
touching, although the light-hearted
soldier is not often deeply moved. All
are anxious to arrive home.
Nebraska's band and the Utah light
artillery have kindly offered their serv
ices to esoort the members on the
march from the Presidio tomorrow.
AI! are expected to assemble there at 1
P. M., after which the march will he
immediately taken up.
The three speoials bearing 730 mem
bers of the regiment as a bodv, leave,
the first at 3:30, another at 4,and the
last at 4:30. Other members of the
regiment are now on their way, while
the rest will leave within the next few
days.
Fortunately, at the last moment the
18 hospital corps men learned that
they would get their discharges about
as soon as the regiment. Their finals
will be cashed early tomorrow, enabl
ing them to return with the command.
BRIDGEPORT DISASTER.
Motorman of 111-Fated Car Charged
With Manslaughter.
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 9. An open
trolley-car of the Shelton Extension
Company, twisted, bent and smashed
almost into kindling wood, lying in
the middle of Peck's mill pond at Oro
noque, about six miles north of here,
this morning, is the only visible indi
cation of the frightful accident of yes
terday, when 29 lives were lost and
about a dozen people seriously injured
by the car tumbling off the trestle
whioh crosses the pond at this point.
All sorts of theories have been ad
vanced regarding the cause of the acci
dent. Enigneer Starr who joperin
tended the building of the bridged to
day said it was perfeotly safe in every
respect. In his opinion, after a
thorough examination, the motorman
became bewildered as the car com
menced to travel fast down the incline,
and finding himself in a dangerous sit
uation, lost his head and turned he
current on instead of reducing it. T
George Hamilton, the motorman of
the ill-fated car, was arraigned in the
Stratford justice court tonight, charged
with manslaughter. He pleaded not
guilty and the case was continued for
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