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; "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XI. HOOD 1UVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 181)9. NO. 19. HooDjWERGLAC I ER ! Published Every Friday by 8. F. BLYTHE. Terms of subscription- Sl.M a year wh-en paid In advance. THK MAILS. The mull arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'olnrk t in. Wednesdays and Saturdays; depai la the tauie days at noon. Fur Cbunoweth, leaves at S a. m. Tuesday. Thursdays and Saturday; arrive at i p m. For U hite Salmon leave daily at 1:311 p. in.; arrives at iv.i p. in. From White salmon leave for Fulda, Gilmer, Trout Lake and Ulcuwuod Muudaj a, Wednes day and Friday. SOCIETIES. Al'REL KKRKKAII DH.GRF.E I.OiHiF.. No. J 87, I. 0. O. F. Meet II l si and third Moll aya In each month. II. J. HiaeaaD, N. 3. J. II. Fk(;ison, Secretary. flANBY HOST, No. 18, 0. A. R. -Meets at A. j O. U. W. Halt rirnl Saturday of eat h mumh at 2 o'clock p. m. All 0. A. 11. member lu vllt'd to meet with us. I). O. HILL, Commander T. J. Cunning, Adjutaut. 1ANKY W. R. C, No. I-Meet (rat Patur Vj day of each mouth In A. O. U. W. hall 41 2 p. m. Mm. li. P. Crowkll, President, Mas. I'RftPi.a t'Ksa, Secretary. HOOD RIVKR I.OIMiK, No. 105, A. F and A, M.Meta Saturday evening on or before cui h full moon. H F. Davidson, W, M. 1). McDonald, Secretary. UOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 27, R. A. M -Meeta third Friday ulht of each month. K. L. Smith. 11 P. 0. F. Williams, Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAPTER, No. 23, O. E. 8. Meets Salurdav after each full moon. Vim. an Ukku, W. at. (1. R. William, Secretary. Ol.hTA A8SEMDLY, No. IDS, United Artlaana. Meets second and fourth Monday night" f each nioutn at Fraternity hall. B other and sisters cordially Invited to meet with ua. A. V. Batkhak, M. A. 8. S. GhaT, Secretary. W ACCOM A I.OIHiE, No. SO, K. of P -Mcett In A O I) W. ball every Tuesday nirhl C. ('. Mahkham, C. C. M. II. NlCggLSgN, K. Of K. A H. RIVF.RS1DK LODOE, No. M, A. O. U. W -Meela Brat aud third Haturdara of each month. J. H. Rano, M. W. J. t. Watt, Finanrler. H. L. Howl, K.corder. 1DLKWILDB L0D0E, No. 107, I. O. 0. F. Meeta In Fraternal hall every Thursday night. O. B. Hamtlit N. U. ft. J. Hibbard, Secretary. J F. SHAW, M. D. Telephone No, II, All Calls Promptly Attendee Office Hpitalri over Conple'i atore. All calls left at the office or realUoucu will be promptly attended to. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON ATTORNKY-AT-LAW, ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBLIC and REAL EBTATB AGENT. For 21 yeara a realdent of Oregon and Wash ington. Uai had many year experience In Reul Estate mattera, aa ariHltBCter, searcher ol title, and agent, fcati.lactluu guaranteed ur 00 caarge. J F. WATT, M. D. Surgeon for 0. R. & N. Co. la especially equipped to treat catarrh of uoae and tluoat and diMeanea of women. hpectal terms lor ollice treatment of chronic caM'. Telephune, office, .1.1, residence, 31. piONEKU MILLS IlARRIKON Droi., Propk. FLOUR, FEED AND ALL CEREALS Ground and manufactured. Whole Wheat Graham a anecialty. Custom frindln done every Hatunlay. Loir I lilt the mikv H'.miii additional daya will be lueutione III the local coluiuna. DOIID KIVER, OIIKOON. II. PICK ARD PAINTER AND DECORATOR HOOD ItlVKK. OK. House palntlne. hard oil Hnlshlnn. Gralnlnn, pafier hanging-, kalsoininiutt, eto. Thirty ycari,' experience. tiiiaranteeM aalisfactory reHiiltH or no pay. Estimate giatla. Leave ordura at Gla cier Pharmacy. JTCONOMY SHOE 6II0P. PRICK LIST. Men'i half loles, hand (ticked, $1; nailml, beat, 75c; second, 50c; third, 40c. l adies' hand stitched, 76c; nailed, beet, Mo; second, 35. Best stock and work in Hood Kiver. C. WELDS, Trop. THE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the place to get the latest and best in Confectioneries, Candies, Nuts, Tobacco, figure, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORS.... W. B. COLE, Prop. JHE GLACIER BARBER SHOP. Grant Evans Proprietor. ROOD RIVKR, OR. JyJT. HOOD SAW MILLS Tomlissos Bros, Props. FIR AND PINE LUMBER. Of the best quality alwas on hand at prices to suit the times. I OB PRINTING. For Bill HeadB. I-etter Heads, Envel opes, Cards, Circulars, Final 1 Posters, Milk Tickets, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Legal Blanks, etc., come to the (J LACIER JOB OFFICE. ...Fresh Milk... Area ted and deodorized, 5 rents a quart. F. . BUTTON. DALLAS & SPANG LEIi, DIALERS in- lardware, Steves and Tinware Kitchen Furniture, numbers' Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc W lmv a new and rnmnlete stock of hardware, stores aud ti aware, to which we will keep coufctantiy adding. Our prices will coutiuue to be as low at Portland prices. ICPi!B!l8 TIIW.SE I SfE.lllTY. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the TelegraphU News of the World. TERSE TICKS FKOM THE WIRES Aa Intereetlne; Collection of Iteme Frn the) Two Heiiilapheree I'reaentwd la a Condonaed Form. Emperor William is on a visit to Sweden. A hig strike for an eight-hour day If anticipated iu Cuba. A reuimeut of Canadians demire to be sent to South, Africa iu the cveut of wai w ith the Boers. Chocks for $5,000,000 have been is sued by the government for the antici Mttcd October intercut. The permanent organization of the American Hide & Leather Com pant was effected in New York. The Crown cotton mills, of Dalton, Ga., has established a world's record by paying a dividend of 83 per cent. The state grain commission of Wash ington has reaffirmed the grades adopt' ed last year, and made them permanent. The navy department has diret'ter that the Eagle and Yankee be accepted at the Portsmouth navy yard by Octo ber 17. The navy department has awarded the contract for building the Ports mouth dock to John Fierce, of Nen York, at $1,890,000. Relics of Spanish rule in Cuba are U be disiosed of. The projierty of Cu bans that was confiscated by the Span iards will be returned. The insurgent leader, General de Castro, is making much progress in Venezuela. He is following the course pursued by the revolutionists in 1893. A passenger train collided with a freight train 18 miles southeast of Kan sas City. Four people were killed and four others more or less seriously in jured. News has been received fiom Alaska to the effect that the front of the Tak glacier was shattered by a recent earth quake. Thousands of tons of ice were precipitated into the soa. The master of the Norwegian cutter Martha, reports that on September 9, on the north coast of King Chalres is land, he picked up an anchor and buoy marked "Andree Polar Expedition." It is probable that after the first of the coming year railroad employes will have to pay fare when traveling over any but their own lines. Influential shippers will also be obliged to pur chase thoir tickets. The steamer Kohn Maru foundered in a typhoon off the Japanese coast, going to the bottom like a Btone. She liad 50 passengers on board, the major ity being women and children. Twelve of these were drowned and two fatally injured. Captain Dreyfus has been pardoned by the council of ministers. Colonel John Miley, inspector-general of volunteers, is dead at Manila. Hawaii will endeavor to secure set tlers from northern Italy and Sweden. Mark I anna says it would be more than disgrace for us to sell the Phillip pines. At a lumber yard fire in Los Angeles three men were injured, two of them fatally. One battalion of the Thirty-fifth will sail from Portland on the Elder within 10 days. Scheurer Kestner, chief exponent of the cause of Dreyfus, died on the day the captain was pardoned. A prominent Filipino has approached General McArthur in the matter of releasing the American prisoners. The empress dowager of China is said to be seriously ill and Earl Li Hung Chang has been recalled to power. President Krugor has been informed that the will receive no help from Ger many in the event of war with Great Britain. Lalior unions have ordered all work in connection with the Chicago fall fes tival stopped until an agreement is reached. After a six weeks' siege Jules Guer in, the French anti-Semitic agitator, surrendered when the army was about to attack his fort. Mrs. Mary Brooks, who hRS been in a Michigan prison for 23 years has been pardoned. She immediately married the man who had her convicted. Representative Dalzell, of Pennsyl vania, says that both the senate and house will present bills in regard to currency legislation at the next session of congress. C. N. Peck, a prominent farmer liv ing near Lexington, Morrow county, Oregon, died from hemorrhage of tht lungs. The neighbors thought he had smallpox, became frightened and re fused to bury him, and two physicians performed the task unaided. Frank H. Burford, a 15-year-old boy, has been admitted to the bar in Guth rie, O T. Two divinity students are working their way through Yale by doing job printing. The narie of the firm is Clark Sc Watkins. At the coming session of congress Hawaii will be represented by William O. Smith, formerly attorney general of that count i y. He will be appointed by President Dole. LATER NEWS. The United StaU-s cruiser Olympia, With Admiral Dewey on board, has ar rived at New York. The Kearsarge made 17 knots in her trial run. Otis wil hold Subig as a base of op erations. The local revolution in Argentina has been quelled. The Dakota lioys will be entertained by the people of Portland. Lopez and 64 followers surrendered to Byrnes at Negros island. Vice-President Hobart is ill, and may not again preside in the senate. The remaining six companies of Mon tana volunteers have arrived in San Francisco. Otis' Chinese exclusion act is caus ing considerable uneasiness in diplo matic cicrles. Three new cases, making 21 so far and 6 deaths is the yellow fever report from New Orleans. More bubonic plague is reported at Alexandria. There are four new cases at Sparta, Portugal. The large Dungeness coal mine in West Virginia, which has been lying idle for two years, has resumed. A relief expedition has been sent by the mounted police to Mackenzie trail, where great suffering is said to pre vial. j Dewey's ships are in need of repairs, and several million dollars will be spent in overhauling and remodeling them. Mrs. Steinheider, of Dorchester, Neb., ended her life by winding wil low withes around her throat until she succeeded iu strangling herself. The insurgents have captured the United States gunlwat Uradenta, in the Orani river, where she was patrol ing. One officer, an Oregon boy, and nine of her crew are missing. The Pe trel reports that the Urditneta was burned by the Fhliipinos and her guns and ammunition taken. William Bonuey, a noted explorer, is dead at London. At Key West Sunday 80 new cases of yellow fever and two deaths were re ported. As a result of religious riots, Ferroll, Spain, has been proclaimed under mar tial law. The plant of the American Tin-Plate company, at Atlanta, Ind., was de stroyed by fire; loss, $150,000. Friends of General Maximo Gomez say they will push the old patriot for ward in the coming Cuban elections. The steamers City of Seattle and Cot tage City, which have arrived from Alaska, had a combined cargo of $500, 000. A French paper says that Colonel Jouanste, president of the Rennes court martial, voted for the acquittal of Dreyfus. The district of Adien, in Asia Minor, was visited by an earthquake, and ac cording to the latest advices over 200 persons perished. Between 8,000 and 4,000 marine en gineers on the Great Lakes threaten a strike unless their demand for a 12)4 per cent advance is met. The Colombian government has'is- sued a decree closing her ports to ships having the bulnmio plague on board, arriving from infected ports. Dispatches from Johannesburg re port a complete dislocation of the Rand mining industry, uhe exodus con tinues and all the mines are closing. The excitement of meeting his chil dren has produced a serious reaction in the condition of Dreyfus, and it is feared that it may be necessary to send him to Malta or Madeira. Congressman Hawley, representing American capitalists, has purchased a large sugar estate in Cuba, in the prov ince of Alatanzas. A million and a half will be expended in improving it. "Big Dan" Dougherty, a "notorious bankrobber and murderer, who has been serving a sentence in Manchester, England, has been pardoned and is thought to have started for this country, Official reports of two unities be tween the Mexicans and Yaquis have reached Los Angeles. The Mexicans were victorious in both engagements, but- suffered considerable loss. Wai is proceeding, despite the official an- noncement of suspension of hostilities Daniel Lamont's private fortune it now aid to reaoh $5,000,000. The navy department has taken steps for the opening of a naval recruiting station at Buffalo, N. Y. The queen tegent of Spain has signed a decree calling out 60,000 men of the 1S99 class for military service. Alexander Henderson, of Syracuse, has acted as pall bearer at the funeral ' of 173 of his friends during the last 60 years. BOMBARD THE REBELS Navy Destroys Works on the Bay of Subig. TOWN OF 0LANGAP0 RIDDLED Krapp Cannon Which the In. urgent. Were Working Wai lllowu Va by Landing Part, Manila, Sept. 20. The cruiser Charleston, the monitor Monterey an.l the guulioats Concord anil Zitfiro, with the marines and bluejackets from the cruiser Baltimore, left Cavite f-eptem-ber 19, and, as ultjaidy cabled, pro ceeded to Subig 'bay to destroy an in surgent cannon the!? Owing to the bud weather, the opera tion was postponed until yesterday, when the wart-hips for three hours bom barded the town of Olangapo and the entrenchments where the gun was situ ated. Men from the Charleston, Con cord and Zafiro were then landed un der a heavy insurgent fire, proceeding to the cannon, which was utterly de stroyed by guncotton, aud then re turned to the warships. The Ameri cans had one man wounded during the engagement. While waiting in Suing bay for bet ter weather, the Americans descried Filipino reinforcements moving toward Olangapo. At 6:40 A. M. yesterday the Monterey began to advance upon the town, which was about three miles east of the monitor's anchorage. The Chalreston, Concord and Zafiro fol lowed. At 7:20 the Monterey opened fire with her secondary and main bat teries; the Charleston and Concord join ing immediately. At 7:30 the insur gent cannon answered the first shot passing close to the Monterey's smoKe- stack. The gun was fired twice only. The American bombarding then be came general. At 9:30 the Monterey advanced to a range of 600 yards, using her main battery. Two hundred and fifty men were landed about 800 yards east of the cannon at 11 o'clock, under a severe Mauser fire. The men from the Charleston were the first to reach the beach, but the Concord's men were the first at the gun, which they reached at 11:10. The cannon was found to be a 18-cen timeter Krupp gun, presumably ob tained from the Spaniards. Meanwhile the warships continued to shell the shelving beach on the east and west side to silence the insurgent fire upon the sailors from the trenches skirting the beach. ' Gunner Olsen exploded 60 pounds of guncotton in three discharges in the cannon, which had suffered from the fire of the warships. The Americans then feturned to the boats, the firing inland being kept np to protect the embarkation. The Con cord's men were the last to leave the shore and the warships were reached at 11:50. Cadet Brinzer, w.ith the Concord's launch, armed with a gatling, did ex cellent work on the left of the landing party. Captain Meyers, of the ma rines, captured a mnzzle-loading field piece. Lieutenant McDonald was in command of the landing party, and the movement was splendidly executed and controlled. The numbers of the Filipinos there could not be ascertained, and no dead were seen. The Monterey fired for four hours 21 shots from her 10-inch guns, and 17 from her, 12-inch guns. The town, which was riddled with shells, took fire at several points. STRUCK A REEF. Transport I.eelenaw Kept Afloat Working Her Pump. Steadily. ly San Francisco, Sept. 20. The United States transport Leelenaw came into port today with the pumps steadily at work to overcome the effect of a hole in the ship's bottom. The Leelenaw sailed for Manila September 2, with a cargo of commissary stores and 200 horses for army use. After leaving this port distemper was developed among the horses, and so many of the animals died that the Leelenaw put into Hono lulu and landed there the commissary storse and the surviving horses. The transport then started on. the return trip to. this city. During the three days prior 'to reach ing this port, so tftick and constant was the fog that no observations could be taken, and, having lost her bearings, the Leelenaw struck a reef near Mon- tara, 20 miles south of this port, last evening. She was for five hours stuck fast on the rocks, and when she finally floated off at high tide it was found that the jagged rock had torn a hole in her bottom. It will be necessary for the Leelenaw to go in drydock for a considerable overhauling. In addition to the leak, the vessel was badly strained by her experience on the reef. Lumber llarga Bank. Chicago, Sept. 26. During a severe wind and rain etorm this evening the steam barge Cleveland, laden with 100, 000 feet of lumber, sank in the harbor near the mutho of the Chicago river. Captain Henry Davis and a crew of 11 men were rescued by tugs with consid erable difficulty. Tragedy In a Theater. Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 25. Julia Morrison, the leading lady of the 'Mr, Plaster of Faris" farce-comedy com- panv, shot and killed Frank Leiden, stage manager and leading man of the company, at 8 o'clock tonight, at the City opera house, on the stage just be fore the curtain rose for the perform ance to begin. Three shots were fired at clsoe ranire by the woman, all tak ing effect in Leiden's head. He sank to the ioor and was dead in a few min Utes. SALEM MILL BURNED. Loaa Buildings and Orala About 150,000. Salem, Or., Sept. 25. The mill and elevator warehouse of the Salem Flour ing Mills Company, located at the corner of Commercial and Trade streets, were destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock this morning. The total loss is about $150,000, a large part of which will fall on fanners who had grain stored at the mills. There was over 125,000 bushels of wheat stored in the build ings, only about 25,000 bushels of which belonged to the mill company. The fire was caused by adust explo sion near the cleaners on the third floor of the mill, and it spread rapidly. The insurance on the mill company's buildings and machinery, which are almost a total loss, is aliout $00,000, while their value is placed at aliout $75,000. Only about 80,000 bushels oi the stored grain was insured; o the loss to the owners is great. Consider able of the grain not damaged 1y water, it is thought, can be cleaned and sold for about half price, and the mill com pany will take immediate steps to save all that possibly can be saved. The mill, which was run as an in dependent concern by men interested in the Portland flouring mills, may never be rebuilt, as the Portland Flour ing Mills Company owns another mill in Salem. The fire was one of thi largest ever seen in Salem. OUR HEAD IS TURNED. 8 Baya Goldwln Smith, Who Tlilnka Dewey le Overestimated. Toronto, Ont., Sept. 25. Goldwln Smith, writing in a local paper, says: "Nothing could show the extent to which the head of Columbia has been turned by the war moje than her ador ation of the hero Dewey. What did the hero Dewey and his comrades do? They sat in almost perfect safety and destroyed at long range a line of help less tubs, with some hundreds of the poor Spaniards who manned them, and who alone had any opportunity of showing heroism on tho occasion. So perfectly socure did the Americans feel that they adjourned to breakfast in the middle of their sport. There was among them a single casualty, and had they all gone tiger hunting one casual ty at least probably would have oc curred. "For this, however, Dewey, is de clared to be the equal of the great sea men who oonquered in the terrible days of Aboukir, Copenhagen, Trafalgar. If he were so inclined he might probably be elected president of the United States, "Canada cannot possibly take part in the celebration of Dewey's triumphs without evidence of disoourtesy toward Spain, a friendly nation, which has done Canada no wrong. Spain, let it be remembered, though deprived of her Tiossessions in this hemisphere, is still a Mediterranean power, decayed at present, but capable of restoration. The British government will hardly thank the Canadian government for making her an implacable enemy." HOOTED OFF THE PLATFORM Jerry Simpson's Pralae of Agulnaldo Waa Too Much for We Hearer.. Kansas City, Sept. 25. A dispatch to the Journal from Wichita, Kan., says: Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson was hooted off the platform here this even ing while addressing a local G. A. li, reunion. Mr. Simpson said: "I glory in the spunk of Agninaldo's men. They are simply fighting to re gain the land the Catholics took from them. A local paper has asked:' 'Who Is John Brown's soul marching with Otis or Agulnaldo?' I believe John Brown's soul is marching with Agul naldo." Mr. Sipmson said in substance that he would rather be with Agulnaldo than with General Otis. An old sol dier in the audience rose and said' that the speech was drifting too much into politics. This was applauded and greeted with cries of "Throw him out!" and "Kick Simpson off the platform l" Men and women arose and hissed, and the men kept crying, "Put him outl" Simpson appealed to the crowd to sit down. "I am coming to my perora tion," he said, although he had been speaking only 15 minutes. Cries came, "Take your peroration to Agulnaldo." Simpson attempted to go on, but no one could hear him 10 feet away. The band struck np "The Star Spangled Iianner," and Mr. Simpson left the platform. Ills retirement was greeted with prolonged cheers. Edmonton Relief Expedition. Seattle, Sept. 25. Moved at last by the appeals of the relatives and friends of the misguided men, so many of whom met death or encountered hard ships and sufferings almost beyond hu man endurance, Canadian officials have dispatched a relief expedition over the Edmonton trail route. The rescuers left Dawson early in September. It is a splendidly equipped body, led by Corporal Kervlng and Constable Boke. The voyage will probably require seven months. The expedition left Dawson, going down the Yukon to the mouth of Porcupine river. Thence the voyagers go up the Porcupine to the postage of Bell and West Kat rivers, where they cross the mountains to the Pelly river, thence portage to the Mackenzie and down that stream to Fort McPherson. Uncle Collie Got It. San Francisco, Sept. 25. The Chron icle says: Definite and reliable infor mation sent to the Chronicle from the East sets at rest the rumors about the sale of the Crocker holdings of South ern Pacific stock, and ends speculation as to the purchaser. The Crocker shares, numbering 840,000, and valued approximately at $10,000,000, have leen bought by a syndicate of which C. P. Huntington was the promoter and is the head, and of which tho Speyers, of New York, art the bankara. EID DRAWING NEAR England Serves Notice of an Ultimatum. t FORMER NEGOTIATIONS ARE OFF Proposal! for Final Settlement of the Is.uea Will Be Communicated In a Later Dispatch. London, Sept. 27. The officials of the foreign office this evening gave out the text of the letter of the secretary of state for the colonies, Joseph Chamber lain, to the British high commissioner in South Africa, Sir Alfred MUner, dated September 24. The British re ply expresses regret that her majesty' offer No. 5, of September 8, haa been refused, and says: "The object her majesty's govern ment had in view in the recent nego tiations has been stated in a manner which cannot admit of misapprehen sion, viz: To obtain such immediate representation for Uitlanders as will enable them to secure for themselves that fair and just treatment which was formally promised them in 1881, and which her majesty intended to secure for them when she granted privileges oMself-government to the Transvaal. N(7couditions less comprehensive than those contained in the telegram of September 8, can be relied on to effect that object. "The refusal of the South African government to entertain the offer thus made, coming, as it does, after four moijthg of protracted negotiations, closes five years of extended agitation, and makes it useless further to pursue discussion on the lines hitherto fol lowed, and the Imperial government is now compelled to consider the situa tion afresh and to formulate its own proposals for a final settlement of the issues 'which have been created in South Africa by the policy constantly followed for many years by the govern ment of the republio of Southl.Vfiica. It will communicate the result of its deliberations in a later dispatch." A telegram received from Calcutta announces the departure of the trans port Chidhana for South Africa, and the last transport for the Cape will leave India tomorrow. A special dlspacth from Pretoria says that the members of the volksraad, be lievini; that the British notes are in tended to gain time for the concentra tlon of troops, urge the government to adjourn the raad immediately and to send Great Britain a note declaring that further mobilization will be re garded as an unfriendly act. Trenches, earthworks and sandbag defenses are being erected in all the available ap proaches to the capital. Read In the Volksraad. Pretoria, Sept. 27. The imperial dispatch was read today in the volks raad. President Kruger announced that the reply of the government of the South Afrcan republio would be pre sented to the volksraad tomorrow. Troops In the Natal. DuTban, Natal, Sept. 27. Seven hundred and fifty men of the Leicester shire regiment, 750 of the Royal Dub lin fusil leers, 200 mounted infantry and the Eighteenth hussars have arrived at Dundee from Lady smith. rietermarltzburg, Natal, Sept. 27. The troops that have been moved from Ladysmith to Dundee will form a new company at Glencoe, their places being filled by others from India. The move ment was executed so smartly and un expectedly that the Boer spies were un aware of it until it waa actually ac complished. DISASTERS IN INDIA. Earthquakes, Floods and Landslides In Lower Himalayas. Calcutta, Sept. 27. Eartquakes, floods and terrible landslides occurred at and near Darjeeling, in the lower Himalayas, last night. Great damage was done, and no fewer than 60 natives perished. There was a rainfall of 28 inches in 88 hours. Three bad land slides took place between Darjeeling and Sonada, involving the trans-ship ment of a railway train of passengers. According to the latest reports, nine European children and 20 natives were lost between those two points. The whole Calcutta road is blocked, and the Paglajohre line has been seriously damaged. About 100 acres of tea have been destroyed from Jalapahai to Burchlll. At the latter place some 3,000 feet of water supply pipe has been ruined The electric light plant has suffered seriously, and the town is in darkness, There is great fear of further rain. A dispatch from Jalpaiguri, on the river Teesta, 40 miles southeast of Dar jeeling, says that a boat crossing the Teesta with three Europeans and six natives was swamped by the high waves. The body of one of its occu pants has been found 14 miles down the river. It is reported that the Euorpeans, Anderson, KuBter and Whitman, jumped overboard. Their fate is unknown. Search parties have been sent to look for them. More Than They Asked For. Cleveland, Sept. 27. As a result of a meeting of the executive committee of the Lake Carriers' Association, held this afternoon, the wages of nearly 16, 000 men employed on the vessels of the Great Lakes will be raised from 10 to 20 per cent, beginning October 1 This includes 2,000 engineers, who de manded an advance of 12 per cent, and threatened to strike should it not I be conceded. Instead of the 12 per cent asked for by the engineers, they . will receive an advance of 20 per cent. LOPEZ HAS SURRENDERED. Laid Dsns Hie Anna With Blsty-reur Follewera. Washington, Sept. 27. Two impor tant di)wtchrs from Otis at Manila were made public today by the war department. They are as follows: "Manila, Sept. 27. Adjutant-! Jen- eral, Washington: General Hughes, at Ho Ilo, reports that Lopez and 64 armed men surrendered to Byrnes, at Castellano, Negros. An election was held in that island Octolier 2. Fili pinos sought a conference. The chief insurgents of Painty wished to know what promise could be given them In case of formal submission. -. Thiry wero told that no answer was possible until they surrendered, and the force dis banded. OTIS." "Manila, Sept. 27. Adjutant-Gen eral, Washington: Bates returned from Jolo on the 21st of September, having placed garrisons at Slussl and Bungham, in the Tawaii group, one company at each place. "Affairs in the archipelago are satis factory. Bates saw chief of insurgents, Zamlioanga, who is still anxious to re ceive United States garrison on condi tion of withdrawal should Aguinaldo succeed iu Luzon. The proposition was not entertained. Zamboanga is having trouble with more Datos in the vicinity, who have raised the United States flag. Dato Cagayan, of. Sulu islands, visited Jolo and gave adhesion, and desired to raise the American flag instead of the Spanish flag on the is land. The Ameircan flag will be raised there for the purpose of giving lx months' notice iu order to'establislv lu the archipelago customs regulations under the protocol of 1885 between Spain, Germany and Great Britain. ' Bates' report will be sent by mail. "OTIS." CAPTURED BY REBELS. American Gunboat and Crew In Fili pino Hande. Manila, Sept. 27. It is reported that the insurgents have captured the United States gunboat Urdaneta, in the Orani river, on the northwest side of Manila bay, where she was patrol ling. One officer and nine of crew are missing. The gunboat Petrel, sent to investi gate, returned and reported that the Urdaneta was beached opposite the town of Orani, on tho Orani river. She was burned and the following guns with their ammunition were captured: One one-pounder, one Colt automatic gun and one Nordenfeldt, 25 milimeter gun. The crew of the Urdaneta are prisoners, or have been killed, r urthei details are lacking. Woman's Work In England. New York, Sept. 27. James O'Con- nell, president of the International Machinists, who had been a delegate to the British trades congress meeting held in Plymouth, England, spoke to the Central Federated Union of his experiences and observations at the congress and among the working classes in England. He did not have a high opinion of them. The condi tion of the English working men, wo men and children, he said, was deplor able. The difference of sex seemed to be entirely lost sight of. He saw the women going about in clogs, dressed in men's clothes, in blacksmith and other shops, wielding the sledge hammers with the men. Relief Expedition. Victoria, B. C, Sept. 27. News reached here by the Cottage City that a relief expedition has been sent by the mounted police to the Mackenzie trail where great suffering is said to prevail. The last arrival from the Mackenzie was an Australian named Edwardson, who, after losing his supplies, was a week without food. A prospecting ex pedition which returned to Dawson after 10 weeks on the upper Klondike, Porcnplne and Stewart rivers, reports that although colors are found there is no gold on any of the creeks of these departments. American Prleonera. Manila, Sept. 27. Two Englishmen who had been held by the insurgents since June, have arrived at Angeles, They have reported that the Filipino congress has resolved that 14 American prisoners shall lie surrendered Wednes day or Thursday. They have, how ever, no information as to the where aliouts of Captain Charles M. Rocke feller, of the Nineteenth infantry, who disappeared in ' April last, and from whom nothing has been heard. They assert that three Americans who were captured by the rebels are acting as officers in the insurgent army. Americana Invade Germany. Londoa, Sept 27 The Berlin corre spondent of the Daily Mall, in a dis patch dealing with the great increase of American Iron and steel imports into Germany, says: "I learn that the Garvin Machine Company and the Nile tool works are going to erect large plants in Berlin. Other Important American concerns, including the Buffalo Forge Company, are expected to follow suit. There It an average of 2,400 value of iron tools alone imported weekly from New York." Killed by Soda Fountain Explosion. Vacaville, Cal., Sept. 23. By the explosion of a soda fountain in a bakery today, Karl Andler, an employe, was killed. The proprietor, who was fill ing the fountain, waa uninjured. Mastered Out. San Francisco, Sept. 27. The Idaho and North Dakota volunteers were mustered out of service of their coun try at the Presidio today. Explosion Killed Three Brothels. Palmetto, Ga., Sept. 27. E. -P. Hearn, J. P. Hearn and Henry Hearn, brothers, were killed today by the ex plosion of a stationary engine boiler in a building owned by them. The ex plosion was caused by letting colij water into the boiler