The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, July 27, 1900, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt l ! 1 nd 7" -ggiDAy WHEN WE OCT UliPT." - C)L A.llv " r ., . IIOOD RIR, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 27. li)0O. "' hoodrjverjlacier 'EFENTS OF THE DAY Published livery Friday by I 8. F. IlLYTIIK. Termn of subscrlptlon In advance. 11.50 a yt'ar whru paid T II H M A 1 1 u irk. mull orplvna fmm f 11..... . . in . 1 m. WeilliesilaVS and HutllrilRVH? li.t.art.il... m. - ,' nn uig Dd.iii Hnvl n llmitl. For CliVnmvetli, loaves at 8 a. m. Tuesdays, Jl!lliin nii'i nil lr HI (I p. m . For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at 6:45 B. III.. ii i i - . ,-, in. L.....I Utllll KU I.I.LI! I'M rifiui f.miv. i.'ii ivn i .-n mi - n 111 n , I uuer ir.nt hItii ami 1 1 lull u.ftitit .lull., at n I xt For MiiiKen (nasn.j leaves at 5:4. p. ni.i ar rives at 2 p. iu. SOCIKTIK-l. TAl'RKL KKHEKAH DKfiREE I.ODOK, No l Bl. i. u. vi. r. .ncuig nral anil Muni lnn . dayi in eacn inonin. 1 1 -8 hTEI.I, A KICHAMMON, X. G. H. J. HmBAHi), Secretary. 1AXBY POST, No. lfi, (J. A. R. Meets at A V. u. . utii ai-uwuu ihi IO inn NHrnr.nvu ol earn momn hi l cir p. ni. All U. A. It. uiciiiuits mvuey io ineei wiwi us. M P. Inknusuu, Commander T. J. Cl'KNlNO, Adjutant. C day of each month in A. (). li. W. hall at 2 p. III. Ml". A OKI. I A o ! KANAII AN, Preside!! I. Mrs. Uksula Uukks, Seeretury. TiOOD HIVKR LOIKiE. No. 103. A. F. and A ill M Jl"cis haturday evening on or before ru'll nil moon. ii. a. yt ii.lia.M8, v . -1 D. McDonald, Secretary. 7T00D RIVER CHAPTER. No. 27. H. A. M Jl Meets third Friday uiitlit of each month. t , U. 11. Castoer, 11. P. i v. r. illiamh, necreuiry. rr II Meets Saturday alter each full moon and iwo weeks inereaucr. Mrs. Mary A. Davidson, W. M U.ETA AP8KMW.Y, No. 103, United Artisans. F Meets second Tuesday of each month at aternai nan. u. bkosius, M. A. D. JiclJoNAi.D, Secretary. IITAI'CUMA l.OIXiK, No. 30, K. of P.-Mtcts ,1V iu A. O. U. W. hall every Tuesday night. (iKO. Sthanahan, C. C. yjj cbaham, k. oi k. t s. JIVHRSIDE LODGE, No. 68, A. O. IT. W. , Meets first and third Baturdavs of encli until. 0. O. CHAMUEKLAIN. M. V. J. F. Watt, Financier. 11. L. Howu, Recorder. DI.ltWILDE LODGE, No. 107, I. O O. F. Meets In Fraternal hull every Thursday k. VJ. U CI I. n mi., IV ll. jll. J. Hisbard, Secretary. , F. SIIAW, M. D. Telephone No. (I. Ill Calls Promptly Attended Mice upstairs over Coppie's store. All calls ft at the office or residence will be promntly -Bended to. v . John leland Henderson pTTORNEY-AT-LAW, ABSTKACTER, NO 1 TARY PUBLIC and REAL I ESTATB AGENT, for 21 j ears a resident of Oregon and Wash '"" H had many years experience In al Estate matters, as abstracter, searcher of ai'saud agent. Satisiaction guaranteed or no ;f"te;j epitome of tha Telegraphic -Mews of thf; World. "ERSR TICKS FlMik 7riR WIRES A v a -mereatlng CUtl f JUmt r llB Twn iiiiiorea rreant . In Con-tensed i'tviu- iONEER MILLS Harbison Bros., PRors. LOUR, FEED AND ALL CEREALS Ground and manufactured. nneat Graham a "specialty. Custom j'-" uone every Maturdav. During the I season additional days will be mentioned jic luutti CUIUIUUS. i liole MOon BIVBI5EGON. jl'ERHANGING, KALSOMINING, ETC. your walls are sick or mutilated, call on I K. L. ROOM. -u.muuii me. iso charge for prescrip- hoiiH ha n a A. M. till 5. P. it., aal all t a necessary. Bl f A I pOMY SHOE SHOP. I PRICE LIST. fcn's half soles, hand eticked, $1; M, beet, 75c; second, 50c; third, 40c. fts hand stitched, 75c; nailed, bent, j second, 35. Best stock and work food River. O. WELDS. ProD. KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY nlflia 1.- 1 1 a , r Kr' latest, aim nest, in Ctlonflrinn P.n.ilui. rt -i 1 vnuumg, lIUbD, .UUftLLU, ICE CREAM PARLORS.... COLE oa IJ ic I jut ral ted bit ni roo lial iof ol out ml tbt irM an-v$ BROSiUS, M. D. pYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 'Phone Central, or 121. Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3 and 0 to 7 P. M. HOOD SAW MILIS Tomussox Bhos, Pkops. flR AND PINE LUMBER st quality alwas on hand at puces to suit the times. pco., BANKERS. Seneral banking business. RIVER, OREGON. Smallpox is prevalent at Nome City. Boxers are lenorted . . wicau iruuiier. The shingle mill at Toledo. Or.. ... 4...11 1 . . " u luiiunjr uusroyeii Dy lire. There is said to be a lack of W iL. . . . "J ucimecu uiu aiiies in Unma. Fire in Pomroy, Wash., destroved ujioiiy m uie vaiuq oi 10,000. I nnce 1UH11 nan an nrmv nf it nnn uieu reaay to tignt the foreigners. Republicans of Idaho vv. Bianarou, ol liannuok county, for Ti m i xnuue man nas lssned an ml nr. in nx a aenmte date for a general npris ing in China. The steamer Cutch has arrivBri at Vanconver, B. C, from Skagway, with $300,000 in gold dust. . Milk dealers of Chicago are beini prosecuted for using formaldehyde to preserve their product. San Francisco Chinese mnv flpht thn Boxers. American horn Mongolians are organizing a national guard com. pany. The steamship Garonne, lust return ed from Alaska, has been chartered by the united States and will be used to carry supplies and troops to China. England is alarmed over renort that Chinese are invading Siberia, thus giv ing Russia an excuse for descending on Pekin and holding territory conquered. Germany, Russia and France have ome to an agreement regarding future action in China. Russia will carrv on seperate campaign against Pekin on the north. The Chinese empress is alleeed to feave proposed to Japan a wholesale massacre of foreigners in both countries. Li Hung Chang is said to have been implicated in the affair. JNew locomotives mst put on 1y the Denver & Rio Grande Railway have an nmque attachment as a safeguard against robbers, m the way of a nozzle on the I'oof of the cab. These connect with the hot water of the boiler, and point at the rear end of the tender. Ihe nozzle can send a mixed stream of steam and boiling water at 200 pound pressure that would kill anyone in its range. Llama, Tex., was demolished by cyclone. St. Loins Transit , Company refuses to arbitrate with the strikers. Chicago Chinese, having just learned of the trouble in China, are greatly ex cited. NEWS tnH n!?dred marinM left Washing ton for China, via San Francisco. A well known packer says he fean lalmoa will goon be exterminated. i nT?,, woo,srowers are holding about 4.000,000 pound, of wool for bette prices. The allied fleet bombarded the fort M Taku all pight before they were suo- C6S8IU1, The report of the state banks of Washington show a heavy increase in deposits. General Dewet has Koberts' communications and captured 100 men and a supply train. SHIP COT IN TWAIN AUTHOR OF IT ALL. LI Hang Chans; Looked Vpon at Orlf Inattor of the riot. Cunard Liner Campania Col. lided With a Bark. iHE SAILER SAXK IMMEDIATELY Citizens of Porotini n flistrlnf Alaska, have issued a petition protest ing against British aggression . Joseph E. Mullen, who vena unnnlnf. ed in JJew York for the murder of his wife, was electrocuted in the prison at Sing Sing. A terrifio wind, rain and hail storm swept over the town of Ironton nhin demolishing a large planing mill, un' roofing several houses and uprooting trees. Senator Pettlgrew has a letter from a Filipino general, purporting to give the terms of an interveiw with Dewey at the outbreak of the Spanish war. in which the admiral promised Philippine independence. Eleren of Her Crew Were Drovnedi Camipanln Not Much Damaged. London, July 24. A dense fog hung ver the Irish channel yesterday morn ing, and the Cunuid line steumer Cam. . pania, en route from New York lor iiiverpool, struck the Liverpool bark Euibleton, bound for New Zealand, RmillNlllnc m-itl .w. 1.a n rruA T?i... I I - . . .... ' r.muioion saux immediately. Seven of the crew were lescued, but it is be lieved the other 11 members of the ship's company, including the captain, were drowned. The Campania had her bows stove in, but arrived safely at Liverpool, five and a half hours late. The Campania had a narrow escape from serious disaster. The fog had delayed her passage since Friday noon, and a tender went out from Queens town four miles, as Captain Walker would not take the liner near shore. At Tuskar light, the fog was becoming Four nf , ,ffl.. I UD"?Dr """'"' nen tne uam- e T.MmT Ri- I "i''J pama was about 80 miles northeast of L a I & ?wer Com- the ,ih a Phantom ship rose suddenly, ny were arrested charged with man. ,ift,. j:..,.,.. . , '' railway disaster, in which 43 lmrsnna u..a u i:J F , ntiKi un.) . j , . . , jjiiu ucuumo n buiiu nailing vessel, were mnea and over 00 injured. I into which the liner rrasliprl lior otuol ine American policy of Droceedino toreioot goina as if the good faith of the Chinese gov- j like the clean London, July 81. The Shanghai cor respondent of the Daily Express says: "Intense Indignation is felt here at the honors in Hong Kong that have, been accorded to Li Hung Chang, who ia looked upon in Shanehai as the oris- inator of the whole fiendish anti-foreign piui. A Chinese merchant who has just arrived from Pekin gives horrible de tails of the massacre. He says he saw European women hauled into the street by shriekins Boxers, who stripped) mem ana naclced them to nlep.es. ineir dissevered limbs were tossed to the crowd and carred off with howls o! triumph. Some were already dead, naivng been shot by foreign civiliaus. He says he saw Chinese soldiers car. rying the bodies of white children aloft on their spears while their companions snot at the bodies. He gives other do tans too horrible to be particularized nere. "It seems that the Boxer leaders had organized a plan, including the offer ing of rewards and rich loot, for the annihilation of Europeans throughout China, and that Prince Tuan's soldiers have been emphasizing the opportunity the soldiers have had of seizing the bodies of white women." ESCORT TO THE SEA China Promises to Deliver Pe kin Ministers Safely. .NOTHING PROVES THRU AL1VR Another Aeroiint Cornea Through J"elr Maaanore-Uoiiiora Aboi't 1.1 Hung Chnng'a Mission. of TORTURED BY BOXERS. First Tha Terrible rate of One of the Victims. San Franoisco, July 21. A Chroni cle special from Victoria, B. C, says: Advices received from North China contain particulars of the awful torture through the Embleton 1 T , Key' v 0. cut of a sword. and'who Rev. C. Robinson, was eminent were not doubted, while in no dividing her just abaft the mainmast. I a.mong. tb flrst of tlle American mis wise relaxing effort to reach our min-, The forward half sank instantly. The "onaries to beoome victims of the Box ister. is believed tn hnLl im !,.,.,., stern awnnm vinmnoiv rmi-riA a !, era- A correspondent writinor from of success to the one chance of the othei ' mast and yards for a moment tore at ! V , ln on July 7- eai' BOme "fugees "ceB8nt,ly rtred, it was known that all flag interpreter London, July 25. The Chiuene min Istor, Sir Chi Chen Leu Feng Loh, bus communicated to the press the follow ing dispatch from Sheng, director of the Chinese railways and telegiaphu, aud Tao Tai, of Shanghai, dated Shaug hai, July 23: "Information from Pekin, dated July 18, says that the Tsuug Li Yamuu de puted Won Jui, an under secretary of the department, to see the foreign min isters, and ho fouud every one well, without any miseing, the German ex cepted. General Yung Lu is going to memorialize the throne to send thimi all under escort to Tien Tsin. iu the hope that the military operations will then be stopped." Ihe Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail, telegraphing July 23, says: "A letter from a Chinese ollioial in Shang Tung has been received bv an active functionary here, containing the following passage: At the beginning of the mouth the foreign missionaries made seveail attempts to send messages out of Pekin, hut, thanks to the strict watch kept on the city, the bearers were all cauuht and executed. On the 4th inst. onlv 400 foreigners were left alive in Pekin. and one night, when the big guns were PROMISE OF DEWEY. Ind rillplno Geuera.1 Say It t? tot pendenee. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 25. A let ter has been recoived by Senator K. F. Pettigrew fiom one of the leading com mauders of the Filipino army, giving additional light on the claims of the Filipino people as to the understanding that was arrived at between them and the Americans before the opening of hostilities in the Philippines. The let ter says, iu part: "Hinukwan Encampment. Philippine Islands, April 12, 1900. Hons. It. F. Pettigrew and G. F. Hoar, Senators, Washington Gentlemen: I have read in some American papers that Admiral Dewey, compelled by you and other senators, lovers of truth and justice, to answer whether he made to us formal promises of independence, stated that he had "nevor promised independence to the Filipinos.' I, who. in the name of the Filipino people, and of General Agiunaido, aud as a representative of both, have had the honor to confer sev eral times with the admiral, make to you the following statements, that you may use them as you think convenient: in April, 1808. when the ruDtureof hostilities, between America and Spain became imminent, and in the absence of my chief, General Aguiualdo, who was then at Singapore, I solicited, through the American consul at Hong Kong, Mr. Wildman, to have some in terviews with Admiral Dewey, with the object of continuing the interrupted negotiations between General Aguiualdo and Admiral Dewey, through Mr. Woo l, the commander of the American gunboat Petrel. My petition was fav orably received, and I went with Mr. Andrew Garohitorena, another Filipino, on board the Olympia, in the bay of Hong Koug. Once on board, the followina inter view, iu French, took place through the were prostrated by Temperature 100 PUS 1 & SPAXGLEE, DKALERS IN Twenty persons heat at New York degrees. foreign warships have their guns trained on Che Foo, in anticipation of an outbreak. Fleet of the revolutionists has been captured by government forces in CO' lombian rebellion. The big steel plant of the Federal Steel Company, at Lorain, Pa., has been closed down, throwing 4,000 men out of-work. Two transports, with 1,200 officers and men, sailed from Manila for Taku The hospital ship Relief has also been sent to Taku. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Tolman, wife of General J. C. Tolman, and a pioneer of 1853, died at her home in Ashland, Or., aged 71 years. At New York city, Terry McGovern. feather weight champion of the world, defeated in three roucds, Frank Erne, light weight champion of the world. Sealing claims are to be arbitrated Russia, United States and England have finally agreed on a method of die posing of lone pending isehring sea trouble. In Bombay, India, for the week end ine July 7, there were 9,928 cases of cholera in the famine district, of which 6,474 were fatal, and in the native states 9,526 casbS, of which 5,892 were fatal. Joe Bartoni, a wealthy sheepman of Westfall. Malheur county, Or., was accidentally killed while stacking liay on his ranch, being struck by a derrick fork, one prong of which pierced nis neck. Peofia, 60 miles southwest of Dal las, Texas, was swept by a cyclone, killir-a tnree persons. Two churches, several dwelling houses and an im men.19 amount of farm property was destroyed. The first suit for damages growing out of the Fourth of July street car ac cident at Tacoina, in which 43 lives were lost, has been filed by Harry Gaul, for the death of his son Harry, for $5, 000. Many other suits are expected. Chinch bugs are doing great damage to Kansas crops. American trade with China is chiefly in the region where the dis turbance is greatest. A steam automobile whs built in England in 1834. It was regarded as a curiosity. An Oklahoma woman wants di rorca because her husband had killed Vma. After the 26th she drew th line- foreign governments. The St. Paul Cold Storease & Warn. house Company's large warehouse al bt. Paul, Minn., was destroved hv fir The total loss is estimated at ahnnt 150.000, with an insurance of $50.- 000. The warehouse was filled with butter, fruit, tobacco, eggs, whisky and other commodities. Among the passencers on the steam. ship Ame)lca-Maru, which has arrived at San Francisco from Yokohama, via .Honolulu, was K. Takahira, the Jap- anese minister plenidotentiary to the United States. Mr. Takahira conferred of the Campania. A lump came down on her deoks. Then the stern of the bark also disappeared, and the face of the sea was littered with splintered timbers, boxes, barrels, the , upper works and lighter cargo, the deck ' houses and such things. Then there was nothing, From the instant when the phantom CRme into view from the bridge of the Campania until the last vestige of the vessel vanished some 60 or 80 seconds had elapsed 1 nuu u arriveu mere gathered trom "v"k nhtn J...I.. ...... Kunaujr UUUI1IB Ol (ne lOrlUre inflicted on Norman. It seems that he fell into the hands of LI, the head man of a little town hard by the little Anglican mission, where ne and Robinson had their head quarters. In a quarrel between Boxers and Christians, the converts had driven off the Boxers from the mission and Li vowed vengeance. This he took in a horrible manner when Norman was I thrown into his hands. the legations and foreigners were fin-1 "Filipino Admiral, it having come Aim, nuiiuugii preieuuen iHiegiuuis to our Knowledge that a war between contradicted those facts.' " your country and Knain la ln',mini The St. Petersburg correspondent of who lmv fun if Ilk tha luff-nii frit nun 1m. the Daily Mail asserts that there are dependence, are willing, in obedience differences of opinion in the Russian ' to the desires manifested bv you tn According to the Embleton's surviv-' - AUer. m caPtnre by the rioters, ors, for noarly half an hour before the .m. wllom u took the captive, the collision, the r-anr.nin nd tint-, nd!. ! niissiomuy was stripped by the retinue with the Japanese at Honolulu, and ' were below at hToaWnut i of Li and a collar of iron fastened to win prone" ulBlr claims ,or aamage ag tne l0 whistle of a large steamer could ' A """ tuun was auacnea msuu oi me Durning ol a portion of be heard every minute, the bark never " 1 uo WBS lBlnerea stake. The viuuese men, women and children then II - f nil . . uuuuen oi war. ine miniNter oi war, General Kuropatkin, wishes to send 100,000 men to clear the rebels out of Manchuria. On the other hand, ac cording to this correspondent, Emperor Nicholas wishes the operations liuiited to the defense aud pacification of the frontier districts, Let two strong armies, one of the allies in the Bouth ' undertake this war with the humaui you ueuoral Aguiualdo, thiough Mr. Wood, to take part in the war as allies of America, so long as it be carried on with the object of freeing from the voke of Spain her colonies, giving them their independence. "Admiral Dewey The American people, champions of liberty, will nonoiuiu aunng tne plague epidemic shifted her course, the helmsman ceiving no order. When, at M., the second officer, to use there. Lebanon, Or., had a $10,000 fire. Lord Roberts has attacked Middle burg. x Tien Tsin and neighborhood are cleat of Chinese. Oriental war is affecting the world's money markets. . Forty persons were injured at a street car accident at Nues, Ohio The New York Republican state con vention will.be held Sopteraber 4. Minister Wu has word that the Pekin authorities are protecting the foreigners. Crop prospects in the Pacific North west indicate a yield of 40.000.000 bushels of wheat.' 1 The (J ii nary liner Campania cut in twain a bark, which sank at once, car rying down 11 men. Colombian tr jops will fight the revo lutionists outside of Panama, so as not to endanger the city Populists refused to go into the Idaho fusion, and nominated a full ticket, Democrats and Silver Republicans fusing. Li Hung Chang got a cool reception at Hong Kong. Russia has called on the border provinces of Siberia for the reserves. The Eight infantry is returning from Cuba to go to China. Heavy artillery has been ordered to leave Fort Reilly for the Orient. Hawaiian plantation owners are trying to induce 5.000 Puerto Ricans to move to the Pacific islands on a three years' contract. Documents relating to a plot against the American authorities in Manila have been found in a rebel lecruiting office in San Miguel. The Yaqui Indians, of Mexico, are eported to have been broken up, and the government will offer them induce ments to return to their farms. The Frazer riyer fishermen's strike is now deemed beyond settlement, a serious collision between peace officers and strikers having taken place. Count Castellane, husband of Anna Gould, fought a duel with Count Orlowski in the suburbs of Paris, in which Orlowski was slightly wounded. The executive council of the Ameri can Federation of Labor issued an ap peal to all wage-workers to organize unions or join those already in ex istence. The Chinese minister at Paris has notified Delcasse that the foreign min isters were safe July 18. The Belgian government has received" word that they were alive on the 20th. re- 8:25 A. his own phrase, heard the rush of a steamer's bows," he shouted down to the captain, who rushed on deck, but he was too late to give an order. The Capmania was under one-third steam. The captain, first officer and pilot were on the bridge. The engine s I were instantly reversed, and the helm put hard down. No precaution was omitted. Some of her passengers had even grumbled at what they called superfluous caution. After the crash and the sudden cries, the boats were quickly gotten out. There were no signs oi panic; me crew was every where at their stations; the bulkheads were closed and everything possible was done to save life. Some of the Campania's plates were bent by the collision; her forepeak filled with water; her foretopmast was broken short off and her steel rigging torn and twisted. The passengers held a meeting, adopt ed resolutions ot thanks to the captain and crew, and subscribed 700 for the relief of the survivors and the families of the lost. Eighth Infantry for China. New York, July 24. Two com panies of the Eighth United States in fantry moved off the transport McClel lan this afternoon and started for Fort Snelhng, Minn. Other members of the regiment are en route from Cuba, and, after the recruiting of the organ ization to its full limit, it will be sent to China. The men have been in Cuba 18 months, but they looked to be in fine condition. About 2,500 persons were at the docks to meet the soldiers. and the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation proivded coffee and other re freshents. The other eight com panies of the regiment were delayed by a storm off Cape Hatteras. poked sharp sticks into his flesh and I jabbed him with tridents. When he sank down, weak with the loss of blood and half crazed by the awful torture, and was unable to get upon his knees even, the chain being too short, he strangled slowly. Molten lead was then thrown on his nude body and as he writhed in agony, he was stabbed to death. His body was cut to pieces Tl . l. . , i . .nuuuauii, in a uuier mssionary, was slaugthered without being so long in agony. He was cut down by a mob and hacked to peoes almost instantly A number of the mission converts were slaughtered. Some were asked to re cant and those who did so to save their lives were saddled and bridled and forced to crawl to the temple idols THE HOT SPELL. caused Seventy Deaths at New York Yeaterday. Hew York, July 20. The hot weather today caused or contributed toward the death of more than 70 per sons in this city and vicinity. As many mom stricken ones are in the hospitals, and some of them will suo- cumb before the night is over. More . i. . ,.i 1 1 ..... man iiau me iatanties were among babies and little children, and there are now about 40 bodies of the Hi tie ones lying at the morgue at Bellevue. This was the third day of the spell oi intense heat. Late tonight the torn perature moderated. Early this morn' ing the sun began its deadly work, and Deiore the day was fairly well started the hospitals were busy, . On the streets the temperature ranged from 98 to 105, and the official report from th weather bureau, high above ground, was 94 deg. shortly before S o'clock tonight. One death was from an attempt at suicide made while the subject was crazed with the heat. Many little children are badly hurt by falls from fire escapes, on to which they had crawledjfor relief from the oppressive weather. and the other of Russians in the north, confront the Chinese, and the lising so the czar is said to argue would be bound to collapse. "We want no conquests," ho is reported to have de clared at the conclusion 'of the sitting of the council. "What we denire is to protect our frontiers and to steer into smooth waters the Chinese ship of State, now buffeted bv the wiivph n civil war." There is nothing further tbis morn ing that throws any liuht upon the inyg. terious situation. Two urgent dis patches were addrossed yesterday by tne Chinese minister to the Pokin gov smment and the administration of tel egraphs, strongly recommending the lestoration of telegraphic commnuioa cion, so as to enable the powers to learn of the safety of the foroiirn min Uters. Until such proofs are secured, no one here is inclined to alter the opinion that the Chinese are merely juggling to gam time Rumor circulates briskly around the personality of Li Hung Chang. He in credited with a mission to offer to cede to the allied liowers two provinces as indemnity for the Pekin outrages and also to oner to restore order and Kive facilities for trade with the outside world, on oondition of the surrender of Kiao Chou, AVei Hai Wei and Man churia by the powers end the with drawal of all missionaries. Cleared the Track and Saved Llvea. Three Lakes, Wis., July 24. A laborer early to day removed a pile of ties from the Northwestern tracks, that had been placed there during the night, just in time to prevent the passenger train due here at 4:30 A. M., trom striking them. He also removed a nnmhor nf ronWa from a liririua a .hnn ' hospital assistants. . ... B .j.. a . - ' j " . . Jl... II!. .1 . . I fe'lfvouuls. ntiAM 4. I .. . ... ll- . 1 .' , uiBiauce hwhji ins actions prooaoiy geuvrnuy ueueveu Tranaporta gall. San Francisco, July 19. The United States army transport Sumner, bearing offer to the Chlneae Luiimtrlei Cloae. Chicago, July 25. The Chinese population of Chicago is perturbed over the reports from the various parts of the city that because of Caucasian an tiputhy aroused by trouble in the Celes tial empire a boycott has been institut ed against Chinese lauudrius and truck farms. Wu Sung Lee, a banker in Chinatown and probably the richest Mongolian in the city, says four laun dries have been forced to suspend busi ness during the past week, and Cliinoiie laundries generally report a falling off of 50 per cent in their business. Bank er Wu sail today: "The white people think we are in sympathy with the Boxers, and that they have our moral support. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every Chinese in the city regrets the trouble, and hopes that the foreigners have not been murdered. Some of us have even imrborized the Chinese cousuls at San Francisco to tanan object of freeing from the Span ish yoko the peoples under it, and we will give you independence and free dom, as we have proclaimed to the world at large. "Filipino We are very grateful for this genorous manifestation of the great Amorican poople, and being made through an admiral of their navy, we value it more than a written contract and therefore place ourselves at your entire disposal. "Admiral Dewey I place at your disposal the ships of my fleet for tho conveyance of both the Filipino leaders and the arms you may get. Moreover, I think my government is willing to supply you with arms and ammunition. "Filipino We are very thankful to you for this new generosity of the Amer ican people.and you may be sure that we are ready to fight at your side foi tho independence of the Philippines, even without arms, as we have done during the recent revolution. "Admiral Dewey America is rich in every respect; she has territories sparsely inhabited. Besides, our con stitution prevents 'territorial expan sion' outside of America; therefore, the Filipinos may be sure of their inde pendence, and not a bit of their land shall be taken from them. ' After these conclusive and forinnl statomontH, the conversation turned to other details coucemiuir tiie state of the country." The IPtter is signed "K. andiino." He is a Filipino Who recently surrendered r ii ienn forces. Alox- general to the saved the lives of 30 members of local club, who were on the train. a detachment of troops, surgeons and services aud our m-ooertv. tn Iia pmi sailed today for that the foreigners, esneclallv t,h Americans, in China may be saved." Kngnired In a Lara Flew. Yokohmaa, Jujly 23. Mount Azu ma, near Bandaisan, which was the scene of a volcano disaster in 1888, lurther orders will be received direct ing the vessel to proceed to Taku, China. At least two officers who ailed on the transport are under direct orders to join the forces under com mand of Brigadier-General Adna R. Chaffee, at Takn. broke into eruption Tuesday, July 17, iiuDureus oi persons were Kinea or in jured. Several villages were engulfed j bv the stream of lava from Mrmnt Azuma, and great damage was done in ' "i8lB8 ""ckena, t is having hard a TrJnl . T,U 7 adjacent districts. I Of 800 fowls she has raised, re.Uarantine Wl11 be Mrs. J. 8. Felton, of Corvallis, Or., . whose husband died some months ago. 1 has been endeavoring to support herself A Birmingham, N. T school teacher whipped a school boy and exploded a torpedo. He may die. A six year old boy at Acorn Ridge, Mo., shot bis brother dead as the re sult of a quarrel. Japan has appropriated 60.000,000 ran or war purposes. A yen is about the same as our dollar. The Christian Endeavor convention in London will be attended by 10,000 delegates. 3,000 from America, Heavy Artillery for the Orient. Fort Riley, Kan., July 24. Rush orders have come for the Seventh Unit ed States battery of heavy artillery at I Fort Riley to proceed with all haste to the Orient, calling for orders at Nag .asaki. General Merriam promulgated the order in Denver. The battery was organized during the Spanish war, and since that time has been idle. Tho equipment embraces the heaviest cali ber guns in the service, with full com plement of mortars, attended by 250 men and 10 officers. thieves have stolen all but three dozen. Sidney Edgerton. Akron, O., July 21. Hon. Sidney Edgerton, aged 82, died here today. He was the first justice of the supreme couit of Idaho, and the first governor of Montana, having been appointed by President Lincoln. He was twice elected congressman from this district. Chicago, July 21. James NicoL vice-president of the Chicago board of trade, was suspended for one year at a meeting of the directors tonight The charge wu bucket-shopping. Yellow Fever at Plnar del Itio Havana, July 25. Yellow fe broken out in the barracks of the Sev-! enth United States cavalry and the ' tr..- f.wiA 2..r... .-.t -Tdi. in i mar 4 wag too ,nul.h for him uui iumo imm uceu nino ueathS . kn j .1 .l . . , i uo uunun me iasv muDin, and 11 cases are now under treatment in the hospit als. Today General Lee moved the camp three miles.into the country, and en forced King of Servla Kngaged.. Belgrade, July 24. King Alexander. Of Sevia, has proclaimed bis bethrothal to Mme, Draga Maschin, a widow, who was formerly a lady-in-waiting to Queen Nathalie, the king's mother. Took Morphine and Died. Seattle, July 24. Joe Greenwald, a snorting man, well-known all over the Pacific coast, died here today from morphine, taken with suicidal intent. His people are well-to-do Californians, living near Eureka. Miiaxnnre In Tenia. nk-Hgo, July 23. A special to the Record from Peoria, 111., says: Giorie Shimoou, a PorKiitn student who has been attending college in Illinois for severnl years and is passing the summer in Peoria, today received a cablegram from his home at Oroomiah. Persia. stating that his brother had been cap tured by Mohammedans and that there has been a general massacre of 8.000 Christians in Oroomiab. The letter states that the feeling of the Moham medans against the native Christians is growing, and that there have been sev eral hand-to hand battles with fatali ties on both sides. Mr. Shimoou 's father is a native missionary, and this fact adds to the wrath agaiutit him aud his family. Lynching ol a Negro. Ilnntsville, Ala., July 25. Elijah Clark, a negro, who yesterday assault ed Snsan Priest, a 13-yeur-old girl, was taken from jail in this city tonight and lynched near the simt where his crime was committed. His body was riddled with bullets. Sheriff Fulgham defend ed his prisoner to the last, but the mob Will Vining. attempted to rush through tho crowd and up the jail steps, was shot by the sheriff and dangerously wound ed. After battering down the doors and gaining an entrance to the jail, the mob drove the sheriff and his prisoner into the third story ef the building. Dallas Street Car Strike. Datlar, Tex., July 25. Union mo tormen are prosecuting vigorously the strike on the Dallas Consolidated Street " Railway, backed by the entire organ ized labor forces of the city. W. D. Mahon. of Detroit, Mich., president of the Amalgamated Assoiation of Street Railway Employes, will reach Dallas tomorrow to take charge of the strike. The Dallas Typographical Union has passed a resolution fining any member riding on the street cars f 25 for eac offense. 'v li i T3N-