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f i 11 l MIT Til V "IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT, 99 VOL. XII. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, li)0O. NO. 13. HOOD RIVER GLACIER Published Every Friday by B. F. J8LYTHE. Term! el subscription 11.50 a year when paid In advance. THB MAILS. Tbe mall arrive! from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock a. m. Wednesdays and Saturday!; depart! the ime aayi ai noon. For Cuenoweth, leaves at 8 a. m. Tuesday!, Thuraaav! ana aaiuraaya; arrives si en. m. For White Salmon (Wash.) leaves daily at 6:4 m arrives at 7:14 n. m. From White Salmon leaves for Fulda, Gilmer Irout Late ana Ulenwooa aauy at a.m, For Bingen (VfaBb.) lea.ves at 6:45 p. m.; ar- rtves ai -i p. m. SOCIETIES. T AUREL REBEKAH DEGREE LODGE, No li 87, I. O. O. F. Meets first and third Mon days in each month. Misb Stella Richakdson, N. 0. H. J. Hibbard, Secretary. nANBY POST. No. 16. G. A. R.-Meets at A j O. U. W. Hall second and fourth Saturdays ef each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All G. A. R members invited to meet with us. M. P. 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Of the best quality alwas on hand al prices to suit the times. JJUTLER & CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. DALLAS & SPANGLER, DEALERS IN- Hardware, Staves and Tinware Kitchen Furniture, Plumbers' Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc. Wo have a new and complete stock W hardware, stoves and tinware, to which we will keep constantly adding. Our prices will continue to b at low as t ortland prices. BEFilUSi TilWABE 1 SFE8IAITT. Epitome of the Telegraphic JNews of the World. TERSE TICKS FRO VHE WIRES 4u Interesting Collection of Item From he Two Hemisphere Presviti j fn a Cop Sensed, i'evm. The Russians lost 600 killed at Peit bang. Democrats opened their national campaign. Firo in a Butte, Mont., mine caused $100,000 damage. There will be no yellow peril, go far as Japan is concerned. Yi ieconsin Republicans nominated Robert M. La Follette for governor, TU i. T l 1 a-n s ma jAJSitmjCH ai uonax wasn., was burglarized and $40 in stamps secured A telegraph line from Valdes to Cane JNome, Alaska, is under construction. Lieutenant-Colonel Hoare's garrison at Eland's river has surrendered to the Boers. Bryan and Stevenson were formally notified of their nomination at Indian apolis. General Miles savs the situation in China is serious. He says the move ment of troops is difficult. Heavy rains in the Yellowstone Na tional Park completely extinguished the forest fires which had burned for some time. River improvement will precede and a naval station accompany the location of a government drydook on the Colum bia river, Or. One man was killed and four ser iously injured in a collision on the Spokane Falls and Northern, near Spokane, Wash. General MacArthur's official report of the sickness in his army on July 31 is as follows: Sick in hospitals, 3,755; sick in quarters, 1,081.. The third battalion of tbe Fifth in fantry, stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illi nois, has been ordered to China to join General Chaffee's command. The Columbia Southern railway is extending its telegraph line through Harney county, Oregon, which is thought to be a good indication that the railroad will shortly follow. . j The wife of Dr. A. McDonald Wost- water, of Liaoyang, Manchuira, com mitted suicide at Arma in consequence of mental depression caused by her ex citing experiences at New Chwang just before her departure from China. When bids were opened at army headquarters at Chicago for the trans portation of troops from Fort Sheiidan to San Franciasco, the Chicago & Northwestern was found to be the low est bidder at $7 per capita from Fort Sheridan to Ogden. From Ogden to the coast the troops are carried by the Southern Pacific. This is the lowest bid ever made for the transportation of troops, St. Louis strikers blow up a car with dvnamite. Harrisniith surrendered to the Brit- ish August 4. . Russian troops looted, tortured and murdered at Tien Tsin. Towne declines the Populist nomiua tion for vice-president. Li Hung Chang says the Chinese must fight if the allies advance. Americans want General MacArthur to lead the international forces. Chinese reported to have 170,000 troops between Tien Tsin and Pekin Insurgents are troublesome in the icinity of Cagayan, Island of Min danao. Fire in the heart of the city of Blue- fields. Nicaragua, did damage to the amount of $175,000. Three people were killed and 1 1 in jured in a collision on the Monon route, near Lafayette, Ind. Conger cables that the situation of the ministers is precarious. Imperial troop are firing on the legations. Battery O, with its 7-mch siege guns, the largest in me at my, uu no man. have left Fort Riley, Kan., for China. , Memorial serivces for Humbert in a Catholic church at Washington augur better relations between the papacy and the Italian government. It is stated positively that President Kruger is willing and anxious to sur render, providing a satisfactory promise is given as to his ultimate destination. A. H. Zeigler, of Santa Cruz, Cal., formerly a justice of the peace in Idaho, killed his wife by cutting her throat, and attempted suicide by hack ing his own throat. Firn at Soencer, Tioga county, N. V . destroyed the saw mill, grist mill and the lumber yards of A. Zeeley, the Grove hotel, tha town electric light plant, the Lehigh Valley railroad sta tion, and otner property, euw""! loss of $150,000. If you never begin a task you will never finish it. A wording to Mr. Wilson, secretary of agriculture, tbe skins of superfluous does in Nebraska are tanned and made into gloves. This might give a valua blehintto many large cities where great numbers of stray dogs are killed annually. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of canine pelts are im ported annually for this purpose, dog skin being one of the beat materials for gloves, LATER NEWS. Dr.Steinitz. the chess champion, died in New York. A site has been chosen for the new rort nail Indian school. The Russian minister will not leavi rekin before his comrades. The besieged foreigners in Pekin have iooa to last them only a week Bryan's speech of acceptance will be reproduced by phonograph. iwelve persons were killed and 40 injured in a train wreck in Italy. The empress intends to leave Pekin before the foreign troops arrive, "Vi''priauong iy tne last session ol congress were $710,150,862. The ameer of Afghanistan is prepir mg o cross into Kussian teriitory. liie annual convention of the Typo graphical Union opened in Milwaukee beveral oannerymen were arrested for packing salmon after close of sea' son. dj miBtuKe isriusn ana Russian ar tiilery shelled the Americans at Vang isun. Judge Lacombe, of New York, re- fused to sign a writ of extradition foi Neely. About SO farmers near Salem real ized 56 cents per bushel foi wheat dt pooling the same Export of gold from New York is ex pected to relax the financial tension al European capitals. The state department replied to the edict appointing Li Hung Chang peace commissioner. Two government pack trains leav Vancouver to take a transport at Seat tie for service in China The report that the Canadian govern ment has abandoned the royalty on the Yukon gold output is not correct. Ar export duty is under consideration Parejita, well-known Cuban bandit, was shot and killed at Palma Sorito, 20 miles from Santiago, by a corpora of the rural guard. This outlaw had been terrorizing the country for several years. He has committed numerous murders. A pitohed battle occurred near Gra ham, N. M., between a posse, undei Deputy Sheriff W. K. Foster, and two bandits who robbed a store in Graham in broad daylight. One of the robbers was killed. The other was wounded, but he escaped. C. N. McMahon, a young society man, ol Woodward avenue, Detroit, was robbed of $500 in greenbacks while coining out of the California theater, San Francisco, after the performance by a pickpocket, who secured tbe roll of bills and escaped. .Extreme hot weather continues in the East. Prince Tuan is preparing to escape from Pekin. The Klondike gold yield this year is $25,000,000. Several persons were killed by storm in New York. Governor Roosevelt will speak in Oregon in September. Seattle inaugurates a move lor an international fair in 1904. There is a great demand for timber and farm lands in Oregon. Hot weather killed 39 persons in New York and Philadelphia. Bryan has decided to make a general campaign tour of the country. Sealing schooner Minnie, of Victoria, was wrecked in Northern waters King Victor took the constitutional oath before the Italian parliament General Randall is given authority to send destitute persons out from Nome. The ringleaders in the Pretoria plot to capture Lord Roberts have been ar rested. General MacArthur sends news of the surrender of a Filipino command of 172. Jefferies is anxious to meet Fitzsim mons and Sharkey in the last week of August. " In the French naval maneuvers a tor pedo boat destroyer was sunk and 42 lives lost. Many American soldiers were pros trated by the heat in the advance; on Yang Tsun. ' .. , Chinese viceroys want the United States to prevent tbe landing of troops at Shanghai. , Fifteen persons were killed by rail road tiain striking an omnibus in Pennsylvania. Congressman Overstreet says the Republicans must work hard to control the next house. Encouraging developments are re ported from the Sumpter district of Eastern Oregon. Six persons were killed in an Italian railroad wreck. The king and queen went to the scene. An advance guard of the internation al column has pushed on from Yang Tsun to occupy Tsai Tsun. . A London newspaper correspondent writes a bitter complaint of the con duct of affairs in South Africa. The French press and people are not pleased with th appointment of Von Waldersee as commanaer-in-cniet. If there enters your soul a sense of oeace which makes you iorget all that is behind you, all that is mournful and confused in your past, that is God. Some time ago the Princeton, N. J., university presented to the British museum 250 specimens of North Ameri can birds' eggs many of them of rare species. Now the British museum re ciprocates by presenting to the Prince ton university 2,000 mounted birds, in cluding brilliant specimens from India, Australia and tb Malay island. FIFTEEN WERE KILLED Train Crashed Into a Loaded Omnibus. SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED Accident Occurred at Grale-(JoMlur Where Mo Watchman 1 Employed. Slatington, Pa., August 14. Fifteen persons were instantly killed and 11 others, several of whom will die, wert seriously injured tonight in a grad crossing, about three miles from this city, a passenger train on the Lehigh Valley & Jew England railroad crash' ing into an omnibus containing 25 per sons. All the dead and injured were in the omnibus. But three of the oc cupants escaped injury. The omnibus passengers were re turning to Slatington from a funeral, Ihe dead and injured were nearly all relatives of Sophia Schoefer, whose obsequies they had attended. The ac cident occurred at 5 o'clock at a sharp curve. The train was a special, and was running at a lively rate of speed. The omnibuB came along at a good rate of speed, the occupants unconscious of any impending danger. As the bus swung around the curve the engine came in sight. It was too late to stop either the omnibus or the train, and, as the driver of the former whipped up the four horses to cross the track ahead of the train, the latter crashed into its middle. The occupants were thrown in all directions, bruised and bleeding. The 15 dead were killed outright mysioians and a special train were sent from here and the injured were taken to South Bethlehem. No watchman is employed to warn teams or pedestrians of any approach ing train, and those living in the vicin ity state it is impossible to hear an up proaching train. The horses drawing the bus escaped unhurt. DID DOUBLE CRIME. Murdered Hli Friend and Bobbed the Express. Columbus, O., August 14. Charles R. II. Ferreil, a former employe of the Adams Express Company, was arrested this afternoon in this city, and con fessed to the killing of Messenger Lane and the robbery of the way safe of the Adams Express Company, on the Penn sylvania east-bound train Friday night One thousand dollars of the money he stole was recovered. Ferreil was to have been married Thursday next to Miss Lillian Costlow, daughter of an engineer on the Pennsyl vania line. He had been discharged from the employ ol the Adams Express Company, and confessed that the motive of the robbery was to secure money for the approaching wedding. The money recovered he had given to Miss Costlow to keep for him, saying he had saved it from bis earnings. Ferreil is but 22 years (of age. He was at the home of his affianced and in her company when placed under arrest. When the officers took him into custody he assumed a nonchalant de meanor, but when he found that he could no longer carry out the decep tion, he made a full confession. After his statement had been taken by Chief of Police Tyler and he was led to a cell in the police station, he was in a state of nervous collapse, and orders were given that he be watched closely to pre vent his doing himself bodily injury. The confession of Ferreil disclosed a premeditated and blood curdling crime, almost impossible to believe. He said he had become desperate because of his inability to secure emplovment and a realization of the fact that he must have mopey to defray the expenses of his approaching marriage. The rob bery, including the murder of Express Messenger Lane, had been planned carefully. Ferreil had no accomplices and no confidants He knew Lane well. In fact, they were friends, and he re lied upon Lane's confidence to help him execute the crime. He knew that considerable money was always carried by the messenger between St. Louis and Columbus, and that he was certain to secure a large sum if he rob bed tbe way safe. Mine Struck by Lightning. New York, August 14. Nine persons who sought shelter under trees in the woods in the Bronx section during a storm this evening, were struck by lightning. They were James Brown, a Hungarian tailor, of this city, bit wife and five children, and Bertha Leschowitz and Bertha Silverman. They were taken to Fordham hospital. At a late hour tonight attending physi cians said they thought Mrs. Brown, two of her children and Bertha Silver man could not possibly live. The physicians said Bertha Leschowitz would either die or become hopelessly insane. The party was cam pin? out. Plague Situation at Manila. Washington, Augnfit 14, Marine hospital service advices from Manila. just received, state that the number of luirue cases there is diminishing. No information hag been officially commu nicated here regarding the renorted action of the Singapore health officers in quarantining against Manila. Six Killed la a Tralnwreck In Italy. Rome, August 14. A train bearing many notable persons, who had been attending tbe recent ceremonies here, collided with another a few miles out side the city. Six persons were killed outright, and several others fatally in jured. The king and queen went im mediately to the scene of tbe accident. The names of tbe victims have not been ascertained, but it is understood that Grand Duke and Duchess Pierre, of PLOT TO CAPTURE "BOBS." A. Bold Boer Conspiracy Nipped In the Bud. London, August 13. The Daily News has the following dispatch from Pretoria, dated August 9: "A plot to shoot all the British offi oers and to make Lord Roberts a pris oner has been opportunely discovered Ten of the ringleaders were arrested and are now in jail. "It is probable that it is 'pait of i conspiracy of which the attempted ris ing at Kannersburg was the first indi oation." Details of the Plot. Pretoria, August 13. Everything was prepared in the plot to make Lord Roberts a prisoner and shoot the Brit ish officers, and the conspiracy was only discovered at the last moment, . The conspirators numbered about 15. They had planned to set fire to the houses in the extreme western end of the city, hoping that the troops would be con ceiitrated there. The plan was that the conspirators wire forcibly to enter all bouses oooupied by British officers and kill the oocupants. The Boorsym pathizers were acquainted with' the plot, and several had been told off t secure the person of Lord Roberts am to hurry with him to the nearest com mando. Horses had been obtained for this purpose. The affair has created a tremendous sensation. Pretorlnnt Involved. Pretoria, August 13. The plot diS' covered to make a prisoner of Lord Roberts and shoot all the British offi cers, included a number of the towns people, who were in communication with the enemy. It was arranged that the capture and killing should taks place on the evening of Tuesday last. Intense indignation prevails throughout the army, and the general opinion is that the leniency of, the British invited such a conppirucy. It is considered that no measure for the repression of such plots can be too strong. HOT WEATHER IN THE EAST All Record Broken In Chicago Many Deaths and I'roatratiom. Chicago, August 13. Hot weatbel records for this city were broken again today. For 25 years, or since the weather bureau was established, there has been but one term ot hot weather in which the mercury reached 00 for five consecutive days. The average maximum temperature for these five days was 02. There have been now six days on which the temperature has gone above 90, and the average max imum for the six days has been 93.5. Today was tbe hottest of the present season, the mercury reaching 95 in the Auditorium tower at 3 o'clock. On the street it was two' degrees warmer than in the tower. The prolonged heat is having a seri ous effect on business. All those who can leave the city for points along the lake shore and the woods are going, and many have materially curtailed their hours of labor. Gangs of labor ers all over the city laid off during the afternoon. There were four deaths due to the heat, and 29 prostrations, three ol which are expected to prove fatal. The four deaths today make a total of 17 due directly to the heat. It is esti mated that over 100 deaths of people already ill have been hastened by the weather of this week. For the week the mortality list has been mounting with great rapidity, the increase being attributed entirely to tbe heat. There were 465 deaths last week., and with the present ratio of increase there will be 600 this week. The ratio of deaths, aocordiug to the coroner, wilt inorease steadily as long as the hot weather continues. Cost of the Slollneaux Trial. New York, August 13. The convio- tion of Roland B. Molineaux for the murder of Mrs. Kate Adams, it has been ascertained from an authentio source, was obtained at an expense to New York county of more than $100, 000, says the Herald. One of the chief causes of this enormous expense was the large amount of money de manded by handwriting experts. Conld Not Hear the Whittle. Pendleton, Or., August 13. The fast mail, east bound, struck the wag on of J. C. Saltmarsh, a farmer driv ing a four-horse team from town today, throwing him a long distance from the track. Saltmarsh suffered fracture of the skull, and will die. He was deal and could not hear the numerous whistles of the engine. Sealing Schooaer Minnie Lot. Victoria.. B. C, August. 13. A letter was received this morning, vis Seattle, by Mrs. Jacobson, wife of the owner and master ot tbe sealing schooner Minnie, in which was report ed the total loss of that vessel in Behr ing sea. The crew was saved. No de tails are given. The schooner and equipment were insured for $4,000. British Force far China. Simla, August 11. Including the Fourth brigade, the strength of the force proceeding to China is 446 Brit ish officers, 1,064 non-commissioned aud native officers 13,970 meu, 11,850 followers, 1,150 drivers, 2,520 horses, 4,300 ponies and mules, 12 guns, 14 Maxims and 1,800 imperial strive troops. It is expected that the entire force will have sailed before the mid dle of next month. Cut to pieces Under a Trslii. Pocatello, Idaho, August 18. Jamei Whalen, a butcher of this place, fell between the cars of a moving freight train three miles north of here thii forenoon, and was cut to pieces. Whalen was intoxicated, and was steal ing ride, Tma Death! In Plttsbnrr. Pittyhnrtr Antrnat 13.TnHar tb temperature registered 94 degrees. Two deaths and seven nrostrations man resorted. NO TIME FOR PEACE The Ministers Must First Be Liberated. REPLY TO THE CHINESE EDICT America's Finn Position In This Mattes Is Unchanged A Message From Conger. - Washington, August 15. The reply of the United States govornuieut to China's overtures for peace was made public early in the day, showing the firm and final position that had been taken. While expressing satisfaction at this peace step, the reply states that it is evident "that there can be no gen eral negotiations between China and the powers" so long as the ministers and legationers are restrained and in danger, and then follows a specitio Btatemen: of what the United States expects as a condition precedent to a cessation of hostilites, viz.: That a body of the relief force be permitted to "enter Pekin unmolested" and escort the ministers back to Tien Tsin. The text ot the American reply is as fol lows "Memorandum: Touching the im perial edict of August 8, appointing Li Hung Chang envoy plenipotentiary to conduct negotiations on the part of China with the powers, and the request for a cessation of hostilities pending negotiations, communicated to Mr. Adee by Mr. Wu on the 12th of Au gust, 1900. "The government of the United States learned with satisfaction of the appointment of Earl Li Hung Chang as eiu'oy plenipotentiary to conduct nego tiations with the powers, and will, on its purt, enter upon such negotiations with a desire to continue the friendly relations so long existing between the two countries. It is evident that there can be no general negotiations between China and the powers so long as the ministers of the powers and the persons under their protection remain in their present position of restraint and danger, and that the powers cannot cease their efforts for their delivery of those repre sentatives to which they ate constrain ed by the highest consideration of national honor, except under an ar rangement adequate to accomplish a peaceable deliverance. We are ready to enter into an arrangement between the powers and the Chinese government for a cessation of hostile demonstia tion s on condition that a sufficient body of the forces composing the relief expedition shall be permitted to enter Pekin unmolested and to escort the for eign ministers and residents back to Tien Tsin, this movement being pro vided and secured by such arms and dispositions of troops as shall be con sidered safe by the generals command ing the forces composing the relief ex pedition. ALVAL A. ADEE, "Acting Secretary.' "Department of State, Washington, August 13, 1900." Message From Conger. A dispatch was received from General Chaffee transmitting a message he had received from Minister Conger. Evi dently the message had been delayed long in reaching him, and his own dis patch was dated four days ago. The dispatch was as follows: . "Adjutant-General, Washington Toitsun, 8th Message received today: 'Pekin, August 4. We will hold until your arrival. Hope it will be soon. Send such information as you can. Conger.' CHAFFE." Three Men Killed. New York, August 15. Three, em ployes in the New York Steam Heating Company were killed this morning by the explosion of a 15-inch pipe elbow. They are: Frank Sherrick, of Jersey City; George Jenkins, Edward Brown, colored, of this city. Jackson and Brown tried to crawl out, but were overcome and suffocated. Sherrick was on the second floor, in the fire room, aud was suffocated by the steam. Others seriously injured were sent home. W. J. David, the engineer, was arrested. More Pay for Operators. Pittsburg, Aagust 15. After several couierenoes with the Baltimore & Ohio railroad officials, the Order of Railway Telegraphers has secured recognition of the order and a readjustment of wages and conditions, which will mean an advance and betterment to the majority of 2,000 or more operators employed on the Baltimore & Ohio system. In some instances, the advance will be between $5 and $10 a month. Illinois1 Wheat Crep. Springfield, III., August 15. The state board of agriculture issued a bul letin today stating that the winter wheat crop of Illinois amounts to 20, 677,000 bushels, tbe largest since 1896. Tbe quality is excellent, and at the price of August 1, 68 cents, its value is $14,169,000, the best returns since 1894. explosion In Shanghai. Shanghai, August 15. A native powder magazine exploded last night. The i dau image is not known, foreigners are i not ; admitted within tbe magazine enclosure Baltimore Mock fctrlke. Baltimore, August 15. The strike of 2,000 union stevedores is assuming an ngly aspect, in which minor dis turbances are of daily occurrence. A big crowd last night attacked a street car at Locust Point, in which were a number of non-union colored men. One of the negroes drew a pistol and fired five shots into tbe crowd of men, wo men and boys who were following them. Tbree of tbe shots took effect, wounding Harry Pressor, Joseph Peascb and Arthur Raynier. FOUR KILLED BY A STORM. Two Others Probably Fatally Injured Wind and Lightning. , New York, August 15. In the stoTm which passed over this section this af ternoon, four persons were killed in Brooklyn, and two others stand very little chance of recovery from injuries received. Thomas Dunn, 16 years of age, was killed by lightning while sheltering under a tree. . : ' Frank Valentine was crushed in the wreck of his barn that had been set on tire by lightning and Clarence Weeks, a farmhand, who was in the bain be fore the lightning struck it, is missing. Chauncey Lay, 16 years of ago, became entangled in an electric wire and was burned to death. Fannie Bryne, 17 years old, was badly burned and shocked in alighting from a Brooklyn Heights trolley oar during the storm. The arm of the trolley car broke and fell upon Miss Bryne's shoulder. She tried to push it from her aud was badly shocked. Hec life is despaired of. Angelina Rosa, 80 years of ago, stepped upoq a live electric wire and was burned and shocked so badly that she may die. At Teuafiy, N. J., Lizzie North was killed and her mother and two sisters were severely injured by a bolt ol lightning that they will probably die. DEATH RATE IN HONOLULU. Alarmingly High, Especially Among Natives and Japauese. Honolulu, August 6. The health re ports for the months of June and July show an alarming increase in the death rate, especially among native Hawaii ans and Japanese of thelslaud of Ohuu, which has the only complete records. In June the number of deaths pel thousand was 45; in July 49.68. The increase for the past few "years, as shown by tables just compiled, hai aroused a great deal of discussion. In 1896 the July deaths numbered 48. Since then the figures have jumped tc 59, 75, 03 and this yenr 114. Consumption heads the list of dis eases, causing deaths in almost every month, and there is agitation foi Btrici measures to quarantine patients. The board of health is discussing a quaran tine against consumption, as many peo ple come here from other places to en joy the mild olimate, and it is believe that they are a source of danger to the population. Typhoid fever has also claimed a good many victims lately, a slight epi demio having developed in one district of Honolulu. The United States courts in Hawaii were formally inaugurated today bj Judge M. M. Estee. Strike at Marseille. Marseilles, August 15. The strike of the firemen of the Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company, which began this morning, seriously iuterferred with the arrangements for the departure of the transports, only one, the Polynesian, getting away. The strikers of the oth ers left the vessels. This afternoon the strikers tried to prevent the Polynesian leaving the harbor, by blocking tin entrance with a number of barges. Ten strikers entered by the scuttles and threatened the firemen with death, They were placed under arrest. It wai only with great difficulty that the com pany's tugs succeeded in driving the barges toward the quays, where all the manifestants, some 50, were arrested. ' Filipinos Surrender. Washington, August 14. The wai department received today the follow ing dispatch containing cheerful newi from General MacArthur: ' 'Manila, August 14. Ad jutant-Gen- era), Washingotn: , Colonel Grassu, August 11, in the vicinity of Taug, sur rendered v eommand to Colonel- Free man, Twenty-fourth United States in fantry, consisting "of one major, sii captuins, six lieutenants, 169 men, 10Q rifles and 50 bolos. "Mao ARTHUR." Two Fatally Shot by Kobber. St. Joseph, Mo., August 14. Joseph Phelpot and Frank Craig, both wealth stockmen, were fatally shot, near theii homes, three miles from Nodaway, Mo., early this morning by two met who attempted a hold-up. The stock men had visited the St. Joseph market with cattle, and the robbers doubtlesi expected to secure a large sum o money, which had already been de posited in a bauk here. Still Fighting In Columbia. Kingtson, Jamaica, August ; 15. There was heavy fighting last weel south of Carthagena, Colombia. The rebels lost heavily, and retreated. Writers describe the suffering of the people as very great. One says that a disorder resembling bubonio plagut has developed at Panama. So man were killed in the last battle at Pana ma that some of tbe bodies bad to be burned. - Suicide of an Indian Family. Burns, Or., August 14. A few duy ago, Snowdie, a Piute Indian . of this county, committed suicide by eatin wild parsnips. Last week, his child, a 14-year-old girl, on account of bad health, ended her life In the same way, Her mother, upon finding the child dead, procured some parsnips, and, eat ing them, also ended her life It ii unusual for Indians to commit suicide. Germany will land troops to proteo: her interests in the Yangtse valley. Newark Goes to C'avit. Washington, August 15. Actio, i Secretary Hackett, of the navy depart ment, today received a dispactb from Admiral Kempff, stating the oruisei Newark, his flagship, has sailed from Nagasaki for Cavite. The Newark hut been for some time past in Chines waters, and was in tbe vicinity of tbi operations at the time the Taku forti were taken. . It is presumed here tin trip to the naval station at Cavite ii for the purpose cf making some neccs, sary repairs. if : 1 M-' V r. uni i l f I; t 5 ... - J f ' I M if m ! J, ; f f ; f . i i f J : t 5 ' i "'. i f 1 i