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"IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT."
VOL. XIII.
HOOD 1UVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1901.
NO.
HOOD RIVER GLACIER
t'lililmlinl f.vrrf KriiUjT by
H. y. III.VTIIK.
Tf-rnm of uliMTiillon- 11.00 a year whrn paid
In atlvaniM'.
THE MAILS.
The mll arrives (nun Mt. (IocmI at to o'clock
a. m. Wriliii-Mtaya and Saturdays; departs Ilia
amp ilavs at nnon.
Knr (iH'imweili, leaves at a. m. Tuesdays,
ThmiulHva ami smunlnvn; arrive at t p. in.
Kor Yi hili- Kalinun N aah.) leave! daily at t Aj
a. m.: arrive, at 7.U p. in.
from WIiii Salmon leaven (or FhIcU, (lllmer,
Trmit l ake and iileiinmxl daily at V A. M.
Kur BuiKeii (Unnli.) leave, at 5:i'i p. m.; ar.
rlve at '.' p. in
NIK 1KTIKH.
IAI'KKI, KK.IIKKAII DKdRK.K LOWIF No
I H7, I. o. (i. K -Meetn II il and third Mon
day In each iiiont h.
Mi Katk DavKNFORT, N. Q.
II. J. Hihharii, hecrciary.
1ANBV COST. No. IB, (I. A. K -Meet, at A.
) . ('. V . Hall teioml and fourth HaturJava
o( eaeh month at 2 o'clock p. m. Alltil. A. k.
DiemlM-ra Invited to meet with lix.
I J. t'UNMNM, Commander.
J. W. hmiiT, Adjuiant.
(1ANRY W. K. C No. 1(1 Meets first Katnr
; day of earn month In A. O. II. W. hall at 1
p in. Mkk B K. hHuRM ak k R, fretidont.
Mrh. (' mni i a Ii kk. Serretarjr.
HOOIl WVKIl I.OIKiK, No. 10.1, A. F. and A.
M. -Mil-la satunlay evening on or before
each full moon. A N. Kahm, W. M.
A. K Batkham, Hecrctary.
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OOD KIVKR CIIAI'TKR. No. 77, R. A. M-
Meet. tliirn Friday nixlit or each nuinlii.
r. i;. mrosiim, n. r.
H. F. Davhwon, Seerelary.
H0OI RIVKR CHAPTKR, No. M, O. K. .
Meela aeenud and fourth Tuesday even
ings ol each month. Vla:t ra coidially wtjl
romed. Una. Kva H. II AVM-i, W. M.
II. F. I)avidon, Becreiary.
OI.KTA AKRKMItl.Y, No. lfM, fnited Artinan.
Meeia lecohd Tueaday o( each month at
J-'iaternal ball. r'. C. liKuHIts, M. A.
J). McDoSai.h, Secretary.
IVAl'COMA I.OIMiK, No. 30, K. ol P.-Meeti
V ill A. O. ti. W. ball every Tueaday nlRlit.
l(IHHAN K SMITH, 'J. C.
Frank I.. Davidson, K. ol R. & 8,
JJlVKKHIDK I.OIMIK, No. 68, A. O. V. W.
Ji Meet tirat and third Saturdays ol eact
mould. N. C. Kva.ns. M. W.
J. F. Watt, Financier.
II. I.. Iluwi, Keeordcr.
IDI.KW II.UK I.OIXIE, No. 107, I. O O. F
Meeta 111 Fraternal hall every Thursday
Bight. A. CI. Gktuikl., N. O.
J. K. Hanna, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER TKST, No. 19, K. O. T. M..
meeta at A. O. II, W. hall oil the tint and
third Frldaya of each mniiih.
J. K. Kasd, Commander.
D IVKRNinE LODGE NO. 40, DEGREE OB
It HONOR, A. O. I. W. -Meeta Brut and
third Saturdays at 8 P. M.
Mux. gkoroia Rand, C. of H.
Mm. ( has Cl.AkKK, Recorder.
SUNSHINE SOCIETY Meets ne-cond and
fourth VatiirdHva of each month at 3
o'clock. -Miwt I.kna Snkll, President.
Mtaa t'AKRIK Biti.kr, Secretary.
TTOOD RIVKR CAMP, No. 7,702, M. W. A..
II inceta In Odd Fellowa' Hall the flrat ana
tliird Wudiii-tay. uf vaeh month.
F. L. DAVIiiaoN, V. C.
F.. R. DRAIiI ltY, Clerk.
Jyj F. SHAW, M. D.
Office Telephone No. R3.
Residence Telephone No. 81.
All Calls Promptly Attended
Oflice upstairs over Everhart'a alore. AH
telle left at t he orhee or residence will b
promptly attended to.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORN EY-ATHW, ABSTRACTOR. NO
TARY PUBLIC and REAL
ESTA'IK AGENT.
For 23 years a resident o( Oregon and Wash
tniiloti. Has hud many years experience la
Real Estate mat:era, aa abstractor, searcher of
titles and agent, ballefuctiou guaranteed ot
Do charge.
J F. WATT, M. D.
Surgeon for O. R. A N. Co. Is especially
equipK'd to treat catarrh of nose and throat
and diacasea of women.
r-Kcial terma for ottice treatment of chronic
rasea.
Telephone, oflice, 125, residence, 45.
pitEDERICK A ARNOLD
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Ketiuiatea furnished for all kinds ol
work. Repairing a specialty. All kinds
of shop work. Shop on State Street,
between First and Second.
CONOMY SHOE SHOP.
PRICE LIST.
Men's half soles, hand eticked, $1;
nailed, best, 75c ; second, 60c ; third, 40c.
Ladies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best
fiOe; second, 35. Best stock and wo !
in Hood River. C. WELDS, Trop.
pHE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY
Is the place to get the latest and best in
Confectioneries, Canities, Nats, Tobacco,
Cigars, etc.
....ICE CREAM PARLORS....
COLE & GRAHAM, Frops.
p C. BROSiUS, M. D.
' FHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Thone Central, or 121.
Offit Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 3
and ti to 7 P. M.
Q H. TEMrLE.
Practical Watchmaker ft Jeweler.
My long experience enables me to do
the best possible work, which I fully
guarantee, and at low prices.
gUTLKR & CO.,
BANKERS.
Pa a general banking business.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Jy A. COOK
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Hood River, Obiuon.
Estimates Furnished. Plans Prawn
J. HAYES, J. P.
Office with Rone Brothers. Businese will ba
edtemied to at any time. Collections made,
and any bnaineaa given to ns will be attended
to speedily and results made promptly. Will
locate ou good (oternment lands, either lim
ber or farming. We are in touch with the t:.
U- Land Office t Tlx Pallet. Uiveusaoaii.
EVENTS OF THE MY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS
OF THE WORLD.
K Comprchtmlvc Rcvkw of the Impor'wt
Happenings of tht Put Week Preie ted
in t Condensed Form Which It Moit
Llkt'y to Prove of Interest (o Our Many
Readers.
A servant girl' union is being
formed in Chicago.
The United States may etiiblinh a
clearing hotixe ut Manila.
The surrender of tho Filijiino leader
Cailles has been'coiifirmed.
Minister Looniis has lieen trans
ferred front Venezuela to Persia.
Porto rtieans will hereafter work in
harmony with the United States.
Claim of Chilean vensel Itataagainxt
tho United Shates has been dismissed.
Thrty-five hundred trackmen o
Canandian Pacific have gone on a
strike.
Emprens dowager of China is plot
ting to put a new emperor on the
throne.
Mormons want to settle on govern
ment lands in Mexico vacated by
Indians.
Five more Chicago firms have ac
ceded to the demands of the striking
machinists.
Moran Uros., of Seattle, have se
cured a force of nonunion machinists
and carpenters.
Industrual commission proposes to
find out whether manufacturers sell
cheaper abroad than at home.
Twelve hundred men were laid off
at the works of the Nuwport, R. I.,
shipbuilding company, on account of
the machinists strike.
A number of Filipino prisoners
have lieen sentenced to death by the
military commission for murder,
assault and violation of the rules of
war.
Philippine customs revenues are
increasing.
Six frame buildings were burned at
Monmouth.
Cailles will surrender his entire
force at Santa Cruz.
Incoming ships report passing
quantities of wreckage on the ocean.
Boers surprised a force of Victoria
mounted rifles near Middlesburg and
captured two pompons.
It is exepcted that negotiations at
Pekin will be settled this month.
Ten persons were injured by a tor
nado in South Dakota.
Two Indians tried to murder the
Umatilla chief of police.
Von Waldersce will be created a
prince on his return to Germany.
Only one body has been recovered
from the wreck of the ferry boat North
field. The Harriman interests have se
cured control of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul road.
Lulu Trince-Kennedy was convict
ed of murder in the second degree and
punishment was fixed at ten yeras'
imprisonment.
An extensive syndicate is buying
up eastern street car lines with the
intention of forming a complete mon
opoly. The Chief of the forestry bureau ol
the Philippines has issued a circular
in which it is stated that the timber
supply in the Philippines is almost
unlimited.
Negroes about Leavenworth, Kan
sas, are arming themselves with re
volvers purchased from the troops at
Fort Leavenworth, and it is thought
they intended to avenge the recent
burning of a Negro.
Eleven hundred butchers are on a
strike in San Francisco.
The Cuban convention has accepted
the original Piatt amendment.
The new battle ship Illinois is the
fastest vessel of her class afloat.
Americans were again successful
in the international trap shoot.
Extensive commissary frauds have
been dicovered at San Francico.
Another name has been added to the
Port fioyal, Pa., coal mine horror.
Thirty-four students graduated
from the Oregon Agricultural college.
Insurgent general Cailles refuses to
surrender, except on his own terms.
Extensive German influence in the
Yangtse district alarms the British
press.
Donald McPhial, a prominent
Eastern Oregon sheepman, was found
dead by the roadside.
The Washigton legislature has ad
journed after amending the capital
punishment law and passing three
vetoed biills.
The governmnet is preparing to
fire three and one half tons of dyna
mite under the Narorws between Forts
Hamilton and Wadsworth.
There are 14,000 oysters to a ton.
River Jordan water is now exported
regularly for baptismal purposes.
In Georgia it is estimated that 30,
000 Neeroes have been Graduated at a
cost of $100,000,000, which colleges
are supported by Northern money.
The first mention of stamps is in
the letters of the old Bishop Synesius
of Cyrone, on the Greek coast of
Africa, 400 years after the Christian
era-'
A WONDERFUL MATHMEATICAN.
Death of Prof. Tatimin 11 Safford. of Wit.
liams College.
New York, June 17. President Tru
man Henry Safford, the mathematic
ian and astronomer, whose death has
Just been announced, will be burled
In the collego burying ground at Wll
llamstown, Mass.
He waa born at Royalton. Vt, 65
years ago. At an early age he attract
ed attention by hla powers of calcula
tion. He could mentally extract the
square and cube root of numbers of
nine and ten places of figures, and
could multiply four figures as rapidly
as It could be done upon paper. In
1845, when he was 9 years old, and
nine years before he was graduated
from Harvard college, he prepared an
almanac, and at the age or 14 he cal
culated the eliptlc elements of the
first comet of 1849. By a method of
his own he abridged by one-fourth the
labor of calculating the rising and set
ting of the moon. After long and dif
ficult problems had ben read to him
once, he could give their result with
out effort.
THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
British Seamen Make Long but Useless Voy
age fo Secure Help.
Halifax, N. 8., June 15. After sail
Ing nearly 700 miles In an open boat
to take relief to their ship, the Bor
der Knight, Mr. Mathle, chief officer,
and two of the crew, arrived at Sheet
Harbor, the end of their 15 days' Jour
ney, to And that their steamer had
Just been towed in, a distance of 450
miles, by the Spanish steamship Dur
anco, from Philadelphia for Bllboa.
Captain W. F. Splatt, of the Border
Knight, and his crew were landed
here, while the brave little rescue par
ty found a haven 40 miles to the east
ward.
When the Border Knight's tall shaft
broke, In latitude 34:10 north and lon
gitude 59:44 west,, 300 miles north
east of Bermuda, sails were rigged
and she began to make her way slow
ly northward. Provisions were scarce,
for she had made an unusually slow
voyage from Africa and the situation
seemeifc to be desperate, as she was
far out of the track of commerce.
Mr. Mathle and the two men vol
unteered to set out in the lifeboat
with a flimsy bit of sail to bring as
sistance to the British steamer. This
was May 29, and June 7 the Duranco,
outward bound, responded to the sig
nals of distress on the Border Knight.
They were sighted by the Trave on
Saturday. The Border Knight was
bound from Cape Verde Islands to
New York.
FIRE AT A HEALTH RESORT.
Hotel at Weit Baden, lnd.r Burned Several
Reported Lost.
Indianapolis, June 15. Telephone
messages from Salem and Bedford, to
the Journal received this morning
say:
The West Baden Springs Hotel, at
West Baden, one of Indiana's most
famous health and pleasure resorts,
burned early this morning. It could
not be learned how the fire started.
Everything In connection with the
hotel building was destroyed, and it
was rumored that several lives were
lost, but this could not be confirmed.
Telephone and telegraph communica
tion with Indianapolis was destroyed
while the story of the fire was being
told.
The hotel Is said to have bad sev
eral hundred guests, and all of theli
belongings were destroyed, there
having been no time to save anything
Assistance was asked of the fire de
partments of near-by towns, but on
account of the lack of transportation
facilities no aid could be rendered.
One of the proprietors said that
part of the building was erected 12
years ago, and they had been adding
to it ever since, until the valve of the
property was about $1,000,000 this in
cluding the grounds and buildings.
There is only insurance of $100,000.
FOUR LIVES LOST.
Schooner Wrecked In a Fog on Newfound
land Coast
St. Johns, N. F., June 15. The
schooner Czar, bound to Labrador
with fishermen and their families, 70
persons altogether, was driven ashore
on Cabot Island on the north coast
of New Foundland in a dense fog and
gale. Four men were drowned and
six others were injured, but the wo
men and children all landed safely.
The survivors were on the island
two days without food or shelter.
Then another vessel, passing toward
Labrador, sighted their distress sig
nals, rescued them and landed them
on the mainland, whence they will re
turn home on board a mall steamer,
The Czar became a total wreck, and
those on board of her lost their be
longings. The women and children
were In a pitiable plight when they
reached the island, being aroused at
midnight, and being able to secure
only a little of their clothing.
For a Chinese Republic.
Honolulu, June 9, via San Francis
co, June 15. San Yet Sen, the Chi
nese reformer, left on the America
Maru June 5 for China, for the pur
pose of starting a revolution. His
Intention is to overthrow the Empress
Dowager and the mandarins. His
idea is to have China ruled by a presi
dent on the lines of the Government
of America. He says that there will
be a strong force at his hack, and he
has the support of many prominent
white men in China, as well as thous
ands of natives. This is the third
revolution which he has attempted in
China.
His Life a Failure.
New York, June 17. William Her
ford, an aged German of Williams
burg, is dead by his own band, hav
ing shot himself by trie side of a work
bench in his carpenter shop after re
alizing that at the end of 30 years'
struggle to find the secret of perpetu
al motion he was as far as ever from
the goal he sought. He was found
with a bullet through his brain, his
pipe clenched between his set teeth,
and his head resting upon a pleca of
planking.
NEWS OF THE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL OVER OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im
portance A Brief Review of of tht
Growth and Improvcmeuli of the Many
Industries Throughout One Thriving Com.
monwtalth Latest Market Report
A new steam laundry will be start
ed at Eugene.
The Southern Pacific lias opened a
down-town ticket oflice in Salem.
Two mining claims in the Granite
district were recently sold for $18,000
to the Gray's Peuk gold mining com
pany. It is reported that the fruit in
Eagle and Pine valleys lias been
killed by the late frosts. Much grain
is also killed, and the clover and al
falfa injured.
Rich quartz claims on Quartz gulch,
near Alamo, were sold last week to a
mining man from Iowa for $25,000.
It is the intention of the new owner
to put a mill on the property.
Taxes collected in Baker county for
the year 18(X) have been turned over
to tho treasurer. They amount to
nearly $.)0,lXX), and the ent ire amount
was collected in about 00 days.
The Willamette river- is so low
above the locks that only one lioat is
now running, and that with difficulty
in getting over the shallow places.
The steamer Ruth is having a smaller
wheel put in, so that she can run all
summer.
A soda tank blew np at Roseburg a
few days ago. One piece smashed
through the ceiling, another fragment
(lew out into a front room, creating
consternation, and another piece
wrecked a partition in one corner of
the room, and smaller pieces flew
everywhere.
Eugene will have a two days' Fourth
of July celebratiou.
The Whitney council now meets
twice a month instead of once as
heretofore.
Fourth regiment, O. N. G., will go
into camp at Eugene June 27, and
remain until after the Fourth.
Reports from along the Columbia
river show a much better run of
salmon than in the past few weeks.
Commencement exercises are in
progress or about to begin in most of
the colleges and univeisitioj of the
state. ;
The Rogue River Mining & Milling
Company has about finished cleaning
up at its mine on the left hand fork
of Foots creek. J
A new electire light company has
been formed in Salenu It will also
operate a system of ftreet railways.
Capital stock, $130,000.
The new military cde regulating
the O. N. G. will be raidy for distri
bution in a few days. Tho new set is
much stricter than tlu one now in
use.
i
The Lakeview WaterComnanv has
a crew of men working on the im-
nrovemcnt which will convev the
company's water in tiling direct
from the spring to the lummit of ,the
lull overlooking Lakevmw.
Portland Markits.
Wheat Walla Walla, 6162c. val
ley, nominal; bluestem, 6162c.
per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $2.90(33.40 per
barrel; graham, $2.fi0.
Oats White, $1.32 H' 1.35 percen
tal; gray, $1.301.32Ji per cental.
Bailey Feed, $17a 17.50; brewing,
$17( 17.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; midd
lings, $21.50; shorts, 120.00; chop,
$1(5.
Hay Timothy, $12.5014; clover,
K7(9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67
ier ton.
Hops 12 14c. per lb.
Wool Valley, ll(3l3c; Eastern
Oregon, 7llc; mohair, 2021c.
per poti nil.
Butter Fancy creamery, 15
I7.Jj('c. ; dairy, 13(al4c. ; store, 11
12 c. per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 1212 Wc.
per dozen.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 12k'c;
Young America, 1313ljc. per
pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00;
lens, $33.50; dressed, 8(3 10c. per
pound; springs, $1.50(33 per dozen;
ducks, $33.50; geese, $15.50; tur
keys, live, 8(3 10c; dressed, 910c.
per pound.
Potatoes Old, $11.20 per sack;
new, l?'42c. per pound.
Mutton Lambs 4c. per pound
?rsss ; best sheeo, wethers, with wool.
.2534.50; dressed, 67c per
imund.
Hogs Gross, heavy, $5.75(36;
light, $4.755; dressed, 7c. per
pound.
eal Large, 647c. per pound;
small, 7,li8c. per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.25(34.60;
cows and heifers, $3.75(3.4.00; dressed
beef, 77jC. per pound.
Admiral Rogers will represent the
'nited States at the unveilinc of the
o
Perry monument in Japan.
It is reported that the head of Rear
Admiral Samnson will amvar nn
medals commemorating the battle of
Satiago bay.
Rice, raw eggs and boiled venison
require onl one hour to digest. Al
the other end are pork, roast beef,
cabbage and hard eggs, which re-
juire four to. five hours.
SURPRISED BY BOERS.
Victoria Mounted Rifles Overcome By Su
perlor Force.
London, June 18. Lord Kitchenur
has cabled from Pretoria under today's
late as follows:
Near Wclmansrust, 20 miles north
ol Middleburg, 250 Victoria mounted
rifles from General Houston's com
mand wero surprised in camp at
?teenkoolspruit by a superior force of
Boers at 7:30 p. m. June 12. The
;nemy crept up to within short range
and poured a deadly fire into the
camp, killing two officers and 1(1 men
and wounding four ollicers and 38
men, of whom 28 were only slightly
wounded. Only two officers and 50
men escaped, to General Houston's
lamp. Tho remainder were taken
prisoners and released. Two pom-
pos were captured by the enemy.
Full details have not yet been re
vived.
The serious reverse which Lord
Kitchener reports is the first accident
of the kind that has happened to the
Australian contingent, and it is sup
posed to be due to neglect of proper
picketing. Although it is offset by
the defeat inflicted upon Dewet, the
loss of the guns is regarded as a serious
matter, which will encourage the
Boers to continue the struggle.
More or less fanciful accounts are
published on the continent of alleged
peace negotiations, but there is
nothing in them and nothing has
come of the interview between Mr.
Botha and Mr. Krtiger, beyond re
vealing the fact that Mr. Kruger will
listen to no proposals unless they are
accompanied with a guarantee of in
dependence of the republics.
The Daily Mail's Capo Town cor
respondent says that Cecil Rhodes,
speaking at Huluwayo Saturday,
predicted that a federation of South
African states would come in three or
four years, but he contended that
to grant self-government to the repub
lics before federation would render
federation impossible.
JAPAN'S WAR ON RATS.
Energetic Measure Taken to Suppress the
Plague.
Yokohama, June 1, via Victoria,
B. C. June 18. Much consternation
has been awakened by the escape of a
rat at Tokio. The medical authori
ties of the Imperial university were
jngaged in experimenting on some
rodents in the introduction of plage
bacilli into their veins, when one of
the animals eluded their vigilance,
and as a consequence several have
recently been discovered in the hos
pital infected with the disease. As a
result the war against them has
assumed huge proportions. The
Tokio municipality has voted 30,000
yen, rat traps by the thousand are
distributed among the people, and
a bounty of 5 sen ench is offered for
their capture. With all this evi
dence of consternation there is no
need of fear that the the disease can
gain a foothold in the country in
which such measures for prevention
have been taken. While sporadic
cases appear here and there, they
are instantly isolated, and the spread
of the contagion is rendered practi
cally impossible. The authorities
do not hesitate to adopt the most
drastio measures in each instance,
and as a result the empire is today in
a better sanitary condition than any
other nation in the world.
The cabinet muddle is not only
still unsettled, but it beccmes every
day more complicated and hopeless of
solution. The source of trouble,
while dignified as a strife between
the principle of a party niinsitry
and that of an independent cabinet,
responsible only to the sovereign, is
almost lost sight of in the pettiness
of the political squabbles which have
come to the surface, making it im
possible for any statesman without
complete loss of self-respect, to un
dertake the task of forming a minis
try. STRIKE OF TRACKMEN.
Employes of the Canadian Pacific will Go
Out In a Body.
Vancouver, B. C, June 18. All of
the Canadian Pacific trackmen will go
out tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock,
the demand of those in the eastern
division for an increase in wages of 20
cents per day not having been ac
ceded to. Officials of the road state
that the granting of this demand
would mean an additional annual
expenditure of $400,000. Men are
being secured to tike charge of
bridges and portions of track where
surveillance is necessary, and it is
announced that all trains will be run
tomorrow as usual.
California Train Wreck.
Santa Cruz, Cal., June 15. The
narrow gauge Southern Pacific pas
scnger train from San Francisco was
wrecked today near Rineon. Engi
neer James Stanley and Fireman
Henry Coyle were seriously Injured.
The locomotive, tender and baggage
car were badly smashed. The wreck
occurred on a curve. The passenger
car, containing 40 people, did not
leave the track.
Battle on the Tonkin Frontier.
Tacoma, June 18. The steamship
Tacoma brings news from Hong
Kong that the French forces in Ton
kin lost four officers and 17 soldiers
in a fight along the Tonkin fiontier
with marauding bands of Chir se,
aggregating over 500. The Chinese
forces include 1,000 regulars who
preferred robbery to soldiering.
Many Chinese women were killed and
the Chinese were driven into Kwang
S province.
BREACH WIDENING
LIBERAL. PARTY OF ENGLAND 18
DIVIDED OVER WAR.
Announcement by the Secretary of War of the
Terrible Death Rate Among Boer Pris
oners Creates Scnution In Parliament
Policy of War Department Is Severely
Criticised-Reforms Promised.
London, June 19. Replying to
qticotions in tho House of Commons,.
.Mr. Ilroderiek, tho war secretary.
said there are 40,229 jiersons in the
concentration camps of the Trans
vaal and Orance River colonv. The
dent lis in these camps for the month
of Stay numlxTod SIS men and women
and 3I8children. The announcement
of the mortality was received with
groans from the Irish meiuliers and
cries of "Scandalous." Mr. Hiod
erick added that the authorities are
arranging for the release of the women
and children who have friends to re
ceive them, but the governent could
not undertake to locate them 111 iso
lated places.
1 he division 111 the house of com
mons on the motion made by Lloyd
to adjourn tho bouse on the question
of tho treutment of JJoer women and
children, which was rejected by a
vote of 2.).J to 134, served to accentu
ate the split in the Lilieral party on
the government's far east policy. Sir
Henry (. ampbell-lbtnncrmann, the
Liberal leader, also denounced the
policy of concentratiiiR women and
children in camps and with a num-
Iht of others, votetl in tho minority
on the motion. About 50 Liberal
Imperialists abstained from voting as
a protest against tlie liannennunn-
Hureourt-Morley section of the house
of commons identifying themselves
so closely with tho extreme pro-
Iiotsrs.
BOERS GAINING STRENGTH.
Taking On Many Recruits From Dutch Dist
ricts of Cape Colony.
New Yoric, June 19. The situa
tion in South Africa is far from sat
isfactory just now to Englishmen,
says the Tribunes' London corres
pondent. It is believed that the
Boers are gaining many recruits from
the Dutch districts of Cape Colony,
and in spite of Mr. Chamlierlain's
calm assertion that the embers of
war are only smoldering, it looks very
much as if they had burst into names.
A question will shortly lie nut in
the Liberal lionches in tho house of
commons as to the proposed suspen
sion of the constitution in Cape Col
ony. There is a general belief that
Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Miller
will hesitate before taking this step.
Lawyers aie of the opinion that the
only wiij it could be legally accom
plished would be by an act of parlia
ment, and in the present state of pub
lic business the government will
scarcely care to invite opposition on
such an issue.
Bocrt Will Never Give Up.
Denver, June 19. Commandant W.
D. Snyman, of the South African re
public, is in Denver 011 a lecture tour,
the proceeds of which are to aid the
Boer prisoners.
"The struggle in South Afiiea is
not a race animosity," said Com
mandant Snyman. "It is an awful
war, a political war, brought about by
political gamblers and speculators,
and so long as they have life the
Boers will fight for their liberty.
Our wives and daughters will pray
and fight with us. ' Mothers send
their sons into battle with a prayer.
Widows and orphans are suffering,
yet believing that God will bring
them finally to victory."
Kitchner das Moved.
London, June 19. Lord Kitchener
has not yet cabled the details of the
reverse of the Victorian Rifles of
General Beaston's column at Steen
koelspruit, June 12. Small affairs
continue to be reported from South
Africa. Schecrper's commando is
locked in at Murraysburg, in Cape
Colony. Lord Kitchener has moved
to Bloemfontein.
Wants to Forget the Maine.
Madrid, June 15. At a council of
the Cabinet held yesterday, the Queen
Regent presiding, it was decided that
any claims emanating from American
subjects relative to the destruction of
the battle-ship Maine in Havana har
bor should be addressed to the Gov
ernment of the United States, in con
formity with the Treaty of Paris.
Machinists in the South will Strike.
Savanah, Ga., June 19. A com
mittee of union machinists waited on
Superintendent of Motive Power Sy
monds, of the Plant system today,
and notified him that they had been
instructed by the union to demand a
nine hour day with 10 hours' pay.
One hundred and fifty men are em
ployed in the Plant shops here. If a
satisfactory answer to their demand
is not given by noon tomorrow, all
the union men in the shops will go
out.
Famous Bridgebuifder.
New York, June 19. Thomas Cur
tis Clarke, consulting engineer and
ex-president of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, is dead at his
home in this city. He was born at
Newton, Mass., in 1827, and was
graduated from Harvard in 1848.
He was known as a bridge engineer
and designer, and built over 250 miles
of iron and steel bridges, viaducts
and elevated railways.
EARL. WAS A BIGAMIST.
But His Lordship Was Arrested on His Re.
turn to England.
London, June 19. Earl Russell
was arrested today oi a charge of
having contracted a bigamous mar
riage in the United States.
The Earl was met at the railway
station upon his arrival from the
country by detectives with a warrant
and was taken to the Bow street po
lice court, where lie was formally
charged. The nobleman appeared to
be unconcerned.
While Earl Russell waited in the
ante room the summons to appear
before the magistrate, the woman he
married in America 'joined him.
When the case was called a represent
ative of the public prtmectitor said
tho prisoner was charged witli felon
iously marrying Mis. Mollie Soier
ville, daughter of the late George
Cooke, of Comlernauld, Sotcland.
The prosecution proceeded to out
lino tho .Earl's murriago to Mabel
Scott, his first countess), their separ
ation and his subsequent disappear
ance from England with u neighbor,
Mrs. Sonierville, and discovery that
he and Mrs. Somerville were located
together at Reno, Nov. April 14,
1900, Earl Russell obtained a license
to marry Mollio Cooke, othorwine
Mrs. Somerville, in Nevada, and a
judge performed the ceremony April
15.
Counsel for the Earl pointed out
that the prosecution omitted mention
of the divorce proceedings instituted
by his lordship in America. In the
event of a conviction tho case will be
taken to the house of lords, as Lord
Russell is entitled to a trial by his
peers.
SERVANT GIRLS' UNION.
Work of Organization Is in Progress In Chi
cago Eight Hour Day.
Chicago, June 19. Union labor is
to take a hand in the servant problem
in Chicago. It lias been decided by
the local branch of the Woman's In
ternational Label League to start a
vigorous crusade for the organization
of the thousands of girls whose work
is in the homes of Chicago. The
announcement of the league's decision
was made on the floor of the Chicago
Federation of Labor and was received
with applause by the delegates, to the
assembly. Committees have been
appointed and the work of organizing
the union will begin at once. The
union will announce a regular scale of
wages. An eight hour day will lie de
clared in vogue, with extra pay for
holidays and overtime. The number
of afternoons each servant girl may
have for recreation each week also
will be stipulated. It was estimated
that there wero more than 000,000
girls and women in Chicago willing
and eligible for this new movement.
They will work in sympathy with
affiliated organizations of female labor.
CONCESSION IS ASKED.
Mormons Want to Settle on Government
Lands Vacated by Indians.
Mexico City, June 19. A Mormon
agent, James Cannon, is here for tho
purpose of securing from the govern
ment a concession for settling 1,000
Mormons in Sonora. on the lands
from which the Yaqui Indians have
been driven. Mr. Cannon says:
"We believe that if suitable tracts
of lands are placed at our disposal in
the Yaqui country, we. will do much
in this country in the interest of
peace, for the Mormon church has
faced the Indian problem almost
since its organization. We require
no rifles in our management of the
red brother, and are always instilling
into his mind that we are his friends
and not bis foes. If tho concession
is obtained, a commissioner will be
sent at once into the Yaqui territory
by the Mormon church for the pur
pose of ascertaining tho attitude of
the Indians, and if peaceful a con
tract will be made and lands pur
chased from the Yaquis."
Brazil Settles American Claim.
Washington, June 19. A cable
gram received at the state depart
ment from United States Consul
Bryan, at Petropolis, announces that
the Brazilian government has paid
the indemnity requested for the de
struction by a mob of Baptist Chapel,
in the province of Nichtheroy, main
tained by the American Baptist mis
sion. Accident to Actress.
Clevleand, O,. June 19. Mrs.
Anna Chapman, a member of the
Eugenie Blair dramatic company,
now playing at the Lyceum theater,
in this city, fell through a trap door
tonight and sustained a fractured
skull. Her condition is serious. '
Graves of Soldiers Decorated.
Tien Tsin, June 19. This being
the anniversary of the beginning of
the siege of Tien Tsin the ladies to
day decorated the graves of the sold
iers of all nationalities.
Disapproved by President
Washington, June 19. The presi
dent has disapproved an act of the
Cherokee Indian council providing
for a committee to execute a nv ar
rangement with the Dawes commis
sion. The tribe, by popular vote,
recently objected, by a majority of
over 1,000 votes, to the agreement
which had been made between its
representatives and the Dawes com
mission. '