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Yamhill County Reporter D. I. ASBVBY, Publisher. M c M innville .................. O regon THE NEWS OF THE WEEK Comprrheniive Review of the Import nut Happening a of the Fast Week Culled From the Telegraph Columaa. LATER DIVORCED AND REMARRIED. NEWS. The French cabinet has resigned. Mexico will produce (12,000,060 in ¡old this year. A Chicago Chinaman has taken ad vantage of the new bankruptcy act. At Fort Smith, Ark., a jealous Sal vationist shot and killed bis wife and himself. Louis Urick is the name of the man killed by the snowslide on White pass early in Juno, During a drunken street brawl in San Francisco one man was killed and three wounded. Captain Henry Nichols, commander af the Monadnock, died of sunstroke while on duty at Manila. Artillerists manning the coast de fense guns have been instructed to in crease their target practice. The municipality of Havana has pre sented to General Maximo Gomez a certificate naming him as an adopted son of the city. The Second Oregon regiment, with the signal corps, has sailed tom Manila for Portland. They are expected to ar rive about July 12. Great Biitain is taking steps to pro tect her shipmasters and seamen from boarding house keepers. Yellow Jack is creating a panic in Mexico. It is unusually virulent this year, the mortality exceeding 60 per cent. The United States government has granted Spain the privilege of ransom ing the Spanish prisoners held by the Filipinos. The war department has under con sideration an order sending the Twen ty-fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry to Manila. Admiral Dewey lias requested that the money raised to buy him a home in Washington be used to establish a home for soldiers and Bailors. The administration is being severely criticised by the Eastern press, who says the rebellion in the Philippines should be put down immediately. New Richmond and Boardman, Wis., were nearly wiped off the map by a de structive cyclone. A number of lives were lost, and the property loss is enor mous. The Pacific coast gunboat Marietta, which accompanied the Oregon on her famous 14,000-mile run from Cali fornia to the West Indies in the early days of the war, lias arrived in New York. Schnrman is leaving the Philippines because his plan for home rule wa« not approved. Veterans of the civil war, both ol the blue and the gray, are planning a law and order expedition to Cuba. Miss Mabel Kalitz and Walter Hen derson were drowned by the capsizing of the Flora near Stockton, California. The southward movement of Lawton ami Wheaton’s forces proved a success. The Filipino forces were badly routed and disorganized. The survey for the submarine cable whioh will connect Germany with the United States by the way of the Azores has been practically completed. President Loubet, of France, has lia<l liis revanche lor tire recent outrage. He was the hero of a popular demon stration while driving to the races. By working upon the muscles of the abdomen, a New York physician has cured a case of appendicitis. No in Btruments weie used, and relief came in eight minutes. The German peace delegate at The Hague objects to aihitration. He affirms that Emperor William will not Hungry Filipinos are being fed by tne Americans. The Philippine commisssioners have been called home. The Vixen has reached Blueflelds to relieve the Detroit. Costa Rioa and Nicaragua are pre paring for a conflict. Mosquito coast Indians have re belled against Nicaragua. Augusta, Ga., was visited by a de structive fire; loss, (250,000. A new banana trust lias been formed. It will fight a similar organization formed last winter. The outlook is said to he bright for tl.e settlement of the Alaska boundary dispute in London. Seven walnut-growers' associations in Southern California have combined for mutual protection. Twenty-five deaths and 83 prostra tions is the result of a hot June day in New York and vicinity. The United States court of appeals holds that the alien labor law applies anly to common laborers. The Indiana supreme court deolares that it is unlawful for corporations to attempt to destroy competition. Private Crew, of company D, casual detachment, was seriously wounded in target practice at San Francisco. Augustin Daily, famous as a the atrical manager, dramatist and adapter of plays, died suddenly i’u Paris. A company capitalized at (10,000,- 000 has been organized to work a mountain of copper found in Arizona. A Havana dispatch says brigandism is on the increase in portions of Cuba where no United States soldiers are quartered. Tire Washington State Pioneers’ As sociation has passed a resolution pro testing against the cession of any Alaskan territory to Canada. Governor-General Brooke has issued orders appointing Senor Gonzales de Quesada special commissioner from Cuba at Washington, at a salary of M ,000. The appointment greatly pleases Gomez’ following. Judge Allen, of Los Angeles, holds that people who secure a divorce in California who go beyound the juris diction of the California courts and contract another marriage and then le- lurn to California have no standing in a California court in an action for di vorce. . A colony of 500 negroes will locate in California. The proposed plow and threshing machine combines aie off. Admiral Sampson says our navy should bo twice its present size. Otis Ims established cable connection between llo llo and the island of Cebu. A numebr of schools have closed in St. Louis on account of the hot weather. Canada's latest proposal is to estab lish a customhouse on the Dalton trail. Johann Strauss, the Into famous com poser, was buiied with public honois issues that have not arisen. in Vienna. The trust mania lias reached the Western men are urging an early ses brewers, and it is said, on the beet sion of congress to consider currency authority, that a scheme is on foot to legislation. form a trust with $1,000,000,000 < ;vpi- Steps have been taken by the French tal and buy up all the breweries in the government demanding the extradition country. of Esterhazy. The Alaska grand jury has con James S. Sherman Ims withdrawn demned the school inniiagerient. in favor of Henderson for the speaker- Educational work, it says, has been misdirected. The government agent ship of the national house. Samoans have disarmed and are now | is accused of falsehood, and his removal awaiting the verdict of the joint com from office is demanded. England has bought an additional mission as to who shall be king. One death at Chicago and two at £500,006 in American eagles to Pittsburg with many prostrations from strengthen its reserve. The report that Russia is a buyer of gold in New the heat is the record for one day. York is regarded in London as being The body of the “Barefoot King of significant. Hawaii" is missing. It is supposed to War seems certain between England have been stolen by natives ami buried and Transvaal. Both are preparing in the mountans. for a struggle. British troops are near That negotiations are in progress the bordet and Kruger's forces ate said harking toward a mammoth sugar con to bo able to coj>e with any England solidation is now admitted by one of can muster. the men most interested. Over 5,000,000,000 gallons of petro New York experienced the hottest leum, according to the treasury bureau June day on record Tuesday. Thirty- of statistics, are now produced an one prostrations were lecoided. The nually in the world. Of this amount thermometer reached 1*8. 2,500.000,000 gallons are produced in President Schnrman, of the Philip the United States, 2,(50,000,000 in pine commission, in a dispa’ch to Sec Russia, and the remainder is distribut retary Hay, has, it is believed, recom ed among a dozen countries. mended more liberaI concessions to the A tornado swept over San Pedro and Filipinos, with a view of ending the Atari, in the province of Valladolid, insurrection al once. Spain, about 150 houses being de A project for final improvement of al i oved Tbeie was also great loss ol the cascade harks on the upper Co life. Ten bodies Iiave already been re- lumbia has been submitted and ap ■ covered from the ruins. Toledo has I proved. The appropriation is (75,OUO, been visiter) by a great storm. Th* and the object is to prevent any fur lower part of the city has l>een flooded. -------- - ther damage bv freshet in the river. Charles Acton Ives, a well-known lawyer of Newport. R I., diet) of heart Minor R«iwt 11 «to*». disease while riding a bicycle. The street cars nt Wichita, Kan., Mathias Steinberger, who lives with iiave been declared a public nuisance relatives on a farm in Jackson town and have stopped running. ship a few miles out of Fostoria, O., I The discovery has been made that has recovered his memory and intellect 2,000.000 silver dollars stored in the after a lapse of 53 years. Philadelphia mint vaults have rusted The Massachusetts supremrycourt hat from a leak. rendered an opinion holding that pas-: The first aunnal reunion of rough sengers can recover damages for in riders will be held in Las Vegas, N. juries to baggage from the last roar' *1., June 24. Govoruor Roosevelt and over which their baggage came. staff will be present. I Rebels Retreating1 Before the American Troops. TWO IMPORTANT TOWNS TAKEN llarde.t Day', Work Yet Irone by Otis’ Men—Filipinos Again Escape Cap ture Cutler Cover of the Night. Manila, June 13.—The Filipino oc cupation of the province of Cavite has been broken, and, as the result of the present movement, the Americans now control the important coast towns of Paranaque and Las Pinas, while a long line of insurgent trenches facing our south lines has been cleared. The insurgents have again proved their ability as dodgers. Between 3,000 and 4,000 warriors who Beemed destined to be captured, have dis appeared, the majority eliding away iimler cover of the night after fighting the Americans all day. Some others came to meet our troops with protesta tions of friensliip. The Thirteenth infantry lost one man killed and eix wounded; the Ninth in fantry one man killed and five wound ed; the Fourteenth infantry three wounded and the First Colorado volun teer regiment 11 wounded. Yesterday’s work was the hardest our army has seen. The battlefield stretched out across the entire isthmus from Laguna de Bay to the harbor. While the troops were advancing, the army gunboat Napidan, in the river near Taguig, shelled the enemy, killing several of them. Ti e monitor Monad nock and the gunboat Helena shelled Paranaque and Las Pinas all day with the full power of their batteries. The rebel sharpshooters kept in hid ing until the American lines had passed, and then attempted to pot stragglers from the trees. Thanks to their poor marksmanship, this was without result. The whole country proved to be a succession of small hills, with boggy ground between the high, thick grass and bushes in the hollows, which greatly added to the difficulty of the advance, but gave shelter that saved many from the enemy’s bullets. Our men threw away their blankets, coats and even haversacks, stripping to the waist and trusting to luck for food. Water could not be obtained, and there was much discomfort after the canteens were emptied. White Flag* Flying. At 6 A. M. todav, General Wheaton advanced upon Las Pinas with a troop of cavalry, the Twenty-first infantry, the Colorado regiment, part of the Ninth infantry, and two mountain guns, crossing two streams and entering the town without firing a shot. He then advanced upon Paranaque. The women and children, and, for that matter, many men remained in the towns. No houses were destroyed, though many were torn by the shells from the warships. Everywhere the Americans found white flags flying. So far as can be ascertained, the Fili- pions' loss is about 50 killed, about 350 wounded, and 20 taken prisoners. The whole country is networked with trenches and the enemy ecurried from shelter to shelter. Today long trains of commissary wagons are carrying provisions to the United States troops along the road which only yesterday was the strong hold of tile enemy, and the natives who yesterday were probably carrying guns are today doffing their hats and grovel ing before the Americans with effusive greetings of welcome. BIG MAN-HUNT PLANNED. Criminals to Be Routed Out of “Hole* in-tlie- Wall.** ' Casper, Wyo., June 13.—The Hole in tlie-Wall, for years the refugft of outlaws, promises to be cleansed of its desperate inhabitants. The daring rob ber band which looted the Union Pa cific express at RockCreek recently ami escaped to the fastn.-sses of their dens in the Hole-in-the-Wall, in spite of the fact that they were closely pursued over plain and mountain, are to be sys tematically bunted to their death. To this purpose the several railway man agers with interests in this state ate organizing posses, and the outlaws will be given no rest. It is expected 200 men will be engaged in the big man hunt. The state and the express and rail road companies have offered an aggre gate of (3,000 ear h for the heads of the members of the band. in addition to this head money, in event of success, the men a ho are arranging for this chase will be armed and fed by the cor porations and big cattle companies of this section during the time they are engaged. No Men to Hr Hiod. Vancouver, B, June 13.—The eight-hour law goes into operation to morrow. Reports from Nelson and Slo- can indicate that the strike situation ie unchanged. The attempt of the Duncan mines to employ Italians has failed. The management of the Ymir mine is trying to secure miners. Non union men are unwilling to work for (3 when union men are bolding out for (3.50. ----------- Lust < hupter of a RoniHutic Story of True Love and War. Chicago, Jur. s 12.—A special to the I Chronicle from Highmore, 8. D., says: I Tiie return to this town of a man and woman, divorced five years ago, but who are again husband and wife, adds the last chapter to a romantic story of love and war. Five years ago Henry Ballantvne ind wife, of this place, agreed to sep arate. They had been married not quite 12 months. Ballantvne was a prosperous grain-buyer, and owned several good farms near Highmore. These be deeded to bis wife. The few hundred dollars he was able to scrape together in cash to put in his own pocket and left to begin life afresh in a new location. A b soon as Ire had gone, his wife sued for a divorce. There was no defense, and a decree was grunted. The land given her by her husband she sold to advantage, and by shrewd reinvestments accumulated within the next few years a comfortable fortune. The past winter she spent in South ern California. On her way home a month ago she stopped in San Fran cisco. On tire street there one day she met an emaciated figure in army blue, hobbling about witlr the aid of a heavy cane, in a vain search for employment. It was Ballantyne, discharged from the United States volunteer service, and invalided home from the Philippines after a fever which left him in such poor health as to destroy his usefulness as a soldier. Ballantyne was about to pass bis former wife without speaking to her, but she, when she saw his wasted form and miserable condition, felt all her old love for him revive. She hurried him into a carriage and to her hotel, where comfortable quarters, good food and the services of a competent physi cian soon produced a marked improve ment in his health. Last week the two were remarried and have just re turned to Highmore together. THE DESTROYED 8Ï fl CYGLßNE Two Wisconsin Towns Are Wiped Off the Kiap. HUNDREDS KILLEDAND INJURED New Richmond and Boardman the Ill- Fated Places—Belief In.Being Hur ried to the Scene. Mttny Killed at a Circt*. Milwaukee, June 14.—A dispatch was received at 2 o’clock this morning from Jewett Mills, announcing the ar rival there of tho Wisconsin Centra! train. A Mr. Cutter, tn tiie employ of »the Central, sent a dispatch to the lo cal offices ot the road, saving that the town of New Richmond was gone south of Highway bridge, and that the esti mated number of killed will reach 150. Many of the houses, Mr. Cutter states, were consumed by fiieaftei the cyclone. Many people were killed, he says, while attending a circus, which was showing there. Chicago, June 13.—A special to the Chronicle from Omaha says: Paul Vandervoort has received a letter from President McKinley acknowledging tiie receipt of his letter offering to take to Cuba a great colony of old soldiers of both the blue and the gray, whose presence shall be a guarantee against the outlawry practiced bv some of the Cuban hands. Mr. Vandervoort is re ceiving hundreds of letters daily from veterans in all parts of the country, who are anxious to accompany the expedition. Mr. Vandervoort was formerly com- maner-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. He says the colonists will go in the fall, whether tiie move ment has been sanctioned try the gov ernment or not—merely as a private affair. The West and South seem to be the largest contributors to the scheme. The Cyclone at Hudson. Minneapolis, June 14.—A special to the Tribune from Hudson says: One of the most terrific cyclones ever witnessed by the citizens of Hud son passed through the country about 5:30 P. M. It formed in a waterspout font miles south of Hudson on Lake St. Croix. It was witnessed by hundreds of people, and seemed to follow the DASH FOR LIBERTY. lake, and to be making directly for the .Mrtiihc Broke From W ardner Stockade city; but about two miles south it and Wan Drowned. veered to tiie east and left the lake, Wardner, Idaho, June 13.—Under and crossed the country. It was about the fire of his negro guard, Mike John- 20 tods wide and destroyed everything son, crazy and desperate, made a dash in its track. for liberty by jumping into tiie river Reneral Wilton Fleated. today. Down the rapid stream be Washington, June 14.—General John bobbed like a great black cork, while M. Wilson, chief of engineers of the on the bank his keeper, breaking array, since his retain from tiie Pacific through the underbrush, pepperad at coast speaks in the highest terms of tiie him with liis Krag-Jorgenson rifle. reception which was accorded him by Somehow or other, the floating target the people. It is said that hie visit evaded the fire, but the treacherous has been of a great deal of value in the eddies were too much for him, and way of the acquisition of information Johnson was drowned. His body was about different projects upon which he found 20 minutes later. uiuet pass when called upon by the He was one of tiie men tinder arrest committee on forti fications of the sen in tiie bull pen on suspicion of having ate and the house committees on ap been connected with tiie dynamite propriations and rivers and harbor*, outrages of April 29. For some davs lie is very much pleased at meeting so he had l>een acting strangely, and it many old friends in Portland, where was feared that he was sffeiing from a he was once stationed, and says that re-attiwk of insanity, with which he the work which is being done under was formerly afflicted. Yesterday the direction of the engineer corps, not i afternoon, an examination by the pro- only for the improvement of tiie navi- | irate judge proved that such was the gation of tiie Columbia river, bnt for case, and he was to have Ireen taken the defense of tiie Columbia at its today to Wallace for detention. mouth, is most satisfactory. street Kailway strike. Cleveland, O., June 13.—What Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, I promises to be a long an 1 bitter contest June 13. — It is stated in official circles between the Cleveland electric Railway heie that President Kruger will pro-' (Big Cmlidated) and its 900 employes pose to the Transvaal raad the aboli was inaugurated at 4o’elock thi« morn ing by a strike which tied up all of the tion of the dynamite monopoly. While theOrange Fiee State is using 14 line* operated by the company. These lines reach all sections of the it* influence at Pretoria to obtain re forms for the uitlamleis in the Trans ■ity, and they form tiie only mean* of vaal, the railway company has sent all ; tiansjxrrtution for more than 100,000 it* available rolling Hock to Johannes people living in .♦ territoiy five mile* burg, to be in readiuet* for a possible long and three mile* wide at tiie south •nd. excitement. CONFERENCE. American Arbitration Scheme Ha. No* Been Abandoned. The Hague, June 14.—At an ad journed meeting of the delegates to tiie peace conference, under the presidency of M. de Staal, this morning, it was resolved to furnish the newspapers with statements of the proceedings of ' the committees, as well as of the plen ary sittings The drafting committee ot the arbi tration committee met today, and con tinued the discussion of tiie arbitra tion schemes. The delegates not hav ing received additional instructions from their governments, the committee adjourned until Friday without further progress. This evening the delegates attended water fetes given in their honor by the bathing society nt Scheveningen, about two miles northwest of The Hague. The American delegates tonight is sued a manifesto to tiie effect that, al though the English proposals have been used as the basis of the arbitration dis- oussion, this does not mean tiie aban donment of the American plan, which will be presented to the plenary sitting of the third commission, and judged ! on its merits. Minneapolis. Jur.e 14.—A special to the Tribune from Stillwater, Minn., says: This was a terrible night for New Richmond, the village being al most wiped out- of existence by one of the most severe cyclones that ever visited that locality. It carried ruin and death in its path, and at this hour it is impossible to give even a partial list of those seriously injured. It is thought many are dead. Tiie news of the disaster was brought liete by J. A. Carroll, a traveing man from Portage. Wis., who was staying at the Nicollte house, in New Rich mond, when the cyclone struck. He saw the funnel-shaped cloud as it came up the principal street, and took refuge in the basement of the hotel, which was completely wrecked, together with every other business house in the city. In the terrible sheets of rain follow ing the cyclone, Mr. Carroll and his comrades succeeded in recovering the proprietor. Charles McKennon, wife and one child from the debris, and they also removed the laundry girl, who was probably fatally injured. They also removed two men named Barrett and Newall, who were very severely injured. Mr. Carroll drove to Stillwater by team for relief, and 1 the train, with doctors, will leave here at 12:15 A. M. Mr. Carroll further says that fire fol lowed the cyclone, and what was left CURE FOR APPENDICITIS. is being consumed by fire. Many peo New York I*liy«ician Relieve* a Patient ple are doubtless killed, and the dam age will run into hundreds of thou Without. In * t i’ll men t*. New York, June 13.—Dr George sands of dollars. Hundred* Killed and Wounded. Helmer, a New Y’ork doctor, has cured a patient yf appendicitis in eight min Milwaukee. Wis., June 14.—A mes utes without the use of a knife, ice sage was received at the Wisconsin packs, or poultices. He aoplied one Central offices here late tonight from hand to a point midway between the Stevens Point, from A. R. Horne, di top of the right leg and a point above vision superintendent of the Wisconsin the stomach, then bent uu the right Central at that place, as follows: leg of the patient at the knee joint, "It commenced to rain on the St. and gave the leg a slight twist, by Paul division about 7 this evening, means of a quick motion, repeated two and the wires went down west of Jew or three times, ami the operation was ett Mills about 7:B0. At 8:45 we got a over. This forced out of the appendix message from Robertson, the opeiator, the clogging particles that occupied it. via Marshall, that a cyclone struck Just back of the appendix is the largest New Richmond about 7:30, killing and muscle in the human body, known as wounding from 250 to 500 people. the psoas magnus. It is attached to Boardman Wiped OIF the Earth. the fermur or big bone of the leg, and Minneapolis, June 14.—A special to is the muscle by which one can revolve the Times from North Wisconsin Junc the leg as on a pivot at the heel. It tion, Wis., says: ie this muscle which is made to do the A courier from Boardman, just in, trick of emptying the appendix. Using reports that the whole town has been the fingers of one hand to hold the wiped off the face of the earth, and walls of the abdomen in place, and while no definite news can be obtained j to prevent rupture of delicate internal nt this time of the casualties, it is pre structures, with the other hand a spas sumed that many were injured, and modic contraction of the psoas magnus possibly some killed. It is known is brought about,which snaps it against that Dave Hefferon is severely injured the appendix and forces out of that or and his wife killed. gan whatever foreign substances it A courier just in says New Rich may contain. mond has also been wiped off the map, and that 200 or 300 people are injured. VETERANS FOR CUBA. Civil War Soldiers Flan a Law and Or tier expedition. PEACE NAVAL OFFICERS' PAY FIXED. Dewey Will Receive S13.5OO Per Year, Work or No Work. New York, June 14.—A diepatch to the World from Washington save: The navy department has issued a circular fixing the salary of officers under the navy personnel bill. Admiral Dewey will receive (13,500 whether on duty on shore or on sea. The senior rear- admiral’s pay is fixed at (7,500 at sea and (6,375 on Bliore. Rear-Admiral Schley is in this list, but only receives the minimum amount as he ie assigned to shore duty. The junior rear-admir als receive (5,500 while on eea duty and (4,677 on shore. Rear Admiral Sampson is in the junior list, but hav ing a command at sea receives the max imum pay. Should Schley be giver» an assignment at sea he would receive (2,000 more a yeai than Sampson, but as it is now is, his pay amounts to but (875 more. Captains receive (3,500 at sea and (2,975 on shore. ENDING OF BRIDAL SERENADE. One of the Serenaders Kill* the Bride anti Wound* Her Husband Seriously. Wichita, Kan., June 14. — While a party of young men were serenading Air. and Mrs. Ray Higgins near Wa tonga, Oklahoma, the bride and groom of two hours appeared on the front porch and ordered the serenaders to leave. The party, composed of 20 friends of the young married people, refused to go. Instead they continued to make deafening noises by beating on pans and firing shotguns. One of the party, Harry Randall, deliberately pointed his gun at the young people and fired. The bride’s face anil breast was filled with buck shot. She fell fatally injured, shot through the lungs, and died an hour later. The groom was also shot in the face, but not fatally. After the acci dent the charivari party fled. No ar rests have been made yet. A small brother of the bride was also wounded, but not seriously. LYNCHED BY HIS OWN RACE Npgro.1 ot Mia.I.alppl Avenge the Work of a Kavlalier. Sardis, Miss., June 14.—Simon Brooks (colored), iias been lynched by a mob of negroes near here. The crime thus avenged was most atrocious. Sat urday night a negress named Atmis- tead, while returning from a shopping tour to her home, was assaulted by Brooks and another negro. The woman was outraged, her throat was cut ami she was severely beaten about the head and her jaws tightly tied to prevent breathing. Het body was then con cealed in some rubbish. Tiie woman rallied sufficiently to give the alarm and tjie names of her assailants. Parts of the goods taken from the woman was later found in a trunk belonging to Brooks. The mob, which was composed entirely of ne groes, did its work quickly. The white people knew nothing of the affair un til hours after it occurred. Bloodhound* on the Trail. Cheyeiyie, Wyo., June 14. —Three trained bloodhounds, from Beatrice, Neb., were sent from here by a special train to tiie point where Curry and one of the robber’s brothers, alleged participants in the Union Pacific rob bery, were seen Friday evening and positively identified. The dogs will be started on their track. A telephone message from Casper at 9:15 this even ing said there was no news at that point. Long telegrams of instructions and information thus far received were sent out by the Union Pacific today to all sheriffs whose assistance may possi bly be needed in the chase. The Newark In Irlatreaa. Valparaiso, Chile, June 14.—Th* United States cruiser Newark, accord ing to a report just received, when rounding Cape Horn met terr^io weather. She strained against the gale for several days and then, as her coal and provisions became exhausted, she steered to Port Lew, Gusitecas islands, to anchor. A boat was sent to Chilo* islands and reported her sitn ation, and the Chilean government lias sent a steamer with coal and provision* to help the Newark. England** War Preparation*. Dewey« Visits a Governor. Kruger's Fropoaala. I | I , Singapore, June 14.—Admiral Dewey I fan led today from the Unite*! States cruiser Olympia, his flagship, to pav a visit to the governor of the Straits Set tlement, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir C. B. II. Mitchell, at the government house. He was receiver! with military honor*. On Lis return to the Olympia he was visited by the governor. The admiral decliued an invitation to stay at the government bouse, preferring to stay quietly on board the cruiser. London, June 14.—Commander-in- Chief Wolseley lias been busy for sev eral days and evenings at the war office preparing for ;>os*ihle eventuali ties in South Africa. The effective list* of first-cinss reserve* have been prepared and transportation for the First army corps has been provisionally arranged. The officers on furlough have been warned to bold themselves in readiness to return to their regi- rnents. The general trend of new», however, is more pacific.