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SUPPLEMENTAL TO THE WEEKL?OREGON STATESMAN, SALExl, OREGON, FKIDAY, JULY 21 1S0O
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Three Men of j the Wood
burn Company '
LOST NEAR iMARiLAO
Captain Poorman Talks of Tbelr Dia-
appearance, and Their Fate i
a -Probably Killed.
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HAS FRANCISCO, July 13. Three
privates of company M, Second Ore
I gen volunteers, were capuurd and
; doubtless put to death by ithe Filipinos
I last April, near Marilao, when in
company wns stationed In th Philip
pine. Their names are: Clareno;
;jJi;is and Itajph McCoy, of Hubbard.
Oreyorvand James Lawrence, of East
ern Oregon.
"There teemi to me to be little
dtubt," raid Certain J. M. Poorman,
I of company M, "that the boy were
Jcaptund and shot down by the enemy.
I; They were sent ut on the rnorVklng! of
f Ai-rtl Mh. to reconnoiter what had
Uluays been cossidfrtd friendly teiri
lory. ajjacent to Marilao. That waj
Sine last I ever heard cf them. Th
men uere heavily armed and left at
Co'cloi-k with the undei standing th.lt
they should rer-ort at noon. Ve
scoured the country for milfs around,
; but not r. trace of the unfortunate fel-
Jmvs could be found. It was 9 sad
tHnK for my company, and the regi
ment as well, for McCoy. Mills and
; Lawrence were among the bra Vest
; nif-n from Oregon."
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! SAN FRANCISCO. July 14 At
late hour this afternoon, the Oregon
volunteers made their appearance
on
d; ess. parade at the Presidio. They
were addressed by Governor Oeer,
of
Oregon, who, in the: course of his
marks, st&ted that he had hoped
re-
to
f e the regiment mustered out in the
siate wiuch bad sent it to Philippines.
I The parade out Market street to Ithe
Jjavilllon was not imposing from a Mil
itary point of view, j for soldiers w)ere
without arms and most of them wjere
attired in the undress uniform which
prevails at Manila. Their reception,
however, was none the less enthusias
tic, and the men who did such : good
work thousands of -miles 1 away from
Aume, will not soon forget the warmth
of their welcome in this city. 4 1
i Major General Shafter. Whofpoke Ja
few words to the returning volunteers,
today, referred In expressive, terms to
the good work they had done during
their term of service and expressed the
hope that all volunteer regiments woipld
mike an equally good showing..
In his adJress to the Oiegon troops,
iy'V-tnor (leiri saiJ: 1
F "The only unpleaMtnt feature about
the reception is. that it had to ccur
!m Culifuinut toil. Vlicn t left oJjegm
with my stafl, to ncet ycu hrj it
w.-s with ttc undeiianding that you
were to rotetd li'.mJiatty to Vun
ouer barraciis, and there te nius
tred out. When I werit out to mct
you on the tinnspoets, I fourd but ni
c pinion among you, fcnd that wus that
Jfcu should le mustered out 4n Fan
Francisoo. Wher I fcund that thlsf
; Ws f o, I 'id what little I couM to aid
ou In having th:n thing ccornpIIhed.
T "This has been t gieat dlsappclnt-.
mnt to the people of Oiegfn, but the
disappoinlment 43 rnlr a temHjrary
one. at least, I hrpo . Vou hv -'"-'ferrod
honor tnd ienrn on thtf stat!
At Oiegon. urid tjie people are mere
than anxlousj to show their apprecia
tion of your ivorKy Ths state of Oie
St n is t roud of Oie r cot l yuu hiw
made. 'and, en; behalf ojf the people of
Oregon, 1 th.-ink y.u ' 1
Colonel Summers th!vr tepted for
wa.nj and said: '
"All those, who intend returning to
Oregon with the it sinient, will' ralxe
their han-ls " f
Nesirly every right hi nd In the rsJil
lneni wa raised, only twenty or' thirty
ir.en holding do n their hands. 1
Thf governor thanks you. criel
he -olonel, and there was freat clai-
nng ..f hands among tin; vulunt-jers.
At th-i oanquet, tonight, nt Mechh-
raviuon. general suaiter, ajart
R the troops, said:! I r
"l will try my best to make thing
easant for you wHIe you stay! in
the dty. Already . I have ordered tli.
, paymarttrr to hand ore-, to you tomor- j
row two im nthi' 1 pay, which, I ' tnst, !
Tou will 'in.e m.derat iyi ar.d with Jia
cretlon, but from your record thes
qaaUUes ore not your iotiK suit. You
er nex"r known t i-top &t anything:
'when 011 (he firlag lin ' i j
: After the banquet the volunteers en-!
- - c . me various mf
Aires.
SPANISH DRUMMEU Boi.
New York. July 14.
year old, who was
bugler on bai d lb
Vizcaya, has enlifcted
Pedro OiJxar. 12
c Mr. -boy and ,
(Spanish trutrer
In the United
stales nary at he Brooklyn navy
yard. J
H will le sent to thel
training school
t Newptrt.
Accord'ng tc biiKetirt
Na 9t, just is-
ued by the department of
agrieult-
ufe. New Jersey is buik'.Ing more roada
aud letter roads for lite money than
any otlter slate in the union.
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New York. July 13. A sepciai to the
Herald from Washington says: Dyna
mite guns are to be used by the Ameri
can troops In the fall campaign against
the Filipinos. Preparations are being
made by the ordnance department to
suppy General Otis with six Sims
Dudley dynamite pneumatic weapons.
The testa mae at the Sandy ! Hook
proving grounds of a gun of this type
proved very satisfactory. J
A gun of the same make was used
by the Cuban insurgents In their oper
ations, and General Garcia declared
that several towns were made to sur
render as a result of the use of this
weapon. Besides ithe dynamite guns,
gatling guns will probably be sent to
General Otis, and the army transports
are to. be armed with slx-pounder
rapid-fire guns to prevent any possible
attack by insurgents.
CONDITION OF TROOPS.
Volunteer in I.rror Suffer from Hard
: Work in the Field.
San Francisco, July 13. Advices re
ceived from the transiort Newport,
dited Manila, June 11th, fare jis fol
lows: The volunteers are greatly de
bilitated in conrequence of their bard
campaigning through three months of
tropic weather. Since .the m.'ddle of
May no volunteer regiment has had a
sick list of lew than 20 per cent.
Most of them at the present date had
25 per cent ill, and a few regiments
have less than ohe-third of their num
ber on duty.
The Nebraska regin'cn.hs suffer
ed the worst. It came in from San
Fernando a few days ago with less
than ?00 men in the ranxs. Some of
ilr companies have only two sets of
fours. The South Dakota followed
yesterday iwlth 275 men on duty. The
Montana and Kansas regiments at
San Fernanda have not more than 2M
available men each. The morning
after tho Washington troopx took Mo
rong, a week ago, only 263 men re
sponded to roIU all.
The Washington men have been en
gaged tfince March 12th in presenting
the insurgent arm-les of the north and
south from forming Jtiiution In the
region of Lagttna de Bay, often b-ing
engaged at the frame time with the
enniy in opposite directions. Twenty-i-four
of the Nebraska offlVeis sre on
the sick lit and the Montana, Kan
sas, Washington and Fruth Dakota
regiments i-licw twenty or more offic
ers in the hospitals or sick in the.r
quarters.
These rejriments have borne the
brunt of the fighting. Their lesses in
killed and wout.ded range from 1-10 in
the Montana regiment to 280 N braski
men. The loss of tho Kansas rai
ment Is tecond 'to that -of Nebraska,
while the Washirgtcn ami South Da
kota regiments follow, closly, each
with loaue of about 200. The Oregon
regiment has slsq uffDred ever'ly.
f the regulars, the Third artillery is
the heaviest loser, its killed and
wiundi-d numbering: 123
AGAINST! TRUSTS.
KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS ADOPT
. -i A STRONG PLATFORM.
The Party Pledged Against Combtna
- Hons and Pools, as Wrongs
to Be Remedied.
i.pvivnTOV. Kv.. Julv 13. The
clause of the republican platform, re
lating to trusts, which was adopted at
the state convention iheld here today,
is- as follows:
"We pledge the republican party of
Kentucky tofthe enactment of all such
iaw a mav be necessary to prevent
trusts, pools, combinations or other
organizations from combining, to de
preciate below Its real value, or to en
hance the cost of any article, or to re
duce the proper emoluments of labor.,
i "We congratulate the republican
party that the existing federa legisla
tion for the suppression of harmful
trusts, pools and combinations, is uie
work of a reoublican congress, per
formed during the administration of- a
republican president, and we con
gratulate the country that. In the suppression-
of injurious combinations,
republican legislation has had in the
nut as it will have in the future, due
regard for the interests of legitimate
business purposes, such - legislation
being a remedy for the wrong, and not
an embarassment to . industry ; enter
prise or thrift. ' ,1-v,;
Tha platform,, which was unanimous
ly adopted, endorses the administra
tion of President McKlaley and com
mends the1 administration's policy rer
garding Cuba. Porto Rico and ttie
Philippines, and reaffirms the prln-,
clples and policies of the last republi
can convention except aa to civil ser
vice. The late amendment o civil aer-?
vice" rules Is commended, and further
modifications recommended for; the
benefit of ihe public service. The ad
ministration of Governor Bradley la
warmly commended. -
n Before the call of districts for the
nomination of governor. Captain Stone
took the platform and created a most
exciting scene by . withdrawing his
-a nM..nHnv the name of Tay-
lor. Then Judge Pratt followed Stone
in another stirring speech of withdraw,
ol and seconded the nomination 01
Taylor, which was made unanimous
amidst the wildest scenes. Taylor ad
dressed the convention, accepting the
nomination. John MarafaalL of Louis
ville, was nominated for lieutenant
governor without the formality of a
ballot. Caleb Powers, of Knox county,
was nominated for secretary of State.
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In Attempting to
Cross
Yaqnina Bar
GEORGE BURCH
DIES
Heavy Breakers Capsized a
Boat at
; Hewpx)rt Yeaterday-Work of
Ufe-taTlnftr Crew.
NEWPORT, Or.. July
13 This
morning, about 7 o'clock,!
Geore
Burrh, Frank Priest (.nd a man known
as Sea Lien Charley, went cut over the
bar to engage in dep ea nhlng, and
wh(-n about half way out to
the bar.
a breaker struck the boat.
caps'ring
it. Priest and Sea I Aon Cha rley sue
ceeded in cnUbing hold of the boat,
but Burch was not-been again.
- The look-out from the life-saving
station saw th: teat capsize, and has
tened to tho tjLaiit.ii fr assistance.
The crew promptly responded, and In
b.-fs than half an bour reached the
scene with their1 lifeboat, and-jescue.l
the two nun clinging to the upturnej
craft. They were nearly exhausted,
and could not have held n many min
utes more. Uurch was a tingle man.
MONEY
IS READY
PRNDLETON'SI BIG PBEPARA-
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ONS TO GREET THE TROOPS.
Royal Reception to That City's Com
pany Spoiled-- Interest 3eneral
In Eastern Oregon.
PENDLETON, Or.. July 13 Pendle-tr-iii
has ilOOO In erht for the enter
tainment of company "D,' Second Cr-e-gon
volunteers If 1 hey can be brought
in
a lxdy. . Preparations are being
mad.? for an elaborate program, based
1 n the possibility of bringing the com
pany home in a body. Interest is gen
eral throughout, the ccuntty, and hun
dreOs had piepared to go lo T'oi tland
meet the hme comlrg regiment.
There is great dis'apl'Ointment in this
part t.f the state over ihe failure to
bring the leglint-r.t for inusteting-out
at
Vancouver. '
BA'3 -SHIP OVERDUE.
Anxiety Felt for ihe MacdaflT With
Grain Sacks for Oregon.
Portland. July 14. The thlp Mac
duff, with 4,'X-,0()f grain bays 1 for
Portland, in now out r.6 days from
Calcutta, and some enxlety fo her
aft-ty is felt. Unless ?iie arrives s n,
it. is probable the 1 rue of grain bag
will tak.j aijump upward.
FIRE LOSS.
The JTon fire lnu in the United States
and Canada was considerably below
the record of the same month last year,
but the Showing for the six months is
not favorable for the Insurance com
panies. The New York Journal of
Commerce tables foot up losses for the
half year aggregating $65,699,750,
against $58,237,100 for the same period
a year ago,! and I57.4o.ao two years
ago. j
SWEDEN AND FINLAND.
A movement lsj cn foot In favor of
building a . railway from Stockholm
to Kapellskarj tj:e tasternmcet pol'tt
of' Sweden, j and of establishing a
steamship line from that pclnt to Abo
or Hango in Finland, thus, placing
Finland in more diiect communication
with tha Swedish, railway svstem, says
a correspondent of the Chicago Her
ald. 'The propose lne would b.
chiefly a transit line for merchandise
sent from Russia, and Finland to Eng
land, and vice versa. The new line
would facilitate the export of Siberi
an and Finnish produce, chielly butter,
to England by way of Stockholm and
Gothenburg, andj it Is expected that
thore would be considerable gain to
Sweden through j having the , handling
of this transit turinete. It la calcu
lated that the transpTtation of butj
ter. for Inttance, fromxAbo to Gothen-s
t urg would take 22 hours, fom Ab.
to Londcn 74 hoMre, r.r5 fioin Hango
to London 114 hour. The proposed
I ne wotqd be ueul in many other
ways, but the jcost cf fconstructlon
would arrunt ti. htout fl.l24.KX fot
the railroad itself. fl,80 for rollins
atock, J2.K for the harbor at Kapell
ssar and 160.000 for the thtee Ice
boats that would be required.
RAILROAD EARNTNGS. !
6.1. uvtnM.wo July H.A atatement
of the earnings of the 8ouiern Pacific
for the fiscal year ending June . 30th
bas just been Issued. It Is.' complete
with the exception ot the June receipts.
1 which have not yet teen maae up. rw
I the eleven months there was a de
crease of $755,429! in net earnings over
''the same period of the year before, in
'spite of the fact that the wsa receipts
.increased $2,617.6$. - . :
I The total gross earnings amounted to
S54.149 774 nd; the operating 1 expenses
aV increase of $3.370.08S over the fir
were $33,070,162. The latter represent
Clertn month of the V'J'"-t
which explains the cause of the net
decrease. ;, . j
New York. July 14. A dismlch
the Herald from Tort Said aaya:
The cruller Olympia arrived here
this afternoon. Dewey, who is looking
very well, bas been obliged to decline
the invitation. of Minister rHrauss at
Constantinople to tty with him 01:
the llospborus. He is ctxious to get
to New York as soe.n as possible, and
li4S decided to proct'ed in the OlymrU
to Trieste, wher he
will make a short
of air. proceeding
stay for the change
thence to America.
Washington, July 14-r-Setretary
Long received the following cable mes
sage from D wy; .
"Fort Said. July 14-Olyfr.pla is In
voluntarily quaranlli ed. As soon a
the ship is coaled, we prcced tt Tri
este for Pratique and recuperation tf
the o,Tcers and men." 1
It la said at tb; ravy department
that the admiraTs reference lo Pra
tique simply r eans he is going in Tri
este to get a clean bill of health that
will enable him to continue" bis voy
age through the Mediterranean wllh
out delays from the health authorities
t at vatlous pcints. j
A DONG STAIRWAY.
It is in the Tower of the Philadelphia
City HaU and Has &98 Steps.
A. novel diversion Is about to be in
stituted at the city hall. Within a
few, weeks thJs noble pile, already dis
tinguished as being the highest muni
cipal building In the world, will cen
tal n the tolghest continuous stairway
In the world, and tourists who have
hitherto boasted of their muscular
ability in climbing the stone steps of
the Bunker Hill monument at Charles
town, the Washington monument, or
the monument to Geo. Brock, near
Queenatown, Ontario, will tell their
friends of their feat in ascending the
594 steps which lead from the seventh
floor of the city hall to the landing
about the feet of William Penn.
Tower-climbing is one of the fads
of tourists. Hitherto the Bunker Hill
monument with its : four hundred odd
stone steps and the Washington mon
ument, which has a few more, have
represented the acme of opportunity
for tests of physical endurance. As
cent or descent of these steps has been
'boosted of, and though both so cramp
the muscles of the -leg that the climb
er for an hour afterward Is hardly
able to walk upright, the distinction
has requited the pain.
The building commission Is pushing
forward the work on the tower stair
way, and within two months it is ex
pected that it will be in readiness for
climbers. It will extend from tha
seventh to the sixteenth floor and Mill
contain just 598 steps of Iron arranged
about a ' square, central shaft, in
which will run an electric elevator.
To reach the tower stairway the
climber may mount the 245 granite
stairs in the hanging stairways at the
northern nd of the building, thus
making a total climb of 743 steps.
John . Bui ker, assistant superintend
ent of the city hall, said:
"Entrant" to1 the tower has been
temporarily stopped because of the
work being done o;n the stairway. We
are pushing this' work, however. It
is really su rprislng how many persons
make appl cation to, ascend the tow
er. The Id elevator now in the
tower will be kept In place for the
remainder f the year, at least, to ac
commodate those who prefer to ride,
but early next year we expect to in
stall an e ectric elevator which wilt
make the krlp In less than half the
time requl ed by the antiquated lift
now in ume. The new stairway will
be an easy one to ascend for the tour
ist climbers, because it will be fre
quently broken by platforms. There
will then ftxlst a continuous stairway
for the 54t feet which the tower Is
high." Philadelphia Press.
PROMPT 1 PROMOTIONS.
Governor Rogers' Fills Places of Offic
ers In Voluntvers. 1
Olvmpta,
Wash.. July 14 Governor
j Roger has made the following pro-
motions inj the volunteers:
; First Lieutenant J., R. McCoy, cein
; ptny- C. First Washington -cluntofrru
appointed (adjutant vice Lieut. WmT
L. Luhn. appointed to the Thirty-sixth
United States volunteer regiment; the
, sec nd lieutenant of company C is op
I p-nnled frst lieutenant vice J. R. Mc
Coy: the first sergeant cf company C
. Is appointed eccnd li u tenant.
, The first sergeant of company D Is
I appointed second lieutenant. vHe Sec
ond IJeut. Geo. P. I-amplg. aomlnied
to the , Thirty-sixth volunteer regi
ment. ; -
. FORESTS IN BURMA1L ,
1 The area of reserved forests In Bur
imah was last yar 14.7w7 miles, a'ad
projects i.re pending for adeilllcoal res
ervations, of 4XXi miles. The govern
ment detive a large income from its
teak forests, and tc'.d lat year over
224,006 iau of teak, the ttal quantity
extracted being 257,000 tons.
A "GLUE TRUST.
j New York. July 13. The organiza
tion of iHe United American Glue Com
pany, wltto a capital of $33,000,000, was
: completed today at a meeting In this
: icity. The company announces that ?
Will "Invade Canada and endeavor to
get a monopoly of the glue business in
British America, " ;
Two Men Killed on the
Yukon River.
QUARREL IN A CAMP
aided bj Jealousy, Besnlted In a
Bloody Traced j A Womaa
in the Case.
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ST. MICHAELS. Alaska, June 30.
via Seattle, July 14. Homer Bird, of
New Orleans, Is n-w a prisoner in the
military barracks, charged with the
murder of J. H. Herling and R. II.
Paileri-ou. Chas. Mr tnd Noun
Strong are each held under Voi0 bonds
as witntt&se. The tr. tire party came
from New Orleans. The piisoner and
witnesses will be taken to Sitka for
trial. . . A - . .
From Wallace II liUlne, engineer
of the government launch Nordic,
who arretted Bird, the particulars of
the murder are learned. The party of
five arrived In St. Michael list sum
mer, in' the bark Rufus Wood, which
cleared from San Francisco. They
had a full outfit, ir.cludlra stetnt
launch and a barge, in which they
made the trip up the rlt er. The wo
man wer.t as Bird's wife and Sheffier's
sister. At the coal mine, about elghty
nve lnllca this alio of Anviki It was de
cided to remain for the winter. Her
ling and Patterson proposed to Hlr-1
that a division of supplies be made, as
they w,lbed to earr money by cutting
wtod for use by the transportation
companies.. Bird strongly objected,
and said he woul see thifn "In h 1
first. A general quartet jensund, in
w hich t-neftler 1 upported the other
two. - j
This quarrel, aided by jealousy, came
to a climax on the fol.owlng morning,
September iUh, at breakfast tima.
Bird was sitting on the bank, a shrt
distance above, overb eking j the others,
who were seated at the table. The
woman asked htm if he wns ncl com
ing to breakfast. He said he would
in a short time, aa he was not feelini;
extra well. Just as Ihe n.eal began
the woman heard dick end. looking
up. saw Bird with & shotgun in his
hends. At this time Sbeflier loked
up and. noticing the gun up to Bird's
shoulder, excllroed
"For God's sake, don't shoat me."
Then u reiort rang out and Heiling
fell dead. An instant later another
rtfpcrt was heard, the charge striking
Patterson about the neck and shoui
ieis. Patterson jumped into the riet
ard as he came ur Urd fired at hint
again, but missed. The wounded man
managed tc crawl to the bank, and a
liUle later was helped irto a boat by
Shiftier and the woman, who hd es
caped Lird's wrath. Heiling was
butted narby, r.nd I'attttnon v.. is
can-rl for aa well as conditions would
permit, until ihe did.
1 So terrified! were She-flier and th
woman, at Bird, that not a word was
saia concerning the shooting ftr sev
eral months. Finally the woodcut
ters began to wonder what had become
of the other two io n. They began n
investigation which resulted in tiie ar
rest of liird. j Bird said there was a
conspiracy among the ethers 'to do
him up, but he fooled them: and drop
ped then, first." I I
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HORRORS OF THE TRAIL
Seattle, July 14. David Mattherson, of
Tacoma, a victim of the Edmonton trail,
arrived here today with both hands
amputated and' both feet useless, the
effects of frost. In company with
three men, Allen. Mabsfleld and Lang,
he started for Dawson over the Ed
monton route, with a large herd of cat
tle, i Nearly all the cattle were drown
ed, but the men pushed on and, after
much suffering, reached Dawson. On
of their number. Matsfield. left the
party on the trail and took the back
track home. Mattherson tblnka It
doubtful if he got through alive, la
describing his experiences Mattherson
said: -
"As we advanced we passed throwgh
a veritable graveyard. Oa every side
were strewn the decaying bodies of
men; who had come this way I Sick and
weak as we were, the sight ox these
bodies gave ua energy to continue our
efforts to reach civilisation, and some
how we did U." ' V
TRADE SITUATION.
FEATURES ARE OF A FAVOIlABLIi
.' CHARACTER. - ' .
Business Conditions-rnd Crcp Reports
of Such a Nature as to Insure
I J Prosieilty.
NEW YORK. July 14. Bradtreets
will say tnvrrow:
- The aew features in the general
trade situation this v ttk are of an
Ejinoct uniformly favorable character.
Sa ! rare, indeed, are the ; disturbing
features as to necesHUte a search to
kcate them, t Additional statlatlcs of
the part trade movements received arj
certainly of ' an encouraging - nature,
the roreroet among 1 them being the
exceptionally good' railroad earnings.
the returns for Jnne and first half of
the year, und the ascertained totals
of the enormous export trade, nearlv
equkl to the pbenomerai business of
me preceding fiscal year. The reports
cf ihe railroad rereiversMpa for th-.
fin t half of the year betr a striking
resemblance to the list of business ,
mortalities. Inasmuch aa they are the
smallest. In the number n potted sine
th receiverships firtt became prom
inent. Among the current news ; fea
tures might be mentioned the .iuIU
favorable repcrt of the agricultuial
department. j
! Business failures numlr 174 against
1--5 last week, and 23 In this week t,
year ago. The failures in Canada !
number twenty-seven as compared
with twenty-five last week, and cf .
Iwevnty-elght In ihts week a year j ago. -
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1 DUN'S REPORT.
New York. July 14 R. G. Dun &
Co's Weekly Revlea of Trade will eay
tomorrow: - i
1 Because every prospect pleases, it Is
the right time to watch most for slgiM
of trouble. But it is not easy to find
them when the Iclume of business is
63.7 iter cent larger thun last year, and
75.5 larger than in lf-92, the-best ot all
the yeais except the last.
A BANK WRECKED.
CASHIER IN JAIL AND FUNDS AR3
MISSING.
Run on a Savings Institution Caused
by the Failure of the Closed
1 Businese Cencern.
NEW YOR-K. July 14. George M.
Valentine, cashier of the Middlesex
County bank of Perth A nr. boy, N. J ,
whicb was closed today, has surrend
ered himself, and is now in jail on
account of a shortage Jn the bank's
funds which has been variously esti
mated all the way up to $165,000. The
affair caused consternation and dismay
among the business men ef Perth Am-
jboy, where the Middlesex CVtunty bank
was considered as strong as the eternal
hills. So panic-stricken did . the resi
dents of Perth Amboy become, when it
was learned that the Middlesex county
bank had failed to open for business as
usual this morning, that crowds sur
rounded the Perth Amboy savings In
stitution. ' : - I
What made a run on the savings
bank appear all the more serious was
the fact that the officers of the Middle
sex County bank and the officers of
Perth Amboy aavings bank are identi
cal, the business of both banks being
transacted! 1 over the same counter.
Though It bet t.mc ncce-ary io call for
th aid of ithe police, for the purpose"
of maintaining order, U. II. Watson,
president of both banks, says the funds
of the Perth Amboy savings institution
were. not touched; that $.100,000, deposit
ed to the aocount of savings Institution,
la absolutely safe. and. that no matter
how badly the Mlddleeex County bank
has been vrecked, the savings bank
will be ablo to meet. all demands mado
upon It by Ideposltora. - These words u'
assurance from the officers -of the sav
ings instllutlon had the effect 1 of
checking the run on this bank during
the afternoon.
FAME'S PATHWAY.
Miss Kuehne Deverldgr, the sc nipt
ress, t.as been siei-ted by "the "Ha
waiian club of 1'ciiolulu to mold - the
b lot of tie late Princess K alula ni.
1 Sen-tr l.eon y Can illo, th? Hpaniah
ambas.Hadir at Fnris, has, on In-half
of the nucen regent cf Spain, pr-.snt-ed
to Prime Minister Dupuy the i ross
of th otder of ."alt'tt "ill. In recog
nition of the measures taken by th4
FietM-h government t ttfvcnt Crlit
incurrions into Fpdln by way of ths
frontier.
Sir WaM?r lyye, ihe Er-gluliman
who has passed tbe lat 13 years of
his life In ('abut, it a aort of general;
-upervisT for the ameer, has had a.;
mre tr less atilous di Terence re
garding mt ney matterr with thai p--teitat
and has left AfghanUtau. prob
ably for good. He saya that the a-mr
is in fairly grod health Juft nowt but'
that he has not been able to wa.k, or
even stand on hM feet, for 'he last five
years, and that his next sttack Will
pr-dably be fstsl.
GERMAN FLAG HAULED DOWN.
Incident at Htrclvlu's Fourth cfJul
Celebration May Cause Trouble.
Honolulu. July 7. Is Vlctrrte, B. C.
July It -There Was a flag incident
here on the Fourth of July which
prvmitwa. U be made en mternatjional
e- UMtde., Curl Klenime, the proprietor
of 1 be Orpheum hotel, gaily decorate-1
bis building In American colors, hoi it -ed
th Atneilcan flag over it, and un
der the Amerlcau flag the derma t flag
Latric a f 1 lend; of bis wanted to tm
an A met lean flag. -and Kletrme good
naturely loanel him h-, leaving , th j
German flag floating alone from Che
flagstaff. .
J. II. Weal taw it and rdered
Klcmme ta baat it down. There has
Teen ill-mill between the-two men be
fore, and Klemmo refreed to take or
ders from his enemy. West theifkfot
gathered a lot of soldier a fronri the
transpctt Sheridan and I owed them
the German flag floating or. the Fourth
of July in American territory.
The
royf.
soldiers at once proceeded to the
lore down the German fig and de
stroyed It and put in its place somo
red. white st-d blue tuntlfcg tomjfrori
the othe r decorations of the bud ling.
West was loday f ned $100 In the i--lice
court for rnalickus niischlefi and
'the Gerrran consul will tnake a repo. t
of the matter to him govmment.
The hlshest pemt to which nian can
arc end without his health being: veiy
etiouiy ff-ctfd la ft.
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