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GAZETTE.
WEEKLY.
UNION Estab. July, 1897.
GAZETTE Kstab. Dec, 1862.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
COKVAIXIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, lflOO.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 33.
C0RVALLI8
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM VriE WIRES
An Interesting Collection of Items From
f.he Two Hemispheres Pre-. ltt l
In a Con-lensed iTcvm-
Japan, if necessary, can send 70,000
men to China.
Kentucky Populists nominated A.
H. Cardin for governor
Smallpox at Cape Nome is well in
band and decreasing.
Iowa Republicans remembered Min
ister Conger in their platform.
A workman was crushed almost to
jelly in a Lane county, Oregon, saw
mill. New Hampshire Democrats nominat
ed Dr. Frederick T. Potter for gov
ernor. King Victor Emanuel III, successor
to King Humbert, has arrived at
Monza.
In Germany, 3 ,600 officers and 20, -000
men have volunteered for Chinese
service.
Government will investigate the
anarchist activity in the vicinity of
New York.
Chinese imperial government isfns
ing diplomacy to check advance of al
lies on Pekin.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, liberal
leader, estimates the cost of the Boer
war at $400,000,000.
Edicts of the Chinese imperial go
ernment issued as late as July 2 order
ed the Boxers to kill the Christians.
Ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of
Massachusetts, has accepted the ap
pointment as United States minister to
Italy.
It is strongly intimated that Oregon
school land business is manipulated by
officials for the benefit of a private
graft.
Senator Foraker says the Democrats
have as much show of winning con
gress as they had of carrying Oregon
last June.
Navy department shares the general
distrust that all was not well on the
battle-ship Oregon when she went
ashore.
The amount of gross gold in the
United States treasury is $431,170.
764, the highest in the history of the
government.
The government of Nicaragua has
taken possession of the property of the
Martine Canal Company and removed
the company's cars, rails and property
to the interior from Greytown.
Crop reports from Yakima, Wash.,
and La Grande, Or., are rosy; grain is
turning out poor in Yamhill county,
Oregon, and farmers declare they will
abandon it for stock raising.
John Clark Ridpath, the historian,
is dead at New York.
Lightning killed stock and did other
damage near Centralia, Wash.
A leak in drydock No. 2, Brooklyn
navy-yard, has caused a great amount
of damage.
The Tsung li Yamun refuses to de
liver messages in cipher to the minis
ters at Pekin.
Italian troops took the oath of alleg
iance to their new king at Rome among
much enthusiasm.
It is officially announced that no
citizen loses rights through the recent
marking of the temporary Alaska bound
ary line.
Chinese troops bombarded Blagve
stchensk, the capital of Amur, July 26
and 28. The Russians have burned
several villages.
The Anti-imperialistic League has
written Senator Hoar a letter condemn
ing him for his decision to support
President McKinley for re-election.
The treasury department is sending
out the new 2 per cent bonds issued to
take the place of the old issue. Of
the latter, $320,680,000 have been sur
rendered. An undated message received at Tien
Tsin from Minister Conger confirms the
previous report of his safety. The
minister has provisions lor several
weeks, but is short of ammunition.
All late reports from Pekin agree
that the attack on the legations has
ceased. The Japanese minister writes
nnder date of July 19 that the Chinese
authorities are apparently disposed to
negotiate.
In moving an address to the queen,
with reference to the assassination of
King Humbert, Lord Salisbury de
clared in the British house of lords
that society is threatened by the depth
of human villainy that is beneath its
surface.
The fact that the ministers at Pe
kin are held as hostages perplexes the
allies. It is feared that if the inter
national forces advance the Chinese
will, if defeated, retreat to Pekin and
put all the remaining loreigners to
death.
Inventory of the late vice-president
Hobart's estate shows him to have been
worth $2,628,942.
The National Telephone & Telegraph
Company, with an authorised capital
of $50,000,000, has filed articles of in
corporation at Trenton, N.J.
Hon. H. E. Estee, justice of the
United States district court oi Hawaii,
has appointed Walter B. Hailing, of
Portland, Me., a nephew of Senator
Perkins, of California, clerk of his
court-
LAI hR NEWS.
Democrats sweep Alabama.
General Miles volunteers to go to
China.
New parasite discovered which de
stroys army worm.
Prince Tnan and Li Ping Hong are
in control of affairs at Pekin.
The allies were defeated in a battle
with theChinese at Peit Sang.
Transport Logan arrived at San Fran
cisco with refugees from Tien Tsin.
'Rich strike made in the Concord
group of mines in Siumpter district.
The assassin who had designs on the
life of Italy's new king was arrested.
The British are slowly closing in on
President Steyn and General Dewet.
Good prospect for Southern Pacific
railroad to build a line to Klamath
Falls.
Russia and United States are nego
tiating to uphold the integrity of
China.
Telephonio communications between
German and French cities have been
opened.
Ex-government officials claims re
ports of disease in Cape Nome section
are untrue.
Japanese government prohibits the
emigration of laborers to the United
States and Canada.
Mrs. Carrie N. Walker, supreme
commander of the Maccabees, died at
her residence in Detroit, Mich.
Li Hung Chang has officially notified
the consuls at Shanghai that the min
isters left Pekin under escort August 3.
Dennis Coghlan, the wealthiest man
in Toledo and Northwestern Ohio, is
dead. His fortune amounted to $15,
000,000. A collision occurred on the St. Louis
Southwestern railroad, near Pine Blufl
Ark., in which live men were killed
and two seriously injured.
The count of the population of Buffa
lo, N. Y., just completed at the census
office is 352,219. The population in
1890 was 255,664. The increase is
37.11 per cent.
A destructive forest fire is sweeping
the timber area between the Upper
Geyser Basin and the lake in Yellow
stone National Park. The line of fire
is 10 miles long and spreading rapidly.
Chicago packers have been asked by
the government to furnish 2,000,000
pounds of meats within 30 days for the
American soldiers in the Orient. Ihis
is said to be the largest requisition
ever issued by the government of the
United States.
Fire at Ashland. Wis., did $1,000,-
000 damage.
The United States again presents its
claim to the porte.
A passenger was shot dead by train
robbers in Colorado.
Germany is preparing to send another
large body of troops to China.
Four men were killed and one mort
ally injured in a Missouri feud.
War department forwarding war
supplies for six months to China.
Chinese attack Tien Tsin after allies
moved forward, but were repulsed.
Boxers and imperial troops fought
together against Admiral Seymour.
General Chaffee has started for Pekin
with tiie British and Japanese forces.
A fire at La Grande, Or., consumed
property to the value of about $25,000.
Chinese government orders that the
ministers have,, proper escort to Tien
Tsin.
Feeling against Boise, Idaho, water
company may lead to municipal own
ership. Senator Teller says congress shonld
be called to deal with the Chinese sit
uation. General Dewet is said to be so hem
med in that escape fiom the British is
impossible.
The United States civil commission
will take charge in the Phillipines,
September 1.
Naval officers are fa.vor-.ible to the
construction of a drydock on the
Columbia river.
Towne will announce in a few days
whether he will stand as a candidate
for the vice-presidency.
In the Philippines, a small Ameri
can command, under lieutenant
Altstaetter, was captured.
A bridge near Edilyville, Or., col
lapsed, carrying down five persons, one
f whom was killed outright.
A party backed bv E. II. Harriman,
the railroad magnate, is looking for
opper on White river, Yukon territory.
Sheng says an imperial decree has
been issued that there shall be free
communication with the foreign min
isters in Pekin.
In a decision at Albany, Or., Judge
Boise held to the doctrine that it is the
buyer's loss if he accept grain from
warehousemen that belongs to storers.
The Russian war office has received
a dispatch from General Grodekoff,
dated Khabarovsk, announcing that
Agnin had been taken by the Russians
after- a stubborn fight, and that the
Chinese were being pursued.
Pol Plancon, the opera singer, sings
a whole opera in admirable German
without understanding a word of that
language.
New York. Chinese have issued a
proclamation saying none of them are
from the tribes involved in Boxer dis
turbances. A ranch of 350 acres, with 200,000
chickens and an output of 30,000,000
eggs a year will be established at Man
asquan, N. J.
ARE BEYOND TIENTSIN!
Allied Forces Said to Have
Advanced 35 Miles.
CHRISTIANS KILLED NEAR PEKIN
Prinee Citing's Peace Policy Has Llttlf
Support at Pekin Bw China;
Chieu Beheaded.
London, August 6. According to a
special dispatch from Shanghai, dated
August 3, the advancing column of
the allies was reported there yesterday
to have reached a point 35 miles be
yond Tien Tsin. Nothing from any
other point corroborates this state
ment. In fact, the Standard goes so far
as to say that it fears the real advance,
apart from preliminary measures, has
not yet begun. Tien Tsin dispatches
dated July 30 tell of an action which
is termed a "reconnoissance between
Japanese and Chinese two miles be
yond the Hsi Ku arsenal, in which the
Japansee withdrew after buffering 30
casualties.
The Tien Tsin correspondent of the
Standard, nnder date of Jaly 27, de
clares that the Americans and Germans
have been ordered to move forward
without waiting for the British.
A Chee Foo special reports the safety
Americans in Pekin and the receipt
of a letter from Dr. Cheltman, dated
Pekin, July 20, saying that on the
previous day Sir Claude MacDonald, the
British minister, had agreed to a truce,
providing the Chinese came no closer.
and continued: "We hope this means
relief, but, having again defeated the
Chinese, we are fearful of treachery.
All are exhausted from constant watch
ing, fighting and digging trenches.
The greatest credit is due to Mr.
Squiers, secretary of the United States
legation, whose military experience
and energy are invaluable."
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Daily News says that the consuls there
regret the independent action taken
by the American Association and the
Chinese Association, on the ground
that it is injudicious. He s iys: "The
settlements being international, petty
jealousies must disappeai. The China
Association is of little local influence."
Presumably he refers to the American-
Asiatic Association.
The Hong Kong correspondent of the
Daily Express announces the arrival
there from San Francisco of Hoer Lee,
for some time resident agent in the
United States of the society for the ref
ormation of the Chinese empire, with
6,000, which will presumably be util
ized in connection with the movement
against the empress dowager, a move
ment quiescent since 1898 until within
the last few weeks.
Nearly all the correspondents con
firm the reports oi a wholesale massa
cre of Christians outside of Pekin, a
correspondent of the Dailv News giv
ing the number of killed as between
10,000 and 15,000, all defenseless con
verts. Imperial troops so it is stated
did the dastardly work.
According to the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Times, one of the mem
bers of the Tsung li Yamun mentioned
by United States Consul Goodnow as
having been beheaded for pro-foreign
tendencies was Captain Hsu Chien,
formerly minister to Russia. The cor
respondent says the empress dowager
ordered his execution on the advice of
Li Hing Hong.
Li Hung Chang has been informed
from Pekin that Prince Ching's only
prominent supporters in his peace pol
icy are General Yung Lu and Wang
Wen Shao, president of the board of
revenue, whose influence is small.
DEFIED BRITISH NATION.
Dr. Tanner, of Cork, Creates a Scene it
Parliament.
London, August 6. Once more Dr.
Charles Tanner, Nationalist member
of parliament for the middle division
of Cork, has been suspended; and, al
though in this instance the suspension
was only for one night, it was accom
plished by scenes that would have done
credit to the most disorderly legisla
ture in the world. After opposing a
vote in supply at today's session, Dr.
Tanner was appointed a teller. Subse
quent to the division the chairman an
nounced that Dr. Tanner had grossly
insulted him on account of the appoint
ment, and that, in conseqence. he
wonld suspend him for the remainder
of the sitting.
Gesticulating wildly, Dr. Tanner de
fied the chairman, the house and the
whole English nation. Amid a deafen
ing roar he declared that the chairman
was "merely one ot the premier's min
ions." He then exclaimed: "I defy
the whole lot of you. I throw that in
your teeth. As an Irishman, I leave
the house with greater pleasure than
I ever entered ft."
Then, while staid members rose in
their seats and tried to drown these ut
terances, Dr. Tanner still' yelled defi
ance and went out.
Krager Promises Indemnity.
Pretoria, August 6. President Kru
ger and Commandant-General Botha
have issued a proclamation promising
to pay all damage done to farms by the
British provided the burghers remain
with the commandos.
Glanders Among Cavalry Horses.
San Francisco, August 6. Glanders
has broken out among the horses at the
Presidio stables, belonging to the vari
ous cavalry regiments and awaiting
shipment to Chnia on the horse trans
ports Aztec and Strathgyle. The pres
ence of glanders was discovered this
morning, and eight infected animals
were shot. The commanding officer
has received orders to spare no effort
or expense in stamping out the disease
before it can become epidemic.
SIX ARMORED CRUISERS.
Plans fTIll Be Ready for the Bidders In
November.
Washington, August 6. The secre
tary of the navy has issued to ship
builders a circular calling for bids for
the construction of six armored cruis
ers, three authorized by the act of
March 8, 1899, and three by the act of
June 7, 1900. Those authorized by
the former act are to be sheathed and
coppered. Two classes of bids are
called for regarding the first three, one
for sheathing and coppering and the
other without it, the department re
serving the right to adopt either form
of construction.
The plans will be ready for distribu
tion to the bidders November 8. No
bid swill be considered which propose
te lurnish vessels of less than 13,400
tons trial displacement for unsheathed
vessels, and less than 13,800 tons trial
displacement for sheathed, or less than
25 knots speed and a bunker capacity
af 2,000 tons. The maximum time al
lowed for completion is 36 months foi
each vessel, with penalties of $300 a
day for each day in excess of Jtbat time
for the first month and $600 for each
subsequent day. For deficiency o'
speed not below 20 knots the vessel
will be accepted at a reduced . compen
sation of $50,000 for each quarter knot
to 21 K knots, and $100,000 per quartei
knot down to 20 knots.
The vessels will have twin screws,
and be fitted throughout with the most
modern machinery. The mam batter
ies will consist of four eight-inch
breecbloading rifles of 45 caliber
length, and .14 six-inch breechloadihg
rapid fire rifles of 50 caliber length.
The secondary battery will consist of 18
three-inch breecbloading rifles, 12 three
pounder guns, four one pounder auto
matic guns, four one-pounder single
shot guns, two three-inch field guns,
two machine guns, six automatic guns
and two submerged torpedo tubes.
The limit of cost of each of the three
ships authorized by the act of 1899 is
$4,000,000, and each of those author
ized by this year's naval bill, $4,250,
000.
NINE PERSONS INJURED.
Piece ol Iroa Weighing a Ton Crashes
Through a Hoof.
New York, August 6. Three per
sons were seriously injured and six
others badly cut and bruised today by
the falling of five heavy pieces of
structural iron from the top of a 12-
story building in the course of con
struction at Broadway and Walker
streets. Fannie Cohen, 17 years oi
age; Morris Beichere, 16 years of age,
and David Waldemann, 19, were so
badly injured they had to be taken to a
hospital, and six others were painfully
injured. All will recover. All of the
injured personsZwere employed by M.
Goldberg & Co., pocket-book manufac
turers, who occupied the upper two
floors of the five-story building on
Walker street, directly in the rear oi
the building in course of construction.
Four heavy iron girders, each weigh
ing ovei a ton, were being hoisted to
the top of the high building. They
were being swung around to the top oi
the building when they slipped out ot
the chains. Three of the heavy girders
crashed through 11 floors to the base
ment, and the fourth .stuck at the sec
ond floor. Over 100 workmen were a
work in the building, but they escaped
injury. When the big boom of the der
rick was re 'eased from the girders it
swung around and struck a 14-foot iron
upright, snapping it off and thiowing
in over the side of the building. This
piece weighed over a ton. It crashed
throuhg the roof of the Walker street
building, where 30 people were at work
on the top floor. They were buried in
the debris. Those who were not badly
hurt made a rush for the fire escape,
leaving a number of women who had
fainted and the injured persons lying
helpless on the floor.
Alfred Norton, foreman in charge of
the iron workers, was arrested- on 8
charge of criminal neglect and arraign
ed in the Center street court. He was
parolled until tomorrow.
Hunting for a Lost Son.
St. Louis, August 6. Christophei
and Margaret O'Neil, traveling with
their five children in search of an 18-year-old
son, Charles, who disappeared
from his home in Pittsburg, Pa., more
than a year ago, are stopping here foi
a few days. The members of the fam
ily, who are traveling overland in twe
wagons, have covered 617 miles since
they left their home in Pittsburg, last
April. Mrs. O'Neil says their journey
will not end until their son is found.
Cat in Wages.
Joliet, 111., August 6. It is reported
that a straight cut of 15 per cent hat
been ordered in wages by the Americas
Steel & Wire Company. . The reduc
tion, it is said, will effeot every em
ploye. No official information can be
obtained here, although it is understood
the order went into effect yesterday.
About 2,000 employed in local mills
are concerned:
Gale in United Kingdom.
London, Angust 6. A severe gale it
raging throughout the United King
dom. Channel traffic is suspended,
causing much inconvenience to 'thous
ands of excursionists who wished to
take advantage of the August bank hol
iday. Rain and wind have done mncb
damage in the provinces. Several
small vessels have gone asnore, and
many others have been obliged to seek
refuge in the harbors.
Forest Fires.
Los Angeles, Cal., August 6. Great
forest fires continue to burn in the Si
erra Madre mountains. A report from
Camp Sturtevant says that although
the fire does not threaten the camp as
much as it did a week ago, there still
remains much work for the fire fight
ers to do. Unless the flames are soon
checked a large area of the San Gabriel
forest reserve, in addition to the 15 or
20 square miles already devastated,
will be laid waste.
DEWET SURROUNDED
Cannot Escape Through the
British Cordon.
BOERS SHORT OF AMMUNITION
Also a Scarcity of Food Among Burgh
era Many Pretorians Have Been
Sent Into Exile.
London, August 7. A special dis
patch from Pretoria dated Saturday
says:
"General Christian Dewet is com
pletely surrounded near Reitzburg, and
it is impossible for his forces to escape
through the strong British cordon.
The libers say they will make a stand
at Machadodorp. They are short of
ammunition and food. General Ham
ilton, by the rapidity of his move
ments, prevents reinforcements reach
ing Commandant-General Botha.
"It appears that after the train car
rying United States Consul Stowe and
flying the Stars and Stripes was de
railed at -Honing Spruit, south of
Kroonstad, concealed Boers fired, kill
ing 40.
"Many residents of Pretoria have
been sent into exile for having behaved
cruelly to British subjects before or
during the war. The - terms of exile
vary, in one instance reaching 25
years."
Boers Make Another Capture.
London, August 7. The Lourenco
Marques . correspondent of the Daily
Express, wiring Saturday, says:
"Transvaal advices declare that Gen
eral Baden-Powell was wounded dur
ing a recent engagement at Rustenberg
where the Boers, according to their ac
count, took some prisoners and cap
tured 324 wagons. "
TRAIN ROBBERS KILL.
One Passenger Resisted Their Demand
for Money.
Kansas City, August 7. A Journal
special from Sahna, Kan., says:
The Union Pacific east-bound pas
senger train No. 4, which left Denver
last night, was held up by two men
several miles west of Hugo, Colo., 90
miles this side of Denver. The pas
sengers in the Pullman sleepers were
robbed of their money and valuables
An Old man named Fay, a resident oi
California, who had been visiting Den
ver and was on his- way to St. Louis
refused to surrender his valuables and
fired a shot at one of the robbers, but
missed him. Thereupon the robbers
returned the fire, one shot entering
Fay's mouth and coming out the back
of his head, killing him almost in
stantly. The robbers stopped the
train, jumped off and escaped.
The robbers got on to one of the
sleepers near Limon, and after the
train had started the men made a noise
at the door. The conductor, thinking
they were tramps, opened the door to
put them off. The robbers, who were
masked, pointed a pistol at his head
and ordered him to lead the way through
the coaches. All of the passengers
were asleep, and the conductor was
ordeied to wake them one at a time.
The frightened passengers were told to
keep quiet or they would be killed, and
at the same time were asked to hand
Over ther monev and valuables. The
robbers obtained about $100 in cash and
a number of gold watches and pieces oi
jewelry. The robbery took place a few
minutes before 1 o'clock this morning.
Paris Cab Drivers Strike.
Paris, August 7. Four thousand cafc
drivers have gone on a strike, demand
ing a lower rate for renting vehicles.
There have been no disturbances, but
the Republican guards protect the sta
bles. A fire at the headquarters of the
Caimlee Cab Company at St. Ouen this
morning destroyed all the cabs and 15
horses. Ten persons who were assist
ing the firemen to put out the flames
were injured.
Wrong Man Killed.
New Orleans, August 6. Last Fri
day, when the mob riots were at their
height, a neero. supposed to be Burke
Jackson, was taken away from the po
lice and shot to death. It now devel
ops that he was not Jackson. Jackson
was later captured at Iola, Miss., and
today was returned to this city and
lodged in jail.
Missionaries From China.
San Francisco, August 7. The trans
port Logan arrived at midnight, 39
days from Manila, via Nagasaki and
Yokohama. She is understood to have
on board a number of refugee mission
aries from China, but no one will be
lauded until after the vessel is inspect
ed by the quarantine officer.
Confederate General Dead.
New Orleans, August 7. General
York, a Confederate soldier, died at his
home in Natchez, Miss., todav, aged
86.
Hot Day at Detroit.
Detroit' August 7. This has been
the hottest day of the summer in De
troit, the thermometer registering 96
degrees.
Chicago, August 7. Ilent todav
caused two deaths and several pros
trations. It was 94 in the shade.
Four Injured in Collision.
Columbus, O., August 7. An elec
tric car struck a large wagon filled
with a fishing party, on High street,
tonight and six persons were injured.
The more seriously hurt are: Julian
Rose, Boston, Mass., variety actor, leg
fractured; Fred Gefeller, spine injured
and elbow split; C. E. Fuller, two ribs
broken; Carl Eilbert, bad wound in
back of head.
Our foreign trade continues to show.
creat increase.
FIGHT AT PEIT SANG.
The Allied Forces Lost 1,300 In an
Engagement With Chinese.
Washington, August 8. The follow-
I ing cablegrams have been received at
tne navy department:
"Che Foo. Angust 8. Bureau of
Navigation, Washington: There is a
British report, unofficial, of an engage
ment at Peit Sang, Sunday morning,
from 3 to 10:30. Allied loss in killed
and wounded, 1,200, chiefly Russians
and Japanese. Chinese are retreating
"TAUSIG."
"Cho Foo, August 8. Bureau of
Navigation, Washington: Official re
port, believed reliable, says about 16,-
D00 allies heavily engaged the Chinese
at Peit Sang, davlight, 5th.
"REMEY."
Peit Sang is the first railroad station
about six miles northwest of Tien Tsin,
en route to Pekin. Tausig, who signed
the first dispatch, is in command of
the Yorktown, which is at Che Foo.
Interest in the Chinese situation was
intensified this morning by the receipt
of two dispatches from naval officers
at Che Foo, repeating unofficial but
apparently reliable reports of active
and extensive hostilities between the
allied forces and the Chinese on the
line between Tien Tsin and Pekin
The dispatches indicate unmistakably
that the relief column has started ir
earnest, and that it is meeting with
determined opposition. Although
neither of the naval dispatches men
tions the presence of American troops
in the reported engagement, it is gen
erally assumed at the war department
that at least a part of General Chaf
fees' small army took an active and
aggressive part in the affair.
According to the information in pos
session of the war department, the
town of Peit Sang is at the head oi
tidewater on the Pei Ho, between 11
and 12 miles by road beyond Tien Tsin.
It is a village of mud huts of conidera
ble size, but not walled. The river al
this point is not navigable by anything
larger than a good-sized steam launch,
and it is thought that the troops proba
bly reached there in small boats towed
by the naval launches. The country
along the river between Pekin and Tien
Tsin is a low alluvial plain, almost
impassable for wheeled vehicles in the
wet season, and under quite a high
state of cultivation. It piesents nc
natural defensive features, and the wai
department knows no strategic reason
why the Chinese should have made a
stand there, rather than at any other ol
the dozen villages east of the walled
town of Tung Chow, where is stored an
immense amount of provisions upon
which the city of Pekin would have to
depend in case of siege.
Stevedores Strike.
Baltimore, August 8. All the union
stevedores in Baltimore, numbering
about 2,500, went on a strike today be
cause the steamship agents refused to
agree to employ no more non-union
men. The trouble began several days
ago. This morning the leaders of the
union presented to the agents an agree
ment binding them to employ union
men exclusively, which the agents
unanimously declined to sign. The
strike was then ordered and promptly
jbeyed. A laige number of non-union
men are at work today, and as yet
there have been no attempts on the
part of the strikers to interfere with
them.
Canadian Pacific Strike.
Winnipeg, Man., August 8. The
strikers met today 'and passed resolu
tions asking people not to patronize the
Canadian Pacific trains, excursions,
etc. A committee was appointed tc
wait on the caterers, whose annual ex
cursion to Rat Portage, requiring five
trains, is to be held Thursday next,
asking that it be cancelled. Otnex
railway qrders express strong feeling
in favor of the strikers, ana all have
recently had secret meetings. The
company has issued a circular stating
its side of the case. This has been sent
to provincial points, and will not be
made public until tomorrow. Offi
cials are silent.
Arrest on Account of the Shah.
Paris, August 8. The French policf
have arrested, at Abbeville, August
Valette, a dangerous anarchist, who it
-mpposed to have been the instigator o)
.Salson's attempt upon the shah of Per
sia. alette left Paris immediately
after the crime. He and Salson will
be confronted. Today the police tried
to discharge Salson's revolver, but not
one of the five cartridges exploded, be
cause of the way in which he had filed
the hammer.
Guardian for Charles Hoyt. -
Claremont, N. Y., Augnst 8. The
appointment of James O. Lyford, ol
Concord, as guardian of Charles H.
Hoyt, the playwright, was made in the
Sullivan county probate court today.
Mr. Lyford will assume management
of all Mr. Hoyt's business affairs, and
will endeavor to preserve as much as
possible of Mr. Hoyt's personal estate,
the monetary value of which is a mat
ter of conjecture.
Hot Days in Chicago.
Chicago, August 8. Nine persons
died and a score were prostrated as a
result of the heat here today. The
merenry reached 93 degrees in the gov
ernment office this afternoon. The
wind was stifling. The weather office
aays the hot weather will continue in
definitely.
Anarchist Riot in Chicago.
Chicago, Angust 8. An anarchist
riot occurred this afternoon at the cor
ner of Twelfth and Halstead streets, in
which 25 people were braised in a
struggle with 45 policemen. Five pel
sons were arrested, among them being
Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of Albert
R. Parsons, who was executed Novem
ber 11, 1887, in Chicago for aiding and
abetting the bombthrowing'in the Hay
market riot. She was charged with
disorderly conduct and resisting an
officer. Her bail was fixed at $1,000
THE NOME SITUATION
Was No Excuse for a Small
pox Scare.
WILD GOOSE RAILWAY FINISHED
Mining Greatly Retarded Owing to ths
Scarcity of Water Many M es
Broke and Discouraged.
Seattle, August 8. "Nome is all
right-for the practical miner, but it
contains about 10,000 people at this
time who have no business there," says
Charles D. Lane, the California mil
lionaire mining man. "Nome," Mr.
Lane resumed, "is all I believed it to
be and perhaps more. There is plenty
of gold there and the camp will demon
strate the truthfulness of my assertion.
I came away on business and expect to
return just as soon as possible. So
many inexperienced people being in
the district is bound to result in disas
trous consequences. Many of them are
broke and discouraged. They cannot
get away."
"Do you think the government will
provide, them transportation back to
the states?"
' 'If the government wants to do the
right thing it certainly will."
"How is the smallpox situation?" 5
"It is not at all serious. Seattle
could have as many cases and nothing
would be thought of it. I There are a
few cases of smallpox at Nome, but
they are of the very mildest form.
There has been but one death from the
disease, and of the total number who
have had the smallpox there is not a
pitted man in the lot. There was no
sense in such a scare."
Mr. Lane spoke of his own operations
in the camp, saying he had completed
the Wild Goose railway, which runs
from Nome City to the mines on Anvil
creek, a distance of eight or nine miles.
It is now in operation, handling both
freight and passengers.
"As to mining, " Mr. Lane said in
coiiclusion, "that has been greatly re
tarded owing to-a lack of water. Up
to the time we left there had been but
little rain, though we had a shower or
two while w) were en route to Dutch
harbor, and these rains may have ex
tended to Nome. I think there will be
more or less of a rainfall at Nome this
month, and if it comes in sufficient
quantities the gold output of the dis
trict will yet be considerable. In any
event, my faith in the camp as an ulti
mate gold producer is unshaken."
FOUR KILLED, ONE HURT.
An Old Fued Fought Out at a Picnic in
Missouri. . ,
Farmington, Mo., August 8. Four
men were killed and one fatadly
wounded in a shooting affair between
William Dooley and his four sons on
one side, and the four Harris brothers,
on the other, Doe Run, one of the min
ing towns of St. Francois county, as
the result of a fued. AVilliam Dooley,
Wess Harris, James Harris and John
Dooley were killed, Frank Harris was
fatally wounded, and Maiy Littrell, a
young girl, was struck just above the .
ankle with a rifle ball.
A few days ago the Harris boys sent
word to the Dooley s that they would
be at Doe Run and intended to run the
Dooleys off the grounds. Just how the
shooting began is not clear. All the
Harris boys except one, Bill, were
shot. One was killed instantly. Three
of the Dooley boys, who were unhurt,
came to Farmington and gave them
selves up. They are in jail.
Battle With Moonshiners,
Paul's Valley, I. T., August 8. As
a result ot a pitcnea Dattie, witli
moonshiners near Johnson, 20 miles
from Paul's Valley, one depittv mar
shal was wounded slightly and another,
Schrimpsher, of Paul's Valley, is miss
ing, rne outlaws escaped in tne dark
ness. It is believed Schrimpsher fol
lowed the band and was killed. Rein
forcements were sent from here today.
The outlaws are a part of a band that
was raided near Centei a few days ago,
when five of its members, together
with a still and a quantity of liquor
were taken. The leader, named Tice,
a veteran Arkansas distiller, and other
members of the gang escaped. After
four days' pursuit they were located by
a posse of deputies in a deep ravine
near Johnson. A demand to surrender
was answered with a volley of bullets,
and shots were exchanged for over an
hour. The deputies surrounded the
outlaws' position to await daylight,
but the latter escaped during the night.
Heavy Thunder Storm.
Plattsburg, N. Y., Augnst 8. The
severest wind, raiu and thunder shower
ever experienced in this section broke
over this city tonight. The Lake
Champlain Yacht Club held its annual
race meet here today, and tonight the
fleet anchored in ihe bay near Hotel
Champlain, at Bluff Point. The storm
struck the fleet, and many of the yachts
were dragged from their moorings.
The Valhalla, owned by W. B. Kings
land, of Burlington. Vt., was blown
out into the lake about half a mile,
when it capsized. Mr. Kingsland's
eon, a man of 20 years, who was on the
yacht with his father, was drowned.
The father managed, to cling to the
dingey and was later rescued.
Quarters for Refugees.
St. Petersburg, August 8. A tele- '
gram from Khabarvosk says: About
6,000 persons railway omciais and
their families have arrived here from
Cfaarbin and other points, having re
ceived orders from government officials
to embark on steamers. Among them
are 44 wounded and 33 on the invalid
list. The Chinese Railway Company
has been given 5,000 rubles for ambu
lance purposes and for the construction
of quarters for other refugees.
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