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GAZETTE .
CORVALLIS
WEEKLY.
UNION Kstab. Joly. 18S7.
GAZETTE Estab. Dec, 1862.
Consolidated Feb. 1899.
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1900.
VOL. XXXVII. NO. 48.
EVENTS OF THE DAK
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of thf. World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
n Interesting Collection of Items Fro
Me Two Hemispheres Pros Ttt i
in a Cocienged jTo.ii. V
A serious edow storm is raging in
South Dakota.
The Chinese emperor and empress
will return to Pekin.
Fire destroyed a considerable por
tion of the Corean palace at Seoul re
cently. General Botha has sent Lord Roberts
a statement of the terms on which ne
, will surrender.
The Japanese empress was attacked
by a lunatic who threw his purse and
his shoes at her.
The firm of William L. Strong &
Co.. of New York, has failed, with
liabilities of $6,000,000.
Henry Elliug, a pioneer of Montana
and president of six banks in that
state, died at his home in Virginia
City.
During the progress of a bull fight
given by women toreadors at Alicante,
Spain, the benches collapsed and eight
persons were killed and 200 injured.
According to Commissioner of Immigration-
Fitchie, of New York, immi
grants have arrived in this country at
the rate of 1,000 per day from all
countries since July last.
Thirteen insane soldiers from the
Philippines, who had been confined in
the Presidio hospital at San Francisco,
have been sent to the government asy
lum at Washington, D. C.
Yale college will educate free of
charge five Filipinos provided young
men of exceptional fitness and high
character be selected by Judge Taft, of
the Philippine commission.
At Denver, in an action begun by
Dean Hart to prevent Sunday theatri
cal performances. Police Justice Thomas
decided in favor of the theaters, hold
ing that the city ordinance on the sub
ject is void.
The Peruvian bark Fiancisco Tozo
cleared from Astoria with a cargo of
529,054 feet of lumber, valued at
$5,734.78. She was loaded at the
Knappton, Wash., mills, and goes to
Callao, Pern.
The state supreme court of Minneso
ta has decided that the so-called "jag
cure law" is unconstitutional because
it applies only to counties of over 50,
000 people and it is limited in its bene
fits to a certain number in each county,
one per year to each 10,000 of people.
Adr'ew Carnegie has another surprise
for Pittsburg, involving the expendi
ture of several million dollars. His
purpose is said to be the establishment
of a polytechnic school for the instruc
tion in practical mechanics and the in
dustrial sciences. Ihe amount of
money which will be spent by Mr.
Carnegie iu founding and endowing the
school is $3,000,000.
Ambassador Choate lectured on
Lincoln at Edinburgh.
Terry McGovem defeated Kid Broad
at Tattersalls, Chicago.
The treaty of Paris was denounced
at the Spanish-American congress.
Industrial commission hears testi
mony on labor strikes and sweatshops.
Indemnity claims by Philippine cor
porations will be submitted to congress.
A bill to disfranchise negroes wai
introduced in the Georgia legislature.
President McKinley asks the- mem
bers of the cabinet to remain with
him.
Brazil and Argentina may force Chile
to grant Boliva's demands in regard to
coast lines.
Union labor makes a demand for
state positions in Washington under
new regime.
An Idaho dance hall tragedy result
ed in the death of two men at the
town ot Gem.
In an explosion in a gelatine mixing
house of a powder company at Lo
brante, Cal.. 15 miles from San Fran
cisco, one white man and two Chinese
were killed.
A special dispatch from Tien Tsin,
says a torce of Russians has captured
the arsenal northeast of Yeng Tsun,
with trilling loss, killing 200 Chinese
and capturing a quantity of arms and
treasure.
Max J. Lasar, the diamond smuggler,
pleaded guilty in the United States
court at Buffalo, N. Y. He was fined
$500 and sent to the Erie county jail
for six months. He smuggled dia
monds which were sold for $31,000.
The bodies of 22 persons who were
killed by the collapse of houses inshore
by the typhoon which struck Hong
Kong recently, have been recovered.
More than 50 bodies have been taken
from the harbor, and the remains of
many victims are still to be found.
The damage to property and crops ii
enormous.
Japan has passed a law to pro-
hibit lads under 20 years of age from
smoking.
The home of the late Bayard Taylor
at Westchester, Pa., kown as Cedar
croft, was sold at sheriff's sale to sat
isfy a claim.
J. M. McKnight, formerly president
of the German National bank of Louis
ville, has been sentenced to five years'
imprisonment at hard labor for embez-slement.
LATER NEWS.
Sanitary conditions at Pekin are be
coming serious.
The good roads movement was form
ally launched in Chicago.
Methodists convened in New York
denounced the Church of Rome.
Rebel and Ameiican activity in the
Geld has been greatly increased.
Kentucky bank is out $201,000
through the dishonesty of a clerk.
The United States supreme court
lustained the Tennessee cigarette law.
Four men were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed a Pennsylvania ho
tel. The battle-ship Kentucky will en
force the indemnity claim against Tur
key. In an engagement north of Manila 1 1
Americans and 50 Filipinos were
killed.
There is a scarcity of food in Tien
Tsin, and already there is considerable
suffering.
The Hay-Paunuefote treaty will be
the stumbling block in the way of
canal legislation.
Twenty-six Oregon counties that
have not remitted scalp bounty tax are
requested to do so.
The marriage of the Duke of Man
chester and Miss Zimmerman, of Cin
cinnati, is announced.
Past fiscal year was the most pros
perous period known to Americas
shipping for some time.
A Chicago firm submits the best bid
for the construction of the new post
office building Salem, Or.
Fifty-six cases of yellow fever are
now undei treatment in the city of
Havana, among them two Americans.
Fred J. Kisel, of Malheur county,
Oregon, has been appointed as a dele
gate to the National Irrigation Con
gress. Rev. James Deighton, once a noted
London preacher, and an intimate
friend of Spurgeon. died at Hungton,
Ind., aged 63 years.
The population of Minnesota, as offi
cially announced, is 1,715,754, against
1.301,826 in 1890, an increase of 449,
568 since 1890, or 34.5 per cent.
The population of Pennsylavnia, as
officially annonnced by the census bu
reau, is 6,302,115, against 5,258,014 in
1890, an increase of 1,044,101, or 19.8
per cent.
Dispathces from Yladivostock say
the Chinese have destroyed 300 versts
of the southern section of the Mancbur
ian railroad. All the stations were
burned and much rolling stock was de
stroyed. The damage is estimated at
10,000,000 roubles.
Two men held up a saloon at Taooma
and secured $12.
Fire at Canton, China, destroyed be
tween 200 and 300 houses.
Robbers blew open the vault of a
bank in Quincy, 111., and secured
$2,.)00.
Fire at an Oshkosh, Wis., lumber
yard destroyed $75,000 worth of fine
grade lumber.
The transport Logan has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila, with 272
sick soldiers.
Two men were killed and four seri
ously injured in a train wreck near
Jackson, Miss.
The steamer Nome City has arrived
at Seattle from Nome with 250 miners
and $100,000.
Fire destroyed the business portion
of the town of Philippi, W. Ya., caus
ing a loss of $100,000.
A heavy snow storm is ragirg in
British Columbia, $20,000 damage be
ing done in Vancouver alone.
Two fishermen were drowned in the
bay at Seattle from a small sailboat,
which capsized in a gust of wind.
The American legation building at
Caracas was injured beyond repair by
the recent Venezuelan earthquake.
The University of Oregon football
team defeated the University of Cali
fornia team by a score of 2 to 0.
The United Mmeworkers have decid
ed to bring into their organization all
workers in and about the mines.
Governor Candler, of Geoigia, has
issued a call for a National Maritime
congress at Brunswick, Ga., January
SO.
The murderous Apaches of Mexico,
will be hemmed up in the mountains
and exterminated by the Mexican
troops.
Anarchists were not concerned in the
recent assault on Emperor William. It
was merely the act of a demented Ber
lin woman.
Three Americans were killed in a
fight with 200 bolomen in the province
of Panay. The enemy lost 100 killed
21 wonnded and 50 prisoners.
One hundred dead bodies were found
in a swamp just west of the city of
Galveston, Texas, on the island where
they had been deposited by the storm
of September 8.
In old Kentucky, a football game be
tween a Cincinnati team , and a Dan
ville, Ky., team, ended in a fight in
which a majority ot the Cincinnati
players were compelled to go to the
hospital.
Mere than 150 new school houses
have been built in Kansas within the
last year
Apricots stand second to oranges as
a money making crop in California.
Roughly estimated, the present apricot
yield is worth $2,500,000 to that state.
It has been discovered that Monon
gahela river is ruinous to boilers, hav
ing 16 grains of sulphuric acid to one
gallon a disastrous ratio, according
to experts.
OPEN DOOR IN CHINA
Cotton Manufacturers of the
South Petition For It
IMPORTANT TRADE NECESSITY
Secretary Hay Asked to Use His Good
Offices to Prevent Closing; of
Markets to Americans.
Washington, Nov. 17. Secretary Hay
has received a petition from nearly all
of the leading cotton manufacturers of
the South to take such action as may
lie within his power to prevent the in
terference by any European power
which might close the foreign markets
to the cotton manufacturers of the
United States and injure other Ameri
can interests. Ihe petitioners declare
that the "open door" policy is neces
sary to secure the retention of the im
portant trade in cotton drills and shirt
ings with China, most of which are
manufactured in Southern states. It
is declared the withdrawal of this
trade in Manchuria would seriously
affect not only the manufacturers . of
cotton goods but Southern cotton-growers
and employers and employes and
laborers in the cotton mills. The peti
tioners represent fully $15,008,000
in canitnl and declare thev have lost
half their trade since the Boxer upris
bag and are running on half time.
General Chaffee has cabled the war
department the following from Taku,
under date of November 16:
"Sixth regiment, United States
cavalry, will remain in China, nnier
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Theo
dore J. Wint, with troops I, K, L, M.
"CHAFFEE."
CHINESE DISCOVERED AMERICA.
Evidence Contained iu Ancient Records
Unearthed in Pekin.
Monterey, Mex., Nov. 17. The re
port that American officers have un
earthed ancient records in Pekin show
ing that the Chinese discovered Ameri
ca 1,500 years ago, and erected temples
in. Mexico, has aroused the greatest in
terest among the scientific men of Mon
terey and throughout this country.
The Chinese temples alluded to are in
the state of Sonora, on the Pacific
coast. The ruin of one of the temples
was discovered near the town of Ures,
in that state, about two years ago.
One of the large stone tablets found in
the ruins was coveied with carved
Chinese characters, which were partly
deciphered by a learned Chinaman who
visited the ruius at the' request Of the
Mexican government. This Chinaman
made tbe assertion at the time that the
ruins were those of a temple which bad
been erected many centuries ago by
Chinese, but his statement was not re
ceived with credence.
It has been long claimed that tbe In
dians of tbe state of Sonora are the de
scendents ot the early Chinese settlers.
They possess many traditions and
characteristics of the Chinese. If the
report of the finding of these records
in Pekin is verified an expedition will-p
go from here to explore further the
ancient temples of Sonora.
Dishonest Officials.
Yokohama, Nov. 17. Several mem
bers of the Tokio city council, having
been accused of accepting a bribe from
the Mitsui lead pipe factory, all the
members resigned en bloc, but were
subsequently re-elected with the ex-
cepiion of the incriminated members.
warrants for whose arrest have been
issued.
Fire in a Bridge Plant.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 16. Fire
which started in the engine-room of j
the Detroit Bridge & Iron Works early
today did between $65,000 and $75,
000 damage. Five hundred men are
thrown out of employment. The loss
is covered by insurance. Repairs will
be beguj immediately and the works
started again as soon as possible.
Queen Drugs Mot Head.
Paris Nov. 15. Inquiries made by
a representative of the press at the
Servian legation here show that there
is no truth in the report published by
the Echo de Pairs today that Queen
Draga of Servia is dead. The legation
officials have not even heard that the
queen is ill.
Wealthy Man's Suicide.
Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 17. Frank
Alderman, a wealthy real estate man,
killed himself today. He walked into
a hardware store, purchased a revolver,
loaled it and then sent a bullet into his
brain. He is thought to have been in
sane. He was a prominent Republican
politician.
Another North Sea Cable.
Washington, Nov. 17. Consul Leis
toe, at Rotterdam, in a report to the
state department, says that a third
telegraphic cable has been constructed
recently between The Netherlands and
England and will expedite the delivery
of American cablegrams via London.
Farm Machinery Plant Burned.'
Chicago, Nov. 17. A special to the
Record from Geneva. 111., says: Fire
totally destroyed the plant of the Ap
pleton Manufacturing Company in this
city. It started in the paint shop.
The loss in $250,000. The company
manufactured farm machinery.
MacArthur Removes the Censorship.
Manila, Nov. 17. The censorship
was removed today. General Mao
Arthur, however, has issued directions
to the cable companies ordering them
to furnish him with a copy of all press
dispatches.
Return of the Logan.
San Francisco, Nov. 17. The trans
port Logan arrived from Manila tonight
and went into quarantine. The Logan
brings 278 sick soldiers, 89 prisoners
and eight insane.
CIGAR MAKERS RIOTING.
Serious Trouble Between Two Rival
v Unions at Tampa
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19. -Rioting be
tween International and Resistiancia
Unions of cigarmakers began here to
day at the factory of Gonzales, Mora
& Co., of Tampa and Chicago. This
firm was working a full force of Resis
tiancia men, numbering about 500.
The Internationals marched to the fac
tory and demanded that these men
come out. This was refused and the
Internationals declared they would put
them out. Tbe premises are encolsed,
and as an International man started to
enter the gate the Italian doorkeeper
fired upon him. This was quickly fol
lowed by an exchangeof several hun
dred shots. The front and side of the
buildings were riddled with bullets,
but no one has been repotted injured.
Police officers dispersed the mob.
Every factory closed at noon for the
day. The mayor has sworn in 100 ex
tra policemen, and the sheriff has add
ed numerous deputies to his force. The
mayor issued a proclamation forbidding
torchlight processions and demonstra
tions of the rival trades unions, planned
for tonight.
The Internationals have about 800
members here, while the Resistiancia
members number over 3,000.
Since the rioting, the city has pre
sented a wildly excited condition, and
the streets in the neighborhood of the
cigar factories nave been tnrongea
with people. This afternoon, a mass
meeting of business men passed a reso
lution authorizing the chairman to ap
point committees, which the unions
did. These committees met and agreed
that all the men should go to work to
morrow morning. The Internationals
have agreed to this proposition practi- j
cally. but tbe Resistiancia Union is
still considering the matter. It is
thought it will be adopted before morn-
mg. All tbe factories are now neaviiy
guarded by deputies.
MESSENGER BAXTER'S VICTIM.
Council Bluff Robber the Outcast of m
Wealthy Family.
Chicago, Nov. 19. The bandit who
was killed October 8 last by Express
Messenger Baxter, on the Kanas City,
St. Joseph & Count.il Bluffs railroad, is
said to have been the outcast of a
wealthy Massachusetts family. This
information was given Lieutenant Ro
han, of detective headquarters, by a
"crook" whom the veteran detective
has known for years.
"I have no reason to doubt the man's
story," said the lieutenant, "and al
though he is a thief, 1 have confidence
in his word. A week or 10 days be
fore tbe train hold-up on the Kansas
City, St. Jsoeph & Council Bluffs rail
road, my informant mei the man here
in Chicago. The plans were then be
ing made for the hold-up. 'Keep an
eye on the papers, said the man, 'and
you'll hear of something near Council
Bluffs.' My informant did not then
know that a train was to be held up,
but when he read of the attempted rob
bery and the killing of one of the ban
dits, he knew who it was that did the
job. Later he saw a picture and de
scription of the dead robber and recog
nized the man at once. He would not
tell me tbe name of the thief who was
killed by the express messenger, as he
said it would only sadden a family who
have had their share of sorrow for the
acts of a wayward son."
WHOLESALE BODYSNATCHING.
Horrible Discovery Hade in a Michigan
Cemetery.
Kalamazoo, Mich., Nov. 19 The
authorities of this city were informed
today of a horrible case of wholesale
bodysnatching which took place in the
Springbrook cemetery in Newaygo
county. Nine bodies, so far as known
at present, were exhumed and all but
one were those of persons who had died
within the past year The ninth vic
tim, which is supposed to have been
Mrs. Henry Knowles, although the
body is in such a state of decomposi
tion as to be unrecognizab'e, was dis
covered in a he.ge fence about a quar
rer of a mile fiom the cemetery. She
died bout five years ago. The ceme
tery is in an isolated spot, and up to
Wednesday there bad not been a bui ial
there for nearly three weeks. When
Isaac Dunton, tbe sexton, went to dig
a grave yesterday, the discovery was
made rf remnants of coffins, which
seemed to have been knocked apart
with an ax and were strewn about the
graveyard.
Remains oi a Train Robber.
Phoenix, Ariz., Nov. 19. Between
Casa Grande and Florence a party of
hunters found a skeleton which is be
lieved to be the remains of Burt Al
vord, leader of one of the most desper
ate bands of train robbers that ever
operated in Arizona. There is scarce
ly any doubi that he was killed by
William Sitles, one of the members .of
tbe gang. Wild animals had torn all
the flesh from the skeleton, but pecu
liar marks on the skull and fillings in
the teeth made identification sure.
Three Hanging, in Arizona.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Nov. 19. Unless
the unexpected happens and further
clemency is extended by President Mc
Kinley or Governor Murphy, three men
will be hanged Saturday for murders
in Arizona Thomas and William
Holdeman will be executed at Tomb
stone for the killing of Ted Moore, and
Santiago Ortez will pay the death pen
alty for the murder of W. S. Moffat.
Three Negroes Lynched.
Jefferson, Tex., Nov. 19. Three ne
groes who bad been arrested for way
laying and attempting to kill Mr.
St'allcup were taken from the jail last
night by unknown persons and hanged
to the railroad bridge across Cypress
bayou. The negroes had confessed to
the crime. The mob that did the
hanging overpowered tbe jailer and
out the telephone line, so that the
jailer could not communicate with the
sheriff
BOXERS' FATE FIXED
Princes Tuan and Chang Go
to Prison for Life.
OTHERS .FARE LITTLE BETTER
moderate and Humane Course of til a
United States Has Advanced
Its Prestige in China.
Washington, Nov. 19. Minister Wn
has received from Director-General
Sheng the following cablegram, which
he commnnioated to Secretary Hay to
day: "An imperial decree of November 13
deprives Prince Tuan and Prince Chang
of their ranks and offices, and orders
them to be imprisoned for life; Prince
Yih and seoondary Prince Ining to be
imprisoned; secondary Prince Lien to
be deprived of his rank; Duke Lan and
Ining Nien to be degraded in rank;
Kang Yi being .dead, no penalty can be
imposed upon him; Chao Shu Chiao to
be degraded, but retained in office, and
Yu Hsien to be exiled to the iarthest
boundary."
Tho Chinese officials mentioned in
the decree are among the highest in
China, and comprise most, if not all,
of those against whom the powers de
manded rigorous punishment. Prince
Tuan stands at the head of the anti
foreign and Boxer movement. Previous
edicts degraded him and took away his
office and servants, but this judgment
of life imprisonment is the most severe
thus far given to any of the leaders
responsible for the trouble. From a
Chinese standpoint, it is an extreme
penalty to a prince of the blood, but
it remains to be seen whether the pow
ers will regard it as adequate to Prince
Tuan's offense. The others mentioned
were Tuan's active associates, and two
of them were specifically mentioned
for punishment, along with Tuan, in
Secretary Hay's note of October 3, in
which he advised the Chinese govern
ment that this country would expect
these officials to receive their just de
serts. Kang Yi is one of the officials who
died suddenly when the demands for
punishment had been made, probably
by suicide. Yu Hsien is another who
was thought to have committed suicide,
but the reports indicate that he is still
alive.
Wise Course of the United States.
There is no hesitation in energetical
ly denying the European implication
that the United States government is
moved in its Chinese -course by senti
mental and unbusinesslike considera
tions. On tbe contrary, it is pointed
out that, while sentiment is on the
side of our government in this matter,
it is accompanied by tbe soundest busi
ness considerations. The animating
purpose of tbe state department now is
to prevent the destruction of Chinese
integrity upon pretexts; to m intain
the open door, for which our govern
ment long has contended, and to secure
indemnities for the past, and guaran
tees for the future.
A TERRIBLE PENALTY.
The Union, Colo., Murderer Burned at
the Stake.
Limon, Colo., Nov. 19. Chained to
a railroad rail set firmly in the ground,
on the exact spot where his fiendish
crime was committed, Preston Porter,
Jr., or, as be was familiarly known,
John Porter, this evening paid a terri
ble penalty for bis deed. It 6:23
o'clock when the father of the murder
ed girl touched the match to the fuel
which had been piled around the ne
gro, and 20 minutes later a last con
vulsive shudder told that life was ex
tinct. What agony the doomed boy
suffered while the flames shriveled
up his" flesh could only be guessed by
the terrible contortions of his face and
the cries he gave from time to time.
Tbe executioners, who numbered
about 300 citizens of Limon county,
had not the least semblance of the or
dinary mob. Their every act was de
liberate, and during all the prepara
tions, as well as throughout the suffer
ings of the negro, hardly an unneces
sary word was spoken. Grimly they
stuod in a circle about tbe fire until
the body was entirely consumed and
then quietly they took their way back
to Lirnon, from whence they departed
for their homes shortly afterward.
Attack on tbe Kaiser.
Breslau, Nov. 19. Emperor William
was the object of an attempted outrage
today which, however, failed. -is he
was driving in an open carriage to the
cuirassier barracks, accompanied by
the hereditary prince of Saxe-Meining-er,
a woman in the crowd hurled a
short hand-chopper, or hatchet, at the
carriage. The hatchet struck the car
riage, but the rapidity with which the
vehicle was passing saved its occu
pants. Head End Collision.
Oil City, Pa., Nov. 19. A head-end
collision between a Pennsylvania extra
freight train and a Lake Shore passen
ger train occurred two miles west of
Folk tonight. Both engines were de
molished, all of the passenger coaches
left the tracks, and 40 oil and coal
oars of the freight were derailed.
Prevented Negroes From Voting.
Lexington, Noy. 19. A. S. Thomp
son, a prominent farmer of Bourbon
county, George Leary and Samuel
Adams, colored, were held in $1,000
bail by United States Commissioner
Hill to the federal court the first Mon
day in January, at Frankfort, charged
with conspiracy to prevent negroes
from voting at the last election. It is
charged that crap games were started
and the negroes participating were ar
rested just before the election so as to
keep them away from tb poii.
A CLERK STOLE 8201,000.
He Has Been Missing Several Days and
the Bank Is Closed.
Cincinnati, Nov. 21. United States
Bank Examiner Tucker today took pos
session of the German National Bank
at Newport, Ky., and posted a notice
t .t the bank would remain closed
pending an examination. He also an
nounced unofficially that Frank M.
Brown, the assistant cahier, was miss
ing and that a partial investigation
showed that he was short about $201,
000. '
Brown, who is the son of Paris C.
Brown, ex-mayor of Newport, and one
of the leading business men of Cincin
nati, has been with the bank for 18
years and was one of its must trusted
men. Experts state that his operations
extend over a period of 10 years. He
left on a vacation last Wednesday, and
is supposed to be out of the country.
It is generally believed that he has
taken with him a considerable amount
of money.
Brown, it is alleged, has lived a fast
life, with wine, women and gambling
in his repertoire. His career was cut
short by a jealous woman, who made
his doings known to the bank's offi
cials. Brown's alleged shortage had
been rumored for some time, but the
bank officials and directors have repeat
edly declared that his accounts were
correct and that everything was all
right.
The wildest scenes were witnessed in
Newport today when Examiner Tuck
er's announcement was made public,
and serious trouble is expected. Tbe
capital stock of the bank is only $100,
000. Brown's shortage is double that
amount, and more than the reserve and
all the assets, including the bank's
real estate. He must have gone the
full limit for a small bank.
WERE BURNED TO DEATH.
Four Men Lost Their Lives in Pennsyl
vania Hotel Fire.
Oswayo, Pa., Nov. 21. Four men
! were burned to death today in a fire
that destroyed the McGonigal House,
a tbree-story frame building, and the
j opera house adjoining, and several oth
ers were injured. The buildings were
buined to tbe ground in half an hour s
time.
Otto Kauley, a gas line walker of
Coudersport, Pa., was burned about
the face and arms, and Jerry Bailey
' sustained a broken shoulder by jump-
ing from the third story of the hotel.
The fire originated in the McGonigal
House, from an over pressure of natural
gas. There were 30 people in the ho
tel which was a flimsy structure, and
the flames licked up tbe building as if
it were tinder.
There were many narrow escapes,
most of the occupants jumping from
the windows. The town has no fire
: protection. The tannery employes
connected a line of hose to the burning
j building, but on account of trouble
j with the pump, there was considerable
delay in getting a stream on the fire
and the flames got beyond control.
Nothing remains of the four dead but a
few charred bones. The property loss
is insignificant.
MORAL CRUSADE IN NEW YORK
Bishop Potter's Letter to Mayor Tan
Wyck Ha Good E fleet.
New York, Nov. 21. Police Cap
tain Horlipy, in command of the Eliz-abeth-stieet
station, the official charged
with having insulted the Rev. Mr. Par- j
dock, one of Bishop Potter's assistants,
was today transferred to another sta-
tion. The transfer is put down as the
effect of Bishop Potter's letter to Mayor
Van Wyck concerning the prevalence
of vice on the East Side, known as the
"Red Light" district. A noticeable
change was apparent in this district to
night. It was very quiet, and during
tbe first hours of the night not a person
was arrested.
Captain Moynihan, of the West
Twentieth street station, who had noti- j
fled the management of the Grand
Oper.i-House that only sacred concerts
would be allowed on Sunday night in
the theater, tonight arrested two per- j
formers who had done a "song and
dance act." Friends bailed them out.
The police raided a club on East Nine-
ty-seventh street, arrested 17 men and
two women and captured a lot of dice
and chips. A Brooklyn gaming-house
was also raided and 11 persons taken
into custody.
Sentenced to Be Shot.
Salt Lake, Nov. 21. James Linch
and Robert L. King, the men convicted
of Ihe murder of Godfrey Prose, at the
sheep Ranch gambling house, the night
of September 14 last, were sentenced
by Judge Booth this alternoon to suffer
the death penalty. The condemned
men chose to be shot. Tbe date of
their execution was set for Friday,
January 11.
Famous Strike Leader Dead.
Houston. Texas, Nov. 21. Martin
Irons, once leader of the union labor
organizations, and who directed the
great Missouri Pacific strike in the
'80s, is dead. He came to this country
85 vears ago, and began oragnizing so
cial democracy clubs, using "anti
money rent" as a slogan to arouse the
farmers.
Illinois Mill Resumes Operations.
Joliet, HI., Nov. 21. The biilet mill
and converter of the Illinois Steal
Works resumed operations tonight, af
ter a three weeks' shut-down. About
1,000 men were affected.
Fire in a Cotton Warehonse.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 16. Fire
in the Alabama Compress & Storage
Copmany's warehouse today destroyed
one of the four sections of tbe build
ings, together with between 500 and
1,000 bales of cotton. The loss is $70,
000. Lord Kitchener will depopulate the
small towns of the Transvaal and con
centrate their population in large
towns, otherwise following out a re
ooncentrado policy.
DUPLICITY OF CHINESE
Mild Punishment of Leaders
of Boxer Uprising.
HONORED RETIREMENT OF TUAN
An Attempt to Thwart the Demands of
the Powers Tai Tuan Mission
aries Are Safe.
London. Nov. 22. The Morning
Post's Pekin correspondent, says:
"The edict inflicting punishment is
milder than the first reports suggested.
Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang are
only banished, and not imprisoned.
Duke Lan cannot accept the edict,
owing to the inadequacy of the punish
ment. ' 'Count von Waldersee officially an
nounces that he has stopped looting
and restored peace in the province of
Chi Li."
Dr. Morrison, writing to the Times
from Pekin, says:
"In communicating the punishment
edict dated Sinan Fu, November 13, to
tbe foreign envoys, Li Hung Chang sub
mits it as the final punishment the
court is able to inflict, and repeats the
stereotyped plea of all Chinese pleni
potentiaries, namely, that the emperor
threatens him and Prince Ching with
severe punishment if they fail to in
duce the representatives of the powers
to accomplish a compromise. The
mildness of the sentences excites ridi
cule, and strengthens the ministers in
their determination to demand the
death penaly. The punishments are
illusory. Prince Tuan is merely ban
ished to his own home, and others un
dergo a merely nominal lowering of
rank. Perpetual imprisonment means
a life of honored retirement.
t "Large numbers of Southern Chi
nese now residing in Pekin, fearing
further tribulation during tbe winter,
are preparing to leave for the south."
According to the Shanghai corre
spondent of the Times, it is asserted on
good authority in Tien Tsin that theie
are still some missionaries surviving
at Tai Yuan Fu under the protection
of tbe Mandarins.
"A Chinese official reports," says the
Shanghai correspondent of the Stand
ard, "that the allies have captured two
passes leading from Chi Li into Shan
Si. Herr Knappe, the German consul,
has returned from Nankin. He re
ports that he asked the viceroy to per
mit foreign troops to ascend tbe Yan
gste and to stop sending supplies to
Sian Fu."
"The French consul here reports,'
says the Shaag'hai correspondent of tbe
Daily News, "that; severe persecutions
of Catholic converts continue in the
province of Kang Si. Mr. Goodnow,
United States consul, hears that the
Protestants in tbe province of Che
Kiang are similarly persecuted. Tbe
governors of both provinces are Man
chus and violently anti-foreign."
THE APACHES' RAID.
The Mormon Colonies Appeal for Mili
tary Aid.
Chihuahua, Mex., Nov. 22. The
Mormon colonies of Durban, Pacheco,
Cotpnia, Oaxaca, Colo'nia Diaz and
Colonia Juarez have appealed to tbe
military authorities of Mexico against
further raids from the bands of hostile
Indians. Preparations are being made
by the war department to strengthen
the military garrisons and to annihilate
the force of Apaches which made the
bloody attack on the Pacheco settle
ment a few days ago. These Apaches
have tak?n refuge in tbe Sierra Madre
mountains, and their pursuit will be
difficult. The Pacheco colony has a
population of about 1,200.
Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 22. Tbe presi
dent of the Mormon church in this city
has received a telegram from A. W.
Ivins, president of the Mexican mis
sion at Colonia Juarez, Mexico, saying
that no Mormons have been killed, as
recently reported, and denying that
there bad been an Indian uprising.
British Steauier Seized.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 22. Pas
sengers who arrived here Sunday on the
British s'eamer Atrato, from Colon,
say there were rumors at Colon, when
they sailed, that tbe British steamer
Tobago bad been seized by the Colom
bian government at Panama, and sent,
under an armed escort, to Bnera Ven
tura. It is added that the Birtish con
sul at Panama had asked his govern
ment for a war vessel.
March Against Panama.
Kingston, Jamaica, Nov. 21. Ths
British steamer Atrato arrived heie to
day from Colon. Captain Copp reports
that tbe insurgents had gained several
important victories during tbe fort
night that preceded his departure, and
that when he left Colon they were
marching in force against Panama,
where the stores had been closed in
momentary expectation of an attack.
Fatal Hotel Fire.
Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Nov. 22. The
Hotel French burned today. Miss
Hechardt, ot Annapee, Wis., a guest,
was burned to death. All others in
the hotel escaped. The financial loss
is nominal.
Charge on Bicycles.
Chicago, Nov. 22. Thirty-two
Western roads have signed an agree
ment to make a minimum charge on
all bicycles, tricycles and baby car
riages, regardless of their weight, in
stead cf classing them as baggage, as
many lines have been in tbe practice
of doing. Herealter these articles will
he charged for the same as excess bag
gage, nothing less than 26 cents per
piece oeing col'.ected. If the weight is
over 50 pounds, actual weight will bo
charged-
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