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Show NEWS SUMMARY. Steamboat men estimate a total of 3,150 excursionists and pleasure seekers seek-ers have visited Alaska this year. Henderson l'ierson, living near Davenport, Dav-enport, Texas, in a fit of jealousy, shot and killed his wife and her mother. There have been several cases of bubonic plag-ue recently at I'alermo and Naples, three or four ending' fatally. The total number of buildings destroyed de-stroyed by the Victor, Colo., fire is 800. Total loss about ?1,750.0')0; insurance 50.xK). The number killed by the hurricane in Porto Kico is 1,973, missing 1,000, houses destroyed, fi,421, persons homeless home-less 22.010. St. I'aul. Minn., !lobe advocates the nomination of Admiral Dewey for president by the next Democratic national na-tional convention. Fourteeu fishermen camping on Wan island, near the mouth of the N'euse river, N. ('., during a recent storm were drowned. John and Jay Saunders, colored, were killed ao.1 four other negroes wounded at Parson's camp ground, Kentucky, in a fight. The London Church Missionary society so-ciety has received a report stating that 40,000 persons have died of famine on the east coast of Africa. From most parts of England reports 6tate that the wheat crops are being gathered in fine condition. It is considered con-sidered the best crop for years past. The steamship City of Columbia has been abandoned at sea in a waterlogged water-logged condition and her crew of thirty-eight men are now in Honolulu. Until quite recently a man to hold office in the Transvaal must have resided re-sided there fourteen years and be at the same time a member of the Dutch church. At the Kerkeley Oval, New York City, (ieorge Scheiber and Frank Kramer Kra-mer lowered the quarter-mile tandern bike record. They covered the distance dis-tance in ".': 2-5 seconds. In Havana the Masons have been asking for an increase of wages. About 4. OHO workers held a conference at which a strike was agreed upon. Nine thousand are idle. The Kcho Agricolo, Paris, states that several estimates of the wheat crop have already been given, varying from 110,000,000 to irjo.ooo.ooo hectols 38,-000,000 38,-000,000 to 44,700,000 quarters. It is the quartermaster department's intention to have not 011I3' the first ten regiments afloat for the Philippines by the last of October, but also those to be raised under the last order. A mission of Russian engineers and their escorts was recently attacked by Chinese brigands at Kirin, on the China-Russian frontier, on the main Manchuria railway. All wtye massacred. massa-cred. A shooting affray growing out of the old row between cattlemen and sheepmen sheep-men occurred on the range southwest of Chadron, Neb., when George Coil, a sheepherder, instantly killed Thomas Ryan, a cattleman. Miss Viola Ilorlocker, who is under 825,000 bonds to appear in Hastings, Neb., next month to answer to the charge of poisoning, is a patient at Oak Lawn sanitarium, Jacksonville, 111., under the name of Miss Allen. A cable dispatch has been received at the war department from General Davis, giving additional details of the conditions io Porto Rico. He places the number of killed at 1,000, and reiterates reit-erates his estimate of 100,000 destitute. James Birch was shot and killed by Patrolman G. M. Warren at Uirch's home. Indianapolis. Ind. Before he was killed Birch shot the policeman twice, making serious but not neces-sarity neces-sarity fatal wounds. He resisted arrest. ar-rest. The bonds of Daniel Coughlin, charged with jury-bribing in Chicago, and at present a fugitive, and those of his co-conspi rator, William Armstrong, have been declared forfeited. Cough-lin's Cough-lin's bonds were 815,000; Armstrong's 85,000. Baron Von Heyking, the late German Ger-man minister at Peking, who has arrived at Berlin on leave of absence for a year, has declared in an interview inter-view recently that Russia does not intend to extend her possessions in China. In consequence of the putreficationof bodies, typhus fever has developed at Arroyo, Porto Rico. The captains of coastwise vessels complain that the bad odors at the various ports have caused them more suffering than the hurricane. Commissioner of Immigration Pow-derly, Pow-derly, has ordered that Mrs. Todd, who is a widow and a British subject, now fn San Francisco pest house suffering from leprosy, be sent back to the Hawaiian Ha-waiian islands and confined in the leper colony there. London Times in an editorial on the Venezuela boundary arbitration, complains com-plains that the proceedings are unnecessarily unnec-essarily protracted and expresses a fear that the example thus set will "operate "oper-ate to prejud.ee the arbitral mode of settling differences." In Russia, as is usual, it is impossible to arrive at even the approximate truth regarding the harvest in that vast country. Generally speakintr, the yield in several governments other than Bessarabia and someother south ern districts is fairly satisfactory. M. de Craiz, French minister for the Colonies, has received a dispatch from the governor-general of French West Africa fully confirming the Figaro's story of the killing of Lieutenant-Colonel Klobb and Lieutenant Meunier by members of a French expedition. The United States cable ship Hooker formerly the Panama, which grounded in the north channel off Corregidor island about a fortnight ago, will probably be knocked to pieces. A hundred miles of cable and SIO.OOO worth of instruments are on board. On Thursday last General Torres gave the order to advance on the Ya-qnis Ya-qnis at Vican. Three sharp engagements engage-ments were fought before the troops succeeded in entering the stronghold-Two stronghold-Two Mexicans were killed and twentymo twenty-mo wounded. No Yaquis were killed. STARVING CHINESE EMPEROR. Is Allowed But Three Meals a Day and Only Two Kinds of Vegetable. Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 30. Recent Oriental advices, per steamer Tacoma, state the emperor of China, II wang nsu, is now provided with three meals a day, at each of which he is only given two kinds of vegetables and a small bowl of rice. It is even suspected that an attempt is being made to starve and make his majesty even weaker than he has been. To a confidential eunuch, his majesty recently said: "My restoration to power is only a question of time, hence I am only too anxious to maintain my health and bide my time. I am only afraid that one or two traitorous ministers who hate me may, by their machinations, succeed in destroying me. and I have no means of counteracting their treach-ery." treach-ery." Report has just come of a serious riot in Chinese Tibet at a place called Pao An, some 130 miles over the border bor-der from Kansu. The christian and missionary alliance have had a station there for about two years or so, and this has been attacked and looted by the Tibetans, the missionaries, the Rev. George Shields and wife, with Mrs. McBeth, barely escaping with their lives to Lancheo, where the China Inland mission has workers. LESSON IN PATRIOTISM. Gigantic Task Accomplished by Americans In Yokohama. Yokohama, Aug. 29. Five thousand United States troops have come and gone, roaming through the streets of Yokohama and Tokyo for an average of two days without causing a ripple of disturbance. The American community commu-nity here is small, but it is intensely American. The task which it has undertaken un-dertaken in connection with the passage pas-sage of American troops is all sufficient suffi-cient to prove its ardent patriotism. For some forty or fifty families, hardly hard-ly enough to make up a small country village, to feed and to entertain in every possible way an army of 10,000 troops is something never before known in the annals of hospitality. Yet, half of this gigantic task is already al-ready accomplished, and the devoted hosts are full of pluck and energy to pursue it to the end. They feel amply repaid by the unbounded gratitude of the soldiers, while even the Japanese have been taught a new lesson in patriotism. pat-riotism. AMBUSHED NEAR CEBU. American Soldiers Killed and Mutilated by Filipinos. Washington, Aug. 30. The following dispatch has been received from General Gen-eral Otis, dated August 27: "Hughes, Iloilo. reports four soldiers ambushed, killed and mutilated, a few miles south of the city of Cebu; names not given; that robber bands of Negros are scattered, and most of the same are returning to work on sugar plantations; that armed Tagals who had entered that island had been severely punished, and that conditions are favorable for the formation of a civil government under military supervision as directed. Little change in Panay and Cebu islands. is-lands. Withdrawal of volunteers and regulars discharged under order 40, last year, has prevented active campaign in those islands, which meditated reinforcements rein-forcements will cure." REBELS TAKE SAN DOMINGO. Jlniinez's Followers Arrive at the Capital City and the Government Surrenders. New York, Aug. 30. Andriano Grul-lon. Grul-lon. the representative of the Santo Dominican revolutionists in this country has received the following cablegram: "Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 27. Revolutionists Revo-lutionists in capital. Government surrenders. sur-renders. La Ma roue." La Marche is the representative of the Jiminez revolutionists at Santo D-mingo. No details have yet been received. NO MORE CONCESSIONS. The Transvaal Will Adhere to Its Latest Offer. Capetown, Aug. 30. Replying to the latest proposition of the British secretary secre-tary of state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, the government of the Transvaal has notified him that it adheres ad-heres to its latest offer and will not make any further concessions. Commandant General Joubert, in the course of an interview, declared that the whole republic would resist liko one man any interference with its independence. in-dependence. Evidence in Favor of Dreyfus. Rennes, Aug. 30. The evidence Monday Mon-day was in favor of Dreyfus. Five witnesses were for him and two against him. The most interesting testimony was that of Chief Handwriting Expert Charavay, who had come to declare that he had changed entirely his opinion, opin-ion, which in 1894 was against and now is in favor of Dreyfus,, who he affirmed was not the author of the bordereau. His candid confession of error was received with murmurs of satisfaction in court. Montana Men Coming Home. Washington, Aug. 30. The Valencia sailed from Manila August 23, with sixteen officers, 324 enlisted men, Montana Mon-tana infantry ten officers, eighty-six discharged men, two hospital corps, five civilians. Zealandia sailed August 23d, twenty-four officers, 339 enlisted men of Montana infantry, eight officers, 179 discharged men, eight men of hospital hos-pital corps, twenty enlisted men sick, nine civilians. Montana infantry left in Manila, five officers and sixty-two enlisted men re-enlisted. Bin Jackets Are Withdrawn. Shanghai, Aug. 30 Advices received from Hangow. 6how that the Russians who had attempted to eject workmen employed by the British concern from property which they had been in structed to fence in, and who were checked by the prompt action of the British consul and the captain of the British gunboat Woodlark, have refrained re-frained from further interference, and the party of blue jackets that was landed from the Woodlark to guard the property has been withdrawn. TROUBLE OVER LANDS JOHN BULL AND THE CZAR LIABLE TO CLASH. Bossian Cossacks Eject Workmen From Lands Owned by Britons, and British Gnnboat Lands Party of Bine Jackets and Moves Warship Wit hla Firing-Distance Firing-Distance of Russian Consultate, Shanghai, Aug. 29. As the outcome of a dispute regarding the ownership of some lands at Hankow, on the Yang' Tse-KiaDg, about 70O miles from the sea, which were purchased in 1863 by the concern of Jardine. Matheson & Co., but were subsequently included in the new concessions to Russia, the owners, under the advice and protection protec-tion of Mr. Hurst, the British consul, sent workmen to fence in the tract. After the work was begun a dozen cossacks from the Russian consulate appeared on the scene and forcibly ejected the workmen. The captain of the British second-class second-class gunboat Woodlark, specially designed de-signed for river service, after consulting consult-ing with Mr. Hurst, landed a party of blue-jackets and moved the Woodlark within firing distance of the Russian consulate. For a time a fight seemed imminent, but nothing further occurred. occur-red. The blue-jackets are now guarding guard-ing the property. The British third-class gunboat Esk, has been dispatched to Hankow from this porl. Great Britain is evidently determined to uphold British rights. DEED OF A DEMON. Sends Infernal Machine to Lawyer and I'rlson Official. Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 29 Judge O. W. Powers, one of the most prominent promi-nent lawyers of the state, and Warden George N. Dow of the Utah penitentiary, peniten-tiary, were the recipients Saturday night of infernal machines, vvhich it is thought were expressed to them by John Smith, alias James McDonald, an ex-convict. Smith was sentenced to the penitentiary by Judge Powers a number of years ago, and it is supposed for this reason Smith attempted to take his life. Judge Powers, in opening open-ing the package, discovered it was an infernal machine, and informed the police, who, in tracing up where the package came from, discovered that a similar package had been sent to War-Sen War-Sen Dow. Both packages were se-sured se-sured and opened by experts, who dis-sovered dis-sovered enough dynamite in each one to have blown up an entire block. A iarge reward has been offered for the arrest of Smith. The packages were expressed from Eureka. NO WAR WITH BLACKS. Hostilities Between Military and Georgia Negroes LHd Not Occur. Darien, Ga., Aug. 29. There has been no hostilities between the blacks and militia, although the negroes are armed. About 200 soldiers will remain here until after the sitting of the special term of the supreme court, which has been called to meet on Wednesday to try John Delegall for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Town-send. Town-send. The special term will also try Henry Delegall, the negro about whom the trouble has all been, and the thirty-five thirty-five black rioters, who are now confined con-fined in the Savannah jail. It is probable prob-able that a special train and a military escort will bring the rioters from Savannah for trial. There are still several hundred armed negroes in the swamp. CHILDREN CREMATED. Tw o Hundred Believed to Have Perished in an Orphan Asylum Fire. Nyack, N. Y., Aug. 29. St. Ann's convent at Sparkhill was burned yes-terdsy yes-terdsy morning at 1 o'clock. The fire started on the upper floor of the three-story three-story building. Nearly 300 of the occupants oc-cupants of the convent occupied rooms on this floor and all the dormitories were lighted with kerosene lamps. The fire spread rapidly upward and burned through the shingle roof of the building in two places. While the exact ex-act number of the dead is not known, it is said that 200 little children were suffocated and burned to death. RECEIPTS OF THE PHILIPPINES. Over 95,000,000 Have Been Taken in by the United States. Washington, Aug. 29. The statement state-ment of the receipts of the Philippine islands from the date of occupation by the United States government to July 31 last shows that the total receipts from all sources for the period named was $5,249,411. The receipts from all sources by ports for the above named period are: Manila, 83,848,244; Iloilo, 265,360, Cebu, 8156,136. Cnba Has Money Ahead. Washington, Aug. 29. The War department de-partment gives an interesting statement state-ment of the financial condition of the island of Cuba. It shows that under the management of the United States government the receipts of the island from January 1, 1899, to June 30 of the current year, exceed the expenditures by 81,480,021. This statement will be a surprise probably to many persons, who had thought that Cuba, under the military occupation of the United States, was not self -supporting. Damage to the Wilmington. Washington, Aug. 29. A dispatch received by the navy department from the commander of- the Wilmington at Montevideo states that she has lost a flange of one propel lor. It does not state how serious "the damage may be or whether any delay will be occasioned. occasion-ed. The officials here, however, say that the remaining propellor and the crippled one will give her ample power to proceed in case it is not convenient to dock her at Montevideo. The ship h as bee n up the Amazon. Forest Fires In Wyoming. Cheyenne, Wyo. , Aug. 29. Immense forest fires are raging about Laramie peak, in the northern part of Laramie county. The fires have been burning for the past ten days and have de' stroyed a large quantity of valuable timber. The fires have been reported to Special Agent Abbott, who will at once make an effort to have them ex tinguished, although it is feared they have obtained snch headway that this will be impossible unless rain comes. The Laramie peak district suffered greatly lAt year from forest fires. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S POLICY What the Present Administration Proposes ' Doing Regarding the Philippines. Ocean Grove, N. J., Aug. 27. Presi-ient Presi-ient McKinley. in a speech here Fri day afternoon, said: "I believe that there is more love for our country and more people love the Bag than ever before. Wherever the flag is raised it stands, not for despotism despot-ism and oppression, but for liberty and apportunity and humanity, and what that flag has done for us we want it to do for all peoples and for all lands which by the fortune of war have come within its jurisdiction. That flag does not mean one thingSn the United States and another in Porto Rico and the Philippines. "There has been some doubt in some quarters respecting the policy of the government in the Philippines. I see no harm in stating t in this presence. "Peace first, then, with charity for all, establish a government of law and order, protecting life and property, and occupation for the well-being of the-people who will' participate in it under the stars and stripes." QUIET IN SAMOA. Reports of Recent Outbreaks Among the Natives Were Untrue. San Francisco, Aug. 26. The steamer steam-er Alameda, just arrived from Samoa, brings the following Samoan advices, under date of August 11: When the commissioners left here it was feared by many, natives and foreigners for-eigners alike, that seriou trouble might at once ensue; but such has not happened. Both factions are quiet, and say they will keep so. The Mataafa party sent a large delegation dele-gation into Apia since the Badger's departure. This delegation met the three consuls, sitting as a provisional government, and assured them again of the desire of Mataafa and his followers fol-lowers to keep the peace. Nothing further took place at the meeting. The provisional government is being carried on without any hitch so far by the three consuls. Of this body Luther Luth-er Osborn, the American consul-general, is chairman. He is also the acting act-ing chief justice of Samoa and continues contin-ues to act as the United States consular consul-ar representative. Mataafa, who has been seriously ill, is now better. It is not believed that any organized fighting will take place between the rival parties, but in some places there is a V.tter feeling, which may result in small parties coining to blows. Chief Justice Osborn has interposed sentences sen-tences of hard labor on three or four nativ for having firearms in their possessn after the date of the proclamation procla-mation by the high commissioners prohibiting the possession of firearms by Samoans. IMPORTS INTO HAWAII. Treasury Department Receives Statement from Auditor General. Washington, Aug. 27. The Treasury department has received from the Auditor-General of Hawaii a comparative compara-tive statement of the imports into the islands for June, 1898 and 1899, and the receipts and expenditures for July, 1898 and 1899. It shows a net increase in the importations from the United States since the islands came under our sovereignty. . Imports from the United States, June, 1898, last month of the old regime, were 59G,803; all others, 8283,995; in June, 1899, they were 81,412,658; all others, 8384,494. Total increase for six months, 83,616,151. At the same time the government receipts increased and the expenditures expendi-tures diminished. In July, 1898, the receipts were 8183,798, and the expenditures expen-ditures 8234,909, while in July, 1899, the receipts were 8207,125, and the expenditures ex-penditures 8172,382. BEATEN BY REBELS. Government Forces of Santo Domingo Suffer Heavy Loss. Cape Haytien, Hay ti, Aug. 27 Severe fighting took place Friday and Wednesday Wednes-day in the neighborhood of Monte Cristo, Santo Domingo, between the government forces and the revolutionists. revolution-ists. It is said the former lost heavily, while the latter, owing to the advantageous advan-tageous positions which they occupied, ' only suffered slight loss. The revolutionists revolu-tionists are reported to be continually receiving reinforcements. Another Regiment of Negroes. Washington, Aug. 27. It is announced an-nounced at the war department that one and possibly three more regiments will be authorized in a few days, one of which will be composed exclusively of colored privates and company officers. offi-cers. The colonel and field officers are to be white. If this plan is carried out, the mountain states will come in for several additional appointments, and these will be made from the department's de-partment's roster of the five original regiments organized for the Spanish vvar. Dewey's Sailors Drill. Nice, Aug. 26. The Olympia battal-on battal-on from the cruiser at Villefranche, near here, engaged in a drill, the entire en-tire population of the town viewing the parade from the surrounding hills. The men presented a splendid appearance. appear-ance. Admiral Dewey received a visit shortly afterward from Edward Andre, An-dre, Belgian consul at Manila. He passed a quiet day on board and seemed in perfect health and greatly benefited by the rest he is taking. His crew are enjoying themselves. In a State of Anarchy. London, Aug. 27. The Labuan correspondent cor-respondent of the Reuter Telegram company cables that reliable news received re-ceived there direct from Manila says that an indescribable state of anarchy prevails. The Americans, according to these advices, occupy a radius of fifteen miles there; around the town of Iloilo they occupy a radius of nine miles, and around Cebu they occupy a small radius. The rest of the country, it is added, is in the hands of the Filipinos. Fili-pinos. Tragedy at Dawson City. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 27. News has been received of a murder and suicide at Dawson, August 12. Maud Eoselle, a vaudeville woman, formerly a well known circus rider, was shot and killed by Harry Davis, who ended his own life by putting a bullet through his brain. Davis is said to have a family residing in Emporia, Kan. The woman's wo-man's maiden name was Maud Ross. Her people are said to live in Tinkley, la. Jealousy was the cause of (the trasedv. MOT MEANS BUSINESS FERENT CONDITIONS EXIST IN WAR BUREAU. 1 General Miles Praises the Methods of the New Secretary, and Incidentally Has a Kind Word For Ueueral Otis. New York, Aug. 26. The Tribune has an interview with General Miles in which he is quoted as follows: "The new secretary of war is a man of business. As a result, different conditions con-ditions already exist. The interests of the country have demanded a vigorous prosecution of the war in the Philippines; Philip-pines; now they will have it. "I know nothiDg about a change of commanders on the island. My command com-mand of the army has nothing to do with the administration. As major-general commanding, I am responsible 'for the health and discipline of the army. Both are in excellent condition. condi-tion. "General Otis is a fine officer. That has been demonstrated by the splendid morale of the army, its health and its efficiency in the field in the Philippines. Philip-pines. "The inadequate force to meet the requirements has been the cause of somewhat abating the results which have been achieved. Our army, notwithstanding not-withstanding the vast superiority of the enemy in numbers, has been victorious vic-torious in every engagement. The army may be large and valiant enough to defeat an army quadruple its size, but it takes additional force to hold the towns in an enemy's country and to cover lines of communication. "About 20 per cent of our army under un-der any conditions is practically in active, owing to various duties about the camp and in hospitals, transportation, transporta-tion, sickness and variousother causes. In the civil war only a portion of the army operated on the fighting line. A great bulk of the troops were engaged in various duties in the rear. "Much embarrassment has been occasioned oc-casioned by the supplying of the enemy with food and munitions of war by their friends in Manila and Hongkong, not to speak of encouragement from their friends in 'the states.' It is difficult diffi-cult to discriminate in the enemy's countrv between non-combatants and foes." SANTO DOMINGO UPRISING. Arsenal and Government Buildings Turned Over to Revolutionists. Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Aug. 26. Generals Caceres, Vasquez and Brache, at the head of 500 revolutionists, revolution-ists, appeared before Macori. They left the great body of their troops at the entrance to the city and with twenty men advanced to the governor's house, demanding surrender. Governor Castillo, thoroughly cowed, repaired to the plaza without making any resistance, and the delivery of the park, fort, arsenal and government buildings was then effected. The revolutionists then formally occupied the surrounding country, meeting with no opposition. In this way the revolution, strong and humane, is rapidly advancing, avoiding so far as possible the shedding shed-ding of blood and winning sympathy by the character of its methods. The complete victory of the cause of Jim-intys Jim-intys seems assured. There is no check on t he eastery boundary. THE DREY FUS TRIAL. President of Former Court Martial Shown up in Bad Lijrht. Rennes, Aug. 25. Yesterday's session of the Dreyfus court martial was marked by one of the most exciting scenes of the trial. The proceedings opened with a skirmish entirely favorable favor-able to the defense over Colonel Maurel, president of the court martial of 1894, who admitted reading-one of the secret documents to the court which had not been seen by the defense. He pro tested that only one document was looked at, alleging that this sufficed to enable him to form a conviction that could not be shaken. This protest made matters worse because, as M. Labori pointed out, if he perused one, it was his bounden duty to peruse all. AMMUNITION FOR KRUGER. Immense Accumulations of War Munitions Muni-tions in Transvaal. Capetown, Aug. 26. The Delagoa bay incident, coupled with the recent transit of a large amount of ammunition, ammuni-tion, has directed the attention of the British officials to the immense accumulation accu-mulation of war munitions in the African Bepublic and the Transvaal. The Uitlanders being debarred from carrying arms, the supply of weapons as shown in Lourenzo Marques (Delagoa (Dela-goa bay) returns for three years, is greatly in excess of the burghers' requirements, re-quirements, and consequently there is a growing feeling among the British community in South Africa that no settlement of the existing crisis will insure lasting peace unless it includes a provision for the reduction of arma-ments. arma-ments. BLOWN TO ATOMS. Dry House of Powder Mill Explodes. Killing Kill-ing Two Men. Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 26. The dry house of Sam Debbie's powder mill, near Shepptown, this county, was completely wrecked by an explosion Thursday, and William T. Betzenber-ger Betzenber-ger of Walnut Port, one of the proprietors, propri-etors, and Harry Jones, a powder maker, mak-er, were literally blown to atoms. There were several tons of powder in the building. The other buildings were badly injured. California Volunteers Home. San Francisco, Aug. 26. The celebration cele-bration held in this city in honor of the return of the First California volunteers vol-unteers and Batteries A and D of the California Light Artillery, attracted 100,000 strangers. Every incoming train and ferryboat was heavily laden, people coming from as far as San Diego Die-go and other equally distant places. At night there was a grand illumination illumina-tion on the bay and the city was lighted light-ed up with thousands upon thousands of electric lights. Will Blockade Philippine Ports. Washington, Aug. 26. The establishment estab-lishment of a blockade of the ports of the Philippine islands, especially those of Luzon, is a subject which is receiving receiv-ing attention at the war department, although Secretary Root says he has not as yet sufficient information to warrant definite action in the matter. The probabilities are, however, that when the fall campaign begins there will be an effectual blockade maintained main-tained to prevent arms and ammunition ammuni-tion from being supplied to the insur gents. OFFICIALS ARE FIGURING. Cncle Sam Will Need Many Millions of Do) lars to Conduct the War. Washington, Aug. 25. Secretary Gage is engaged in the task of ascertaining ascer-taining whence the funds are to come to pay the largely increased army determined de-termined upon by the president and Secretary Root. The mere question of pay is easily decided, but to this must be added the enormous expense of additional transportation; trans-portation; the cost of subsistence, which, with the army thousands of miles away, will require the expenditure expendi-ture of millions of dollars; the added cost of new equipment for 30,000 men, and the innumerable items that go to make an effective fighting army, properly prop-erly clothed, thoroughly equipped for duty and well fed; all of these things are expensive, and their cost is more or less conjectural. Secretary Gage has authority, it is asserted, to ibsue more bonds for the prosecution of the war in the Philippines, Philip-pines, and that mode of procedure will probably be resorted to. The war revenue authorized the issue of $100,-000,000 $100,-000,000 worth of certificates of indebtedness, indebt-edness, and 8400,000,000 worth of bonds. The law says that the proceeds of the Bale of these bonds shall be used "to defray expenditures authorized on account ac-count of the existing war" etc. It is held by the law officers of the governc ment. that. 1V inturranlirtn in h PVil? ; imca 13 u a.ii 111 ten La ttuu pui puaca part of the "existing war" with Spain. MESSAGE FROM TRANSVAAL. British Government Has Received President Presi-dent Kruger's Reply. I London. Aug. 25. The secretary of state for the colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, Chamber-lain, received the text of the Transvaal's Trans-vaal's reply to the proposals of the British government, and now has them under consideration. The members of the cabinet are within reach, but until the government has determined on what course to pursue, Mr. Chamberlain Chamber-lain is unwilling to divulge the contents con-tents of the message from South Africa. From an excellent unofficial source of infoi .nation it is ascertained that the substance of the Transvaal's communication com-munication to the British government in reply to the latter's demands is a concession of a five years' "retroactive"' franchise, a share in the election of the president and an increase in the representation of the gold fields, probably prob-ably eight additional seats, and a stipulation that all other questions are to be submitted to arbitration but not to a foreign power; that Great Britain shall not use the recent interference as a precedent and that the British government shall relinquish all suzerainty suzer-ainty rights. SOVEREIGNTY OVER MOROS. Sultan and Several Chiefs Sign Agreement With General Bates. Manila, Aug. 25. General Bates has returned from Sulu, having successfully success-fully accomplished his mission there. After five weeks' negotiation, with much tact, an agreement was signed which in substance was as follows: "American sovereignty over the Moros shall be recognized, and there shall be no persecution against religion; re-ligion; the United States shall occupy and. control such parts of the archipel" ago as public interest demands; any person may purchase land with the .Sultan's consent; the introduction of fire-arms shall be prohibited; piracy shall be suppressed; the American courts shall have jurisdiction except between the Moros; Americans shall protect the Moros against foreign imposition, im-position, and the Sultan's subsidiary from Spain shall be continued." , The Sultan and several chiefs signed the agreement. EARTH TO STOP REVOLVING. People in Southern Russia Believe End ol World is Near. St. Petersburg, Aug. 25. Reports from southern Russia say that a current cur-rent belief of the approaching end of the world is causing a panic among the uneducated classes. At Kharkova, the capital of the government of that name, workmen are leaving in large numbers, wishing to spend what they consider their last days at their village homes. The factory owners have asked tha police to stop this immigration in oraer to prevent the ruination of busines. Mo Trace of Montana Holdups. Butte, Mont., Aug. 25. No word has been received from the posse on the trail of the four road agents who held up the stage coach at Horseshoe Bend Monday. H. J. Reiling, president of the Pacific Dredging company, who, with his wife, were the only passengers, passen-gers, and who was robbed of 55,000 in gold dust, has arrived in Butte. The robbers had cut all the telephone and telegraph wires in the vicinity and had expected a bigger haul, as Mr. Reiling was supposed to have with him the company's entire clean-up. Died Seeking Gold. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 25. A party of forty-eight prospectors who have arrived ar-rived here from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, tell a story of terrible hardships hard-ships suffered while on their way overland over-land from the Kowak river to St. Michael, their spokesman declaring he personally knows of the death of ninety-three men from Bcurvy, drowning and starvation. He says 950 people went up the Kowak river last year, in search of gold, and that the death rate has been simply apalling. Transvaal Troops Mobilizing. Cape Town, Aug. 25. Although the cabled summary of the counter proposals pro-posals of the Transvaal government to Great Britain's proposition for a joint commission to inquire as to what effect the reform franchise measures would have on the Outlanders is probably incomplete, in-complete, it undoubtedly gives the general gen-eral lines accurately. The Mafeking horse regiment is mobilizing rapidly. Several hundred recruits have arrived and been equipped here and have joined Vivian's camp. To Receive Minnesotans. Portland, Ore., Aug. 25. Governor Lund of Minnesota has requested ths war department to allow the returning return-ing volunteers of his state to be landed in Portland instead of San Francisco. The governor wired this information to the industrial agent of the Oregon Railway and Navigation company. The people of Minnesota expect to take the regiment boma in a special train, and by landing in this city inatead of San Francisco, a distance of several hundred hun-dred miles will be saved. NORTHWEST NOTES. The stonecutters engaged on the capitol building at Helena have gone on a strike. Paddy Purtel defeated Ed Steele of Cripple Creek in the arena of the Lead-ville Lead-ville Athletis club last week. Steele was outclassed. - A stock buyer recently purchased 25.000 head of lambs in one bunch, near Reno, Nevada, the price beingin the neighborhood of $65,000. S. B. Roberts shot and killed Nate Voung at Big Timber, Mont. The men .fere ranchers and had quarreled over a piece of government land. The Wyoming soldiers will return on a special train, which will cost in the neighborhood of 813,000. Nearly every town in the state is raising funds. The sparring exhibition given at the Olympic Athletic club. Denver, for the benefit of the free train fund of the Colorado volunteers, netted aboutS300. It is estimated that 10.000 people from various towns in Colorado and Wyoming attended the first day's session ses-sion of the Frontier celebration at Cheyenne. A four-year-old son of John Lambert Lam-bert of Spokane, while playing, lay down on the railroad track and fell asleep. A few moments later a train SJi sb lit. the life out of the little one. planatio pnfvijK ! T. Morse, while working "frtacewtvjgTound iu Butte, was slowly smothered to death by a cave-in. His little daughter saw the accident and ran for assistance, which came to'o late. Mrs. Wallen, wife of a Northern Pacific Pa-cific section boss, ran in front of a passenger train at Painted Rock, Mont., to shoo turkeys from between the rails. The effort cost her her life and the turkeys were killed, too. Near Topaz, Nevada, last week two men were riding in a horse race, when one hit the other one over the head with a whip to keep him from winning. win-ning. A lively fight ensued in which one of the parties was badlj probably fatally injured. Harry Stain inger, 17 years of age, was killed and Frank Murdock, also 17 years old, mortally wounded by Henry Bartholmus of Ouray, Colo., whose watermelon patch they were raiding. Bartholmus says he shot intending only to scare the boys. George Wilson, the man who came to Rawlins. Wyo., looking for his wife, who had eloped with his brother, found the guilty couple at Encampment, Encamp-ment, Wyo., where they were living as husband and wife. They are now in the clutches of the law. During the celebration of Frontier day at Cheyenne, while Nelson Perry, a cowboy, was roping a wild steer, the animal, which was a ferocious beast, upset the horse and rider, the cowboy falling under the horse and receiving injuries which may prove fatal. The annual celebration of Frontier day at Cheyenne came to an end with a grand reception given at the capitol in honor of the Frontier day bride and groom and the twenty-two bridesmaids. During the two days celebration the exciting scenes of thirty thir-ty years ago were re-enacted. John Korte, a wealthy retired merchant mer-chant of Cincinnati, dropped dead on the streets of Leadville on the 21st. He has been a sufferer from heart disease for some years and heart failure was the cause of his death. He was one of the Cincinnati excursion party, which was spending a few hours in the city. News comes from San Francisco of the death of L. P. Drexler. Deceased was for years a mining man in Nevada and member of the legislature that sent Fair to the senate. He was noted for his enterprise and independence of judgment. His first trip to the west was from St. Louis to Salt Lake by ox team. John Audrachi reports to the Helena, Mont., authorities that while crossing the Mullan pass over the main range of the Rockies, he was held up by two highwaymen, who. after robbing him, bound and gagged him and lowered him into a shallow prospect hole some distance from the trail. He would have remained there to starve had not a man named Murphy, believed to be one of the gang, pulled him out long after the other robber had gone away. The state board of equalization decided de-cided to raise the assessment of Montana Mon-tana in excess of the total assessment as eqaulized bv the county boards. In doing this the board invites a lawsuit of big proportions as it will be disregarding disregard-ing a deision of the supreme court made in 1896, which was in effect that state equalizers could neither raise nor lower the aggregate assessment as equalized by the county board. The contemplated increase in assessment would probably amonut to 83,000,000. What appeared to be a case of attempted at-tempted white-capping occurred on Cache creek, Colo., near the Utah line. . Corley, G. Ccrley, Harry Smith and Willis Kissee, J. E. Walker and Otis Corley are already under arrest and warrants are out for others. One Evans charges that a masked mob surrounding surround-ing his home and with all manner of threats tried to force him to leave his land and compel his son to sign a deed to a piece of land desired by Kissee. The men all deny they had any intention inten-tion of committing violence. Jesse Long, a sheepherder in the employ of E. H. Rife, accidentally shot and killed himself Saturday morning, August 19. The tragedy occurred at Pine Mountain, about fifteen miles from Rawlins, Wyomiug. Long was walking down the steep hill carrying a 45-70 Winchester in his hand, when he slipped and fell. The gun struck the ground and was discharged, the bullet entering the stomach and passing pass-ing through the body. Long came here from Provo, Utah, where his rela-tves rela-tves reside and to which place the body has been seat. By a special act of congress permission per-mission was given to bridge the Snake river between Lewiston, Idaho and Vineland, Oregon, February 15, 1898. The plans were approved by the Secretary Secre-tary of war August 24,1898. October 24, 1898. the contract for the building was let to a Pittsburg compauy for the sum of $110,000. Construction began December 15, 1899, and the bridge was opened for traffic June 24, 1899. The length of the bridge is 1,485 feet and with approaches it is 1,700 feet. 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Good to fancy steers 5 60 Common grades . 3 25 Blockers and feeders 3 35 Bulls 2 00 Cows and heifers 2 00 Calves 4 00 Texas steers 3 20 Lambs 3 i0 Western sheep 3 50 Sheep 2 oO Kansas City. Native steers ?4 25 Texas steers 3 00 Texas Cows 2 25 Native cows and heifers 2 0) Stockers and feeders 3 00 Bulls and stags 2 75 Lambs 3 75 Muttons 3 00 as 60 at t o U4 WO 5 25 l,2 35 47 25 4 35 &4 00 44,1 15 (0)4 50 1 10 tl 4 50 t 3 00 ft4 25 U 4 70 kiii 10 tl 50 feJ 00 Omaha. Native beef steers 14 80 ttb 90 Texas steers. . 3 6 la, 4 20 Cows and heifers 3 40 ft.4 25 Canners 2 25 ffi.3 00 Stockers and feeders 8 6ti C54 70 Calves 4 K) 4ft6 25 Bulls and Rtags 2 80 4 25 Sheep Yearlings 3 80 T4 10 Western muttons 3 60 C&3 90 Stockers 3 50 tx3 90 Lambs 4 25 (& 25 Denver. Beef steers 3 75 5 50 Cows 3 00 fe,4 Oo Feeders, freight paid to river.. . 3 25 W4 60 Stockers. freight paid to river.. . 3 75 H4 75 Bulls and stags 2 25 .4 40 Good fat muttons 3 75 34 50 Lambs 4 75 ." 25 RECEIPTS. Chicago Cattle 20.000 Sheep 17.000 Kansas City Cattle 11. 000 Sheep 2.0OO Omaha. Cattle 4.noo Sheep 3.000 Denver Cattle - 2.1' Sheep 450 To Be Envied. "Really," said the young literary man. "I shall have to go abroad to escape the autograph fiends." "Young man," said Mr. Cumrox, who has been having some small business complications, "you don't realize how happy you are. When somebody comes and asks for your name in writing you don't have to worry about what's on the other e'e of the paper, like.I do." Washington Star. The main reason why short skirts will never become popular with women is because they couldn't wear out their old shoes. New York Press. The Christian Spirit. The true calling of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an ordinary way. The most trivial tasks can be accomplished accom-plished in a noble, gentle spirit, which overrides and puts aside all petty, paltry pal-try feelings and which elevates all little things. Dean Stanley. A Sngsesclon From Wil!ln. "Willie, I hate to whip you. It hurts me worse than it does you." "Let ma do it, then. She can't pound hard "nough to hurt me ner her either." Chicago Eecord. A Disagreeable Consequence. "You say you hate to visit your rich relatives? Why? Don't they treat you well?" "Oh, yes, they always do everything they can to make it pleasant for f us. but my wife never gets through complaining com-plaining until about two weeks after each visit because we are not so welt off as they." Cleveland Leauer. A Ktuxi i for 11 Diii:-r. "I don't believe that 'time is money. Do yon?" "No. I usually navo time to pare. Philadelphia Bulletin. . |