Show WESTERN NEWS ITEMS A london dispatch says that george jj ibers the author is dead departs department ent has received a y the e war telegram from general gilmore vt of genii sal jw miles staff reporting the safe ar rival at ponce of the transport gussie loaded with ordnance stores from lloyds agent A bondon special abst afst st st johns N F says he regards reported wreck of a transatlantic c nine te steamer atea roer in the straits of belle isle as being without foundation in fact private oscar L howland of camj com I 1 twenty third infantry died t ry the division hospital san fran thursday of pneumonia each day sees an improvement in the condl condi and a decided lessen awn of the men te of the rate of mortality sunday night at vr it was announced that col addison G wash te coina a roster vice president of the st paul jand tacoma mill company will become asad candidate to to succeed united states senator a wilson he has reluctantly ed to make the contest at the j of friends who represent the bidal anti wilson sentiment picking a missed shot in ate nl el paso gold king mine at crip cree creek k thursday afternoon charles SS west eat agel aged 40 had his right leg laces his left hand in two p places aw from the wrist his abdomen sited with flying rock and both eyes lacown n out he lived but two hours ar da A fellow workman named parkinson a as 9 slightly injured fabe si steamer teamer tillamook arrived at ala francisco on sunday evening fifteen days from st michaels alaska fifth thirty sevell passengers she is posted oed too to have bri brough brought t down only a amount of gold from the klon the highest estimate of the the tillamook Tillar nok la Is on eure Ip ot of importance from na newe A train of fifteen carloads of aw lett t balse on sunday morning for lit it is consigned by william to bilterman aliberta Sil ali terman berma n bros banners e been tacked on all the cars cans and S zaihi n will be an advertisement for se wool interests of the state photo tah are being made and will be sweed vhs jE d in the offices of the rock island s and of the colorado mid jwj in denver rf meyler of the engineering al who is ir in charge of the work st fortify ing san diego harbor has haa te tved ed instructions instructs ons that is available for a fourth ii tor for a 10 inch rifle he will begin ibe work rork ten days the em pa to will be at ballast point F three 10 inch rifles on digap i carriages have already been led 4 captain cousins of the steamer Plo atilla which arrived at seattle on v from san francisco reports wry abick smoke and fog alo along ng the t ewt was several times X the he voyage voyage forced to ru run n at hair aped the smoke from burning for e ar the entrance of the strait or 3 de fuca makes the atmosphere 11 baess and abd murky and steam vessels axe are to keep their whistles es blowing sly yelch from st michael of july t that the schooner del with tons of government supplies and a number of adders deks is long overdue at st acl she me left june with four all flimsy river vessels the te e Is under charter to the oten to carry sheldon jack son to siberia on an a reindeer ing expedition he is now in st michael awaiting her hundreds of people visited the camp of the chaffee light artillery battery officially known as battery K of colorado volunteers light artillery at fort logan sunday to say goodbye good bye to the men who will leave for fort hancock N J in a few days the battery consists of men and H G parks parka is ii captain the final destination of i the battery is unknown but t the he me men are expecting to go to the philippines via the suez aez canal the supreme court of washington has affirmed judgment in the case of willlam william birmingham appellant vs the state auditor treasurer and grain inspector this action was brought to restrain the state officers from drawing and paying warrants under the grain exportation act ot of 1895 inasmuch as the 2000 appropriated by that act had been exhausted the last legislature made insufficient appropriation and the auditor is now issuing certificates of indebtedness advices advises received at general mer reams headquarters san Vram francisco iscO are reliably stated to have informed him that the secretary of war and general merritt have not decided yet as to the necessity of foiw forwarding arding to manila troops in addition to those now in that city waiting for transports these sanne same advices advises intimated that if merritt required more men they might be sent through gli the suez canal owing to the difficulty of obtaining vessels on the coast dr W chusler medical surveyor of the expeditionary forces for the philippines has received word that the transports arizona and scandia would when tl reached manila be converted into floating hospitals this relieves the red cross society of the burden of purchasing a ship for that purpose and now it will provide the stores and supplies which the gover ment does not allow but which are conducive to the comfort and the speedy recovery of the of sick ek the big transports scandia and arizona arisona may sail from san francisco for the philippines b by the end of the week but not before there chere to is a growing belief that they may not carry so many men as was at first intended and the beginning of peace negotiations will mean the mustering out of the majority of the troops remaining at camp merritt and the Pre presidio general merritt now has haa with him or on the way to manila men nearly tons or commissary stores will go on the scandia and arizona propositions have been made and negotiations are going on says the anaconda standard for the settlement at all the claims against the kenyon connell Com commercial merrial company on account of the powder explosion of january 15 1895 1896 the proposition has been made by W A dark clark and M J con nell the latter 1 ater president of the company and the former one of the stock holders both of whom had been defendants fend ants in the damage suits suite but who the district court decided could not be held liable the proposition is to settle all damage suits for a lump sum rum of to be divided among the various claimants the fitsam s schooner cho oner protection sailed from seattle for far st michaels Michaell sat at an early hour this friday morning wh a light passenger list among the passengers were seven men from boston who an expedition sent out by the klondike gro and boston gold mining company five other expeditions have been sent out by the same concern within the present season the work of these expeditions is to explore the country and stake out mining locations the men in the present party are under the leade leadership rsVp of captain william C cutter the soene scene of their operations will be near manook and on the tributaries tributa ries of the yukon they are outfitted outfits d for a fifteen months campaign the clip of the canavon sheep company of adel montana sacks from ewes and forty from yearlings yearnings year lings has been admired by every spectator and the buyers eagerly examined it says the great palls falls tribune it was midst ly light of long strong staple and put up in excellent style C W cannon of helena who had W charge of it was expecting a good price and he got it the clip went ta t elliott representing jeremiah wll wil liams co of boston at 18 cents the highest price paid in the tate since 1892 and making the third alv mark in this market this year the san franco franasco examiner says commissioner of immigration north has discovered in sn francisco an organization similar in its alms aims and purposes to a chinese high binder tong jin kai is its name and it numbers among its members some of the worst characters in the japanese colony while ostensibly organized for benevolent and social purposes the members are bound by a code which compels them to obey the desires of a majority of their number alt all the members of the society carry a sword concealed in a cane or umbrella yella pella but pistols and knives are not despised funds for the maintenance of the society havoc been solicited from japan and all through the state news was received at seattle wash at midnight sunday that the private car of daniel dallel lamont lament vice president of the northern pacific railroad was waa badly wrecked today on the seattle international ter national road between getchell and arlington about fifty miles milea from this city fortunately no one was wa hurt b t while the passenger train to which t we car was attached was standing still on a trestle sixty feet high it was ran into from the rear by a freight train the engineer of the freight train had haa reversed steam and the force of tait collision was not sufficient to throw the passenger train off the track mr lamont lament and the occupants of the car toot took refuge in the forward car the only movements of troops from san francisco during the early part ot the week will be the beginning of their march maach to ie ahe of the utah cavalry and perhaps the sailing of members of the first new york regiment on the mariposa no arrangements have been perfected yet for the transportation of the rest of the regiment and they axe are likely to remain here for several weeks unless more vessels than are now in sight take them major general merriam himself is anxious to go to honolulu to look over the new territory added to his department part ment but he states positively that thai he will not leave here until the way la in clear to send all the troops ordered to sail for manila there are now patients in the divisional hospital at the presidio Pre san ban francisco both th big buildings in use are full and five hospital tents teats have been erected of the last 12 patients brought in seven have mea les ales the most serious case cae iri in the division hospital Is that of first sergeant wesley kimmerly of the first ten bessee regiment who has spinal mi me and is not expected to live in the presidio to post hospital there are fifty three casesa decrease of two from the total ot of saturday morning oni 0 erne patient Is dangerously am M private abot avot steed of company B E first fht new york rEll regiment ment who Is very low with pneumonia on sunday evening july john nelson ead grant odell O dell who had been to three months liaa im in the county jail at ladder wyo tor for ft a horse of the value ot of 3 at the june term of the fremont county court broke jail and made their escape esea ipe sheriff morse with bloodhounds bloodhound took up their trall trail and on friday aug 5 the sheriff and a mr leckie oame came upon the fugitives in an old dugout ninety miles from lander where they had taken refuge tor for the they were ordered to surrender to bo which athey replied never the sheriff and mr deckle beckle had them covered with their wincheste ers and leckie fired killing odell instantly nelson then ithen threw up his hands bands and wass was taken into cust custody tody the board of survey appointed by general king to report upon the circumstances cum stances attending the informal issue of blankets shoes and clothing by first lieutenant li 9 smith regimental quartermaster af bf the twentieth kansas regiment at san framcisco haa made its report while lieutenant smith Is not held criminally careless to in the conduct of his office yet the responsibility for the shortage is fastened upon him and it is recommended that he make good the value of the lost loaf supplies which is approximately VM A report has been filed by the board of survey appointed by general merrlin Merr Merrl lam mn finding that 1024 pairs of shoes issued to the tennessee regiment were very inferior that 1072 springfield rifles furnished the same regiment were second hand and worked over though servi serviceable beable the condemnation dem nation of 1272 bayonets scabbards and an equal number of cartridge boxes es la is recommended the program for the fall races at glenwood enwood Gt springs colorado has been completed and shows cash purses to the amount of this is 1000 more than has ever been given before the program as aa completed is august and miners rock drilling for two days are given to this on account of the large number of entries that are coming after af ter the large purse august trot NO pace running half mlle mile heafy running ladies race half mile 50 august pree free for all trot pace running half mlle mile dash running three of a mile dash relay race three miles august ath free por orall or all pace trot running three quarter mlle dash hurdle rave race for polo horses harses for tion medal running quarter mile dash tor for cow caw horses borses only 50 august running mile dash steer roping contest consolation race for bow boys 60 other consolation races the dates are from august to inclusive the hawaiian commissioners senators cullom and morgan and representative senta tive hitt have arrived in san francisco and will take passage for honolulu on the mariposa Marl posa sailing on wednesday the party which embraces several members of the commis sio ners fa families milles their secretaries and clerks was heartily welcomed all along the route at auburn and sacramento stops were made and gifts ot of california fruits and flowers received at the latter place the commissioners mada brief speeches from the rear platform of the train their arrival at san francisco francl on sunday night was too late for any demonstration but before departing they will be entertained by the chamber of commerce and the union league club senator morgan in an later interview vIew said that he be thought that the settlement of white families on oil the island would solve the labor problem ithe the japanese contract laborers might be sent back home at the expiration of their term of service but existing contracts must be respected |