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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-23
BOERS HAVE A WAR ON HAND. 3;
Rebellion of Kafirs Is Most seriou,
Matter.

PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug. H.
The rebellion of the Kaf1irs is assum-
ing an alarming condition. The Trans
vaal police detachment, which has been
attempting to relieve the garrison of
Agatha, has been repulsed with serious
lose. Emboldened by their success the
Kaf1lrs pursued the retreating troopers
and attacked the main column of the
Beers forces The Kaffirs were driven
back but the advance of the column
was retarded.
From the Boer settlements all along
Letaha river come reports of severe
fighting between isolated parties of re-
treating Beers and KrfIirs, who are
burning Boer homes;eads all along the
river. The Beers are fleeing before the
kuf1irs' advance. taking all their port
able property, but large quantities OF
provisions aud cattle have necessarily
fallen into the hands of the Kallirs.
The latter have murdered number of
Beers and Their wives aud children,
and the lierctst feelings of the Beers
have been aroused against the rebels.
In all tie disturbed dis, ricts mail and
passenger coaches have been stopped,
passengers killed, the coaches looted
and destroyed and mules stolen. The
Murchisen road is entirely closed.
Kaflirs are reported TO have erected Il
strong barricade across it at the point
where it passes between two hills, and
they are said TO have prepared to de-
fend l.. The governments reinforcing
It's troops as rapidly as possible, and it
Is expected All advance in force will be
made upon the Kaffirs today or tomor-
rOG
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SILVER PICKING UP
China's Inquiry for a Loan Is Ad-
vancing the Price.
NEGOTIATIONS YET IN EMBRYO
Late News From the Orient-Japanese
People Enthusiastic over the
War with China.

LONDON, Aug. 17.-Inqulrles made
by reporter of the Associated Press at
the Office of Jardine, Matheson g. Co.,
London and China merchants, and at
the offices of the Hong Kong and
Shanghai banking companies, show
Il at the loan which the great banking
Institutions Of Berlin are said TO be
floating for China, amounts to 10000
600 toels aud not El0, 900, 600, as pre-
vlous'. announced here and in Berlin.
A ,Jel is estimated to be worth about
..ne ounce and one-third In silver
roughly speaking, 6 shillings sterling
or $l.40, supposing that these amounts
represent value of the weight of one
toel
1t appears that about a month ago
China inquired through Hong Kong
and Shanghai bank for the rate at
which such loan, to be made In silver.
could be effected. The bank immedi-
ately offered to loan the Chinese gov
eminent 81, 900, 900 sterling, or $1,000
900. Jurdine, Matheson IL Co., who
also had been consulted In regard 10
proposed Chinese loan, offered to lend
China another million pounds or as
much more as the government should
require, but Viceroy Lii Hung Chang
declined both offers at the time, sayin q
there was no immediate necessity for
tue money, as China had plenty TO 90
on with.
There Is n great scramble among
financial circles, including Lon don
brokers of all ranks. to get on the in
side of the operation ana there Is no
doubt that the loan is obtainable in
London twenty times over. The hard
ness of the silver market is most pro-
nounced and 1t has sym patheticall y
hardened the price of copper.
silver Rises In Amsterdam.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 17.-Silver in the
open market today advanced from AZ
10 48 guilders per kilo, fine.
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NEWS NOTES FROM UNIoNTOwN.
fopuilst Orator MIssIng--Harvesi
Season mt Hand.

Popuilst Orator MIs.inr-Harvest
Season mt Hand.
UNIoNTowN, WASH. Aug. l7.--H. w.
Garfield of Palouse, populist candi-
date for prosecuting attorney, was ad-
vertised 10 speak here last Saturday
evening. For some reason unknown
he failed to appear. and the general
opinion prevails that the recent action
OF the Spokane county populist leaders
Is having n depressing effect upon
Whitman county pope.
Freisch Brothers of the defunct
Journal removed their plant TO Kel-
drick. Idaho, Thursday, and will stort
the Keudrick Times about the first OF
September.
Harvest Time Mt Hand.
On every hand are signs of the hustle
and preparation that accompany the
harvest season. The owners and man.
ayers of the threshing outfits are busy
getting their engines and crews ready.
The town Is filed with men looking
for work, and it is claimed that by next
week every available hand will lie en-
ployed. The farmers are jupiant over
the outlook, all of them claiming over
20 bushels to the acre. The weather Is
favorable and the Indications seem to
point to n much better harvest than
last year, while lastly, the farmers 10 a
man join in hoping that our slant-eyed
heather neighbours will continue to
wrangle 30 that the price OF wheat will
go up.
A new wheat warehouse with a
capacity of 10000 bushels, is being
erected near the Northern Pacific de-
pot by S. billiard.
Mrs. Dele &. ii. Cox, national or
ganizer and lecturer of the w. &. IT..
u, lectured here Wednesday and
Thursday evenings and organized Il
local w. G.. II. u. The lectures were
well attended aud much Interest was
manifested In he work. Your CORE
spondent thinks Uniontowu an excel
lent Held for tenn perance work.
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time that we were In the council Gearry
never said word, hut looked on"
Col nal Vright,. Ulffmatum

time that we were In the council Gearry
never said word, hut looked on"
Col mel Wright. Uiiimatum.
The "talk" administered by Colonel
Wright was very plain, but by no
means pleasing. 1t was thus: 81
have met you in two battles; you have
been badly whipped; you have had
several chiefs and many warriors
killed or wounded. l have not lost
man or animal. have large force,
and you Spokans, C9ur dAlenes,
Pelouzes, and Pend d'Oreilles may
unite, and l can defeat you us badly us
before. L did not come into the coun-
try 10 ask you 10 make peace; l came
here to fight. Now. when you are
tired of war and ask for peace, |
will tell you what you must do. You
must come to me with your arms, with
your women and children, and with
everything you have and lay them at
my feet. You must put your faith In
me and trust to my mercy. Ii you do
this l shall then tell you the terms
upon which 1 will give you peace. If
you do not do this war will be made
on you this year and the next and
until your nations shall be exterm!-
mated"
The colonel ordered Gearry to COM
munlcate to all the Indians he should
fall in with what he had said, and also
to tell them If they did as he demanded
their lives would be spared. He also
directed him to send a messenger at
once to Moses and to Big Star, other
Spokan chiefs, TO bring in their neo-
pie. and to return himself tomorrow
with his people at one hour after sun
rise. All this he promised to do.
Schroom. we hear, is at Gearry's lodge
and Kamiaken is believed to be not
far off.
Gearry kept faith with Colonel
Wright, and for more than third of a
century, let 1t be written to his ever
lasting credit, he kept the compact
never 10 wage war upon the white
people. They seized his birthplace
and drove him forth an outcast to die
at last within sound of the falling
waters of the Spokane-nged, iniirm,
broken and destitute, but his hand was
never raised against the usurpers.
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HYDE AND FEIGHAN AT CHENEY,

A Kousing Rally OF the Republican
Party There.
CHENEY, WASH. Aug. 49, S. G. Hyde
and Calonel J. w. Feighan spoke this
evening before the Republican club OF
the Fifth district ssse bled in this
city. The audience numbered $50,
and the issues of the day were ably
handled BY these prominent speakers
who were we'll applauded in their ef-
forts in behalf of the republican party.
This was the first open air meeting
of the club this season and was con-
Quoted on the spacious lawn of the
Hotel Cheney and was enjoyed by all
present. Qlite a nun Der of the aspir-
ants for nomination for county offices
were visiting Cheney today In their In
dlvidual interests
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FIGHT FOR BIMETALLISM.
The American League Announces I
Plan of Battle.

The American League Announces Its
Plan of Battle.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE policy
to be pursued in advancing principles
of bmetallism was outlined at today's
session of the American Blmetallic
League. Speeches were made BY sew
eral congressman and by delegates
from various states. Mr.. Bland char
aclerized the silver question as purely
practical one and urged that political
battles Of the future be fought on the
proposition that any change OF bnsis
must be put in allegiance until full res
toraton is accomplished. Representa-
tive Coffeen of Wyoming referred TO
the money question as the overshadow-
ing Issue before the country and advo-
Gated more money as the only relief
for general distress and depression.
A declaration was adopted recount
ing the repeal of the silver purchase
law aud the establishment of single
gold standard, which has been fol-
lowed by steadily increasing depres-
sion; that gold has steadily increased
in value; industries are everyw here
paralyzed; labor il unsteady and pre-
carlous; business unimproved and
debtors bankrupt. 1t Is asserted that
there is no hope of relief until double
standard of l6 to is restored, and the
money question is the supreme issue
before the country.
At the afternoon session speeches
wero made by Senator Jones on BIZ
metallism in the United States, Con-
gresham Warner on the consequ" noes
Of the legislation of 1892, and by Rep
resentatives Bell and Pence of Col
orado and Parsons of Texas.
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IDAHO POSTMASTER GONE WRONG.

Man Named Heed of Albion, Cassia
County, the Male factor.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. l9.-Another
Idaho postmaster has gone wrong.
This time it is the man named Heed.
who has had charge of the office at
Albion, Cassia county. The amount of
lis shortage has not been definitely
ascertained, though it is known TO
reach ~. 700, and may be considerable
more. His uondsmen have placed w.
l.. Pierson In charge of the Office,
pending further investigation: Heed
has been gambling and 1t is supposed
that that is where the money has gone.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-23
ANOTHER TARIFF BLUNDER.
Cecoanut Oil Free of Duty, the Raw
Product Taxed.

Cocoanut Oil Free of Duty, the Raw
Product Taxed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.-Import-
ers and merchants here claim serious
blurder has been made in the tariff
bill. Under the proposed law, cocoa
nat oil is admitted free of duty, but
copra. which is the raw material from
which oil is manufactured is subjected
to duty of 30 per cent. Copra is the
raw sun-dried product of cocoanut and
cannot be used for any other purpose
than making cocoanut oil, which is
chiefly used in the manufacture of
soar. Copra is not prepared and can
not be used as dess icated cocoanut and
has always been duty free. Twelve
leading firms here have united in tele-
graphing protest to Washington
urging correction of what they believe
TO he an error made through Ignorance
of the articles being scheduled.
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HEADS OF JAPs COME HIGH.

Chinese Soldiers Can Earn Big Money
In a Bloody Industry.
New YORK, Aug. 16-A dispatch
from Shanghai via London, says:
1.-THE governor of Formosa has pub
lished a schedule OF rewards for Chinese
who capture or destroy japanese ships
or kill or capture japanese soldiers or
sailors. The soldiers or sailors may
be taken dead or alive. The govern
ment offers 5000 taels, or almost
e2, 600, for the destruction of japanese
wursnips, and 200 taels will be paid for
the head of Japanese officer, and 100
taes for the head of II Japanese private.
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FIVE WERE DROWNED
Small Boat Of the Steamer Nc
Arthur Capsized.
LIEUT.. CROSBY LOST HIS LIFE
Particulars of the Accident Cannot BE
Had Owing to the Lack of News
Facilities There.

TACOMA, Aug. ia special to the
Ledger from Ocosla says: On Saturday
morning, while making landing
through the surf at 10 creek. 10 miles
north OF Gray's Harbor, the whole
boat and crew of nine men, in COM
mand of Lieutenant Crosby OF the
United States navy coast survey steam
er Macarthur. capslzed and five men
are missing, namely: Lieutenant Cros-
by, John Fryer, Jens Gudmundsel,
William Nclun and Alexander Smith.
At present full particulars can not be
ascertaIned, owing to the difficulty of
getting news from that locality.
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LATAH NOTES AND PERSONALS.

Masons Visited RosaIia - Republicans
Never More Active.
LATAH, Aug. 16.-A number of the
members of the Masonic lodge of this
place visited Rosalia lodge Tuesd ny
evening and assisted in comforting the
third degree to several new members.
Messers. Il. l.. Tozier and Tom Bell
went to Snake river this week and
each will bring back load of fruit.
Indications are at present that
Latah will have the banner republican
club of Spokane county. The enroll
ment now is ll5, and new names are
added daily.
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Is TAKING ON MAsrERrUL AIRS
Japan Gives Notice of RevIsion of
Treaties.

YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 16.-No-
tlce has been issued that revision OF
treaties between japan and foreign
powers will be taken in hand forth
with. The essential feature of revision
will he that foreigners will not have
the right of trial in their own consular
courts. The government will confer
on foreigners certain privileges In re-
gard to taxation. Foreigners are great
ly concerned, being strongly of the
opinion that the time has not arrived
when their interests can be left to the
Japan csc govern ment.
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MC0LL CARRIED THE DAY.

Won Primary Election Which May
Make Him Governor.
OMAHA. Aug. 1.-THE Douglass
county republicans held their primaries
today to elect delegates to the state
convention. The contest was an i'm
portant one, as the gubernatorial can
did tie securing the Omaha delegation
will probably be nominated. The fight
was between Lieutenant Governor
Majors ard Hon. Jack MacCJll of Lex
ington. MaeColl won.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-23

OMAHA, Aug. l9.-William A.
Snyder, the we'll known Nebraska
merchant and manager in the state of
the Hoagland lumber yards, has been
mysleriously missing for week from
his home at Cozad, Neb., and that
whole community Is being searched by
friends. The auditor of the company
reports his accounts correct.
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C0XEYITES TO GO FREE.
Maryiand's Governor VIII Pardon All
but Jones and Mckee.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 1S.-At a confer
ence between Governor Brown, Attor-
ney General Poe and counsel for the
100 imprisoned Coxeyites, it was
agreed that the governor should par
don all hands except Christopher Co
lumbus Jones and Marshall Mckee,
who will be held for the purpose OF
testing the right CT the state 10 take the
army from the encampment and i'm
prison them without trial.
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CHICAGO, Aug. l6 The Southern
Pacific has issued invitations to all In
terested lines, asking them 10 be repre-
sented AT n meeting 10 be held in CHI
cago August q, Tor the purpose of re-
viving the trancontinenta association.
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have but the same number the former
do not propose to have the democrats
counted as five. The committee ad-
iourned and meeting of democratic
leaders was held to consider filling the
vacancy OH the finance committee.
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NO CHANCE OF HARMONY.
Scheme r Combining Central Ameri-
States Not Feasible.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-So far the
American ministers in Central America
have not advised The state department
OF movement for the comb nation of
the five small Central American re-
publics into one large nation. While
such combination would be well
coined here, il is felt that it is scarcely
practicable because of the personal
jealousy of many self-constituied lead
ers which led to the downfall of the
old confederation quarter Of CEN
tury ago,
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A BIoodthirsty Ironmoider.

KEARNEY, N. j., Aug. 19.-Thomas
Hewitt, an ironmolder, made all at
tempt today to kill his wife and four
children. He wounded them, but not
fatally, and then sprang from win
dow and ended his life.
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DROWNED IN THE YAKIMA.

Frank Woods and Herbert Blake Car
ried on by the Current.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, Aug. 49,
Yesterday at Snipes Ford, In the lower
country, Frank Woods and Herbert
Blake were drowned while crossing the
river. The team became unmanage-
able and the victims jumped into the
water and were carried away by the
swift current. This Is the suppositlon,
because the mon have not been found.
They may have been caught in the
struggle of the horses.
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Spain Signs Commercial Treaties.

MADRID. Aug. 19.-By the CONNER.
cial treaty between Spain aud the Ar
gentine Republic, just concluded. It is
provided that for u period of two years
Spain will not raise the duty on meats
from the Argentine Republic and the
latter will lower the duty on Spanish
wines
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Sons or Veterans ConventIon.

CHICAGO, Aug. 10. Two hundred
delegates to the thirteenth annual con-
vention of the Sons Of Veterans, which
convenes at Davenport, Iowa, tomor-
row morning, left Chicago for that
city over the Rock Island this after
noon.
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TEXAS DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
The Convention Half May Through ar
Stiil Wrestling.

Stiil Wrestling.
DALLAS. Aug. 1.-THE Texas DEM
ocratic convention is still at work on
the state ticket, and will probably hold
late session tonight. II. w. Finlay
OF Huntsville was nominated for
comptroller, w. b. Wortham of Aus
tin for treasurer, ]. M. Carlisle of Tar
rant for superintendent of education
and II. X. Gains of Lamar, l.. j.
Brown of Garrison and l.. f. Den.
man of Bexar for judges of the supreme
cOurt
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-23
A PIONEER OF RENOwN.
EXC Governor Robinson OF Kansas End
LIES Journey.

Ex-UoVerh0r KobInson OF Kansas Ends
LIES Journey.
LAWRENCE, Kan, Aug. LEX
Governor Charles Robinson died this
morning. He was the first governor
OF Kansas. He was born at Hardwick
Mass, in 1918, and in early life was a
practicing physician. In 1S47 he went
overland TO California and became i'm
mediaiely leading figure in the fight
between squatters ana prospectors. He
served In the Legislature there and was
instrumental in electing John &. FIRE.
mort 10 the United States senate. In
1854 he became the agent of Emigran
Aid Society here
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THE Kow sHUNe INVESTIGATION

Praise for Officers OF tho Vessel, but
No Blame Laid to Japan.
LONDON, Aug. ia dispatch from
Shanghai says:
The finding of the court In the off,
clal investigation at Shanghai of the
sinking of the Kow Shung is that the
steamer was sunk on July 25 by a
Japanese naval vessel, and that Cap
tain Galworthy and other officers of
the Kow Shung showed great coolness
and judgment under the trying con di.
tons of the conflict. The court added
The Kow Shung's officers used all the
means in their power to avert the ca
tastrophe. and deserved high praise for
their efforts.
Torpedoes will be laid at the entrance
of Toxic ana Nagaski harbor early
next week. The Japanese government
has promised Admiral Fremantel, com
mander of the British squadron in
East Asiatic waters. to give four hours
notice in case the japanese fleet bonn
bardeu Wei-Hai-Wel or Chez Foo.
The vessels that passed Chez Foo west
ward bound on July IA were the
Chinese fleet fleeing from Japanese
cruisers. The fleet went to Lui-Kung-
Tae, northwest of Chez Foo, where il
has been left undIsturbed by the
Japanese.
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FOR CATTLE STEALING.
Dayton Butchers Arrested on n Serious
Charge.

DAYTON. WASH, Aug. 1S.-G. S.
Young and Frank Richardson of the
firm of Young & Richardson, proprie.
tors of the Regulator meat market in
this city, were arrested here this morn
ing on charge of cattle stealing. #.
j. Walton and John Ford. employees
of the firm, were also arrested, but at
the preliminary examination this after
noon Walton was di. charged. The
meat market has been closed and
creditors have filed attachments on the
shop fixtures, ETC., for sums aggregatirg
over $500.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE sundry
civil appropriation Till was received at
the White house from the capitol TO.
day and sent at once to Gray Gables.
II Is expected to be signed before Mon
day evening and thus prevent any
lapse of the approximations
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WAsHINaToN, Aug. 1.-THE COM
mlttee on judiciary has made an adj
verse report to the senate on the nom
ination of James ID. Porter as United
States judge for the Eastern and mid
die districts of Tennessee. 1t is uncer-
stood that the opposition is based on
the ground that Porter lives In an out
side district.
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Farmers Alliance Delegates.

TOPEKA, Aug. 10. Governor Level
ling has appointed the following dele
gates for the National Farmers ALI
ance, which meets at Parkersburg, w.
Va, October 3: Walter N. Allen, II.
Hefflebower and J. b. Dykes. Allen
and He I'll ebower are farmers.
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Another Supplemental Tariff Bill.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE ways
and means committee voted today to
present the fifth tariff bill, making
silver-lead ore free of duty. The Will
son bill made these ores free, but the
senate bill put duty of I of a cent
per pound on them. Mr.. 1arsney OF
Missouri Will make the report Mon
dav
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ALL JAPANESE TALKING WAR.
Corea Filled with Troops-AmbItious
Undertaking. Proposed.

Undertaking. Proposed.
LONDON, Aug. l6.-A dispatch to
the Times from Shanghai says: japan
is pouring fresh troops into Cores, and
upwards Of $4,000 japanese soldiers are
now in Corean territory. Tho Chinese
fleet. according to the same dispatch,
is remaining passive. In Japan the
war fever Is intense. the press and pop
ular orators preaching 10 inclte The
people to vastly ambitious schemes,
including the conquest of China, or at
least, the conquest of the Chinese prov
ince of Manchurin. The japanese popu-
lace and press are under complete OFF,
cial control. Perfect order prevails
among the town population. The jap
anese government intorces complete
secrecy In respect to all military move
ments.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-23

CHICAGO. Aug. l6.-Within the
next "a hours, unless the trust changes
Its mind, not less than 40. 600 barrels of
whisky Will be taken out of bond here
and the tax paid.
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. l9.-Last night
the passenger train on the HidAlgo
collided with pulque train coming
into the City of Mexico. Several per-
SINS were killed and O number badly
hurt. The watchman failed TO signal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-08-23

LAWRENCE. Kan, Aug. 19-Tbe
funeral of Ex-Governor Charles II bin
sou, the first executive OF the state of
Kansas, took place here this afternoon.
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Two hundred men will soon be at work
on the Cascade locks. Unless there is some
unavoidable delay the contractors are con-
fident OF completing the locks by year
from this coming fall.