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POWERFUL NEW EXPLOSIVE.
Dynamite She'll which Wrecks the
Eaulvalent Of . Battleship.

NEW YORK. Aug. 23.--At the Sandy
Hook proving grounds today an experiment
was made with dynamite she'll. which
tended 10 prove that II II had struck a
bottleship the latter would have been
sunk. The experiment was one of those
ordered by the board of ordnance and for
tincafions. and took place In the presence
Of the members Of the board, Nal Heath.
who " IN charge OF the dcfenses at Sandy
Hook. and Willard q. Isham, the inventor
Of the projectile- The shell. made from
about 800 pounds OF cast steel and carry
Ing q bursting charge OF 129ia pounds OF
explosive gelatine. was fired from an ordi-
nary i2-inch rife. mounted on an improv6ed
carriage behind a shield The charge used
for firing IL was composed OF common
brown prsmatic powder.
About 200 feet In front OF the gun piece
Of haryeyixed steel twelve inches thick and
specially treated. was placed at an angle
Or forty-five degrees 10 the line OF fire.
Behind II was thick backing OF oak. and
behind the oak was a s1nail mountain of
sand. the whole calculated to be stronger
than a battleshp's side. The shell struck
and exploded With terrific report. The
steel target war blown clear up over the
oak backing and lay seventeen feet to one
shot had followed. Part Of the oak back
Ing and the sand behind II were blown
away. Only about four pounds OF steel
fragments OF the shell were found.
Members Of the board expressed salts
faction with the experiment. The most
destructive explosive known was used In
the shell II was composed Of eighty per
cent. OF niirogiycsr.n. eight per cent. of
guncotton as an absorbent and per cent
1--WE per cent. more powerful than No. /
dynamite.
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RVN DOWN ny A TRAIN.
Three Persons KILLED and Three In
jared While Out Drtxsux.

NEW YORK. Aug ss-Thrss persons
were killed and three injured AZ Seahrixht
N. j.. while driving. bv heing r,sn down
by a train ~ The New Jersey Southern
railroad The dead are. Miss Louise Ter
ry. - years Of age: Charles Trpne years
old crcaRa Terry, IL years cid The in
1ured are Mrs. Charles Tripre her baby
and Louisa Farr
The Tripper live in. New York city. Ri=
Terry sas a sister Of Mrs Trsnye ard had
been snerdsng ,he season with her a, the
cottage near So ahr ght. Mr. Trtnpe ts cofs-
nected with the New NeFk board uf health
fast train struck the carriage as IL
Was passing ever q crossing. killing al
three oa the front seat. Those on she
bach seat. Mrs rrapps her hahy ard
nurse. aere thrown high ~ one sid. and
escaped death, II is thought Mrs Trippa
r. injured instrraily. and II ia feared sire
may NOT rccove~.
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REPLY STILL KEPT SECRET
Hfve-YeaR RetPooetive FFanchsse
anA share In the PReslAoat'o
Election Aaong Them-En9laaa
e RellnNuish Her 0useTalaty.

CAPE TOWN. Aug. 0.-From an excel
lent unofficial source Of information 1t =
ascerfained that the substance OF the
Transvaafs communication TO the British
government In reply to the latter's demand
II concession Of q five-years' retroactive
franchise; share In the election Of the
president and an increased representation
IN the gold fields, probably eight additional
seats. and . stipulation that al other
questions are to be submitted to arbitra-
ton. but not TO q foreign power; that
Great Britain shall not use the recent in
reference as . precedent. and that the
British government shall relinQuish ell
suxeratnty rights.
Message Kept Secret.
LONDON. Aug. 1.-THE secretary Of
state for the colonies, Joseph Chamber
Ian. has received the text Of the Trans
vaafs reply to the proposal Of the British
consideration. The members Of the cabi-
net are within reach. but until the gov
eminent has determined upon what
course to pursue Chamberlain II unwill-
ing to divulge the contents OF the mes
sage from South Africa
had News From Natal.
LONDON. Aug 23-The Johannesburg
correspondent Of the Times says:
Dfsquieting reports have been received
here from Natal. 1t il said that on Sum
10y 1n AtoA JOHANNESBURG was HIeu
upon In Transvaai territory. The feeling
near the border Is bitter. and the disloyal
Natal Dutch are armed with Mausers
Negotiations In Pretoria.
PRETORIA, Aug. 3-Conyingham
Greene. the British agent and charge d. f-
faires at Pretoria. today presented to the
government further dispatch from the
British secretary OF state for the colonies.
Mr.. Chamberlain, the nature Of which has
not yet been divulged. The presumption
- that II is connected with the recent
pour parleurs
The members OF the executive are ap-
parentiy more cheerful
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HAVOC WROUGHT nv STORM.
Many Vessels Wrecked and Lives
Lost on virginia C0ast.

CHICAGO. Aug. "a special to the
Tribune from Norfolk. Va. says. Further
details of the terrible storm that ragged IN
the vicinity OF Cape Hatteras have been
received, In addition TO the vessels al
ready reported wrecked are the following:
Schooner Aaron Richard. Ave lost three
saved bark. M known. crew of fourteen.
ail lost: Diamond shoals nghtSh!p crew
OF twenty-three. al saved. unknown
steamship, whose cargo has washed
ashore. crew of about twenty five, all lost :
three big Schooners I'm the surf now break
Ing up. crews probably aggrega,ing thir-
~, missing
The Diamond shoals lighssh.p which
was stationed fifteen miles of Cape Hat
teras. and which has withstood many
storms. was torn frem its moorsngs by the
nineiy-mile hurricane and blown up high
and dry.
TIE schooner Frank MCCULLOUGH eleven
men. with coal from Norfolk TO Savannah,
n missing and probably went 10 the bot
tom with all on board.
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ond IoaOrses Chicago Platform.
JACKSON. Miss, Aug. 23-Hon. A. H,
LonEtno. OF Washington county. was today
nominated for governor of Mississippi BY
the Democratic state convention without
opposition. There was q stormy time in
the convention over the adoption Of the
report OF the platform committee. the con-
tentson being over the Endorsement OF Gov.
McLaurin's administration. The Yesolu-
tons reported by the committee Undressing
the governor were finally adopted by Q
viva voce vote.
The platform indorses the declarations OF
the Chicago convention Of 1896 and de-
cIares Hon. w. J. Bryan TO be 1.-THE ablest
exponent OF those principles. the statesman
and patriot. the great tribune Of the peo-
pie"
OF trusts the platform says:
we enter our solemn protest against
the Entertainments upon government at
fairs by aggregated capital in the form Of
trusts and combines as being inimical TO
the best interests Of the masses Of the
people and the cause OF free and untram-
mfled government. and express ourselves
as unalterably determined to aid by all
possible and proper means the control or
destruction OF these enemies Of good gov
eminent" IS
Al the evening session J. l.. Power was
nominated for secretary OF state: r. W.
Brown for supreme court clerk; H. L.
Whitf0rd for superintendent Of public ed
ucation. and A. O May for railroad COM
missioner for the Southern district The
ticket Will be completed tomorrow.
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M EygTIEs.

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Copper C0l0red
SplOtcheS.

There is only one cure for Contagious
Blood Poison-the disease which has
completely baffied the doctors. They
are totally unable 10 cure il. and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
up in the blood and concealing it from
view. s s. s cures the disease posi-
lively and permanently by forcing out
every trace OF the tainf
Twas sNffctrd With o terrible blood diseas-,
which IN spots 81 frst, but Afterwards
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ST LOFTS tuz . rrsck Fast ne-s.i,s.
Niis 49, .Arec siN'e~n,ht ssIitas -i.lesgahsr No,
hT~ntS .e-,sn'. Clad Yves third TIM e0t
Miie sn< srts- sssisrHih. settling ~Anssrr.n rasi.
ser. Mamie = se~cad. Harry Preston third Tiras
sss ~'
~ surie~ss H~stwa'yrs ~rr, leo Planter &C.,
nrt. Rssssh third Tt=se. !. Ia
SIX fgl0n<~ Aknsrsp- Sss W., is,ri rai-<ss
ses>sni. Alleviate third TINE iis,
MAE Alike Turner e1n. Sitho~ seccrH la fxf.
fcFc Hi-a TS-e la.
Nile Ard ssryrts vs-fs r~i,5rs-Sssr~ S,rs iran
49, siSht BaIls - ~ Mcr~l,Sr .AiFa Tine ls,,
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TORRES ARRIVES It TORN
REASON VOR FAILING TO FOLLOW
THE YAoUIs 10 UNKNOWN.
y Great Manx 81 the lnllans Have
Returned - the Pofnts Fron
vvhaeh They Were nouteA-0th-
erv Are Pnssang Aleas the n1ve..

POTAM, Mexico. Aug. =. via Nogaie1.
Ark. Aug. D.-Gen. Torres. with his COM
mand. arrived opposite TORN this after
noon and every one u asking why be al
vanced TO within two or three miles OF
where several hundred warriors were
known to be and then turned and marched
70 TORN. Information has been received
that . great many OF the rebels have re-
turned within the past few days 70 ticam
and other places from which they nad been
a small hand OF Indians with bows and
arrows have been passing up and down
the river killing all the horses ana mules
they could md. A great many rals nave
han coming down the 9treaMs during the
jost week They are built by the Indians
Q means Of CROSSING the river on their
.hor5 time after the outbreak occur
red Joaquin Fontes. the commissario at
Potam. sent a Yaqui to the BAcatete
mountains with some horses to Dc left
there on pastures. He returned today
some hostiles on his return. Claiming to
be q sympathizer and eager TO join them,
he gained their confidence and when an
opportunity arrived, he mounted q fast
brush and pulled out for the valley ~
fast a he could He says there were
about 100 Indians with their families at
this one place ana that from conyersa-
lions he judged there were several other
camps about az large.
Dltuatl0n Well n HAND.
CITY OF MEXICO. Aug. 1.--The min
lister OF war says Gen. Torres. command
Ing the federal forces near TORN, has the
YaQui situation well In hand. He has
30 National Guards, loo infantry. 20
cavalry and two machine guns. No more
troops are TO be sent. The hostiles win
not risk another open engagement. They
have escaped to the mountains and guer-
RIA troops have been organised To follow
them.
Gen. Torres for Revolution.
CAPE HAYT1EN. Aug. 23.-Gen. vic-
toriara Torres, commander of San Jose de
Las Matas. Santo Domingo. has declared
for revolution. II In reported that San
uaxo has also pronounced In favor Of the
revolution.
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touring the district
under the microscopic investigation Of ex-
perienced prospectors to ma some ONE OF ,h the
I'VE look on the Index as the most prom:
Using copper district in the world: sald
capital yesterday. But il Is going to be
developed and brought out by Spokane men
and capital and not by Seattle people. We
into new mineral fields and finding AL
there IS there. trait that seems lament
ably lacking In Seattle. Many Spokane
people are there now taking hold o. prop,
about the district more will come and take
hold, and you may look for great Doom
in the Index. u,,.,,~ CONNER .amn and
tho surface indications are the most nat.
tering We ever knew of. The quality OF
the ore Is dne. and as q rule the assays
men prospecting through the locality. The
surface showings are better than IN even
the Boundary creek country. and the ore
Is Of higher grade: Dev h me Ro' .nds
airy. for there are three mines shipping ore.
with probably not more than Noo.0oo spent
in development. while the Boundary has
only The ga same number. with An expenditure
p. Van Little. an art manufacturer OF
New York. Is here on a vacation: Bust !.
In the East" he said yesterday. While
we are enjoying the best Of times in the
East, our sale orders from the West have
increased to q greater degree. A few
years ago we hardly thought II worth
while to send men into washington. The
trade was so small that L hardly paid cx-
penses. Now ii has changed. One man
can do little more than handle the Wash
ington trade and do il Justice. The devel-
opment in this state Is wonderful There
Is no state in the Union that has made
such rapid strides as Washington. Seattle
York. and I believe the day Is not far
distant when 1t will be the New York Of
the Pacific coast
d. N. McInnis. of Marrowstone point. ar
rived In the city last night. Work on the
government works near Port Townsend is
progressing WELL he says. The founda-
been laid and carpenters will at once De-
gin the work of construction. The man
barracks building will be the first COM
pleted, as TO be In condition To receive
the troops when they may arrive. Twenty
men are at work mounting rapid-fire guns
tifcat!on work is well under way. and 1t
Is anticipated VIII be completed at the tine
stipulated In the contracts.
8. F.. Smith. banker from Marysville.
Is in the city on business Of a personal
nature He il a guest OF the Seattle.
man. returned yesterday from Olympia anu
will start for home today.
r. c. Stevens. general western passenger
agent OF the Great Northern. has gone
to Portland
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PCGILuST BACKUES HERE.
Man Of Wonderful Physluue-gn
Love With puUet sovva

Jonathan Pac'.ues ir the giant West
Virginia pugiiist. - in Seattle on n pleas
ure trim. II ia announced that he will
marry Miss Ellen Nr-ohv. Of Springfield
III. At Portland. Or. September Is
Backeus saws thai fhere is something
wonderfully bracing about Puget sound
air ard that he never folt 80 much Ike
fighting In his life az since he arrived in
Seattle. He - fine so1%irR follow
strongly built from head ~ foot and pcs
scssef ~ A chest DEVELOPMENT truly aston
isring. " t. claimed TIA. = cup 90 water
will sit on his breast when he o s.andinr
straight M.
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CROP DAMAGE ny RAINS.
Willamette Valley Suffered severe.
~. Losing About . Quarter.

PORTLAND. Aug. 2s.-Regarding the
damage TO the wheat crop OF the North
west by the recent heavy rains, the ore
gonan tomorrow will say.
So far az reports have been received.
the damage TO wheat from wet weather,
though considerable will not prove TO be
nearly so great as many have estimated
II. 1t Is now estimated that fully Is per
cent OF the wheat OF the Willamette val
ley has been rendered understandable by
the wet weather. This IL not all loss 10
the producer. for most o. II can be used
In feeding stock 1t IS reasonably GER
tain. however. that only a small portion
OF she remaining "a per cent. OF the crop
In the valley will grade up 10 the NO 1
standard.
East OF the Cascades less damage has
been wrought by the unfavorah.e weather
stu. reliable reports indicate that the
damage In the Columbia basin south OF
the Snake river has been considerable.
and great deal OF the wheat In b.eached
and light weight. North OF the Snake river
the harvest ia later, and grain was In
condition 10 stand the wet weather.
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Mrs J J TfHa'w ieff ve~.e-fav s-- cao
Francisco arro-nrarie1 nv w >-S Y-s
Ff~'ard Po~nuf a~i 0"@s Pn~1rff rNe
PoSnuis ware H-s Heals yr's<-~ ~ .Ae.-
-r~sr' vovage - Cane Nome AMI :, q 70
rorf"d thar he latter evnects 70 pass the
w-'"- In California a. the guests OF the
former
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MAGNOLIA BLUFF PATH.
Contract for the Last Mile 81
Grading Let

The Queen City Good Roads Club let a
contract yesterday to John Dawson for the
grading OF the last mile OF the Magnolia
blum path. and the cindering Of the entire
five and . half miles already constructed.
Work will be completed about September
20. and according to the present reversal
OF seasons whee.men VIII have several
weeks Of pleasant riding.
At the present time one mile has been
c!ndered and two and a half miles are
ready for this covering George Cotterill.
chairman Of the Queen City Good Roads
Club committee feels confident that the
path will be fully up to the expectations
OF cycle enthusiasts
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| Fer Rent
StOreroom at AHn
1915 Second Av. 0V
Inquire OF


1895 FIRST AVE.

I'M
One and quarter miles-Hauy Nuttef won. Car
nero second. Jolly Roger third. Time 3061
Mile-MixpAh won, Duke Il Baden second No
Ioni third Time, laA
Five and . half furlongs-ean Cecilia won. Avsn-
stoke second. Haeedon third Time. A71
Mile and twenty yards, selling-Bishop Reed won.
Lord Zeni second. 1oay LicAln third. Time. la1A
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WIFE STILL HOPES.


Policeman Grant received letter yes
terday from Mrs. Louis F. Bernhart, OF
Of the reported death OF her husband.
Capt. Bernhart. master OF the i.l-fated
schooner NJ. NJ. Morrill,, which was lost
among the ice OF kotzebue sound.
She hopes that the report Is not true. as
she received n letter from Mr.. Bernhart
dated March L. when he said that he hoped
TO save the Morrill,. The letter DR.. W. +.
Miles sent gave the breaking up OF the
schooner later than this date The captain
lost his life. II Is claimed. while trying to
rescue a seal boat, which was among the
ice
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HELD UP AMERICAN STEAMERS.
Three Turned Back on the Yukon,
n They Had IsguOp Aboard.

Three American Yukon river steamers.
the Linda. Milwaukee and Sovereign were
recently held M at the International boun-
dairy line by Canadian mounted police on
the ground that they had liquor aboard.
The ir.oxicants were consigned ~ the
Alaska EVAPORATION Company. the British
American Corporation and George Apple
Vigorous protests were made nut 10 no
avail. The police were obstinate insist
inv that they must enforce the recent ca
madam government order 10 the effect tina,
no more liquor should be shipped into the
Klondike.
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ATHENIAN - ACCEPTED.
An Inspection Proves That she ..
Ready for a~a-Will sail Today.

cuartermas'sr W. ". Robinson fr yes
terfa~ irsnec'af .he 'ransn0r- sshanssr
and formally accepted her IN hshai, 81 fhe
wa- DEPARTMENT
THE tran~nor' will 10 loaded tosay su'
VIII probably sail a. e'r'ock tonight She
will carry ~ mon and go horses
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FOR DESTIrUTE poRTo RICANS.
Transport Take. s.aoo Tons ~ sam
pltes From pyaaklyu

NEW YORK Aus - Zee tfnited Ssates
transport Mcclellan sailed from BROOKLYN
today for San Juan, Porto Rico and san
ttaga. Cuba. carving fsts tons * clothing.
provisions. medicines and building material
3sT the destitute ta Forte Rira
The Mcclellan carries beside her csreo
OF provisions ~ barge siczaehfneat ~ re-
srisisa Cor S0ut hcrn sarff@onS soldiers ~
turning from expired tGrlonsAs. atnay Oh
rers and a lAEge force IL clerks
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ASTORIA. Or. Aug. n Members OF the
Astoria ana visiting rowing clubs ,met AZ
regatta headquarters I'm this city tonight
and organized the Pacific Coast Aseocia-
ton Of Amateur oarSmen. The f..icwing
officers were elected. q C.. Fulton. As
toria. president. s J. Pemhr0oke. San
Francisco. vice president. Harrison Allen
Astoria. secretary. Membership is open
Ia Nil OF the amateur rowing org sniza,ions
OF the United Siatee and British Columbia
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spread all over my body.
These soon broke outiato
sores. and % n easy TO
imagine the suffering
endured BEFORE BE-
90 ne cor vincc,, ;sas ,i,e
doctors could do no cud,
! had sprWt . nnnd red
collsr. which vAs really
Throw away. ] ihen
'rtea various pAtsnt
ncsiic.nes but they did
not reach the disease
When ! had finished my
srxt bottle ~ = :. :
VAS greatly improved
. "a ..aS - ltyN sa.f I'll.
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FRANKFORT. KY. Aug. 2s-State
Chairman Rridgeford, OF the Populist par
ty. said today that the Populist state cam
pa!gn will be opened on the first Monday
In September with 800 speakers. who will
be heard IN every county. Among out
side speakers who are to be heard In Oc-
tober are Mayor Jones. OF Toledo: Ignatius
Donnely. OF Minnesota; Col Jesse Harper,
OF Illinois. and Cyclone Davis, Of Texas.
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Lumh~r Raft Going All Right.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug ~ The steamer
State OF California. which arrived from
Portland today passed the immense ium-
Der raft which left Astoria several DAYS ago
for this port In tow Of the tugs Rescue and
Relief In latitude Il. 80 north. Good weather
prevailed and the crew Of the California
do not anticipate that the raft WI nave
any df!lemlty In reach NIX San Francisco
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HEAVY BtNiN. of \. p,
London Purchases Meet the prlce
To- Qalsc an Extent

NEW YoRS Avg s.~1'he strength -
Northern pacI:c issues In the stock mar
bet today vas caused by heavy huytnS p
ders frafn London which began 90 eersae
In early IN fae dav an3 which continued
throughout, the trading
In answer 20 eanse5 Inquiries. faa6o-
answered that Jacob Field Was ssa buyer
Es was prominent Northern Pacific bail
last year
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LISBON, Aug. 23.-King Charles today
signed decree establishing sanitary
Gordon around Oporto during the continu-
ance Of the bubonic plague. The Lisbon
papers assert that two workmen who re-
Gently arrived from Oporto have developed
symptoms OF the plague
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AMERICAN MINERS AFTER lvEY.
Object to the Establishment Of the
Sam Patch Customs Post

The recent establishment of a customs
post at Sam Patch's place" by Collector
1vey. Is creating no little dissatisfaction
on the part of American miners. Sam
boundary line in the Forty-Mile district
The contention OF the American miners
Is about this: That they have to nay
into British territory from Lynn canal:
that should they later choose TO go into
American territory by way OF the Sam
Patch route. as many do. they are COM
PEELED TO pay duty to the United States on
goods purchased In this country.
Two American customs officers are sta
toned at the Patch place.