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The Travellers From This on Will be
Counted by the Thousands.
Excursion Parties From Many
BEADING Eastern Cities Already
En- Route, While the Pilgrim-
age of Those From the Middle
West Will Begin To-Day-Los
Angeles Ladies Preparing to
Give the Visitors Hearty Well
come.

LOS ANGELES, July 4.-The trav-
elers toward Los Angeles will, after
to-day, be counted by the thousands.
The small advance parties that SO far,
have arrived are composed of teachers
who were enabled to leave their homes
and work without Inconvenience.
Advices to-day received are to the
effect that Sunday last excursion par
ties of teachers from New York, Phil
adelphia, Washington and other East
ern points reached Chicago. and that
they left the Windy City for the West
on the same night
The largest party that landed in Chi
cago was under the supervision of Pro-
fessor Gillespie of New York, and in
. cluded teachers from New York and
New Jersey. The Skidmore party,
guided by Professor Sydney T. Skid
more of Philadelphia's Normal School,
numbered IS, and his was later joined
by % teachers from Washington, D. c.,
under the care of Superintendent
Powell, and again later they by fresh
party of New Workers numbering 100.
A special train was made up for these
delegations, left for Denver and then
over the Santa Fee for Los Angeles.
This party will arrive on next Monday.
1t is given out at the Santa Fe head
quarters that twenty trains will unload
their loads in Los Angeles from Sunday
at midnight until Monday night at $780,
This influx of humanity will be exclu-
sive of the passenger list that is booked
over the Southern Pacific.
The Chicago teachers have not yet
started on their pilgrimage to the
West, although many Of the prominent
educators have started. The rank and
file will leave Chicago tomorrow and
on Friday. These parties will arrive
on Monday and Tuesday next.
committee of thirty we'll known
ladies Of this city has been formed to
work in conjunction with the General
Committee of Entertainment of the
National Educational Association visit
ors. This committee of thirty is en-
trusted with the work of seeing that
things are made pleasant for all
strangers in the city They will as
sist in receiving delegations at the
stations, and be ready to furnish in
formation of all kinds and guides to all
points.
To-day a meeting of the substitute
Committee on Excursions was held,
and members of the committee were
assigned to each excursion to be made
during the stay of visitors.
The delegates and visitors already
here to-day Joined heartily in the grand
celebration of independence day, and
Joined the excursions to mountain and
seaside resorts.
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The Transport Sherman, Which Is 10 Con-
ysy Them, Now Loading at Nsgres.
The Colorado, Idaho, North Dakota
and Wyoming Troops to Follow
Return Of Volunteer Organic
nations From Philippines Will
Have No Effect ON the Rank of
Volunteer General Officers Now
ON Duty There

WASHINGTON, July 4-The War
Department has received the following
message from General Otis:
Manila, July 4.-Adiutant General,
Washington: The California Infantry
and artillery to the number of 1,lO0.
with discharged men, will take the
Sherman, now loading at Negroes. The
Warren takes the Colorado men, ]. 100:
am now preparing the preparatory pa
pers. Difficult to lighter transports in
the typhoon now prevailing. The Gram,
is unloaded. In four days she will
take on the Idaho, North Dakota and
Wyoming troops, 50 officers and 1.5OO
men, with other discharged men.
"OTrS."
GENERALS TO RETAIN THEIR
COMMISSIONS.
WASHINGTON, July At is said at
the War Department that the return
or the volunteer organizations srom the
Philippines will have no effect on the
rank of the volunteer general officers
now on duty there. The number or
general officers depends not on the par
ticular organizations in the service, but
on the total number of lnen. The law
provides for one Major General to every
A~,ooO HiCll. mere Will DE III the JOINT
establishment. when the present le-
eruiting arrangements are completed,
about $4,000 men. There are now three
Major Generals in the regular estab-
lishment, Miles, Merritt ana Brooke in
the volunteer, Shafter, Otis, Lawton
and Macarthur. This arrangement win
probably stand, as there is 4 fraction
over the quota of men for six Major
Generals.
There are now on duty in the Philip
pines the following Brigadiers in the
order of seniority named: Bates, Young,
SchwaEs Hall. Wheaton, Grant, Hughes
and Ovenshine. 1t is understood that
these will retain their commands. 1t
is not believed the increase in the joint
establishment will necessitate the APP,
poinment of any more Brigadier Gem
erals, there already being a surplus in
Cuba and elsewhere who have been
cared for under the provision of the
six saea.shs volunteer law
Generals Funston. Smith and Hill are
ordered home, so that they are removed
from consideration SO far rs the cam-
paign in the Philippines is concerned.
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KILLING OF GILLESPIE.
Question as to Where Wade Should
h4 Tried

HONOLULU, June 81, (via San Fran
cisco, July 4.-The question raised by
the United States Marshal for the
northern district of California as to
the place where Wade, accused of kill
ing Gillespie while on the steamer Aus
tralia en- route from Honolulu to San
Francisco. should be tried. is receiv-
ing considerable attention among law
yers and others now. 1t is pointed out
that if he is tried here the question Of
his right to Grand Jury Indictment and
the unanimous verdict of the jury of
twelve men may be raised in different
way than any in which it has yet been
raised. The Australia is an American
vessel. She had cleared for this port,
and was actually at some distance from
it when the shooting occurred. 1t is
the opinion of some that the jurisdic-
ton of the United States District Court
at San Francisco is complete.
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COURsING STOPPED.
Was No Chasing Of Hares Yester-
day at Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, July 4.-Mayor
Eaton, with squad of twenty police
men, went to Agricultural Park to-day
and prevented the coursing matches
which had been advertised to take
place under the management of F. D.
Black. Black protested against the
presence of the police, and promised to
discontinue the pool-selling, but the
Mayor refused to allow the matches,
and Black gave up
The presence of the Mayor at the
coursing park was occasioned by the
failure of Chief of Police Glass to car
ry out his order on Sunday last to pro-
hibit coursing. Mr.. Black, the mana
ger of the park, had previously been
arrested for cruelty to animals and
convicted of the charge in a Justice
Court, but had appealed the case. The
citizens Of University protested, and
the Mayor ordered the police to stop
the coursing, but they only arrested
Black and the slippers after the races.
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FILIPINO INDEPENDENCE.
U. $. CONSUL PRATT TAKES
LEGAL ACTION.
To Disprove the Alleged Interview
in Which He Was Said to Have
Made Promises< to the Insure
gents.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.-The
steamer Coptic brings the following adj
vices from Singapore and Hongkong
relative to the alleged promises Of
United States Consul Pratt regarding
Filipino independence:
Singapore. June Spencer Pratt,
United States Consul, has taken legal
action. to disprove the alleged inter-
view, in which he was said to have
promised the Filipino leaders independ-
ence if they would help the United
States against Spain.
The story is published in most dr.
cumstantial and detailed form in the
new edition of John Foreman's book
on the Philippines, one of the best
known and most widely read books
about the country. Foreman recently
issued a revised and enlarged. edition,
this interview being among the new
features of the book. 20
Consul Pratt has sued the publishers
in Singapore forllibeBdon the ground
that the story of the Aguinaldo- Pratt
interview is false, and is, moreover, in
furious. The Supreme Court of the
Straits Settlements has granted an in
junction against the publishers, Messrs.
Kelly & Walsh, limited. The Court
finds that the story of the interview is
false and libelous, and the further pub
fishing thereof is prohibited by order
of the Court.
This injunction is valid throughout
the Straits Settlements. Further pro-
ceedings of a. folnal nature will be re-
quired to- extend it to all British ter
ritory.
HONGKONG, June 2.--Messrs. Kelly
& Walsh, the publishers, have been
compelled by an injunction of the SUI
preme Court to cease publishing John
Foreman's new book on the Philippines,
because United States Consul Pratt has
brought an action for libel, on ac-
count of the story of his alleged inter-
view with Aguinaldo, which Pratt
claims is false. The book is therefore
prohibited by order of the Court.
Consul Pratt is aggressive. He in
tends to carry his suits to the United
State. He will bring action against a
number of papers of the United States,
and will endeavor to show that the tel
egrams published in the same were the
output of an anti-American bureau ex-
listing in Hongkong, which has done
much toward injuring the good name
of the Consular service in the Orient.
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A NEW MOTOR.
Mechanism Which Produces q Re-
markab1e Gain Of Power.

CHICAGO. July 1.-The Record"
says: Forty-horse power, or about ten
times as much as the best engines de-
velop at present with half-inch feed,
will. according to the claims of the in
ventor, be extracted from the same
quantity of steam by a motor which
will be inspected by Admiral Melville,
Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engi-
neering. United States Navy, some time
this month in this city.
The motor is twenty-four inches high
and occupies a space about thirty
inches square on the floor 1t is prac-
tically noiseless and has no packing in
any of the parts. With slight varia-
lions it is modelled after smaller one,
which has been successfully operated
by both steam and liquid air, and
through which the attention of Lieu
tenant Zalinski. U. s. N, retired, was
enlisted. Through him the Bureau OF
Engineering became Interested
The machine is composed of two
disks, one revolving with the other on
a separate axle in an opposite direc-
ton and all fncased in metal box OF
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TICKET sCALPING.
Injunction to Prevent Practice
During Endeavor Convention.

During Endeavor Convention.
DETROIT (Mich.), July 4.--Injunc-
ton proceedings have been begun in
both the United States and County
Courts on behalf of several railroads
to prevent ticket scalping during the
Christian Endeavor Convention.
In the United States Court bills of
complaint We're filed by the Wabash,
New York Central and Grand Trunk,
naming as defendants six prominent
local ticket brokers. Judge Swan is
sued in each case temporary restrain
ing order enjoining defendants from
buying or selling any of the special
Christian Endeavor excursion tickets,
and fixed July 10th as the day for the
argument on the bills for permanent
injunction.
In the County Court bills to the same
effect have been filed on behalf of the
Michigan Central, Chicago and Grand
Trunk, Flint and Pere Marquette and
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
&i0.l.H;1:G. G.otc;t0..--.1aSs.3
temporary injunctions, and Will near
arguments on a permanent injunction
tomorrow.
The ticket brokers have retained
counsel, and at to-morrow's hearing
will cite decision of the Texas Court
of Appeals to the effect that the anti
scalping law in that State is uncon-
stitutional.
The hearing tomorrow will probably
bring up the validity of the local ordi-
nance passed during the G. A. R. ma
tional convention. Under that ordi
nance brokers can secure a license au-
thorizing them. to engage in ticket
brokerage. The local brokers took out
license at that time, and have been
operating under it since, paying $40
annually for the privilege. The Ii
censes run to August LIST, covering the
present convention.
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A BICYCLIsT KILLED.
Shot While Trying to Force an En-
trance to a Cabin.

Shot While Trying to Force an En-
trance to a Cabin.
BUTTE (Mont), July A special to
the Miner from Bozeman, Mont,
says:
A bicyclist was shot and killed last
night between 6 and Z o'clock in the
evening about two miles northeast of
Chestnut. He was attempting to enter
the cabin of William Adams. which is
close to the Northern Pacific Railway,
and had just pried open the shutter to
the window when a trap gun was dis
charged, and he received the full force
of its contents in his left side. from
which wound he died in about half an
hour.
This cabin has been robbed several
times, and Adams had taken this
means to protect his property from
tramps, with the above fatal results.
The deceased was probably some
tourist riding through the country, and
was too tired to ride to the next town,
and so tried to enter the cabin for the
night.
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PITTSBURG, July 1.-The open
strike campaign at Homestead has
been abandoned, and emissaries of the
Amalgamated Association have adopt
ed the plan Of making house-to-h house
canvass of all the men employed in the
plants. It is claimed that secret eff
fort is being made to keep the men
at home tomorrow morning, and Grip
pie the mills to such an extent as to
bring about complete shut down.
Among the citizens and business men
Of Homestead there is feeling that
the movement is failure, but the lea
ders maintain mysterious air. and
saw it will be we'll to watch for devel-
opments WITHIN the next twenty-fQnr
hours.
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Nick Welch Dead.

SAN JOSE, July 4.-Nick WEIGH,
who was shot while lying in his bunk
at the Gardner ranch on June 10Th by
Frank Faustino, an italian, died at the
O'Connor Sanitarium this afternoon.
He was 80 years old and a native of
California. Faustino is in Jail, and
will be charged with murder.
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Should Have Known Better.

Los ANGELES, July 4.-John II.
Norton, Vice President and Treasurer
of the Norton Drake Company of Cali
fornia and Arizona, held giant fire.
cracker in his hand last night while
it exploded. This morning a surgeon
took off what was left of the thumb,
and hopes to save all of the fingers of
the hand, though they will never be as
shapely as they were before the ex-
plosion.
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SANTA MONICA ROAD RACE
All the Cracks in Southern Cali
fornia Participated.

LOS ANGELES. July 4.-There were
ninety-six starters, including all the
cracks in Southern California, in the
Santa Monica road race to-day. The
course is full eighteen miles, and the
track was considered fast. The start
was made at S:21 and all were off at
$50. Seventy-four men finished.
A. C. Muff won first time in 50 min
utes, seconds. r. Hamlin won Sec
ond time, 50 minutes. AZ seconds. H.
Fowler third time, So minutes, 4 3-5
seconds. All were scratch men.
w. Phillips, 8 minutes handicap, won
first place; B. r. Stanfield, s minutes
handicap, second place, and P. M.
Aguayo, 8 minutes handicap, third
place.
There We're no accidents.
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The Monongahela at Plymouth

PLYMOUTH (England), July 4-The
presence here to-day of the United
states training ship Monongahela was
the occasion for an interesting cere-
mony in the harbor at noon. All the
British warships were decorated with
flags, and the American ensign was
run up to the mastheads and saluted
with twenty-one guns, to which the
Monongahela responded.
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only four people were q the building at
the time Of the IRE. nd all escaped
safely.
The fire was caused by a defective
flue in the kitchen chimney. When dis
covered by Principal c. "A ingram, the
fire could have been readily extin-
guisiied If he had had hose and water
supply.
: The seminary was built in the early
seventies.
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ON GOLF LINKS.
Real Work Of Determining ANA
teur Championship Begins.

teur Championship Begins.
LAKE FORREST dll). july 4.-Toa
day the real work of determining the
amateur golf championship Of the
United States commenced. 1t was golf
under difficulties. A cold driving rain
fell all night. and to-day it was still
raining ftfully. The greens were
soggy, while the lower grounds were
almost marshes, rendering low scores
almost out Of the question. Notwith-
standing the conditions, a number of
enthusiasts were present when play
commenced, among them fair sprink-
ling of women, Respondent in their
crimson golf jackets.
At $50 O'Clock Harold Smith, J.
Walker, Nicholas Longworth, H. a.
Colby, n. M. Billings, A. A. Robbins
and w. c. Carnegie, Jr., the seven who
tied at 1877 yesterday, teed off to de-
termine who should be fortunate
enough to qualify. Carnegie, Walter,
Smith and Robbins qualified, and were
matched as follows with the players
who drew byes last night.
Carnegie with c.. M. Hartman; WAL
Ter with Findlay S. Douglass; Smith
with HI. P. 5Toler. and Robbins with
r. Sykes.
Every four minutes the players were
started from the home teeing grounds.
until the whole list of thirty-four quail
fiers were off and away. AS the day
advanced the rain ceased, although the
clouds remained threatening and the
prospects for good golf improved.
G. B. Mcdonald, who won the gold
medal in yesterdays qualifying play,
had an easy time with Stuart Stickney
of the ST. Louis County Club, and in
cidentally played some extremely fine
golf He went over the first nine holes
in 50, winning every hole except the
first, which Stickney took, and the
sixth, which was halved.
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Forty-four Persons killed.

BERLIN, July A dispatch from
Odessa announces that dynamite
cartridge exploded near there to-day
while the excavation of a coal mine
was in progress, and that forty four
persons were killed and twenty wound
ed.
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FIRE AT IRvINGToN.
Main Building Of the Curtner
Seminary Burned.

IRyINGToN (Cal). July THE
main building of the Curtner Young
Ladies' Seminary was burned early this
morning, entailing q loss of $40. 600
The dormitories, which were in sepa-
rate buildings, were saved
The college. which was one OF the
oldest in the State, was the conditional
gift Of Henry Curtner to the Christian
Church. Sixty young women have been
In attendance. but this being vacation,
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The Gar Of Russia and Finland.

ST. PETERSBURG, July Awhile
refusing to receive the Finnish depu-
tation the Gear has issued a rescript
declaring that when he assembled the
throne he took up the sacred duty Of
watching over the welfare of all peo-
pie under the Russian sceptre. and
deemed it well to preserve to Finland
the special fabric Of internal legisla-
ton conferred on it by my mighty fore
fathers" His Majesty then espresso
the hope hope that the loyal devotid a
of the Firms would be proved to the
satisfaction of their Government
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Ms. ". q. Cavendish Bentich nj.

LONDON, July Mrs. VIM. George
Cavendish Bentick, who was Miss
Livingston of New York. underwent a
serious operation Friday, and was In
so critical 8 condition that the chimes
Of the big clock in the tower Of Par-
ffament House, Westminster, have
since been stopped nightly. She is bet
ter to-day
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-07-20
DEATH OF HENRY KEEL.

Henry Kiel Of this city died ON Thurs
day night last He had not been sick
and his death was unexpected. He was
slightly indisposed Thursday afternoon
and sought rest in his room When the
usual time for retiring came visit to
his room showed that he was dead, hav.
ing passed off quietly.
Mr. Kiel was farmer until two years
ago when he retired and moved to the
city, srlrrendering the farm to his two
sons Charles and Fred He was very
successful in his chosen line, his farm
being one of the best in the county He
was man Of strong character, steady
and industrious He was SO years old
and came to this country when quite
young and was one OF the early settlers
of the town of Manitowoc He leaves a
wife and three children, two sons, Charles
and Fred, and one daughter, Mrs Henry
Eberhardt
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DIED OF LOCKJAW.

Edward II Nolan of this city died OF
lockjaw on Friday night. On the Fourth
of July he picked up giant firecracker,
thinking the fuse had been extinguished.
1t exploded tearing away the thumb and
two fingers Of one hand. After the
wounds were dressed il was expected
that the loss of the fingers would be the
only result Of the explosion. Mr. Nolan
was about every day Last week blood
poisoning set in and tetanus resulted.
His sufferings We're intense and he died
near midnight Friday.
He was locomotive engineer on the
Wisconsin Central and came here about
a year ago, residing on the south side.
He leaves a wife and four children He
was 81 years old He is highly spoken
of by his acquaintance. His remains
We're sent to Milwaukee for burial, he
having resided in that city before NOV
ing TO ManitOWOc.
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MARINE NEWS.

Captain Frietsch, the globe circler, ar
rived at Honolulu on July 1, i'll his little
boat, having made the trip from San
Francisco in % days.
The Tug Trust is now formed 1t is
known as he Great Lakes Towing Com
pany, 1t now controls over 100 tugs and
has a pretty complete monopoly.
On Monday 60 cents We're offered for
coal freights from Buffalo to Chicago
and Milwaukee. This is quite change
from 25c which was the rate for some
years thus early in the season.
Mr. Elliot, chief engineer of the Good
rich company was in the city this week
looking after odds and ends after the
seasons work in the ship yard. A large
planer was recently put in the company :
machine shops here and lathe, larger
than anything i'll the state between Mil
waukee and Duluth will soon he added
to the equipment of the plant,
Lake traffic is more profitable this year
than for any other year of the decade.
Wages on vessels and docks have advanc-
ed from 10 TO II per cent, and freights
have surpassed the most sanguine expec-
| tations. There is danger of a shortage of
coal i'll the Northwest The coal men
fixed a rate at the opening of navigation
which the vesselmen refused to accept.
4 The coal men expected the demand fo1
1 iron to diminish and consequent re.
/ duction in the rate of freights But iron
/ freights advanced and the demand fol
/ iron increased A dollar rate for iron
/ from Lake Superior ports now prevails
and coal men cannot get a good rates Il.
/ they ceuld during the early part of the
season So great Is the rush for ore
| freights that the transportation of grain
| is left to the railroads.