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, 1900-06-21
Activity at Hong Kong.

Hong Kong, June 1S.-All the
unprotected foreign buildings in Pekin
have been destroyed. Hundreds of ma
tives have been murdered. The boxers
have Gu the railway behind the col
umn of British, American and other
foreign marines sent by Admiral Sey-
mour British to the relief of Pekin.
This has cut off the columns supplies.
The column is reporated to have had
an engagement, with the Crinese, but
with what result is not stated. All
wires to Tien Tsin are cut.
The United States ~battleship Oregon
is taking on coal and provisions here,
preparatory to leaving. Great activity
is displayed by the British naval au-
thorities in Hong Kong. The cruiser
Terrible and n transport, with 700
troops, have sailed for North China.
The armored cruiser Undaunted left
suddenly for the north Saturday. I'M
der sealed orders. The cruiser Buena-
ventura Is expected from Manila to-
day, to coal and rush north. The sloop
Rosario and two torpedo boat destroy
ers will leave soon. The southern
provinces Of China are still quiet
, 1900-06-21
Filipinos Meet Defeat.

Manila, June 1.-THE United States
forces had two engagements of import
ance last week. The troops under Gen.
Funston and Gen. Grant organized an
advance, with part of five regiments
and two guns, against 500 rebels in
a mountain stronghold east Of Boaco-
bata, where it is supposed Capt. Rob
erts of the Thirty-first regiment, who
was captured las month at San Mi
uel de Mayumo, was held captive.
The Americans operated under many
difficulties and over an exceedingly
rough country; but the rebels retreat
ed, only a few resisting, and the
stronghold was occupied and burned.
As the result Of last weeks scouting,
sixty Filipinos We're killed, 200 We're
captured and 800 rifles, with, $4,000
rounds of ammunition were surrender
ed. Three Americans were killed.
Malarial fever has been prevalent
since April in parts Of Cavite and Ba-
tangas provinces, which are garrison
ed by the Forty-sixth and Thirty
ninth regiments. Thirty per cent. of
the men of each regiment are on the
sick list. OF two battalions in Ba-
tangas province has 100 sick and
the other 1870.
, 1900-06-21
RICH REWARDS AT NOME.
Facinating Tales Recited by Returning
Miners.

Fascinating Tales Recited by Returning
Miners.
vancouver, b. c., June 17.-That the
gold fields of Cape Nome are richer
n more productive than has yet been
reported Is the story brought down by
the steamer Alpha, which arrived from
hi north tonight. From a single
claim, worked by twenty men in the
employ Of Jack Brady, $4,000 was
taken in one week, and the same
claim panned out $685. 600 within the
month.
I As an earnest of Cape Nome's golden
productiveness, the Alpha brought
down $250,O00 in gold dust. There
were five passengers on board, and the
dust belonged to four of them, In the
following amounts: Jack Gill of Seattle,
$145 5000; j.. G. Monaghan Of Denver,
$4,000; Frank Green of Kansas City,
$4,000; Glen Tinsley, an old Dawson
miner, who went to Nome last year,
S35, zoo.
Unusual interest has followed the
Alpha's trip, not only because she was
the first steamer to sail for Cape Nome,
but more especially on account of in
ternal complications, the Alpha being
a Canadian bottom and Nome not be-
ing a SUPPORT of entry. But the skip
per had no trouble with the customs
regulations.
He sailed from Vancouver April 9Th,
clearing for st. Michaels. He says that
he was so menaced with icebergs as
he approached st. Michaels that he pro-
ceeded to Nome, landing 153 passen-
gers and their supplies on the beach,
May 25th, and sailing for Vancouver
May Both.
, 1900-06-21
ENDED
San Francisco Board of Health DissoIves II
After Adverse Court Decision.

t1oH DDtfEu VI lJlhtDlteS III
After Adverse Court Decision.
San Francisco, June 17.-At a meet
ing Of the Board of Health this after
noon the Chinatown quarantine was
declared dissolved.
In the United States Circuit Court to-
day Judge Morrow rendered a decision
In the case OF Jew Ho VS.. the Board Of
Health of this city d~issolving the gen.
eral quarantine of a section of China
town now enforced by the Board of
Health owing to the alleged existence
Of the plague in this city.
Judge Morrow held that the quaran-
tine was discriminatory in its charac-
ter, inasmuch as only members of the
Monaghan race were held within Its
restrictions; that the method of quar-
antine tended more to increase the
danger of contagion from the plague,
because 1t quarantined a district, in
stead Of the houses within a district.
Regarding the existence of plague,
Judge Morrow stated that he was not
qualified to pass Judicially on the ques-
ton, owing to the conflicting testimony
Of the physicians of the Board Of
Health and the expert practitioners,
who swore in the complaint that 1t did
not nor does not exist in this city, but
tina II it came within his power to de-
eide In the matter he would declare
that the plague does not o has not
existed.
, 1900-06-21
KANSAS CITY DISAPPOINTED.
Ask for $500 Tickets to Convention Hall
But Are Refused.

Kansas City, June lit developed
.o-day that considerable friction was
displayed in yesterdays meeting Of the
subcommittee, when the local mana
gers requested $500 admission tickets
for Kansas City. Chairman Jones of
he national committee said he did not
:hink Kansas City vas entitled to any
tickets. The honor of securing the con
vention, he thought, should be suffi-
.ient. j. G. Johnson, national commit
:eeman from Kansas, took the same
view of the matter.
This was a thunderbolt to the Kan
,as Cityans, who entered a vigorous
protest. They had, they declared, ex-
pended about $15O,OOO directly in pre-
pairing for the convention and the com
nittee proposed to violate all prece-
tents by cutting the convention city
IF entirely. Finally, as a compromise,
The subcommittee offered the Kansas
City committee 800 tickets. This was
Immediately declined, the local COM
nittee saying 1t would be better off
with no tickets than with so small a
number.
, 1900-06-21
COMMISSION DIVIDES DUTIES,
Studying the Legislative Phases for Future
Guidance,

Studying the Legislative Phases for Future
Guidance.
Manila, June17.-Judge Taft and his
colleagues of the civil commission are
studying the different legislative phas-
es of the situation preparatory to the
work Of enacting new laws on Septem-
Der 1. when they assume legislative
powers. The subject has been tenta-
lively divided among them as follows:
Judge Taft-Crown lands, land titles,
the church and the civil service. the
last named with a view of bringing
from the United States a good class
Of government employees who shall
eventually replace army officers in
the civil administration.
Judge Wright-Internal improve
ments, constabulary, commerce, corpo-
raton franchises and the criminal
code.
Henry @. Ide-Banking and curren.
cy and the organization of civil courts.
Bernard MOses-Revenues, taxation
and schools. -4H..
The commissioners have establish
ed offices in the same building with
General Macarthur and are receiving
discussing and absorbing the opinions
OF army and navy men and Of for
eigners and F1lipinos. The people of
Manila seem pleased with the demo
cratic Ourse of the commissioners
and with the habitually courteous de-
meanor. The earlier feeling of dis
appointment is slowly disappearing.
, 1900-06-21
Roberts Letting Troops Go.

London, June II, 4 a. m.-There are
some indications that Lord Roberts
considered the wars end in South AZ
RIGA not far distant. One of these is
the fact that Natal volunteers, who
had seer hard service, were dismissed
to their homes by Sir Redvers Butler
Saturday. They were cheered as they
left camp.
Another indication is the report cur
rent in authoritatively informed mill
tary circles in London that a complete
division of regulars is to be with
drawn from General Buffers army and
embarked at Durham for China
The troops drawn from India will
probably go next.
, 1900-06-21
COLE DUST FROM DAWSON.
Returning Miners Report n Product OF
0 900 This Year.

S~95.o0o,oO0 This Year.
Seattle, Wash, June 1.-THE steam
er Dir1go, arrived from Lynn canal
this evening, having on board eighty
nve passengers who brought down
abou 100000 in gold dust. The steam
ers officers report 100 passengers at
Bennett, who were unable to reach
Skagway in time to catch the Dirigo.
Ihese, 1t Is reported at the Skagway
onces OF the steamship company, are
bringing out a very large amount Of
gold, greater, it is said, than n party
or similar size that has yet arrived.
Inc largest owners of gold dust on
board the Dirigo were the Mcdonald
brothers of Seattle, Rolly and Donald.
The former has 230 pounds, valued at
$4,000, and the latter 40 pounds, val
ued at $4,000. Charles Hutchinson
brought u 200 pounds, valued at $42,-
600. The balance of the shipment is
owned by the remaining passengers in
sums ranging from 5000 up.
Inc passengers declare that this sum-
mer's output from the Klondike will
De much larger than last and estimates
are made all the way from SOS, 900, 900
to S4O,OOO,OO0. As yet they say the
cleanup has not started his way, and
probably will not until after July 18th.
The latest advices from the gold
bearing districts remote from Dawson,
1t Is said, show that the cleanup is al
most double the amount first reported.
Bonanza creek, 1t is stated, will send
out SS,OOo,OO0 to $10,0OO,O 600, which will
be the largest amount coming from
any of the creeks.
The Dawson banks, It Is said. have
taken in about $4,000 900 already. and
when h Dirigo's passengers left were
buying very heavily every day.
In he city of Dawson business was
lively. There was no scarcity of labor,
although every man who wanted to
was working at good wages. Food
prices were beginning to drop and the
general belief was that before another
month Seattle prices for ordinary CON-
modities would prevail.
, 1900-06-21
SWIFT SHIPS AS MESSENGERS.
cablegrnms to Kempr Unanswered and
Washington Authorities Are Growing
Auxloua.

Cablegrsms to Kempff Unanswered and
Washington Authorities Are Growing
Anxious.
Washington, June 1.-THE third day
passed here without a single line of
news from any official source respect
Ing the critical situation In China. All
day the telegraph offices at the White
House and In the state, war and navy
departments were manned. but no word
came. Inquiries of the cable compan-
les showed that not only were the COM
m~unications by wire from Pekin, Taku,
Tien-Tsin and all northern China sus-
pended, but the notices conveyed little
encouragement for the hope that they
would be soon reopened.
The War Department early In the
day received the following message
from the Western Union headquarters
at New York:
"The only news from the East to-
day is the notice of nm interruption OF
the Great Northern lines between Blag-
owestshensk and Tschita, which cuts
all communication with China and
Japan via hat route"
The line referred TO Is n land wire
running out of Pekin to Tschita to the
north and connecting with the Russian
Siberian system. Thence land wires
run through Korea and by a short ca
BILE across to Nagasaki, Japan.
The Navy Department during the
day made IN effort to reach Rear Adj
miral Kempff on his flagship Newark
at the Taku forts, at the mouth Of Pei
Ho river. A cablegram was addressed
to h commander of the United States
ship Yorktown at Chez Foo, the near
nat t-onN, .N~,A a. n. l.. -. H.
side of the Shan Tung peninsula, re
peating the message intended to Ad-
miral Kempff last Thursday, inquiring
as to his situation, the conditions at
Pekin at last report, and into his need
for more men and ships and directing
the commander to take the message at
once to Taku and return with The an
swer. The department is now pretty
well assured that the original message
never reached Admiral Kempff. The
department does not know whether the
message to Chez Foo can be delivered
but made the effort. From Chez Foo
to Taku is only a single days run for
the Yorktown, so that an answer from
Admiral Kempf should be received by
Monday night, IL Chez Foo can be
reached to-day.
Failing this effort resort will be
speedily had to other measures, II
meantime word is not received from
some one in authority in China. Just
what course viii be followed is not yet
determined.
Meanwhile If the communications re
main uninterrupted with Taku, 1t is
certain that a message will be ordered
at once at Manila to dispatch more nj
val force, or troops on transports, to
reinforce Admiral Kempff and extend
aid to the international relief column,
which, it is beginning to be feared, is
istelf in sore need of help.
The State Department today receiv-
ed numerous kilograms from relatives
and friends of Americans in northern
China and in Pekin, praying for news
touching the welfare of their friends.
Mr.. Ledyard of Detroit, father of the
wife of the German ambassador at
Pekin, reported to have been killed by
the Boxers, was one of the most anx-
ious of these inquirers.
, 1900-06-21

Manila, June 1S, 10 a. m.-The Ninth
regiment has been ordered to Manila,
whence 1t will proceed to China.
washington, June 17.-Adjutant
General Corbin late tonight would
neither affirm nor deny the Manila ad-
vices that the Ninth infantry would
90 to China, but it is known that the
troops are being assembled In Manila
for this purpose and transports made
ready for their occupancy, though 1t
cannot be learned that orders to sail
to China have been given. If not al
ready sent such orders doubtless will
be issued, unless %reassuring ne y
comes tomorrow.
, 1900-06-21

The success of a great invention
often depends upon some auxiliary
discovery to make 1t practicable. With
out the telegraph. modern railroading
would have been impossible. Without
h air-brake, the high speed of the
great express trains could not have
been permitted. To-day the electric
automobile. which is much heavier
than the steam-power carriage, would
be given a great impetus by the dis
covery Of something better than the
present rubber tires. The great weight
and swift motion of the carriage upon
rough streets cause the tires to wear
out rapidly. Which will come first, a
lighter electric storage battery or a
frmer elastic substance for the tires?
The history of inventions suggests
that one or the other will appear at an
early date.
, 1900-06-21

Canon Edmonds, who spoke for the
foreign delegates at the farewell meet
Ing of the Ecumenical Missionary CON
ference, said: You have got your
problems to solve in this nation, but
you Will solve them" There has never
been a moment since the foundation
OF our government when that feeling
has not been supreme In the hearts
OF the American people. No tempo
rary fear or depression has weakened
the nations purpose to fulfill its mis-
sion. nor eclipsed its faith in its abil-
ity to do the things given it t o do.
, 1900-06-21

In 1856, Gen. Garfield, then In con
srsss, made a strong speech in sup
port Of the which finally took
form in a national bureau of eduoa-
ton. The children Of today" said he,
will be the architects Of our country
In 1900" The prophecy was easy to
make, because certain to be fulfilled.
Yet there is something impressive in
the fact that the affairs of church and
state, and all the complex interests
Of civilization, are nov largely in the
hands of those who thirty-four years
ago were passing into the public
schools. 70 them, too, il committed
the custody of those who, in turn,
will make the history Of the swift
coming future.
, 1900-06-21

Havana, June 17.-So many extraor-
binary charges have bee published in
the United States that Governor Gen.
eral Wood has decided to appoint a
special commission, consisting Of one
American officer and two Cuban civil
ians, to hear testimony offered by any
who may wish to make specific charges
of ~malfeasance in office or Of official
extravaganza. The commission will
have power to investigate the charges
and to compel the attendance Of wit
nesses In the court.
General Wood, referring to the mat
ter to-day, said:
1.-THE time has come when these per-
sistent accusations against men hold
Ing Office should, for the sake of the
oficeholder, be faced. Let us have
these charges threshed out and see II
there is anything in them. My desire is
to keep oficialdom In Cuba as clean as
possible"
, 1900-06-21

The zeal reason behind the projected
ship canal through Nicaragua or the
sthmus of Panama, which is now en-
crossing SO much attention, is the fact
hat goods may be transported more
easily on the water than over the land.
Examples in everyday life emphasize
the difference. Two mules draw one
hundred tons of coal in a canal boat;
on land they would have difficulty in
Juggling three or four tons in a coal
cart. Hence. whatever the power used.
water-borne freights the world over
are cheap and land routes are dear.
This consideration greatly affects the
growth of cities and of nations. Pitts
burg coal and Lake Superior ores are
near together, because they cam be
transported so great a part of the dis
lance by water. 1t also largely ac-
counts for Americas prominence as a
great steei-producing country. Stove
coal Is usually cheap in places to which
1t can go by water. and high where 1t
must go by rail. The same is true OF
all bulky and heavy commodities.
Gen. Davis ordered Capt. William v.
Judson, United States engineers, to
make a report on the best way to rid
the harbor of San Juan, Porto Rico,
Of the two ships sunk there. The re-
port sent to Washington recommends
a $4,000 appropriation to clear the
channel. With the entrance rid OF
both OF these hulks. it will give a fine,
wide entrance with water not less than
fifty feet deep and will permit all large
war vessels to anchor in the bay.
Range lights will be placed in the har-
Dor soon, sc as to allow vessels to
enter at night instead of lying outside.
In painting or papering h walls of
a room the question often arises, What
color reflects the most and what the
least light? Recent experiments in
Germany CAV the following results:
Dark blue reflects 6H per cent of the
light falling upon it; dark green about
10 per cent; pale red a little nor than
16 per cent; dark yellow, 20 per cent;
pale blue, 80 per cent; pale yellow, 40
per cent; pale green. 46h per cent; pale
orange, nearly 55 per cent; pale white.
10 per cent. Glossiness and Tarnish of
course increase the amount of light
reflected.
, 1900-06-21

Recently two French aeronauts left
Paris In their balloon at 6:15 O'Clock
In the evening, and on the evening
Of h following day. % hours and 1t
minutes after their departure from
Paris, dropped safely down near
Vestervik in Sweden. They had
Travelled 1926 miles. their average speed
being nearly thirty-five and one-half
miles per hour. At one time they
drifted over the Baltic sea, and the
fall in temperature and increased
humidity Immediately caused the bal
loon to drop.
, 1900-06-21
Clark Carries Montana.

Helena, Mont, June 1.-THE Demo-
cratic primaries have been held in ev-
cry county. Senator Clark's friends
larry nineteen counties and divide the
delegation in one. The DAILY forces
carried four counties. not a single
state officer who signed the protest
against Senator Clark being admitted
to a e in the United States is sent
to his county or state convention.
Clark will head the delegation TO Kan
Ias City.
, 1900-06-21
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

That the utmost r0LIanoe
0an be placed upon this
great medicine Is f0sN-
fIsd to by an army of
grateful women WHO have
been helped by II.
Mrs. Plnkhan,, who has
tho greatest and most
successful expsrEon0e In
tho world 70 qualify heri,
will advise you FREQ of
charge. Her address Is
Lynn, Mass. Write 70 h0r.
, 1900-06-21

Bishop Whipple heard a person
abusing a man of great wealth because
Of his supposed He an
swered the critic thus: 81 would not
conclude too hastily in such a case
as that; for although / cannot ez-
plain fully, l know of a certain ffty-
thousand-dollar gift accompanied by
the stipulation that the name of the
givsr should not be made known"
Judge not" is a working rule with
which Il is not safe to dispense.
, 1900-06-21

New York, June 15.-Structural steel
men decided to-day to make a big cut
In prices. At a meeting to-day 1t was
agreed to n the following quota
tons: Beams and channels, $2.03 a
hundred pounds. and angles $1.95 =
hundred pounds. These are New York
prices. 'She price heretofore has been
$40 n hundred pounds for each prod
net.
, 1900-06-21
Say they VIII Protect w. s. r.ylor.

indianapolis, Ind, June 17.--Friends
of w. S. Taylor of Kentucky, who will
be in the party going to the Philadel-
phia convention which the Kentuckian
Is expected to join, declare they will
resist to the utmost any attempt to
get possession Of Mr.. Taylor while en-
route and will go prepared to defend
him. Mr.. Taylor Is still In the city.
, 1900-06-21

II is the crownins honor OF the
Baroness Burdett-C outts, who has Just
celebrated her seth birthday, that the
world does not so much say how much
money she inherited, or how much she
n now worth, as how much she has
stven away for the good OF her fellows.
More h a Ave million dollars In the
record Of her benefcence, and there
are few that surpass 1t.
, 1900-06-21
SARATOGA sun.
SARATOGA. = WYOMING.

None SO little enjoy themselves and
are such burdens to themselves az
those who have nothing to do. Only
the active have the true relish of life.
, 1900-06-21

The age OF whales is a~soertainsd by
size and number OF laminae of the
whalebone. which increases yearly.
Ages of 300 and 400 years have been
assigned to whales from these indica-
lions.
, 1900-06-21
The
Turn
of Life

This Is a critical period
In fhe life Of every woman
and no nsEsfakos should
be made.
The ono ~roo0gnLxod and
reliable heIp for women
who arc approaching and
passing through this
wonderful change IL
, 1900-06-21


of the German embassy, has studied
the meat inspection bill recently passed
by the Reichstag, and says: The new
law will require two separate inspec-
lions in the German empire. First, an
inspection of the live stock before
slaughtering, then al inspection of the
slaughtered meat, thus giving guaran-
tee that no meat or meat products COM
ing from diseased or unwholesome ami
mails Will go to the consumer either in
the larger cities or small villages of the
German empire. This has been urgent
ly required for a long time by all the
boards of health, as an absolute meas
ure for the protection of health in a
country thickly populated and partly
overcrowded, as Germany is to-day.
II all the animals slaughtered In Ger
many have to pass through the double
examination which l have mentioned.
1t Is evident that the meat products of
other countries intended TO be imported
Into Germany must, pass a similar in
spection. This will be the case in the
future for all the countries importing
meat and meat products into Germany.
No discrimination will be made against,
any one country. All will be treated
alike, and meat products, whether they
come from Austria. Denmark, Argen-
tina or the United States. when found
wholesome at the port of entry, having
passed the same inspection to which
all home products must be subjected,
Will enter Into the channels of trade
without any further embargo and
without finding another inspection law
n different regulations at the doors
Of every single state, or even town
! Ship. as has been the case heretofore
Lewiston daily teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1901, 1900-11-23
Ed ucati0nal Meeting.

WINoNA, Nov. % The annual meet
ing of the Southeastern Minnesota Edu-
cation Association began here today with
the largest attendance in the history OF
the association. The forenoon was given
over to the inspection of the normal and
public schools and this afternoon the real
work of the convention was taken up.
Among the subjects discussed were ad-
vanced reading, reading in the grades
the aim OF primary reading and the pro.
fessionl side of teaching.
The visiting teachers began ARRIVING
yesterday, and today each incoming
tr ain has brought large delegations. The
homes of the city have been thrown open
and ample entertainment has been pro
vided for all. The convention will con
tinue and conclude its sessions tomorrow
feature of the afternoon session will bt
an address on "Some Phases of ths
Southern Educational Problem" b,
Irwin Shepard, secretary of the Nationa
Educational Association.