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VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OliEtt ON, FRIDAY, OCTOHEIt 1, 1897.
NO. 41.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BRIEF AND INTERESTING ITEMS
Comprehensive Itevlew of the Import
til Happening of tha Cur
rent YYk.
Commander Booth-Tucker linn ar
rived in Denver to complete tlia ar
rangement (or eatabliahinga Salvation
Army colony in the Arkansas valley.
In Joeph Hayward' raw mill, near
Macon, Mi),; large bollur exploded
and ki) l.'tl three workmen, Charles
Heater, Walter Ferguraon and Albert
Yost The mill wa blown to frag
ment. The graduate! of the deaf, dumb and
blind asylum at Berkley, 01., have
organized a novo) toeiaty. It purpoa
li to Influence won I thy people, and, if
poselble, tb federal and atute govern
ment, in establishing achnlurahip for
the blind In loading tduoatioanal initi
tutlona. The United State tteaimlilp Pan
Franoiaeo, tlia fhigablp of the European
aqnadron, baa arrived at Tttngiur,
Moroooo, in order to inveatlgtite and
obtain redre, II ntwasacy, (or the re
ported flogging of Amerii-aii citizen at
Mogadon and also to enfurco the prom
'aod nettlemeiit ol former claim of the
United Statea agalnat Morocco.
The inexorable discriminating law of
China, which condemn a paraoide to
death by the tlicing prncc, whether
ha be the perpetrator of a wilful orim?
or the victim of an accident, la terribly
illustrated by a ease now vexing the
people of Shanghai. A boy of 1 1 wm
twinging aome article about hit head in
play, when it hapined to atrike bit
mother, who died from the effect of
the blow. lie waa condemned to be
elired to death, and, though effort have
ben made to aave him from thi fear
ful end, ao far they have not been uo
coastal. A dlapatoh from Vienna faya tliat
the lmer Ika, with a crew of 10,
and carrying 60 Auatralian paaaengora,
waa entering the port at Fihme, on
the river Flumara, while the bora waa
blowing bard, when the collided with
the English ttoaraer Tira, which waa
leaving. The bowt of the Ika were
Ktove in and ahe sank in two minute.
Iloau haatilr put off and aaved the
raptain and teven others, but moat of j
the pasaenirer perished. The casually
took place in full view of thousands
who crowded the pier in the greatest
excitement and alarm.
According to E, Baldwin, the well- J
known authority on polar expeditions,
there are many reaaont for believing
Andrea, the Swedish aeronaut, ia now
On hit return trip from the radar re
gion, and may toon be heard from.
Mayor Phelan, of Ban i ranclaco, naa,
iu a very pointed way, wamd the board '
Of education that if it doea not keep
strictly within the lettei of the law in j
the matter of appropriationa It may be
ousted from office, aa waa the board of
eupervitora. I
Ti.nui lUimhtara of PrMlon Howard
were burned to death in their home at on Seventh and Oak streets, where they
I'ort Alma, Ont. The rent of the fam-j took up their quarters on arriving in
ily escaped from the burning building, j the city, and whence tliev returned
The girl were aged 18, 10 and 8 yeara. ; after their crime. They give the pre.
One of them bad escaped, but met her aumably fictitious name of George
death in returning to assist her sisters. ' Jackson and Char Iks Williams. No
Acting upon the request of the secre-' livet were lost in the oaptnre, nor wa
tary of agriculture the treasury depart-1 any time wasted. The men when ar
inentha requested the eecretaty of rested gave every evidence of being des
slate to instruct all the consular oftlcera ' perate characters, but before uau could
of tbe United States to refuse authenti- j be made of their numerous weapons,
cation of invoice of hidea of meat the two were covered with revolvers,
cattle from district ia which anthrax ' precluding any attempt at resistance,
Uinta. I Jck"on 8,,' Williams, the former
The unclaimed Jewel and ouiioa to being about 60 yeara of age and the
.t.. ..i., f air.n non M,-h were found ' latter not more than S3, came to this
in the ruin after the Are at the charity j
bazaar tn the Kue ueuoujon, nave Deen
old at auction. The money realized
will remain bonded for 80 year, after
which alt the money unclaimed goe to
the (tale. ...
Uongres will be asked at Its coming
etsion to make a large appropriation
fur the manufacture of modern high-
power guns to be installed for service
on board auxiliary oruisort of the "
T fatted States navy in time or war.
Captain Charles O'Noil, chief of the
bureau of ordnance, proposes to make a
recommendation in hit fortooming an- ;
nuul report that at leaat 1500,000 ba
appropriated for thlt purpose. It it ea-'
timated that 8,000.000 will be re-j
quired to equip with modern batteriea
the 88 ateamer now enrolled in the
government service aa auxiliary
cruiser.
Fire wat ditcovered In the mala
slope of mine No. 8, at Btookton, Ala.!
About 100 men were employed in the
mine. At once an alarm wat given,
A panio followed among the workmen
and hundred gatnored at the main en-
trance of the amoking mine, while'
rescue parties were at onoe formed to
relieve the miners. More than 60 were '
gotten out from the various entranoea
without harm. Othere were overcome
by tmoke and fell by the wayside. Five '
men, who were working about th
elopes beyoud where tbe fire originated,
could not be readied, and it ha been L
regarded aa certain that they are dead. Cairo, IS! Aanar, meaning mo r,p,Bn
t. i. .i k. .u. . . ait,., n,a .n,i " Inn clear records datum as far
It ia thought three or four other! may
be in the mine.
Arthur Jordan, a Scotch explorer,
who olalmt to be familiar with the
conntry between Spokane and the Klon
dike, will leave Spokane with six men,
October 10, for the Yukon country.
J. J. Browne it at the head of the syn
dicate wbloh it outfitting the party to
prospect on . Stewart river. Mr.
Browne' ton, Guy, will be a member
of the party. They will go via Ash
croft, taking the Hudson bay trail there
to Lake Teslin, down the lake to the
Uootalinqua river, down that stream to
the ?, thence to Stewart river.
O, R. & N, TRAIN HELD UP.
Engineer and Fireman Roblied-lilgh.
waynian Captured. .
Portland, Or., Sept. 88. One of the
boldest attempt to liold np a train re
ported here for yeara occurred Hominy
evening at Hi25 o'clock on the O. K. &
N. truck jiitt Ave mi lit beyond the
city limiti. While the regular East
ern train, No. S, was leaving the city,
two masked men succeeded in (topping
the engine by tome aignal, and after
taking the enlgneor and fireman into
the brnnh beside the track, fobbed thorn
of their watche and about (10 in
money. The brakeinan went forward
aa toon at the train stopped, and taking
in the aitimtion, crawled under the
mail car and opened fire on the rob
bera, who got into the brualt with their
two prisoner. Tlien he mounted the
cab, and, amidst a volley of pinto! Hhnto,
miooceded In backing the train out of
danger. No one waa Injured, and noth
ing waa loat except what waa taken
from the engineer and fireman while
tlmlr captora had them under guard In
the bruah by the track.
Conductor All iaon was niuile aware
of the trouble by tbuNluckenad Speed of
the train. The brakeinan waa ahead
of him In going forward, and bad en
gaged In the combat with the highway
men before lie reuohed the upper end.
He waa approaching the bo. -tie of the
ehooting, carrying hit lantern, when a
ahot from one of the robbert broke the
globe. Realizing that something scri
out waa in progrraa, he retired hnatily
to the interior of one of the coaches.
At toon at the conductor found that the
train wal backed far enough to be ont
of danger he had it stopped, and him
aelf armed, with the brakeinan and
aome of the paseengera who could mut
ter a firearm, a hostile array waa form
ed to receive the onslaught of the high
waymen. ' '
The attack did not come, however,
hot instead of the robbers there came
walking down the track the engineer
and fireman. They wcro received with
joy, and told their ttory after it became
apparent that the robbert intended no
further demonstration against the pas
senger. '
When the train halted, the engineer
and fireman were covered by the revolv
er of the highwaymen and ordered to
got out of the cab, Aa the two had the
drop on the engineer and fireman, they
thought there wat no other alternative,
and obeyed. Aa soon aa they reached
the ground they were ordered In front
of the engine a short distance from
where it stood. Following the mandate
of the robbert, they walked in the direc
tion indicated until ordered to stop,
Moth were searched for valuables. From
the engineer a gold watch and chain
were secured, and about 97 in money.
The fireman waa also relieved of $i.
This accomplished, the two priaonera
were permitted to return down the
track to where the brukemnn had run
the train, while the robbert took their
departure In another direction.
ltoubera Captured.
The two highwaymen who held np
tbe O. K. N. train were arrcHted
within 15 hour of the hold-up, anil are
securely lodged in the city jail. The
bungling clumsiness with which they
conducted the robbery .'characterised
their movement! from the time they
laid their firtt plans.
Thar were arrested In a loduiiis! house
city Wednesday, on the California
ateamer, stopping the first night in a
hotel, and the next day taking a room
in the lodging house at tii) Seventh
street. In their room, when captured,
were found two flue double-barreled
thot-gunt, bearing evidence of having
been recently fired, and two large re
volver. Some time prior to Saturday
night the housemaid, in cleaning their
room, observed a ' fair-siaed packet,
marked "Handle with oare." Satur-
day night tint disappeared from their
room, and found near where the train
wat held up, containing 18 aticka of a
heavy high explosive, designated as
Hercules, No. 1, powder,
Tbe two men also went to a livery
table Sunday, took a horse and single
bnggy at about 5 o'clock, and did not
return it until 11 o'clock, that night,
In thi buggy was found next morning
a purse that Engineer O. II. Kvant
Identified aa being the one taken from
him by the highwaymen at the time of
the hold-up. In the purso wat a $5
gold piece, whloh it also contained at
the time of itt departure from Mr.
Kvana, but he it unable to identify the
piece of money aa the one he possessed,
The story of their capture ia brief,
yet revealt careful and efficient work
by the officers, and a determined effort
on the part of the O. 11. & N. official
to bring the desperadoes to Justice.
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The great Mohammedan schoo at
did." ha clear
back as 875,
Ftt Ronawnjr Aceldent.
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 28. F. W.
Valentine, a well-to-do lawyer, of
Brooklyn, wat instantly killed in a
runaway aooident in the town of Pom
fort today. Henry L. Burt, a promin
ent druggist of Putnam, who was with
him, was probably fatally hurt. The
wivea of both , men were severely
bruised. - '. " '
About forty-five thousand eovcrois;n8
past over the Bunk of England oouutqra
everyday.
IF SPUN REJECTS IT
What Will Follow Refusal to
Accept Our Mediation.
WAR MAY NOT BE DECLARED
tint Diplomatic Uetntlnn Will Da ua
paudad, and Mlnl.tor Woodford
Will He lUcatUd.
Madrid, Sept. 28. The arrival of
United States Minister Woodford from
Han Sebastian has caused a sensation.
The programme of the Unitd States hat
been ascertained. This doet not con
template a declaration of war, if Spain
rejects mediation, but, according to re
ports, an "ostentatious proclamation to
the world of disapproval of the Cuban
regime by .nspeiiding diplomatic rela
tion! with Spain, and withdrawinujtbe
United States minister."
Ueneral Woodford iiaa declined to be
interviewed on the subject, further
than to say that bis conference with tiie
Dubke of Tetuau, the foreign minister,
waa of the most satisfactory character.
The unexpected bitterness of the
press and of public opinion has pain
fully impressed him, but he hopes it
will soon be allayed. . lie believe hi
mission ia favorable to Spanish inter
ests, and oonnot comprehend that Spain
could reject mediation designed to end
an impoverishing war. v
He haa not named a time at which
the war mutt be terminated, but he
hopes, as shown by the rest of his
tenders, it will be ended quickly. He
believes that war it inflicting incal
culable lost upon tiie United Staea, and
that it it impossible to prevent tbe or
ganization of filibustering expeditions.
Untuual measures were taken to protect
Minister Woodford on hi journey from
San Sebastian to thi city, but the trip
wa quite uneventful. A party of gen
darmes, commanded by a sublieutenant,
guarded the Southern express, on which
he was a passenger. Secret police were
posted at the station, and the prefect of
police was in waiting to escort him to
bia hotel. The drive through the
ttreett waa marked by no special inci
dent, though several people saluted
him, receiving a bow in return.
Some comment has been caused by
the fact that Minister Woodford's fam
ily has not accompanied him, bnt re
mains behind on the French frontier.
Minister Woodford explains that bit
party la a large one, requiring a com
modious home, and prefer spending a
pleasant October at Biarritz until a
suitable residence can be secured
here. General Woodford has al
ready engaged a box at the Koral opera
house, and has purchased hoises.
General Woodford has taken apart
ments at the Hotel Koine, but received
official visitt at the legation, where he
passed the entire morning. :
Ht Ne Faith tn Austria,
London, Sept. 28. A Madrid special
tays: The rumor of Austrian mediation
between Spain and the United States,
in the event of hostilities, has created
surprise, mingled with much incredul
ity. The Spaniards fail to tee what
Austria could do, tiniest by naval
powers, or at least by the combined
pacific action of several governments,
- Waylur Call for Mora Offlolala.
Madrid, 8ept. 88. Captain-General
Weyler hat cabled a request to the gov
ernment to send lis additional admin
istrative officials to Cuba. The declar
ation ia being made here and generally
circulated that the Spanish troops in
Cuba have recaptured Victoria de las
Loans, which was taken by the tunsur
gents under Garcia, on August 25.
Web.tor Convicted.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 28. The
Webster murder trial ended in a tensa-
timtal rlMnntiinnnr. tnnii?1it The tnrv.
1 after having been out for more than 80
hours, came in with a verdict of mu:
: der in the first degree, and wa dis
charged, but two of the jurors, B. J.
I Frasier and O. Thomas, Immediately
' delivered a signed statement to the
attorneys for the defense that the ver
dict was against their convictions, and
they only yielded after physical and
mental exhaustion from the long strain
in the jury room. Frasier it 66 year
of age and Thomas 72. It is thought
that thia will undoubtedly lead to a
new trial. ' ' ';'';'"
Miner Burled Alive.
El Paso, Sept. 28. News waa re
oeived here tonight that the San Pedro
mine, in the Cartillitoa group, 12
miles from this bity, In Mexico, caved
in today, killing 17 men who were at
work on thejmine at the time. The un
fortunates were buried alive under 60
feet of rocks and dirt. The San Pedro
ia one of the oldest mine in the group.
and rioh in silver. It ia the property
of the wealthy Cartillioa Company, the
principal stockholder of whioh reside
in New York. If the mine wa not
timbered, the Mexican government will
impose a heavy fine on the oompany on
account of tbe wholesale killing.
, Boy Accidentally Shot.
New Whatcom. Wash., Sept. 28.
Reuben Smith, a yonng boy who waa
out hunting with a companion near
Ten-Mile, thi oounty, waa accidentally
shot in the neck and probably fatally
injured thi afternoon, while taking hi
gun across a fence.
Port Townsend, Sept. 28. The bark
rigged British ahip Cape York, Captain
Mitohell, arrived this morning, 84 days
from Panama While lying at the
latter port there were several CBtea of
yellow fever and two deaths aboard
the ship. She cleared for thi port
without being disinfected or even fumi
gated. On arrival this morning ahe
was ordered to Diamond point, the
United States quarantine station, where
the ship and crew will be detained two
weekt for fumigation and disinfection.
THE MORTGAGE LAW.
Declared Vaeonatltutlonal
' prein Court.
bjr th So-
Olympia, Wash., Sept. 27. The su
preme court today affirmed judgment
in the case of Nathaniel it. Swinburne,
respondent, vs. the Sheriff of Pierce
county, appellant a case that involved
the legality or application of the act
passed by the last legislature relating
to the sale of property under exeoution
and decree, and the confirmation of
sheriffs' tales.
The case waa appealed from the su
perior court of Pierce county, when a
peremptory writ of mandamue wat
granted against the sheriff, command
ing him to proceed with the tale under
a special execution and order, issued on
June 24, 1807, in the case of Swinburne
vs. Oelane, and to advertise certain
mortgaged property for aale to satisfy
the judgment in the said cause, with
out appraisement or without requiring
either the judgment creditor or debtor
to fix a value upon the mortgaged prop
erty at a minimum price for sale, and
to proceed at once under the old law
regarding such sales, without regard to
the recent act of the leigslature regulat
ing such matters.
The respondent contended:
First That neither the title nor tbe
body of the act sustained the conten
tion that the law applies to foreclosure
of mortgages.
Second That it was not the intent
of the legislature to make the law retro
active! and ',
Third That, if the law doe apply
to mortgage and It was intended to be
retroactive, that portion relating to a
year' Btay of sale and the provision for
fixing a valuation are unconstitutional,
because obnoxious to section 10 of ar
ticle I of the constitution of the United
State regarding impairment of con
tracts. ..
Regarding the first contention, the
supreme court hold that it waa evi
dently the intent to include mortgages
a well aa mortgage sold under execu
tion. Also, that it waa the intention
of the legislature to make the provi
sions o' this act retroactive.
In holding the act unconstitutional
in- it application to contract made
prior to the passage of the act, the
court devotes some attention to the
prlnoiplo of the inviolability of con
tract, which i founded upon honesty
and good faith, supported in ethics aa
Well as law. It the value of a contract
is deteriorated or lessened hy the pas
sage of an act, the obligation of tbe act
is most certainly impaired.. It is a
principle of law that the law which ia
in existence at the time a contract ia
made becomes a part of the contract.
In thia case it waa expressly atipulated
in the mortgage that the law in force
at the time the contract was made
should become a part of the contract,
but in the absence of such stipulation
the effect would be the same. Under
the law, when the contract wa made,
the mortgagee had a right to the sale
of thia land at once upon the issuance
of hia exeoution, subject only to re
demption. Thia waa a valuable right,
and was no doubt taken into consider
ation by the judgment creditor, or in
this case the mortgagee. The law now
compels him to wait more than a year
after judgment before he can have the
s;ime made, and, says the court, it
seems beyond controversy that, as to
antecedent contraota, thia provision of
the law ia void. ' , . . -
Defenees at the Golden Oat.
San Franoisco, Sept. 27. The Unit
ed States engineers in charge of tbe
harbor fortifications of San Francsico
have directed that a survey be made
on tbe shore line on the south aide of
the bay, and the Golden Gate, from
Black point to Point Loboa. The pur
pose of the survey, which hat just be
gun and will be -completed a week
hence, is to accurately locate the forts
for the Information of the war depart
ment.' '
Army and nary officers here think
the harbor defenses are now sufficient
ly well advanced to atand off any fleet
that Spain or Japan could put into ac
tion here, and they are strong enough
with the assistance of the batteriea of
the Monterey and Monadnock type and
with the aid of torpedoes to make a
splendid fight against the best fleet
England would be likely to jgend here.
I'uuiahment of Kins of Benin.
Lagos, West Coast of Africa, Sept.
27. Drunami, the king of Benin, who
has been on trial at Benin City since
August last, with a number of bis lead
ins chiefs, charged with being concern
ed in the maasaore of the unarmed ex
pedition under Birtish Consul Pbiltipa,
has been condemned to be transported
to Calabar, a slave settlement of Brit
ish West Africa. Three of the king'
chief were previously sentenced. Two
of them were ahot and their bodies dis
played hanging in the streets for 21
hours. The third of these ohiefs es
caped a similar fate by committing fili
cide.' .. "
Typhoid Wlplnc Out a Family.
Oreensburs. Ind.. Sept. 27. An un-
naiiallv ntoniiar caae of family afflio-
tion is reported from Forest Hill. Two
weeks ago the eldest Drotner oi jura.
Finley Sanderson died of typhoid fever
A taw ituva later her mother passed
away from the same disease, and the
fever claimed her husband last Satur
day. Yesterday she herself succumbed
to the malady, and now two of Her
children are lying at the point of
death.
Wheeling Carries Diapatchee.
Ann Franoisoo. SeDt. 27. The eun-
boat Wheeling tailed for Honolulu to-
ight. She was obliged to fill vacan
cies in her orew by drafting 40 men
from the monitor Monadnock. The
Wheeling carried dispatches to Hono
lulu in advance of the rouglar mail
steamer. -' - ' ''
Greensburg, Ind., Sept. 27. Charles
Gallagher, an aged flagman at a Big
Four crossing in this city, waa atruok
by an engine and killed.
DECISION BY M'KIMEY
Mortgage on the Union Pacific
to Be Foreclosed.
THE COMPANY WILL REOttGASIZE
fho Government Will Lose 8omethln(
Like Twenty-Five Million In
the Transaction.
Chicago, Sept. 27 A special to the
fribune from Washington says;
The Union Pacific reorganization
:ommittee proposition for tbe settle
ment of the company's debt to the
United State . will be accepted, the
government mortgage will be fore
closed, the road sold and the company
reorganized. This statement is made
n the highest authority.
For aeveral day past the president
has bad conferences with the represen
tatives of the company and with the
tttorney-g neral, and before he left
Washington he agreed to the tale of the
road and its reorganization upon the
basis which the reorganization commit
tee suggested. The announcement of
the decision may be looked for at an
early date. It will come in an order
for foreclosure issued by the president
to the secretary of the treasury.
The agreement to which President
McKinley has agreed to give hia sanc
tion i the same which was submitted
to congress by President Cleveland
last January. Under thia agreement
the reorganization committee will bid
for the road under a foreclosure aale,
the sum of $45,000,000.
In order to give an intelligible state
ment of what this bid will mean to the
United States, it ia necessary to enter
briefly into the history of the Union
Paoiflo obligation to the government
The principal debt of the Union
Pacific to the United States was ?35,
689,612. A portion of this haa not yet
been advanced by the United States.
The interest paid . by the governmeat
amounts to $86,954,898. The whole
indebtedness on the 1st day of July,
1897, was $70,494,405. The sinking
fund of the Union Pacific in tbe handB
of the treasurer of tbe United States on
the same day waa $17,738,209. After
deduoting the sinking fund, which ia
an asset of the company in the hands of
the United States for the puprose of
paying the debt of the Union Pacific
Company to the government, the sum
of $28,015,850 remains to be paid.
That i the only turn which the Fitz
gerald reorganization committee, as it
is known, will be required to pay the
government , .
The loss to the government is the dif
erence between $53,000,000, which is
the net amount due the government in
round numbers, and the $28,000,000,
making a loss of nearly $25,000,000 in
round numbers, according to the figur
ing of the opponents of the agreement.
The agreement for the foreclosure
sale also contains a provision for the
reorganization of the Union Pacific
Bailroad Company and its Kansas Pa
cific branch. The reorganization com
mittee consists of Louis Fitzgerald,
Jacob H. Sehieff, T. Jefferson Coo
lidge, jr., Cbauncey M. Depew, Marvin
Hughitt and Oliver Ames. The cap
italization of the new company under
the Fitzgerald plan will be $100,000,
000, 4 per cent bonds, $75,000,000 ol
preferred stock and $61,000,000 of com
mon stock.
FOOD SHORTAGE INEVITABLE.
Captain Tuttle'a Report on Condition
In the North.
Washington, Sept. 27. Captain
Tuttle, in command of the cutter Bear,
of tbe Behring aea patrol, in a report
to the seoretary of the treasury, gives
an official account of the rescue of Cap
tain Wbitesidea, his wife and a number
of the' crew of the steamer Nevarch,
which was caught in the ice pack off
Icy Cape, July 80, and also reports aa
to the condition of affairs at St.
Michaels.
Tbe Bear reached' St. Michaels Au
gust 28, where about 800 miners were
found camping on the beach. On ar
rival Captain Tuttle received requests
from the Alaska Commercial Company
and the North American Trading Com
pany to remain wtih his command at
St. Michael until some means could be
devised to maintain law and order.
He was Informed that among the Bud
den influx of people were many bad
characters, and previous to the arrival
of tbe Bear, open threats had been
made aa to what they would do if the
transportation oompany failed to get
them up tbe Yukon. This waa impos
sible with the means at hand.
Captain Tuttle say that navigation
would close in a few days and that 12
vessels were then on the way to St.
Michaels, the most of them with pas
sengers, and he thought if they did not
return on the vessels whioh brought
them, muoh suffering must result.
- The captain decided to comply with
the requests which had been made un
til Captain Hooper, of the command of
the Behring aea fleet, could be com
municated with. : ; r
In concluding hia report Captain
Tutlte saya that in bis opinion the situ
ation on the Yukon this winter will be
a very serious matter, and in his judg
ment the limited supply of food will
result in starvation.
Taooma, Sept. 27. The ateamship
Willamette sailed from Tacoma tonight
for Skaguay and way ports. She will
carry to the north all tbe freight that
can be stored in her hold and piled
upon her deck. The deckload com
prises 800,000 feet of . lumber. The
cargo will amount to 3,900 tons. The
tteamer haa 80 head of live stock, com
prising cattle, hogs and Bheep. The
passenger list from the Sound will
number 100 people, moat of whom are
tradtrt or tpeculatora.
DEATH IN DYEA PASS.
Eighteen Packer Barled Under a Mon-
ater A.valanohe
Port Townsend, Sept. 27. The steam
er Pioneer, which left the Sound Sep
tember 12 with the bark Shirley in tow
for Skaguay, returned at 1 o'clock thia
morning, having made the run down
in Ko hours.
The Pioneer brings down a atory of a
mow or landslide between Sheep Camp
and Chilkoot pas last Sunday morning
in which 18 men are supposed to have
lost thier lives; only one body hod been
found, that of a man named Choyniki,
cousin of JoeChojnski, the prizefighter.
Tiie 16 or 18 men suppoed to be lost
were packers on the Byea trail, and
tbey bad upwards of $30,000 In their
possession. V
There are many here who do not be
lieve the story, as it is very early in the
season for snow slide. Officers of the
Pioneer say the story was brought to
Skaguay Sunday evening by three men,
who told it in suoh a thrilling manner
as to leave no doubt a to its truthful
ness. They described the avalanche aa
consisting of rocks, ice and dirt, the
mas having been loosened by the re
cent unprecedented hard rain which
baa been fallling continuously for the
past month.
All tbe bridges on the Skaguay river
have been washed out and tiie river ia
raging torrent.
: W. W. Sprague, of Tacoma, who
started eight week ago with a three
years' outfit, returned from Skaguay on
the Pioneer.
- The steamer Al-Ki, a week overdue
from Alaska, arrived this morning at
4 o'clock. She carried a large list of
men returning from Skaguay, who were
unable to orosa the pass. The snow is
rix inches deep at Lake Bennett, and
i three inches fell on tbe summit of Chil
koot pass last Saturday. --
... The Story Corroborated.
. Port Townsend, Wash., Sept. 27.
Captain Keilson, master of tbe tug
Pioneer, corroborates the story of the
gnowslide, or more appropriately, land
slide, in tbe neighborhood of Sheep
Camp. Captain Nelson says:
"Three men came to Skaguay beach
Sunday night with a story that at
Sheep Camp that morning at 8:30
o'clock a peculiar aound from the south
west side of the mountain was heard,
and before the resident of tbe camp
could fully dress they found themselves
being rapidly borne down the canyon
on a mass of moving debris from the
mountain aide. Tbe majority of the
residents of Sheep Camp escaped, al
though the entire town was almost
wholly destroyed.
: "The slide struck the town in the
northern part, where nearly all the
packers were quartered in tents and
Bleeping the sleep of hard, overworked
men. The main part of the slide from
the mountain missed Sheep Camp
proper, although from the report very
little of the town remains. Packers
amp was wholly carried away, and it
is impossible to learn the full names of
the unfortunates, aa they were all
known by surnames such as Jack, Jim,
Dick, etc. "
"The cause of the slide wa reported
to be the action of heavy rains on tbe
hills where a sort of reservoir waa
formed, which body of water forced the
land down into the basin below. Never
before have such heavy rains been ex
perienced by old Indians in the neigh
borhood of Chilkoot pass." '
"Yf. W. Sprague, of Taooma, return
ing from Skaguay pass, verifies the
above report
THE UMPIRE CHOSEN.
Fifth Arbitrator of the Britlah-Vene-uela
Benndary.
Washington, Sept. 27. A final de
cision has been reached by the arbitra
tor who are to determine the Britiah
Vei.c?ila boundary line as to the fifth
arbitrator, or umpire, who ia to act
with him. His name is for the present
withheld. It is not Baron Courcel.
whose name has been mentioned in this
connection, nor King Oscar of Sweden,
who was to name the umpire only in
case the arbitrators failed to agree. An
agreement was reached without the
necessity of calling on the Swedish sov
ereign. The umpire is an European,
but thi i said to be without signifi
cance, since no question involving the
Monroe doctrine is to be submitted to
the tribunal. The arbitrators on behalf
of Venezuela are Chief Justice Fuller
and Justice Brewer, of the supreme
court. . '" -' ' .;
A Lltnteck Trant. '.-,'
Washington, Sept 24. Assistant At-
torney-General Boyd, of the depart-'
ment of justice, in charge of the case
against the South Omaha Livestock J
Exchange, gays he is satisfied the South
Omaha exchange was organized on
lines similar to those of the Kansas
City exchange, which was a few days
ago declared a trust by Judge Foster of
the United States district court.
The suits agalnat Wetsern livestock
exchanges begun under Attorney-Gen-,
eral Harmon, of the Cleveland admin- i
istration, but the present administra
tion ia prosecuting them with all pos-'
aible vigor.
Killed by a Landslide. ' j
London, Sept. 27. A private die- i
patoh from Rome says that about 40
persons were killed and many others
injured by an earth slip at the sulphur
minea near Girgentt.
Train Plunged Into a Klver.
Madras, Sept. 27. Floods have
washed away a bridge on the Benga-lore-Mysore
railroad nearMaddur. An
engine and five oars filled with passen
ger were precipitated into the river,
causing great loss of life.
Gasoline Store Exploded.
Chicago, Sept. 27.r-One man was
fatally burned and six others persons
injured laat night by an explosion of a
gasoline stove on Wett Adaoii (treat.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL IHTEBEST
Cram All the Cities and Town ef
the Thriving ftuter (tatoa
'.Oregon.
Patrick Gibson, a farmer, waa killed
by a train near Oregon City.
Vale expects to be lighted by electri
city by November 15 next.
The tmoke from burning forest i
again obscuring the atmosphere all
along the coast.
W. D. Huffman, of Diamond, haa
just made a aale of 70,000 pounds of
wool at 12 cents.
Malheur river farmers are putting up
their third crop of alfalfa, and have it
mostly in the stack. , s
The next reunion of the soldiers and
sailors of Southern Oregon will be held
in Med ford during September, 1898.
The 10th semi-annual meeting of the
Oregon State Association of Nursery
men will be held in Salem, on Wednes
day, October 6.
Quail have never been known to be
to thick in the vicinity of Ashland for
many years, and offer aome good sport
for local gunners. .
' Junction City haa a new fire engine,
for which it recently paid $1,100. The
engine was tested anUthrew a I inch
stream 216 feet, and two : 7-8-iuch
streams 140 feet each.
The enrollment at the deaf-mute
school at Salem ia now 80. Of thia
number, seven are new pupils. Super
intendent Knight expects a total of 60
or more within the next few yeara.
The burglar who broke into tbe post
office at Echo got $40 in money and
aome postage stamps. The money and
stamps have been recovered. , They
were rolled np by the burglar in au old
stocking.
The Umatilla county court ha com
menced legal proceedings to recover on
28 notes tint were turned over to the
county court by the receiver of the de
funct Pendleton National bank in set
tlement of the county's claim against
the bank.
; About the largest yield of wheat yet
reported comes from the old Daw place,
on the Long Tom. It was Deflanoe
wheat and was grown by Frank Bum
gardner. Six acres made an aggregate
yield of 290 bushels, or 48) bushels
per acre.
Klamath county farmers are busy
harvesting and threshing, and crops are
turning out better than waa antici
pated. Some crops have yielded enor
mously. It ia reported that Shook
Bros.' crop of oats in Alkali valley
went 766 bushels to tbe acre. ' ; '
Five persons were seriously injured
in a .collision at Eagle Point Some
miscreant bad picked the switch lock,
which let a special go in on the siding,
which held a train of loaded logging
trucks. The special had been sent
with two doctors to attend P. L. Phelan,
who had been thrown from a buggy
and was seriously injured. "
3. W. Stamper, one of the pioneer of
Umatilla connty, ia in hia 73d year, but
notwithstanding ho raised 13,000 bush
els of wheat this year with the aid
of a coy, who worked for him three
months only. Mr. Stamper disposed of
his wheat at 76 cents a bushel and find
himself in very good shape physically
as well as financially. Mr. Stamper
haa resided for 26 years near Athena.
. Washington.
The Tacoma school have adopted
the vertical system of writing. , .
The diphtheria scare in Oakdale ia
over, and the two patient are both re
covering. Workmen have commenced to stretch
the telephone wire from The Dalles to
Goldendale. ;
. The policemen of Tacoma are circu
lating a petition asking the city council
for an increase in pay.
During August the Whatcom cream
sry paid $489.46 for cream and made
8,246 pound of butter. ..
The drug store in Elberton, which
contain the postoffice, waa burglarized,
the safe blown open, and $200 in
money and $200 in itamps taken. The
robbers left no trace. , ;
Sportsmen are shooting Bob White
quail, near Walla Walla, contrary to
law, and the gun club of Walla Walla
will try to put a stop to tbe unlawful
destruction of the birds.
Press day In Spokane brought over
80 editora of the Inland Empire to Spo
kane, the guests of the Fruit Fair As
sociation. The Spokane Press Club
joined in the entertaining of the visit
ors, and showed them the city in all
its glory. ,
Four companies of the Sixteenth in
fantry from Fort Sherman, together
with tbe regimental heudquarter and
band, are soon to take their annual
practice march, The march will be by
easy stage from Fort Sherman to Deep
creek, 15 milea west of 8pokane, and re
turn. Passing through Spokane, the
troop will go into camp for perhaps a
day or two. , "':
The North Pacific German mission
conference, which was in session in
Spokane, waa presided over by Bishop
C. D. Foss, of Philadelphia. Tacoma
waa chosen as the place for holding
next year' conference.
President 8. T. Gate has made a
thorough inspection of all the minea
along the Monte Cristo road. A a re
sult, another roaster will be erected
beside the two now in use and the one
building, and other extensive improve
ment will be made at the Everett
tmelter.