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THE KLONDIKE MAILS United States and Canada Reach an Agreement. GOES SEMIMONTHLY TO DAWSON AI-KI Again Nail North-The Steamer Queen Will Take Up a . Hotal In Sectlone. Washington, Aug. 23. The Cana dian ami the United States govern ments have agreed to co-operate in aug menting the ofltal facilities of the Klondike region, and the result will shortly be evidenced in a substantial doubling of the mail service from the -count into that district. Canada made a proposition for exchange of mails at Circle City and Dawson City, agreeing to perforin the service from Dawson City to Dyea by means of a contract of her own, with reimbursement to be made by this government for its share of the service. This differs from this country's prop osition in that under tbe latter the United States was to let the contract and look to Canada for reimbursement for the latter'a share. The counter scheme, however, is satisfactory to the postofAue department here. The Canadian service provides for the exchange of mails at Fort Cudahy and two other stations between Daw eon City and Dyea. The exact route is not out.ined, but in all probability it will strike off directly southward from Dawson City, which is on the British side of the line, down to Dyea. At present, the district gets the benefit of mails once a month. The new arrange ment will furnish an additional ser vice, giving serai-monthly mails, the trips probably being sandwiched be tween the dates designated in the pres ent oontraot of the United States. Canada's proposition for carrying the mails one round trip a month be tween Dawson City and Dyea was for mally accepted this afternoon by Act ing Postmaster-General Shallenbergen, tind the Canadian government notified of the action. In the communication, this government if stated to be ready to assume its share of the responsibil ity, and Canadfi is urged to put the servioe into operation at the earliest possible moment. Dyea, which is 100 miles above Juneau, on Lynn canal, and Dawson City will bedeclared inter national postal exchange offices. The British mails will be carried by the United States from Victoria to Dyea. The service will bring about the crea tion of a postofllce at Dawson City, and also at Fort Cuduhy, Forty Mile, and probably at other points, although these mentioned are beyond Dawson -City. The service will be under the immediate supervision of the Canadian mounted police, and the curriers will be equipped with dogs and sledges, and will have Indian drivers The first contract will be at least one year. Wherever the British mails can be ex pedited by carrying them over the present Circle City route between the dates of the new service this will.be done. Last April an order was issued by the postofllce department discontinuing the steamboat mail service from Seattle to Juneau, beginning April 18. This order has now -been modified to read "omit servioe from that dute to the 81st of this month, when the perform ance of the servioe is to be resumed." Queen Will Carry a Hotel. Seattle, Aug. 23. At 6:30 tonight, the Al-Ki sailed for Dyea and Skaguay. She carried 145 passengers and 600 tons of freight. Among the cattle on board were 25 long-horned steers. Shortly after the collier Willamette left for Dyea, the passengers organized for police protection, the organization being named the Willamette and Klon dike Protective Society. Care wag taken to prevent Are and all suspicions characters were watched. Before the boat readied Dyea, eight suspected men had been imprisoned. Valentine scrip jumped in price to 35 and $45 per acre, as the result of the rush to the Klondike gold fields. Large blocks of scrip have been sold in this city, the intention being to locate property at Skaguay. Next Sunday the steamer Queen leaves for St. Michaels, with lumber. The A. S. Kerry Lumber Company sends the frame and lumber all fitted to build a Jiotel there to accommodate 160 people. The Queen will reach there in three weeks. Deputy Sheriff Calderhead has a let ter from ex-Deputy Adam Baker, dated Skaguay, August 7. He went on the Rosalie. The passengers formed a company to unload. Trouble ensued by one man assuming to boss. The miners drew guns and then took their individual goods ashore. The river, but a mile from camp, is 500 feet wide and swift, and there is continued loss of goods by horses fall ing in the current. Packs must be cut away to save tbe horses. Several horses were drowned August 6 and 7. Tired men are selling outfits at less than cost. Thirty men are building a bridge half a mile up. It is a private snap. All would be well if the pros pectors would work together. Fell Through a Hatchway to Death. Port Townsend, Aug. 23. John Riley, a sailor on tbe British ship Cor unna, which arrived yesterday to load wheat at Tacoma for the United King dom, fell through a hatchway of tbe ship thia morning and broke his neck. Sever Stoma ia Blleala. Berlin, Aug. 23. Tbe greater part of Silesia haa been visited by severe storms, and several persons hire been killed by lightning. MINERS TO RETALIATE. Sheriff Lowry Will He Sued fur Ob. tructhig IliiaiU. Pittsburg, Aug. 23. It was reported among the strikers today tliat suit wait to be entered against Sheriff Lowry for obstructing the roads in Plum ami Pat ton townships. The strikers contend tbut he exceeded his authority in clos ing the roads to them, and tliat the matter will be tested in the courts. The sheriff suid no change would be made in his methods for a few days. Attorney Kauffman, representing the New York & Cleveland Company, says the expense of employing deputies is great, and that the order of the court will be enforced rigidly and at once. If the campers do not leave, DeArmitt will petition the court to issue attach ments for contempt. The sheriff hits said, however, that he would not inter fete with th? campers, but will not )er mit the strikers on the highways. Forty-seven coul companies of the Pittsburg district have signed the uni formity agreement. 1 Deputle Were Outwitted. Pittsburg, Aug. 23. This morning the striking miners encamped at Turtle Creek stole a march on the deputies guarding tbe Oak Hill mine. While the deputies were watching for a de tachment of campers to appear on the road to the mines, the strikers were making a long detour so as to approach the mouth of the pit from the other side, and they succeeded in getting there without being observed. When the deputies commanded by Deputy Sheriff Hanna appeared, a copy of the injunction was read to John Large, leader of the strikers, and they left the place. The strikers express the belief that one of the mines to be operated by the miueowners in their effort to break the strkie will be the Plum Creek mine, and that the miners now at work at Oak Hill and Sandy creek will betaken to Plum Creek and the other two mines closed down. To offset this move the strikers will go to camo at Plum Creek. EveAthing was quiet about Plum Creek this morning. Tbe strikers fid lowed out the programme outlined by Captain Bellingham, and sent men singly and in pairs to patrol the roads. The deputies did not interfere with them. The Conference Concluded. Columbus, O., Aug. 23. The miners' officials have adjourned, after having mapped out a statement to the effect that the time has oome for united action by the labor orugniztiaons. Dealgua Vpon the Life of Dial. St. Louis, Aug. 23. A special to the Globe-Democrat from Sun Antonio, Tex., sv.ys: F. B. Gonzales, editor of 1 Urito del Pueblo, a Spanish paper published in the town of Beeville, is in receipt of a letter of recent date from an influential friend in Mexico, in which it is stated that the authorities have discovered an Italian anarhoist who has just arrived in that country, with the intention of taking the life of President Diaz. The anarchist, the letter says is kept under the strictest surveillance and will be arrested the first demonstration he makes, or as soon as the chain of evidence ean be linked a little closer. The letter is from an official in the City of Jtfcxpico, and Mr. Oonzales vouches for his reli ability. It is believed that the anarch ist who has marked President Diaz for his victim belongs to the bloody band whose aim is to assassinate the rulers of all the great nations, and that his coming to America is in pursuance of a general plan. Michael Anglollllo Garroteri. San Sebastian, 'Aug. 23. Michael Angiolillo, who shot and killed Senor Canoavs del Castillo, prime minister of Spain, was executed at 11 o'clock this morning, according to the sentence of the court-martial imposed upon him Monday lust. Angiolillo heard calmly the news that he was to bt executed to day, but appeared surprised at and bit terly complained of the frequent visits of the priests, deolariing they would obtain nothing from him. An execu tioner from Bourges performed the gar roting, just prior to which a priest ex horted the anarchist to repent, to which Angiolillo responded: "Since you cannot get me out of pri son, leave me in peace. I myself will settle with God." The execution took place in the pri son at Vergara. Her Clothe Caught Fire. San Francisco, Aug. 23. Maggie Guoterslat, a girl 19 years of age, had a narorw escape from burning to death last night, and only saved her life by plunging headlong into a watering trough to extinguish her flaming gar ments. She was a domestic at 179 Noe street, and was using turpentine and oil before a gas jet. The mixture caught fire, and in her fright the girl upset the stuff on her clothes. In a moment she was in flames. Rushing to the street she threw herself into a trough in front of a store and rolled in the water until the fire was extinguish ed. She sustained severe burns and may not recover. Canovaa' Sueeeaaor. San Sebastian, Aug. 23. The queen regent today corerred the premiership upon General Azcarraga, who is also minister of war. The cabinet will not be modified. Cotton Mill Start l'p. Manchester, N. II., Aug. 23. No tices were issued today that the Amos keag cotton mills will start np Septem ber 16. The Amoskeag mills employ about 15,000 opeartives. Salem, N. H., Aug. 23. Mills 3 and 6, of the Naumkeag Steam Cotton Manufacturing Company's plant, start ed on full trme this morning after nearly six months of 42 hours' schedule. WHEAT WENT TO A DOLLAR. Price Ileaclird That Mark In Several KaatiTli ClUe. Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 23. Wheat wild forll a bushel in Minne iiMilis today. When September option went to M) cents Charles A. Pillslmry offered 91 spot for 1.200 bushels ttt Old No. 1 Northern, which is selling lit a premium. The offer was accepted. James Marshall offered the same price for 5,000 bushels, but it has not yet been accepted. A hove the Dollar Mark. Philadelphia, Pa.. Aug. 23. The wheat market was the most exciting ever experienced in the history of the exchange. Quotations jumped np4s4'o and brought the price beyond the dollar mark. There were sales of No. 3 red ut $1.01 and No. 2 Pennsylvania red is quoted at $1.02. This is the highest quotation in many years. In the Chicago Tit. Chicago, Aug. 23. Today 90 to 90 6-8 cents was bid fur September wheat at the opueing of 'change. Even at this price an uduvnee of cents since yesterday, offerings were few and fur between and the market quickly run up to 91 cents. Then the bears rallied. Fortunately holders of wheat let go in sufficient quantities to relieve the tension and the price declined to 89 7-8 oents. At noon the market be gun to advance again, and oon sur passed by a cent the early advance, September going to 92 cents. One Dollar at New York. New York, Aug. 23. Wheat opened amid the greatest excitement at to 4 cents adavnee over last night. September sold at the same instant all the way from 97 to 91 cents in different parts of the pit. Traders were fairly liotous in their efforts to buy wheat At 1:40 P. M. there was much excite ment in the wheat pit on the produce exchange when September wheat sold at $1. The strength was due to talk of 1,000,000 bushels being taken for ex lrt. ' ' BUYING CUBAN ESTATES. Germain Will Go In fur Coffee Planting, Abandoning Sugar. London, Aug. 23. The correspond ent of the Chronicle, in a letter from Cuba, tells of further cruelty and dis tress in the island. He says the pa cificos are dying by the hundreds, un til their bodies taint the air close to a Spanish fort. The correspondent re murks that a private letter has been received at Havana from Senor Sagasta, the liberal leader in Spain, in which he says: "The atrocities are raising a thrill of horror in Europe, and I fear it is im possible to raise a fresh loan, without which we cannot retain Cuba." The correspondent further says: "German syndicates are buying the devastated estates at nominal sums and intend to go in extensively for coffee planting, abandoning sugar. This will directly concern the United States and French sugar trcsts, and will prob ably leud to extensive sugar-growing in Georgia and Florida." A Vitriol Thrower by Proxy. Chicago, Aug. 23. Charged with conspiruoy to destroy the beauty and possibly the life of his wife by vitriol, Dr. James O. Ducker has been arrested and held by Justice Underwood in bonds of $3,500 for a preliminary hear ing tomorrow. The sensational Btory which resulted in the arrest of the doc tor was told by Charles E. Hill who claims that he was engaged by the phy siciun to throw the vitriol in the woman's face. The agreement, as re lated by him, was that he should take a package to Mrs. Ducker and then throw the acid. He first made a pre liminary investigation and met Mrs. Ducker. He says that her beauty and manner made him ashamed of himself and he told her the story. Swallowed Hi Falae Teeth. Wichita, Kan., Aug. 23. O. T. Simons, a well-known real estate brok er, died here from the effects of swal lowing a plate of three false teeth three years ago. The post mortem disclosed the fact that the teeth were still lodged in the esophagus. This peculiar acci dent made it impossible for Simons to eat ordinary food, and forced him to live entirely on liquids. The swallow ing of liquid food always caused intense pain. Eventually his stomach rebelled against food of any sort, and he liter ally starved to death. Cut Hla Own Throat. Seattle, Aug. 23. Hugh T. Wil liams, a well-known character in the butter business and known as the "Cow-Butter Man," cut his throat this morning in an ineffectual attempt at self-destruction. He is ill with typhoid fever, and this morning tried to shave himself with a razor while the nurse was away. He shaved one side of his face and then slashed his throat He says he did not want to live. His wound may not prove fatal. Report Waa Exaggerated. Silma, Ang. 23. General Blood, commander of the British forces operat ing against the insurgent tribesmen on the frontier, has reached Galagai, with out opposition. lie reports the village desertetd and adds that reports of tbe Afridas rising are exaggerated. Gradually Oettlng Japan's Trade. Washington, Aug. 23. A statement prepared by the treasury department shows that for tbe first time in the tin tory ot trade relations with - Japan, the United States is entitled to be con sidered as a serious competitor with Europe. A recent British report from the legation at Tokio reviews tbe for eign trade of Japan the past year. In the supply of machinery, rails, nails and pig-iron, the United States assumes s leading place. CLIPPERTON IS OURS An Oakland Sea Captain is the Discoverer. HOISTED THE U. S. FLAG IN lflJ Took Formal Foeaeaalon of Cllppertun Inland In the Name of the t'nlted Stalea. Oakland, Cal., Aug. 23. Captain F. W. Permein, of this oity, claims Clip perton island, and asserts, too, his title as the bona fide discoverer of the Atoll with its beds of guano and of pearl oysters. He asserts that on May 21, 1881, while bound' to Costa Rica in his brig, the Elsie, he first visited the island; that on July 4, 1892. he visited it again and hoisting the stars and stripes, took formal ossession of it in the name of the United States. Documentary evi dence on the subject Is on file at Wash ington, copies of which Captain Permein possesses, seems to substantiate his claim and also to prove that the island is United States territory. Captain Permein states that he has made known the nature of his claim to the agents of the British company now negotiating with the men to whom he gave a bill of sale for three-tenths of .the island. If the Englishmen are will ing to pay a fair price, the captain and his wife, who has taken a keen interest in the affair from the beginning, will sell. If not they intend to work the deposits of guano, which Professor Shaw has estimated to be worth $50, 000,000. PHOTOGRAPHY IN COLORS. A Bt. Louie Engraver Haa Diecovered the Proceaa. St. Louis, Aug. 23. Since Professor Vogel, of Berlin, suggested that it was possible to produce oolor with the cam era, photographers and chemists have sought to find a successful process. Al bert Schnecker, of the Western Engrav ing Company, of this city, has aohieved this. He can produce any object in its natural colors. The main seoret of the process is the extraction of the three primary colors, yellow, red and blue. A novelty of the work ia that the ob ject is photographed at right angles, or practically around the comer. This is made possible by the use of a prism before the camera. Behind the prism is a color filter. This iB a small, flat tank of glass. This filter is filled with a chemically pure solution to exolude all but the color desired to be extracted from the object. A green liquid is used when red is to be photographed; a blue solution when yellow is wanted, and a red mixture is put in the filter when the third basio color, blue, is to be re produced. Back of the filter is the plate specially prepared for the colors. OFFICERS WERE KILLED. Detail of the Mutiny on the Schooner Olive Packer. New York, Aug. 23. A dispatch to the Herald from Buenos Ayres says: Telegraphic advices from the Herald's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro are to the effect that a vessel of the Atlantic squadron has picked up and holds at Bahia, John Lend and the other mem bers of the crew of the American schooner Olive Packer, who mutinied at sea. They murdered the captain, J. W. Whitman, and the first mate, William Sanders, after having had trouble. The crime was committed about 125 miles from Buenos Ayres. . The six prisoners have made confes sion of thtir part in it, and have at tempted little concealment. They say that after the murders they set the ves sel on fire and took to the boats. The schooner was laden with lumber and burned very quickly. The men had rough experiences before they were picked up. Tbe details of the mutiny have not been given out yet, but the men say there had been ill-feeling on the whole voyage, and the captain and the second mate had made strong enemies of all the members of the crew. The United StateB consul will take charge of the men, and they will prob ably be sent to Boston on a merchant vessel for trial. Four Bit for Silver. Denver, Aug. 23. In a letter for the public, ex-Governor J. B. Grant, of the Omaha-Grant smelter says regard ing the continued fall in the price of silver: "In my opinion the world can pro duce not to exceed 150,000,000 ounces per annum at 50 cents per ounce. . The annual absorption is greater than 150, 000,000 ounces, so that 60 cents should be bedrock price. In the' immediate future it may go below 60 oents because smelters and others are offering to sell millions of ounces at the lowest price to be obtained, 80, 60 and 90 days. Hence this is done with a view to get ting rid of the present stocks with as little loss as possible. I put 60 cents as the bedrock price because I believe that the world will continue to absorb the increasing amount of silver from year to year, and I don't believe it is possible to maintain the present output at 60 cents." Healer Schlatter Married. Pittsburg, Aug. 23. Late last night it was positively announced that Mrs. Margaret Ferris, widow of the builder of the Chicago wheel, has been married in Pittsburg to Francis Schlatter, the divine bealer of Canton. The cere mony was performed by Rev. Mr. Ward, pastor of St Peter's Episcopal cborch. Mr. and Mrs. Schlatter are now at down-town hotel. Doctors aay people in Ireland wbo live od tbe potato never bare the apnt WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins A Company's Review , of Trade. Wheat sold at above $1 per bushel in all Eastern markets during the past week ami there aro prospects for much higher prices in the future. The marked and rapid advance in values during the week nrtlxt lie at tributed to legitimate influences. Simulation played but a minor part in causing the advance. The export de mand has been the principal factor in advancing values. The general posi tion of supplies is considerably stronger than a week ago. The European re quirements for American wheat as estimated by Bradstreet are now 192, 000,000 bushels as compared with pre vious estimate of 160,000,000 bushels. Estimates of American exportable sur plus havo been somewhat reduced ow ing to general unfavorable thrashing returns from the spring wheat orop of the Northwest In this connection while America must be congratulated upon having a bounteous crop of wheat with which to meet the increased ex lort requirements, it must not be over looked that reserves from previous crops of spring ami winter wheat are almost entirely exhausted. It will lie impossible to meet any such export de mand as estimated by European statis ticians and also establish normal re serves in America. Conditions of sup ply and demand therefore apparently warrant still higher values, but the rapidity of the advances has momen tarily checked the export demand and some reaction is probable. There are several purely speculative conditions that may upset expectations and result in an unnatural advance. Stocks of wheat are abnormally small. The Eu ropean shortage has encouraged large speculative purchases. The , advance in .values has reduced short selling. The result is a congested market, es pecially for September deliveries. The forward movement of the winter wheat crop has been small considering the large sales for export, and it is now too late for any material accumulation of wheat in this market until after Sep tember. We can only conclude after careful consideration that while tem porary reaction is naturally to be ex pected, present values are fully war ranted, higher values will obtain later and that wheat should be bought on all recessions. Portlaud Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 88 89c; Val ley and Bluestem, 9192c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $4.40; graham, $3.85; superfine, $2.60 per barrel. Oats Choioe white, 8840c; choice gray, 86 89c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $17.60 18; brewing, $18 19 per ton. Millstuffo Bran, $14 per ton; middlings, $21; shorts, $16.60. Hay Timothy, $12 12. 60; olover, $10 11; California wheat, $10 11; do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs 1012o per dozen, Butter Fancy creamery, -4045o; fair to good, 85c; dairy, 2535c per roll. Cheese Oregon, llo; Young America, 12jc; California, 9 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4.00 per dozen; broilers, $1.50 8. 00; geese, $8 4; ducks, $2. 60 8 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10 lie per pound. Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks, 85 40c per sack; new potatoes, 60o per sack; sweets, $1.76 2. 00 per cental. Onions California, new, red, $1.25; yellow, $1.50 per cental. Hops 10 Hooper pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 4 6c. Wool Valley, 14 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 12c; mohair, 20c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 2!2c; dressed mutton, 4)o; spring lambs, 6 per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4; light and feeders, $2.503; dressed, $8 4.25 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $2. 75 8; cows $2.25; dressed beef, 4 5 'jO per pound. Veal Large, 88o; small, 1 per pound. Seattle Market. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 18c; ranch, 10 12c. Cheese Native Washington, 10 Ho; California, 9o. Eggs Fresh ranch, 1920o. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10 11c; spring chickens, $2 3.60; ducks, $2.503.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $28 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $23. Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton, $22; feed meal, $22 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $21. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6c; cows, 6tfc; mutton sheep, 6c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6. Fresh Fish Halibut, 4Jfc; salmon, 45o; salmon trout, 710c; flounders and sole, 84; ling cod, 45; rook cod, 6c; smelt, 2ij4c Ban Franelaeo Market. Wool Choice foothill, 9 12c; San Joaquin, 6 months' 8 10c; do year's staple, 7 9c; mountain, 11 18c; Ore gon, 10 13c per pound. Hops 610o per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $18.50 22; California bran, $14 16 per ton. Onions New red, 70 80c; do new ilverskin, 75c 90c percental. Potatoes New, in boxes, 40(3 60c. Fresh fruit Apples, 40 65c per large box; apricots, 20 40c; Fontain bleau grapes, 20 30c; muscats, 40 60c; black, 20 30c; tokay, 40 50c; peaches, 25 60c; pears, 2040 per box; plums, 20 40c; crab apples, 16 85c Hay Wheat,$12 16; wheat and oat, $U14; oat, $1012; river barley, $7 8; boat barley. $9 12; alfalfa, $7 8.60 clover, $7. 60 9. 60. Cbeese Fancy mild, new, 8c; fair to good. 7 per pound. SHERMAN TO JAPAN. An Anawer to the I.aat Not Italetlagt to Hawaii. Washington, Aug. 23. Secretary Sherman has submitted to the Japanese) government an answer to Japan's last note relating to the annexation of Ha waii to the United .States. Mr. Sher man's answer ia marked by its friendly expression toward Japan. Two features are brought out by the answor: It roiteratea the position heretofore taken by the secretary of state as to the right and propriety of annexing Hawaii to the United States; with this, however, is coupled an as surance that the interests of Japan ia Hawaii will be fully safeguarded. It also expresses satisfaction at the plan of arbitration between Japan and Ha waii on tbe question of Japanose immi gration to Hawaii. The answer is largely an elaboration, of Mr. Sherman's former letter, and the policies expressed in no way differ from those previously laid down by him. One Killed, Several Wounded. New York, Aug. 23. A dispatch to the Herald from Constantinople do scribing the bomb explosion says: Dy namite was burled through the lower windows of the council house of the) sublime porte by Armenian hands and iell just below the room in which the) telegraph office is situated, shaking with terrible force the entire building, bursting walls and shooting upthrough the floor above, which it lifted olear away, and finally perforating the root with holes like those of a pepper-box. . Every window in that part ot the) building was smashed, the glass cover ing the broad corridor leading to the grand vizierate being broken into an.' extraordinary fineness, showing how severe the oonousslon had been. - One person was killed and several, officials wounded The bomb must have been of a large and coarse kind. Exclusion Act Evaded. North Tonawanda, N. Y., Ant;. S3. Uncle Sam is being defrauded and the Chinese exclusion aot evaded al most every day along the Niagara fron tier. Lately the operations of tbe smugglers have increased in volume so rapidly that the federal officers have become alarmed. The smugglers seem to be well in formed as to the movements of the offi cers, and through information fur nished them, presumably by spies, have been able to avoid . all traps set.. The interdicted immigrants are brought across the Niagara frontier in consid erable numbers. When they reach' this oity they are taken under cover of darkness to a certain laundry, where) they are "planted" until arrangements can be made to send them to interior cities. Knocked Overboard In Excitement. San Franoisco, Aug. 23. Early thia morning, while the schooner Christina Stebbins, inward-bound 'with a cargo of lumber, was passing Point Bonita in a dense fog, another vessel was sudden ly sighted bearing down upon her. Tbs schooner was immediately put about and the danger averted, but meantime the foreboora, in swinging around, struck A. Nording and knocked bin overboard. The blow broke his right arm and almost scalped him, but, be ing a good swimmer, he managed to keep afloat until pioked up by a boat from tbe schooner three-quarters of any hour after the accident. It required 17 stitches to olose the wound on his scalp at the water-tront receiving hos pital. Salt on It Upward Rle. Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 28. The Michigan Salt Association has ad vanced the price of salt in all the markets of the West 5 cents a barrel, and in the home market 8 cents a bar rel, which brings the price up relative ly the sam; in all markets. The new prioes are: Packers, 68c; No. 1 steam, 63o; No. 2 steam, 63c; No. t granulated, 43o a barrel; dairy and solar remain at the former prioe. Salt is moving fairly and in good demand, and it was thought advisable to ad vance the prioe because the amount on hand is much less than at this time, last year, and the prospects for the future bright Faated and Died. Middlesboro, Ky., Aug. 28. Lena Collins Worth, of Claiborne county, Tenn., is dead from the effects of a 68 day fast. She has been starving her-, self to death under a vow. She quar reled with her husband, they separ ated, and she vowed she. would fast until, he returned to her. Efforts ot friends snd relatives to force her to eat have been of no avail. To Klondike by Trolley Car. . Taooma, Aug. 23. Among the pat uengers on the City of Kingston for Alaska last night, Frank McCormiok. of Duluth, a representative of the Gen eral Electric Company, is said to have) gone with the idea of looking into the feasibility of building an electric lino through the pass to the gold regions,, establishing electric light snd power plants, etc. A Tramp Fiend Lynched. Chicago, Aug. 28. An unknown tramp was captured and lynched thia afternoon by infuriated farmers near Manheim. The tramp had assaulted a, woman, and beat her in a terrible manner. A Submarine Boat Launched. Baltimore, Aug. 23. The Argonaut, a submarine craft, was launched today at the yards of the Columbian iron, work, in the presence of a large crowd of interested spectators. Miss Miiriam Lake, daughter of the inventor, SioMn. Lake, christened the strange craft. Harvard Stadeale. Out of the 400 young men graduated from Harvard college this year not ooe intends to take up the study of theology.