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BLACK DAY FOR MOBILE One Death From Fever and Another Case Reported. YELLOW JACK IS KANSAS CITY New Orleans Health Officials Eiprct j to Stamp Out the Disease In That City. Mobllo, Sept. 20. Tliis tins been a thick day in Mobile. Ono new cane was announced at tho noon muting of the hoard of health, and two new sus picious cases were reported. Antone II again, the first yellow-fovercaBe, died this afternoon. Tho city begins to show the effects of the moving away of all who can meet the expeiiHe of moving, and now those not financially able are making heroic exertions to gut the moans with which to travel. Eight Tate In Edwards. JackBon, Miss., Sept. 20. Hon. J. L Redfiold, mayor of Edwards, tele graphed the Associated Press at 10 A. M. as follows: "There ore eight cases of yellow fever in town and three in the country. 2o deaths; all patients are doing well. Yellow Fever In Kaniai City. Kansas City, Sept. 20. What is pos sibly a case of yellow fever has devel oped hero in the city hospital. St. Louis Officials Are Cautloui. Bt. Louis, Sept. 20. The health de partment has already taken what pre cautions it can against the invasion of the city by yellow fever. Measures are being taken to prevent visitors from re anaining in the oity who have come in contact with the disease. The co operation of the Southern railroads has been secured and the officials are aid- ing as best they can the department in its endeavor to keep St, Louis free from (the pestilence. Outlook for Mew Orleans. New Orleans, Sept. 20. A brighter 'Outlook for New Orleans is evident to night, so far as the ' fever situation is concerned. The reports to the board were of a most encouraging nature. ' In stead of 20 cases requiring investigation, there were only 10 to be looked into to day, and of these, only three were pro nounced suspicious, and one declared .yellow fever. President Oliphant, of the board of Jiealth, and President Brittain, of the council, said tonight, that the chances ,of crushing out iiii disease had in 'finitely improved. . A fatal case of genuine fever devel oped in the very heart of Biloxi today. There have been altogether 23 cases of iyellow fever in Biloxi, with only only one death, that of today. . At Ocean Springs, no new cases have been reported. Suspicious Death In Boston. . Bostor), Sept. 20. The Qlobe says: "Thore has been a good deal of anxie y during the past few days in this city .'because of the death of Franklin Story Con a nt, a student of a hospital, lust Monday. He was recently in Jamaica and was suspected of having contracted yellow fever. Othor accounts say that ithe death was caused by malarial fever. VICTIMS OF WEYLER'S HATRED. 'The Friends nf Hiss Clsneros Thrown Into Prison. New York, Sept. 20. A special to the Herald from Havana says: The ,Spaninh authorities do not hesitate to show their resentment of the interest displayed by the wives of Americans in the case of Evangelina Oossio Cisneros. They have not only .abruptly shut off the Cuban maid from all communica tion with her friends, but they have thrown into the prison for lewd women in Santa Clara five women who dared to prepare a most courteous appeal to General Weyler for the release of Evangeuna. These wen are Senora Rosa Plana, Senoritas CarKn anj Nicolasa Guiter rez, Senora Mkaw ouja an(r genorita Avil- All these lacing belong to the vest families in Santa OVra. Senora Plana is 67 years of age. aj ja the widow of the former mayor of that oity. Senorita Carmen Guiterrez is the prin cipal of the best and oldest private col lege for young women in the island. She is also principal of a mnnicipal col lege. " Her sister Nicolasa teaches with lier. Senora Ruiz and Senorita Avila are cousins of the Guiterrez family. A Fatal Collision. St. Louis, Sept. 20. The Wabash passenger train leaving for the West last night collided with a freight train at Keyesville this morning. William Gaines, a postal clerk, and W. B. Smith, fireman on the freight, were killed. Two tramps were severely in jured. The freignt train was ordered to take the switch but was late and the passenger train ran past the switch before the freight arrived. Salt Lake, Sept. 20. A Butte spe cial says Mrs. James Baptist shot and fatally wounded her husband, a tele graph operator, today, at the poolrooms where he was employed. Baptist re cently left bis wife and then brought suit for divorce. The woman was ar rested. No Meat in Havana. Havana, Sept 20. During the last two days the inhabitants of Havana have been without meat. Milk has also been scarce. Only the sick in the hospitals are supplied regularly with either article. In accordance with his agreement, made when Victoria de las Lunas was captured. General Calixto Garcia has delivered up, 79 prisoners at liolquin, 13 at Canto Embarcado, 76 at Pnmo Principe, and about 100 sick and wounded near Puerto Padre. CONDITIONS MADE KNOWN. flow England Proposes to Do Some tiling for Hllver. ( , London, Sept. 20. At the semi-annual mooting of the Bank of Kngluiid today the governor said: "You are prolmbly aware of the proposition laid before the government in the summer by the United States and ' France whereby this country should increaso its use of silver as a contribution to tho international agree ment, which, while not affecting our gold standard, might enable tho mints of France and America to resume free coinage Among the proposals was one asking that the Bunk of England hold the silver permissible under the act of 1844 as against its notes." The governor then read a letter dated July 29, addressed to the chancellor of tho exobcquei, Sir Michael Hicks Beach. It was as follows: "Referring to our conversation we beg to say the bank is prepared to carry out what Is laid down as permis sublo in tho bank charter, viz.: to hold one-fifth of its noto issuo in silver, pro vided always that tho French mint is again oien to the free coinage of silver and that tho price at which silver is pronurbale and salable are satisfactory, " Replying to questions, the governor said the bunk had had no negotiation, with the United States monetary com missioners, adding: "We have bought no silver. All we have done is to agree under certain cir cumstances to carry out what is per missable under the aot of 1844." As It Looks In Oertnany. Berlin, Sept. 20. The National Zie tung, referring to the information in the Times of September 10, that the Bank of England was prepared to hold in silver one-fifth of the bullion hold against its notes, says: "The unfavorable reception the an nouncement has mot with from the or gans of British trade leaves no room for doubt as to the opinion of British commercial bodies, and as to the ulti mate fate of the latest Americun at tempt to secure for the silver-mine owners, with the aid of Europe, a rise in silver as a reward for their support of the McKinlvy tariff policy and to keep the silverites in a good humor." ' WORK, OF A SWINDLER. Used an Astoria Man's Name to Obtain Money In the East. Astoria, Or., Sept. 20. Several East em wholesale .houses are out various amounts through the operations of a very smooth swindler, purporting to be A. C. Foard, of the Foard & Stokes Co., grocers of this oity. He purchases large bills of goods to be shipped to the local Brm, and then induces the houses to cash drafts on the company he pur ports to represent. Tuesday the Foard & Stokes Co. re ceived a telegram from a prominent Boston house, asking if they would honor A. C. Foard's draft for $200. A negative reply was sent. Yesterday the firm was surprised to receive from F. McCreary & Co., of New York, an invoice, with a railway bill of lading for $1,400 worth of silks. Shortly afterwards a sight draft for $200-ar-rived through one of the banks. ' The draft was signed by A. C. Foard, and indorsed by McCreary & Co , who had evidently Cashed it. This morning's mail brought to the local house an in voice and a bill of lading for $800 worth of silk umbrellas from Weiner & Co., of New York. A draft arrived soon after, but it was for only $50. More invoices, bills of lading and drafts are expected. The fellow, whoever he may be, is a fraud. He is no doubt trying to im personate M. C. Foard, but became, confused on the initials. Run Down by'n Train. Leadville, Colo., Sept. 20. Three section men were killed and one fatally hurt in a collision .this morning be tween a Midland engine and a handcar. The accident occurred near Basalt, 50 miles west of Leadville. Foreman Ly ons and four men had finished some work five miles east of Basalt, and started for that place on the handcar. The east-bound passenger was due about that time, but, as it had been late several times, it was deoided to rush through. The handcar was going around a ourve at a high rate of speed when it encountered the passenger. Two of the men jumped, while the other three were caught by the engine and killed. James Cody is probably fatally injured. The dead are: Thoa. Lucas, Michael Welch, John Lyons. UPION PACIFIC SALE. The Government Is Not Opposed to Foreclosure. Washington, Sept. 20. It is proba ble that within a few days Attorney General MoKenna will announce the course the government will pursue with reference to the decree of foreclosure in the case of the Union Pacific railroad. It can be said upongood authority that the chances are very strongly against the government's appealing from the decree. The cabinet did not pass upon the question definitely, but, on the con trary, postponed final determination upon it; but there was so much said by the various members in favor of allow ing the sale to proceed that it is consid ered by those familiar with the matter that there is little doubt as to what the final decision will be. A Fatal Collision., St Petersburg, Sept. 20. Two steamers, the Tsarvitch and the Mal pitka, collided today in the Volga, near Astrakhan. The former sank. Her passengers ' were panic-stricken and jumped into the river.- Many reached shore, but 40 were drowned. In a railway collision in North Carolina a 4-year-old child at an open car window was thrown out of the win dow by the shock and escaped injury. REMEDY FOR CATTLE FEVER. A Denver riiyslnlnu Is Raid to Have Discovered It. Denver, Sept. 20. After ninny months of effort and repeated experi ments, a cure for cattle fever has been found. Dr. V. A. Norgaard, of this oity, is the discoverer. Solution after solutiton was tried by him in the effort to find one tLut would be effectual and cheap, as Well as immediate in its re sults. Tho plan is to exterminate tho insect known as the tick, which abounds on fever-stricken cattle, and through the means of which the disease is com munfeated. To do this the cattle are forced to swim through a solution in a vat. Whut the solution is, is not known at present, but crudo petroleum is used. When the successful experiment was tried 27 head of very "ticky" cattle were forced to swim through the solu tion, and it was noticed that while standing on the dry board there was al most a perfect rain of ticks fulling off tho cattle. They were put into a spe cial pen, and the next day, just 17 hours after tho experiment, a rigid ex amination was made und the examiners failed to find a single tick in the whole herd. There was no damago done the eyes of the cattle dipped, and not a single bad effect resulted. If the remedy proves to be all that it is claimed it can do, the cattle market will experience somewhat of a revolu tion, and about 500,000 head of cattle will be shipped north each year during tho now prohibited season, which ex tends from February 16 to November 15. The "fever line," from beyond the limits of which no cattle can be shipped to the North -during tho pro hibited period, as it now stands, stretches from ocean to ocean und Ari zona, New Moxico, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Virgina, part of West Virginia and Louisiana form the district affected. State Veterinarian Goswell is much pleased with the results of Dr. Nor gaard's experiments, and siiys without doubt the long-sought remedy has betn found. A convention of men from all states and territories that handle cattle has been called to meet at Fort Worth, September 27, and at this meeting it is expected tho new soheme of dipping cuttle will be shown, and should it prove a success, many of the states will be ready to so modify their laws that the cattle of the South oan enter North ern murkets. A BAD COLLISION.. Trains Came Together Near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Milwuukee, Sept. 20. A speoial to the Journal from Chippawa Falls, Wis., says: A disastrous wreck oc curred on the Wisconsin Centra) rail road six miles west of this , city this morning, resulting in the death of five people and the serious injury of four others. Two free trains, through a mistake in orders, while going 40 miles an hour, mot on a curve and camo together with territic force. The dead are: Engineer Warren, Engineer Smith, Fireman Smiley, Brakeman Miller, an unknown man man riding between the oars. It is thought others are buried in the wreck. ' 1 The two braltemon wero taken from the wreck about 7 A. M. and are seri-' ously injured. Two passengers in the caboose are slightly injured. Engineers Warren and Smith and Fireman Smiley and Brakeman Miller, all killud, were residents of this city. Their bodies wero terribly mangled. It is not known where the blame lies, but it is rumored both trains were given the vigh t of way. Engineer Knew His Business. St Louis, Spot. 20. A special to the Republic from Muskogee, I. T., says: A daring attempt was made last night to hold up the south-bound passenger train on the M., K. & T. at Bond, a flag station south of here. A Bhort time before the train was due, the rob bers, about eight in number, took charge of the section foreman and com pelled him to signal the train to stop. The engineer in charge of the locomo tive was an old and trusted employe, who had been held up several times before. He proceeded to obey the sig nal, but when his engine was within 100 yards of the signal, he noticed sev eral men near the track and at once suspected their business. . Opening the throttle, he sped by them as though no signal had been given. The robbers having been foiled in their attempt, Jed, and are still at large. Cremated In Their Dwelling-. Chatham, Ont., Sept. 20. Three daughters of Preston Howard were burned to death this morning in their home, at Port Alma. The rest of the family escaped from the burning build ing. The girls were aged 18, 10 and 8 years. One of them had escaped but met her death in returning to assist her sisters. Lasters Are Out. Brockton, Mass., Sept. 20. One thousand operators on the Chase lasting machines in the shoe factories in Brockton and vicinity, struck today. The trouble grew out of a recent strike of lusters at the factory of Churchill & Alden. A Hint to Shippers. Washington, Sept 20. United States Consul Hill, at Santos, Brazil, in a report to the state department, sug gests to the shipping interests that in chartering vessels for that port with the intention of escaping duties, the words "free of wharfage and dock dues" should be inserted. The author ities there recently held that the words "free of wharfage" alone were not sufficient to exempt the craft from charges of the dock company, and this cost the Virginia $300. GUATEMALA UPRISING Determined Revolt Against the Rule of Barrios. ARB LED BY INFLUENTIAL MEN Rebel Forces Numbering About Three Thousand Attacked the City ' of Quexalt nango. New York, Sept. 20. A special to the Herald from Panama, Colombia, says: Guatemala now faces an upris ing fur more serious thun the ono of a few months ago, telegraphs the Herald correspondent in tho city of Guutemala. Tho present rebellion is led by men of great wealth and influence, and is kjightly gaining in strength each day. Advices just received from Guate mala are to the effect that 3,000 rebels attacked the city of Quezultenango on the morning of September 13. The garrison there consisted of less than 1,000 soldiers, but they fought valiant ly. The attack continued far into the night, when the rebels, despite their superior numbers, were repulsod. They vigorously renewed the attack at half past 9 o'clock on the morning of the 14th, and the advices state that the latest report is that the fighting still continues. - The garrison still holds the oity against the rebels, but the fall of the city is inevitable, unless the reinforce ments now hurrying forward arrive within a few hours. . The present revolution is headed by General Prospero Morales, who, until a few months ago was minister of war in the cabinet, Genoral Fues Barrios, a brother-in-law of President Barrios, and Feliciano Guitera. These three men were candidates for president to succeed Barrios for the constitutional term from 1898 to 1901. Their antagonism to the president dates from the time he declared himself dictator of Guatemala and announced his intention of having a law passed in defiance of the constitution, permit ting a president's election for a second term. This meant another term (or Barrios, and met with solid opposition from the upper classes of Guatemala. In view of this growing discontent, the three presidential candidates de cided to meet Barrios with bullets in stead of ballots. The first movement in the plot was to get possession of the barracks at San Marcos, where a large quantity of arms and ammunition was stored. This was done by bibery, nearly all the soldiers at San Marcos at that time joining the rebel move ment. The rebel force is now 5,000, and is growing. This is made possible by the wealth and standing of General Mo rales and hia chiefs and the great dis content in the financial circles of the country, growing out of the business de pression there. . DAMAGE NOT GREAT. Biports as to the Condition of Eastern Washington Wheat. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 20. The re ports that from one-third to one-half of the wheat crop had been ruined by rains north of the Snake river are in correct. A Tacoma grain buyer, who has just returned from a tour of the Pa louse towns and country, from Ri paria, on the south, to Spokane on the north, states that, if the. damage by rains exceeds five per cent he is no judge of grain. , Where the rainfall was greatest, the grain is bleached, bjt has thoroughly dried and is being threshed and will grade high. The only important damage report ed is to 80 tons of wheat in sacks stacked on the Snake river awaiting transportation. Much of it was ruined. The Potlatch country reports that not five per cent damage lias been done. About Moscow, Idaho, and on the Nez Perces reservation three per cent will fully cover all lossees. , In the Big Bend country, the great wheat belt of Central Washington, the prospects are glowing. Not two per cent of the crop, which is tho largest ever raised, is damaged, or will be lost. C. P. Chamberlin, general manager of the Central Washington railroad, which handles nearly all the Big Bend wheat, says absolutely no loss will oc cur to standing or stacked grain from rain. I Pittsburg Miners Working. Pittsburg, Sept. 20. Between 15, OvO and 18,000 coal miners in Pitts bnrg district returned to work today in accordance with the action taken Sat urday at the convention authorizing tie men to resume work in all mines complying with the provisions of the scale of 65 cents, made at Columbus. The remainder of the 23,000 miners of the district will be at work before the close of the week. It is estimated that the strike cost the people of PittBburg district from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000. Of this amount the miners lost about $2,250,000 in wages. I The strike against the DeArmitts will continue indefinitely, arrange ments having been made to assess the working miners 5 per cent of their wages to defray the expenses of keeping up the fight until the 65-cent rate is made uniform throughout the district. Odesaa Grain Dealers Embarrassed. London, Sept 20. An Odessa dis patch says the rise in the price of grain has had a disastrous effect there, many houses being unable to complete their contracts, and several of them being unable to meet their paments. HpaaUh Steamer Lost Madrid, Sept. 20. Word has been received here that the Spanish coasting steamer Taal has been lost off Manila, Philippines. Several of the passengers were drowned. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Downing, Hopkins Company's Review of Trade'. The renowed export domond lias been the dominating factor in the wheat market during the lust week. Tho for ward movement of the now crop has been disappointing both in quuntity and in quality, bat baa been suffi ciently lurge to warrunt the expecta tion of a fair increiteo in stocks (it cen ters of accumulation. The market is lacking in speculative support, tho vol ume of speculation having fallen to the minimum. This serves to emphasize the legitimacy of the present advance. There has been no change in ciop pros pecs in America and we still maintain that the present crop will be the second largest raised in the history of this country From a speculative point of view the market now possesses two sides. There is no longer an" ''.utit that Europe requires all of our avail able surplus. We cannot meet this in creased draft and at the same time re plenish our at present depleted reserves in all positions. But it miiBt be re membered that Euiope has already bought largely and thut her neccssi tities are not entirely for the immediate present but for tho entire crop year. The increasing movement of the new crop promises to more than offset the demand for the time and result in in creasing stocks. Corn is king. This has been and is a year of prosperity and advancing values.' It is futile to talk of surplus supplies or the growing crop. The for mer is unpreoodentedly large. The latter promises to be much smaller than anticipated, but neither will have but a temporary influence on values. We are emerging form a period of depres sion and panic. Every other commod ity is advancing in value. Corn is going to participate in the general ad vance. It has been selling too low. It is going to sell higher. The shortage in the wheat, rye and potato croi of the world insures the substitution of corn as a food product to an extent never before known. To argue that corn is going to sell lower is to main tain that the panic still exists.' Every one knows better. Portland Markets. Wheat Walla Walla, 83 84c; Val ley and Bluesteni, 8687o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $4.40; graham, $3.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. . Oats Choice white, 87 38c; choice gray, 86c per bushel. Barley Feed burley, $19 20; brew ing, $19 20 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $14 per ton; middlings, $21; shorts, $2021. Hay Timothy, $12 12.60; clover, $1011; California wheat, $10 do oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton. Eggs 17 per doxen. , Butter Fancy creamery, 6055o; fair to good, 40 45c; dairy, 8035c per roll. Cheese Oregon, ll)o; Young Amerioa, 12c; California, 9(3 10c per pound. . Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.50 3.00 per dozen; broilers, $1.762.25; geese, $5 6. 50; ducks, $4 4. 50 per dozen; turkeys, live, ll12)o per pound. Potatoes. Oiegon Burbanks, 40 45c per suck; new potatoes, 60o per sack; sweets, $1.40 per "ntal. Onions California, new, red, $1.25; yellow, 80oer cental. Hops lOo per pound for new crop; 1890 crop, 6 6c. Wool Valley, 1415o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 12c; mohair, 20c per pound. , Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 2.t2)c; dressed mutton, 5o; spring lambs, t por pound. Hogs Gross, choice hmtvy, $4.50; light and feeders, $34; dressed, $5 5.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.758; cows $2.25; dressed beef, 45J.gc per pound. Veal Largo, 4)5o; small, 6o per pound. Seattle Markets. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 22c; ranch, 14 16a. Cheese Native Washington, 10 Ho; California, 9e, Eggs Fresh ranch, 2021o. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, lOo; spring chickens, $2.75 3; ducks, $2.508.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $30 per ton. Oats Choice, pr ton, $22 23. Corn Whole, cracked, per ton, $23; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $22; whole, $22. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 6o; cows, 6)4c; mutton sheep, 65)c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 6. Fresh Fish Halibut, 0c; salmon, 8 (3 5c; salmon trout, 7 10c; flounders and Bole, 3 4; ling cud, 45; rock cod, 6o; smelt, 24c. Ran Franelaeo Marbeta. Wool Choice foothill, '8 12c; San Joaquin, 6 months' 7 9c; do year's staple, 79o; mountain, 10 11c; Ore gon, 1 1 14c per pound. Hops 1013o per pound. Millstuffs Middlings, $1922; California bran, $14.60 15 per ton. Onions New red, 7080c; do new silverskin, 8595o per cental. Potatoes New, in boxes, 8085o. Butter Fancy creamery, 2 7 g 28c; do seconds, 2526c; fancy dairy, 24c; good to choice, 20 22c per pound. Eggs Store, 1824c; ranch, 28 30c; Eastern, 16 22; duck, 1617oper dozen. Citrus fruit Oranges, Valencia, $1.503; Mexican limes, $5; Cali fornia lemons, fancy, 3;do common, $1(2 2.50 per box Fresh fruit Apples, 60 65c per large box; apricots, 20 40c; Fontairi bleau gTapes, 20 35c; muscats, 15 80c; black, 20 30c; tokay, 80c; peaches, 40 60c; pears, 60 (75 per box; plums, 20 40c; crab apples, 20 85c. ATTEMPTED DIAZ' LIFE. Arnulfo Arrayo, an Italian, Triad to Mob the Mexican President. ' - St. Louis, Sept. 20. A special to the Post-Dispatch was made this morn- . . Ing to assassinate President Diaa by a , supposed Italian named Arrayo. There was a general review of troops in the ' city today. Just before the review ; President Diaz, in company with tha . minister of war, was passing through a ' ' public park, when suddenly a foreigner ' sprang from behind a bush with a poln- ' ard and made a lunge at the president, i The minister of war instantly seiaed ; the assailant, threw him to the ground . and held him. The polioe came to tho i scene and placed the would-be assassin' ' under arrest. t Ills Life the Penalty. City of Mexico, Sept. 20. A most sensational onding to the attempt on the J life of President Diaz occurred tonight, ; when Arnulfo Arrayo was lynohed by "fi a burnt nf nnmnmn iwvititn determined " on revenge. It was an aot onpreoe- , dentod in the history of this country. ; At 10 o'clock a number of men forced . their way into the municipal palaoe. ascended the stairway, overcame the I'uards and made their way to the oBee of the inspector-general and killed Ar- . rayo, whom they found there. The ' killing was a wild and savage scene, and was followed by a wild and noisjr : retreat. ' The polioe succeeded in capturing number of people. When the police entered tho room they found the body of the dead man lying in the middle I of thq floor. It wus literally riddiea with bullets and wounds made by Irnivna ami nttutr atrial lllHtriimAntfl. The men who were captured last t night would not say anything. Tha body was removed to the fourth ward police station in the mnnicipal build- ' ing, tho path to which is niaricea dj m trail of blood. AN INDIAN STRIKE ENDED. Bold Man With a Oun Easily Got anew the Pass. Port Townsned, Wash.. Sept. . A letter received here this morning shows that David E. Brown, a former mailcarrier here, has broken the record in orossing Chilkoot pass. Brown left here for Juneau on the Queen, August 29. From Juneau lie took a small boat for Dyea; in nine days after kissing hia wife good-bye lie wrote from Luke Ben nett that he had crossed the past and had engaged passage with other travel ers in a boat from Lake Bennett to? Dawson, paying $450 oash for the pas sage down the rive. His outfit weighed only 850 poi.in.a, and he was well pro vided with money. The time on the trail from Dyea to Lake Benntet waa 45 hours. Brown was accompanied by two Indians, who carried hia freight across the puss for 38 cents a pound. " He mude a contract with the Indiana at Dyea, and at Sheep Camp they struck for 45 cents por pound, but Brown forced them at the point of a revolver to fulfill the contract at tne original price, which they did, as Brown drove them ahead, himself bringing ap the rear with 100 pounds on hia back, and the revolver in his hand. BIG GOLD DISCOVERY. Blob Quarts DUtrlot Near International Boundary Line. Seattle, Sept. 20. Somas, the ter minus of the Seattle & International railroad, at the Canadian border, is in a condition of wildest exoitement over the reports that are brought in from a newly discovered quarts district eight miles south of tho international bound ary line, northeast of Mount Baker, and 45 miles from Buams. Sample of free-milling ore brought to this oity for -assay run as high as $10,000 in gold to the ton. The infection ia spreading, and parties in this oity are preparing to leave tomorrow for the Mount Baker mi nos. Mining experts jn Seattle say they believe the reports, and that the discoveries are in a district that is aim ply a continuation of the Okanogan, Methow, Slate Creek and Ruby Creek districts, across the northern tier of Bounties in the state. Suraas ia prac tically depopulated, and every man who aan get an outfit ami a horse is leaving for the mines. If the reports are con firmed there will likely be a great ex oitement, at, the mines can be reached and worked all the year round, good roads and trails leading to within four miles of the new mines. To Offset Klondike Tales. San Francisco, Sept. 20. Georga Maderia, the well-known mining ex pert, who has been making a careful ex amination of the Coffee creek district, in Trinity county, has sont a report to Secretary Durden, of the state mining bureau. He says thut the value of tho recent finds in that section baa been greatly .uaMrgsrated, Gold oan be ' .....i ...,.. ..-.. .1... n r - itanilciJ levin dui .j... uui; ui.'i quantities, paying ironi ij tit 80 ornta .'. a nan. Any lurire strike that mn.le ! m.i.ln In tt... f.i.,nA M t I I D.ifiMlA . n 41.'.' 1 lunua iij nil-, ui iui. v in o'.i iro i. , benefit of Uiohb having plnnty of capital to buy .uinhinery and proporly work claims. 1 ranee's Grain Needs. . , ' Paris, tyipt. 11. The Matin, In an srticle on Uie"grain suppTyTsaylTT"wir be necessary to import 20,000,000 quin tals of wheat this season, on account of the failure of crops. The importation f this quantity of wheat will yield 140,000,000 francs duty. x Counterfeit Postal Cards. Denver. Sept 20. The postoflLie in l Doctor's officers here believe they have inearthed a scheme to defraud the gov ernment Postal cards supposed to be oounterfoited have been found in the Denver mails and arrests are likely to follow. It ia claimed that the card are sold in large quantities to mer chants and investment houses, and im mense profits are being realized. It ia inppoeed that at least one of the oper ttor is located in this city.