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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1897.
VOL. VII.
NUMBER 40.
DOOM OF THE TORPEDO
"Mirex" May Revolutionize
Modern Naval Warfare.
INVENTION OF TWO CHICAGO MEN
Thev Claim It Will Annihilate War
ship, at Long Ranee and at
Small Coat.
Chicago, Aug. 27. A email brass pro
jectile, measuring four by one and one-
quarter inches was thrown in the lake
off Van Baren street from the govern
ment pier, and at a depth of five feet it
exploded. A volume of water spouted
twenty-five feet into the air, and dead
fish bobbed op to the surface and floated
abont, mate testimony to the destruc
tiveness of the explosive.
The name of this explosive, which is
the discovery of two Chicago men, is
mirex. ' From recent experiments its in
ventors claim it is not a wild statement
to say that mirex will revolutionize
modern warfare.
Unlike the marine torpedo the most
perfect destroying projectile known to
naval engineers, mirex, a comparatively
small brass casing, can be thrown from a
cannon to any distance desired under
twenty miles, and, dropping into the
water at the side of a man of war, will
sink to a stated depth and explode with
annihilating results. No wire has to be
connected with the new projective, as
in the case with the submarine torpedo,
The mirex projectile does not pierce the
steel armor of the gunboat, but settles
in tbe water to the depth of 5, 10, 15, 20
or any number of leet the operator may
wiah, and then explodes.
Its discoverers are Herman G. Peffer,
a salesman for Browning, King & Co,
and William S. Darley, connected with
the Clenfoster Hosiery Company. They
are not expert chemists, and mirex in
its perfect state is the result of some
luck and a good deal of hard work and
enterprise.
John H. Edelman, a wealthy former
Fbiladelphian, has such faith in the vir
tue of mirex as a destroyer of ships and
navies that he is backing it liberally
with his money.
Peffer is a modest man of 23 years, and
in speaking of the explosive, said :
"It is neither liquid nor solid, nor is it
a powder. While experimenting with it
Darley and myself smoke our pipes and
handle it as we would so much sand. It
is an - odd and wonderful mixture, and
its name signifies nothing. It explodes
at any depth we desire, tbe explosion
depending on the quantity and quality
of the composition we place in the pro
jectile. We are now having a gun model
constructed in Chicago, and within six
weeks this cannon will be finished and
presented to the United States navy de
partment. It will throw a projectile
eight inches long and three and a half
inches in diameter. This will blow into
atoms any ship that will float in the
lake. Each one of these shells will cost
about $20, vastly cheaper than torpedoes
now in use and far more accurate and
destructive."
Mr. Darley is only 19 years of age.
He will not divulge the character or
nature of the new explosive-
The projectile used in these experi
ments is about the size of a giant fire
cracker, and the ends of the cylinder
are closed with a substance that looks
like tinfoil.
Mr. Darley was once connected with
the navy department.
'WAR WILL. CONTINUE.
Rebel Mot Appeased by President
Borda's Death.
New Yobk, Aug. 27. A dispatch
to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says :
The president of the Uruguayan rev
olutionary committee in this city ex
pressed great regret at the assassination
of President Borda, of Uruguay, and
declares that the revolutionary party is
guiltless of any complicity. He further
declares that Senor Cuestas, who has
been chosen president and interim, will
do nothing to pacify the country, as he
is as generally hated in Uruguay as was
President Borda.
The war, he says, will continue if con'
gress does not allow the demands of the
rebels.
Situation at Montevideo.
Nw Yobk, Aug. 27. A dispatch
to
the Herald from Montevideo says :
The revolutionists have declared that
the assassination of President Borda will
have no effect on their future. The war
will continue.
Avelino Arredondo, the military officer
who shot President Borda, reiterates his
statement that he had no accomplices.
He now says, however, that be murder
ed the president to save-bis country from
bad.government. The fact that he and
all his family belong to the colorados,
tbe party of which President Eorda was
the leader, seem 8 to prove that the ev
olutionists had nothing to do with the
crime.
Congress will assemble at once to con
eider tbe situation. In the meantime
tbe president ad interim, Jose Cuestas,
is taking steps to form a new cabinet
Dr. Francisco Banca has been named as
minister of the interior. All tbe leading
military commanders are coming to
Montevideo to consult with the new ad'
ministration as to what policy to adopt
aeainst the rebels. In the meantime
reports from the field show no decrease
in tbe fighting.
General Flores has issued a manifesto
calling for a complete union of tbe color-
ados against the rebels.
CHASING A MURDERER.
Detectives Pursued Him Half Way
Around the World.
Poet Townserd, Aug. 27. The steam
er Portland, due from St. Michaels, has
on board a murderer who was chased by
detectives half way around the world
He is in irons and under constant watch
of two Pinkerton detectives. The pns
oner, William Smith, was pursued over
the continent, to Dvea, and across
Chiikoot pass, over tbe lakes and down
the rivers to the gold fields ot Klondike,
where he was taken into custody.
Smith was storekeeper in a town near
Cedar Rapids, la., up to severali'months
ago. One mgnt tne store was onrnea
and in the ruins was found the charred
body of a man. Smith's relatives
claimed that be was burned to death in
the fire. His life was insured for $35,'
000, and a demand was made for the
money. An investigation lea to tne De-
lief that the body was not that of Smith,
but of a watchman. The theory waB at
once advanced that Smith had com
mitted a murder and burned his store in
hope that the body would be roasted be
yond recognition, and his relatives ob
tain the insurance money after he had
disappeared.
Pinkerton men were put on the trail,
and after one of the longest chases on
record, arrested Smith at Dawson City
on July 12. He was taken to St.
Michaels to await the sailing of the
Portland.
Murderer's Name la Novak.
Cedeb Bapids, la., Aug. 27. Smith,
the prisoner on the steamer Portland, is
apparently Frank Novak, storekeeper at
Walford. The man murdered by him
was Edward Murray. Novak's relatives
claimed the body was Novak's. The in
surance companies fought the collection
of the policies and placed a detective on
the trail.
MINERS ENCOURAGED.
Settlement of the Strike Believed to Be
In Sight.
TrrsBCBQ, Aug. 27. The miners'
leaders are encouraged over ' the pros
pects of the early settlement of the
strike. Efforts are now being directed
wine rennsyivaaia railroad ana tne
central field of Pennsylvania.
District .President Dolan addressed a
meeting at Claridge, Westmoreland
county, last night, and the men decided
to quit work. President Dolan says six
mines have been closed in the Central
district and that work will be suspended
In that region within a short time.
Sheriff Lowry went to Bunola this
morning, accompanied by several dep
uties, and ordered the strikers off the
public roads. The first attempt at start:
ing the mines wsb made at the Cham'
pion mines, near McDonald, this morn
ing. 1 wo carloads ot foreigners were
sent to tbe mines about daylight and
put to work loading slack into the
cars.
About 500 women marched against
the miners, attacked them with Btones
and clubs and drove them from tbe cars.
The foreigners fled to NobleBtown. Tbe
women then dumped the slack from tbe
cars. They were met by 1000 strikers
and marched a short distance from the
mine where they are now encamp
ed.
Slabtown, the plague spot of Unity,
where the negro railroad laborers have
oeen noiaing nign carnival, will go up
in smoke before tbe day is over. Twenty
deputies have been detailed to assist
Constable Kersten in applying the
torch.
Pearls in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 27. A Ga
zette special from Mount Adams, Ark.,
says:
White river above and below here for
miles is lined with pearlhunters,
Wagon-loads of men, women and chil
dren are arriving from all sections. One
party of campers found a large number
of fine pearls today. They were taken
to the store of N. B. Price and he valued
them at 1350. The pearls found here
are as large as large as buckwheat,.
round and brilliant in color.
TREASURE SHIP
Portland Arrives From St.
Michaels.
LATEST NEWS FROM KLONDIKE
Provisions Scarce and Starvation Bound
to ComeTerrible Outlook for
Those In the Interior.
Post Angeles, Wash., Aug 28. The
steamer Portland arrived from St,
Michaels tonight. Captain Kidston re.
ported a pleasant voyage, and explained
tbe delay of three days in reaching Port
Angeles by stating that a verv serious
storm at St. Michaels delayed the die
charge of his cargo.
He laughed when told of tbe reports
that the Portland was carrying over
$2,000,000 in gold. As a matter of fact
he said, there was only about $825,000 in
gold , dust and nuggets on board his
vessel.
Up to the time he left St. Michaels he
had heard of no new gold fields,
Among the Portland's passengers from
St. Michaels is Timothy Bell, who has
with him $30,000 in gold which he dug
from a claim that cost $l2o.
William Ugilvie, Dominion surveyor,
says the 600 claims now staked out will
yield $60,000,000.
From a number of tbe Portland
crew it was learned that Captain Kidston
had expected tbe Weare, one of the
company's boats, to come down the Yu
kon with about $1,000,000 worth of nug
gets and gold dust, but as she did not
arrive in time be decided to bring down
the treasure next trip.
The United States cutter Bear, it is
said, will guard the Portland on her
next trip from St. Michaels to Seattle,
As most miners will make their clean'
up by that time, it is expected the Port
land's cargo will be a very valuable one,
The returning miners say that the re'
markably rich claims on Eldorado creek
will number 140. Mr. Ogilvie estimates
that, at the rate these 140 claims are
now producing, and considering the
ground yet to be worked, the amount in
the next three years will aggregate about
$70,000,000. To this must be added the
favorable possibilities of pockets and de.
yelopmentof claims already found, but
not opened
There have been other rich strikes on
Stewart river, Hunker, Henderson and
Indian creeks, but none of these are as
rich as the claims on Eldorado or Bo
nanza creeks.
Until the wonderful discoveries of
Klondike were made, ground worth 10
cents to the pan? with two or three feet
of pay dirt, was considered very good for
the Yukon, and the miners made their
money with rockets and sluices. This
year the miner? are passing entirely over
igrouna oi tms rienness in tneir searcn
for sand and gravel that will pay like
that of the Klondike discoveries.
Up to date, none of the claims were
showing any signs of exhaustion, and
scarcely a dozen are more than well
opened. Every one has large areas of
ground to be 'worked.
One returning miner says it is impos
Bible to make anything like an accurate
estimate of the probable yield of the
mines. The ground is not at all even in
richness, and the worth of pay streaks
varies greatly.
The most important news from St,
Michaels is that the river steamers left
there two weeks ago for their last trip
np. It is sot certain they will reach
Dawson this fall, and the passengers
who left the Sound as early aa July 25th
may only reach Circle City before navi
gation closes. This makes it certain
that hundreds who left tbe Sound and
California since August 1st for St,
Michaels will winter there. At the best
they can scarcely get started up the Yu
kon before it freezes solid.
All vessels touching at St. Michaels
this summer have had difficulty keeping
their crews, who have caught tbe fever.
One schooner from Victoria was entirely
deserted by her crew, from captain to.
cook, who started up the river for Klon
dike. The crew of the J. M. Colman tried to
desert, but the attempt was discovered
in tine, and, by a display - of firearms,
the men were compelled to remain.
The crew of the schooner Jewett and
the carpenter of tbe Sander were piped
off at St. Michaels, and departed for
Dawson.
Every vessel from St. Michaels has
come short-handed. The Portland
lost several of her crew, but was able to
obtain men by paying high wages.
Another Panama Scheme.
Paris, Aug. 28. Considerable interest
haB been aroused in France over the re-
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port that an English syndicate has been
formed for the purpose of securing a
Panama concession with tbe intention of
finishing the Panama canal. The Brit
ish company is said to possess unlimited
capital and to intend to push forward
the work of completing the waterway
with all possible dispatch.
THE PORTLAND'S PASSANGERS,
Thirteen
Miners, Each With
Fart of Hia Stake.
Small
Seattle. Aug. 29. With the arrival
of the tug Sea Lion at 2 :20 this (Sunday)
morning came authentic news of the
treasure-ship Portland. She was board
ed by press representatives, off CaDe
4f- -
Flattery at 1 p. m. yesterday, and tbe
run to this city was made in a little
more than thirteen hours. The Port
land brings back thirteen miners, each
of whom brings out a small part of his
stake. The total amount of gold on the
vessel is perhaps $400,000.
The Portland was delayed first by the
failure of the P. B. Weare to arrive at
St. Michaels, and next by a ' storm on
the North Pacific ocean.
The miners on board, with the amount
of their stakes, are as follows :
J. Bo wan $50,000
Jim Bell 45,000
Joe Goldsmith 35,000
N. W. Powers 35,000
W. W. Caldwell.; 30,000
Win Oler 30,000
C. K. Zilley 25,000
F. W. Cobb 25,000
W. Zahn 15,000
A. Buckley 10,000
li. B. LanBing 15,000
B. Farnham 1,000
M. E. Gamier 5,000
Of the above list, C. K. Zilly and F.
w. (jodd are old beattle men. This is
Zilly's second year in the Yukon. Last
year he was on the American side of tbe
line, and barely paid expenses. This
year be went to the Klondike, and now
owns claims No. 3 and 4 on Gold Bottom
the richest prospect in his district. He
said to the Associated Press correspond
ent that the product of the Klondike
this year would probably reach $12,000,-
000.
"Papa" Cobb, as he is familiarly
known was at one time a well-known
Harvard athlete. He would . have un
doubtedly been a member of the football
team that played against Yale and
Princeton, only that be injured his
knee a few days before the first big game
and was put on the sick list. He has
been in tbe Yukon two years, and will
now make a trip East.
Uodd says that last May gold was
found on a tributary of Indian river,
known as Dainman creek. A big rush
of prospectors occurred, and claims were
located at every available point. 0
There was also a rush to Henderson
creek, but tbe excitement soon died
down, as little gold was found.
S. P. Weston, of this city, made the
round trip on the Portland. He is con
vinced from conversation with the n
era that there will be great suffering on
the Yukon this year. He declares the
unanimous opinion of miners is that
prospectors should wait until next
spring.
mere is any unmber of beattie men
who have done well in the Klondike.
Alexander Ranke, Curley Munroe,
George Baker, Eddie Lewin, Fred
Brusset, I. D. Cashel, Charles Kimball,
John Enckson, Stiles Nettle ton, C. F,
Treat, John Lough and Bay Crawford
are among those who have pros
pered.
Some of them, notably Erickson and
Brusset, count their wealth by hundreds
of thousands.
After making a stake, A. Buckley
comes out of tbe Yukon broken in
health. He holds tbe best claim on
Forty-Mile, and has been in that country
for five years. He insists that the
Klondike is not the only rich district,
and that American territory will pro
duce fully as much gold.
When the Canadian government sent
its mounted police, under Captain Con
stantino, into, the Northwest territory,
it put them pi tbe high road to fortune.
W. R. Gowlee is on tbe Portland with a
good stake. Fred Webster, D. Sinclair,
P. McKeller, R. Churchill, A. Pink-
erton and J. Thornton all have claims
that will make them wealthy. A. Ward
has $18,000 in sight, and L. Jenkins
cleaned up $15,000.
The Portland arrived at her dock in
this city 3 :55 a. m.'
The Invasion of Peru.
Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Aug. 28.
The reports that Colonel Pando, with a
force of Bolivians, has invaded tbe Peru
vian province of Sandia, proves upon in
vestigation to be correct. The number
of Colonel Pando's followers is consider-
bly exaggerated, howeyer. It i9 prob
able that the incident will be diplomat
ically arranged.
Illinois Town Burned.
Springfield, 111., Aug. 28. The en
tire south side at Virginia was devas
tated by fire today. Tbe loss is about
$200,000, with $65,000 insurance.
FOR INDIANA MINERS
Large Relief Fund Sub
scribed at Lebanon.
AID WILL COME NONE TOO SOON
Thirty Thousand Men, Women and
Children Are Reported Starv
ing; In the State.
Denver, Aug. 30. A special to th6
ftews from Lebanon, Ind., says:
An immense meeting was held last
night at the opera house in behalf of the
starving coal miners in Indiana. Thomas
J. Terhune mnde a statement of the
condition of the miners aa he found it
while making hia Investigation as Gov
ernor mount s Bpeciai commissioner,
He said :
"There are 8000 families in this state
in destitution. Thirty thousand people
who are literally. starving. A few years
ago they received $1.25 per ton ; now tbe
average price paid is about 35 cents per
ton. A good miner can make $1 a day
and is allowed to work two or three
days each week. They- are compelled to
trade at company stores and tbe prices
they pay are left entirely to the mine
operators. The miners admit that they
cannot live upon the present scale of
wages." . '
A large subscription to the relief fund
was raised.
E. V. Debs left Terra Haute for St,
Louis last night to attend the confer
ence called by tbe national executive
board of United Mineworkers. He says
there has been a remarkable change in
public sentiment on tbe injunction ques
tion ; that whereas three years ago there
was hardly any dissent from the course
of judges who were issuing restraining
orders against the strikers, the prepon
derance of sentiment now is in oppoel
tion.
No "Marching This Morning;.
Pittsbubg, Aug. 30. Marching by
the striking miners was practically aban
doned this morning on account of heavy
rain. Captain Bellingham, with
squad of strikers, went to the Peterman
mine this morning, and claims to have
had some success among the miners em
ployed there.
ATTACKED BY MOONSHINERS.
Deputy Marshals Ambushed and Shot
in Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 30. Two
deputy United States marshals are dead,
two seriously wounded and two more
missing as a result of an attack upon a
posse officers by a gang of desperate
moonshiners in Searcy county. The
dead are: B. F. Taylor, of Searcy
county and Joe Dodson, of Stone county
Tbe wounded- men are the Renfrow
brothers. Lbe names of tbe missing
men are not given, but. they are suppos
ed to be deputy sheriffs of Searcy coun
ty.
Taylor, one of the murdered men, was
60 years of age and waB the wealthiest
man in Searcy county. Dodson was a
well-known deputy and has been a ter
ror to moonshiners, tie was leading a
raid when the terrible affair occurred.
The officers had approached to within
30 yards of an illicit distillery, when
they were fired upon from ambush.
Taylor and Dodson fell at the first volley.
dead in their tracks. The shooting
occured 35 miles from Russellville, at a
point ten miles south of Witt Springs
The locality is in the mountains, and
has for inanv years been a favorite ren
dezvous for moonshiners and counter
feiters. News of the tragedy was
brought to Russellville this morning by
Dr. Pack, who came after the coroner.
Tne men who did the shooting are
supposed to be a gang of moonshiners
led by Horace Bruce and John Church,
two of the most desperate characters in
that part of the state. .
BONES OF EXTINCT ANIMALS.
Central
Park Museum Secures
Some
Rare Specimens.
New York, Aug. 30. One hundred
huge cases that have just arrived at the
MuBeum of Natural History in Central
Park are regarded with more than usual
satisfaction by the directors of the
museum. They are the bones of re
markable specimens of extinct animals,
dug out of the earth many feet below
the Surface of Wyoming, Nebraska,
Colorado and Texas. They are the first
consignment of tbe results of the
summer's work of the numerous expe
ditions sent out by the museum.
. Jn these 100 cases there is one perfect
specimen of the flying lizard, that waB
twelve' feet long. Professor Mathews
said there were numerous other sections
Absolutely Pure.
foloKlKlhul t' t ... m-aa. I . a
and all forms of adulteration common to the
Royal Baking Fowdkb Co. ;Niw York.
of lizards, but only one complete speci
men, which was taken from Kansas soil.
It belonged to a period of ages . before
man was dreamed of, and flew like a bat
in the night and fed on fishes.
Professor Mathews, who had charge of
an expedition to Kansas, has just re
turned.- On his wav back he eot into
Wyoming with Professor Wortman'a
expedition. When that section returns
to New York in October there will be
brought along a moneter lizard over 50
feet lone. It is being dug out of Wyom
ing rock now. When he left 35 feet of
the creatuie was in sight, and it was
estimated 20 feet more remained to be
excavated.
WANTS THE GOLD STANDARD.
Legislation Looking; to Its Adoption
Is
Pending-
New Yobk, Aug. 30. A dispatch to
to the Herald from Lima, Peru, says:
ElCommercio says editorially that
tbe financial measures recently submit
ted to and now pending in tbe Peruvian
congress, will, without doubt, tend to
the adoption of the gold standard in
Peru. The result El Commercio further
says, will not be brought about without
a monetary criBis more or less intense.
The gold standard, in tbe opinion of
tbe paper, was the only remedy for- Ee-
ru's present financial straits, and such a
change would be productive of perma
nent good. In the meantime, business
in Peru is practically at a standstill, the
markets are almost in a state of panic.
A dispatch from Buenos Ayres says
the wheat crop in the province of Santa
Fe is calculated at about 10,000 tons.
scarcely more than enough to supply the
province for the year. What is true' in
Santa Fe province is said to be true in
tbe other provinces, that is, none will
furnish more than enough tor home use.
Advices from Rio de Janeiro state that
tbe fanatics attacked several convoys of
provisions and ammunition in the inte
rior a few days ago and a bloody battle
followed. The fanatics were forced to
retire after severe losses. Tbe Brazilian
troops bad 23 officers wounded. The fa
natics are now reorganizing their forces
and another attack on convoys is expect
ed, as the fanatics are in need of ammu
nition.
LEUTGEBT.S TRIAL BEGUN.
Work of Securing: a Jnry Has Been
Completed.
Chicago, Aug. 30. The trial of
Adolph Luetgart for the murder of his
wife, began in earnest today, the pre
liminary work of securing the jury hav
ing been completed.
Contrary to the expectations of the
state, tbe jury will be asked by tbe de
fense to witness an experiment in tbe
vat in the baeerpent of the sausage fac
tory. This is to be the result of an ex
periment conducted by Luetgart's attor
neys Saturday ana resteraay. ine
body of a man, of about Mrs. Luetgart's
age and weignt, wno met aeain Dy
violence Thursday, was taken to tbe
factory on Diversey avenue and im
mersed in a solution of caustic potash. '
Experts reported that after boiling the
body in a fifteen per cent solution of
potash for the same length of time as
the state alleges Luetgert disintegrated
the body of his wife, tbe complete
skeleton of the cadaver remained intact
and the solution had but little effect up
on the clothing.
As a result of the test, tbe defendant
will, it is said, ask Judge Tuthill to re
move his court and jury to tbe basement
of the big sauaage factory for a few hours
and witness another experiment which
the defense claims will completely dis-,
prove the states theory of disintegration.
Hard to Get an Umpire.
Lospox, Aug. e8. The Daily Chron
icle says it thinks the delay in the ap
pointment of a commission for the settle
ment of the Venezuela question is due to
the difficulty experienced in finding a
suitable umpire.