The Oregon mist., September 03, 1897, Image 1

OREGON
VOL. XIV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FJIIDAY, SEl'TEMIJER 3, 1897.
NO. 7.
MIST
NEWS OF THE WEEK
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
BEIEf AND I5TEEE8TI50 ITEMS
Cmrnlindii Review of the lusner.
ul anaealngs ml the C- .." -rent
VMk
The supreme court of Forresters If
In session in Denver, Colo.
The coffee crop of Crnseil promises to
reach 10,000,000 bugs, a against 9,000,
000 last season.
Two young ludles from Alameda and
Ban Francisco have sons to Trinity
county uikjd a prospecting tour They
are equipped with complete miners' out
His mid lira determined to work hard to
find paying claim.
Edwin Oorbin, ol Ghiongn, hni olored
deul amalgamating the United Stabs
and Canadian Lake Fisheries Com
pan lea, whereby the control of 80 com
panies passed into the handa of the
British oompany with $5,000,000 cap
ital. .
The British, Russian and French
minister to Greece Imve notified their
respective governments that it is Im
possible tor Greece to pay an indemnity
exceeding 8,000.000 Turkish. It ia
understood that negotiation! are on
foot to induce Turkey to swept
smaller mm than the amount originally
demanded.
The county recorder in Great Bund,
Kan., haa reported the release of over
f 00,000 in chattel and real estate mort
gages linoe August 1, and half of the
crop haa not been threshed. It la pre
dicted that by the new year the county
will ha in better ahape than evtir before
and will look buck on the largtut acre
age of wheat in the history of the
county, '
Paul J. Hennlng, who lina just ar
rived in Kan Francisco, aaya the Amer
ican flag la flying on Clipper ton Inland.
He haa been living on the island with
two other men and they successfully
blocked the attempt of Captain Mart
ray of the eliip Kitikora, to hoist the
llritiuli (lag there three montha sgo.
The Kinkora wat wrecked and the three
Americana held aa wreckage nearly a
million feet of lumber, which wus
washed ashore. II. M. B. Comui via
Ited the islund later, bat did not dls
tnrb the Htare and Stripes nor enter a
claim for the lumber,
Petera & Roberta' furniture fitctory,
of Portland, Or., waa damaged by tire
to the extent of 8,000.
President Fauro, of the French re
public, visited Russia, and waa royally
welcomed by the czar at Oronstndt.
It is reported that the government of
Itrssil is negotiating with a Kuropean
nation for the sale of one of her war
ships In course of construction.
Governor Lord has pardoned Clar
ence Wade out of the Oregon peniten
tiary. ' lie haa been adjudged afflicted
with consumption and not expected to
live.;- .
It is officially announced at Buenos
Ay res that a very large crop of grain is
anticipated in the Argentine Itepubllo.
The wool clip, it is further slated, will
be a heavy one.
A Seattle man has gone to Ronton to
secure 200 young ladies tor an expedi
tion to the Klondike gold Hoi Is, It Is
said he will fit out a steamer und start
early in the spring.
The warehouse of W. P. Fuller &
Co., in Portland, Or., was completely
destroyed by Are. The lone is about
50,000 partly insured, The origin of
the Are is uncertain.
A Sieclal from Lander, Wyo., sayss
Daniel Tracy, a miner from Leadville,
has uncovered a vein of gold ore two
foet eight inchos wide in the Wind
Hlver range, on Gold crook. The ore
is literally gemmed with gold the full
width of the vein.
G. JI. Stool, sheriff, and 8am Young,
ex-sheriff of Leslie county, wore both
killed in a combat at Hyde, Ky. Both
men fought to desperation with piNtols,
and both fell dead in the fifth round.
8teel was a Democratic leadur and
Young a Republican. They quarreled
over politics.
A great strike Is on in the building
1 trades at Buda Pest. More than 20,-
000 men are Involved. The strikers,
in the endeavor to prevent otliors from
working, came repeatedly in conflict
with the police, and desperate pitched
battles ensued in several of the princi
pal streets of the city. Two hundred
persons have been injured, some dan
, gerously. The police have arrosted 100
of the ringleaders.
Tolographio advices from the New
York Herald's corrosixiudoiit . in ltio
Janeiro state that the official report of
operations against the fanutlcs around
Canudos during the lost tow weeks
show that 2,400 Brazilian troops have
been wounded. Great difficulty is
found in transporting arms, ammuni
tion and stores to the government ow
ing to interference by the fanatics. In
the meantime large forces of fanatics,
all well armed, have apimared in the
states of Sao Paulo and llaran. They
have invaded several plantations and
small towns. ,
8. J. Ilutchett, formerly secretary of
the Los Anglees chamber of oommeroo,
who had charge of the Los Angolea ex
hibit at the world's fair and mysteri
ously disappeared before the exposition
' closed, is snid to have been seen In
Chicago. Bis wife -has mourned him
as dead. The Informant states that
Hatohett told him he had conolndud to
drop out of sight, and oautionod him to '
say nothing about having mot him.
President MoKinley spoke st the
Grand Army encampment at Buffalo,
N. Y.
THE TREASURE 8HIP.
The Steamer Portland Arrival From
- . Mt. Mlnhaels.
Port Angeles, Wash., Aug. 81. The
steamer Portland , arrive! from St.
Miohaols tonight. Captain Kldston
reported a pleasant voyage, and ex
plained the delay of three days in
resohlng Port Angeles by stating that
a very serious storm at Ht. Michaels de
layed the discharge of his cargo.
He laughed when told of the reports
that the Portland was carrying over
$2,000,000 In gold. As a matter of
fact, he said, there was only about
$H26,000 in gold dust and nuggets on
board his vessel. . t
Up to the time he left St, Michaels
he had heard of no new gold fluids.
Among the Portland's passengers
from St. Michaels is Timothy Bell.who
has with him $80,000 in gold which
he dug from a claim that cost f 125.
William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor,
says the 400 claims -now staked out
will yield 100,000,000.
From a number of the Portland's
crew it was learned that Captain Kids
ton had expected the Weare, one of
the company's boats, to eome down the
Yukon with about 1 1,000,000 worth of
nuggets and gold dust, but aa she did
not arrive in time he 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
op by that time it ia expected the
Portland's cargo will be a very valu
able one.
The returning miners say the re
markably rich claims on Eldorado creek
will number 140. Mr. Ogilvie esti
mates that, at the rate these 140 claims
are now producing, and considering
the ground yet to be worked, the
amount in the next three vears will ag
gregate about 170,000,000. To this
must be added the favorable possibil
ities of pockets and development of
claims already found, but not opened.
There have been other rioh strikes
n Stewart river, Hunker, Henderson
and Indian creeks, but none f these
are aa rich as the claims on Eldorsdo
and Bonansa 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 rockers and sluices.
This year the miners are passing en
tirely over ground of this richness in
their search for sand ami gravel that
will pay like that of the Klondike dis
coveries. Up to date, none of the olaims was
showing any signs of exhaustion, and
scarcely dozen are more than well
opened. Every one has large areas of
ground to be worked.
One returning miner says it is ira
possiblle to make anything like an ac
curate estimate of the probable yield of
the mines. The ground is not at all
even in riuhness, and the worth of pay
streaks varies greatly.
The most important news from St
Michaels is that the river steamers left
there to weeks sgo for their last trip
up. It is not certain they will reach
Dawson this fall, and the passengers
who left the Sound as early as July 28
may not reach Ciroie City before navi.
gallon closes. This makes it certain
tliat hurtdreds who left the Sound snd
California sinoe August 1 for St
Michaels will winter there. At the
best they can scarcely get started up
the Yukon before it freeses solid.
All vessels touching at Ht. Michaels
this summer have had difficulty keep
ing their orews, who havs caught the
fever. One schooner from Victoria was
entirely deserted by her crew, from
oaptain to cook, who "started up the
river for Klondike. "
The crew of the J. M. Col man tried
to desert, but the attempt was discov
ered in time, and, by a display of fire
arms, the men were compelled to re
main. ' '.)'; '
Every vessel from St. Michaels haa
come away short-handed. The Port
land lost several of her crew, but was
able to obtain men by - paying high
wages.; ' ' ' ;"
FATE OF THE BENDERS.
Tin Old Man and Kate .War Shot by
Posse.'.-;.;.1
Wichita, Kan., Aug. 81. Another
chapter Is added to the gruesomo story
of the Bender family, whose home in
Montgomery county over 20 years ago
was the scene of upward of 80 murders,
according to the deathbed confession of
Captain Carroll. The fate of the
Benders has heretofore been veiled in
mystery.
Captain Carroll oonfessed that a band
of oitisons, sworn to eternal secrecy,
followed the Benders after their flight
from the scene of their orimes and
killed Kate and the old man, but let
Mrs. Bender go, with a warning never
to return on pain of death.
He said that Kate and her mother
stood by and stoically watched the men
riddle the body of William Bender with
bullets, and then when Kate's turn
came she stepped out like a tragedy
queen and said: .
"Blase away."
She was shot down like a dog, but
when it oame to shooting the mother,
the hearts of the posse failed them and
they allowed her to go. The bodies
were carefully burled and the graves
oonoealed.
Pore Invaded.
Lima, Peru, Aug. 81. The reports
that Colonel Pando, with a force of
Bolivians, has invaded the Peruvian
province of Sandla, proves upon Inves
tigation to be correct The number of
Colonel Pando's followers Is consider
ably exaggerated, however. It is prob
able that the inoldent will be diplo
matically rran8eaJ
Three million, five hundred thousand
steel pens are used . throughout the
world every day in the week. -
LATTER DAY PIRATES
Bloody Outrages Occurred in
Chinese Waters.
VESSELS AND POETS PLUNDERED
Aehlnese Attacked British ateamei
Massacred Passengers and Crow
ad Looted the Ship.
Tacoma, Aug. 81. The Northern Pa
elfio liner Columbia arrived today on
her maiden voyage from Yokohama,
with 127 passengers and a full cargo of
freight Site was delayed on several oc
casions and forced to lie to 24 hours on
account of the breakage of her machin
ery. One of the firemen died of heat apo
plexy, and waa buried at sea. The
Columbia's cargo includes 1,700 bales
of silk, valued at $500,000, which will
go acorss the continent via the Northern
Paoiflo today on a special train of eight
baggage cars. The Columbia brings
Oriental advices up to July 27, as fol
lows: News has just reached Hong Kong of
the prevalence of pirates on the Canton
river, and one of the most daring out
rages perpetrated. One of the sons of
Captain Chung Kwei, a Straits million
aire, Kung Ah Phin, wtio recently went
to Canton, was the victim. He, in com
pany with a few of his relatives, hired
a flower boat, and they were proceed
ing to their native place. On the sec
ond day the boat stuck in the mud, and
could not proceed. During the night,
a gang of men with painted faces and
fully armed boarded the boat. With
revolvers leveled at the passengers,
they commanded silence while four men
began at once to look for plunder. Ah
Phin brought from the Straits jewelry
amounting in value to $5,000 and $2,
000 in notes. These the pirates took,
besides clothing, etc. When they had
satisfied themselves that nothing more
was to be obtained, they left the boat,
after threatening the victims with in
stant death if they made a noise till
hours afterward. In the morning, in
formation was at once sent down to
Canton, but before the authorities had
time to send a gunboat, the pirates had
made their escape. Up to the present,
nothing more has been heard of them.
Mat Hal let, a notorious brigand, with
200 followers, rsided the government
station at Pulch Gaya, captured Mr.
Newbronner, the officer in charge,
killed a corporal, and then sacked the
treasury of 120,000. The town, which
consisted entirely of wooden and kajang
houses, was then Bred, and every build
ing destroyed. Gaya is ttie export and
import oenterof a considerable district,
and the population hi largely Chinese.
Ballet at last aoeounts was fortified at
Inaman, and it is feared will attack
Bandkan and massacre the Europeans,
after looting the town. ,
A daring piracy is reported off the
coast of Aoheen. The British steamer
Pegu waa attacked by six armed Aohi
nese. Captain Ross managed to force
his way through and reached the deck,
hotly pursued by his savage assailants,
one of whom bad meanwhile laid hold
of the oarving knife from the table. As
the unfortunate skipper, badly wounded
as he was, struggled to get to the bridge,
this man stabbed him terribly in the
abdomen and when he fell, the rest of
the piratical gang surrounded the pros
trate man and hacked him savagely,
actually disemboweling him, and leav
ing him a mangled corpse on the deck.
The mate and the steersman were
the next to be attacked. Both these
men were on the bridge, and in spite of
what resistance they could offer were
soon out down. The boatswain, how
ever, climbed up the funnel stairs and
esoaped the onslaught of the pirates.
Returning to the deck, two more of
the crew and three Chinese passengers
were killed. Thirty or forty passengers
according to one account, were killed
or met their death by jumping over
board. The vessel was then thoroughly
looted. One of the Achinese was
placed at the wheel to steer the ship
nearer land; others plundered the cap
tain's cabin, taking a repeating rifle
and a revolver. The safe was opened,
(16,000 taken, and the pirates made
off in tha direction of Simpang Oliin.
The vessel was a frightful sight, the
deck beiDg spattered with blood and
the entrails of the victims. ', -
Official information received at Man
ila confirms the reports previously pub
lished as to the disastrous character of
the eruption of the Mayon volcano.
Lava covered the whole mountain to its
base, and the obscuration of the sun by
the olouds of ashes was so great that in
the neighborhood of the disaster artifi
cial light had to be used at 8 o'clock in
the afternoon. Several villages were
completely dostroyed. At Libog 150
bodies were recoverd and buried, and
more remained in the lava. At another
place, 200 persona were missing. Some
tha tvulioia rannvnrnd were so com
pletely calcined as to be unrecognizable
A great danger threatens the sugar
planters in Java, from a widespread dis
ease which attacks the roots of the cane.
The roots rot and the oane dial. The
planters stand helpless before the dis
ease, which may ere long bring on a
failure of the sugar orop. It has already
struck four provinces, and has broken
out even on well-kept estates.
, According to a Tokio dispatch, it i
reported that next year's budget will
show a deficit of 26,000,000 yen, even
though the fullest economy is observed.
The deficit is chiefly due to the extraor
dinary expenditures, sanotioned by the
diet. '..;.' - ;"
Advices from Taipeh, North Formosa,
state that the rebels have been particu
larly active, but no serious fighting has
taken place.
Serious floods are reported from vari
ous parts of Japan. . .
CONCESSION ,. TO AMERICANS.
Valuable Commercial Privilege Be
cured In Columbia.
Kansas City, Aug. 80. A Kansas
City syndicate representing the Pitts
burg & Gulf railroad interests, has
secured a concession from the govern
ment of Colombia giving valuable com
mercial privileges in the South Amer
ican republic- ,'
This concession, which ;was Secured
through J. Edward Buckley, United
States vice oonnaul at Bogota, gives the
right to navigate the Magdalena river
and to build a railroad aoross the coun
try from a point 250 miles from the
mouth of the river at Bogota, and thence
on south through the whole of the
counrty. - ;
The project also carries with it the
establishment of a line of steamships
from some point on the Gulf to some of
the ports of Colombia on the Carib
ean sea.
' It is the aim of the Pittsburg & Gulf
Company to build npa profitable traffic
between Kansas City and South
America.
TELEGRAM SAVED HIS LIFE.
A Stockton's Hsn'i Esoapo SEIstsko of
, s Drucclst Nerljr Fatal.
Sacramento, Aug. 80. George Ladd,
one of the most prominent wholesale
.liquor-dealers in Stockton, left this city
tonight for Portland, Ore., to seek his
health. Before he left he bad a doc
tor's prescription filled at One of the
leading drug stores, but as fortune would
have it he received a telegram in time
to keep him from taking the medicine.
Had the telegram failed to reach him be
would have died from the effects of
deadly dose.
The clerk who filled the prescription
took the wrong; bottle and put in cot
rosive sublimate instead of the drug that
was written in the prescription. The
error waa discovered about two hours
after the train had started and a tele
gram was sent ahead in the almost vain
hope that it would reach him in time.
The telegram said: :
"Do not take the medicine; it is
poison and sure death,"
A duplicate of the diepstoh waa sent
to Chief of Police Drew, of this city,
and instructions were given to the offi
cers, who boarded the train just as Mr.
Ladd was about to take the dose that
would have ended his life, and the tele
graph triumphed over the bungling of
a druggist s clerk.
Quart! Mining Mora Certain.
'Washington, Aug. 80. General W.
Duffleld, , superintendent of 'the
coast and geodetic survey, in disonssing
the gold discoveries in Alaska, gave
this advice to young men:
"If I were a young man," he said,
"I should get about a 75-ton schooner
at Seattle, take supplies and engage
the services of a first-class prospector,
Then I should cruise along the south
eastern part of Alaska, in what is
called Alexander archipelago. There
are a number of islands there and more
sold lodes than at any place with which
I am acquainted. The mining would
not be 'placers,' but the ore can be got
ten out very cheaply and being directly
on the sea, the transportation amounts
to nothing, except the time spent."
Gold Duet From Snwdnet.
Port Townsend, Aug. 80. Mr, J.
Metcalf, of Detroit, Mich., who oame
down from St. Michaels on the Colman,
states that be saw a man wash 912.60
from one pan of sawdust whioh hs took
from the floor of a barroom in Dawson
City. It is said to be a common prac
tice for miners to open gold dust bags
and take out a pinch of gold dust in
payment for drinks.
A Coetljr Rypnotle Tost.
Tallulah Falls, Ga., Aug. 80. A
suit for tl,660 damages has been filed
in this county which develops a sensa
tionally unique story. . Mrs. Fairbanks
Higguis and her daughter, of Atlanta,
have been spending the summer here,
and in the burning of the Grandvievr
hotel, at which they were stopping,
lost their possessions, amounting to
1,650. They sued the proprietor to
recover. -.
Mis. B. A. Young, proprietress of
the hotel, files an answer alleging in
substance that at an evening social the
young lady was hypnotised and com
manded to fire the hotel. When she
retired to her room it is claimed that
she literally obeyed the injunction and
robbed herself of a right to sue
4 ri" '-, The Women Marched. . .
Pittsbug, Aug. 80. The wives and
daughters of the striking miners at
Do Ar mitt 'a . Oak Hill mine took a
prominent part in. today's demonstra
tion. Early this morning a dosen or
more women gathered at the camp,
and with flags and banners marohed
along the road leading toward the tip
ple. On their way they met a number
of miners going to the pit, and greeted
them with yells and jeers. They de
rided the miners who were working
and ridlouled them In a manner which
caused many of them to bang their
heads in shame. The women say they
will make a demonstration every day
hereafter. ;.
Salisbury's Plan.
Rome, Aug. 80. Italy has wired
Morocco, threatening to dispatch a
man-of-war to Tangier, unless the crew
of the Italian brig Fidicura is released.
Moorish pirates recently attacked and
plundered the Fidicura and detained
the crew. -
Falnt-Hearted Oold Seehera Ketnrn.
Seattle, Aug. 80. The steamer City
of Topeka arrived trom the north this
morning, bringing excursion is t a and
about 80 men from Skaguay who oame
down because they were afraid they
could not get over the pasties this win
ter. Tihs is the largest number yet to
come back and the men who came aver
that there will bo many more in tha
next few weeks. No change in the
condition of the trail is reported and
no Yukon miners direct from the mines
came by this steamer.
WHEAT STILL GOING UP
The Chicago Market Abov:
the Dollar Mark.
FIRST TIME DURING CAMPAIGN
Shortage In Forelam Potato Crop Ketl
mated at 1,000,000,000 Bushel
Prlee of Con Also Hieing. "
Chicago, Aug. 80. Today, for the
first time since the present bull cam
paign in wheat was started, the price
of September wheat sold above the dol
lar mark in Chicago. Ten minutes af
ter the opening, $1.08 was offered,
an advanoe over yesterday's closing
price of 6 cents. Even at that tempt
ing figure, the bull clique refused to let
go of their holdings. Enough wheat
came on the market to break the price
to 08 7-8 cents by the time the closing
bell sounded, but the brokers who were
engineering the deal stoutly denied
that it came from them.
- There was, perhaps, a shade of ma
liciousness in the war they forced the
shorts to bid up. It was currently re
ported on Monday, when prices broke
so sharply, that the pool was forced to
put up $400,000 in margins. They
certainly had their revenge today. The
rise was plainly due to the clique,
which is now swelled, by rumor, to in
clude Joseph Leiter, George R. French,
Allen, Grier & Co., and James Keene,
of Wall street. The only leader,
George French, who appeared distinct
ly above the surface, makes no secret
that he has a lkie of 6,000,000 bushels
of September wheat. There was not
much more than 1,100,000 bushels of
contract wheat in Chicago, with hardly
anything coming, and an immense
short line of cash wheat sold for ex
port. This is the situation as it now
plays into the bands of the bull com
bine. The sudden rise of September wheat
was not reflected in any other large
market in the country, with the excep
tion of Minneapolis, Where September
bounded from 92 cents to $1. St.
Louis advanced 2 cents at one time,
but relapsed to the opening prices for
December.
Although statistics were not given
much attention, one item of foreign
news had a distinct influence. The
foreign potato orop shortage is estimat
ed at the total of 1,000,000,000 bush
els, wh'ch was expected to increase the
demand for American wheat - Its influ
ence was especially felt in December
wheat, which is not supposed to be un
der the thumb of any clique. Corn
and provisions were both affected by
the excitement in wheat. In corn, the
trading was enomrous, and although an
advance of 1 to 1J4 cents was recorded,
the feeding was very strong at the close.
The closing for provisions was 15 to
20 cents higher.
NEWS FROM THE ISLANDS.
Hawaii Haa Not Tot Reeelred Japan's
Auewer. :
San Francisco, Aug. 80. The
Bteamer Mariposa arrived this morning
from Sydney, via Honolulu, With the
following Hawaiian advices: r
The Hawaiian government has not
yet received any answer from Japan
regarding the offer to refer the immi
gration trouble to arbitration. There
is no change in the situation here. ,
( The Chins registry oase was finally
submitted to Judge Perry for a decision
August 19, and an early decision is
confidently expected, as the matter will
in all probability be appealed to the
supreme court. It is predicted that
the question of the big steamer's regis
try will be settled before she reaches
here again in October. The principal
point upon which the Hawaiian govern
ment rules is the question of MoFar
lane'S citizenship, he having been
born on the island of British parents.
. The American ship Commodore left
Honolulu for New York August 19,
with a cargo of sugar, valued at f 191,-
S0O.
To Conciliate With V:
London, Aug. 80. The Standard's
correspondent at San Sebastian says:
"I learn that Spain bas intimated ber
willingness to make considerable re
duction in the contemplated West In
dian tariffs, in order to develop the
trade of Cuba with the United States.
She was willing to negotiate a reciproc
ity treaty when the Dingley tariff came
into force, but the United States re
ceived advances coldly, because it
wanted the Cuban question settled first.
Indeed, Spain is now aware that
American diplomaoy will soon raise
other and more important questions be
fore commercial questions are likely to
be mooted."
Disease Aids the Insurgent Canae.
Havana, Aug. 80 There are 4,000
tanish Boldiera in the hospitals of
Havana and other points. About 2,000
are sent back monthly to Spain incapac
itated. Sickness is increasing. The
With of the citv is not rood. The
official reports show that for the week
ending August 12 the death rate was
90 per 1,000.
Business is at a complete standstill.
The army is not being paid and a feel
ing of hopelessness prevails among the
Spaniards and Cubans alike.
London, Aug. 80. A dispatch from
San Sebastian says the Spanish govern
ment has learned that at a secret an
archist meeting in London it was re
solved to avenge the execution of An
giolillo, the assassin of Canovas del
Castillo, by an - attempt on the life of
the queen regent of Spain. Twenty oi
the ablest Barcelona detectives have
been detailed to protect the queen re
gent. '. i
A New York man was arrested the
other day for stealing a stole.
DOOM OF TORPEDO SEALED.
Klrex" Ma? Kevolotlonlae Modern
Warfare.
Chicago, Aug. 80. A small brass
projectile, measuring four by one and
one-quarter inches, was thrown in the
lake off Van Buren street from the
government pier, and at a depth of five
feet it exploded. A volume of water
spouted 26 feet into the air, and dead
fish bobbed op to the surface ai.s
floated about, mute testimony to the
destructiveness of the explosive.
The name of this explosive, which is
the discovery of two Chicago men, is
mi rex. . From recent experiments its
Inventors claim it is not a wild state
ment to say that mi rex will revolution
ize modern warfare. !
Unlike the marine torpedo the most
perfect destroying projectile known to
naval engineers, mirex, a : compara
tively small brass casing, can be
thrown from a cannon to any distance
desired under 20 miles, and, dropping
into the water at the side of a man of
war, will sink to a stated depth and ex
plode with annihilating results. No
wire haa to be connected with the new
projectile, as is the case with the sub
marine torpedo. The mirex projectile
does not pierce the steel armor of the
gunboat, but settles in the water to the
depth of 6, 10, 16 20, or any number of
feet the operator may wish, and then
explodes: -
Its discoverers are Hermann G.
Peffer, a salesman for Browning, King
& Co., and William 6. Darley, con
nected with the Clenfoster Hosiery
Company. They are not expert chem
ists, 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
Philadelphia, has such faith in the
virtue of mirex as a destroyer of ships
and navies that he is backing it liber
ally with his money.'
Peffer is a motiest man of 23 years,
and in speaking of the explosive, said:
"It is neither liqnid not 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 wonder
ful mixture, and its name signifies
nothing. It explodes at any depth we
desire, the explosion depending on the
quantity and quality of the composi
tion we place in the projectile. 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 department
It will throw a projectile eight inches
long and three and a half inches in di
ameter. 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 torpedos now
in use and far more accurate and de
structive," " '
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.
LONG CHASE FOR A MURDERER
Detectives Pursued Him Half Way
Around the World.
Port Townsend, Aug. 80. The
steamer. Portland, due from St.
Miohaels, 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 Pinker ton
detectives. The prisoner,. , William
Smith, was pursued over theoontinent,
to Dyea, and across Chilkoot pass, over
the lakes and down the rivers to the
goldfields of Klondike, where he was
taken into custody. , ' .,, ; -
Smith was a storekeeper in a town
near Cedar Rapids, Ia., up to several
months ago. : One night the store was
burned and in the ruins was found the
charred body of a man. Smith's rela
tives claimed that he was burned to
death in the fire. His life was insured
for $35,000, and a demand was made
for the money. An investigation led
to the belief that the body was not that
of Smith, but of a watchman. - The
theory was at once advanced that Smith
hod committed a murder and burned
his store in the hope that the body
would be roasted beyond recognition,
and his relatives obtain 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 waa taken to St
Michaels to await the sailing of the
Portland.
. Saved His Daughters Lives '
New York, Aug. 80. Harry G.
Stone, the veteran manager of the Pat
terson opera-house, became ill and was
forced to go to his home, whioh is
called Ryle Park, on the banks of the
Passiao river, a short distance below
the village of Little Falls. His indis
position proved the salvation of his
three daughters, Minnie, Bella and
Maud, for he rescued them from
drowning by bis opportune advent from
town. :,: -. -" . " ': ..
The girls bad gone out for a row on
the river and they upset in 12 feet of
water just after his arrival. Although
Mr. Stone is 60 years old, he managed
to reach them before they sank and
saved them by almost superhuman
efforts. Two were unconscious when
brought ashore.
Toronto. Ant?. 80. A viaitintr de
tachment of 16 members of the G. A.
R. from Buffalo marched ud Yonse
street carrying the stars and stripes. It
is a violation of a civio ordinance to
oarry a foreign flag in this city, unless
a British flog is also carried. A po
lirwman atonned the Drocession and
told the marchers of the violation.
They bought a small union jack, but
no one would carry it. Finally a small
boy was hired to do that duty and the
veterans continued on their way.
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS 09 GENERAL INTEREST
Prone All the Cities and Tewaa at
. the Thrivlag Sister Itates
Oregon-.'
The spring run of salmon at Celilo
was a failure this year.
The hay harvest in Wallowa county
is over, and farmers are busy garnering
their wheat. ,
A student of fruit culture in Jackson
jounty says that yellow jackets ara
ieath on all kinds of moths that prey
on fruit.
One of the tramps injured in the
wreck south of Roteburg drew $100
out of his pocket and asked to be well
;ared for while that lasted. ;
The schooner Bella, built on tha
3iuslaw by Eli Hansen, was furnished
with masts last week. The Bella bas
been a long time building. .'
Hon. Thomas H. Tongue has Sue
seeded in locating the lost muster rolls
it the companies of volunteers that
fought the Rogue river Indians in 1863.
The sawmills up the North Santiam
are being operated to their fullest
capacity. Many of them are cutting
ties and bridge timbers for repairs on
the O. C. & E.
Eighty acres of the Ginn place, near
Weston, which was threshed last week,
averaged 62 bushels of wheat to the
acre. This is the largest yield yet
beard of in that section. : - , j
Engineer Halcombe, with a crew of
men, is now engaged in making a sur
vey of the Nehalem bar, with the ob
ject of gettin; an appropriation for
jetty work. He is doing the work
thoroughly, and will also make a sur
vey of the Tillamook bar later.
: Astronomer S.S. Gannett has the in
struments in place for receiving time by
wire from St. Louis, in order to estab
lish a meridian line at Baker City for
the geological maps that are to be made
by the federal authorities of the Baker
mineral district. ; f
I The Astoria carnival this year has
eolipsed anything of the kind ever held
in that city. It is the intention to
effect a permanent organization of a
regatta club, the objects of which will
be to collect funds and otnerwise pro
mote the annual carnival. ;
The state fair to be held in Salem
this year promises to be a success in
every way. The O. R. & N., with its
usual generosity and care ' for the
state's interests, is the first line to an
nounce a reduced rate to Salem during
the fair of one fare for the round trip.
Work ia being pushed on the con
struction of the Astoria Sc Columbia
River road to Goble, and the officers
say they will have trains running be
tween Astoria and Portland by January
I. The affairs of the road are in good
hands, and being conducted in a business-like
manner.
: L. C. Coleman returned to Jackson
ville from San Francisco last week.
While at that city he had four sugar
beets, raised on Griffin creek, analyzed
at the Spreckles refinery. The result
showed that they averaged 10 onnoea in
weight, contained 16.63 per cent' of
sugar and oo-effioient of purity of 85
per cent. The percentage of saccharine
matter is high, especially as the beeta
are not matured. Those containing 14
per cent sugar, with a cc-efflcient purity
of over 80 per cent, are considered good.
Should beets raised in other parts of
Jackson county turn out equally well,
a factory may be up in the near future.
Washington.':
Much of the grain around Colfax is
yielding more than 40 bushels to the
sore.
The turfmen of Walla Walla have
arranged for a race meeting in that city
tor October 20, 21, 22 and 23.
The Bhingle mill at Cosmopolis is
running a night and a day crew, as are
the box factory and planing mill.
The ruling price for pack horses in
Ellensburg lost week was $20, and the
tendency of the market is still upwards.
It is reported that the Northern Pa
cific will at once put on bix more com
pound locomotives between Ellensburg
and Hope.
Kittitas county is advertising for bids
for building a bridge across the Cle
Elnm river, and also across the Yakima
at Thorp. . .
The steam heating apparatus for the
marine hospital in Port Townsend haa
arrived, and is being put in by the con
tractor, who expects to have the work
finished on time. v 1
The Spokane Spokesman-Review says
that never in the history of Spokane
has there been such a demand for har
vest hands, and that unprecedented
wages are offered. From $2 to $4 per
day and board is tendered in many seo
tions. Lists of school land of Lincoln, Walla
Walla and Adams counties subject to
lease have been sent to the respective
county auditors by the board of land
commissioners. : After these lists have
been posted 80 days, the lands will be
offered for lease.
Each of the fair associations in Ste
vens county will hold a fair this fall,
one at Kettle Falls, September 29 and
80, and October 1 and 2, and the other
at Myers Falls, September 29 and 30,
nd October 1. .
From the southern part of Thurston
county comes the gratifying report that
the hop orop of that vicinity is giviirg
excellent promise. The lice have not
bothered much this year, and the ctnp
now maturing is of excellent .;..
and the yield promises to