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HP IHT Jr -LVJLJLK- JL VOL. XV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FltlDAY, SEPTEMIiEll 9, 1808. NO. 38. DOINGS OF THE WEEK What Has Happened In the Civilized World. GIVEN 15 THE TRUSS DISPATCHES V CompUto Review of tha News of tha I'u.t Savon Days In Thin and All Vorelga Laud. Lighthouses In Southern Philippine hare been re-established. Tlie transport Bt. Paul has arrived in Manila from Ban Francisco with all well on board. Foreign vessel will bo allowed to cuter tba porta of Hawaii a usual, pending- roviilon of the United Btatui low. Schley and Gordon, commlMilonnrt to settle the condition (or the Spanish evacuation of Porto Hioo, have lulled for San Juan. . , 'i Being out of work and without means ,to support his family, a Chicago ding clerk turned liighwaymun, and In at tempt inn to rob a saloon win forced to hoot the proprietor. Several vessels of ths "Mosquito" fleet are uaeleae. The board of survey has found upon examination that their machinery and boiler are badly worn, and will make a report condemning them. Tbe annual session of tlio National Irrigation Congress opened at Chey cune Thursday. Ex-Senator Cnrr, the president, delivered tiro annual ad dress, urging the necessity for extend ing irrigation facilities. Eight lives were lost and considers ble damage wrought, by the Georgia storui, which was more serious than first reported, liientenant Morgan and a crew of all were drowned by the up setting of a yawl off Tyboe island. Tha mate of an Italian ship lost his life, Tha American ship Baring Brothers, from New York, hat been named in the harbor of Kobe. About 8,000 ton of watting waa also destroyed. It la intimated that the fire was of incendiary origin. When the vessel arrived at Kobe from Yokohama six of the crew were in Irons. Four were afterward liberated. , Orders bare been received In An napolis from the president directing Cerver to make arrungementl to pro coed with bis officers and men back to Spain immediately, In accordance with instructions Issued by tbo Spanish ministers of marine. The officers were very enthusiastic wheu they received : the news. .. ... . . . iv A passenger train on tbe New York, Ontario & Western railroad, was wrecked at Ingalis, near Saratoga. The wreok waa doubtless due to the dastard ly work of tramps, who threw open the switch at which the train waa wrecked. The dead are: Kngineor B. C. Dowd, of Oswego; Fireman William Hall, ol Norwich, Brakeman A. L Osborne, ol Walton. Eight were injured. Cuban troops threatened to enter tha town of Unnantanamo, but were pre vented by Colonel Ray. Recent developments in tbe) cele brated Dreyfus case in France, it li said, may ocoasion a retrial which would liberate Dreyfus and Emile Zola, Wilholmina Ilellena Paulina Maria has attained her majority, and became queen of tbe Netherlands. Solemn thanksgiving services were held in ohurclies throughout the country. Unknown inoondinries sot lire to a Chicago house. Their intention was to . kill woman and child who were with, in, but the Intended victims were res cued by a man who observed their peril barely in time. The hospital ship Olivette, while anchored near the quarantine station at , Fernamllrm, Fla., in some unaccounta ble manner suddetly filled and went down, gWing those on hoard barely time" to escape with their lives. 'Strikers are determined to prevent by force, if need be, the operation ol the ooal mines at Furn, 111. Bix thousand anion men from other boo turns are about to join the ranks of the strikers, ana aid in enforcing their de mands. William Ferrlrs, a wealthy resident of Mount Vernon, 111., died, aged OS years. He served on board an Ameri can privateer in the war of 1812, and subsequently was a member of the ex peditiou that cleared the Gulf of Mexi co of pnates. The convention assembled at Man . agua to form a constitution far a feder uoy to coiiHist of Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua has agrcod upon 43 of the 149 articles. It has been agreed that the name of the confederacy shall be "The United States of Central America." , General Garcia is now without a command. The Shatter Incident led to his removal nt the hands of General Gome. ' Ills successor has been nutned in tha person of Rodriguez, who will command the Cuban ormv in San tiago. , Garoia't sending of his famous letter to Shafter was a grave breach of discipline. Minor I tain. The United States government has pluced an order in England for 10,000, 000 cartridges. Regulations have been Issued con. cernlug military taxes to ba collected in the Philippines. Sir William Augustus Frazer, bart., the author and one of the queen's body, guard for Scotland, is dead. Tha subsistence department will have plenty of supplios reudy to forward to ' rmh in eai it Is found nocossiuy. LATER NEWS. It lias been docidod to abandon Camp wikoff within the next three weeks. Jnines Wilson, "King of Tramps," has been commended for his bravery at Santiago, Fifty death and over one hundred prostrutlons Is the result of one hot day in Now York. John Hills, a well-to-do Mow York ice doaler, his wife and bis nlfljer-in-law, Mary Conlin, have been poisoned by whisky sunt through the mail. ' Private, letters from our consuls abroail indicate that the Philippine! must be retained if the United States desires to maintain its position in the world of nations. The Iowa mot with an accidont in the Brooklyn navy-yard dock. The engine rooms are said to have been partly flooded during the process of flouting the big battle-ship. Tha French minister of war, M. Cavalgnac, has resigned, The resigna tion is due to a disagreement with his colleagues, who dosire a revision of the Droyfus case. Thus a revision of the onse scorns assured. Oriental advices any that the recent assaulting of an American missionary In the Sorachl district, Japan, is caus ing considerable excitement, especial ly since the new treaties will spread foreign residents all through the in terior. .According to nntivo Jnpnnses papers, received In SeattU on thoKinshu Marti, Marquis Ito'i visit to China la liable to result In his changing residence. It la aid that he has been offered a princely salary to become general advisor to the emperor. More soldiers are soon to leave for Honolulu. General Miller says three regiments will sail from San Francisco within a month. The First Tennessee, Fifty-iiret Iowa and Twentieth Kansas are the lucky men The 6th and 7th California and California heavy artil lery aro to bo mustered out. Spanish soldiers have demanded their pay, and they object to leaving Cuba without It. Posters exhorting tbe troops to refuse- to leave Havana unless the money Is first forthcoming, were circulated in Havana. ' The prevailing sentiment Is one of "animosity toward Madrid. A Madrid dispatch says: General Judemos, ad Interim governor of the Philippines, replying to the govern ment's request for information as to the true situation of affairs in the archi pelago, reports that to resume establish ment of Spanish sovereignty over the islands would roqulre a fleet and end less quantities of material. At least 11,000,000 prize money will be distributed among American sailors as a result of the war with Spain. Hear Admiral Sampson ol tbe North Atlantio squadron will receive 1-10,000, Dewey and his men are to receive 187, 6W head money. Appropriations lor the purpose will likely be made at the next session of oongross. ' General Shafter says the surrender ol Santiago waa a great surprise to him. Retribution Is not quite complete. Tbe. Cuban commissioners will make an attempt while in Havana to ferret out the persona who destroyed the Maine, r Orders have boon issued by the war department that all the regular army regiments now at Montauk, which wero started previously east of the Mis eissippi river, sliull return to the same stations. A semi-official note from Berlin says that peace having been re-established between the United States and Spain, orders have been given that the Gorman naval force at Manila be at once reduced to one or two ships. A report la oorrent In London that Great Britain and Germany have signed a treaty of alliance for Germany's sup port in Egypt. England will recog nise Germany's claim to Syria as an outlet for her surplus population. - Reliable information has been ob tained by tha Associated Press to the effeot that Russia Intends to convene tho international peace conference at St. Petersburg one mouth after the ad journment of tbe Spanish-American peace conference at Paris. The monthly statement of tbo public debt, shows that August 81, the public debt lees cash in the treasury, was f 1,018,470,717, which is a decrease for the month of 134,780,711. This de crease is accounted for by a correspond ing increase in the cash on hand, due to the receipts from the war loan. The Chicago Trlbuno prints statistics showing the number of soldier who have been killed in battle and have died of diaeaBosIn camp during the war with Spain. While 8S0 officers and men have been killed in battle or died of wounds received, there have died of disease in camp between 1,200 and 2,000 volunteers and regulars. A Madrid dispatch says: All Cata lonia protests against tbe continuance of the special war taxes, and insist upon their immediate repeal, threaten ing to close all the fuotories if the de mand is not complied with. The lower classes are deeply and perhaps danger ously improsaed by the ghastly appear anco of the repatriated soldiers from Santiago de Cuba. Andrew Carnegie Jiag offered tha town oonncil of the town of Dumfries, Scotland, the sum of 10,000, to baild a public library. Tbe attorney-general of Ohio has de cided to bring an action against tba American Steel and Wire Company, under the anti-trust law. The reported death of Mrs. Terriss, widow ol the actor who was murdered by Richard Arthur Prince December 1 last, proves to have been an error. Mrs. Terriss is seriously ill in London. TAKING OF OMDDRMAN Kitchener Defeated Khalifa After a Bloody Battle. GALLANT CIIABOE Off BRITISH Mawed Tribe Were Unable to With' stand Mi Withering fire of Modera Ordnauea.- Omdnrman, Opposite Khnrtoum on Hie Nile, Nubia, Sept. 6. The sirdar, General Herbert Kitchener, with the khalifa's black standard captured dur ing the battle, entered Orudurrnan, the capital of Mubdlam at 4 o'clock this afternoon, at tho bend of the Anglo Egyptian column, after completely routing the dervishes and doaling a death blow to Muhdlm. Roughly, our losses wero 200, while thousands of the dervishes were killed and wounded. Lust iilgbt tho Ang'o-Egyptian army enoamped at Agalza, eight miles from Omdurmun. Tbe dervishes were three miles distant. At dawn today, the oavalry patrolling toward Onidur man discovered the enemy advancing to the attack In battle array, chanting war songs. Their front consisted of in fantry and oavalry, stretched out for three or fonr miles. Countless banner fluttered over their masses, and the copper and bras drum resounded through the rank of tbe savage war riore, who advanced unswervingly, with all their old-time ardor. Our Infantry formed tip outside tbe camp. At 7:30 A. M. the enemy crowded the ridges above tho eump and ad vanced steadily In enveloping forma tion. At 7:40 our artillery opened fire, which was answered by the dervish riflemen. Their attack' developed on our loft, and in accordance with their traditional tactics, tbey swept down the hillside, with the design ol rushing our flunk. But the withering fire maintained for IS minutes by all our line frustrated tho attempt, and tha dervishes, balked, swept toward our center, upon which they concentrated a fierce attack. A largo force of horsemen, trying to face a continuous ball of bullet from tbe Cameron Highlanders, the Lincoln shire regiment and the Soudanese, waa literally swept away, leading to the withdrawal of the entire body, whose dead strewed the field. The bravery of tbo dervishes oan hardly be overestimated. Those who carried the flags struggled to within 100 yard of our fighting line. When the dervlsbos withdrew behind the ridge In front of their camp, ths whole force marched in echelon of bat talions toward Omdnrman. . A our troops surmounted the crest adjoining tbe Nile, the Soudanese on our right came iuto contact with the Remiuk, who bad reformed under cover of a rocky eminence, and-had marched beneath the blnck standard of the kha lifa In order to make a supreme effort to retrieve tbe fortunes of the day, A mass 16,000 strong bore down on tha Soudanese. - General Kitchener swung round the center and left of the Soudanese and seized the rocky eminence, and the Egyptians, hitherto in reserve, joined the firing line In 10 minutes, and be fore the dervishas could drive their at tack home. Tbe flower of the khalifa's army fas caught in depression and within a Bono of withering cross-tiro from three brigades, with the attendant artillery. The devoted Muhdis strove heroically to make headway, but every rush waa stopped, while their main ho ly was literally mown down by a sus tained cross-fire. Defiantly the dervishes planted their standards and died beside them. Their dense masses gradually melted to com panies, and the companies to driblets beneath tbe leaden hail. Finally they broke and fled, leaving the field white with Jibbah-clad corpses, like snow drift dotted spot. At 11:15 the sirdur ordered an ad vance and our whole force, in line, drove tha scattered remnants into the desert to Omdurman. Among the chief incidents of tbe bat tle was a brilliant chargo by tba Twenty-first Lancers, nndur Lieutenant Colonel Mai tin. Galloping down on a detached body of the enemy, they found the dervish swordsmen massed behind, and ware forced to charge home against appalling odds. The lan Mrs haoked through the mass, rallied and kept the dervish horde at bay. '- Lieutenant Grenfelt, nephew of General Sir Francis Gronfelt, was killed, four other officers were wounded, SI men were killed aud 30 wounded. The Egyptian oavalry were In close fighting throughout with the Bnggara horsemen. For a short period the enemy captured and held a gun, but it was brilliantly retaken. The heroic bravery of the derviahe evoked universal admiration. Time after time their dispersed and broken force reformed and hurled themselves upon the Anglo-Egyptians, their emir conspicuously leading and spurning death. Even when wounded and in death agonies'they raised themselves to fire a last bot . Among tbe wounded is Colonel Rhodes, the correspondent of tha Lon don Times, and a brother of Ceoil Rhodes. " Four Young Womea Drowned . Erie, Pa,, Sept. 6. By an acci dental jibing of the sail of the pleasure yacht Carmenca, on Presque Iala bay this morning four young women were swept off into the water and drowned before assistance : could be rendered thorn. 'Their names are Mary, Delia and Ella Faradine and Jessie Moore. Madrid. Sent. 6. The government has decided to pay the next coupon of thn fiubi.n debt, nendlna the settle men' Uh the United States, PRESIDENT AT WIKOFF. Cheered tha 8Uk Ilero of tha an . . tlago Campaign. Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y., Sept. 0. Presldont MoKinley sjient five hours in tho camp today, bare headed most of the time, visiting tho sick in the hospitals and inspecting the well in their cantonments. He made a speech to the assembled in fantrymen,.reviewed tho cavalrymen, expressed his opinion of the camp to tho reporters, and issued an order di recting tbe regiments to return to their stations east of tbe Mississippi. With tho president were Vice-President Hobart, Secretary ol War Alger, Attorney-General Griggs, Senator Ifod ficld Proctor, Brigadier-General Euan, commissary of the army; General Lud ington, quartermaster of. the army; Colonel Henry llecker, and Secretaries to the President Potter and Cortelyou. Tho ladles of the party were Mrs. Al ger and Miss Becker, a daughter ol Colonel Decker. General Wheeler, bis staff, and nearly ever officer of promluenoo in the camp mot the president at the sta tion, except General Shafter, who Is still in bed, and General Young, who full and broke bis arm last night. After greetings and introductions on the railway platform, the piesident took General Wheeler's arm and went to a carriage. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, of the rough riders, was among a group ol horsemen nearby. Mr. McKinley saw him and got out of the carriage to speak to him. Colonel Roosevelt has tily dismounted aud tueselcd with a gauntlet for 15 seconds, so that un gloved he might shake bands. The column of carriages wound ud a hill, escorted' by the Third cavulry reg iment, and tbe mounted band of tbe Sixth cavalry. The party paused a moment on the hill, and the president looked out on the wide, Undulating oamp, water bounding each side and whitenod on the levels and hilltops by the tent ol 18,000 men, laid out in geoinetrio lines. Mr. JdoKlnley drove to General Shatter's tent In the detention camp. Tbe general, who was flushed and weak from a mild case of malarial fever, was in full nnfiorm, sitting In a chair at tbe door of the tent. He tried to rise, bnt President McKinley said: "Stay where you are, general; you are cntitlted to rest." The president congratulated General Sbaftei on the Santiago victory, and after a few minutes' rest, proceeded to the general hospital. The soldiers re cently arrived on the transports and detained In tba detention section of the camp lined np Irregularly on each side of tbe road and cheered. - The president took off his straw hat ihen, and scarcely more than put it on for more than a minute or two at a time during tbe remainder of bis progress through the camp. Miss Wlieeler, a daughter of the gen eral, happened to be in the first row of the hospital tents, and she showed the president through her division. General Wlieeler announced in each ward: "Boys, tbe president has oome to see you;" or, "Soldiers, the presi dent of tbe United States." Some of the soldiers slept uncon scious, some listlesslv raised upon their elbows, -others feebly clapped their hands. Mr. McKinloy gently shook hands with many, and at every cot ho paused an instant, and if ha saw tbe sick man looking at him he bowed in a direct and personal way. : In the second ward tbe president en tered, Sergeant John A. Alexander, company D, First Illinois, who has a lever, was rather startled to hear Gen eral Wlieeler announce the piesident. The sei genu t half raised upon histcot. Mr. MtKinlcy, attracted by the move ment, took Alexander's hand and said: "I am sorry to see you so sick. I hope that you are getting better." "Thank you; I think 1 shall get well." "Do yon wish for anything?" asked General Wheeler. "No, I have everything good for me, I guess," Alexander replied wearily, "but I wish I were home." "I hope that we may soon get yon there," said Mr. McKinley. He had many such bits of talk with the men, and Beemed to bo in no hurry. He almost outwore tbe pa tience of all liiaf party by hi slow going througii waid after ward. Ambuauad by Indiana. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 6. The schooner J. M. Coleman, which arrived on the Sound- today, from St. Michaels, brings news that two prospeotor were ambushed while drifting down the Yu kon in a boat. Indians fired on the boat, killing one and wounding the other. Tbe wounded man escaped, and reached a police camp. Police started, and found tbe Indians enjoying the prospectors' supplies. They were brought to Dawson, where one of the Indians made a confession. Mr. Frank, who came on the Cole man, says when he left Dawson there was a stampede to Dewey and Samp eon oreeks, from which fine reports came. Both are In Amerioan territory. Troubla in X.adronaa. Madrid, Aug. 30. Negotiations have bean opened with Washington to obtain permission for the Spaniards in tbe Ladrone islands to go to Manila, as the situation in the Lad rones is extremely oritical. ' ' mown Up b a Torpedo. New Olreans. La., Sept. 6. The gov ernment steamboat John I. Meigs waa today destroyed by an explosion at St. Philip. She had aboard Lieutenant Jervey and a party engaged in remov ing the torpedoes laid in tha Mississip pi river during the beginning of tba war. Lieutenant Jervey had a narrow escape. Tha killed are: Charles Starr, commander of the boat; Sergeant John Newman, ol tha engineers; Pat Carlos; Ralph Rogers. Those wounded ar Frits Koch and D. B. Keddy. NOTSOBAD AS PAINTED General Wheeler Describes Army's Condition. HE BLAMES TUB KEWSPAPEES Says tka Soldier, at Camp WlkoSr Ava Cwntantd aud Wall Traatad. - Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, N. Y., Sept 6. Major-Genoral Joseph Wheel er gave tbe following to the press to day: "Headquarters United States Forees, Camp Wikoff, Long Island, Sept. 6. The following Is a sample of the letter which are constantly received regarding the soldiers in the campt " 'In regard to my stepson, we feel very uneasy about him on account of the newspaper reports of the privation mil Buffering inflicted upon the pri vates. Although he ha never nttered a complaint since he has been in the army, we hear from other sources of the oruel and horrible treatment inflicted upon our soldiers under the pretense of humanity for our neighbors, and tha whole country is in a Btute of terrible excitement. I should not be surprised if the fueling should lead to a revolu tion of some kind, for I assure yon I hear on all sides the most violent and bitter denunciations of the war depart ment and tbe administration. It is, indeed, a great pity that tbe glory of our triumphs should be dimmed by such a shameful thing a the ill treat ment and starvation of our brave 9. iosBPH wBr.Er.ta. soldiers, while the Spanish prisoner have the best treatment that the conn, try can afford.' "It will be seen that this letter say that not a word of complaint has been received from this soldier, and so far as my Investigation goes, no complaint has been made by any of the brava soldiers who have added glory to oot arms in the Cuban campaign. "A great many anxious fathers, mothers, brothers or sisters, arrive here from all parts of the United States to look after their relatives, whom they say the papers tell them are suffering, and many of them have heard that their relatives are in a condition of starvation. Most of these people aie little able to expend the money for such a journey, and thej are surprised when they oome here to and 4heir relatives surrounded with everything to eat which can be produced by money, and, if sick In the hospital, they are grateful and surprised to find that they are given every possible care. "Every officer and soldier who went to Cuba regarded it that he was given a great and special privilege in being permitted to engage in that campaign. They knew they were to encounter yel low fever and other diseases, as well a the torrid heat ot the country, and they were proud and glad to do so. They knew that it was impossible for them to have the advantage of wagon trans portation, which usually accompanies an nrmy, and yet officers and men were glad tb go, to carry their blankets and their rations on their backs and be sub jected, without any shelter, to the sun and rains by day and the hecvy hazes by night. They certaluly know that the Spanish had spent years in erecting defenses, and it was their pleasure to assault and their duty to capture tha Spanish work. "They were more than glad to incur these hardships and these dangers. They went there and did their duty, each man seeming to feel that Ameri can honor and prestige was to b meas ured by his conduct. Tha brave men who won the victories did not complain of tho neglect of the government, but, on tha contrary, they seemed grateful to tha piesident and secretary of war for giving them tha opportunity to in cur these dangers and hardships. They realised that in the hurried organiza tion of an expedition by a government whioh bad no one with any experience in such mattetB it was impossible to have everything arranged to perfec tion; and tbey will testify that nnder the oircumstances, the conditions were much more perfect titan any one would have reason to expect, and that the president and secretary of war and others who planned and dispatched these expeditions deserve high corn mendation. - "I have just finished my daily in spection ol the hospitals. With rare exceptions the sick are oheerfuL ; I have nurses and doctors to care for them, and in all my tour I have not found a single patient who made the slightest complaint It is true there has been great suffering. The climate of Cuba was very severe upon all our soldiers, but instead of complaining the hearts of those brave men are filled with gratitude to tbe people for the bounteous generosity which ho been extended to them," ALL RECORDS BROKEN. Bank Clearing Larfeat Vvar Kaawa . for Aug-uat. New York, Sept. 5. B. G. Dun & Co.' weekly review of trade says: The smallest failure ever recorded in any month for five years were those ot August No other month sinoe tha monthly report were commenced by Dun' review, exclusively, lias shown defaulted liabilitie as small, within $1, 000,000, and the ratio of such de fault to solvent business, represented by exchanges through all clearing houses, only f 108.70 in $100,000, is smaller by 26. 6 per cent than in any previous month. The clearings have been the largest ever known in August, and 23.0 per cent larger than In 1892. The enormous volume of business in a month usually one of tha most in active of the year, demands attention. Postponement during tha months of war of soma contracts and purchases which have not oome forward explain pait of the increase, and the strong; absorption of securities explains part, but there has also been a great decline in the average of price ot all com modities, so that It take a much larger volume of business in tons or bushels to make up transactions amounting to a million mora than in 1893. It is, therefore, strictly true that business is larger than in the very best of all past yeais, and yet there la every prospeot of much further increase. There is no room to doubt that the wheat crop, even though it may fall a shade below some estimates, will prove the largest ever harvested, and al though Beer boh m estimate Europe' crop at 232,000,000 bushels mora than tbe last year, that would be only about an average yield, while other evidence is less favorable. Foreign buying ha been strong, Atlantic exports tor tha week having been 8,826,878 bushels, against 5,684,757 bushels last year, and Pacific export 458,881 bushels, against 268,651 bushel last year. But receipts at tba West are increasing, and the price has dropped 5 cent for spot, though the September option I 7-8c lower tor tbe week. Tha improvement in the lion indus try has not only-continued, but , be comes more impressive because enor mous business sales have satisfied the needs of great consumers for months to oome, the demand for produota is so great that both materials and produota gradually advance In price. Bessemer pig has arisen to 1 10.55 at Pittsburg; local coke at Chicago, and anthracite foundry at the East, are strong, and also bars and plates ad vanced a share, with most structural and plate mills filled with order for months to come, and 25,000 tons of rails sold at Chicago for delivery next year. Tbe advance in tin plates, in spite of production far greater than was thought possible not long . ago, is evidence that the consumption of steel in that branch will be heavy. The wiN-nall works also report a better de mand, and tbe output of Connellsville coke has started up, gaining 10,000 tons for the week. . The woolen mills have rather better orders this week, bit not enough a yet to warrant running nearly full force, with tbe price of wool held at the West much above Eastern mar kets, and by those markets above lc higher 'than tbe mills are bidding. Failures for the week have been 171 in tbe United States, against 191 last Tear, and 23 in Canada, against 25 last year. DYNAMITE 'EXPLOSION. Fonr Maa Killed and Many Injured at Klonmlngtoa, Ind. Indianapolis, Sept. 5. -A special to tbe Sentinel from Bloomington, Ind.. says: A horrible accident occurred at StintBville this afternoon, In wbicb four men were Instantly killed by a dynamite explosion, and many others were seriously injured. The men were blasting rock for new pike when the explosion occurred, instantly killing tbe following: John William, John Grtibb, Buck Wampler, Edward Watts. The fatally injured are: Ben Fyffe, Milton Hike and Willie Liford. The injured were brought to Stints vllle, and the coroner waa summoned from Bloomington. The' men killed and injured were well-known oitiaens of this county. All had families and tome had grown children. Tbey ranged in age from 40 to 50 years. Hike lost an arm and leg, and I dying tonight - ' London Railway DImater. London, Sept. 6. A teirible acci dent baa taken place at Welling borough railway station, on tbe Lon don & Northwestern road, near Man chester. Two boys pushed a loaded luggage van on the traok just as the express ttain waa approaohing at a speed of 60 miles an hour. Tbe train was derailed and fearful scenes ensued. The railway oarriagea caught fire; the engineer,' the fireman and two passen gers were killed, and many others were seriously injured. : Million Feet Lot.. San Frariscisco, Sept 5. What was left of the big raft, which was started down the coast for the Bibb Lumber Company, and which broke in two off Point Reyes a few days ago, waa towed into port this morning. Almost 1,000, 000 feet of lumber was lost, but the section saved will cover the loss and expenses. Yellow fever gpraadi. Washington, Sept. 5. The marine hospital service was officially advised today of 10 new cases of yellow fever which have been discovered at Orwood, Miss. Fever at Mlnton Station. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 5. -The board ot health has received a telegram from Inspector Grant, stating that yellow fever baa appeared at M in ton Station No report ot the number ot oases. BIG PACK EXPECTED Fall Fishing Season Soon to Open. GOOD PRICKS ABE PROMISED Haarly All tha Lowe Columbia Can. nerlee Will Operate Packer Offering Two Centa, Astoria, Sept. 8. From present in dications, the fall fishing season this year will be the most important in tha history of the salmon industry. Nearly ell the canneries on tiie lower Colum bia will operate, and it ia probable a large pack will be put up. The pack ers are offering 2 cents per pound for fish, but tba price will, no donbt, be raised before tbo season is over. Tha shortage in the spring pack is nearly 100,000 cases, and all tbe canneries are oversold. To make up this deficiency a large quantity of fall fish will be packed. . The canner will have lively compe tition in the fall fishing industry. An agent of a big Portland cold-storage concern has been in the city for some days past, and haa notified tbe fisher men that be will pay 5 cents a pound for silversides and steelheads delivored in Portland. Hi company supplies the Eastern market, whore the supply of salmon is never equal to the demand, and the price is correspondingly high. Doubtless the cold-storage people wifl be able to get all the fish they can handle, as the prioa offered by them ia much higher than that offered by tba packers. This will probably result in a decrease of the snpply for canneries. During the spring season the boats belonging to the canneries sold at leant one quarter of their catches to tbe cold storage companies, and it is more than likely that this action will be repeated during tbe fall season. Tha packers who operate trap will not be as seri ously handicapped as those who depend entirely upon tbe gillnet fishermen. The packers cannot possibly pay 1 cents for .fall salmon, if, as they claim, that price cannot well be paid for spring fish, so the cold-storage people will get the bulk ot tbe season' catch, if their offer bold good. Every indication points toa good ran of salmon, which are large and of ex oel'ent ' quality. Many fishermen, trappers and seiners, are ready to begin fishing September 10. Shipments of spring salmon to East ern and European markets continue, mostly on sales made early in tbe year. Most of tbe salmon goes by rail, al though the San Francisco steamer take large quantities south. Asa result of the short pack, the price of Columbia river- salmon has been on the rise, and tails are now quoted at 11.15. It -Is expected tho price will reach still higher figures. Yesterday the Union Fishermen' Co-operative Packing Company ship ped a carload of salmon to Pittsburg. NO TIME FOR INQUIRY. Sternberg Opposed to avk Inveatigatlaa at the Fraeent Time. Washington, Sept 8. -Surgeon-Gen era! Sternberg today sent tbe following letter to a New York niedior.! publica tion which bad made inauiries of him concerning tbe conduct of the war with reference to tbe medical department, and especially about the subject of hav ing an immediate! investigation of his bureau. Be Bays: "I am ready at any moment for a complete investigation with reference to my administration of the affairs ot the medical department, but the war department ia not . disposed to make audi an investigation as the result of sensational newspaper articles. There is at present an evident craze to criti cise, without regard to truth or justice. I have no doubt there will be a congres sional investigation into the conduct of the war, but I do not lee) at liberty at present to insist upon an investigation for my own vindication, "because it is contrary to the general interests of the service. It would be wrong for me to give up all the important official work which at present almost overwhelms me, for the purpose of devoting myself to a presentation of tbe facts relating to my administration. It would make it necessary to take, clerks away-from their daily tasks in order to look up the documentary evidence on file in my office, and In tbe meantime important matters would necessarily be neglected and the sick in all paits of the country would suffer. It would make it neces sary to call upon the medical offioera, who are now urgently needed for tha care of the sick in our various camps and hospitals, to come to Washington as witnesses, and all this to satisfy the clamor of irresponsible newspaper re porters. There has been no official campaign with reference to my admin istration of tha medical department ' "With, regard to Mantauk point, I intend to send at once, Lieutenant Colonel Charlo Smart, an experienced officer and the professor of hygiene in our army medical school, to make a thorough sanitary investigation. ' To go myself, much as I should like to do so, would be to neglect important offi cial duties in connection with tha sup ply of hospitals, tbe movement ot my hospital trains, of hospital ships, etc." Baa Franelseo Caetoin Douse. San Francisco, Sept 8. The custom-house receipts for the port of San Franoisco for the month of August amounted to $567,273.49, the largest receipts for a single month in the rec ords of the department. Corunna. Sept. 8. The Sr.anifh transport Isla da Panay, from Bantiaao about August has arrived here wi.n a dotaohroent of anrrendird Ppnnwb troop. - There woie 17 d.iutls on t! teatner during the vorvi'.
