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Newspaper Page TextOREGON VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1899. NO. 39. EVENTS OF TIIE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphfc News of the World. TKUSK TICKS FROM THR WIttKS An Interesting; Oolleetlon of Items Frost tha Two llenilsphera Presented Is Voadonaed ram, Tan regiments will lears San Fran litco foi Manila bufuie His October 1 All tiriiiPAetsary nolsei are to be Hopped by tli health and police oil slali of Chicago. Tha plague it reported to ba tprasd I tig lu India mii(1 fmuliie la ituring them III tlie luce. Tha itute department has been In formed tliut H lovolutlon bHI broken out In Venezuela. Mr. Parali A. Baker, who bai jus died at Forest ilouia, Pa., wai tba old lit American antrum. A band of Maoabee aoontt number lug 1 00 1 1 hi bean organized at Manila from (oriuer Spanish volunteers. . An A mar lean interivewed at Atlan ta, Oh., knowa miiuli about tba Drey fua oasa, and aura E.terhary It tha guilty one. Tha Thirty-third regiment of volim term bat atartad from Ilouaton, Tel., for Knn Francisco, for embarkation to tba Philippines. An American company will ettab Hull a gigantic locomotive-building jilimt in Switzerland, employing American matluxla. Tba retail business of the country it now being done largely on a caah baala, and banka are seeking new wediuine for Investment. President Bchorman, of Cornell uni versity, will act aa Governor ltoose- velt'i representative at the Chicago trout conference. At Johnson Springs, Va., a mob at tainted Mormon Klder Joae Wuffln, and than threatened lynching If he at tempted proaeoulion. Th it Teuit' corn crop breaks the rec- ord. Tha United States will produce 2,600.000,000 bushels, with Kanaaa la the lead and Nebiaska second. Chicago will hare a hotel for the poor. Flint clnat rooint including a bath can be had for SO to 80 centt a night. The building will be 10 ttorlet high. The American Hankeri' Association at thair annual convention in Clare land, ()., took atiit to have the oom merclul paptr lawa the tauie the world orer. Kngliah newspaper teem to regard the outbreak of hostilities with the lloera aa a mere matter of time. The official, however, deny the lituallon it to serious. A Washington special tart Great Hritaln and the United Stales have uriiotiuallv agreed unon the Alaakai boundary line and present negotiation rulute only to minor questions. All peace negotiation! with the In tnrgenta hare been auapeuded. The coiiiiuitaion hat been dissolved and military men of the service hare been given full tway In the Philippines. Copiet of General Otil' order grant ing home rule to the inhabitant! of the inland ol Negro hare been recelred by tha war departmetnt, together with a constitution propoted by the people, upon which they teek to hare eitab lialied for thciutelvet a republican form oi gorernment. A ailk ribbon trutt hat ben organ ized. Fear of war It effecting trade in England. Toronto bricklayer! earn 87X oentl per hour. The Washington rolnnteen have ailed for home. The condemned thip Relief la to be iiHod at a Moating hoapital at Manila. Otii will tend the Ohio after the grounded Morgan City troopt at Nag aaaki. Yucatan Indiana now refute to pay tnxna in Mexico, and more trouble it expected. . British teamen linre declared a gen eral atrike and the increment will effect all liritiah ports. Thousand! of referent are In attend, ance at the national G. A. K. encamp ment in Philadelphia. The retail btitcheri propose to make a great light against the trutt. They hare (10,000,000 of capital and mem ber! In nearly erery large city in the United Statet. Kruger hat withdrawn hit cotioet tions to England. TJie time of resi dence neoeasury to obtain franchise hat been increased instead of deoiuateU at England demanded. At the next sosilon of emigres! the Nlcuraguan government will open nesto tintioui with the United Statei (or a treaty on tha subject of the oanal, and will agree to wipe out all othor con cessiont that havo heretofore been grunted. The legislative oonncll of Weitern Australia lias passed a bill erilrauolili ing women. Fannuil hall. Boston, which hits beon undergoing repair! for auroral months, is to be reopened to vititoil about the middle Of September. Governor Atkinson, of West Vir ginia, claims that hit ttate leadt the union in the production of oil and lumbar and that It ll second In coke and third In lumber, LATER NEWS. Texas It infTerliig from drought. Admiral Dewey hat tailed from Gib- altar for New York. Indignation over the reconviction of Diey'ui manifested Itself In New York by the burning In eOlgy of General ueroier. It la tab! by prominent railroad men that the llarrimaii syndicate it quietly working for a tea-to-sca railroad ar rangement. Peary and lilt arotlo expedition have been heard from. They are coming home after getting much geographical iiuorrnatlon. The government will toon have lit plant for the manufacture of tmokeleat powder lu operation. The location it ou the Potomao near Indian Head. Ao eatt bound Southern Fee I Ho train wat held up and robbed near Wilcox, Aria., by four men who hired out at hay cuttert near there for lereral dayt. Two hundred feet of a trestle over Droad river, noar Colunibut, 8. O gave way mi Jer a train load of granite ana lour of the train crew were killed Meridian, Mini., hat quarantined against all places infeoted with yello fever. At Key West and Jaoktonvillt the situation It reported to be growing worse. The Dreyfus verdiot hat aroused widespread indignation outaide ol France and there la much talk through out Europe of boycotting the Parit ex potman. None of the prisoners In the Ward mtr bull pen ire to be tried at the pres- etit term of oourt in that couuty. Their caaet will go over outil the Janu err term. Although the aspect of affairs ii more peaceable, the tpecial ditpatohei from Johannesburg report the greatest anxiety there, and people are still leer- lug the town by hundreds. - Jealous of the United State, Euro pean influences are working in Soutk America in opposing a pan Amerioai unity. They tay the great republic seeks to dominate all America. A Washington correspondent tayi that free ports Id Alaska are given U Canada by tentative boundary agree ment, and in return the United Htatei will gain additional privilege for New England fiaherineu. A force of 460 rebels, with one can lion, attaoked Hants Rita and tluiul taneoualy Guagua and Kan Anton Ic were attacked by bodies of rebel numbering about 600 men. All thf insurgent! were repulsed without loss to the American!. According to the statement Jtial made public by the war department our colonial trade for the first seven months of 1890 beatt all records. Trade movements affecting the United States were never to uniform ami natural at this year. A Seattle dispatch tart: Aftei spending lereral hundred dollar! in assisting destitute Klondikers to their Eastern hornet, tba county commission ers bare called a halt. ilia cnamuet of commerce hat taken a timilar ao tion. Puget sound gum will be teited b. the gorernment soon. Chicago has just passed through the longest dry spell since the time of thi great fire in 1871. The Porto Rican relief committee will appeal for aid to all the riurohei and banks in this country. The Tennetsee Coal A Iron Company It believed to hare a corner on tht ooa I product of Tennetsee. Walker Bill, of St. Louis, hat been chosen aa the next president Of tht American Bankers' Association. Railway surveyor! are at work in Eastern Oregon and it ii rumored thai they are in the employ of the Burling ton. At the Empire City Trotting park, New York city, Joe Patchen defeated Star Pointer, John K. Gentry and (Searchlight. Samuel B. Bishop and Henry Hawl were blown to pieces by an accident explosion of giant powdei in the May flower mine at Nevada, Cal. An open switch on the Brie road near Meativiue, fa., cameo a collision between a freight and passenger train. Three were killed and tluee injured. Texas, Chicago and New York capl- taliati have bought 8,000.000 acret ol timber and range land In Mexico, and ill build up an industrial and com mercial center. A freight train near Williamson, W. Va.. broke in two and the two notion) came together in a tnnnel, resulting In the killing of three of the train crew and four tramps. American applet .are In such great demand In Germany thlt year thai ahipmenti have commenced one month earlier than usual. Last year 99,861 barreli were tent abroad. Thil year it it expected the thipmenti will reaoli 100,000 barrels. At a reward for the Santiago oam- paign Major-General Shatter will con tinue In command of the department of the Paolflo with hit pretent volun teer rank alter the time reached for hit retirement, which wat to have taken place the 14th of September. Lack of transportation faollitlet to South American porta it admittedly t serious hindianoe to the extension ol trade between the United Statei and the countries toutb of ut. Colonel Chat. E. Jones, the Georglt historian, hat compiled a lilt of tin surviving confederate generals, which shows that out of the original It lieu-tenant-generalt uren turvives of tht 81 major-generals, 16 are living, and of 865 brigadier-generals, 88 survive. PHILIPPINE CONGRESS Agulnaldo Appoints From Conservative Element INSURGENTS TAXING CHINESE The Cabinet Dliensses tha Question at Local Gii.rnm.nl fur Ida Islands. Manila, Sept. 11. A Filipino who has arrived here from Tarlao says an extraordinary sens Ion of the revolution ary congress took place at Tarlao, Au gust 84, Agninaldo presided, and otiose Mablni aa president of the an preme court and Gousaga as attorney general. They both represent the most conservative and tempeiata element. Mabini, who recently resigned the for sign leoretsrythlp, ii the ablest man connected with the revolution. Oon ruga was president of the lust peacr commission. The proceedings of the congress dis proved the report that Agninaldo had declared himself dictator. A decree hat been issued by tbe Fill- plnot compelling the registration ot all fortigneri in Filipino territory. Tht Chinese, who are a large fruolion o: the population, are oonaideied foreign ers, including those born in the Phil ippine islands. Application must be made on itamped paper, whioh (inures Isrgely in all the business of the instil rectionary government. This seems to be largely a toheme to tax Chinaman Government for Filipinos. Washington, Sept. II. The cabinet meeting today wat devoted almost en tirely to a discussion of the local gov ernment wblch will be established 'n the Philippines on the cessation of hos tilities. Secretary Root has given the matter much thought, and his views. at expressed at the meeting today, were recelred with approval by all the mem bar present. He pointed out that t system of government whioh would b suited to the people of Luzon ould hardly do for some of the other islands, where the Inhabitants were far less ad vanced. A member of the cabinet, in speaking of the matter, taid that Sec retary Root displayed broad statesman hip and a knowledge of the economic ind loctal conditloni on tin island. COUGAR STOLE A CHILD. fooh Bar from tha Midst Ptajrmataa. af Har Kendrick, Idaho, Sept. II. Newt received from Btaart. a new settlement above Kamiah.on the Net Perces reser vation, tiyi the whole country is in trme looking for a cougar that ap proaohed the home of Lewii Johnson last Sunday and took from his door- yard his 4-year-old daughter. With two little sisters, the girl wai playing In front ol tba house, when a cougar came out Irom the timber, ami, before the ohildren had time to make a cry of alarm, teited the little girl by the back of her neck and ttarted for the hills at once. Her playmates by their sorearai brought the mother to the door, wbd rrived In time to tee the cougar drag ging the child away in Hi month. She at once raised an alarm with her cries, whioh caused the cougar to drop hit prey about 100 feet from the house where the child wat picked op dead, her ne-.k having been broken. Tht newt tpread over the settlement, and about 100 armed men were toon loom ing the lilllt. For some time the settlers In thi vicinity have been losing cattle by four different cougart that have been teen, and declare now that they will not tett ntli they ire caught. Harrait Hands Wanted. Dallas, Or.. Sept. 11. Hopplcking has commenced in nearly all the yards about Dallas. There ii a great tcarcity of bands, and many yards in the coun ty are seriously embarrassed, and threshing It impeded for want of help. The rain hat brought both the grain and bop harvest! together, and prunet are coming on before the otheri are out ot the way, which will make the situa tion worse. It ii believed now that, if the weather shall continue good, 1,000 more people could obtain employment in Polk oountr lor month or more. Team! and wagons are in unprecedent ed demand (or hauling stone, wood and grain. The whole country, in fact, it working under high pressure tor tear ot rain. Arrival af tha Sheridan. 8an Franoiioo. Sept 9. The United States transport Sheridan, which left Manila August 10 with the Minnesota and South Dakota loldiert on board, irrived thil evening. The Sheridan carriet 900 membeti of the Minnesota regiment, 663 of theflonth Dakota regi ment, 49 merabert of the Fourth cav alry, and 176 discharged men, besidei v offloert. There were three deatba during the voyage. r.llow rarer Situation. Kev Wett, Sept. 11. Thirty octet of yeilow fever have been reported dur ing the past 84 hours, Including two caaet previously omitted. The total number occurring to date, to far a known, it 137. Two deatht bare been reported during the past 14 hour, making the total number ot deaths nine. An Appeal ti Vlotorln. Amsterdam, Sept 1 1, The member! of the Dutch Tramvaal committee have cabled to Queen Viotoria, imploring her "in the name of humanity and God'l kingdom to preserve peace." Aatoria, Or., Sept. 11. O. C. Mai ten, the Srenten logger, hat been in thi city for the paat few day In tearoli of men to work in hit logging camp. He limited the town ovei, but wat com. polled to return home without seouriug nr- ... 1 YELLOW JACK SPREADING. (ra Member ut Cn.ee Kay Wees. Reported at Wash In ton, Sept. 0. Telegrami to the lurgeon-general of the marine hoa pital service from Surgeon-General Carter, at Key West, Hate that np to last night the American phynciana re ported 64 cases of yellow (ever at that point. He estimated that Cnban phy loiant were in attendance upon from one-third to one-half a many more cases, but no report had been made of them, and it would be Impossible to gire aocurate figure. Carter expressed the opinion that Dr. McLanabin, of the nary department, who la ill with the (ever, will recover. Key West, Fla., Sept. 9. Seventy- seven easet of yellow fever have been reported op to last night, with a total of seven deatbi to date. Proepeoti for itamplng out tha fever are not very encouraging. Xvldenee Is All In, Rennet, Sept. 9. Today came the beginning of the end of the Drayfus trial. With the speech of the govern oent commissary, Major Carriere, the aee entered niion the final stage of pleadings, and the verdict will be de livered Monday. Colonel Juuanite thil morning took the most important decision yet taken, and took it entirely upon his owp re- tponiibility, although be it undoubted ly only the mouthpiece of the whole body of Judges. Hit decision to ex elude the testimony of Colonels Bobwarzkoppen and Pauizzardi wat moat tlgniflcant, at it meant that the oourt bad already reached a conclusion, and that the pleadinga ot counsel were merely a waits of time, and might be dispensed with if they, were not a ne cessity. The court bat made np ill mind, bnt whioh wayf Thlt la the view point and lormi the tola toplo of discussion. Both ildet are equally confident that the court will decide in accordance with their viewt. He Oannl Report. Washington, Sept 8. Emoiy B. Johnson, a memebr ot the Nicaragua canal commission, says that no formal report can be presented for at least i year. Thil will mean no aotlon by tin next congress, whioh wis evidently the Intention ot those who prevented any definite legislation at the last session, It is laid that the administration it not concerning itself very much about the lapse of right and concessions ol the United States government, because congress bit hid opportunity to act and failed, and the responsibility, if there should be no further concession obtained, will not be upon the admin istration. Meanwhile, where (avoiable negotiations csn be forwarded, our state department will give the oanal favorable attention. Llptoa Ma UT Lakes or Klllernejr. New York, Sept. 9. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Lon don says: Annouoncement was made here to day that Sir Thomas Lipton has offered 360,000 for the lakes of Killarney. if his offer Is accepted he intends to make present ot the beautiful estate to the Irish people. It is his intention to vest the title ot the property in the hands of trustees who will forever maintain and preserve it as Iriah na tional property. Sir Thomas Lipton was asked last Bight, on board bis steam yacht Erin, dow aoohored Inside Sandy Hook, whether the report from London was jorreot, and he confirmed the report. Annexation flee... Hannll. 8eattle, Sept. 9. Prince David Wa- tvanakoa. of Honolulu, who is on hit way to Washington to viait hi annt. x-Queen Liliuokalani, says: : "Annexation is a. decided success. bf course irom a sentimental view, the native Hawaiian feels like a man with out a conutrv Just now. but that feel- Jlng will wear away. We want the president to appoint our governor and hi eabinet and let the people elect their legislature. When thi is done, there will be no oause for complaint. Annexation has done great things for the Hawaiian islands. The country never was so prosperous before." Ta Obviate Damnge BUlta. Chicago. Sept. 9. The Rock Island Railway Company iiai issued Instruc tions to all iti oonductort that hereaf ter no person is to be put off a trian on account ol defective transportation or (or other reason! where tliore is the slighteit doubt in favor of the passen ger," or until the train man haa received ejectment orders from tha executive offloert in charge at Chicago. When a forged or mutilated ticket or pas I found, the conduotor Is to take np the lame and wire for instructions. Of course the order does not cover tram pi itealing ridet noi other cases ot flagrant deception. Oae af the Demands of Expansion. Chicago, Sept. 9. Spaniib ii to be taught in three ol Chicago'! high choola. Thil was deoided upon by the member ot the board of education latt night. The matter came np in the foim of a report from the high school committee recommending that Spanish be taught in the north, south and west division high schools. Chicago it the first oity to make pro visions In the public school tyttem (or the teaching of Spanish. Bras Works Trust. New York, Sept. 9. President Hew itt, ot the Brady Metal Company, ol thil oity, and the Buffalo Biass Com pany, ol Buffalo, N. Y., is reported to be inters ted in a plan to form the lead ing bran wOrki at far west at Chicago, into a 96,000.000 trnat. Mr. Miller, ol the Galena Oil Company, Is also aid to be In the deal. Option! have been obtained on IB of the largest plants, embracing all the prlnoipal concerns except the Atlantis Bran Company of Jeriey CUy, DREYFUS IS GUILTY That Was the Verdict of the Court-Martial. SENTENCED FOtt TEN YEAES Oeaeral Belief It That tha Fresldeal Will rardoa Klin, Otherwise Anether Dearadatlanw Rennes, 8ept. 13. The expected has happened. Dreyfna hat been con detuned. The court found him guilty tnd aentenced him to 10 yean deten tion. As he has already suffered fir yean' solitary Imprisonment, wbiof uouiitt at double ordinary detention, be will be released at the end ol a fort night. In the meantinme, unless ths president o( the republic pardoni him, Dreyfui will hare to be degraded here again within eight dayt. Though a majority of those in the courtroom this afternoon lully expect ed the verdict, they were completely stupefied when it waa given, and the tilence which prevailed in the room and the way men turned pale and caught their breath wat more impres sive than any other manKestatiou could bare been. Maitre Demange sank hack in hi chair and the tean trickled down hil oheeks. and Maitre Lalxrri lamed white a a sheet, while all round the court men looked at each other in si lence. The only sound to bt heard wat the rustling of paper from - the report' en' bench, at each pres represeutatir tiieil to be flrit to send the news. As the audienoe left the courtroom, (ally 10 or 16 men were crying openly. and the majority of those present walked quietly down the street lor more than a block without speaking a word. It was like a funeral proces sion. - Meanwhile, a tragedy wai being en acted iu the little room off the coort- 100m, where Dreyfus listened to the eading ot the rerdiot. He had been told the result by hit lawyert, and had wept bitterly, but when in thepietence of the officiali oi the court-martial, he listened impatiively to the sen tence. His wife, who was waiting in tor ture and sutpente at her bouse, bora the newt bravely, and when viiitinl her husband thil afternoon ibowed the on looker i who were in the. ttreett no signs of her sufferings at the walked from her carriage to the prison. Mathien Dreyfus was not present in court this afternoon, bnt visited bis brother after the verdict bad been rendeied. He found him 'perfectly calm and without any manifestation ot surprise at the finding of the court. The prisoner simply shrugged his shoulders, uttering an expressive Bah I" adding, as he ernbraoed - bis brother, as the latter was preparing to leave. Console mv wife. The general belief it that Dreyfui ill be pardoned; but thil will not Katisfy hit friends, who vehemently de- id re that they will refuse to accept ,u verdict, and will continue the bat- lu until the judgment is reversed The verdict, tbey say, is directed more against the Jews than against Dreyfus, and it allowed to stand will make their existence in France impossible. Maitre Labori and - Maitre Demange took the midnight train for Paris. They drove to the station In a closed carriage, escorted by four mounted gendarmes. The road was practically deserted, and no demonstration oc curred en rotito or at the" station. Maitre Demange and Maitre Labori will tomorrow sign an application tor a revision of the case, although there is no hope that the verdiot will be re versed. Both aro much npeet, though it can hardly bo laid that they are tur- prised. EXPRESS TRAIN ROBBED. Safe Blown Open nnd Contente Takes) Men Keenped. Cochise, Aria., 8ept. 18. Express train No. 10, on the Southern Pacifio, was robbed near here latt night bv four masked men, who blew the safs open and took everytning in sight. The amount of their booty It taid to be mail. , ' .' The train wai ttopped, the engino. mnil and expieta car were cat off from the rest of the train and ran a mil farther up the road, where the bandit stopped to complete their work. The expresi messenger waa forced to open his car and the robbers attaoked lb safe with dynamite. The strong box was soon blown Often and the content taken by the thieves, who hastily de parted. They were last seen going north on foot, and a posse started out on their rail. The dynamite nied on the sate blew out the aide o( the express car and tore up the floor. There ii so olue to the identity of the robbers, Two Additional Regiments. New York, Sept. ll.A tpecial te the Tribune from Witblngtou sayit Ordert will be issue:! from the war de partment in a day or two announcing the field and staff offloert ol two addi tional volunteer rvgimenti, whioh will be organised after the tuannor of the 0-called Immune regiment! lent to nlin lait year, their company offloert ud privates being exclusively colored men, and they will be ready V tall lot the Pbillppinot ear!y in November. The addition of thete regiments to the armv almost exhaust! the quota ol 86,000 volunteer! allowed by congress. There will then be 96 regiments of 1.809 men oaoh. whioh. with the Potto Kico naval battalioii ol 400 men, J leavet a margin of inly 1,876 In thi, authorized itreugth, or not ouite , enough lor mother regiment and hall, RAILWAYS IN LUZON. Arrang-omenta Completed for Another Line on the Const. Chicago, Sept. 11. Special corre spondence to the Tribune from Manila, under date of August 4, lays: Agents for a company of Spanish capitalists, some of whom live in Ma nila, announce that arrangements have been completed for the building of modern railroad line InLnson that will connect Manila with all the important towns along the west coast of the island as far north as Laoag. The rout is kept secret, but it is under stood that It will be the same as pro posed in 1876, when the scheme for goveioment railroads in tb Philip- pmei wai officially projected. Three lines were planned at that time, only one of which was completed, the present railroad, which runs from Ma nila to Dagupan, a distance ot 161 miles. The oompany is keeping its movements secret to prevent the two or three com pan let that are said to be organizing in the United Statei for the purpose ot building railroads i Luzon fiom anticipating it in securing the tame route. The Americans who have talked railroads here generally be- lieve.that a new town and port will be established either on tb north coast ol Luzon or the northern part of the west coast ot the island, as terminal of the railroad. Tbia would save 860 miles sailing to Manila for shipt from the United State or from Hong Kong, and with rapid communication to Manila through the richest provinces of the island, would be reasonably oettain to grow rapidly. INCREASED NAVAL ESTIMATES. Repair and Mew Ships Cost Honor- a Bean of New York, Sept 11. A tpecial to the Herald from Washington lays: The naval estimates for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1901, will aggregate about 160,000,000. This considerable increase in the cost ot the navy is due in great part to the expenditures which will have to be made doling the pres ent snd coming fiscal year for the con struction of the 64 vessels building, and that three battleships and three armored cruisers, which will be con tracted for at soon ss congress takes ac tion enabling the department to plrsyl contracts for armor. Admirals Hiohborn and Melville have estimated that $18,000,000 will be required to meet bills of shipbuild ers. In addition to this sum. Admiral Hichborn estimates that $6,000,000 inatead of $3,000,000 will be required for repair ships. There ii reason to believe that Admiral Crowioshield, chief of the bureau of navigation, will recommend in bis forthcoming report that tbe enlisted force be increased to 30,000 men and will make estimates therefor. He will alto make ample provision for target practice for the service. Admiral O'Neill'i estimate for tbe armor for the vessels under construc tion and proposed are very bigh. His estimate! for tbe present fiscal year amounted to $4,000,000. which wai ap propriated. The estimates (or the com ing year will exceed this amount. CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE. Keepers Net;le.t to Search Insane Man and He-Kills Three. El Paso. Tex., Sept. 1 1. New has resched here from Chihuahua, Mexico, of tbe terrible deed ot a lunatio there a (ew days since. Last Tuesday a crazy man created a disturbance among the people iu the plaza. He attaoked an American with a heavy billet of wood, but tbe American knocked down bis assailant with a walking cane. Tbe police arrived quickly and soon over powered tbe lunatic and took bim off to jail. They -locked him in a large cell. where 16 other prisoners were confined, snd neglected to search bim lor wea pons. It soon developed that the luna tic had a long knife concealed on his person, and drawing it ha began slash ing right and left at his nnaimed cell mate. Two of them were killed and third fatally wounded before tbe guard rushed in and -disarmed tbe lunatic. It ia reported that the insane man will be ehot for hit crime. : Merrltt Slated ror tha Philippines. New York. Sept. 11. A special dis patch to the Journal and Advertiser says: After 48 hourt of almost constant discussion among the preaident, Secre tary Root, Protestor Stburman, Sena tor Beveridge, General Milet and Adjutant-General Corbin, it may be stated positively that Geneial Merritt will go to the Philippines. No statement is made as to what po sition General Merritt is to assume. bnt it is probable tbe movement con templates the division of Otis' present dutiei into two department!, Merritt to have charge of ths military end. - Mile Mar Go ta Philippines. Chicago, Sept. 11. A tpecial to the Record from Washington tayn Nel son A. Miles, general commanding the army, will go to the Philippines to di rect the military operations during the approaohing campaign. This state ment, while not authorized by any an nouncement from the president or the secretary of war, is mads upon the au thority of one ot the offloeis ot the de partment. There is no doubt that General Milt desires the assignment, and unless the unexpected happens between now and the middle of October, he will start tor Manila. Sealskins Gnlora. San Francisco, Sept. 9. The steam ship Del Norte haa arrived from Alaska with 16,819 sealskins, consigned to tba North American Commercial Com pany. They were taken under license and will net the government a heavy loyalty, TIIE GREAT EXPOSITION Portland's Fair Will Be Best to Date. the WILL ECLIPSE FORMER FAIRS Basins September SS nnd Closes Oeto. her SS, nnd Will Be Open De ans! BTenlns. A very excellent feature of the Ore gon Industrial Exposition, which it held at Portland, ia that it represent! tbe entire Pacific Northwest, and the product! of thii whole region are freely given ipaoe there and attraotively ex hibited. It ii truly a great fair, and it is saada interesting to all. Everything connected with it is on a properly large scale such as -befits the great region represented, Portland has the capital necessary to carry on such a great fair, and her en terprising business men freely furnish tbe money to pay the hesvy expenses incurred. They know that In doing so tbey are aiding In the general devel opment of the entire Northwest. People woo visit the exposition at Portland this autumn will make no mistake, for they will find there many splendid attractions to interest them. A full military band, one of the best in America, will give concerts srery afternoon and erening, and there will be amusement features such as will please all, and such at can only be found In the very belt theaters. The great exposition bnilding will be s blaze ot glory and a bower of beanty, and it will be well worth going many miles to see the splendid exhibit of the products of field, farm, orchard, forest, fishery, factory and dairy. Mny Move to Spohnne. Another new Industry will probably be established soon at Spokane. Tbe latest move In this direction is one that may result in bringing the large plant of tbe Ealge Woolen Mills Com pany to Spokane, from Brownsville, Or. Tbe chamber of commerce is mak ing a movement in that direction and ita efforts bid fair to be successful. Hugb Field, president of the Eagle Woolen Mills Company, has written that if sufficient encouragement is given bim be will move bis plant to Spokane. Should the plant be moved to Spokane. Mr. Field says he will enlarge his mill and have a fonr-aet woolen mill. This will give employ ment to 160 banda Kanlclpnl Lighting Plant. The report of Engineer Byrne, ol Pomeroy, Wash., baa been received. He estimates tbe cost ot constructing a flume and erecting a power-house and plant at $22,000. This doei not in clude the eleotrioal machinery or the polei and wire, which it it estimated will cost about at much more. It is . not likely that the city will feel justi fied in attempting so large an under taking at present. Track Inj-ine; In Idaho. Work on the Kootenai Valley rail-. way has commenced in earnest. The necessary maohinery for the work ar rived last week and ia now in readiness for operations. Superintendent Rob erts expects to lav two miles per day. If no accident occurs the rails will reach Poit Hill by the middle of ths -month. The bead oi the lake will be reached by October 1. Walla Walla Bonds Sold. The city of Walla Walla, Waah., has sold $360,000 bonds, ot which $133. 000 were sewer and water bonds. Morrii & Whitehead, of Portland, weie tbe successful bidders. They bid for general municipal bonds 4X per cent interest aud 6 per cent for sewer and water bonds. The total bonds sold at s premium of $2,100. Lewleton Bonds Bold. ; w . The board of trustees ol Lewiston, Idaho, state normal school, has nego tiated the sale ot bonds amounting to $7,600 at a premium ot 10 per cent, thui providing an aggregate mm of $8,200 to construct two dorm itoriet and purchate physical and chemical ap paratut for the scientific department. Woolen Mill Rnshed. The big woolen mills ot Thomas Kay, in Salem, is now kept running night and day In response to orders from all parts of the country. Blankets snd flannels are now being tnrned out almost exclusively to fill these orders. One hundred persons are employed. , Flonr for Dnweon. The steamer Alpha left" Vancouver. B. C., last week with a oargo of 100 tons o( flour (or Dawson, from the Mill ol the Woods Milling Company. At Dawson flour is selling at $6 per bag and at this rate the agents of the firm in the North will be able to realize something like $28,000 out of the whole shipment. Helena Bnnk Won. The result of the sale ot the city bonds of Helena. Mont., was that tbe Union Bank & Trust Company, of that city, led all tbe Eastern banks in their premium offer and finally secured tha bonds, amounting to $66,000, giring s premium ot $780. This brings the in terett down to 8.9 per cent. A Hundred-Ton Mill. The Mountain Lion Gold Mining Company, ol Republlo, Wash., hat placed an order for 800,000 feet of lum. bei for their new 100-ton mill. The plant it to be in operation by January I next. It will be a combination mill with 20 stamps. Brewery Borned. Henry Riniger's city brewery, at Rathdrum, Idaho, was totally destroyed bv fir last week. The loss ia $35,-000.