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Newspaper Page TextOREGON VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FBID AY, OCTOBEIt 13, 1899. NO. 43. 7 VI 1ST EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic New of the World. TKR8K TICKS FROM THE WIBKS A Interesting Collection of Item Froa) tho Two llemlapuaros Preeeated la Oondeaeed form. ... St. Paul plumbers are on it strike. Kuipcror Francis Joseph haa ap proved tna new Austrian cabinet. William Waldorf AUr id hit taxes in New York, amounting to nearly null a minion, Brigadier-General F.agan has decided to appeal bit uase to congress and hopes to secure vindication. ., The British government haa placed a large order for canned meat and tinned fruit with one of Chicago'! (nicking concern. A party of American soldiers were ambushed by Ftlipiuos. A signal ser geant waa killed and two other Ainerl' can were wouuded. Joseph Kirk, the town marshal of Ine, Ky waa ahot by a desperado, A posse have gone to the mountain af tor the murderer. Ai the result of a severe electrical torin on North Iwach, Washington, the bonne of the lifo-aaviug crew waa damaged by a thunderbolt. Two masked men stopped the Bhef fla stage near Onray, Colo., and took the mail, but overlooked a bos oon Ululng 12,000 in gold. Indianapolis la carrying back to the South the Confederate Hag, which her aoldiera raptured from the Ferry, Tex., raugera during the civil war. A writ of habeas corpua haa been granted to Captain t'arker, found entity of misappropriating fundi, and who had been sentenced to lmpriaonment. The Venesnela boundary award la a compromise. Home of Great Britain's claim are diHallowed. Her frontier will mart at the Wainl river. The award waa unanimous. The flint race of the America enp erica resulted in a fiasco. Time limit waa five hour and neither !oat finish ed in this time. Excursion boats In tortured badly with the racers. The sword awarded by congress waa presented to Admiral Dewey by Presi dent McKinley. The address was made by Secretary Long. The admiral responded by saying that he now had proof that republics are not ungrateful. The Warren liner Hay State, from Liverpool for Iloston, is ashore near Cape Race, N. F.,and will likely prove a total wreck. Her crew and a num ber of passengers are adrift in boats which are loot in the fog. One boat reached Cape Fuller, Pasteur methods are subduing the plague in Portugal. New York is jam mod with strangers to see the international yacht races. There is talk in Japan of a triple al I lance between Japan, China and Corea Sir Thmoa Upton haa leen invited to attend the Chicago corner stone lay ing. The empress dowager of China, it la said, has determined to depose the em peror of Japan. Fifteen men, with knives, revolvers and clubs engaged in a street brawl in Chicago and one maa was killed. Japanese laquers have been found by Herman chemist to lie the most effec tive protectors of iron and steel from rust. Captain Albert Barker, who took the battleship Oregon from New York to Manila, will take command of the Norfolk navy-yard. ' In the event of war the British ex iiect early reverses in South Africa The government is blamed for having delayed sending reinforcements to the Cape. Gen. Otis says tho insurgents are maneuvering solely to gain recognition, lie has told Agninaldo's envoys that the only thing the United Stiites will consider is a white flag. A paddle steamer en route from Hong Kong to Manila foundered and seven of the orow were drowned. The d master is said to have been due to tftc rivages of the white rat. President MoKinley has determined to urge again npon congress .the au thorization of a trans-Pacine . cable, and when that body meets will be able to show the praoticablity of such a route by a naval survey. A crook arrested at Knoxville, Tenn., haa offered to revoal the hiding place of the timepiece stolen from ex-President Harrison some time ago. It is worth more than $1,000 and was pre sented to Mr. Harrison by the senators ou his retiring from olllce. At Muncie, Ind., Francis Btokor, a veteran of the oivil war, dropped dead from apoplexy. His son, F.verett, now coming home from the Phiippines, will learn of his father's death and that of his betrothed, Miss Edna Fogol, at Chicago, simultaneously. Not one drop of Intoxicating liquor is allowed to be sold at any of the mil itary camps of Cunada. At 7fl years of age Judge Jackson, of the United States district court for West Virginia, is still active ou the benoh. He was appointed by Lincoln. According to the books of the New York police department the receipts of the burglars and highwaymen of that city for the past 18 months have been little rising of $3,500,000. LATER NEWS, Admiral Dowey will receive a $1,000 waicn iroin me municipality of Boston. The city will spend $12,600 giving mo aumirai a welcome. The Marauette Club, af Chinuon. on. tertalned " President MoKinley at banuuet in the Anditortnm Hutnr.Uv night. Thirty-five hundred guests were present. Aooordlng to the Sebastopol corre spondent Of the Dill It fimnhln tha Russian naval credit for 1900 amounts to the ernomons total of 87.5()().onu ruuiea. The Paris corresnoudent of tha llail Mail SILTS! I laarn that rtMrmnnv tm about to hand over document which III lead to the quashing of the Drey- ius verdict. The Thirteenth Minnesota regiment, returning home from the Philippines' was royally entertained in Portland The regiment remained over night and attended the exposition. The Spanish government has sold the Havana floating dock for $000,000 to a syndicate of Vera Crua merchants. Several New York firm have been asked for terms for conveying. the dock to Vera Crua. Admiral Dewey haa ohosen J. W. Crawford as his oflloial secretary. Mr, Crawford is an employe in the office of the Judge-ad vocate-general of tha navy.. He will hold the rank of lieu' tenant in the navy. Near Chicago five persons were in jured in a collision bewteen a Haw thorue race track train on tha Illinois Central, and a freight engine which stood npon a siding, the switch of which had been left open. Don Emanuel Asplroa, Mexican am bassador to the United States, and the first of the distinguished guests whom Chicago has arranged to entertain dur ing the fall festival, baa arrived in the windy oity from" Washington. The third attempt to sail the first race beteen the Columbia and Sham rook, which took place Saturday, proved a failure, the wind giving out when the yachts were five mile from the finish. When the race waa abandoned the Columbia was slightly in the lead A petition to President MoKinley, urging the friendly servloes of the Uni ted States in mediation between Great Britain and the republics of the Trans vaat and the Oranire Free State, has received the signatures of more than 400 representative men, Including 80 odd presidents of colleges, 60 church dignataries, governors of states, may or of cities, justices of the United States and state courts, senators, con gressinen, editors and others oonspion ous la public matters, the professions and commerce. The Thirty-fifth Infantry has sailed from Portland direct for Manila. A Chicago rat-catcher is reputed to make $0,000 a year at the buainess. Admiral Dewey at his own request has been formally d attached from the Olympla. The United States revenue cutter McCulloch, formerly dispatch boat of Dewey' fleet has arrived in Portland, Oregon. President Andrade is said to have given up the struggle in Veneauela and to 1 ave engaged pannage on a ateamei sailing for New York. Agent of the British government art now in this country picking up horse and mule by the hundred, and arrang ing for speedy shipment. . Shipping men fear that disaster hai befallen the Cyrus Wakefield, a month overdue at San Francisco. Five pet cent reinsurance haa been paid on her. General Otis reports' progress of the war In the Philippines. A robber band operating in the western portion of the island of Negro has been exter minated. Western roads are oonsdering a prop osition to discontinue the practice of granting reduced rates to officers of volunteer regiment returning from the Philippines. The Pacific Biscnit Company, other wise known as the cracker trust, baa been fully organized and la now doing the bulk of the cracker and candy busi ness of this coast. The president is said to favor a de partment of industry and commerce to be represented in the cabinet. It is being urged by the Business Men' League, of Chicago. The big ship Edward Sewall, with a carrying capacity of 18,000 ton has been launched at Bath, Me. She win engage In the grain trade between San Francisco and Liverpool. A Pretoria dispatch quotes "Oom Paul" Kruger as saying: "Bullet came by thousands at the time of the Jameson raid, but the burghers were untouched. Over one hundred were killed on the other side, showing that the Lord directed our bullets. The Lord rules the world." The patent issued to James E. Low for a certain kind of crown and bridge work in dentistry has been held valid by the United States circuit court for the southern district of New York. This patent ho been the cause of an immense amount of litigtaion, and it is said that nearly every dentist in the country haa used the crown and bridge work. Tha American Jewish rear book, lust lssuod, estimates the Jewish popula tion of the United States at 1,048,800. A Toledo (O.) wheel manufactory is filling an order for five bloyole for the children of the king of Siam. The University of California will erect a monument on the college camp us to the collegians who died at the front In the late war after having abandoned their studies there to enlist a volunteers. FILIPINO PLOT FAILED Planned to Burn Public Build ings at Manila. THE A ECU BISHOP WARNS 0TI3 Particular of the Kspcrtltlou to Orans 'Insurgents Ordered bjr Agulnalda) to Besuuia farming. Manila, Oct 7. The archbishop of Manila notified General Otis that a pot waa on foot to burn the residence of the governor-general and the arch' bishop, together with several govern ment buildings and banks, but the plot failed to materialize, possibly becauie of display of force. The first reports regarding the affair at Paranaque last night appear to havj been much exaggerated. The facts ar-j that a Small band of insurgents, follow lug the bay road, poured a volley int.: the village, and later another into Lo Pinos, with the result that two o. three house were burned. The crack' ling of the bamboo caused it to be ra ported in Manila that there had been much shooting. The United States transport Warren, from San Francisco, with 1,200 ro cruits, has arrived. The United States gunboat Wheel ing, from Vancouver, March 8, vis Honolulu, while passing St. Vincent, in Northern Luzon, shot down a Fill pino flag. The Filipinos fired a voile at the Wheeling'a men, who wert sleeping on deck, and the Wheolin bombarded the settlement. The expedition sent to the Oran river, under the command of Captain Cornwell, to recover the sunken gun boat Urdaneta, returned to Cavite yea terday with the hull of the boat, afle bombarding Orani and landing a force Captain Cornwell brought one prisoner. There were no casualties. Agunialdo, according to a repor; brought to Manila today by a Domin lean friar from the north, has issued or ders to the Filipino soldiers in the northern provinces to return to the! towns and to resume farming. This Story lacks confirmation, but the rumor may be in accordance with Aguiualdo't policy of keeping the country as pro. ductive as possible by using his men in alternate shifts on the farms or under arms. Dagupan and San Fernando and Deli' eincet, which are under the guns of the United States warships, are supposed to be evacuated. It is alleged that the evacuation order calls upon the male inhabitants to be orderly in case of the arrival of the American troops, and ex press the hope that the Americans will protect the towns. SECOND RACE FAILED. It Was a Drifting Match From Start to linlth. New York, Oct. 7. Again today the lea refused the Shamrock and the Co lumbia a field of conflict; again today tho multitude which went over to watch the contestants for the yachting championship of the world returned disappointed and not a little disgusted. The question of supremacy of the two great yachts is still as much an open question as before they first met, as the contest today was in some respects more of a fluke than that of Tuesday. It was a drifting match almost from start to finish. The yachts crossed the line with a breeze of five knots, and the wind never blew more than six knot, most of the time less than three, and part of the time not a breath of air was stirring. After sailing four hours and 42 minutes, the yacht having cov red only 12 miles of the course to the outer mark, the regatta committee de c la red the race off, aa it waa manifestly impossible, with the breeze then blow Ing, for the boats to round the stake before the time limit expired, much les to get back home again. Knlaar's Racing Skipper. New York, Oct. 7. The World say Captain Ben Parker, the German em peror' racing skipper, who has been spoken of In the capacity of an addi tional captain on the Shamrock, was greatly in evidence on the Irish cup hunter Wednesday. His advice to Captain Wrlnge, who held the tiller of the yacht nearly all day Tuesday assist ed materially In keeping the challengei well np with the Columbia. To Welcome Wanhlngtont. San Francisco, Oct. 7. Governor Rogers, of Washington, arrived here today to welcome the Washington vol nnteers now en route home from Manila on the transport Pennsylvania. Gov ernor Gage held a reception at the Palace hotel today in honor of the Washington delegation, and has turned the state tugboat Governor Mark ham over to the visitors for their use in go ing to meet the Pennsylvania outside the bead when she has been sighted. The governor is acoopmanied by a party consisting of Senator George Turner and wife, Senator A. (i. Foster, Mayor Thomas j. Humes, of Seattle; A. E. Job, of Tacoma; Levi and Mrs. An keney, of Walla Walla; Fred W. Piper, George U. Piper and Mrs. F. W. Dan iels, of Seattle, and M. Mathison, of Tacoma, To Protect Our Forts. Washington, Oot. 7. The order is Issued by Secretary Root, in relation to the visits of porsona to fortifications, says: ' It having come to the notice of the secretary of war that the provisions of general orders No. S3, August 24, 1807, from this offloe, are frequently disre garded, he directs that attention be in vited to the same and a more rigid ob servance and enforcement of its pro vision are hereafter enjoined." CONDEMNED TO DEATH. Insnrgant Omeers of Nicaragua Court- Martlaled. Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 7. -The court-martial which was in session here for several months trying, in the ab sence of most of them, the chief of the revolutionary movement whioh began In February at Blueflelds, ha pro claimed it decision. General Pablo Reyes and two or three other insurgent officer who escaped from Nicaragua, are condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law, which is death. Only one of the prominent leaders was captured. He is now in the peniten tiary. No public accusation was made in these cases nor is any reason offered for the arrest. The sensation is all the greater because there have been no indications of an uprising against Pre! dent Zelaya since last February. Such lawless acts as the government U committing in this regard, acts usually at the expense of members of the party not in power, tend to check the reviving activity and again to im pair credit. Except for such arrests. however, and the impressment into hei army, matters ase fairly quiet. 4 Dangers of Wbalehuntlng. San Francisco, Oct. 7. The officer! ofthe whaler Belagu tell of the terrible fate of Oscar Hnschenbett, a sailot, in the Arctic On August 26, 1898, the boats were lowered for an enonnoni whale. Just after a harpoon had been fixed in the whale's side and he had started off at tremendous speed, Hns chenbett stepped carelessly into the rope' bight. A loop caught his and be waa drawn into the water. In passing out of the boat the body of the man hurled itself against Third Mate Nikito and one of the crew, knocking both overboard. The mate scrambled np and slashed the rope into with his knife. Then began a chase for the whale and the body of the man.. For three hours the monster raced and sank to the bottom before he could be lanced and the sailors' body recovered. Will Sail From Portland. Washington, Oct. 7. The Thirty. ninth sure, and possibly the Forty-fifth volunteers, will sail from Portland, Order were issued today to Colonel Enllard, commanding the two battel ions of the Thirty-ninth, at Fort Cook Neb., to go to Vancouver barracks foi the purpose of sailing to- the Philip pine islands by way of Portland, No orders have been yet issued for the rorty-flfth, bnt there are good indica tions that this regiment will also ren dezvoua at Vancouver and sail from Portland. The determination of Sec retary Root to give Portland a fail show of the business to which it is en titled by it location seems to have per meated the San Francisco authorities, and even General Shatter has now re commended that the Thirty-ninth sail from Porltand, and so strongly that it is believed he will include the Forty fifth as well. - Veneiuela Mot SatleBed. Paris, - Oct. 7. Senor Rojas, th Venezuelan agent here, in the course ol an interview, said: "The award was not what I hoped. but we must make the best of it. What can you expect in a contest be' tween an elephant and an ant? One thing will result from it America will aocept no more arbitrations with Europe. Yon will see America laid down a fresh international code, which she will apply to the Old World whether the latter like it or not. The South American state, including Brazil, will rally around the United States for the purpose of effecting an economic union. We shall try to establish monetary union on the basis of the gold standard. These projects need not im ply a hostile attitude toward Europe, but it must be borne in mind that Europe stands in much greater need ol us than we of her." To Bepreeent 1'aoiUc states. San Francisco, Oct. 7. The San Francisco board of trade sent the fol loing telegram to President McKinley tonight: "The board of trade of San Francisco earnestly asks your consideration fox the large and important interests west of the Rocky mountain by appointing a representative from California for the Pacific coast, to fill the vacancy ex isting in the interstate commerce com mission." Gift of tho Crocker Cstato. ' San Francisco, Oct. 7. The Crocker Estate Company, which is composed of the heirs of the late Charles Crocker, one of the builders of the Central Pa ciflo railroad, haa made a gift to the employes of the Southern Paoific rail road of the Crocker homestead at Sao ram en to to be used as a hospital for Southern Paoiflo employe. Very oon a general schedule for the enumeration of live stock will be put forth, in a tentative form, by Statis tician Power of the census offioe, for discussion, and, if necessary, correc tion. The count will be made June 1, 1900, in order to permit harmonious comparisons with the count of live stock in 1890, whioh is recorded as of June 1. Burned at Her Dook. New York, Oct. 7. -The Mallory steamer Leona was burned and sunk ai her wharf in East river tonight. The cargo, consisting of tobaoco and 8,000 bales of cotton, and valued at $250,000 to 800,000 is a total loss, and the boat i little better than a wreck. British Steamer Wrecked. Santa Monica, Cal., Oot. 7. Cap tain Bo wen, of the ship Arotio Stream, from Hamburg, report that on Au gust 11, while off Staten island, neai the Strait of Magellan, he saw the British ship Gifford take men from an open boat. By signaling he learned from the Gifford that she had rescued five member of the crew of the Brit ish steamer Tekoa, which had been wrecked on fjtaten island several day before. WAR IS INEVITABLE Great Britain Is Massing Her Troops. PARLIAMENT WILL REASSEMBLE The Government Actively Preparing fox Great Straggle In South Africa. London, Oct. 9. Whatever may be the result of Great Britain's contro versy with the South African republic. every department of the government today is as busy as though actual hos tilities hod begun. The electric flash that announced the mobilization of the army reserves and the summoning of parliament, set every wheel of the gov ernmeut machinery in motion. An hour after the Gazette appeared, exe cutive orders were being dispatched from the war office to every section of the kingdom, and the 10,000 bulletins which appeared posted throughout the country today are said to have been identical with the proclamation pre pared for uae had the Fashoda incident required such a step. At the same time Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour were issuing the necessary orders for the reassembling of parlia ment, and the admiralty was concen trating its transport. So complete were the preparation that 25,000 re serves have already Individ naly received coupon tickets which contain instruo' tions where each man shall report for railway transportation to . the place designated, and a money order for three shillings for proivision en route. At Woolwich today, it was asserted that 95 per cent of the reserve would be fully equipped within six days. In the meantime, the members of the two houses of parliament are arranging to return to London, and a force of men is busily engaged in completing the improvements at Westminster. The 'important news from South Africa comes from Maf eking, where twice on Saturday the British camp was aroused, the men stood to their arms, gun were limbered and patrols were dispatched in the direction of the border. No hostilities have occurred as yet, but the enemy has moved prac tically to the border, eight miles from Mafeking, in force, estimated at least 8,000, comprising five commanders. The garrisoning and fortifying of the town are practically completed. The streets are barricaded, and a perfect system of mines has been laid. Two armored trains have arrived at Mafeking, consisting of three bullet proof cars, the first of which carries a searchlight, while the rest of the cars are loop-holed. Each train is com plete in itself and carries it own pro visions. No War to Avert War. Southampton, Oot. 9. Sir St. John Christopher Willouhhy, who accompan ied Dr. Jameson into the Transvaal in 1896, and who, for participating in the raid, was sentenced to 10 months' im; prisonment, but was subsequently re leased, was a passenger by the steamer Mexican, which sailed for the Cape on Saturday.- Mr. Weasels, member of the Cape assembly for Vryburgh, was also a passenger by the Mexican. In the course of an interview, Mr. Weasels declared that he saw no way to avert war between Great Britain and the Transvaal, and, if not long, it wonld be terribly severe. He , believed it wonld be impossible to restrain the younger Dutch residents of Cape Colony, with whom blood would prove thicker than water. The Boers, . said Mr. Wessels, were hemmed in, and would fight des perately, and trouble might be ex pected with the natives. TRIED SELF-DESTRUCTION. Tho Barbaric Act of a PolUh Woman at Bucoda. Seattle, Oct. 9. A special from Bu coda says; A most deliberate and bar baric attempt at sucide occurred at this place yesterday. Mrs. Leo Prabnski, a Polish woman, became angered at some little ' domestic occurrence and determined to do away with her life. She prooured an ordinary hatpin six inches long and drove the pin into her stomach through the navel. Pressing hard against the pin, she drove it until it could go no farther, as it had lodged in the spine. Then, with the intention of forcing the pin out at the back, she procured a rusty darning needle and drove this into what she thought waa the hole made by the hat pin. Not until 12 o'clock last night did she tell any one what she had done. Today Mrs. Prabuuki repented of her act, and accompanied the Bucoda phy sician to this oity, where Dr. Redpath removed the pin and needle. Dr. Red- path think she will live. She is 48 years old and ha 19 children, five of whom are living. Biggest Corn Crop In HUtory. Chicago, Oct. 9. "Thia year' corn crop will be one of the largest in our history," said Secretary of Agriculture Wilson today. "The total yield at estimated will be between 2,800,000, 000 and 2,500,000,000 bushels. The high prices offered for meats will in cline the farmer to use their crop foi feeding purposes." Two Through Trains. Portland, Oct. 9. Commencing Sun day, October 15, the Southern Pacific Company will put on another through train between Portland and San Fran cisco. The new train will leave here at 8:80 A. M. and arrive in San Fran cisco, 8:15 P. M. Northbound trains will leave San Francisco at 7 A. M. There will be no change in the running time of the present through train leav ing Portland at 7 P. M, CANNIBALISM IN SOUTH SEAS Native! of tho New Hebrides Boasts Hawaiian. - Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 9. A re markable story of cannibalism waa brought to Sydney,' Australia, a few day before the sailing of the steamer Aorangi to thia port, by the French steamer Jeanette. The victim of the display of savagery waa a native of Hawaii, named Amaru, who acted a orderly to the immigration department at Noumea, in the New Hebrides. About six months ago Amaru mar ried a native woman of Aoba, in the New Hebrides group, and . on passing that island on the second day of the voyage of the Jeanette to one of the outlying island, he decided to visit his wife' tribe. Accordingly: the couple were put off in a amall boat, and it was only a few week ago that the steamer made a second cill and learned their fate. By mistake they had landed on an unfriendly shore and were taken prisoners. The man waa tied to a stake and hi torture begun. This consisted first in allowing vicious jungle snakes from which the poison fang had been re' moved to attack the ' man's legs. Then a fire waa made at his feet and hi legs were horribly burned, though the injury waa superficial so that the victim would not die under the treat ment. Then he was made the target for the spears of the tribesmen, who finally killed him. He was torn to pieces and placed over a fire with two weep. In fact, according to the story he was eaten with the sheep. In the meantime Amaru' wife had been provided with another husband The matter was reported to a British man-of-war, bnt it is thought no action baa been taken. ' DROVE THE REBELS BACK Oeneral Orant's Command Advanced From lmm. . Manila, Oct. 9. General Fred Grant, with three companies of the Fourth infantry, two companies of the Fourteenth infantry and a band of icouts attached to the fomer regiment, advanced from Imns thia morning, driving the insurgents from the entire west bank of the Imns river. Three Americans were wounded. It is esti mated that 10 Filipino were killed. Companies C and H, with the scouts, crossed the river at the big bend and advanced westward in the direction of the Binacayan road, the insurgents firing volleys, but retiring. Twenty ruipinos were discovered in trenches at the Binacayan church, about mid way between Bacoor and Cavite Viejo, These were routed, six being killed. Riley's battery of the Fifth artillery made' an effective sortie about a mile south of Bacoor and shelled the west bank of the river at cloee range. That bank is now held by the American. Heavy 1h of Mules. Washington, Oct. 9. A cable mes sage from General Otis to the war de partment brings word of the loss of several hundred horses and mules on the transport Siam. The message fol lows: Manila, Oct. 9. The steamer Siam, which left San Francisco Angust 18 with 45 horse and 328 mules, en countered a typhoon September 21 off northern Luzon, in which all but 16 mules were lost. The animal were killed by the pitching of the vessel and the lack of air from the necessary cloe ing of the hatches. There were no casualties among the passenger. It is Btated at the quartermater' de partment that the mule which were lost on the Siam were trained pack mulea, which were considered the most valuable sent to the Philippine. Home in Washington for Dewev. Washington, Oct. 9. Admiral Dewey has elected to accept a house in Washington already constucted, in stead of having one built for his occu pation. The admiral was officially in formed today of the purpose of the peo ple of the United States to present him with a home in Washington. He frankly expressed his gratification at the tender, which he immediately ao oepted. He said had the proposed home been the gift a few wealthy men he should have felt indisposed to ao cept it, but he noted that the fund had over 43,000 subscribers, indicating that it was to be really gift of the Ameri can people, and aa such he wonld ac cept it with aa much pleasure aa he had the sword bestowed upon him by congress. . ' Wnahlngton Soldiers Decorated. San Francisco, Oct. 9. Governor Rogers and several members of hi staff, besides a number of ladies, visited the general hospital today in search of any Washington men that might be there, ao they might decorate the suf ferers with the state medal to be pre sented to the men of the regiment when it haa returned. There were six Washington men in the hospital Nel son Churchill, Louis F. Brittson and C. H . Hovey, of company H; Robert E. Buoklln, of company K, and Jesse Ar nold and Robert T. Golden, of company C. Golden was so ill with typhoid that no one but the governor was al lowed to see him, but the other were all ready and anxious to see the dele gation, and in eaoh ward where there waa a Washington man quite a levee was held. Governor Rogers himsef decorated each man, at the same time acknowledging hi service in the name of the state. Murdered His Former Wife. Tacoma, Oct. 9. Albert Machod was convicted today of murder in the first degree, the jury being out bnt 10 minutes. His crime was the murder of hi former wife, and waa a most brutal one. Held Up a Saloon. Phoenix, Aria., Oct. 9. Two masked men held up the Palace saloon early this morning and secured $245. They have not yet been captured. They left $2,000 In sight, EXPOSITION A SUCCESS Portland an Interesting City to Visit HAS KCMEROUS SIGHTS TO SEE tho Great fair Opened September SS, and Will Bun Afternoon and Bvealng to October SS. The Oregon Industrial Exposition, which is now in full blast at Portland, is the most successful enterprise of its kind ever held in the Northwest. ' Everything about it is on a grand scale, a well It may be, for no ex pense has been spared to make every thing connected with it first-clas in every respect. To accomplish this re mit it waa necessary to invest $12,000 a a starter,, and thia amount waa quickly forthcoming. The enterprising business men of Portland went down into their pockets and produced the cash, for they recognize the fact that the fair is a great object-lesson, an educator, and instructor an enterprise that benefit the entire. Northwest. The products of every section of the Northwest are freely given place in th3 exposition at Portland, and the mines, farms, fields, factories, forests and nan- eriea all make a grand showing, and there are grain and grasses that any part of the world may be well proud of. Colonel H. C. Dosch, Col. R. C. Judson and Louis M. Spiegl have collected to gether and have on exhibition thou lands of specimens of grains and grasses ind fruits and vegetable raised in the Northwest, all of which make a splen lid showing for this rich region. Among the many things, seen at the exposition in Portland may be men tioned the mining exhibit. Ton of ore, all showing . just where it came from and it value is shown, having been collected by J. P. Marshall, and there is a reproduction of a quart mine, with it big timbers, shaft and tunnels, built by J. F. Batchelder, of the Portland Railway Co., who U practical mining engineer. . "- In a large illuminated cave ia a com plete fish hatchery, in which young sal mon may be plainly seen in all sUge of hatching out, and there' is a full- grown Royal Chinook salmdn always on exhibition. There are a great many eight to see at the exposition. The realiatio re production of Multnomah falls is worth going miles to enjoy, and it is a great ncoeas. The real water, with the'' ' whole of Bull Run river behind it, fall 80 feet; and the rustic bridge, is there for the people to cross, and the sylvan pool, and fern and mosses and big, live fir tree. The falls are attracting great crowds and will run all the time to the closing, October 28. Portland is a very attractive oity M visit, and it ha inch a splendid street car system that the stranger- can see the business section, the attractive -homes and the splendid suburbs all on ' a single 5 cent fare, while comfortably seated in open electrio ears. Two car lines pass the door of the great exposi tion building, in which the great fair of the Northwest is held the City A Suburban line and the Washington street line and all the stranger ha to do is to take a car whioh is plainly marked, "Direct to the Exposition." The war museum, which is under the direct supervision of Captain E. S. Edwards, Colonel D. M. Dunne and General O. Summers, is a grand sight to see. It was the carrying out of brilliant idea suggested by., Dan Mo Allen, one of Portland' most patriotio and enterprising business men, and it will be the means of adding many dol lars to the fund being raised to the Oregon volunteer who lost their live during the recent wars. The immense exposition building at Portland haa been vastly improved in every part of its interior, and is gay with flags and bunting, and at night presents a scene of splendor rarely equalled. It has 8,500 electric lights. and present picture to be long re membered. Estimates for tho Navy. Washington, Oct. 9. Acting Secre tary Allen has prepared the statement of estimates which will be submitted to congress for the maintenance of the naval establishment for the next fiscal year. These amount to 973,034,088, which ia an increase over the appropria tion for the current year of $24,537,187. Included in the increase for next year are appropriations of $12,268,474 for publio work and navy-yard and station. There is also an estimate of $2,021,000 for the new naval academy. D'Arcos Praises Dewey. Boston, Oct. 9. The Spanish minis ter, Duke D'Arcos, who haa jnst left his house at Manchester, said with re gard to the reception being given Ad miral Dewey: 'It does not surprise me in the least. - Admiral Dewey is a brave and noble man, and for the extraordinary service he ha rendered hi country no honor that can be shown him in return is too great. He haa aroused the admiration of the whole world by the gallantry of his conduct, and he would be a small man, indeed, who could not recognise hi merit and give free expression to his admiration for Dewey's valor." Big Liners Chartorad. New York, Oct. 9. The Tribune ay : Surprise ana interest nave been exoited in shipping circles by the news that within the last three days some 85 vessels engaged in the trans-Atlantio trade have been chartered by the Brit ish government for periods of three month and upwards. Among tha ship chartered are a number belonging to the big passenger and freight lines, though the complete list is not known at the offloe ol the line in this city.