OREGON
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VOL. XVII.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKKSK TICKS FRO T'HR WIRES
11 Inlwrtmtlng ('nllnetlnn of llama From
! Two llatnl.iliora l'ro. . i4 i
In m Cm "lemnil lo.'in.
Glasgow now bill 13 plague canes.
Emperor Kwang Ilia ii etlll under
restraint.
There la an outbreak of yellow (over
In Havana.
Senator Wellington, of Maryland,
will upport Bryan.
General Chaffee report atisfotorT
condition in Peklu.
Jtoeri are making a itand ia the pats
south of Lydenburg. ; '
Foreigner in Shanghai "proteet
against thu withdraw! ol troopa from
that place. .
In the Vermont election the Repub
Hi'ui) majority will about 29,000, a de
creueof20 percent.
Three mill owned by the American
Steel & Wire Company, of Cleveland,
Ohio, which were cloaed down June 1,
resumed operation, giving employ
niHiit to between 600 and OUO men. It
in atated by the employe that there
ha been a general cut in wage,
mounting in ome case to aa iiitih hi
Sit er cent, and also that the hour of
labor have been increased.
John D. Rockefeller ha made Shell
man emlnury, a negro college of At
biuta. lia.. a present of ItHO.OOO. The
"iiouey ba been paid into the treasury
of the American Baptist Home Mission
Society, of New York, whloh ha
charge of the college. A new dormi
tory, a new diuinghatl, a residence
for the faculty, a hospital and a heat
ing and light plant will he built.
O. W. Vail I the turkey king of
Douglas county. Or. He him tome 700
foul now, ami many more contracted
for. lteoently ho loaned the 4,600-acre
ranch of Feudal Soutborlln, near Oak
land, and will Krone turkey upon it,
a ' . ' .
probably to the number of 2,000. Met
of these will be put in oonditiou for
the holiday market!, only the old one
being placed on the market at present.
Judge Da Haven, in the Unite.!
State circuit court at San Francisco.
Julian II. Arnold, the Kuglishlaw-
.r a,n nf Edwin Arnold, accused of
embezzling the fundi of clieut, for ex
tradition. The prisoner win t-e oe
tniued peuding the signing of the nee
ewurr oaoerj by President McKlnley
The borne transport Frederick wiled
from Nun l'ruuuisoo for Manila. She
haa 4!i home and the guns and ao
w.utremeutrf of Batteries 0 and M. of
the Seventh attillcry, that lailed on
the Roseoraus recently.
The pay of Chinese official liaa been
topped.
Ex-Governor Llewellyn, of Kansas,
li dead.
The British garrison it Ladybraud
ii invented.
fterman tioona have been landed at
Wn Hung.
Several forest fires aro raging in Coo
county. Oregon.
An outbreak haa occurred in Bohol,
Philippine inlands.
The czar ii trying to frustrate Era
peior WilliHiu'i plana.
War on the foreigners waa ordeied
by the empress dowager.
The entire. Domoorutio atate ticket
In Arkansas wa elected.
Lord Roberts ha issued a proclama
tion formally annexing the Transvaal
' Labor day celebration were herd in
many cltioB, Koosevelt ana uryuu
ipeaklng in Chicago.
Labor dHV wa celebrated in St.
Louil by a labor parade, wherein more
than 6,000 men ot all trades partioi
pated.
v lu an altercation near Walla Walla,
Emanuel Edwards ahot aud slightly
' wuunded P. 11. Knight in the left leg
The trouble la Bald to have started over
t a borne.
Labor dav waa celebrated in Clnoin
natl by a parade of worklngmen. eatl-
i mated from 18.000 to 16.000. It wa
the beat-appointed procession ever seen
there ou Labor day.
Kautlaoo. Cuba, ia experiencing tin
n.ii weather known liuoe 1877
The lower part of the city is five feel
under water. The firemen and police
are assisting the sufferers.
ituvinu UvuA 26 year. Mis Emily
II. Trevor, one of the most popular
Yonkera. N. V., haa
nma Into a fortune of $1,108,795
This large amount represents Mlsa Tre
ulmra left bv her father, the late
John B. Trevors, who died December
20. 18H0.
At a" sheep slaughteiing and droas
ing exhibition at ludlaiiapolia, lud.,
Jihurl JL Gardner, of Indianapolis
i.mlra tha world' record. In 18 he
i,ni... un.i ,ii.mi 10 sheen in 83 tuiu
ute and 9 aeoonds; this time he killed
and dressed 10 sheep in 80 minute and
aa eoond.
' Ruaaell Sage gave a pionlo to poor
children at Foughkeepsie, N. Y.
- I'll native rebellion against the
Tw.,1, 4n Hnmntra ia now said to be at
an end after lasting 27 years.
The sultan of Turkey haa ordered the
couatruotion of a telegiapn imeoe
tweeu India and Constantinople.
J. L. Wilkinson. 81 year old, of
Bi v... haa married his 71'year
LATER NEWS,
The American troopa have order to
jut ready to leave I'eklu.
Li Hung Chang will be permitted to
go to I'ekiu lor a conference.
France agrees unwillingly to Bul
la's promisal to evacuate the imperal
city.
Seven vessels were wrocked or
stranded ou the Florida coast by the
recent hurricane.
Two persona were killed and one ser
iously wounded lu a row in a restaurant
at Keuo, Nevada.
Coinmandaut Theron, a noted Hour
scout, haa been fuuud dead on the Mem
near Krugaraport, a small town about
20 miles northeast of Lydeuburg.
The census bureau announces that
the population of 1'ortland, Or., is 90,-
20, as against 40,385 in 18D0, an In
crease of 44,041, or 94.9S per cent.
Germany' reason lor rejecting the
Russo-American proposal of with
drawal from l'ekin is that the time Is
Inopportune and calculated to prolwg.
the war.
The American ship May Flint col
lided with a bark in the bay ot San
'randaco, then drifted onto the battle
ship Iowa, where she wa split open"
and sunk to the bottom.
Ex-President Cleveland ha declined
the presidents' apKlutment a a mem
ber of the lutei national Board of Arbi
tration, under The Hague treaty. Ex
i'residout Harrison ha accepted the
appoiutmeut.
The staff surgeou of the Germun lega
tiou at l'ekin announce that an ex'
initiation shows the cause of Haron
on Kettelen' death to have len
bullet through the neck, which must
have been iustantaneoualy fatal
Francis Edward Hinckley, one of
the incorporators of the Chicago Uni
versity, and uromineutiy lueunueu
with many important railroad and com-
iiiHf-ittui imtririHeg. is mbhm "
home at West New Brighton, htaten
Island, aged 00.
The weather in India 1 now proini
Inir fur croos. Excellent rain has
(alien In all the famine districts and
the winter sowings are l.raetioally as
tired. The number now receiving re
lief is something under 4,000,000, an
encouraging reduction.
LMyssaa Kellogg, aged 12 years, and
George Oglnby were killed by firedamp
in an abandoned shaft at rewoastie,
Wash. The lormer descended into the
bole to look for a chicken which be
had thrown therein, und was followed
bv Oulesbv. lloth were overcome by
the vaiwr and fell to the bottom of the
shaft.
The siwe of Ladvbrand has been
raised.
Natives of Alaska require govern
meut aid.
Ex-Secrotary of State Olney will sup'
port Ilryan.
The yellow fever situation in Havana
is improving.
The allies marched through the for
bidden city of l'ekin.
New York Republican nominated
U. W. Odell for governor.
Connecticut UeoubUcaus nominated
George 1". McLean for governor
The body of a Focatello, Idaho, fire'
man was found in the Willamette river
near Champoeg.
An Eastern hop man says the pres
ent strength l hop prices is due to
speculative Hurry.
The National party nominated Sena
or CalTcry for president and
Howe for vice-president.
Arthur Sowall. Democratic candidate
for vice-president in 189(1, died at his
summer home at Until, Ale,
Moiitium lieiiublicaiis nominated
David K. Folsom for governor
and 8,
U. Murray for congressman.
A man with ifl.OOO in his pocket wa
sent to juil at The Dalles, or
Htualing 25 ceuts' worth or wooo.
The viceroy of India, Lord Curxon
of Kedleston, cables Unit the total num
ber of persons receiving reliol ls4,iu,
The vonulatiou of Salt Lake City
nt.il.. iifiiordimr to the United State
census ol ltiuu, ia oa.ooi, iovu,
849.
The population of Albany, N. Y.
according to the United states census
of 1000, ia 94.151, against 94,03a in
1890 a decroaso of 772, or .81 percent
Cliiof lllowahe. an aged Yakima In
ilbin. who beloims on the reservation
iiiurclored alamt 10 miles below
Ki.ma last Sunday. The murderer
John, a "cultus Indian." lllowahe
wa a medicine man, nearly 80 year
o,, The cause of the crime wa
lllowahe' failure to save tha life of
child belonging to hi assailant.
Morgan Bobbins, agent of , the Ar-mour-llavllaud
Company, of Chicago,
said that he, with hia assooiateij had
just closed the flint part of a deal in
volving $2U,UUU,UOU mat is w no
vBsted In Colorado gold mines by
nnokeis and London wen. Mr. Rob-
bins says contracts were closed for
properties in Gilpin county calling for
the payment ot Jfa.uuo.uuo, uui uo re
fused to divulge the names of the prop
erties until he had succeeded in trans
ferring all the mines on which he
an option. ' :' '
has
A New York'mau who wa knocked
insensible by a briok during a parade
80 years ago has just received an apolo
gy from the man who threw it.
To relieve the poor of Dublin Baron
Iveauh will build aetisau dwellings in
a congested tenement district of the
city. The oost will be over 60,000;
Ulridl Ruppeoht committed suicide
on bis wife's grave at Norwich, On.
The latter died from poisoning three
ST. HELENS,
ELAND NOT ALONE
I-
Pleased With Germany's Re
jection of Czar's Proposal.
CONDITIONAL ASSUNT OF JAPAN
Conaitlti Rumors of JA Hang Chang's
Muvemeuts-Appeal of the
VlcaruyofWu Cbana.
London, Sept. 8. Germany's polite
refusal to withdraw from Fekin is com
mented upon with keen satisfaction in
London, and the hope is expressed that
Lord Salisbury will show similar firm
ness. The British reply haa not yet
been formulated. Lord Salisbury de
sires to consult with hia colleagues arid
baa notified the foreign office of hia in
tention to riturn to London from the
continent early next week. There is
little doubt, however, that Germany
reply is the outcome of 4lie discussion
carried on during tha last few day be
tween the European cabinets, and that
the compromise policy of maintaining
the occupation of the capital, but with
drawing the greater part of the troop
to Tien Tain, will be fonnd to have met
with general concurrence.
From Shanghai it 1 rumored that
Japan ha notified the power of her
willingnea to withdraw her troops,
provided an adequate guard ia left lor
the legation and on condition that
China foimally requests evacuation and
opens genuine negotiations for neaoe.
Shanghai is lull ol conmctiug ru
mor regarding tne movements or u
Hung Chang. It la asserted that Mar-
ula Tseng and 80 officials remaining
in
Fekin have appealed to Li Hnng
Chang to repair immediately to the
capital to save the situation, since no
body is there to assume authority,
riuce Cbing being detained In the
nrovlnee of Shan Si by illnes.
Chang Chi lung, tne , vu unang
Viceroy, ha telegraphed an urgent ap
peal to the British consul in Shanghai,
nrglng Great Britain to institute peace
negotiations. He emphasizes the mag
aitude of British trade interest end
refers to the activity of the secret so
cieties and the decline of trade, citing
these as vital reasons why England
should take the lead instead ot, as in
1894, allowing Russia to usurp power
and prestige. Hia final ground and
appeal is that Great Britain, the Unit
ed States and Japan have shown anx
lety to promote commerce and to be
friend China, and he tmpioie tnese
throe powers to appoint plenipotentiar
ies authorized to open peace negotia
tion with Li Hung Chang.
THE NATIONAL PARTY.
Nominal. Senator CnOVtry for Prealileul,
A. M. U.S., Vle-Fraldllt.
New York, Sept. 8. The National
I1H,tv the olncial name ot the tuirj
party met in couveutoiu today in Car
neuie hall, this oity, aud nominated
oandidatua for president and vice-pres
ident of the United States. A plat
form was adopted and a title and em
blem ohoseu. These are the candi
dates:
For President Senator Donaldson
Caffery. of Louisiana.
Vice-President Archhald Murray
Howe, of Cambridge, Mas. ,
The platform sava:
'We, citizens of the United States of
America, assembled for the purpose of
defending the wise, conservative prin
ciples which underlie our government,
thus deolare our alma ana purpses:
We find our country threatened
with alternative perils. On one baud
la a public opinion misled by organized
foroes of commercialism that nave per
verted a war intended by the paopie
tn ba a war of humanity into a war of
conaueat. On the other hand, is
oublio opinion swayed Dy oemogogio
anueals to (actional ana ciass passiuus,
the most fatal of diseases to a repuonc
We believe that each of these unchecked
would ultimately compass the down
fall of our country, but we also believe
that neither represents the sober con
viction of our countrymen, j
Convinced that the extension of the
iurisdlction of the United Statea for
the puprose ot holding foreign people
as colonial dependencies is an innova
tion danirerous to, our liberties and re
nuanant to the principles upon which
our government is founded, we pledge
our efforts through all constitutional
means: .
"First, to procure the renunciation
of all imperial and colonial pretensions
with regad to foreign couutnes claimed
to have been acquired through or in
consequence of military or naval opera
tions of the last two years.
"Second, we further pledgo our ef
fnrts to secure a single gold standard
and a sound banking aystem.
"Third, to secure a public serivoe
based on merit, only. ,
"Fourth, to secure the abolltin of all
eorruDtinu special privileges, whether
under the guise ol subsidies, uuae
erved pensions or trust-breeding tar
iffs." . ' ' " " '- ' '
There were no roll call. All the
delegates were volunteera who had re
plied by their presence to the invita
tion issued to all persona in aympathy
with the object of the party.
Pa.l. In Nicaragua.
Managua. Nicaragua,, Sept. 8. Lo
custs aud other insects are destroying
the growing corn orop in parts of Nic
aragua. Fungus la doing much dam
age to the coffee treea in the depart'
nients of Matagalpa and Jenotegba
Taoaohula. Max.. Sept. 8. Advlo
from Guatemala show restleaaness and
namlvsis ot business, beoause of the
expected breaking out ol a revolution
President Cabrera's position ia admit
ted to be insecure.
OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1900.
INDIANS PERISHING.
The OuT.rnm.nt Must Aid tha Native
of Alaska.
Washington. Sept. 7. Captain Tut-
tie, of the revenue service, in charge of
the cutter Bear, report to the treasury
department form Nome, August 2, on
the operations of his vessel since July
The report relate principally to
the condition of the natives along -he
Alaskan coast and the adjacent isl
ands. At Sinrock the surgeon of the
vessel, who wa sent ashore, reported
that measles were epidemic, and that
pnenmonia wa prevalent and fatal.
At Teller Station, where the govern
ment has a reindeer station, much sick
ness and many deaths among the na
tive was reported. At Uope xorx tne
ame fatal sickness wa lound among
the natives. Going on to Cape I'nnce
of Wales, practically the same desper
ate condition wa found to exist as at
other places. From that point the
Bear proceeded to East Cape Village,
Siberia, and thence to St. Lawrence
bay and I'ort Clarence. Everywhere
the vessel touched officers were sent
ashore to investigate the condition,
aud reported that the natives never had
been in a worse condition. '
At Teller Station affair were desper
ate. Fully one-ball ot the natives
around the station have died. In some
cases whole families have disappeared,
and in other the parents have died.
leaving helpless children. The salmon
are running, but there are not sufficient
number of well people to catch them
and thus provide food for the present
and the coming winter. The ravages
of the disease have been so great that a
nanio haa seized the natives, and the
dead are left unboned In their nouses.
In their distress the natives in the
vicinity oi Teller are collecting .uere
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HIT IUUU KUU lUOUIUHl
T. Bevig, although not a pbyeician,
has set op a few tents and is running
temnorary hospital, having 12 eiclc
and 12 orphan children under his care,
lurnishing them with food as best he
can. He is said to be in great neea oi
pilot bread, flour and clothing for the
natives ia extreme distress. There i
said to be no record during the last 60
year of the degree of destitution that
now prevails upon tne wnoie tsennng i
sea coast.-
Captain Tattle concludes hi report
as follows:
Ac a conference with Governor
Brady, of Alaska, and J. E. Evans, I
pedal agent of the treasury, ui. buei-.
don Jackson and myself, in reference
to the deplorable condition of the na-
.".w i-Y t afford
clared that relief must be afforded
wem or tney won a per.sn ,m
and starvation during the coming win-
. i : t- 1 ..I A
ter. I offered to fill the Hear witn
whatever could be procured to distri
bute north of Cape Prince of Wale.
Special Aarent Evan at once ordered
load, which waa- put on board. I
teamed to TJnalaska to get some stores
to be put on board
Captain Tuttle say he 1 going to
make another trip north to distribute
the few things that were received and
to attend to the government business
He reports that the natives are
thoroughly demoralized through their
condition and fright and superstition.
This is the first time they have not se
cured their winter supply of food
Captain Tuttle say he believe tha
lf it were not for. the little renet ne it,
taking to them on his present trip,
there would not be 10 per cent of them
alive next June.
STOCKMAN HEADS IT.
Part of tha Ticket Named
by Hontann
Kepubllcaus.
Helena. Mont.. Sept. 7. TheRepub
i a d-nn nAniinutail
nivil E. FolBoma a stockman oi
ain.wn rMttnftr tnr OTtvArnnr hv aaala
11 OlltC Ml, J WJ f aw- ffl "
mation. A. J. Bennett, ot lrginia
City, was also the unanimous choice of
the convention of lieutenant-governor
T. J. Porter, of Miles City, wa nomi
nated for attorney-general, and A. N.
Yoder, of Bntte, for seoretary of state.
S. G. Murray, of Missoula, wa ohosen
a candidute for oongres. The ticket
will be completed tomorrow and the
platform adopted.
The question Whion is causing ine
delay in the presentation of the repoit
of the committee on platform is the
nutnie of the declaration relating to an
eight-hour work day
Touiuht the member ot the conven
tion and a large audience oi otnera
listened to speeches on the issues of the
day by Senator Knute Nelson, of Min
nesota, and ex-Senator John L. Wil
son, of Washington. The convention
is a large and enthusiastic one.
Arthur Sewati Dead. '
Bath. Me., Sept. 7. Hon. Arthur
Skwi.1I died of apoplexy at 8:80 A. M.
today, at his summer home, Small
Point, about 13 mile from
.. , .
wis. city,
Sewall
He was 64 year of age. Mr,
had not ben in oood health for some
time, although he was pot considered
tnhn .erlnnslv ill. lie bad Been ad-
vised by his physioian to rest as earlj
a laat June, and he attended the Dem
ooratio national convention July 4,
asainst the advice of his doctor. He
appeared to have suffered no ill effects
from the Journey, uowever, anu was
passing the summer quietly -at Small
Point, when the mtai stroKO , aiiaoaeu
him laat Sunday. The unoonsoiou
nesa wbioh followed the attack contin
ued until death came.
The bder of tansy is a positive pre
ventive of moth invasion.
' Chines Troopa Withdraw.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. Ihe war
r. ;,., has rtweived a dispatch announc-
.r'rZTvSy at New
uianu ajtunia- a
Cbwang to Tiao Yao Chow, where they
are entrenching.
British Troops at Shanghai.
'Shanffhai. Sept. 7. About 1,800
British Indian troop have been landed
371
port. . : , .:
ITROPICAL HURRICANEl
Expected Storm Strikes the
Florida Coast
IfUCH DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Two V.ii.li War Itrandad and It la
Feared Their Craws War
Washed Overboard.
Miami, Fla., Sept. 10. A tropical
hurricane, which ha done much dam
age on the islands of Jamaica and
Cuba, struck the Florida coast Wednes
day, the wind at one time reaching a
velocity of nearly 100 miles an hour.
It ia feared that the crew of at least
two vessel were swept overboard about I
80 miles south of here.
Tne barkentine Culboon, of St. Jobn,
JJ. B.. laden with 300,000 feet of lum.
ber, is ashoie five miles south of Casy-
foot light, about 85 miles south of Mia
mi. She is waterlogged. The Cul-
Iraon was driven by the force of the
waves over one of the reefs forming the
inner passage, and is lying in 12 feet
of water. Nothing has been beard of
ber crew. The Culboon encountered
the hurricane Wednesday morning. At
10:20. after losing her rudder and
nearly all her canvas, the vessel was
hurled upon the rocks.
Three miles south of Culboon is a
disabled lumber bark which stranded
during the night of the 6th. The
crew, it is feared, was swept overboard
UUlUJi
durinsr the storm. The vessel has a
windmill( and i8 consequently thought
to be Norwegian.
On tha Louisiana Coast.
New Orleans, Sept. 10 The storm
which has been expected for several
days materialized today and all the
joutberu "coast of Louisana ba been
awept. The sea water ha backed up
to the Mississippi river levees on the
east bank. Dr,
B. Burford and Super-
intendent Ricbard Qninn, government
officers at rort St. rniup, -went uuwu
the river in a oatboat Thursday even-
ing, but today the boat was found noat-
ing bottom np. 1 hey have nnquestion-
ably been drowned. The damage to
Siops from sea water is large.
Beries or Harden.
Vancouver. B., O., Sept. 10,
-Mail
from An,8'tlai,lft by ;he Reamer
Warrimoo report an atrocious series of
murder in the country diati iota of
band of black,
i, " , m..i
The murderers first entered the Mawley
homestead, at Gelgadia, where several
roone ladles were living. The inmate
were killed in their bed. The OlacK,
after the terrible butchery, fled through
the settlements on stolen horses, mur
derins and robbing as tbey went,
They were chased by 1,000 volunteer
policemen and 13 bloodhounds, and
one out of six of the gang only had
been causht at latest advices, as the
murdereis stole fresh horse in every
town,
The bodiea of their victim
were mutilated with hatchets.
American Energy Rewarded.
Cape Town, Sept. 10. Amerioan
enenrv promises to be rewarded by se
curing orders or SOO large coal truces,
involving 160,000, about to be placed
by gold mining companies on the Rand,
in which auick delivery is vitally im-
nortant. Tender were 'received from
British and Amerioan manuiaoraren.
but the latter quoted lower price and
nromised more speedy delivery. Brit
ish financial houses fear that the Eng
lish manufacturers will now allow for
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Fraud Order.
Washington, Sept. 10. The post-
office department this morning issued
a "fraud order" against the American
Teachers' Agenoy, the American Civil
Service college, L. v. Has, manager.
R.; H. Hiines, secretary and treasurer,
and L. D. Bass and li. M. Himes, in
dividually, all of Washington, D. C.
The order r statea that
tbe conceina
named "were using
inn mail for ob-
tainiug money from teachers through-
out the United States and from those
desiring to make preparation for civil
service examination, by means of false
and fraudulent pretenses, representa
tions and promises."
i Frank Mclirlde Pardoned,
Washington. Sept. 10. The preei-
dent has pardoned Frank M. McBrida,
who was convicted at Salt Lake Ulty
in May, 1898, of embezzlement of
$3,072 pOstotbce funds while assistant
postmaster at fait laxe ana sentencea
to four years in the Utah penitentiary.
The attorney-general, in recommending
. ,1 ... .....
the paroon, saw wia Ll,, w.
evidence raises serious doubt as to
whether there ever was uch embezzle-
ment as claimed, and in view of the
further tact mat weenae uae w..ij
served one year, he think executive
olomency should be extended
Cat His Stepdauahter'a Throat.
York. Sent. 10. Samuel Hayes.
' ., oat f..v af tAinna.
ing to take the life Ol ms lu-year-oio
step-daughter. Haves last night, While
intoxicated, walked into the child's
... ... . ..
bedroom and cut her throat while , she
, ,.....!..-.. - . enrooma
brought her mother and the man was
ml aifouiuK v.
arrested. The physicians have, some
hopes of saving her life.
Two rople nrowned,
. Indianapolis. Sept. 10. Thomas
Potten and his niece, Annie Potten,
aued 18. were
drowned in White river
near Waverly. The girl had
gone in
bathing and got beyond her depth, and
her uncle went to her resoue,
,i Accident at Military Manauvera,
Vienna. Sept. 10. During the Aus
trian military maneuvers today, on the
borders of Galacia and Bohemia, a big
gun Tx loded. killing four men out-
gun exploded, killing four men out-
riitht and fatally wounding 18 mora.
Steamer Bertha Bald to Have Brodght
Imwi 30,ooo.
Seattle. Sept. 10. The steamship
Berhta arrived from Valdes last night.
She brought about 0,000 in gold
dust. Arthur Campbell, of the Alaka
Development Company, returned jrorn
Kyak, where the company uaa louno
oil and coal.
Whether the earthquake disturb
ances which were felt on Lynn canal
and at the head of the Yukon river bad
any connection with similar disturb
ances at Litnya bay Is a mere conject
ure, but according to information
brongbt ont by the steamer Bertna, a
vast amount of damage was done at the
latter place. Five Indians are known
to have been killed.
The news wa brought from Lituya
bay to Yakutat by Indians in canoes.
The disturbances there occurred on
August 11, one day alter the earth-
quake shock above referred to.
iney
apparently proceeded from the district
in which Mount St. Klias aud Mount
Fairweatlier are situated. On August
1 1 two heavy ahocks were felt, accord
ing to the Indians. The second sho-lt
created great havoc, as well as destroy
ine five lives. The Indian lntormanis
told persons at Yakutat that five of
the immense glaciers which head into
Lituay bay weree dislodged by tne
disturbance and were sent crashing
into the bay, partly filling it with great
mountains of ice.
The five Indians are reported to have
been killed on a small island situated
out about a mile from the face ot one
of the glaciers. They were in a cave
and were drowned by the great rusn oi
water which swept over the island
when the ice rivers crashed down into
thn bay. Chief George, ane of the
best-known character in the north,
was one of the drowned Indians. It is
said that tne cave caone in which iuoj
were caught waa bis personal prop
erty.
No definite new concerning tne
strike on Dornix creek, at the head of
the Copper river, had been brought out
to Valdes, outside of what was already
known when the Bteamer Bertha left,
The government trail, under the direc
tion of Captain AberoroniDie, nau ap
oruached within 70 miles of the strike
or a distance of 170 miles from Valdes,
and work was being pushed with all
speed, so as to connect the district by
trail with Valdes for the coming win
ter. Unless this shall be acomplished
it will be almost impossible to trans-
port supplies to the scene of the gold
discovery through the winter months.
RANGE WAR IN COLORADO,
Cowboys Drove 3.000 Sheep
High Precipice.
Walsenbnre. Colo.. Sept. 10. Re
ports received from Sharpsdale, a small
town near Mount Blanco, in Southern
Colorado, say that the feud over the
use of the range, which has long exist
ed between cattlemen and sneepmen,
reached a climax this week when the
cattlemen drove 3.000 sheep over a
hieh oreoipice. The trouole has grown
out of the scarcity of water along the
water ' courses. Where grass still re
mains the sheep weia pastured and al
ter they had once passed, came re
fused to eat, and either died or became
very poor. The cattlemen rose in re
volt and taking horses, corraled about
8,000 sheep. The sheepmen protested,
but being unarmed, could do nothing
The sheep were then driven down a
narrow gulch at the loot of which an
ancient waterfall had hollowed out a
nit over 200 feet deep, raster ana
faster the animals ran, urged on ny tne
shouts of the cowboys, until the leader
caused at the brink. The press . be
hind mm forced him over ana ine
others followed. Some of the last who
fell on the bodies of the first were not
killed, but the majority were killed.
It i stated that the entire country has
taken np arms.
The Boer flag Incident.
New York, Sept. 8. A meeting of
tha New York committee to aid tne
South African republic waa heW to-
night to consider the Boer flag incident
at Bar Harbor, when
how flag,
raised by Edward annesa,. one ot
members of the committee, at the
the
ap
proach of the fleet of English warships,
was taken down ny tne auimrino i
Bar Harbor. A letter which had been
prepared before the committee met was
read and ordered sent to Mr. anneas
The letter eomJiments him on his ac
tion in raising the Boer Hag m tne
face of the British fleet, and reiterates
tha riavntinn of the committee to tne
Boer cause.
Plot Inlnt tha Saltan,
Constantinople. Sept. 10. Abdul
TTamid'a eniovment of the jubilee fes-
. r: . r, a. .u
tivities, whion oegan ouiiu.j, u
completion of his 25th year aa head o
th ottoman empire, has been spoiled
D tn8 discovery of a plot against his
i ,:. 0n8 hnuorea ana eignieBu r-
including several officials, have
already been made and a secret inquiry
is proceeding.
I . Cretono in Cuba.
i.I c- i 1 a Tha niarnr nf
uavana, op. 'A, .
Trinidad, province of Santa Clwra has j
wired to the military governor iron.
Casilda for assistance, ciaimm u.
m... mm VBSteMBV OBSirOVOO all Ills
i v -
crops ot the district n
1a am destitute. Ktforts will D
made to relieve tne situatum.
Murder In Montana.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 8. Bullu Par-
rott, an old-time resident oi ueer
r,niii eountv. was murdered about 14
miles fiom here some time last nigm.
When disoovered tbs morning, rarrott
lv nn the floor of b'.s store witn nis
hands and feet bound and a towel
hnnnd timhtlv around hia face, ine
money drawer was open and the cash
omnn. The robbers Old not raaae
thorough search of the place, as noth-
ing wa disturbed , bj tbs cash drawer.
ing waa disturoea out tne oasu un.
I There is no clue to the murderer.
NO. 39.
HURRICANE IN TEXAS
Devastation Extends ioo
Miles Into the Interior.
COAST STRKWH WITH VESSELS
four Thou.and Buildings Wracked la)
Oalve.ton, and 3,000 People
Los Their Lives.
Houston. Texas, Sept. 11. The west
Indian storm, which reached the gulf
wast yesterday morning, has wrought
awful havoc in Texas. Reports are
conflicting, but it is known that an ap
palling disaster has befallen the city of
Galveston, where it is reported, a
thousand or more lives have been blot
ted out and a tremendous property
damage lniflcted. Meager report
from Sabine Pass and Port Artbor also
indicate a heavy loss of life, but the
reports cannot be confirmed at this
hour.
The first news to reach thl city from
the stricken city of Galveston was re
ceived tonight. James C. Timmins. of
Houston, superintendent of the na
tional Compress Company, arrived here
t 8 o'clock from Galveston. After
remaining through the hurricane on
Saturday be departed from Galveston
on a schooner and came across the bay
to Morgan's point, where he caught a
train for Houston. The hurricane,
Mr. Timmins said, wa the worst over
known.
The estimate made by citizen of
Galveston was that 4,000 bouses, most
of them residence, have been de-
gtroyed, and that at least 1.000 people
have been drowned, killed or are miss
ing. Some business house were also
destroyed, but most of them stood,
though badly damaged.
The city, Mr. Timmins avers, is a
complete wreck, so far as he could see
from the water front and from the Tre
mont hotel. Water waa blown over
the island by the hurricane, the wind
blowing at the rate of 80 mile an
hour, straight from the gulf, and forc
ing the sea before it in big waves.
The gale was a steady one, the heart
of it striking the city about 6 o'clock
yesterday evening and continuing with
out intermission until midnight last
niuht. when it abated somewhat, al
tboilg'h it continued to blow all night,
In the bay the carcasses of nearly 20(
200
horses and mules were seen, bnt no
human body was visible.
The scenes during the storm, Mr.
Timmins said, could not be described.
Women and children were crowded
into the Tremont hotel, wbere he wa
seeking shelter, and all night these
nnfoitunates were bemoaning their loss
of kindred and fortune. . Tbey were
grouped about the stairways and in the
galleries and rooms of the hotel. What
was occurring in other part of the
city he could only conjecture.
Provisions will be badly needed, a
great'majority of the people lost all
they had. The waterworks power
house was wrecked and a water famine
is threatened, as the cistern were all
ruined by the overflow of salt water.
This, Mr. Timmins regard as the most
serious trouble to be faced now. ine
oity is in darkness, the electric plant
having been ruined. , ,
Extended loo Hllel Inland.
Houston. Texaa, Sept. 11. The
storm that raged along the coast ol
Texas last night waa the most disas
trous that haa ever visited this section.
The wires are down, and there is no
way of finding out just what ha hap
pened, but enough ia known to make
it certain that there has been great loss
of life and destruction of property all
along the coast and for 100 miles in
land. Every town that is reached re
ports one or more dead, and the prop
erty damage is so great there ie no way
of computing it accurately.'
The small town ot isrookshire, on tne
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, wa almost
wiped out by the storm. The ore w of
a work train brought in this informa
tion. When the train left there, the
bodies of four persons bad been recov
ered, and the search for other was pro
ceeding, i
Hempstaed, across the oountry from
Brookshire, was alBO greatly damaged
Sabine Pass ha not been heard from
today. Yeeterday morning the last
news was recevied from there, and at
that time the water was surrounding
the old town at the pass and tha wind
was rising and the waves coming high.
From the new town, which is some
distance back, it waa reported that the
water had reached the depot and wa
run
running through the streets. : The peo-
- fa w fc gantry
? P"".1" ! ,.r ,id. nnrf -it ie be
lieved that all escaped.
Three bodiea have been brought in
from geahrooke. on Galveston bay. and
17 personi are missing.
Distress in Labrador.
St. Johns. N. F., Sept. 10. Report
from Northern Labrador reveal the ex
istence of great distress among the
vhore men, owing to the ioe remaining
on the coast so long. Many vessel
have been crushed in the floe, losing
their snoolies and fishing outfit. Ihe
others are meeting with but poor nc
cess. The, LDrauor cou
fishery i a
virtual failure.
Clone Call for 60O.
Cohasaet, Mass., Sept. 11 The ex
cursion ateamer John Endioott, on the
Boston and Plymouth line, struck a
sunken rock just east of Minota Light
this afternoon and tore a hole in ber
aide, so that she wa ' obliged to run
full steam for the shore off North 8oit
uate, where be fouudered. , There
were on board COO passenger at the
time of the aooident, but by the -hasty
use of all her life bouts and with the
assistance from the boats near by,
very person aboard was saved. ;
i
jold sweetheart with whom he quarreled
week ago and murder was suspected!
f0 year ago. i