nninr TOT VOL. XIX. ST. HELENS, OIIEGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 190L. NO. 35 EVENTS OF THE MY FROM THB FOUR QUARTERS OP : . THE WORLD. . A Ceenarsheaoiir Ktvltw ef tht ImpeHar; ttappof ef tha Pari Wok, Presented hi Condensed rna, WKkh.U MmI Uaely te Pre ef Interest to Our Hany The riilUtlutpbU Tlmna aud Pu'WIo . Ledger have combined. The International Typographical Union it In tension at Cincinnati this Tlia t-o! ni Zlim Newt ol 8i. Louit aye a merger of, white load core panic tlltallMd ai 9u,uw,uuu it being " formed. ..-.... .......:....'.,... Altar three day of fighting at Bare ia, Veneauela, President Caitro'a meu wre beaten, loalng 00 men and (Jen- ral Bravo, Uielr commander. Mm. Elisabeth Young, tha oidwl actreet on tha American staite, died fc'uiiday at the Aetna Fund lluma, on Htaten. I .land, aged 03 year, King Edward'a coronation waa cele brated by 41 American gunboat at Cavelto en Saturday, They dreamd aliip and fired a salute o( 21 guiit. ThB seventeenth annual session ol tlia Oregon Pros Association convene at Newport, Or., Thursday evening, Aug. 14, and continue until Aug. 17. In tli sedition van of tlia Manila Freedom; Judge Ambler ha dented it editor a jury trial, taylng that In their ran the Constitution of tha United Mate doos not apply. The Philippine- Catholic church ha ' Imen organise! In defection front the Church of Homo, Governor Taft, Ag ninaldo and Departo da Tervo, a mem ber of tha Philippine commission, are honorary president. Irlnh Lad won tlia greet sporting iweepataket at Saratoga. Senator McMittin of Michigan it dead, lit had been in congreHB since 1NM. .''.' A tornado in Steam county, Minn., Saturday evening did much damaga to farm building! and crop. . General Corbln la authority for the statement that. Pacific coast army headquarters wilt not be mo rod from Vancouver, Waah. The Kan Francisco police eommiiwion haa decided to enforce It order of July 82, requiring enlooiikorper to remove their alot machines paying cauli prise. A syndicate of Americana, led by T. B. Hoard, of Nebra.ka, wealthy cattle man, will establish the fin bonanaa heat farm in Canada, between Craik and Davidson. Forty thoiitand arret have been purcbaand. The bouaa of common! hat adjourned to Oct. 18. , The report of the comptroller of the trvaxury thowi national bankt to be in good condition. An advance In Krle tock haa been cauaed by rumore of J. J. Hill' con nection with the road. N. 0. Hopper , the Chicago amateur rider, lowered the world half-mile amateur bicycle record, nnpaced, on the Rait Palace saucer track, covering (he distance In OW-S. The previous record wat 0:68. The Britiah rremier, A. J. Balfour, haa announced the apitointment'of the following oommlttee ol inquiry Into the conduct of the Boer war: The Karl of Elgin, chairman ; Mr Henry Nor man, Kir John Hopkina, I.ord Ether, and Sir John Kdge. Flood have devaeUted tha low coun try on tha ooaat of the Black tea. ..Thirteen wen wore killed by an ei ploalon In a mine at Bowen, Colo. A Viking thlp, 49 feet long, haa been unearthed on . the Inland ol Karmoe, Norway. ' Tha expedition which ttarteJ irom Vancouver. B C.toaearch for Coco Iiland Curled treaeure, have returned without tucceta. Lucy Hovlng, chief organlier of the Socialist party in Utah, wtun over by a horn and buggy at . Ogden .. nd IntUntly killeii. The Colorado Republican convention will be held at Denver Hept. 4. The Democratic convention will be held In tha tauie olty Hept. 8. Profetor John Jay Wateort, a well known mutical director and author ol many popular werkt, died at liotton Xhurtday. He waa born In 1830. The varloua oyatar canning and pack ing companiot In Mlaalaalppl, Alalmma, and Looialana, 10 In number, will, la eald, combine under one hoad, with a capital of 1 2,000,000. Wu Ting Fang, the retiring Chinete miniiter at Waahington, hae accepted an Invitation to addrcet the local labor union at Blngharopton, N. on Labor day. Thla It the flrtt inviution which ha ever been extended to a Chinaman by a labor union in tm country.! William C. Whitney, of Yrk' hat given a handaoma house and lot to the phytlolan who attended Mre. Whit ney in ber long lllneet. Turner In convention at Davenport, la., defeated a proposition to admit womon to membership and urged taxa tion of church property. St. Louie and eastern caplUlliit have organised to build a bridge over Ihe MtulBalppI at St. Iul. and new COULD SEIZE MINES. Mwua Delphi SuSSuii a Mum of Endlnj tn nig ted strlk. New York, Aug. 13. Pnwldent Hooasvelt ha In hi hand, acwrdlng to the World, a plan iibmltted by Martin Dolphin, ex. pruMidunt of the International Order of Kailway and Commerelal Telegraplior, by which Mr. Dolphin tliitik the strike in the anlhraclia eul flxld could he ended. President Boovolt reorrcd the prop osillon to the attorney general' de pnrtmeiit, and it I now being conoid ered by 11, M. Uoyt. acting attorney general. liiit plan I to have the government exnrclse the right ol em I mint domain end oij certain number of miiiei and operate them for the puriMMte ol taking out all the hard coal reuird by the government for it varion build- iiigv, on the ali ips of the navy depart merit and mt . all otiujr governmental purpose, me right ol the govern ment to intervene In a strike which Interferes in any way with govern mental function was proved, Mr. Dolphin coutundri, by President Cleve land' ai-tion In the fliicugo strike of inn.!, wneil ue ordered out united State troop to keep the striker frolu interfering with tiie trunntMirta- lion ol tne united Mate mails. In the present cam the Intervention ha advocale, Mr. Dulphln says, would alro break the backbone of the strikv Dv toning the operators to resume work In all the intuiw. EARTHQUAKE AT 8KAQWAY. Ctiimntyi Tumblw), Wladowl Srektn, lyaa . Caul Ron fivt Fut Heattle, Aug. 12. A ait-ial to the Tlniee from Kkagwny, Alaxka, say Yesterday a most severe eartlupiake was hilt here about noon. The firxt shock was 50 (MM-onda long, rattling thing up gxiiemlly. heveral large plate glan wlnilows were broken. Chimneys n the northern part of the city were tumbled down, fho water in Lynn -anal rose Ave feet very suddenly, then nulniilod a quickly. A report from Junrsii this morning says the little lleet there wat pitched around and aev- ml rapxized.' The tirnt long slus k wut followed by a lighter one, wsU'niay evening at 7 o clock an other light shock was felt. " SHEEP HERDERS KILLED AtUcksd Tewa ef Bsttlt, Wyoming, la Rtlsl- islloa lor Sl.ujhtcr ef Shop. Battle. Wyo., Aug. 13. A crowd of Mexican ihexpUerdfrs atlunipted to take the town of Untile, with the result that twool the members were killed. Sev eral made their escape Into the woods, one man being shot in the leg. One citiren was hit on the heul ami Miss Kstell Handera, a resident, way severe ly cut In the face by a window pmne broken by a stray shot. Every man in the town i armed, fearing the Mexicans will swoop down on the town, as there are scores of them in this vicinity. The attack was iu retaliation for the slaughter of S.OdO sheep by Jhe towns people, who had or'lered the ehoepnien to teep away, as this territory is reserved for the cattlemen..' BUILD DOUBLE TRACK. Nerthtra Pacific and tirtst Northtrs te flsvs Them Bilwn Tcom sad Evtrttt Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 13. Railroad President Hill and Mellun spent the afternoon at Tacoma inspecting the grain and Oriental torminula. They decided to build double track on the Northern Pacific from Tacoma to Beat tie, and on the Great Northern fro-n Seattle to Kverett, to provido adequate facilities for Imth roads. Dtnlth Undilhiai Elictlont. Copenhagen, Aug. 13. The lands thing elections in tho Faroe Islands re sulted in a complete ministerial vic tory. The campaign turned on the Hale of the Danish West indie to the United Htatea, and the government captured all opposition. Other wards will hold election next month. A good minisleial majority is confidently expected. The treaty will be tuken up soon after the opening of the rigsdug in October. . - '. . , R.lit Bulbs os Sound. Everett, Wash., Aug. 13. George Gibbs, of Whatcom, says that from experiment he hss demonstrated that the bulbs of hyacinths, tulip, iris, nar clssus and jonquils cau lie raited In Western Washington as successfully as in Holland. At no other point in the United States has it been demonstrated that this can be done. This mny per haps form a part of Washington's ex hibit at the St. Louis fair. Sold Union Cigsr Ubsli. V-iMnam. Ainr. 11. Jacob Goldsmith, once a prominent cigar manufacturer of this city, is under arresi nere uiiuor what is said to be a systematic plan for orging Union cigar labels. He was taken Into custody at a down-town ho tel after he had delivered 3,000 of the bogus labels to eome union men who had set a trap for him. Not AHewibl In Oleomsrgsrln. Washington, Aug. 13. Mr. Yerkes, the commissioner of internal revenue has made a decision on the question ot whether palm oil in very small quan tities may be used in the manufacture of oleomargarine. The commissioner holds in the negative. The decision gays that the sample of palm oil sub ...ittMt was found to conttm a large .mount of free fatty acid, was by no free from disagreeable odor ....I taste, and was or a red or j , T,ia ,nlm nimmUt effect would be to . . ....... I, la htiltar. mane oio NEWS OF THE STATE HEMS OF INTEREST VftOM ALL PARTS OF OREGON. ' CommtrtW u4 rirtaadti Happtalnj af Inv pert" A Brief fUylew of tht Growth aad ImprovtmenU ol tht Many mdiutrlei ' ujheutOurlhrivlajCommwiwtilth ' Utut Market gtport. fievonty-five ton of hav wat burned near Gaston Sunday. Two hundred and forty flalem people went to Newport fiondsy on the South ero PacihVe trial excursion. Other valley towns sent good quotas. The Baiter City council haa called lor bide to furnish and maintain 40 arc treet lights for one year from Novem ber 1. The contract will be let Sep tember 1. j . The growera of Bartlett pears in Southern Oregon will this week begin packing and shipping fruit. Sixty car loads will be shipped to Eastern marr kets during the season. Judge Bolxe of the supreme court ha rendered a deciaion that building and lwn cotnpsnie in Oregon cannot col lect a combined Interest and premium charge to exceed 0 per cent. Fire completely destroyed the 0. R. A N. atockysnls at The Dalles Monday. The origin waa iparks from an east bound passenger train. Several sheep and 00 hoad of hogs perished. The Oregon supreme court hld that a shipper is bound by his agreement that property shipped is of a specified value and cannot disregard the an roe. ment arid bring action for damages at common law. - A. T. Keller, a prominent lumber man who hat just returned from the East prophecies thnt Oregon will have 2,000,000 population by It0. He says great rut-li o Eastern settlers is Just now beginning. The little folks will be delighted withthe dg and pony show at the Port land Elks' carnival. It is one of the features of the Jabour Oriental Circus Carnival SiigreaiHtion which furnishes the principal part of the amusement features of the carnival. Independence hss two octogenarians who do the work of nien 50 years their junior. One, Mr. Dirkey, is a wagon maker, and each day finds him at his accustomed bench. The other is Joseph Hmtihk, who celebrated bis birthday Friday by allocking foul acre of oat during the morning hours. A new large gold dredger on John Day river has started up. C. A." Francis i-f Mount Tabor was drowned at White Salmon. Machinery has been ordered for aeon- densed milk factory at Hillsboro. Forest fires are causing considerable damage in the vicinity of Grants Pass. The Portland Civic Improvement association ia making war on billboards. A largo amount of cement sidewalks are to be ordered by the Portland city council. Citizens of Independence have de cided to give a bonus of (3,000 to the first railroad building to that place. F. A. Schracht, who was in the employ of the 0. R. & N. Co. for 20 years as a ship tnd steamboat builder, died Monday at hit home near Damas cus. 1 he marriage of L. Bush Llvermore, editor of the Baker City ' Herald, and Mi"8 Ethel Cox, occurred, at Stephen's Episcopal church at Baker City Sunday evening. ' The Sugar Pine Mills, constructed at Grants Pass, on the lite of the old factory are about completed and will be ready for operation by the middle of the month. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 8061c for n-w crop; H3Bto for old; valley, one; blueatem, 6666c. Barley- f 17.75 for old, $16.50 for new crop,. Flour Beat aradee. I2.06O3.60 par barrel; graham, 2.953.20.v Millstuffs -m Bran, $15016 per ton; middlings, $21.60; aborts, $18; chop, $16. Oats No.l white, $1.0001.05; gray, 9fc.$1.00. Hay Timothy, $12018) olovar, $7.50010; Oregon wild hay, $506 per ton. Potatoes Beet Burbankrf, 75 86c percental; ordinary, 60c per cental, growera prices; sweets, a.ou(ga.uu per cental ; new potatoes, le. Butter Creamery, 20021c; dairy 1718o; store, 1717Xc Eggs 80021c for Oregon. Cheese Full cream, twint, 12X 0 13o jYoung America, lSOHKc; fac tory prices, 10 Die less. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.60 4.50; hens, $4.0006.60 per doxen, 11 OH, Mi c per pound ; springs, 110 HKo per pound, $2.5004.00 per doe en; ducks, $2. 60Q3.00 per dosea; tur keys, live, 1301c, dressed, 1518o per pound; geese, $4.006.00 per doaea. Mutton Gross, 2)0So per pound; dressed, 6o per pound. Hogs Gross, 630) dressed, 77tfe per pound. Veal 708o per pound. Beef Gross, cow, 803); eteer. Si0', dressed, 708o per pound. Hops 16017c; new crop 17018c. Wool Valley, 12 15 ;Eas tern Ore gon, tQtHet mohali , 25028 poaad. TRACY DEAD fOTED OUTLAW SUICIDES TO . ESCAPE f APTuftE, CloKly Punucd and Twic Wotintkd, tie PuU an End to His Exlitcc Body Fn4 la t Whtt Field Near (hi Eddy (butch, Whers H Spent the Utt ft Dayi of ttli Ule. ftUI Wovsd Mao fcy 45 CallberRcvolver Spokane, Aug 0 Harry Tracy Is dead The notorious criminal, convict, outlaw, deseprado and multi-murderer committed suicide last evening, after being shot twice bj his pursuers., His body waa found at an early hour this rooming, ' cold, and -rffead,' viug facs, upward, and the hand still' caressing the famous 30-80 rljle and 45-caiibre Colt's revolver. Tlie resting place wat in a wheat field near, the Eddy home, where Tracy spent the last few days. and whither he had been tracked by hit hunters. , . ."' 1 The body wat taken to Davenport, udner care of Sheriff Gardner of Lin coln county. Its disposition will be decided later by the official a in charge After defying for' m-srly two months all law, setting at naught all efforts of the authorities of two states to capture or kill him, baitiiug tha best man hunters of the Pacific Coast, and travel ing across two state with impunity, demanding and reaeiving entertainment all along the line, this criminal won der baa at last been sent to hit final resting place.. A party from Creston, Wash., had the honor of running to earth the out law; and are due to receive the re wards of $S,000 offered by the govern ors of WaHbington and Oregon and by private individuals. The party was mule up of the following persons, citi zens of Creston: C. A.' Straub, deputy sheriff; Dr. E. C. Lanier, Maurice Smith, attorney, and J. jrMorrison, a railroad , section foreman. These four men, armed to the teeth and bent on achieving success where others" had failed, eet out from Creston yesterday aftrenoon about two o'clock.. .They were working on the information of the Goldfinch youth, who had been forcibly made the companion of the Oregon convict for over 24 hours at the Eddy ranch, and 'proved said informa tion te be well founded and worthy of belief. Proceeding in a southeasterly direc tion for about 11 miles, the pursuing party made all possible haste in get ting near the Eddy ranch, which is sit uated on Lake creek, about three milse directly south of Fellows, on the Washington Central railway, where the outlaw wat said to be located. The country ia what ia called "scab," and when near the ranch the party took all precautions at to ambushes or surprise. - '; They approached the place In safety, and when within some f"W hundred yards came across Farmer Eddy mow ing in a field. The party went to him, and while engaging him in corn er-1 nation they saw a man issue from the barn, which could be plainly seen from where the party stood on a rise of the ground. "Ia that Tracy?" at-ked one of the party. "It surely Is, laconically replied Pddy. With this information at baud, and the man so close to the hunt ers, there was naturally a great deal of excitement. . Inn party separated, and Lahter and Smith accompanied Eddy in the direction of the barn, while tho other two men swung around to cut off any break, for liberty in another direc tion, Noairng that atructure, the two man hunters stepped behind the barn on a : slight eminence, from which they conld watch everything that went on, and the farmer continued up to the barn door. When he arrived there Tracy came from the barn again and began helping the farmer unhitch the horsea. He car ried no ride, althouh he had his revol vers in place. The fugitive saw the men camyng rifles, and turning shraply on Farmer Eddy, sard: "Who are thoee men?" "I don't see any men," said the host. Whereupon Trucy pointed out the two men on the hill, waitng to be sure of their man before they began shooting. Eddy informed his companion who the men were, and at that time the otneers, stepping a little closer, commnaded: "Hold up your hands!" At this juncture the outlaw jumped be hind Eddyand placed both the man and his Jborse between himself and the hunters. In this position he command ed the farmer to lead his hoise to the barn, and remaining under this cover he moved toward the shelter. When nearly to the stable he broke and dash ed inside. . He did not linger long, but in the-.twinkhng of an eye reappeared, rifle in hand, and started on a dead run down the valley. Turning to the two men looking for him, the desper ado fired two shots, but without his usual precision. Neither bullet took e fleet, and without waiting for further fighting Tracv took to hie heels and made all possible haste down the valley leading south from the barn. The man hnutera were on in pursuit, firing as rapidly as possible at their fleeing quarry. Coming to an immense rock, the out law saw a chance to 4et rid of his pur suers, and accordingly dodged behind it and began a fusilade which he proba bly imagined would end th struggle. Sight shot In all were fired, and theae eight will take aome of the efful gence off the repntation of the Oregon convict a a dead shot. Seeing he was not succeeding in hi eudeavort, he left bit position behind the rock tnd made a dash for the wheat field not far dis tant. - Just as he was entering the field he stumbled, and failing on hit face crawled on into the field on bit hands and knees. This led the hunter to believe that they had at least wounded their man, but it was getting dusk, and they did not dare to proceed, at they could, not see their man nor know bow ready he wat to take a "pot shot." Therefore, after holding consultation, they de cided to surround the place and wait for daylight. Shortly after Tracy'a disappearance into the wheat field the watchers heard a shot which sounded as though it came from about the spot to which he bad crawled. No investigation wat made, however nnti) morning, hut that ahot ia supposed to have been tbe fatal one and to have been responaible for hav ing tent the noted desperado into the Great Beyond. In the morning search was made and the body was found lying face upwards near the edge ol the wheat field. Upon examination ol the body it was found that the wound which result ed in the outlaw's death wat inflicted by the 45 caliber revolver, held close to the bead. Tbe top of the head was badly mangled.' Two bullet wounds on the left leg showed the cause of . the man s despair and subsequent sicide. BURIED BESIDE MERRILL. Remains ef Harry Tracy Interred at the Salem . ' -. Penitentiary. ., ; Salem, Or., Aug. 11. The remains of Harry Tracy were recleved in Salem Saturday morning, and were quietly buried in the prison cemetery by tbe side of David Merrill, the confederate whom the outlaw had cowardly mur dered. A few people Were allowed to see the corpse, but at the depot many backed mementoes from the cheap coffin. The burial was unattended hy ceremony. Before the coffin, was ' low ered chemicals were placed in it for the purpose of destroying the corpse, hut the'gr&ve will be watched in order to prevent any person from stealing tbe body. A the body was positivel) identified by the prison officials, there is no question of-the payment of tbe reward, but just who is entitled to it is a problem for the. claimants and the Jtate to solve. His famous rifle was given to the officials. -...Merrill's rifle was found in the brush within 200 yards of the spot where his body was found. . (. Those who wish to lake their fami lies and spend a week at the state fair will find one of the finest camp grounds on the coast, absolutely free. Any in-, foimation regarding the fair by the sec retary at Portland. M'BRIDE HOLDS OVER. Supreme Court of Washington Decides the ' Governorship Case. Olympia, Wash., Aug. 11 The state supreme court has handed down an important decision in the test case brought at the last term of the court at to the permanent increase of the membership of the supreme court, and as to whether there exists a vacancy in the offices of governor and lieutenant governor as a result of the death of Governor Rogers. The opinion , of the court is unanimous that there is no governor to be elected this fall, but that Mc Bride fills the vacancy to the end of his term. The judges are di vided on the question of an increase from five to seven in the membership of the court. ' B. P. a E. Day at Portland, September 4 trill be Elks' day at the Portland carnival. Lodges of the B. P. O. E. will be present from ail parts of the state and several adjoining states, also Texas and Colorado. Prizes amounting to $2,500 will be distribute ed among the drill teams that will com pete. An elaborate turn-out of the bro therhood, with novel floats and strik ingly beautiful effects will be seen. PREMIUM LIST IS OUT. The premium list of the Oregon State Fair is now out and is being dis tributed among the farmers and breed ers throughout the state. If carries $10,000 in cash premiums on livestock and agricultural products, tvery farm er and breeder in the state ia invited to bring something to the State Fair this vear and help swell the big exhibit that Is alread promised. The South ern Pacific compaliy hauls all exhib its to and from the fair free of charge, which enables everyone to send some thing to help the good cause along. FIFTEEN WERE KILLED.' Railroad Wreck la lows Wont Than at First : Reported. . "'. , Marshalltown, Ia., Aug. 11. It is now known that 15 persons were killed in the freight wreck on the Milwaukee road Wednesday afternoon. Of the In- iured two or three cannot recover. It is thought that more bodies may be found, as tbe wrekage has not yet been entirely cleared away. The Oregon State Fair this year promises to be one of the greatest in due trial expositions and livestock shows ever held on the coast.. The fair has been good the past two years, but it will be better this year. Don't fail to see it. RESIGNS HIS PLACE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE LAYS A8IDE HIS ROBES. Has Had Twe Stroke ef Apoplexy tad Con sist red His Usefulness Eedcd- President Appoint Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cfllef justice of Massachusetts, to Fill Vacancy Justice Cray's Career, Oyster Bay, Aug. 13. President Roosevelt hat announced the appoint ment of Oliver Wendell Holme, chief justice of the supreme court of Massa chusetts, to be an associate justice of tbe United States, vice Justice Gray, resigned. ., , ,7 Tbe resignation of Justie Gray was due to ill health. Several months aeo he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, which sometime later wat followed by an- "ther. He haa not appeared on the bench since he waa stricken the first time. His advanced age, 74 years, told against hit recovery with serious force. Realizing that he probably would nerer be able to again assume the place which he so long filled with dis tinguished ability and honor, he de cided a short - time ago to tender his resignation to the president. With the exception of Justice Harlan be had served upon the bench of tbe United States Supreme Court longer than any of hie colleagues. He was appointed by President Arthur in 1881, Lis service extending, therefore, through a period of 21 years. Judge Hoi met, whom the president has selected as Justice Gray't successor, is one of tbe most distinguished law yers and jurists of Massachusetta. His career on the bench, particularly as chief justice of the Massachusetts court, has attracted wide attention. Like Justice Gray, he is a native of Massachusetts. He is a ton and name sake of the late Dr. Holmes, the poet. Justice Gray was born in Boston in 1828; graduated from Harvard Univer sity, 1845; graduated; from Harvard Law School, 1849; admitted to Massa chusetts bar, 1851; reporter Massachu setts supreme -court, 1864-1873; chief justice Massachusetts supreme court, 1873-1882; associate juatice of United States eupren.e court, 1881-1902. TERMS FOR CABLE. President Tells Pacific Cable Company What It Mast De. Oyster Bay, ' Aug, 13. President Roosevelt has made public tbe condi tions under which he will approve of the plan to lay a submarine cable ia the Pacific to connect the United States with its Pacific Oriental possessions. The principal requirements are: The government business shall have priority. r The United States shall at ali times have the right to purchase the caole lines, property and effects at an ap praised value. Tbe government shall have authority to aesume full control of the cable when at war or when war is threatened. All contracts entered into by said ca ble company with foreign governments for the transmission of 'messages shall be null and void when the United States is engaged in war. The operators and employes of said company above the- grade of laborer, after said cable shall have been laid, shall be exclusively American citizens. The company shall agree to main tain an effective speed of transmiseion over the main cable route from Califor nia to Luzon of not less than 25 words per minute. . ' ','"'? REBEL BLOCKADE. 1 Fjrminitts Declare Cape Haytien a Closed Pert McCrca Get instructions. Port au Prince, Aug. 13. The gun boat Crete-Pierrot, which la in the Firminite service, gave notice yester day ot the blockade of Cape Haytien. The foreign consuls here and Com mander McCrea, of the United States gunboat Machias, protested against this action. Soldiers have gone out Irom here, and a battle in a. few days is believed to be inevitable. The bad feeling against foreigners has increased. Washington, Aug. 13. Commander McCrea, of the gunboat Machias, today cabled the navy department that a de facto blockade had been established by the insurgents at Cape Haytien. . The M tchias is at her anchorage. ' . Acting Secretary of tbe Navy Darling sent the following reply to Commander McCrea: "If the . blockade, is not effective, Cuban, American and un protected innocent neutral vessels shall be protected in their - international rights. Can Bend you collier from San Juan if necessary." These to Examine Cadets. . Washington, Aug. 13. The officers selected to hold examinations for civil candidates for the army at Vancouver Barracks on Sept. 1 are Major Rudolph G. Ebert, surgeon ; ' Major Calvin D. Cow-les, Seventeenth infantry; Captain Carl Reiehrnann, Seventeenth infantry; First Lieutenant Harry L. Gilchrist, assistant surgeon; irst Lieutenant Raymond H. Fenner, artillery corps. Portland Elks' CarnivnL .. . Everybody remembers the great car nival on Sixth Btreet, which' the Port land Elks gave two years ago. The street fair on a scale twice as great, and many of the latest midway attractions, is to be reproduced September I to 13 In Portland, extending from Seventh and Washington streets to Flanders 1 street, taking in the park blocks. RECEIVED CKOWNS EDWARD AND ALEXANDRIA NOW KINQ AND QUEEN. , Seen la Westminster Abbey wu Marvelous Aged Archbishop of Canterbury Nearly Overcome, and it was with Difficulty That He Completed the Ceremony efth Coronation. London, Aug. 9. Edward VII, B. I., by jhe grace of God, ot the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ' Ireland . and tbe British Dominions Beyond the Seat, King, Defender of the Faith, Em- peror of India, was today crowned with- -out bitch or harm, and tonight London is noisily celebrating the event for which the wot Id haa. awaited at, per haps, it never awaited any other coronation-. , In all respects the coronation wat im pressive. That pride of empire. which marked Queen Victoria'! jubilee, was lacking; and 1 in its stead there pre vailed among all claaset a keen recollec tion that onlx six weekt ago their king ' lay in danger of death, and this today produced thankfulness and genuinetytn pathv for the man rather than adula- -tion for tbe king. This, however, did not prevent the public from voicing appreciation of such military display , . as tbe short military procession gave them a chance to see. .. Until tbe booming of the guns an nounced that the crowning of King Edward had been achieved, there lin gered in the minds of thousands a nervous apprehension that even at the last moment some untoward event might onee more plunge the nation into consternation. When this waa passed the unrestrained jubilation wat aa much a tribute to the king's per sonal popularity at it waa an evidence t of relief from tbe tension of the- last few weeks. .80 while tbe scene on the' streets were robbed of many of those ' elements that usually accompany a -great pageant, they will long be re membered, perhaps somewhat tenderly by those who stood on- tbe stands, at windowa and on the sidewalks to see King Edward after he had won almost from the jaws of death hit crown. la Westminster Abbey. In Westminster Abbey the acene waa nothing leas than marvelous.- Nearly 7,000 member of the nobility, the. clergy and tbe " gentry had gathered with " foreign princes, a'mbas-adors, colonial rulers, Indian potentates, - and leaders from the tartiiest quarters of the globe to where the union - jack fiiea, -to do honor to the king. ; Two inci dents of the service in the Abbey will live in the memory of many who wit-, nessed them. The first of these, which almost developed into a dramatic contretemps, centered around the aged Archbishop of Canterbury. From the commencement of the service the arch-, bishop had the greatest difficulty in reading or remembering the prayers. The book from which his almost blind eyea endeavored to read shook in his hands', and when he came to place the crown upon King Edwards head bis huge frame, towering above the seated king, swayed so violently that the Bishop of Winchester had to support him, while the Dean of Westminster put a guard ing hand under the crown. It was evi dent that the Archbishop of Canterbury ' could not see his sovereign's head, and, after probing around, be waa just about to complete the most important part of the ceremony when it wat dis covered that he had the crown the back tot he front. Slowly he raised it, but too late to prevent the choir from pre maturely bursting out with a loud "God Save the King.," Amid a tension that had grown to a pitch of painful nervousness , the archbishop finally managed to place the crown corrrectiy upon the king's head. A few momenta later came the climax of hia feebleness. He was kneeling to do the first homage of all the subjects of tbe king, when suddenly he almost fainted, and would have fallen upon his sovereign's knees bad not King Edward tenderly, but firmly grasped both the prelate's hands and lifted him to his feet. Tbe bish ops of London, Winchester and Dur ham clasped their arms around the archbishop, the king kissed his wrink led hand, tbe archbishop's head fell back, his feet moved slowly and me chanically, and thus he waa more car ried than led Irom the throne to King Edward's cbapel, where he waa re vived. " - .: - ': K. ' ' : Her Majesty's appearance woa e-' travagant encohiuma, especially from, the wflmen, many of whom declared that Queen Alexandra did not look a day over 35.- The queen's own crown ing waa brief and simple. When the four duchesses went to holoVa canopy over her majesty s head, the iruchest of Marlborough and the Duchess of Portland led the way. They performed their duties excellently. At the ap proach of the crucial period for which the peeresses had long practiced, name ly, the putting on of their coronets the moment the queen was .crowned, a flutter of nervousness ran through their ranks, coronets - were ' prilled out . and pinched into shape, their faces hardened wtih anxiety, and then all their arms tuddenly woke upA .and . coronets, large and small were put- in place, some crocked and eome straight. For the next fiv'e minutes tbe peeresses disregarded what passed before them; first one and then another turned around for advice and help, and then en-ued a mutual pushing of each, other's coronets into place. Throughout the kingdom' there were great illuminations and displays o" fireworks and general celebration of the event In the evening. pot in tha heart of the city,