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VOL" XIX ' J , ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, ,1902.v ' . - ' NO. 38.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATHI'KCD FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive RfvUw ef th Import
ant Happening ol IKa Paat Week,
Presented In Condon Porm, Moat
Likely to Prov Interesting to Our
Many Reader.' '
Thirty person' were killed In a
train wreck in Alabama.;
The International mining congrem
In In session at nulla, Mont.
Another hitch but ' occurred In the
signing of th Anglo-China treaty.
Rev. M. Farley liaa "boon recom
mended a a uccensor to Archbishop
Corrlgan ol Nw York.
A I'Uih man, who i thought to have
Imen Insane, killed hi wife and two
daughter and than shot himself.
Ilenvur aeronaut, who endeavored
lo go from that city to : New York In I
a balloon, wore rati ad after being out
SI hour.
General IVewet, Itotha and Dolarey
and Mr. rlacher have armed in Lon
don from Tho Hague. A heavy rain
- wa (ailing when they arrived and they
waived no ovation.
It la estimated that 40,000 laborer
In riorum-, Jlaly, are ou atrike. It i
(eared the trouble will apread lo other
cities. The government fa taking
energetic measures to suppress disorder
and the Jail are overflowing.
Representative Graffenroid o( Texas
l dead.
Senator Hoar celebrated hi 76th an
nlversary on Friday.
The machinists' atrike on the Otilf,
Colorado Jk Pant Ke ha been declared
off.
Colombia accuses Nicaragua of aiding
revolutions! ami threaten to retalitae
('when ahe got np."
The foreat fire that have been raging
In Wyoming lor tit peat two weeka are
reported to be under control.
A loa ol 1100,000 wa eanaed by the
burning ol the concentrator ol the Mon
tana Ore Purchasing company at liutte.
The Canadian pacific railway will
shortly place the enormoua amonnt o(
33,000,000 acree ol land on the market
lor aetlior.
A steamer and row boat coll hied on
lake Oogua, near Battle Creek. Mich.,
and resulted in the drowning ol five
employe ol the Battle Creek Sanitar
ium, r
Heavy rain have damaged cmp.in
Kansas, and In the vicinity ol Burling
ton hundred ol aero ol corn have boon
dentroved and many bridge washed
away.
Attorney General Knox haa sailed
lor Kuroi. He goes abroad lor the
purport ol obtaining clear title to the
proerty ol the Panama Canal com
pany. .
Judge Richardson ol Hpokano ha
rendered a decision that a boycott 1
not illegal when peaceably conducted,
and when not ao conduct! mut be
dealt with In the criminal court, not
by a court ol equity.
In" an autonioblli accident at Long
Branch , N. J., two peraon were killed
and three serlousl; injured.
" George P. Clark, grand ruler ol the
Elk, denies the report that there I a
ahortage in the account ol the grand
treasurer.
2 Twenty-three IUIIan have been ar
rest.! at Geneva, Italy, on suspicion ol
being oonoeetod with a plot to derail
the train bearing King Victor Emman
uel to Berlin.
"A husband take a wile lor bottor
or worae, and becauae ha doe not
conlorm to hi notion ol economy I
not a ground lor carting her Irom him.
Ibis i the opinion ol Justice hprig,
ol the- New York auprem court.
It I probable the opening ol the
schools ol Kanaa will have to be pout
poned on account ol the Inability ol
the American Book company to furnish
book.' Tho company ha been prevent
ed Irom delivering the book by reason
ol an injunction issued by a Topekn
court. ,
The atrike o! Havana dock laborer
ha ended.
Another atreet car atrike la threaten
ed at Chicago.
Kx-Governnr George Iloadley, ol
Ohio, I dead.
Official report how the continuance
ol good crop weather. , ,
Nome and the outelde world will be
connected by telegraph by Aprl now.
Edward 0. Boyce ol Denver ha been
nominated by Colorado Socialist lor
Governor..
Brlgham Yoong, president ol the
apostles ol the Mormon church 1 re
ported seriously ill.
Mi Julia Laniont, daughter ol
Daniel B. Lamont, ex-secretary or war,
died at her lather' cottage at Borrenio,
Maine.. Tuesday.
Secretary Shaw ha. rescimiou .
order ol ex-Becretary Gage for the pur
chaae ol bond at tated price.
ChrlHtlanla, Norway, l uffe.r.1"
Irom hard time, which may "'"
a crisis unless Induatrlal conditions
Improve bulore long.
Peter 8. Hoe, the last
original member ol the original Arm ol
It. Hoe A Co., manufacturer ol print;
Ing presses, is dead at Upper Mont;
clair, N. J. Mr. Hoe wa. born In
New York 81 year ago.
LABOR'S BIU DAY.
HollJay 1 Otnerally Observed Throughout
"'"" lime in Portland.
w. u.iiu, mn. i.iMimr uuy was
olisurved In Portland yesterday with a
grand parade in the foronoon, field
Sfwrta in the afternoon and a grand
oau in the ovenlng. About 7,800
member ol Portland labor union
were In line In the parade, while many
thousand ol the resident ol tho city
and visitors from the surrounding towns
crowded the sidewalk to vlnw the pro-
oewlon. Flfty-slx dlflorent union
were reprinted, and of theHe the
painters' Union csrried off the hand
some ailk bauner offered for the bent
appearing organ hut 1 The Grain
handlers Union and the Pressmen's
Union wore accorded favorable men
tion, and the Judges expressed regret
that there were not second and third
prize to award to thorn. Boeeoh
making formed no part of the exercises,
ler-the -uieii ctmaA to show thelrstrongtb
by their apliearsnoe in the orocersion
and to jnd the roniainder of their
holiday in enjoyment. Tiie proceroion
wa the lonxest line of laboring men
evet formed In Portland, and it was a
common remark that they were an un
usually intelligent and protsiroua look
ing crowd of citizen.
Th Day at Albany.
Albany, Or., Kept. 2. I.aixir day
wa generaly obNcrvod in Albany.
The banks and many places of bnslneHs
were closed. The celebration was
under the auspices of the Albany Fed
oration of Trade Unions, and consisted
of a parade and public speaking In the
afternoon. About 200 men were in
lino.
Rousing Time at Grant's Pas.
Grants Pas. Or., Hiit. 2. Ijibor
day wa appropriately lelcbrated in
Grants Pass yesterday. It was the
most successful event ol its Kind ever
known in this section of the atate, And
wa a winning card for the Federated
Trade Union ol this city, which had
tho matter in charge. Crowd Col peo
ple thronged tho streets the entire day,
many being here Irom all parts ol the
country; a number of the itirroumting
mines having shut down :for tne occa
sion. All ol the stores and business
house closed their door Irom 9 in the
morning until 4 o'clock in the . after
uoon. At Salem.
Balem, Bept. 2. Labor day was cele
brated in this city with appropriate
exeroisea. Two hundred onion people
narth'iiiatod in the street procession
that started from the city hall about 2
o'clock In the afternoon. The (wrade
moved over the principal streets and
ended at Marmn square, where the
literary exercises of the day were field.
CHMSESB fN PHIUPHIMES.
Qover Taft Proposes Amendment to the
Exclusion Law.
Washington, Sep. 3. It Is tho opin
ion at the war department that Gover
nor Taft'. remarks nt the board of trade
bamiuet in Manila respecting the em
ployment of labor on. plantiitioua will
form the liasia ol a suggestion to con
gress at the next session that the act
extending the Chinese exelusion laws
to the Philippines be amended. It is
contemplated to remove the ironclad
restriction which now exists and to
clothe the Philippine commission with
power to regulate the entrance of Chi
nese labor. The coinJiission itself has
already given some attention to the
subject, and it Is believed that Pio
fessor Jenks' Investigations into the
labor problom in the straits Settle
ments and elsewhere in the Orient
meet with approval. Tho proposed
regulations. U ' !''. Iook tH a
widely regulated system ol admission
ol Chinese as plantation laborers
under sufficient bond in each casO,
under proper system ol identifications,
and on condition that they shall leave
the Philippines after a certain period
of time. Btich regulation s exist In
Hawaii for the proper cure of the
coolies would be incorporated. Gover
nor Taft' representations on this sub
ject were In answer to pressing demands
from the American chamber ol com
merce and employers ol labor in the
Philippines lor roliet Irom the present
conditions, which, it is alleged, pre
vent the development ol the country.
High Tax on Natives.
London, Sept. b.-Lord Milner. Brit
ish high commissioner in (south Africa,
has just issued at Pretoria a new ordi
nance, in regard to the taxation of na
tives, under which every male adult
and every nativo married woman must
nav alter September 1, an annual per
capita tax of 10 This, loughly
sneaking, doubles the amount of tax
collected under the Boer, regime, and
it will doutles load to much murmur
ing. Olfta to Chicago University.
Chicago, Sept. 2.-Nearly $500,000
in new gilts to the University of Cbica
i are announced By President Harper,
the occasion being the forty-third con-
I tl, university. President.
Harner makes a detailed report of the
S H Ending June 30. Gift, to
Z amount of $3,000,000 had flown
nto tho nnivwsity coffers np to that
time, and 1410,000 has been given
since.
Pumphouae Blown Up.
Bcranton. Pa., Sept. S The pump
house of the National washery. at
Minoka wa blown to pieces early today
by dynamite. It not k..own who
placed the dynamite under the building.
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NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happening of
the Past Week-Brief Review of the
Orowth and Development ef Various
Industries Throughout Our Common-
wealth Latest Market Report. -
The Ranouest mine. In Baker countv
ns ooen sold lor OU.UUC.
The Wahana mlue. near Ashland.
has made arrangements to nse oil for
ftiel with which to generate power.
In a lew years Salem will have to
ship in every cord ol wood used. Al
ready a large amount i brought in by
vrain. -
The Columbia River Packer' Associ
ation ha decided to operate its cannery
at Kagle Cliff during the full fishing
season.
Besl estate men of ' Eugene have
formed 'Hie Eugene Heal Estate Ex
change, with the object of co-operation
in the matter of advertising in the East
The Uncle Bam Mining & Million
Company, with property in tiie Blue
river district, has installed a new five-
stamp mill.
bnda B. Bmith, one of the most
prominent men in Clatsop county,
died recently In Astoria. He was
born in Yamhill county in 1830.
Captain Bam ol Bass, who came to
Oregon in 1859, died at Whatcom,
H ash,, a few days ago, aged 71 years
He bad been prominent in politic lor
the pant 40 year.
The Umatilla county delegation to
the next legislature will ask for a state
grain commissionr A measure will
also be introduced by them to tax
insurance companies more for the
benefit of the common school fund.
A rich discovery has made on the
blue Bird and Bed Cloud claims, in
tho Blue river district. The property
was formerly worked, but was aban
doned as being valueless. A ledge IS
feet wide ha been uncovered which
contains much free gold.
Pheasants will be much scarcer than
usual in Lane county this year. There
are two reasons for the scarcity. First,
tho birds were killed off very close last
full, and second, the wet weather of the
past spring killed off many ol th
young ones a soon a they were,
hatched. ; ' '
The War Esgle group of threeclaims,
lying between the Cracker-Oregon and
Goicondn, in the Cracker district, baa
been sold. ' The consideration i not
made pub'io. The properties are be
lieved to be an extension of the
Crackei -Oregon ledge, on which a rich
strike was recently made.
Pendleton stores will close at six
o'clock hereafter. ;
The separator and threshing outfit
of Frank Chute wa destroyed by fire
on the Gimn farm,- north of Ashland.
Adam K. Wilson, a prominent busi
ness man of Dallas, is dead, aged 58
years. He was the owner of two large
farms in Polk county.
Farmers living at Highland are com
plaining ol a black beetle that is doing
a great deal ol harm. Nearly all the
late garden stuffs, such as squash,
cabbage, cucumbers,, etc.,' are being
dovoured.
William Lewis, one of the oldest
marine engineers in this section of the
country, died Tuesday at Bt. Viuceut
hospital, Portland, from cancer ol the
stomach.
At a mooting of the Balem Press Club
Frank Davey was appointed to co
operate with the legislative committee
of the State Press association on mat
ters ol legislative importance that may
come up at the next session of the legis
lature ol concern to the newspaper Ira-
tenrity ol the state. ,,
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 0061e;
blue-
stem, 62S3e; valley, tS3o.
Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton.
Flour Best grades, $3.06(33.60
barrel; graham, $2.953.S0.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton;
middlings, $21.60; shorts, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, 95ci$lJ00; gray,
9096o.
Hay Timothy, $11912; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild hay, $68 per
ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6066c
per cental ; ordinary, 60$5o per cen
tal, growers prices; sweets, $2.00
per cental.
Butter Creamery, 22H25c; dairy
16;8o; store, 12H15c. ,
Eggs 2022o for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twins, ltX
013o;YoungAmerlca, U)4$10', fac
tory prices, 10 1 ic less.
Poultry -UhlcKens, mixed, la.uug
4.60; hens, $4.005.50 per doxen,
1111K per pound; spring, .lldj
llKc per pound, $2.604.0.0 per doa
en; ducks, $2.603.00 per dosen; tur
key, live, IS He, dressed, 16016c per
pound; geese, $4.00(56.00 per doses.
Mutton Gross, 2H3o ' per ponnd;
dressed, 6c per pound,.
Hogs Gross, 6Jo( dressed, 77c
per pound.
Veal 78c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 33): steers.
3$iC, dressed, 78o per pound.
Hops 19017c; new crop 170 loo.
Wool Valley,12H16;Eastera Ore
gon, 80i4o: monau, uoaztso pound.
HAVB ORDERS TO SHOOT. 1
Oeneral Qobln Will Take Mors Stringent
- .Measures...
Philadelphia, Sept. 2. Having ex
hausted every - other means for pre
serving peace and In protecting non
union men Irom violence on their way
to and Irom the mines, Brigadier Gen
eral Gobin, In command of the troops
now in the coal fields, has issued an or
der that the soldiers shall shoot any
person detected throwing stones and
other missiles, and that il any mob re
sist the authority of the troops, they
shall Ireely use their bayonets.
The Panther Creek valley ha been
in an almost continual turmoil this
week, and the troop stationed there
have had some difficulty in protecting
th lives of the workmen. The situa
tion in the valley has, however, im
proved greatly, and It is hoped by the
military authorities tbst the lawlessness
and abusive language directed toward
the soldiers will now cease. The' other
sections of the coal regions are com par
atively quiet. -
1 he general strike situation remains
unchanged. Borne coal is being shipped,
but the quantity is so small, compared
with the normal shipment, that it has
little or no effect on the market. The'
fuel now coming to the market is pri
cipally wasbery and loose coal.
. COMINQ IN" DROVES.
There I a Qrcat Rush of Scandlvians to
American Shore.
Stockholm, Sept. 2. Driven from
their homes by the unprecedented herd
time and stringent- conscription laws
ol Hweden, an unusually large number
ol Scandinavians are making their way
to Ameiica. this summer. Every steam
er leaving lor America is crowded, and
the transport lines are roping with the
greatest rush since the eighties. Many
are unable to obtain passage at Scandi
navian points and are obliged to go to
Liverpool and. Southampton.
It is estimated that 15,000 passen
gers for America have left Copenhagen
alone during the last six months. The
emigrants are mostly of an excellent
class. They are bound chiefly to the
Northwestern state, where they intend
settling on agricultural land.
SULTAN AND ARMENIANS.
He Will Rescind .Severe Orders if They
Win be LoyaL
Constantinople, Sept. 2. The sultan
recently agreed to repeal the exception
al measures adopted against the Armen
ians U.the Armenian patriarch would
guarantee that no outbreak would lol-
. The patriarchal council having
met and signed a ' docu moot setting
forth the loyalty of tho Armenians and
promising tranquility, an imperial trade
is now awaited, the patriach having re
fused to resume his-office until the
premises of the sultan are fulfilled. .
OuMI la Appointed.
Borne, Aug. 31. Mgr. Guidi has
been appointed delegate in the Philip
pines. He . is expected to hastsn his
departure for Manila la consequence of
information received at the Vatican of
the organization of a : schismatic Cath
olic church in the islands. The Vati
can does not attach much importance
to the movement, and declares "it
cannot develop under the leadership of
persons whose sole reason lor oraniza
tion is because they are excommuni
cated from the Catholic i butch."
Will be Argued at Bismarck.
Bismarck, N. D., Sept.. 2. A writ
of habeas corpus, sued ont for the re
lease of Charles M. Fay, of Portland,
Or., before Judge Winchester, will be
argued here in the morning.. Fay was
charged ty the officials of Waupaca
county, W is., with obtaining money by
fraud. The writ ol requisition was se
cured from the governor of Oregon, but
was afterward revoked and Fay was
taken from a train on a writ of habeas
corpus,"
Oregonlan Dies In Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2. Owen
Judd, state agent lor Oregon for the
New York Life Insurance company, is
dead here at the residence of his father,
Judge W. Jndd. Failing health forced
Mr. Judd to leave Oregon two months
ago, and since' that time his decline
has been rapid. ' . t
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Honors for Oregon Boy.
The Dalles, Or., Sept. 2. Homer D.
Angell, ol this city, has been awarded
the Morgan scholarship' in the Colum
bia university school -ol law for the
next year. The award wsb made in
recognition of Mr. Angell'a high schol
arship for last year. , ' v
' Dumont to Build Big Airship.
New York, Sept. 2. Santos Dumont,
the aeronaut, will, according to a Her
ald Dispatch from Paris, attempt the
construction of an serial vessel to carry
eight persons. He plans to begin ex
periments with the machine in two or
three month. '
New Sumpter Smelter.
Bumpier, Or., Sept. 2. Excavating
has begun a mile below Sumpter for tl.e
smelting plant contemplated lor this
city. Manager E. W. Muller has a good
force ol men blasting'- and removing
earth lor Die ' heavy1 machinery and
furnaces.
Declines Offer of Presidency. :
Seattlei Sept. 2. Rev. Edward Lin
coln Smith, of tho Pilgrim Congrega
tional church of Seattle, has declined
the offer of the presidency of the Pa
cific University at Forest Grove, Or.
Withdrawal of Foreign Troops.
Tien Tsin, Sept. 2. According to the
military commanders, . all the troops,
with the exception of the legation
guards, will be withdrawn from China
next spring. . ...
HUNDREDS KILLED
MOUNT PELEE CONTINUES TO SPREAD
DEATH AND DEVASTATION.
Two Small Villages Entirely Destroyed
People of Fort de France Agsin Panic
Stricken Great Tidal Wave Follows
1 Eruption Loss of Life Estimated at
' joo Relief Boats Start. '
Castries, Island of St. Lucia, B. W
I., Sept. 3. The British .steamer
Korona ariived here yesterday evening
from f Fort de France, Island ol Mar
tinique; - She reports that a terrible
eruption of Mount Pelee joccurred at
9 o'clock Saturday, and people who
arrived at Fort de France from the
northern part ol the island reported
that the village of Monroe Bouge, near
the district previously devastated,
had been entirely destroyed, end that
Le Carbet, a village on the coast
which was destroyed at the time ol
the great eruption, bad been swept bj a
tidal wave. , About 200 percons lost
their lives. . , .
A sloop Irom the Island ol St. Vin
cent, which reached here this morning,
reports that Mount Pelee's crater is
now quiet, but the detonations Satur
day night were the loudest heard up to
that time, and the inhabitants were
terribly alarmed.
Mount Pelee has been in constant
eruption ' since August IS. There was
an enormous fall ol ashes Irom the
volcano the night of the 25th.'- There
s a very severe eruption the night
of the 28th, when the volcanic rumb
lings were heard at a great distance.
The mountain burned fiercely that
night and out at sea passing vessels
were covered with ashes. The night of
the 30th there were, three separate
eruptions.
It is impossible to approach the
ruined town ol St. Pierre Iron the sea.
The people ol the village ol LeCai bet,
on the coast, are terror-stricken and
fleeing to the Interior. Hot "water is
pouring down on Lorraine and Basse
Point, villages to the northeast of the
crater. - Horrible detonations were
heard, the ground rocked and quaked,
and articles on tables were thrown to
the floor. V. - ; - -
The governor of Martinique has
ordered every availaDle boat to remove
the people from the coast villages to
Fort de France.
At 8 o'clock in the evening ol Satur
day, the 30th, the sky was cloudless.
Suddenly and without warning, one
hall of the horizon was obscured by a
pitch-black cloud ol dust. This cloud
was a magmheent electrical effect, the
flashes of light surpassing the most
elaborate fireworks. Flames and
flashes continued to burst Irom the
cloud ontil nearly midnight. Columns
of flames shot out of the crater Of
Mount Pelee to explode about the cloud
in showers ol balls ol golden fire which
fell through the darkness in myriads of
sparks. A tidal wave-. rushed upon
Fort de France and the terrified inhab
itants fled in large numbers to the in
terior. , The wave was not severe, and
did but slight damage.
In addition to the 200 persons re
ported to have lost their lives at " Le
Carbet and Mourne Rouge, many other
persons are said to bave been killed all
over the northern districts of the
islands. The governor of Martinique
is believed to have started for the scene
of devastation. -
When the steamer' Korona arrived
here she- was covered with aches.
TROOPS FAVOR STRIKERS.
Persuade Non-Union Workmen to Quit ,
Feed the Destitute.
ParkersHorg, W. Va., Sept. 3. An
unexpected situation has resulted from
the ordering out of the rsationil board.
The soldiers, whose sympathies were
with the strikers from the first, have
used their influence with the men who
are at work and bave persuaded so
many of them to join the strike that
a detachment stationed at Tush Run
had to be recalled and sent to another
point to keep it from emptying., the
mine. '
It is estimated that over a thousand
families bave been evicted in the New
River valley and tonight hundreds of
destitute families are sleeping out of
doers. Food is scarce and the condi
tion ol the men is pitiable in tlA ex
treme. Some of the soldiers have
even shared their food with the unfort
unates.
Italy Secured Concessions.
Frankfort-on-Main, Prussia, Sept 3,
King Victor Emanuel arrived here
this evening. He inspected the Thir
teenth Prussian Hussars, of: which or
ganization he is honorary colonel, and
later dined with the Hussar, officers.
His Majesty resumed his journey to
Italy at 9 o'clock. It is said that, as
result of King ' Victor EmaOners
visit . to Emperor William, Italy has
secured ce tain concessions for a com
mercial treaty with Germany. r - .
Streetcar Men Strike.
'Saratoga,' 'S; Y Sept. . 3. Two
hundred union street car men here are
on strike, - and not a trolley car is
moving tonight on the Hudson valley
railroad.
. ' Chinese Rebellion Spreading.
Pekin, fcept. 3. The foreign lega-
tions here are receiving reports from
Sze Chnan province that the rebellion
there is constantly spreading and that
foreigners are in great danger.
BIO LAND SCANDAL.
Speculators Alleged to be Taking Unfair
,. Advantage of Indiana.
Washington, Ang. 31. Investiga
tion . develops the beginning of what
promises to be a greet scandal growing
out of the purchase by syndicate and
individuals ol lands of deceased In
dian, allotted at price considerably
below their value an abuse which
the Indian office is trying to check,
As yet it in conlned to the Southwest
ern states, but the speculators are rap
idly advancing westward and north
ward, threatening in a short time to
penetrate every Indiaa reservation con
taining allotted lands in Oregon and
Washington. There are strong intima
tions, backed by evidence on file, to
show that several agents are in collo
aion with the speculators, and are in-
dnciog heirs to sell at ridiculously low
ngnres.
Commlssoner Jones advocate the
advertising ol all' land belonging to
deceased allottees, the tracts to go to
the highest bidders, but .congress most
first sanction this plan.- There are in
tregon 476,000 acres ol allotted lands,
372,000 acres in Washington, and
188,000 in Idaho, a large portion ol
which belongs to the heirs ol the orig
inal allottees, now dead. About
178,000 acres of the Oregon allotments
are at Kiamatb, 140,000 at Warm
Springs, 77,000 at Cmatilla and 33,000
at Grand Ronde, with the remainder at
Silets.
Commissioner Jones says these lands
sre verv tempting to speculators, and
nnless some remedy is soon devised,
the Northwestern Indians will be
swindled out of valuable posseeeions.
No complaints have yet been had from
that section, but are expected.
Ibe most desirable lands in Wash
ington ' are 51,000 acres at Colviile,
17,000 acres at Puyal hip and 211,000
acres at Takima. The Lapwai reserva
tion, Idaho, contains the most coveted
ands in that state.
CHAROES AGAINST PAL MA.
Cuban President Said to Be la Danger of
Impeachment
Havana, Aug. 31. Charges against
President Palms, of the Cuban Repub
lic, arising from pertain executive con
cessions be is credited with having
made to friends and others for. ner-
baps, financial or political considera
tions, which are to be preferred by the
house, bave been prepared and printed,
and impeachment proceedings against
this high official are likely to be sprang
any day. At present it is impossible to
tell what action Pal ma will take in the
matter.
Washington, Aug. 31. The state de
partment announces that although it is
in daily communication with Minister
Squires, it has not been advired ol any
crisis in the Cuban government, nor
has it been notified officially of any
effort being made to impeach President
Falma. " .' - -
GOOD ROADS TRAIN.
It Will Remain at Po.t!and
front October
13 to so. '
Washington, Aug. 31. The good
roads convention to connection with
the Minnesota state lair, on the ground
between St. Paul and Minneapolis,
Sept. 1, 2 and 3, is expected to insti
tute the most car-reaching and effective
demonstration ol the value ol good
roads so far given. The office of road
inquiry ol the department ol agricul
ture will take a leading part in the
convention. At the time ol the con
vention a good roads train will be
equipped by the Great Northern and
put at the disposal of the department
ol agriculture officials and others in
terested in the work. It will visit .the
most central points and promote the
holding ol meetings similar to that at
the Minnesota fair. The train will
be at Seattle October 8 to 12; Portland,
Or., October 13 to 20. The department
ol agriculture will be represented by
Director Martin Dodge, ol the office' of
load inqury, and bis assistants.
HALF DOZEN WOUNDED,
Encounter Between Strikers and Troops
at Lansford, Pa.
Tamaqna, Pa:, Aug. 31. In an en
counter between troops and. strikers at
Lansford, Captain W. H. Heim, ol
Company K. Twelfth regiment, wsb
slightly injured. Hall a dozen strikers
were bayoneted in the fracas. Major
Gearbart, in command of the troops
here state that he will appeal to the
military authorities to put the town ol
Lansford under military law.
' - Siberian Exiles Revolt.
Vienna, Aug. 31. The Neue Frie
Presae declares that the terrible treat
ment ol Siberian political exile at
the Aiexandrowski settlement baa led
to a strike ol the convicts, who are re
fusing all nourishment until they are
more humanely treated. They are con
fined in dark and damp cells, according
to the paper, where sanitary conditions
hsve resulted in outbreaks ol disease.
The sick and dead are allowed to re
main to contaminate the living.
Starving Indians.
3 Washington, Aug. 31. Commission
er of Indian Affairs Jones bas received
a telegram irom Senator Rawlins of
Utah representing that 6,000 Indians
on the Navajo reservation, in the
southern part of his state, are starving,
and requesting that assistance be dis
patched to them.
Bodies Still Held In Paris.
New York, Aug. 81. The bodies of
Charles L Fair and wife, who were
killed in an automobile accident, are
still here, cable the Paris correspond
ent ol the American. ' Nothing can be
learned as to the date on which they
P-e to be shipped to New York.
NOTHING FOR HER
STATE DISALLOWS MRS. WAGGONER'S
CLAIM OP REWARD.
Not Entitled to Anything for Delivering
Merrill's Body Claimants for Tracy
Reward Have Agreed Upon a Division
-Boy Who Notified Poase Is to Have
' Equal Share.
Salem, Or., Aug. 30. Secretary ol
Stat Dunbar has announced his deci
sion disallowing the claim of Mrs. Wag
goner for finding and "returning the
body of Convict Merrill. All the pa
Ders in the case are ml forth al ...
a lengthy review of the facts, Mr. Dun
i. i . . .
uar cuuviuuea as lonows:
In View ol the fnreaninir aftar Anm
consideration, the claim is hereby dis-
auowea lor ine reason that from the
facts and evidence offered it dona ni
apoear that the. claimant rendered the
service claimed, or by her acts in find
ing and returning the body of Merrill,
complied with the provisions' of the
law or the offer of reward. anH is tharo.
fore not entitled to the amount claimed
or any part thereof." ' - v
Spokane, Aug. 30.- It is under
stood that peace has been declared be
tween the men who hsve been ckiming
shares in the Harry Tracy reward, and
that now there will be no fighting over
its payment. Sheriff Gardner is au
thentically said to have made ad offer
to the five members of the posse to the
effect that if they will sign an agree-
ment to give Goldfinch, the boy who
betrayed the outlaw, an equal share
with each of them in the reward, he
will step aside and do all in bis power
to assist them to draw down" the prize
money.
The sheriff states that throughout the
controversy the rights of young Gold
finch have been his objective ' point.
and he asserts that he is determined
to see that the boy gets his full share.
The offer of the sheriff will probably
be accepted and will thus settle the
dispute over the reward, which, it has
seemed, could only be adjusted through
the courts. It- is understood that the
Creston men do not believe, the ' youth
has a particle of claim legally to the
reward, but that in order to get the
matter settled without litigation ther
are willing to comply with the terms
of Sheriff Gardner. "V -
, POSSIBLE STRINGENCY.
Secretary Shaw Will Take Steps to Eos
Up the Money Market.
Washington, . Aug. SO. In view of
rumors as to Secretary Shaw's plans for
relieving the money market in the
event of a possible stringency; the sec
retary, who is now in New York, has
authorized Assistant Secretary Ailes to
make the following statement:
'The secretary recently invited some
of the larger national banks in the prin
cipal cities to order additional'amounts
ol circulating notes to be printed.
National banks are entitled to issue
notes to the full amonnt of their capi
tal. The aggregate capital of national
banks is (700,000,000, bat the banks
have outstanding only (358,000,000 of
circulation. The secretary has hoped
to introduce an element of, elasticity
into the present system. His sugges
tions to the various banks in the larger
cities that they make preparation for
additional circulation hsve - met with
very favorable response- It -is not his
intention that they should, issue this
additional circulation at all, now, but
only in case of actual necessity and
emergency. With this in view, those
banks which have made arrangements
to deposit United State bonds as se
curity for such additional circulation
have sent in their orders nd the sec
retary has had all branches ot the
treasury service busily engaged in ex
pediting the preparation wf the notes
pending a possible emergency."
THREATENED WITH DEATH.
American Missionaries Ordered to Leave
Their Field in Mexico.
Plainfield, Ind.j ' Aug. 30 Word
has been received Irom Everett Morgan
and wife, formerly residents of Plain
field, now missionaries at Covicti, Mex
ico, that natives of that place have
warned them that nnless tbey leave the
city by September 17 they will be put
to death. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were
sent out by the Board of Foreign Mis
sions of the Westerly yearly meeting of
Friends about four years ago, and have
been at Covicti about a year. Appeals
for , protection have been sent to the
government authorities.'- '
SPRECKELS IN CANADA. ,
Sugar King la Organizing Big Company
- ' Across the Border.
Montreal, Aug. 30. Clans Spreokels,
president ol the Federal Sugar Refining
company, and bis counsel, have arrived
here. It is understood they contem
plate the. organization of a Canadian
company with a capital of f 6,000,000.
Beyond the fact that papers for tiie in
corporation were signed and forwarded
to Ottawa, nothing could' be learned.
Wcyerhauser Buys More Timber.
Olympia, Wash., Aug. 30. The
Weyerhauser Timber company bas be
oonte the owner ot what is virtually
one-eighth of the land in Thurston
county. A deed has been filed in the
office ol the county auditor transferring
to the Weyerbausera all ol the timber
lands .owned by the Northern Pacific
in this county, amounting to 84,220.04
acres.' ' Tbe.deeds bore revenue stamps
to the -falue of 447, showing that the
purchase price . was 4621,863, repre
senting the largest transfer ol property
ever made in this county.