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VOL. XIX.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Cmprhflrv Review of th Import,
nt Happening of the Paat Weak,
PrtMnted In Coadeneed Form, Moat
Ltkly to Pfova Interacting to Our
Many Reader.
Tlio iituatlon In Morocoo In becoming
wriiui. 1
Eighteen St. Loul legislator must
aniwar to the charge ol taking boodle
Nebraska official ara la pursuit of a
criminal who I emulating Ilarry Tracy.
Ilaytl will not complain to Gruiany
about tli (Inking of tlio Flrmlniat gun
boat. The National Camly company bat
been Incorporated In New Jersey with
capital ol $l,000,000.
New Jraoy gamblera whose) inue
were recently raided have been fined
Irom 11,000 to 16,000. ;
The um of gold now In the United
Htatna treasury eieeoda that ol any
nnvlKia tlino In the history of the
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country. .
Preaident Rooaevelt ha been made
an honorary member of the Brother
hood of Locomollva HremeB ol Chatta
nooga, Teiui. '
An army eurfnon who baa Jtiat re
turned from Manila aay a good tain
it the only remedy for the epidemic
of cholera now prevalent On the Island.
The DemTtto tt campaign Jia
been opened in Ohio.
A cloudburst at El Peeo, Tex., caused
considerable damage.
King Kdward lalUd Andrew Carne
gie at Hkibo caatle, Pootland.
The transport Hulord ha arrived at
ftan FrancUco from Manila with 00
men.
The coalmlnera trouble In Wwrt
Virginia la over and moot of the men
have returned to work
One pertou waa killed and two aerl.
ouily Injured In an automobile accl
dent at Vlneland, N. J.
The salmon pack of the Fraaei river,
B. C., la, In round number, 262,000
cm,. The pack of the entire province
U about 600,000 tei.
John Uraen, who attempted to loop
the loop at the Portland Elk' carnival,
fell Irom the loop, elightly Injuring
four person, but eecapini unhurt .him
elf. Mr. LeUhman, Unite.! Blatoi minis
ter at Constantinople, baa reached a
aatiafactory understanding with the
porta aa to the question which have
been the eubject of negotiation for
several yeai.
No aettlement of the Pennsylvania
itrtke la In view.
President Rooaevelt baa atartod on
bla aouthern tour.
Iowa Democrat will run ex-Governor
Dole agalnat Speaker Henderson lor a
place In oongreaa.
Boer leader and Colonial 8ocretary
Chamberlain held an important con
ferenca in London.
A ihingla combine I being formed in
Maine that propone to take over all ol
the iargeat firm In that Ute.
The Whlta Star ateamahip company
bai placed an order for the building of
the Iargeat ateamer in the world.
"" The Lewie and Clark fair committee
haa ehoaen the tract of land at the loot
of Willamette height for the 1905 ox
position alte.
Farmer of the Northwest ara raiaing
more hog each year and before a greet
while will be able to aupply the de
mand on thla coaat.
The Uvea of half a million people are
imperiled by the threatened deduction
of Martinique. Nearly 8,000 have been
killed by the recent eruption.
The national mining congre will
meet In Portland in 1904.
Wisconsin Democrat have nominated
David 8. Roee for governor.
Mineownera refuse t arbitrate the
trike in the anthracite region.
Violent atorma eweeplng England,
Wale and Ireland caused great damage
to property.
The cruleer Brooklyn ran on a rock
In Boiaard'a bay and It i thought her
bottom i seriously Injured.
i nn.mna sudor awent a Rintaian
vallav. antirMlv destroying 20 village
and killing nearly 700 people.
Grand Army men ol Portland are en-
deavoring to have me iwo
encampment held in tnat city.
Th ..n ..nntlnn ol Mount Peloe
... ,l.inwtlve than that
of list May. The Inhabitant of the
villa, deatroyed had Just returneu
laat week.
nit Rriuln will not treat officially
with the Boot generate.
The coming Oregon atate fair la cer
tain to be better than ever before.
The national convention of poatofllce
clerk la In elou in Kansas c-ity-
i v,. Mlrsn Central re-
ulted In the death of many passenger
SlrThoma Upton I preparing to
laane a nhallenM for the America
cup.
Preaident Rooaevelt haa announced
that ha will v)U Kansas City Septenv
bar 29.
Cuban industry revived.
Sugar Production on the Incrcaac -Other
Interests Picking Up.
Washington, Kept. JO. In it final
settlement regarding the comtnerce of
Cuba the bureau of insular affair of
the war department dwell particularly
on the vugar and tobacco induatry of
the Island, and proaent some interest
ing fact regarding tt production of
these two cominodltle, After showing
that tiigar conatittitod one-half of the
export of the Island lor 11)01, and pre
dicting that It will continue to be the
leading product, the ilatement 1 made
that there are other Interests which
are growing and which may become ol
Vital Importance to the future prosper
Ity of the Island. By far the greatest
of these Is tobacco, of which In It
different form there was exported in
1001 $ 25,000,000 worth.
The report review the . hlatory of
Cohan augar growing, ; which first
assumed importance in 1H 10, when the
crop amounted to 200,000 ton. The
production steadily increased up to the
time of the "Ten Year' War," when
It had reached 7411,000 tons. At the
close of the war the anar crop had fal
len to 633,000 tons. During the last
10 year of Hpanlsh occupancy, the
production varied greatly, exceeding
10,00,000 ton in 18M and 1H05, and
a (tm the beginning of the Insurrection
runnlug a low a 212,000 tons in 1807.
The average for this decade was about
000,000 tons.
The exportation of sugar for the
calendar year 1HU0 wa In round num
ber 317,000 ton; in 11)00 287,000 torn,
and lu l0i 5U0.00O tons, and during
the entire xriod of American occupa
tion more than 1 ,400,000 tons.
It is estimated by good authorities
that about 2,000,000 acres, or one-four-
teenlh of the entire acreage of the
island, 1 devoted to the culture of
sugar cane. With the establish-
mentof new plants, cjuipiwd with the
latest appliances, the planters secured I
from violence, and a removal of the!
enormous Imrdens of the various taxes
formerly Imposts! by the government
of tpain, the acreage in cane maybe
greatly increased and the cost of pro-1
ductlon be reduced to a minimum. J
BiiRTI PROBABLY DEFEATED.
Colombian Government Forces Unable to
Hold Agua Dulc.
Panninn, Colombia, fepU 10. The
government General Morales Herll,
who ha been besieged by the insurgent
forces under General Ilerrora at Agua
Dulce, has probably leen deleated.
The govern in nt gunboat returned
here last night from an exploring expe
dition. OtBcers from the expedition
report having landtul at Yegula, where
tlie insurgent garilson wa doreated
alter a slight ikirmish. A few Insur
gent prisoner wore captured and It is
from these men that the new of the
government defeat at Agua Dulce bus
been obtained.
General Bcrtl bus been besieged
aim July 28. The troops ol his
command must have suffered terribly
from lack of aupplie during the lust
days of the Beige, and it is said tney
were compelled to eat norse nesn. up
to August 80 General Berti had not
surrendered, but since that date he is
iMlieved to have either done o or to
have loreed his way out of Agua Dulce.
POWDER MAOAZINB BLEW UP.
Killed One or More, Damaged a hot ana
Shook Up Boaton.
Boston, Bept. 10,-Oneof the powder
magazines at old Fort Vtintlirop, on
Governor's island, upper Boston har
bor, blew up this evening with a do-
tonatlon that was heard 20 miles away.
One man wa killed and five other
were Injured, all having flesh wounds,
nd two are missing. The cause ot
the explosion is not known.
The force of the explosion wa hown
by the fart that great granite uiocks
were hurled into the air several
hundred yard, one ol tlie targesi com
ing down through the centorofthe
fort, making a hole huge enough to
drive a team of horses through. All
over tho island the effects of the ex
plosion are visible, while in Kat
Boston, poum i'uoi'" j
proper, tho concussion was revere
enough to break window aim oiik
buildings to tneir loununuunn.
Jamaica Wanta to Join Canada.
Klnaston, Jamaica, Hoi-t. 10. At a
meeting yesterday afternoon of the rep
rescntative augar planters of Jamaica,
i..in. re missed condemning
Great Britain's neglect of the West
...,.itM,ii almost n ruin to the
gar industry, setting forth the tota
i iI,..linv nf Tim ininmiitjn i""'! rv
iiy Great Britain for the relief of her
r.n.n aniriir olantcrs, aid call
ing for federation With Canada as the
only mean of relief.
Forest Fire In Colorado.
. ... ni.. Souk. 1ft. Advice to-
- s-j rVo,Soi.inrl1
have alreadV been burned over
mUnon of foot of valuable timber
destroyed.
Wall Paper Factory Burned.
SmpanlaUloston a. destroved by
flre tonight. Loss, 1175,000.
ST. HELENS,
NEWS OF OREGON
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ITPMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happening ol
the Past Week-Brief Review at the
Growth and Development ol Various
Industrie Throughotit Our Common.
wealth-Latest Market Report.
The Benton countv tax roll shew an
increased valuation of 180.000 over
last year.
A promising gold prospect ha been
opened up near the North Pole mine,
In the Cracker creek diatrict. "
The Montezuma Gold Mining Com
pany, of Bumpter, ha been Incorporat
ed with a capital of f 1,000,000.
A move for a new armory for the
Oregon City national guard 1 on foot.
The county i asked for aid in the
matter.
Fonr hundred bead of sheep were
shot by 25 masked men, who are up
posed to have been miners, on the
Grant county range.
Hop growers in I'olk county say that
while as a rule the crop is lighter than
last year, a number of yards will run
considerably heavier.
The repott of the Kenton county
clerk for the past two year show that
lie lack 113.48 ol turning over to hi
aucceasor as much aa he received.
Secretary of State Dunbar has ordered
a warrant drawn for tl,600 In favor of
Maurice Smith and other, being the
reward offered for the capture and re
turn of Harr Tracy. ' " '
Five masked men entered a store at
Prairie City, Grant county, blew open
the sale, and secured f 70 ' In coin and
gold dust. A lot of checks and county
warrants were also taken. .
The Southern Pacific Company ha
commenced , the construction of a
2,500,000 gallon steel oil tank in its
yards at Ashland. The tank will be
one of the largest on the coast.
Hugh C. Belliuger, nominated for a
cadetship at the Annapolis naval acad
emy, failed to qnalifv in the recent
examination at that institution and
will therefore not be able to enter. As
none of the alternates took the examin
ation, there may be an Oregon vacancy.
Farmers near Eugene are greatly in
censed over what is believed to be the
work of an incendiary. A number of
residences and barns have been de
stroyed by fire. A meeting was held
last week and a reward offered for the
apprehension and conviction of the
criminal.
A large amount of fruit ! being
shirped from, The Dalle to Eastern
itiea.
The Gaston flouring mill is running
day and night, and farmers are bring
ing in their wheat very rapidly.
All preparations are completed for
the Baker City carnival to be held the
week commencing September 15.
The schooner Wing and Wing la high
and dry on the shore near Florence,
where she went while trying to enter
the Siuslaw river.
Considerable new wheat Is coming
into The Dalles. The fgiain this year
I of a very good quality and perfect
satisfaction 1 expressed on every hand.
Clatsop county commissioner will
endeavor to start a fund for the build
ing of a new court house and jail.
The Salem Fourth of July committee
haa 3o.60 on hand, which, by the
general desire ol the public, will be
spent in the improvement ol wurion
square. '
Hop picking is in full swing
throughout the Willamette valley.
There seems to be plenty of picker.
The price range from 40 to 60 cent
per box.
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PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, O0M01c; blue
atom, 630140; valley, 4o.
Barley Feed, $19.00 per ton.
Flour Best grades, 3.05(93.60 pet
barrel; graham, 2.B53.20.
MillstuffH Bran, 17 per ton;
middlings, $21.60; abort, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, $1.00; gray, B5
$1.
Hay Timothy, $1118; clover,
$7.5010; Oregon wild bay, $6$ pet
ton. . '
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 60066c
per cental ; ordinary, 6056c per oen
tal, grower prices; sweets, $2.25
2.50 per cental.
Butter Creamery, 269 27 fs ; dairy
17X920o; store, 12K16o.
Egg 22)tfo for Oregon. '
Cheese Full cream, twin, 12M
913c;YoungAmerica, 13K914Xo; fac
tory prices, 19 1 Jc less.
Poultry Chicken, mixed, $3,009
4.60; hens, $4 6095.50 per dosen,
liailMc per pound; springe, 119
HKo per pound, $2 )3.00 per dos
en; duck, $3.0094-60 per dosen; tur
keys, live, 13914c, dressed, 1616o per
pound; geese, a i.uwgo.uu per aoaen.
Mutton Gross, 8K93o per pound;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6)io dressed, 797Kr
per pound. . . ; .
Veal 798c per pound. x
Beef Gross, cows, 393Xc; ateeri,
SKUMKc; dressed, 798o per pound.
Hop 16917c; new crop 20922c;
Wool Valley,12K15;Eaatern Ore
gon, 8214Xc: mohali, 869260 pound.
OUECI ON, FRIDAY, 8EPTEMI5ER 12, 1902.
SINKS A GUNBOAT.
Germany Take a Hand In Haytlan Row
and Punishes Piratical Act.
Port au Prince, Haytl,' Sept. 9. The
German gunboat Panther arrived here
Reptemlier 6 and received instructions
from the German government to cap
ture the Firminist gunboat Crete-a-I'lerrot.
bhe left . Immediately for
Gonaives, the seat of the Firminist
government. The Panther found the
Crete-a-Pierrot In the harbor of Gon
aives and the commander of the German
gunboat informed Admiral Killick on
the Crete-a-Pierrot tha,t he must remove
his crew and surrender bis vessel in
five minutes. , Admiyil Killick asked
that this time be extended te 16 min
utes. The request was granted on the
condition that the guns and ammuni
tion on board the Crete-a-Pierrot should
be abandoned when ber crew left her.
The crew of the Crete-9-Pirerot left that
vessel amid great disorder.;
At the end of 16 minutes, the Pan
ther eent a small boat carrying one
officer and 20 sailors who were to take
possession of the Firminist gunboat.
When these men had arrived at a
point about 20 yards from the Crete
Pierrot, flames were seen to break out
on board of her. She had betn fired
by her crew before they left her. The
Panther then fired on the Crete-a-Pierrot
until she w completely im
mersed. Thirty shot, all told, were
fired, ;
There la mnch feeling bere against
the Firminists, and their cause is con
sidered to be a bad one. , Soldiers are
leaving here to attack Ht. Marc. Port
an Prince is calm. t
NO SLEEP FOR THEM.
Outbreak of South-fore Caused an Exodus
of the Population. c .
Bt. Thomas. D. " W.'I., 6ept. 9.
Advices from the island of St. Vincent
report that a slight eruption of Jffae
Sou ff Here volcano o curred at noon,
September 3. The outbreak was ac
accompanied by rumblings, and caneed
an exodus of the population Irom
Georgetown and Chateau Bellair. On
the 4th, at 7:30 in the morning, and
again at 10 'oclock last night, loud
noises were accompanied by electrical
discharges from La Stauffriere, which
continued until. 1 o'clock in the morn
ing, when a continuous roar began,
lasting until 4 o'clock. This . was fol
lowed by a murmuring sound, which
was heard nntil 6 o'clock in the morn
ing, in a short time the heavens were
obscured by dost or smoke, and the
scene waa something fearful.. Kobudy
slept at all during the night.
No dust, the advicei say has yet fal
len at Kingstown or Georgetown, but
the atmosphere hss a hazy look.- Dust
and pebbles fell at ' Barnellie at 4
o'clock on the afternoon of Septebmer 0.
Beports from Chateau Bellair are to
the effect "'that there has been a heavy
fall of sand there, and that the arrow
root crop has been , destroyed. f,o
deaths have been reported.
BOTH SIDES RESTINQ EASY. 1
Close of Seventeenth Week of Anthracite
. Miner' Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Hept. 9. With
the beginning of the 18th week of the
miners' strike, both sides to the contest
aay they are satisfied with the situa
tion. 1 lie operators state tnat tne
output of coal this past week was
greater than any other week since the
strike began. . The strikers, on the
other hand, assert, through their
officers, that the efforts of the big com
panies to resume mining have been a
signal failure.
At strike headquar .ers it is admitted
that the washeriea are turning out a
certain amount of coal, but it la assert
ed that the total output is only a drop
in the backet. President Mitchell
say that the miner are iust aa deter
mined as ever, and that all talk of them
going back to work was without found
ation. COOK COUNTV PROPERTY.
Thla Year'a Real Estate Valuation Placed
. at $1,488,740,816; (
Chicago,'. Sept. 9. ' Cook' county's
total real estate value is $1,488,749,
810, according to the figures given out
by the board of review. By the same
figures the tctal valuation of the real
estate in the city of Chicago is shown
to $1,382,556,875, while in the county
outside of Chicago, the revaluation is
$100,192,935. , .:
The figures indicate an increase . 4n
full valuation in round numbers of
$33,000 000 over the board of review
figures lor 1!01. ; The increase is found
to be almost entirely in Chicago,
although the rest of the conuty shows a
material gain. The assessed valuation,
which is one-Bfth the cash valuation ot
the real estate in Chicago this year is
1278.511. 875, Last year the same
property was assessed at $2aii,zoo,o8
showing an Increase of $17,255,777.
Proposed Cuban Loan.
Havana, Sept. 9. The house of rep
resentatlves ie daily holding secret
sessions to discuss the question of the
$35,000,000 loan and the mutter of
nrnvidinir means to meet it. The idea
of establishing a lottery to this end has
many supporter, wlnle other uiemOurn
of the house advocate an Internal reve
nue tax. The senate has not yet con
firmed the nomination of Rafael Mon
tero as Cuban minister to Great Brit
ain. The press favors it.
. Four Hours' Battle In Venezuela.
Washintgon, Sept. 9. Mr. Bowen,
United States minuter at Caracas, has
telegraphed the department of etute
that an engagement between the revolu
tionists and government troops oc
curred yesterday on the mountain be
hind the American legation, lasting
four hours and resulting in the rout of
the revolutionists.
FfRE ON AMERICANS
ELEVENTH INFANTRY LOSES ONE MAN
AND THREE WOUNDED.
Moro of Mindanao are Becoming Unruly
General Sumner Ordered to Interior
to Compel Peace General Movement
Against Rebel Not Improbable Our
Troop are Attacked Repeatedly.
Washington, Sept. 10. The war de
partment has received a cable dispatch
from General Chaffee dated at Manila,
stating that an attack was made on the
United States troops at Matiling Falls,
seven miles from Camp Vicars, by
Mot os on September 1. First Lieuten
ant William M. Parker, Eleventh in
fantry, and two soldiers were wounded,
and one soldier killed. General Chaffee
also says: '
"Have authorized Brigadier General
Samuel Sumner to move troop into
Macin conntrv and exaet promise of
good behavior in future from Dattoe
and followers. Troop have been at
tacked 12 timet sime May 2, with loss
to us of four killed and 12 wounded.
We have remained all the time quiet,
seeking friendship, acting in self de
fense only."
The last part of General Chaffee's
dispatch evidently is intended to in
form the war department that the army
has been acting wholly upon the de
fensive in the Moro countiy. His in
structions have been to do nothing
which would proVoke a conflict with
the Moron, and the position of the war
department is that if there is a conflict
it must be justified by the aggressions
of the Moros. "r
Some time ago General Chaffee asked
for authority to attack the Moros im
mediately, but he was advised that the
department wished to avoid hostilities
if possible. At tbe same time it has
long been the belief of officials of the
department that an aggressive campaign
in Mindanao is inevitable, and it would
not be surprising if there should be a
forward movement of the United States
troops in a short time. ;
ELECTION IN MAINE.
State Ooes Republican by a Plurality of
27,000 Socialist OaJning. ' .
Portland, Me., Sept. 9. Maine rolled
up a big plurality for the Republicans
in the election yesteiday, it approxi
mating 27,000. Complete returns
will be late, owing to the remoteness of
many towns.' Figures from 240 cities
and towns give Hill, Republican, 40,
982; Goutd, Democratic, 24,587.
The legislature, which is usually
strongly Republican,' will have an un
common number of Democratic mem
bers, some of the strongest Republican
towns of the state having elected repre
sentatives of that party. The senate
will have one Democrat in 31 members.
, In , the First congressional district
Representative Amos J. Allen, .Repub
lican, was elected over Dr. S. O. Gor
don, Democratic, and Fred E. R. Irish,
Socialist, with a plurality of about
5,500. .
An incident was the increase in tbe
Socialist vote of 70 two years ago to
300 this year In Portland alone.; ' In
the Fourth district, owing to its great
area, the returns will not be completed
until late tomorrow, but the estimate is
that Representative Powers, Republi
can, has been re-elected by a plurality
of 7,000 over Thomas White, Demo
cratic. In the Third district Represen
tative E. O. Burleigh got the prohibi
tionist vote, and ran slightly ahead of
his ticket in defeating E. II. Henson,
Democratic. In the Second district
Representative C. A. Littlefield bad no
difficulty in defeating his Democratic
opponent, running well ahead of his
ticket., ;
LIPTON WILL CHALLENGE SOON.
He la the Same Old Sport as Ever, Willing
to Olve Other a Chance.
; Rothesay, Scotland, Sent. 10. In
an interview here today with a repre
sentative of the Associated Press, Sir
Thomas Llpton informed the latter
that he would mail a formal challenge
for the America's cup to the New York
yacht club within two or possibly three
weeks,. ' If, however, in the meantime,
any British yachtsmen or combination
of yachtsmen, challenge, they would
bave his cordial assistance and tbe
use of the Shamrock II as a trial boat
absolutely free of cost. Sir Thomas
added that the-stories about his new
boat 'being' already - half built were
false. . .. ... . ,
' Ammunition for Rebels.
New York, Sept. 10. Loaded down
with dynamile and carrying in her hold
a large quantity of ammunition, it is
alleged, the little steamer Maid of
Patnca has sailed from this port, sayB a
Baltimore dispatch to the Herald. It
was stated that the vessel was to be
life 1 in building a jetty at the mouth
of the Patuca river, in Honduras, but
along the water front the impression
prevails that the steamer is carrying
ammunition for Colombian rebels.
ANOTHER AWFUL DISASTER.
Mount Pclcw Claims 1,000 Additional VIc.
tlm Tidal Wave la Feared.
Castries, Island of St. Lncia, B. W.
I., Sept. 6. The Royal Mail steamer
Yaro airived here this evening from the
Island of Martinique. She bring the
report that a violent volcanic eruption
occurred there the night of September
3, and that about 2,000 persona are
said to have perished. Large numbers
ol people are leaving the island.
Pari, Sept. 6. The Pari edition ol
the Mew Ycrk Herald publishes a dis
patch Irom Poiut-a-Pitre, Island of
Guadeloupe, French West Indies, dated
September 4, which aays that constant
detonations heard there that night in
dicate a terrific volcanic eruption on
the island ot Martinique. Thick black
clonds were seen to the southward of
Guadeloupe, and the beat at Point-a-Pitre
was intense. Tbe population was
aid to be greatly alarmed, fearing a
tidal wave in the event of the collapse
ol Martinique.
The minister ol the colonies, M.
Donmergoe, is placing $100,000 at the
disposal of the governor ol Martinique
to relieve the distress in . that island.
He has urged the governor not to con
gregate refugee at Fort de France, but
to distribute them in the south, where
their necessities can be most easily
supplied. Recognizing the danger ol a
tidal wave at Fort de Fiance, the colo
nial minioler ha instructed Governor
Lemaire to adopt all the measure ne
cessary to enaMe tbe inhabitants im
mediately to evacuate the place in
case ol necessity and seek refuge on the
heights above the town, where food
depots should be established. The
minister has also recommended tbe
establishment ol observatory poets
whence the least signs ol fresh out
breaks of Mount Pelee can be reported.
Heard In Venezuela.
Paris, Sept. 6. In a di patch Irom
Carupano, Venezuela, the correspondent
of the rigaro says:
"Vir lent detonations were beard here
from 10 o'clock in the evening of Sep
tember 3 until 3 o'clock in the morning
o! September 4. The sounds came
Irom the north, and were identical with
thoee heard dnring tbe night of August
30, during the volcanic eruption on
Martinique of that date."
WEST V1ROINIA STRIKE ENDS.
Miner Return to Work Upon Advice of
Their Chief Officer.
Huntington, W. Va., Sept. 6. The
coal strike in West Virginia is practi
cally at an end. At a mass meeting ol
mineis from all tbe coal fields along
the Norfolk A Western -railroad here
today, it was unanimonsly agreed to
end the strike provided the operators
would take back all tbe old miners,
and they have signified their intention
of doing this. The miners have agreed
to return to work next Monday. It is
reported that President Mitchell of the
United Mine workers advised tne strik
ers to return to work. He realized that
winter was near at hand and that the
miners in this field could not hold ont
much longer, as almost every one was
dependent on the nnion lor food and
clothing. It is thought the strikers at
the New River and Kanawha fields
will Boon follow today's action.
The Pocahontas mine continues to
burn out, but the operctors think that
they will soon have it under conbol
INTERNATIONAL BANK.
A Qrcat Institution to Operate In Latin-
American State.
New York, Kept. 6. Plana were
made today at a meeting of the direct
ors of the Mexican Trust Company
bank for the for .nation ol an interna
tional banking institution, capitalized
at $10,000,000, and designed especially
to operate in Latin-American countries.
The scheme involves the consolidation
of the Mexican Trust Company bank
and the Corporation Trust Company.
The combination is to be known at
the International Banc &. Trust Com
pany of America. - The director of
both the merging corporations have
signed the consolidation agreement,
and the stockholders of both companies
have already signified their approval
of the plan.
Will Land at Monterey,
San Franciaco.Sept. 8. The men of
the Fifteenth infantry regiment,
route from Manila on the transport
Meade, will be disembarked at Monte
rey, where a post is about to be estab
lished, and where the rilteenth will
be stationed. The Meade is out 27 days
from Manila by way of Nagasaki. She
is. therefore, due about September 13
lhe naval hospital transport Solace is
out 34 days ttom Manila direct, and is
expected to arrive here in about 10
dava. The Buford, which put in at
Honolulu, should arrive Sept. 9,
Still Bear Mark.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 6. President
Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou have
recovered from the effects of tbeir acci
dent, but still bear awkward marks ol
the catastrophe. Dr. L,ung, tne presi
dent's official physician, thinks that
the markB on the president's face will
disappeai in about four .days. Presi
dent Roosevelt is teceiving a large
number ot telegrams, cablegrams and
letters congratulating him on his escape
Irom serious injury in the accident.
Compulsory Arbitration Law,
Pittsbure. Sept. 6. Governor Stone
has indicated to friends his purpose to
call an extra session of tlie legislature
in an effort to end the strike, which he
is said to believe can be effected in less
than 30 day. The plan proposed is a
compulsory arbitration law, providing
for the arbitration 01 vne sinio utohm
the striker or operator are willing or
not Provision will be made to compel
both side to accept tbe award.
NO. 39.
AN IMMENSE CROP
UNITED STATES CAN SUPPLY WORLD
WITH CORN...
Production Is Estimated at 3,589,951,000
Bushels Thla Year, or More Than the
Entire Cora Crop of the World Laat
Year Harvest Will Last Till the Snow
Hiesflood Price Assured. ', -(..,
Washington, Bept. 8. In the history
of the cereal production there ha never
been such an enormous crop ol corn a
is being gathered in the . United States
this year. It will aggregate 2,689,-
961,000 bushel, or more than the
entire corn crop ol the world lor 1901.
The corn raised in the United State
will be sufficient to supply the needs ol
the world lor thi and next year, even
should there be a total failure in 1903,
aay the New York Son.
Corn harvesting i now in progress in
tbe United States, and not until snow
flies in December will this enormous
task be ended. Even then farmers
farther South will not have finished
hnaking the golden ears standing in
their fields ol brown. They know
it make little difference so far as
prices are concerned. A record of
sales of corn in tbe past 10 years
shows that tbe highest prices are ob
tained in late fall and winter, and that
price are 25 per eent below the aver
age immediately after the gathering -ol
the crop begins in the early autumn.
Last year the corn burned aa it stood
ripeningjin the fields just a lew weeks
before it had matured, but this season
there have been no droughts in the corn
section. Nor have there been any
floods ol a general nature. The weath
er, in fact, nas been ideal lor corn
growing. Tbe stalks bae grown rank,
the ears have spread and lengthened
until 12-inch ears and 15-foot stalks
are not uncommon in tbe corn belts.
The crop ol 1901 fell short of tbe ex
pected yield by 40 per cent. This year
it goes ahead ol the predicted yield by
10 or 15 per cent. Eight states laat
year did not raise enough corn lor home
consumption. The exports fell short
8,000,000 bushels. The yield waa only
16 bushels to the acre, and 4,000,000
acre were not cut at all. Id 1896 the
average yield was 28 bushels to the
acre, except in Kansas, where it was
40 bushels. " Kansas last year averaged
10 bushels or less to the acre. Tbe
acreage ol corn this year is much larger
than last. It is 3 per cent more or
102,869,928 acres. This large acreage
is due to the lact that three and one-
hall million acres ol wheat, sown the
proceeding tail, bad been frozen out
and were ploughed up for corn.' Con
sequently, these 3,000,000 acres, which
are largely in Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa, will not yield their owners much
profit, if any. Tbe cost ot the wheat
ploughed up was $6 an acre, and the
cost of the corn f 5. Tbe viold must.
therefore, be above 30 bushel and
yield 40 cents a bushel to profit at all.
This is improbable. So 3 per cent of
the corn crop will yield nothing above
the expense of sowing and gathering it.
The principal corn state are those of
the Middle and Central states. . The
summers are too long for good corn
production in the South, and it is too
droughty in the lar Southwest tot cer
tain yields. Illinois is the leading
corn atate, bnt Kansas, Iowa, Indiana,
Missouri and Nebraska are big corn
producer. '
HUNT HEADS THE TICKET.
Present Democratic Governor of Idaho Is
Again Nominated.
Pocatello, Idaho, Sept. 6. The Dem
ocratic atate convention completed its
work last night. It ended in a victory
for Governor Hunt, who won bia re
nomination on tbe first ballot. Joseph
H. Hutchinson, of Ada county, was
nominated lor congress on the third
ballot.
The platform reaffirms and endorses
tbe principles ol the Kansas City plat
form and seta down hard on trusts.
Adams of Washington county was
nominated for lieutenant governor.
The ticket was completed by the follow
ing nominations:
Supreme judge F. E. Fogg.
Secretary of state C. J. Bassett.
Auditor John C. Callahan.
Treasurer E. P. Coltman.
Attorney general Fred D. Culver.
Superintendent of publio instruction
Mis Permeal French.
Mine inspector John H. Norquist.
Preparing for Long Siege.
Tamaqua, Pa., Sept. 8. The non
union men in the Pantber creek valley
again went to work today without an es
cort. Major Gearhart says that so long
as the strikers do not interfere with the
nonunion men he will not sena any
soldier ont on patrol duty. Today the
troops sent requisition for winter dom
ing. Plan are being made to convert
one of the dancing pavilion at Manila
park, where the troop are stationed
into a barrack.
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Cronje will Forgive and Forget.
Cape Town, Sept. 8. General Cronje
said in an interview that during the
war he bad lost from 'wound and dis
ease 20 relative. He expressed him
self as prepared, however, not only to
forgive, but, a far aa God has given
him the power, to forget.
Carpenters Win Their Strike.
New York, Sept. 8 Eight thousand
carpenter of this city won their atnke
for an advance ol 60 cent day and
started to work thi morning.