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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1902)
TT1 T7 TT nn, OKEGO fTTTTS H ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902. NO. 41. TV f TT K 1V1 10 W THE DAY i ALL PARTS OP THE f , i- 'w lit the Import .i of th Past Week, ; i LonJvMse rorm, Moat !i! Interesting; to Our - r i liie at Fort Alley " "nwavra. i 1 ii at Vienna re. i M .i ii 'ii :t 30 persona. - d; Lmiihigliam, Ala., dnstrojed i t ln (altle of IZi'U.UOO, t'H in being urged to announce i n- r;f fuiigntsa Ill 1003. ! i. nipt of Oreogn Hid Wash- l..r (lid past year show a good 1m i hiokcn out amain In nauy coa are being re f 1 I'.eu .ire badly Injured by an at tli Willamette Iron -tkt in Portland. Am i!nmi'o!nl attempt was mada to vrrtirk tha iwar'a train while h waa on Iili) way to pi, i'ptersburg. ' An plevtrle: car at Akron. Ohio jmitjiwl the track, Injuring dozen li'iigiTi mora or less severely. A Frem-h aeronaut with a new flying .,.1 L .-....... .... , ,. mn:oioB una uiauo ww unnuuceemui attempts' to emu I ho Mediterranean. The Lima Branch, tho largest vessel ey-r entering (ha Columbia river, la now ("ailing at Portland. The steamer a carrying i'aat'ity of over 8,000 Ion of cargo. liy a cav-in at a Wait Virginia coal Ina fmtr minora lout their Uvea. I lay ti la taking active steps to end ih civil war, (oaring American inter- General Mile considers the coast (rtliliattons of the Nurtbwett to be in oxoelltmt condition. The cable steamer laying the trans A.;nti cable from Victoria, B. C, ore red 104 ml lea the first day. The death Ibt of the Alabama church dlnaUir la growing. One hundred and ton dead are reported. F.splorer Baldwin, who hai Jmt re turned from an Arctic expedition, holds the old ideaof an open polar aea a baatitose. An Ohio school teacher haa lost hi position because he made white girls t.4 colored girla who had been quar-n-Uiig kiss. H, 1 - ,.. .11 - ppen air man meeting innewiora .orfe3nijd In aympathy with tbe ttrlk f lug fjl wlnera. 1 IIV M113I IMU -r .... Tanl, whluh arrived at New York a few daya ago, had a nai rw eacape deetruction by flrej on her way oroaa tha ccean, ' England haa aunt a oruiaer to Colon o protect Brltiih Intereata. '.' A barbed wire plant at PltUbnrg , ,L burned, doatroylng prorty worth 150,000. The next meeting of the Interna tional Hnnday Pcbool omention will " be held .In Jrualom In 1004. The United Statea will atatlon a war vomhj) in the tropica and be prepared for emergencies at all liinea. The ar(verlgn grand lodge of the Odd Jellowa haa made a national organiaa- tlon of the I'atrlarcha Militant, A panic in a Birmingham, Ala., Negro church coat 78 Uvea, and aa many more were aerloualy Injured. Two wrcckt occurred on the Northern raclllo in Waalilngton, In which an englneei wa kllld and auveral P aengvra injured. i ..k q Pltlaton. Pa., col- llery, and altir driving the nonunion men from the mine, ret Are to the ' rv.naiilrtthla damage wai done before tha flamea were controlled ai.t. an Eaulieti aero -...4 'i.. . ...rn fliirht of 30 mllea over London in an airship ol hl own Invention. The craft waa com pletely under hia control during the entire trio. The aword haa boon abolished as a cavalry weapon In Canada. The aliened ft. J-onU legislative boodlera have beon Indicted. Russia has sot October 8 as the date for the withdrawal of her troops from Munchurll . throuuhout the East by the press regarding Bpeat er Henderson's withdrawal from the race for election to congress. The president has started on a tour through Ohio, Indiana, -" ' " cousin, South DakoU, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansaa, Missouri anU Illinois. The fund for the relief of Are suffer- ers has mcjieu . t. w..hi.,tn. and Portland M tK.nno for tho On-gon"noedy . . i i . niaat seainst Colombia lias uibu . "?in. An trlcan guards being on tha trains nl ilia Panama road. Lieutenant Peary has "Wet lt the Arctic. While he did no get ao close to the nvth PO- plorers, no miiuo "- . . ... ii . nf anotner Clilna is on wra '" ., , . . .watt onflSl li..xr-r?priHln wn -J V1(,,(9re "f " ,i ..tmwit Iron TROOPS TO TMB SCENE. Striking Miners Resist Shtrlfis, Who Call on the Governor for Aid. Bcrantou, Pa., Bept. 24 ShorifT Schadt, ol Laokawana county, tonlaht telegraphed Governor Btone to send tiooni to his assistance. The sheriff had just given to the newspapers proclamation announcing ha would call tha troops If the lawlessness did not cease, when be received a series of tele phone (alia to quell disturbances up tue valley. Ha found on Investigation that the situation was such that he could not cope with it, and sent a call for troops. Adjutaat General Btewart called the sheriff by telephone, and had long talk with blm. Tbe adjutant general suggested a porse of citlaena be called upon for assistance. While the sheriff was preparing to act upon this suggestion he received more reports of violence up and down the valley, and at once sent another urgent telegram to tha governor, calling for Immediate assistance, and the Thirteenth regi ment, with headquarters here, was ordered out. The worst of tonight's outbreaks oc curred at Archbold. A crowd of 200 strikers, most I r foreigners, ransacked the quarters occupied by tha 40 men employed at the Raymond washary of the Ontario A Western company, while the men were at work, and then meet ing with the men aa they were return ing, drove them back to the refuge of the wasbory. Tha nob then returned tbe colliery proper, drove out tbe engineers, firemen, pumpmen and guards and took possession o the breaker. The plant of the electric light company, which ia supplied with steam from the breaker, had to shut down, and tha whole region around waa left in darkness, In the attack on the breaker, two men were shot, one a atrlker and the otlier a workman. Cblitf Deputy Sheriff Miles Mo- Andrew waa attacked and shot at by a mob at Ollphant. The steam pipes of the J ennsylvania Coal company's eol llery at Old Forge were blown up with dynamite tonight. Two colored cooks at the colliery were rescued by deputy sheriffs from a crowd that was hasten ing to lynch them. RAIN DID MUCH OOOD. 5avad Crops, Stopped Fires, and Inaurca Winter Orating. Denver, 8ept. 24. The continuous rain that fell over the entire eastern portion of Colorado, beginning with a heavy precipitation hut night, at 8 clock and continuing until about noon today in a milder form, has saved the lata crops and placed the ranges in plendid condition for the grasing ol cattle during the coming winter. All fears of a shortage of water, both tor human and animal use, are allayed. Reports f'om different places In tbe mountains are to the effect that snow fell during the night to a depth varying from three to eight inches, and (hat the forest Area that have been burniug r a month or more have been uueuched. It seems that the rain and anow were guneral on the eastern slope of the Rockiee from Montana V New Mexico. On the western slope tbe pre station waa fitful. CUBA WANTS TROOPS TO QO. Secretary Root Intimates that Ita Desire Will be OratirM. Washington, Sept. 24. The govern ment of the United States ia to be re- ulred to terminate the last vestige of ita authority in Cuba. The war Ho irtmant haa been advlaed formally by the department of Btate that Presi dent Palma has notified Minister ,.ir that ha deairrs the American troops remaining in vuoa i w . . . .-i.- with ot. Knot. Willie ne nss not come to any conclusion, haa intimated k.t tha trmins might be withdrawn. It Is a matter that could not oe nanny decided, and it may be discussed with President Roosevelt wniie me sovrem. is in the West. At present there are ight companies ol coast armier in Cuba. Sava America la Prying. v.- Yn,k. Bent. 24. The Crorelo da Manila, a newspaper, complains , it. Kll Ktataa Dame "'P visit to BrasiHan ""i6"!',0 -orrnaoondent of the Herald. It says the warship Is making surveys of the Rio Janeiro bay, especially ob ul 1 1.-1 nninta and tak- aerving tne T. i .AiMigtn.ia oi vuo w"" the government to atop fEEwE actions, characterising them as "nrylng. Telegraphers Organlie. Chicago, Bept. l.-!?' .1 Union Of common."" wva r--al union .j . convention formed nero wv-j - SMSrSsfti-s: InternaMonaiiypo,--..--- - dopted, proviou-s ,h. rrveSournafth; election of tbaofflce Boxsra Continue Oparatlona. in Pent. 24. In a dispatch .ha nnrresrjondent of i . Miiananai, v , Shanghai i;,l .lolares that Boxerlsm in anrovince 'fSh" baa not yet Jbdold. The premises of the lr.n. '7and mission at Meichou have destroyed, but no live, were lost. Tha Boxers, accorumg w IZlcnt threatening three cities, ra Huni Ya 4 halting F. ,i i. .ha M,,rn. NEWS OF OREGON ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS OP THB STATE. Commercial and Financial Happenings of the Paat Week-Brief Review of the Qrowth and Development of Various Industries Throughout Our Common wealth LsUat Market Report. Tha taxable value of Lake county property Is $1,600,033. an increase of $78,480 over last year. A movement has been started in Albany to print 75.000 iiamDhlets for advertising Linn county in the Middle west. Tbe Balam school board has fixed the salaries of all toaihers In that city. other than principals, at M0 par mouth. Tbe district fair and carnival at Baker City, which closed last Baturday, was a very successful affair from eveiy point of view. An unknown dlaease, baffling in its nature, is creating havoc among the sheep in some parts of Lane county, especially on the prairies along Coy ote creek. With proper facilities for irrigating the land, Baker county will in time be come one of the chief agricultural coun ties in the stale. Considerable im provement along this line is already being made. Fruit growers in Polk county say that tha prune crop will not only be light this year, but that brown rot haa attacked the Italian prunea in some sections, and that this will further de crease the yield. A test of the well sunk by the state at tbe penitentiary ha been made, and the result Is quite satislactory. In the trial water waa pumped through a 4,4 inch pipe at the rate of 72,000 gallons every 24 hours. ' Eugene Horton,' son of the Oregon City poetmastei, has received notice that he has been selected aa alternate from the First congressional district for admission to West Point, and has been ordered to report to a bojrd of officers at Vancouver Bat racks, Washington, for mental and physical exa-nination. Oregon'a 42nd annual state fair, which closed on the 20th, was the most successful exposition in the history of the agricultural association. The fair was a success nrt only financially, but in point of exhibits, which were repre sentative of the diversified agricultural and horticultural Interests of the state. Enough money was made to pay for the new buildings and improvements. An effort will be made by the next legislature to cut dawn the expenses of the state printing office. The pulp mill near Skamokawa, which waa recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt at once. The office of Indian agent at Uma tilla has been abolished and the agency and school placed In charge of a bonded superintendent. Dallas citizens have voted to enter into a contract for the construction of a new water works system to tbe ex tent of $12,000. The Oregon Woolgroweis' association, in a session at Pendleton, adopted strong resolutions favoring the continu ation of the scalp bounty law. - Tha assessor of Yamhill county places the gross value of ail property in that county at $5,120,262.26. Th orame law regarding Chinese pheasants haa been grossly violated in Linn county, but Game Warden Quimby flnds . lt almost impossible to do anything.' An immense warehouse is being erected at Modford. It is expected w be completed in time to receive ine apple ' crop, the harvesting of which will commence auoui uciooer i. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Walla Walla, 61 W82c; blue- stem, 6484io; valley, 6Z3S4o. Barley-Feed, $19.00 j brewing $20. Flour Beet grades, $3.0693 76 pel barrel; graham, $2.95 3.20. Millstnffs Bran. $17 per ton; middlings. $21.60; shorts, Via; chop, $17. Oata No.l white, $1.00; gray, B&9 1. Hay - Timothy, $10gll ; clover, $7.60; Oregon wild bay, o(3 pat ton. Potatoes Best Bnrbanks, 6066c oer cental : ordinary, 6065o per cen Ul, growers prices; sweets, $2.00 2.26 per cental. Butter Creamery, 2527o; dairy l7K20c; store, 12H16c Eggs 22Kc for Oregon. Cheese Full or earn, twins, 12 X gl3c;YoungAmerica, lSX14Hc; fac tory prices, 1 1J4 teas. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3,009 4.00: hens. $4.5006.50 per dozen, uatllHe oer pound; springs, 110 llKo per pound, I3.003.u per aoa . . An fn I Ki .1 . . an ; QUcxs, sa.uutgt.uu pw u., wi keys, live, 13014c, dressed, 1516o per pound; geese, 4.0Ut.uu per aozen. Mutton Gross, SXOSc per pound dressed, 6c per pound. HogsGross, 6M0; dressed,' 747Xe per pound. Veal 7 80 par pound. Beef Gross, cows, 83Xr; steers, SXOOio; dressed, 637c per pound. Hops l017c; new crop 20 22c. Wool VaUey.l2M015;Ea9tern Ore. gun, 83J4Xct mohaiit 2528o pound. PREPARINO FOR TROUBLE. Six Hundred Marines Awaiting Orders to . go to Panama If Necessary. Washington, Bept. 23. Pecretary Moody haa finally decided to augment the United Statea naval forces on tbe isthmus by tha addition of 600 marines if Commander McLean's advices lndl cate that these are needed. - He has given orders to Commander Pillsbury, ol the United States ship Prairie, now at Boston, to proceed with his ship to Norfolk. At that point 600 marines will be gathered ready to take ship when Secretary Moody's advices indi cate the necessity for their presence en tbe Isthmus. The Panther should arrive at Colon within a day or two with 380 marines aboard, so that, wltb tbe Prairie's men and the marines on the Cincinnati, who are already aahrre at Colon, tbe United Statea will have what is regard ed as an ample force to carry out its treaty obligation of maintaining free traffic across the isthmus. Orders have also been sent forward to the Ban Francisco, now at Norfolk, to coal and provision and proceed to San Juan, Porto Rico, there to await any emergency which may arise. There Is only one United States warship now in Venezuelan waters. The little gun boat Marietta and the Montgomery are due to arrive shortly at Cape Haytien. The object of the department in sending down the San Francisco, it is stated, Is to have a vessel ready to meet a call for reinforcements, either in Venezuela, Hayti or the isthmus. The duty assigned to the San Francisco should not be confused wltb that given the gunboat Bancroft. That vessel probably will not be able to go into commission until October 1, and will proceed to Ban Juan to be station ship, (t is expected that the San Francisco will got away in three or lour oays. TO BEQIN RAlLrLAYINQ. Columbia River A Northern haa Flnlabcd Oradlng Equipment on the Way. Portland, Sept. 23. Work on the Columbia River A Northern, from Lyle to Goldendale, has reached tbe stage at which rail laying . will soon com mence. Of tbe entire 42 miles of tbe line, 25 have been graded and consid erable of the remainder haa been graded in part and needs only finishing up. Rock work in cuts and fills is now keeping the construction gangs busy. A large shipment of raiia has been received from Hamburg, Germany, and the work of track building will be commenced in a few daya. A second shipment of 2,000 tons of rails will arrive on the Holyrood in about 15 daya. i General Manager M. u. uampoeu has received infoimation that the equipment for the road will leave Cb cago this week. The equipment con sists of two locomotives, two passenger cars and 66 freight cars, which will be sufficient for the needs of the road lor the next few yeara. Mr. Campbell is also informed that three gram ware houses, each 80 bv 10 feet, have been constructed along the line of tbe road, and that one of these will be eniargea 60 feet to meet the needs of the busi ness tributary to it. As there are now no railroad facilities in tbe Klickitat valley, and the farmers and lumber men must do all their freighting by team to Grants or The Dalles, the pro gress ol construction oi ui new ruau Is a matter of no small concern to me residents of Goldendale and the rest of the valley. The road will be in opera tion about tbe first of tbe year. 1 TO REWARD ARMY OFFICER. Oeneral Chaffee Recommence a Medal of Honor for Williams. . Washinton, Bept. 23. Lieutenant Kenneth P. Williams, First infantry, has been recommended by .uenerai Chaffee for a congressional medal of Imnnr for his skill and bravery in loading the relief expedition to toe rescue of the marine detachment, which completed the now famous march across the island 01 earner, a nowwonuj portion of General (JnaQee'a letter reaaa as follows: Not again in your military career, nor in thai 01 tne una aucuuiu;"B vnn nn this arduous undertaking, will conditions likely ariee that will render you the opportunity of rendering sucn nnntad of and never-to-be-forgotten services to your country, which entitles you to greater thanks and 10 tne na tion'a gratitude." Rear Admiral Kogera- letter states that "the marine detachment wouio nnrinnhtadlv have perished to man, hbad It not been for the indefatigueable axertiona of Lieutenant Kennein r. Williams." Big Car Shortage In Sight. Kw York. Sent. 23 An official of one of the leading trunk line railroads ) minted bv the Journal of Commerce aa expressing the belief tbat In the'near future the railroads 01 we oounwy, paiticularly those reaching the Atlantic anahoarH. will experience one of the wnrat car shortages in tneir nisiory. due to the demand for an early move ment of crops and the crush of general merchandise traffic. Should the coal miners' strike be settled soon the short age probably will be greatly aggravated Show Train In Collision. Choctaw, O. T., Sept. 23. An east bound Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf fieubt train ran into the rear of tbe Sells-Downs show train here at o'clock this morning. Two sleeping cars of the show train were completely demolished, and many of Its occupanta were pinioned beneath the wreckage. Two neisona were killed and 26 Injured all but four seriously. All of the cas ualties were In tha show train. NATIONS AT OUTS 0REAT BRITAIN AND VENEZUELA MAY SEVER RELATIONS. Venezuela Win Not (live Up the falaad of Paloe, Over Which Orcat Britain Re cently Raised Her Flag Respective Ministers Mav be Olven Their Pass- ports at Any Tims. London, Sept. 24. The Associated Prase is In a position to announce that diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Venezuela are on the verge of being severed. Any day, almost any hour, may bring the announcement tbat tbe British minister at Caracas has been given bis pasaporta, with corresponding actioa toward the Venezuelan representative in London. The present diplomatic re lations are so strained that to quote a responsible British official, it would really make very little difference if the fact .became public property by tha absence of tba diplomatic representa tives from Caracas and London. Ac cording to the British government's understanding, Palos island belongs ta Great Britain just as much'as Trinidad. and ao far as known no question as to ita ownership has ever arisen. Inhab itants of tbe island have recently beea shot or otherwise endangered through tha action of Venezuela, whether by government or revolutionary partisans, is not known. For purposes of protec tion tbe local West Indian authorities ordered the British flag to be promi nently displayed on tne idland, hence the protest which the foreign office saya is only one oi many. ' An exceptionally prominent official said to a representative of the Associ ated Press this evening: Affaire In Venezuela are ao hope lessly muddled that we can get nothing done. There ia no concealing the fact that the Venezuelan government haa made heated protests to our minister. Tbe chief grievance appears to be the negation that the British government ia aiding the revolutionary army. It is needless to aay this is perfectly base less. We only wish the United States would take over tbe whoe country, and then perhaps we could get some peae. Of all the disturbances of tbe la de cade, the present appears be the worat. This, combined wrf '' atti tude of tbe nominal government, makea somewhat indifferent to any action hich may take pfece. The .Venezue lans anoear to be rather reckless, thanka chieJty to what I presume is tbe mistaken notion that Washington will protect them from the results of their folly, bowever inimical that might be to the lives and property of British subjects and those nf other Europeans. Aa we understand Monroeism, Vene zuela ia quite mistaken in this matter, though apparently the impression bas mucn to do with her present action." MILLMEN ASK EIGHT HOURS. WIU Strike la Minneapolis Flouring Mllia Unless Concession la Granted. Minneapolis, Bept. 24. Unless aa ght-hour work day is granted in the flour mills of this section a strike will go into effect September 29. The mills of Minneapolis produce 16,000,000 bar rels of flour, or nearly two-fifths ot the total output of the country, yearly. Tbe local union officials declare their action baa the support not only of the National Federation of Labor, but tbe active co-operation of the other flour mill employes' unions of the country. They declare, therefore, tbat if a strike ia declared here the action will be fol lowed elsewhere by a sympathetic movement. If the strike is declared the demands will embrace a stipulation that none but union men shall be em ployed in the mills. The flour loaders' and packers' and nailers' unions have expressed aympathy with, the demand. If the strike is declared s,uuu men will walk out. ALASKA RAILWAY ROUTE. Located from Tanana River to Summit of Alaskan Range, , " Seattle. Sept. 24. W. G. Atwood, chief engineer and topographer ot tha Alaska Central Kailway company, ar rived from tbe ncrth today, and in a report made to the local representatives of the company states tnat a leasioie route has been found from the Tanana river to the summit of the Alaskan range. Utner reports receiveu irom oartiea In tbe field are that ine lormer proposed route from Resurrection bay to tbe Xanana naa oeen sngmiy hanged'and the line will now extend due north. Atwood also reports a big coal field on'the Catwell riverabout 30 miles south of the Tanana, fully 200 miles square. Along the banks of the river the veins extend to a fleptn or 1,000 feet. He reports deposits of fire olav between the veins. Copper sul. ohate was also found, tbe waters 01 tne river containing so much that fish can not live In them. 1 South African Colonies Aaseaaed. London. Sept. 24. The Daily Mail thia morning says the government has decided that the new South African colonies are to be tequried to pay $500,- 000,000 toward tbe cost of the Boo in African war. 1 he colonies are, now- ever, to be allowed ample time in which to make thia payment;. Mining profile will probably be taxed 10 per cent more that they were before th war, and money will also be obtained by granting all kinds of concessions. " , Poatofflce Building Collapsed. u: . v n Bn. 91 Thfl nnat- fimi-a, nniifiinir nMi. utiiiauKTU uii. v.. , . .-,...1 u ' llu.nl ina arm ia a total wrw-a. awu 16 parsons were buried in the nins. J"Ty,.,:-'..Z"Arl:,.L.ntth allowed principal. Antino TROOPS RUN STREET CARS. Striken Interfered and the Riot Act waa Read to Them. Glenns Falls, N. Y., Sept. 20. The twentieth day of tbe Hudson Valley Street Railway strike aaw a car start from here over this division in charge of deputy sheriffs and militia and manned by non-union men. Aa the car proceeded north from tbe power house jeers came from tha bystanders. On its progress through tba bank square the conductor waa struck by a bystander and ' the car stopped, the militia getting off and clearing a apace around the car. After, a short delay it proceeded. A car from the power house to Fort Edward waa stopped several times by breaks in the trolley, wire, and at Andy Hill a crowd of several thousand as sembled. A false alarm of flie was rung, and the hose cart run on the track and left standing, and an attempt waa made to place the bom on the rails. The car waa sent ahead and demolished the hose cart. - District Attorney Pratt read tba riot act to tbe crowd, wbicb, after a time, dispersed. Sheriff Anstin called on Captain Dennis, of Company 1 Ra tional Guard, stationed at Whitehall, and that company reached tbe power bouse early, where they are encamped near Company K. Tbe Saratoga Citizena Corps, known In tbe state national guard aa Company L, Second regiment, waa tonight or dered to proceed at once to Mechanics- vine and Stillwater in connection with the atrike on the Hudson Valley street railway system. The ordera were issued on tbe strength of a report re ceived here tbat two persons had been shot near Waterford thia afternooon. AMERICANS COULDN'T LAND. Japan Holds Marcus Island, but Will Have to Face Indemnity Salt. Honolulu. Sept. 14. vis San , Fran cisco Sept. 20. The achooner'Jolia . Whalen baa returned arum Marcus Island, arriving hen" September 10, without having accomplished the pur rxxa for which he set out. When she arrived at Marcus there was a force of Japanese-' marines on shore, and they were-prepared to resist the landing ot tM Americans. Under the circum stances Captain Roeehill, of the Whalen, decided not to attempt to land, his force being much lees than the force of the ' Japanese, and tbe Marcus Island guano company will now make a claim against tbe Japanese government for indemnity, baaing its claim on the alleged ti tie., oi-1 to the Ula captain Koaenui ar rived at the island on the day after the Japanese warship Kasagi left. The Kasagi landed 16 armed marinea and left them on the island to protect the Interests of the Japanese government, being compelled to return home for coal. Her commander left with lieu tenant Akinote, in command of tbe marines, a letter from K. Isbi, secre tary to tbe imperial minister of foreign affairs, addressed to Captain Rosehill and stating the position of the Japan ese government in the matter. Tbe lettei stated tbat tbe warship bad been compelled to leave on account of a lack of coal, explained that Japan claimed the island by virtue of occupancy pre vious to tbat of Rc-sehill, and ex pressed a hope that he would avoid any conflict and leave the controversy to be settled by the American and Japan ese governments. Tbe guano company will make a claim on tne Japanese government for possession of tbe island, alleging tbat Captain Koeemu a occu- Dancv waa prior to that of tne Japan ese, and will also ask for indemnity for the loss of the trip ol tne acnooner Whalen to Marcua. MISSIONS GET $37,933. First Instalment of Their Share of tue Chinese Indemnity. Boston, Sept. 20. Tbe officers of the American board of foreign missiona announced today the receipt of $57,933 through the state department at Wash inaton. The amount la ZD per cent 01 the award made to tbe board by tne commission now in session in China for losses on mission property in the Boxer outrages of 1900. Thia money ia said to come very opportunely to re imburse the treasury for sums already expended in rebuilding in Jorta China and also to meet other uigent calls of ' the same sort. The total award very neaily equala the amount of the claim presented by tne ooaru two vears since, the charges and reduc tions being merely nominal. ine award of the personal losses of mia sionaries has not yet been made, but will soon be forwarded from Pekin to Washington. Waata to Know Needs ot Navy, Washington, ' Sept. 20. Secretary Moodv haB begun a thorough investig tlon to ascertain the needs of our naval patahiflhmeiit. his purpose being to mllect the views of the officers of all hranches and draw from them hia commendations to be submitted to congress. Today he issued instruc tions to the naval board of construc tion, headed bv Rear Admiral O'Neill in look thoroughly into not only tha nhinot of construction, but personnel, and to make him a report on both sub. jects. - ' ' Raid oa Italian Counterfeiters. nhicaeo. cent. 20. Federal officials made a raid into "Little Italy" today for the purpose of getting a gang of tarfaitara and their lOgUS COln Four Italians were arrested and number of spurioua 10-cent pieces were found, but as yet no trace of the plant h been discovered. Italian residents wnra much surprised over the arrest - . - o . - . 'Anrlaa anil hia wife, D'Andeaa waa onee a priest, AN ASHEN-WASTE PROPERTY LOSS ALONE WILL REACH $1,000,000 OR MORE. Forest Fire on North Fork of Lewie River Leaves a Trail of Death and Destruc tion At Leant Sixteen Lives Have Been Lost Thirty FamlUea Homeless Plana for the Future, Portland, Sept. 22. The verdant valley of tha north fork of the Lewis river ia an ashen waste. Within ita confines are devastated bomea, farms and thousands on thousands of acres of ruined timber land. Tbe lose in timber alone is over $1,000,000. Six teen persons lost their lives and 30 families nave been rendered homeless. It ia hard to realize tbat witbin 35 miles of Portland such complete devas tation haa been brought upon defense less farmers, and that men, women and children have beeo burned alive or suffocated with the blinding amoke. Tbe ground along the north fork of tbe Lewis river ia of a very broken character. Bugged, timbered hills riae abruptly lrom tha rich meadow lands near the Lewis, and the timber cruiser bas found many sections of valuable fir timber on their rough sides. A long rough road to Woodland, near the Columbia, ia tba only outlet for thoee living around 8peleyab valley praiiie and beyond. Only 13 miles of tbis road are now passable for wagons, for tbe fire, in its course, baa burned the numeroue- log bridges, and pack an imals are-the sole means of conveyance into-' the burned district. Speieyab vrairie ia tbe only natural treeless space for many milea around, for tbe bottom lands aa well as the bills are covered with fir, cottonwood and alder trees. The cause of the various fires which have wrought eucb destruction are really unknown, though many theories are field by tbe inhabitant of the affected country. There seems to be no doubt that more than one fire sent the sparks flying through the air to wait ing brush piles and dead timber, where tne breeze soon fanned the small blase into another hurricane of flame, which, blown onward br tbe strong wind of ita own creation, often directly crossed tbe path of tbe parent fire or star1 precisely oppom? ? " -""- Bmsll fire-. aw-eeen simultaneously outlying hills ao distant irom one another that tbe theory that all the Area sprung from one blaze seems im possible. . The extent of the Burned district will also be unknown until the heavy pall of amoke rises completely and the men of the country have time for ex ploration. Ariel, which waa practical ly the western limit oi tbe fire, is 18 milea due east of Kalama, while Kale, another rural postal station, ia nine milea further to the southeast, and about five miles from the boundary be tween Cowlitz and Skamania counties. Between these two postofficea tbe fire undoubtedly reached ita greatest inten sity, and it waa in the neighborhood of Yale that 16 lives were lost. Just how far' to the north and south the fire , swept is unknown. The greater part of the destruction waa wrought oa the north side of the river,'' but aeveral booses are now reported aa burned on tbe south aide of the north fork. A plan ia now under consideration to buy a large quantity of grass seed and eow tbe entire burnt district with green vegetation that will not only secure a meana of livelihood lor tne farmers, but also prevent the recur rence of such an overpowering disaster. It is feared tbat two or three yeara hence, when the bark falia Iron tbe trees killed by thia fire, a repetition ia possible, but more strenuous measures will probably be taken to prevent the careless setting of slashing and camping fires. Few of the farmers will try to leave the country, for they understand that when the district is once under cultiva tion the ground will be far more pro ductive than ever before. What the losa to the settlers really amounts to cannot be learned at present, for many own outlying claims which they have not visited. An estimate ol fi.uuu.uuu to represent the losa in timber alone ia probably conservative. Another $30. 000 for the loss on tbe farms will not widely miss the mark. ' The districts to the extreme south and north which were -devastated by the fire are seldom visited only by an occasional timber cruiser or prospector, who occasionally penetrate the fastnesa of the uplani hills. Bank Defrauded of Big Sum. Vienna, Sept. 22. A further exam ination of the books of the Vienna Leader bank shows that the embezzle ment of Edmund Jellinek, an official of the cashier's department, who died Thursday, are about $1,150,000. The frauds were effected by tbe manipula tion of checks and by making false en tries in the checkbook, somewhat simi lar to those in the Liverpool bank case. It haa been discovered, however, that Jellinek haa $250,000 to hia creditwith various Vienna firms, in addition to investments of upwards of $500,000 in industrial enterprises. British Flag Raised Over Palos. New York. bept. 22. Officials here have been told that the British govern ment baa raised the British flag on the Island of Paloa, which is near Trinidad, notwithstanding the protest of the Venezuelan gorernment, says a dis patch to the Herald from the Port of Spain, Trinidad. Sovereignty over the Island of Palos has been in dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela tor a long time, and England thinks to end the matter In this way. , on i at,, - "'i ,
