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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1902.
NO. 41.
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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
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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
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'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. ,
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