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VOL. XIX.'
ST. HELENS, OIMGOX, FRIDAY, . OCTOBER 3, 100S.
NO. 42.
NTS OF THE DAY
r.El) mOM ALL PARTS OF THE
no kouspioes.
(awli'cMiUln Review of the Import
, unt IMwtes af 0 Paai Week,
l'rt-1. J in Condensed form, Moat
' " 1 u, -. -" Interesting to Our
Oisu U.. .) -no'l people are now le-
!'.,vit t linn perished: la tti Sicily
In Hfilu ( f rain, tha (oil war manen
di art) Iwing carried out by the troops
Vnsula plant to cut all the cable
and ttti American gitnboat tony im ne-
-itry la liitma watwii. .
Lumber ahlpmamli by water from the
Colombia rivur will thle year, forth
first time rarxifd, rXCVud 100,000,
oua foot.
Brigadier (icneral Sumner, In charge
,f tt movement uliiMt tliu Moron,
t-ayt tlt rebel are not so unruly as
reported, i.' ; ,; , -.- '
It if) Mid that Queen Maria Chris
tin, mother ol King Alfonso of Spain,
haa aierrlod Count do Kscorora, her
msttar of the houaa.
1 Three derperato prisoners In the
I'illim, Hunt., Jail saaed their way out.
It la believed ther secured aid front the
outside. OHIoer are In cloae pursuit.
a Cholera atill raga In tlut Island ol
fUmar. The population ol many of
tita towns have lan heavily ledueml
through death and the (light of the
ptalo stricken people.
A tidal wave swept Japan, drowning
at ltt 600 ople. Much property
im destroyed. A Japanese warship
' on driven ashore, but will probably
ba floated. ;
A aecond military expedition bai
bean aect agalnat the Moroa.
fifteen Imndred street cur men In
New Orleana bava struck for increased
A fire at Stockton, Cat., destroyed
11100,000 worth of property. Five
blocks wore burned.
A Mississippi Kegro, who confesd
to an old crime, we burned ailve. He
aaid ha deserved the fate that had over
taken bim.
Tba president' physlolan found it
necessary to open the wound on bla leg,
a the bone waa allghtly affected. It
( not serious and recovery will soon
coma.
Hie aunual report of the com ml
loner of pension show thai there are
now nearly a million name on the
pension rolla. Tba total disbursement
of the department liaa been 12,900,
854,302. ' The cable from Ran Francisco to
Manila will be In working order by
July , 1903, according to the official!
of the company. Three ateamera will
lay tba cable, two from Manila and
, one from Han Francisco.
The comet discovered at Lick obaer
vatory September 1 haa grown steadily
brighter, nntil at the preeont time it la
ilnble to the naked eye. It can be
tan a little north of the atar Alpha
Jyanl, near the milky way. It ia mov
mg in aouthwaeterly direction.
Dr, t IW.ane Brandao, vice prealdonl
elect ol B ll, la dead.
A cenina of the rhllipplnea haa bean
authorised by the praaldent.
No mora American aoldiera will be
eont to the latbmua ol Panama.
Tbapreaenca of troopa baa had a
quieting effect In the coal neide of
K'nnnylvanla.
v Preeldent Booeevelfa Injured leg
eontinoea to Improve, and their Ident
will be around again in
fiurglara In South Sharon, Pa., held
tip a (tore, overpowered, bound and
gngged two offloeri and aecuretl $400.
I.aao A. Blnger, one of the largeit
atockholden In the Wngor aealug
machine company, died at hla borne in
Atlantio City.
The following diplomatic appoint,
mente have been made: Davlil E.
Thompeon, ol Nebraaka, mlnliter to
Brail i Charlemange Tower, ol Pennayl
vania, ambaaador to Germany! Bol
art 8. McCor mlck, of IllinoU, ambaa-
adorto Rnaaia; Bellamy
Btorer, of
New York, ambaaiwilor
to Austria-
Hungary; Arthur 8. Hardy, M
i ui n.inl.tar to Spain, and
rh.,i.. p it,n. of Illinois, minister
to Swltsorland.
Tba emperor of Corea la dead.
American Und the task of reducing
ti.. mi. A moult tnan ibiki-
v en www ssvv
pated.
A lone highwayman near Btltea,
Idaho, bald up a aUge and secured
1600.
m m. i . Naw' York steel
magnate, haa given 1100,000 for the
relief of Boera.
o....Alt has announced
hla determination ,to visit the Pacific
Uoast next spring
Th flan Franuaco has sailed
from Norfolk. Va.. to Panama to pro-
tact American Interests.
t. . m jt .Ltun rurknlav. Cal
riw DUiunju o""" " - .
.t. n...tnn of a train ana
oreatl .n.l havoo. One arrest bos
been made and mora will follow
killed In a freight
wrack on the Northwestern In Iowa,
. . - . i it l... tuian made on
governor of Pennsylvania for troopa m
ROOT MAY RUSION.
Secretary of War Dcih-ee to Return to
Practice ol Law.
Washington, Oct. l.-Becretary Boot
la to runlgit, aicording to a atatoment
publithed here. . According to the
rumor the resignation ia not to take
place uutil fome time next iprlng,
when Secretary Root hnpea to have the
many lalorma he hat originated an
necretary of war tertain of lwlng car
ried to a iiiccemiful oonauinmatlon.
Among thane are the goneral muff bill,
which U not likely to pax at the abort
Mwlon, and the bill to reorganize the
militia, which may become a law.
With the practical auttlemeut of affnlri
In the Philipplnoa, and Cuban recip
rocity adopted by congroea, which will
probably reeult in keeping Cuba paci
fied, and the ruforuia Pecretary Uoot
haa Inaugurated In the war department
thoroughly MtablUhed, the great work
which he ha elected to do will In a
meanure be eocomplliihcd. If be renlunii
It will only be when there la a atraiitht
courte ahead for the war duparttnunt,
aa Prenldeot Itoiiwvelt would not be
very likely to part with him under anv
other cirvunmtiincua. Ho la one of the
tlrorigmit men in the cabinet, and nrob-
ably tbo chweat to the pretiiilent.
NKiretary Root entered the cabinet at
a great ptireunal loea. At a lawyer of
ability, he had an enormona practice in
new York. 1 1 in old aaaoclatea and em
ployee era amione for blm to rornme
hla tormr work, and tliii ia given ai
the main reaaon why he Intumla to re-
algn.
- LON0 PENSION LIST.
Report of CommUaloncr Showa Net Oale
of 1,731 Pcaalonera Last Year.
Waahlnicton, Oct. 1. The annual re
port of the conuniaitioDir of penfione,
Kiigeue K, Ware, ahowa that the "num
ber of namee on the pemion rolla ie
rtill under the 1,000,000 mark, deeplte
a net gain of 6,732 peneknera elnoe
imm. The total enrollment July 1 laat
waa 109,44(1, ajiainxt .7 735 but year.
The total cuiiipriiMM 738,800 aoldlert
and 2A0,A37 jwidowa and dendenta.
The aggrettate IncIuJn 4,806 penalonerii
ouUhle of the United f-Utea.
The number of death notice of old
oldler, not now In the arvt, re
ceived by the buieau during the year
waa 60,128; but only 27,043 of them
were penaioncrs.
The report eayt that the death rate
among the penaionera for the coming
year will be about 40,000, and the
woe to the lolia from other caueoe
will be about 0,000.
The total amount paid for punitlona
during the Dacal year waa 1137,604,-
208, and the yearly coat of operating
and maintaining the bureau and the
agenciev, outride of the payment of
jwimiona proper, aggregate f,i,ouu,ozu.
STATH DEFEATS BOODLE RS.
Flrat Sktrmlah la Snyder Caae Rcsulta In
Victory for Prosecution.
St. Ixiia, Oct. 1. The first day's
proceedings in the trial of Robert M.
Snyder, the banker and promoter, of
Kansas City and New York, on charges
of bribery In connection with the pas
sage of the Central Traction win several
yoars ago, ended in a complete victory
for the atate, every objection offered
by the defonse being overruled by Judge
Kyan. Snyder was arraigned, but ro
fuaud to plead, and the court ordered
the clerk to enter a plea of not guilty.
Tomorrow the selection of a jury will
begin. It will then devolve upon the
state to prove that the defendant ie
not a resident of Missouri. The statute
o( limitations, which has sheltered all
the officials who took part in the deal,
lathe legal loophole through which
Snydor'a attorneys hope to pull him to
liberty.
DIED TO SAVB A TRAIN.
Brave Act of a Northern Pacific Section
foreman In Idaho.
Spokane. Wash., Oct. 1. In trying
to save a passenger train from a wreck,
William Johnson, a Northern racinc
.l,m fnrmnan. was killed tins a I tor-
noon at Tuscor, Idaho. He saved the
t.t .uH nf his iniariea. The
train'waa the east bound overland paa-
..,. Kn 4. and waa wen uuou.
ima was flawing the train to keep
it from running upon a section oi tu
which oonUlned a broken rail, and n
i.t. in have the riunals ob
served, be failed to step from the
track in time to avoia ous""
the passenger.
Mara Troopa Called Out.
I.....Uhnra Pa.. Oct. 1. TllO
haa been added to the
troopa on duty in the nthraclte atrUte
ShHfin ibiru vnuo "I
.. . i n.un tnniuht lor troops to
...nnmsa the rioting in n-
. . . ,.. Th oonnral called DP
ianu wuuv MW . j . ... .,
. mi h teloDhoneand stated
the situation, alter wnmu .v-...-reructantly
ordered, the Fourth reyl-
...t to nrocoed to tne bctho -
tain order.
D.c.nt.rlea of War In the Senate.
ear I. ! .,nlnn n,.k. 1. When Runeel
. wfn. :Ji. h s seat there will be
th'rae aenators who wore 'ormerly socro
ir, ofwS ? Procter, of Vermont, and
tary o ..,i. .M tha other
Elkina, of west virn"i .
1,1 'n.u. altnat on occurraJ
,w0- J'" nT:,., was closing his
wnen ou
senatorial career.
c ral Still Advancing,
Boston. Sept. 30-Local ff'
. ; the orlce of eo t ccai
tmiT hu . .
per ton, kln 11 '8 fi0- W ,
advance aoft coal hat appreciated
1 ... an . ton the past week-
oay a.-"" - ... Mgt
rnh.PrprTc.' ofharJ coal remain, at 15.
? .hnttheral.Uttlatoba bad hera.
ton .but there
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OP INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of
the Paet Week-Brief Review of the
Orowtk and Developmeat of Variouj
logaatriea Throughout Our Common
wealth-Lateet Market Report.
fiix harvest hands were held up at
The Dalles and relieved of f 300.
A cold storage and meat company has
been formed in Ashland with a capital
of 125,000.
The prune crop in Marlon county
will be pretty generally gathered by the
end of the present week.
The board of regenta of the state uni
versity, at Eugene, have made arrange
ments to include a musie department.
Mm. Florence Atwood, state presi
dent of the Itebokahs, died at her home
in liaker City September 28 of pneu
monia.
Pardons hsve been atked for Con
victs Louis Level and II. 8. Warriner,
sentenced from Multnomah county for
burglary.
The 10th annual fair of the Butte
Creek Agricultural aseociation, held at
Marqiiuui, bad a large attendant and
was very successful in every respect.
Preparations are well advanced for
the district fair to be held at Rosehurg
during the five days begluning October
7. k splendid livestock exhibit is ex
pected. ' , . ,
Over one-half of the Washington
county agricultural RUd horticultural
exhibit, which took the fir-t prise at
the atate fair, has been sent Eaat,
where it will have a place In a num
ber of fairs and carnivals.
Sub-committees have been appointed
in various parts ol the statu to help so
licit funds for the purchase of a sword
(or Admiral Clark, who commanded
the Oregon during the Spanish-American
war. About f 1,200 will be re
quired. The school directors and clerks of
Washington county held a meeting and
discussed various matters of fchool im
portance. The state super Intendent
waa present. It ia the first time such
a meeting waa ever held in that
county.
Twenty-seven bales of bops were
sold in Balem a few days ago for 23
cents per pound.
Tbe assessment roll of Columbia
county shows the total taxable proper
ty to be wortb 11,0117,840.
Large crowds attended the opening
of the Eugene carnival, despite the
rain. The buainess bouses have a num
ber of nice displays.
Ranchmen In Josephine county will
be forced to me strenuous efforts to rid
the country of cootee, which are doing
much damage to rtock.
Tbe Salem commercial club has
taken steps to distribute 80,000 pain
phleta through the Mat lu tne interest
of tbe Willamette valley.
Fruitgrowers in Polk county say
that the prune crop will not only be
light this year, but that brown rot has
attacked the Italian prunes in some
sections, and that this will further de.
crease the yield.
Oregon City schools are In a very
crowded condition, tba enrollment be
ing larger than ever before.
A free rural mall route has been rec
ommended out of Forest Grove, but
there will be some delay on account ol
being no map of Washington county
roads.
Tbe Oregon blind school at Salem
opened with 32 students, the same as
last year. Tnia institution costs too
state about 17,000 a year, or $220 for
each pupil.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Walla Walla, 2c; blue-
stem, 06c; valley, 63a.
Barley Feed, 118-60; brewing 120.80.
Flour Beat grades, 13.0593 75 pet
barrel; granam, M-963.20.
Mtllstuffa Bran, 17 per ton;
middlings. $21.50; ahorta, $18;
ohop, $17.
Oats No. I white, $1.001.02X;
gray, ti,
Hay Timothy, $10(111; clover,
$7.60; cheat, 18 pet ton.
Potatoes Best Bnrbanka, 60966c
tm Mental: ordinary. 603550 par cen
tel. growera price ; sweets, $2.00
2.26 per cental, j
Butter Creamery, 25(9270; dairy
l7X20o; store, 12X15o.
Eggs 22)i(925o for Oregon.
Cheese -Full cream, twins, I2X
813c;YoungAmerlca, ISXtSUXo; fac
tory prices, 19 lc teas.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.60
8.00: hena. $6.005.50 per tfoaen
11A11MC par ponna: springs, im
II We ner pound. $3.60(84.00 per doa-
en; uucaa, sa.ovigju.w yi ummu, tur
... AA eaa AA - A . n-
keys, live, 18014c, dressed, i(9io per
pound; geese, v.ou(ge.uv per uoaen.
Mutton Gross, SXOSc per pound
dressed, 6c par pound. '
Hogi Gross, 6Mc dressed, 77X
par pound. i.
Veal 7(3 8c par pouad.
Beef Gross, cows, SJSXf; steers
X9K; dressed, 67c par pound,
Hoes 16(8170! new crop 20B21o,
Wool Valley ,lSH16;Kaatertt Ore
ton. t&llXo' saonaut 109200 pooau
KILLED FOR MIS MONEY.
Wealthy New Yorker Carelessly Displayed
Large Amount of Cash.
New York, Sept. SO. Jamea B.
Craft, a wealthy resident of Glen Cove,
L. I., was murdered, and his bedy de
capitated, in a tenderloin 'resort w ithin
a few doots of Broadway. All the evi
dence goes to show that Ciaft, who had
boon making the rounds of the tender
loin, incautiously dUplayed a large
amount of money and waa killed for
the purpose of robbery. The police
also aay that . knock-out drops were
first administered, and that then the
victim was dragged into the basement
and kilhtl with a cleaver.
Tbe odor of burning flesh attracted
the attention of the occupants of tbe
upper part of the hooso and led to the
discovery by the detectives of the head-
le.s body of a man in tbe basement.
Tbe charred head was discovered a few
minutes later in the furnace, in which
a fire bad reiwntly teen made with tbe
evident intention of destroying all pos
sibility of identification of the remains.
Later the body was Identified by
Walter Craft, of Glen Cove, as that of
his lather. The murdered man was
about 61 years of age and was a manu
facturer of refrigerating machinery in
Cortiandt street, this city.
MANY CORPSES RECOVERED.
But Full Extent of Sicily Disaster Cannot
Yet be Told.
London, Sept. 30. A special dis
patch from Rome, after confirming the
reports that Stromboli haa been ' in
full eruption for a, me time says:
I he night scene was grand but terri
fying; lava streamed down tbe moun
tain aides seaward, while huge boulders
were falling into tbe sea fully 2i
miles fiom the shore.
"The director of the observatory at
Mount Aetna says there baa been no
vathqaake in Sicily, but that probably
there had been a submarine e option
between Stromboli and Sicily.
"One hundred and fifty corpses have
been rocovedred at Modica. Hundreds
of victims were drowned in tbe open
country."
The whole country about Mount
AJtna has suffered greatly. Mount
Aetna ia sending up a thick column ol
steam from the vicinity of the scene ol
the eruption of 18112. Two fresh craters
have opened on Stromboli ance Sep
tember 14.
MINES IN QOOD SHAPE.
With Return of Men, Coal Output WouM
be Large aa Ever.
Philadelphia, Sept 30. General
Manager Luther, of the Philadelphia
A Reading railroad company's coal
pioperty, has informed the rales depart
ment of the company that all the Read
ing's important . mines , are in fairly
good condition, ami that were the
miners to retrun to work, comparative
ly little time will elapse before they
will be turning out their normal pro
duction. It is true that several ol tbe
Heading collieries are .flooded, but
these have been abandoned fir a time
at loafct. Officials of the Pennsyl
vania' road's anthracite companies re
port tnat their mines are in such con
dition that when the miners go back
to work the collieries will be able to
produce three-fourths of their normal
output, and that within a week they
would be in perfect shape,.
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO.
Seventy-ton Crane Thrown from Railroad
Into tbe Bay.
Mexico City, Spt. 30. Advices
from Balina Crux, the Pacific terminup
of tbo Tchuantenec National railroad
which is being rebuilt by the fcngltsn
contractor, state that Tuesday no lese
than 75 shocks of earthquake were felt,
causing much alarm. The most serious
damage was done to an Immense 70-ton
crane used on the construction of the
breakwater, it being thrown from the
track into the bay. A majority of the
smaller cranes used on the works are
aleo reported to have been thrown out
of place.
It is probable tnat tne construction
of the artificial harbor will be delayed
ix months, as the crane was thrown
nto deep water, and it will require
time to recover it.
Aa Bad aa Siberia.
Butte, Mont., Sept. SO. President
Mavar. of the Western Federation of
Miners, said here toda that the con
dition of the camps in the Fernle, B
0.. district, from which he has just
returned, is as bad as bioeria. flir,
Mayer went to Fernie to investigate
labor conditions. lie says the miuing
company there owns everything in the
canm. They permit ine men no pnvr
leses and allow no business except un
der their direction. They even exer
cise a censorship, Mr. Mayer declares.
on what their employes shall read.
Indiana on Bad Behavior. -
Santa Fe. N. MV. Sept. 30. One ho
died Apache Indians from the Jicarilla
reservation, in northern Rio Arriba
countv. are camped in tbe Picuria
mountains, ready to go to tne can
Geronimo festival, at Toaa fuebio
denrvte the Doeitive orders of the agent
Another banf. ol Apacnes is irespni-siiiK
on the land 01 me rani vjiu
other pueblos. The U. 8. Attorney
haa orders (rom Washington to return
them to the reservation.
No Parcel Mall to Alaaka.
Washington. Sept. 80. The poet-
. j. i.;. ,in,i n nrnt'iton. Many barges loauea wnn u-
BUia uiw.i u.. ... r.
masters that during tbe winter montna
It will be impossible to transmit mall
matter In the form of parcels to tha
following named postofflce. In Alaska:
Vt v,iv.i ni.i w.oin trnrt
Yukon, Rampart,
Tunana, Teller and
Unalaska.
NO MORE RESERVE
SECRETARY SHAW MAKES ANOTHER
IMPORTANT MOVE.
National Banka will Not Have to Carry a
Reserve Against Deposits Secured by
Bonds-Action wlU Place $30,000,000
In Circulation Secretary Haa Favored
Move Since Ha Took Charge.
New York, Oct. 1. Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw, who waa in New
York yesterday, issued a statement in
hich he says the banks hereafter .will
not , be required to carry a reserve
agninet government deposits securer1
by government bonds. This will make
available today ever $30,000,000. bee
1 eta ry Sbaw declined to discuss the
financial situation further than to say
that the treasury department would
co-operato as far as possible with the
banks in their effort to supply tbe
oeceesary credit to do the onprecedent-
amount of business that is taxing
railroads and steamship lines, aswell
as banks, to the utmost.
Mr. Shaw said he bad never teen
any good reason why banks holding a
government deposit secured by govern
ment bonds should be required to carry
reaorve againn it. First, it is a de
posit not likely to be called in a time
of stringency, and second, if railed, tbe
collateral will always eell for canh in
excess of the deposit. He baa, since he
took charge of tbe treasury, contem
plated relieving the banks of this burd-
The controller of tbe currency
agiees with the secretary, and therefore
it is announced that hereafter banks
will not be required to carry a reserve
gainst government deposits secured by
government bonds. The treasury bas
on deposit with various banka scattered
throughout the country, in round num
bers, $130,000,000, against which the
banks have heretofore been compelled
to hold more than $30,000,000 of gold
or its equivalent.
GROWERS HOLD BACK.
Expectcd Advance in Price of Hope Re
sults In but Few Sales.
Portland, Oct. 1. The hop market
haa opened strong, with prospects ol
some big sales this week, though grow
ers are not yet letting go very freely.
Most of them are In a position to hold,
and as they expect better prices they
aia slow to consider dealers' offers.
Many growera look for the market to
go to 25 cento, and not a few expect to
receive 30 centa for the portion of their
crop they did not contract for earlier in
the season. Dealers decline to name
higher figures, saying that brewers in
the East are heavily stocked, many
having enough hope to last them for
year.
A number ot small sales are being
made at 25 cents. Receipts are in
Teasing daily, and will be heavy ' by
the last of the wee k, and baling w
then be practically at an end.
It is now eetnnated that tbe crop ot
Washington will fall short about 3,000
bales from the first estimate, which
will leave the state's product some
where about 33,000 bales. The bop
crp in the Yakima valley is reported
to be short of last year's output tally
10 per cent. In some yards there will
be but half a crop, in others a full
crop, and in the majority less than the
usual production.
EMILE ZOLA IS DEAD.
Famous Novelist a Victim ol Asphyxia
tion Hla Wife Barely Escaped.
raris, Oct. 1. Emile Zola, the novel
ist, who gained additional prominence
in recent years because of bia defense
of the Jews and of Captain Dreyfus
was found dead in his Paris borne yes
terday morning. Asphyxiation, result
ing from fumes from a stove in his bed
room, is given aa the cause of hie death
M. Zola and bis wife retired at iu
o'clock. Mme. Zola was seriously ill
when the room was broken into thij
morning. At about noon she waa re
moved to a private hospital, where she
recovered consciousness for a abort
time, and was able briefly to explain to
magistrate what had happened.
The death of M. Zola, which only
hAcame trenerallv known after noon
r-aniied a area! sensation in Paris, and
this evening there was a constant
stream of visitors at the Zola residence.
He was born In Paris April 2, 1840.
Street Car Men Still Out.
New Orleana. Oct. 1. The strike of
street car men continues without a
break. Threo mail cars were the only
car moved by the railway company to
dav. In tne absence of street cars ve
hicles of all kinda were brought into
plav and have done a thriving busi
nesa. In the matter of interference
with street cars carrying United States
mail. 16 affidavits were made this
afternoon asainet as many persons
charging them with Interfering with
the United States mails, in violation of
the act'of congiesa protecting the mails.
To Dredge Up Coal Loat In Wrecks.
New York, Oct. 1.-Owing to the
high prices of coal an organized plan
for securing supplies from me waters 01
I - i Vv tuii In rtnar.
i-ong isianu auuuu w... p".
------ - --A thft
mrac.w -
sound. A company haa been organised
to fr thi.ee by m'"" '
boats, which will locate the
Powerful pumps will be put to worK
and the coal sucked up and run over
screens into the dredges.
SPAIN PAYS HP.R DEBTS.
United States Receives Money for Distri
bution on an Old Chilm.
Washington, Sept. 27. The treasury
department bas begun distribution ol
$28,600, the sum received from the
government of Spain as one of the
annual payments of indemnity due
nnder the treaty of 1833. Tbe con
tinuation of these payments is regarded
as a marked evidence of tbe high seme
of honor cherished by tbo Spanish peo
ple In meeting an obligation.
About 1818 some A nieiican merchant
ships were seized and destroyed by
Spanish naval vessels, and when the
matter was brought before a tribunal,
an award was made in lavor 01 tne
United States citizens for the amount
of their losses. The award waa. o-1
verted by a curious Bpauiab method
into perpetual rents, and tbe Spanish .
government baa met the interest on
thete witb great regularity ever since
tbe treaty of 1833. j
By a rule of international law, war
absolutely extinguishes treaties pre
viously existing between the princi
pals; but tbe Hpauivh government did
not regard itself as thus lelieved by its
recent war with the United States, and
the only discomfort to which tl.e script
holders weie subjected was in a slight
deferment of two payments during the
war. ....
NAVY IN WEST INDIES.
Gathering la Early oa Account of South
American Troubles. I
Washington, Sept. 27. A squadron
of the North A tlantic fleet Is to ren
dezvous in the Carribbean cea a good
while before the appointed time for tbe
assembly of tbe vessels for the North
and South Atlantic and European sta-
tiona. It is said at tbe navy depart-
ment that the big cruiser Olympia,
the flagship of Rear Admiral Coghlan,
will be ready and at that officer's die-
posal by October 20. The cruiser San
Francisco is now on ner way to tne
West Indies, and there are already in
these waters the Cincinnati, the Mont-
gomery, the Marietta and the Panther.
Besides these veseela tbe navy depart-
ment intends to attach to Admiral
Coghlan's squadron the protected
cruieer Raleigh, the unprotected cruiser
Detroit and the gunboat Macbias. lbe
navy department baa two objm ts in
view in this early diapatcb ot war ves-
sets to the Carribbean, namely, prelim-
inary work in regard to the maneuvers
and tbe disturbed situation. It is
argued that, as .the vessels are to go
down to the West Indies any way, it is
just as well, in tiew of the atate of
affaire in Central and South America,
to have them go earlier.
NEW AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY. .
I
Tower, Present Ambassador to Russia, to
be Transferred.
twlin Rant 97 Pwwiilpnt Koofe-
velt has (hoeen Charlemange Tower,
ambassador to Russia, to succeed An-
diew D. White as ambassador to Ger-
many. Notices of this decision, and
that Mr. White's letters of recall bad
been issued by the state department,
bava reached tbe foreign office here.
Mr. White will probably not have
his farewell audience with the em-
peror November 7, big birthday, aa
bad been provisionally arranged,
because his majesty leaves November
5 for England. The retiring ambas
sador, therefore, ia cot likely to pre
sent his letters of recall nntil the
middle of November.
Storer will go to Russia.
Washington, Sept. 27. The appoint
ment of Charlmange Tower as am
bassador to Germany to succeed Mr.
White is confirmed. Mi. Towel's
acceptance of the German mission
will create a vacancy in tha ambassa
dorship to Russia, which ia held now
by him. It ia regarded as quite prob
able that he will in turn be succeeded
by Hon, Bellamy Btorer, present am
bassador to the conrt of Madrid. ' It
is intimated further that the vacancy
in the Spanish mission may be filled
by the appointment of Mr. Henry
White, present secretary of embassy
in Great Britain.
Mexican Government Buy a Railroad.
Mexico City, Sept. 27. Great inte
rest haa been aroused by tbe announce
ment today that the government has
bought in London the controlling in
terest in the Interoeeanic railway, by
purchasing the majority of the newly
created bonds, in whose holders, by
virtue .of an arrangement creating
them, is vested tha administration of
tha Dronertr. The purpose of the
sovernment was to tcura control of an
Independent railroad to toe uau oi
Mexico, over which government dusi
nesa can always have preference.
Trains Meet Head-on.
Mercer, Pa., Kept. 27. The worst
wreck In the history of tbe Bessemer
road was occasioned by a head-on tol
lision between two freight trains at a
point two miles east of Mercer today,
in .which four men were killed and
three injured. The wreck was caused
by a cross order issued for the tao
freight trains. , At present tne oiani
cannot be aacerlained. Three engines
and eight steel freight care were, badly
wrecked.
Many Burled Under Lava.
Berlin, Sept. 27, A dispatch has
been received from Taekent, capital of
Russian Turkestan, reporting a terri
hie earthauake August 22, the shocks
nnntinulmr nntil September 3. One
thousand Dersons were killed at Kash-
gar. In Eastern Turkestan., 400 in the
village of Astyn, and 20 at Jangl, while
tha town ot axioxsiicu was
lately destroyed. .
DEATH IN CYCLONE
FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE PERISH ON
ISLAND OP SICILY.
Property Damage Is Almost Incalculable
Path of Storm 120 Miles Long-Sea
Swept Inland, Destroying Everything
and Drowning Many Railroad Tracks
Torn Up by tbe Wind.
Syracuse, Sicily, Sept. 29. A severe
cyclone on the eastern coast of Sicily
has resulted in the death of several
hundred persons and immense damage
to pioperty. For 21 hours before tbe
cyclone burst over the island a ' violeut
storm raged on the eastern coast of
Sicily. The path of the cyclone was
120 milos long, and everything in the
line of tbe storm was destroyed. Tl e
sea swept inland for several kilo
meters, doing enormous damage, while
there were violent submarine agitations
between Sicily and the mainland.
Aloig the railroad from Catania to
Palermo the force of the cyclone was
such that raila were torn up . and
hurled to a great distance. It ia re
ported from Modica, 32 miles south
west of Syracuse, that a hundred bodies
have already been found, but that the
number of dead bodies swept away by
the torrent is unknown. The news-
1 paper Fractissa expresses the belief
imo " W ve oe n killed.
iuowiiiuwrajeu everyiuing on
tne gnjunu noorg in noupes in tba lower
portion of Modica. Bridges and roads
have disappeared, the damage amount
ing to many million lire (worth about
20 cents). Tbe survivors of tbe catas
trophe have taken refuge in the hills.
A relief committee and search parties
have been organized at Modica. Tbe
disaster is supposed to hav fceen doe to
a marine waterspout. The British
steamer Caperera was wrecked at
Catania, after a terrible struggle with
tbe waves.
A large portion of tbe low-Iyirg part
of Modica bas been destroyed. Two
torrents, the St. Francis-and. the St.
Marie, which descend through the
town, rose sudiieuly and brought with
them masses of mud and heavy stonea
and .'invaded the streets of Modica.
They carried everything in their course.
Many nouses were utterly wrecked and
others were eeriously damaged. Num-
erous animals periabed. The number
of victims is still unknown, but 80
corpses have been deposited in a single
church. At Soiclt 12 persons were
killed. Tagearo waa -destroyed,
Enormous damage waa done at Pallazo,
Acreide, Farla and Geratana.
FRIQHTFUL TRAIN WRECK.
Special Ran Into Stock Car Wreck Took
Fire Six Lives Lost.
iui ireignt wrecx occurred in tne west-
ern part of the citv at miduisbt last
' night, and it is believed that at least
six men are under the wreck. An extra
fruit and stock special, with Engineer
Patnoe, came in at midnight. There ia
' a pretty heavy grade ooniiiig; into the
yards from the west, and the air brakes
laiiea to worx. ine engineer wnisiieo
tor braaeg, tmt it waa too late lor I no
band braxes to nave any enect on tbe
, heavy train, which crashed Into a long
stock train standing on
a side track.
Abont 15 cars were piled on top of the
engine, and almost instantly ' they
bruke into flames, Tbe engineer waa
thrown nnder the wreck, and it is said
that least four or five others shared a
like fate. Rescuers succeeded in clear
ing away the wreck sufficiently to talk
to the engineer, who was still alive, but
they were unable to get him out, and
he burned to death.
There were at leapt a dozen men who
were riding on and in the cars, beating
their way over the road. It is not
known how many of. them escaped.
Not more than four or five have been
seen, but it is believed . that more than
that number got off when it was
found that tbe engineer bad lost control
of bis train.
The fire department wont to the
scene and four streams of water were
turned on the fire, but could not make
much headway, as tbe broken cars were
piled up in splinters, and the wind was
blowing. A large number of sheep
were burned to death. ...
Strikers Hold Up Cars.
Shenandoah, Pa., Sept. 29. Sheriff
Knorr, of Columbia county, this after
noon asked Governor Stone to send
troops to Centralia. The governor re-...
ferred tbe matter to General Gobin,
and the latter advised the sheriff to
make a further attempt to preserve
order with the resources at hand.
Stiikers today held up three trolley
cars filled with non-union men and
stoned the workmen. A workmen
train was held up and those on board
were warned to quit work nnder penal
ty of being harshly dealt with.
Money for Princeton.
Princeton, N. J., Sept. 29 It was
learned hei a today on good authority
that the bequest to Princeton of Miss
Mary J. Winthrop, of New York, which
formerly waa reported to be about
1500,000, will amount to 11,400,000.
A member of tba seminary faculty said
today that tbe money in all probability
would be us;d for the further develop.
ment of tbe intellectual side of tha
seminary. The increased amount of
the bequest Is a pleasaat surprise.
Three Daya Acroea Atlantic.
Nbw York. Sept. 29 A patent haa
been secured, says a London dispatch
to the Tribune, covering a novel engine
for marine propulsion, which John
Willis, tha Inventor, asserts will reduce
tba crossing ot tht Alan tie at least to
a three days' journey.
tba atrlke dlatrlcU