the Best Newspaper U the that tha most ami freshest new. Compare, the WK8T gtlPN with any paper In Polk county. As an Advertising Medium THE WEST SIDE TAKM TMI LfD IN POtK COUMTV. V VOL XII. I'i.OO Per. Year. INDEPENDENCE. POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1894. No. 42. . Five Cents Per Cony. t A IIS mm Towns Swept Out Existence of ' By the Unconquerable Sea of Flames. A River (Vuld Not Have Stopped it -SirkmlKf Detail, of Uie 1Vr 8ANtKmnNB, Minn., Sept. , that rm-Una of what wan one the proaiteroua village; of Sandstone I a smalt ahaek ud by tha Sandstone company for It office. Crowded into thl bulldlrg and th ferry hoiue were w SOe pnl t in!1 home and everything they poaaeaeed except the clti'hlng they wore. All Iheaie aaved at Sandaton were In the tlver when th cyclone of (UnvMi pad. and only nonaged to f.uw by watting in the water m far ft poawlbte and then throwing water over aoh other's head. The coming of the f)mt sounded like thunder and with auch raptettty did they come that the people whi Mivinw I to ve their property or ne glected to a-ek aatay In the river iw jshed in he nam. a. A fur na could bo learned between forty and fifty bodies ere aetttered about th itwii burned to erlap. The town boosted of a water wvrk plant. but. M man of th cltlxen re marked, the who) of Kettle river w.niM not have had any erfeot on the 41(1 sheet of flame that advanred on the tuwn and swept It out of existence In leu than an hour. . , . St. Paul. Minn., Sfpt. 3, Later de tail simply confirm the report re ceived yeeterday a to th magnitude of tne Hinckley disaster. The moat oioservattv. estimate of the nuw te of dtsith In lx town of line rounty 1 Ml nd fiMn thnt flirures go up to 1.0O0. Although the exart number of did will -never be kimwn. enough U known to make thl oni of the mm appalling Ulistr In Anur l?n hUtury. More Imve pHht, but nrvx many In o trtill it mun n. A tu tvMrty I., all thoughia have bwn of dth ami f.w cmti b tnA to talk alKut th.'lr bunlnwe hvmt. It I prolnble that th low at and an Mind llhukley will rxowd ItOOO.OiiO, altlnnigh no careful n(lmtl. have -H lxin mwde, nor can they h mad wh.re all the ppir ami mvutln have gMH up In the -imo liiii'i that mi qulckty devoured all thw h'Mierw, vxKotailun and alnxwt th. land In a larg. avction of I'lne county. IlMtif tuday rl.rJ ihe air eomewhnt from snxiko, but thy wwe not heavy enugh ti wtlrply quUKh the llr, wbU-h would brrak out on the allghtmt prov ocation If thy had augM to fid on. The flrra amwa In Wisconsin, are kmiwn here up to midnight, but there la no l.ws of life riortl, and It I hoped thai It la ov.r. Notwlthiitanding today's ahower, however, the ground ta dry an I parvhml, and alt vegetation la au dry It wculd Ignite cunily and burn with horrlW rapidity. KICK EN (NO KKTAILS. Pln City, Minn.. Pept. S. After the dfluge the nin-tlon ha mine at lllnrk-l-y, and the excitement which buoyed up many aurvivon. even In the face of the faoi that many relative and fHenl had pcriahed III th tlery flood, hua phiukkI away and dull grief haa taken It plf.ee. The uninjured refu gee at I'lne City mand arour.d In lit' tie knots to dlwuaa the linldent of the cataatrophe in awe-alrlt-ken tone. The hoapltal patlenta demanded the attention of the phyalclana all night, and the only dniBK'at In I'lne City waa kept buxy until daylight filling preactiptlona and aupplylng lotlona. for moat of the Injurle were burn, more or lea aerlou. Hy morning all were In a atate of comparative corn fort. Among th cltir-en of Tine City, who opened their heart, home and public building to the stricken neigh bor, all wa buatle and activity. Cof fee with plain fare waa served to all comrra. The courthouae, achnolhouae and many private homee were thrown open. Every blanket In town was crirted Into service. Before daylight arrangements for the relief of the des titute were taken up where tjiey were dropped at midnight. Before 7 o'clock a construction train, loaded with bridge material for the repair of bridges across Grindstone river, at Hinckley, came up from Kuan City, and at couple of hundred loaves of bread and other light provision wert placed on board. A party of laborer to dig graves and Inter 1m idles wan collected and proceeded Into the burned country. At Hinckley the provhtion were loaded onto hand cant, and a Htnrt waa made aero the ahnky bridge to Miller. From Miller they expect to Work east from Sandstone, about flv? mllea acros the country on tho Knt em Minnesota railway, wheie there are between 35 and f0 diud and a couple of hundred living who were saved in Kettle river and In tlio great sandxtone quarries. Alout 11 o'clock the bridge waa sufficiently repaired to admit the pannage of a train. An en gine, freight car and caboose With a Plentiful supply of food and a meager store of coffins, was sent north. At Hinckley It was visible the situation had not materially Improved over night. Thirty or forly caskels and boxes with their gruesome contents still lay along the ratk where they Were placed last night. No attempt had been made to dress or embalm the bodies, and they were already grow ing very offensive. Fortunately th day was cool and cloudy, and grate ful showers fell at Interval during the forenoon. Undertaker J. I). Donnelly, of Bt I'aul, advised that the bodies be put under the earth a rapidly as Possible. Every attempt at Identifi cation had been exhausted. BUItYINO THK DEAD. Out In a little cemetery a mile east of town was a scene which word arc absolutely powerless to describe. At best Ihe little place would be as dreary could be well Imagined. There were only a few little sandy, un odded mounds before,- fnr with blackened, fire-scarred stump and fallen trunk of tree all about, It pre ented an appearance of desolation hard to describe. In the center In an Indiscriminate heap, lay more than 90 corpses, men, women and little chil dren, some burned to a crisp, other only browned by the heat, and none with a fragment of clothing' larger than a man' hand to cover their aw ful nakedness. Borne were mere trunk the extremities having burned off, From tho cracked abdomen thelntes-. m.L "... ml l,rft,,m wl'h.g. and all i- . WBr w"'td and cramped, ,. 0 ,v row waa quickly at work dtkgln a shallow trench. The samlv m hard . nit. M Mm and almost Mldliled by the nre,' The lI!!!,,.,t,,,,H, M' UIT ' w ner of the clearing amaller grave were and hr two baby girls; Caroline, aged r..i 24W' Tn husband L r . nm' "HtnweU them in the imeny neap, THHER OKNKKATION8 OONISX Another grave waa for the Ilest fam "y, whoae number make tholr dealruc turn notabl even at this time of tljath. John H.t, Jr., wa digging a pit with th friendly assistance nf two neighbor. Laid In a row decently covered eie the bodlea of John Host Kr, Mra. ; iWal: ned ll,vt, aged 83; Hertha, age,! IT; Mr. Annie Wlegel, ft mart lel .daughter, and her 3-year, old daughter MlnnUt; Mr. Annie Trut man. of Diamond Hlurf. vi a via- na.ni at; au.i victor Host, aged a. Two other sons, George, aged 85, and Willbs aged Si. are certainly dead, and of this whole family of three gen eratlon only the sorrowing gravnllg. gee and hla wlf and child, who look refuge In a dugout, are left. They all lived t.igether aU.ut two mllea south. eat of Ilim-kley. The only other corpeea reeognlxed were Charlea An deraon. caahier of the bank, Mi. 'l. Uam Uinder and her daughter W'lnnl fred aged ft, Hough Im.x-s were knocked together to contain most of the tMHllea, and they wer rnl.liv laid away under the aand, but not be fore other bodice came In. In a awainn acroaa tirlndstone. where theaecoriwe were found ymterday, there were ataiut 5S others, which were brought In thl morning, making a total of uf ward of 130 dead In a apace of four i five acre. Jiown near the river waa found the body of Ttuunaa Dunn, operator at Hinckley. Dunn stuck to hi key until the depot wa burning over hi head. Vp th 81. I'aul & Iu luth right of way were found three or four more bodies. Among those who perfched north of town wa K, Iilcett on, of Minneapolis, who wa here visiting hla son. He waa out In a wagon with Dave Kanei of Hock Creek, also a visitor here, and both perished, though tholr horsea escaped. ' HOHHOItS IX PENNSYLVANIA. Bradford, Pa.. Sept. I-Foreat flrea are raging In and along the line of the Buffalo, Hocheater Pittsburg rail road. Los of life 1 reported and the extent of damage cannot be estimated. A dispatch wa lecelved thl evening from Lewi )tun stating that the woods are ahlniw and the people are fighting to stive their property. Kane, Pa Sept. J. -The f.irest fln' ar within a ml' of this town on all fide. Khould no rain fall, the damage and la to property will m grel, Huasell City, I'n.. 8pl. 5-Tlie wood are on ,ltr on both lde of this place and a nre extends over an nr. a of twenty nilli-s. A large number of men are fighting the ft.ime and digging trenche to prevent the (Ire from spreading to the oil and ga Held. There are a nutnher of saw mills and lumber camp In the wood south of here, and nothing haa been learned aa to their condition, aod it Is feared the mill have been destroyed and lose of life haa occurred. MOKK 1IOUR1HLK DETAILS. St. I'aul. 8..t. X-A I'lne City spe cial to thf Pioneer Pre.i, says: "Words cannot t' the story of death and de struction that Is revealed to Ihe trav eler from Mission Creek to Iwu intlt-s above the little town of M lib r or KandMton Junction. The awfulms of the desolation which strikes upon Ihe eye of the observer a he reaches the camp, whit h wa once the town of Hinckley Is still more strongly Im pressed upon the mind, as he journey northward. This morning the smoke hnd lifted, revealing the landscape bare and blink, a few standing trees being charred to the height of forty fwt, while the ground Is of that ic culler tint of brown an.I mixed with gunpowjer, for the grass has been burned even to the roots, Here and there In the bleak and dreary stretches f country In what Is now a great lone land, I teen the body of the der Whose f!et feet had not been able to outrun the flames, and of the human being who had been absolutely power less against the grim destroyer. The latest verllled reports of tne number of dead do not materially ulter the former estimate. In .fact, that estimate la proving remarkably exact, onslderlng tne confusion of the tlrst day. One clement that makes ciose llgurliyt very difficult, is tne raei inai bodt seen In the woods and along the track are not Infrequently cred ited to two point, and ent out from each a among It dead. Then, tort, the tendency of the occasion, bad as It Is, : toward exaggeration. How ever, eliminating the doubtful ele ment n fur a posMble, the Pioneer Pre Is convinced the tolal estimate is nearly a exact a possible. The- numicr of deftd at inniKMy is placed at 200. The Pioneer Press cor resiiomdent tactunlly counted 194 of thane, and the margin allowed I about all that I necessary. Tn llguies ars aa follow: Hinckley 200. Kandstone 02. Bet ween Skunk Lake and Miller 12 Pokcgama 2S. In the lumber camp and scattering the- estimate are 60. Total 34. , l-io,u,w is a list of the known dead at Hinckley, partially Identified: Mr. and Mrs. Abbey ana two cnn- dren; Mr. lan iwnnnu mm children; John Wcslund und child; Mr, and Mr. John Rodger and three chil dren; Mr, and Mr. Mike Curry, and boy;. Hherman and raui un, .." Molvftr an t0Uir om' ".. v- den;' Mrs. Martin Mackintosh and .V.....M Mra ill Hill IIUI U Mil" four children.! aicx. "'"""'.""' Cullle UriNSlnger aged 6, Mabel OrlH. ina-er aged 8; Mr. and Mrs. William Ser nd two boy.; Winifred Grin d,r, aged C G. Andernon Mr. Han, Paulfion arm o' Henry Hanson: Emily Andon;N itobortHon, wire anu i Mary Rcblrown; Otto Rowley of Du- nicketaon, i mnwi" - c-L. r nock Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Jol n W. Oeorge Htst, aged 25; Fred IcHt aged 23; Will Heat, Kd i ct ha Best, aged 17; Victor Beet, ued g Mr. Anthony Weleel, Minnie Wcl J4 agfHl 3; Miss Annie Truttman. aged 28 of Diamond Bluff Wll Kelcy, of New Brighton; M. K, Lam berson, William Nesbllt, Mr. ami Mr Jo in Burke and two children; Mr, anJ M s Kildj, and two children; JIrn Bean, Hana flattteon. Bandy Het.der r."of Pine C,,y; John Henderson Pino City; Tliomas -lanaon Dennl Riley. John Anderson, "SS and two children; Peter Robert 2" Loul-J Nel-on, Eminju Dolan, SJi. O'Brien, Ann.. rs Costlmnn and mreo Plnnor, Patrick Murphy, Ilenry Ift.ff man and wife, of 8nndlon; Mrs, John McNnmara and on child, IN WI8CON81N. ALHO, Spoor, Wis., Sept. S.-The destiucllon of itarronett wa complete. One loin; building la left of a city of 700 inhald tame, due man waa burned. The to tal loss ia L;,o,ooo, Hheil Lake haa ti nwrtiinga burned, with a los of 178, Otto. Ttiree hundred and elxty people are homelea. and many without a dollar of lijniranee. Deed of heroism are plentiful. One widow dragged sick son from the house Into a, potato paten, and there protected him from tho flames, while the rest nf the Intuitu name nen in krror. The fire afe now under control In thl vicinity, Kau Claire, Wl Sept, t-It la feared the little town of Rib Lake; In Tyler eotiwty with a population of lao will no Oeatroyed tonight. The danger at Cartwrlght and Hlce Lake I thought to be ow. At least seventy bridge on the northern dlvlslun of the Omaha road between Chippewa Fall and Superior nave been destroyed, HELP WANTED. St. Paul, Sept, a.-lov. Nelson to- night Issued a proclamation asking for money and supplies for the nre suffer- era. . MICHIGAN A SUFFERBR. MArq.-Me, Mich., Sept. S.-The South Shore expreaa pulled In thl morning many ihoura lat. after an exciting run through dense amok and wall of nre, and over burning bridges, The wire are all down, but town along the line re believed to bo af. tW)tTHLKOAME8 YB8TMRDAY. New Turk, Sept. J,Ftrt ram. New vork i, Clnolnnatl I. decoiat game. ew York , tuticlnatl i. noaton. Hoaton S, Chicago 4. Second ganve, Ikwlm II, Chicago 4. Brooklyn. Brooklyn 1, Loulavlll 4, Second me, Brooklyn , Iimlsvllle S. Italtlmore.--Bahlme IS. ClevelandS. Si-coikI gaane, Baltimore 1. Cleveland 3. Pltwbunr.-llttaburf IX Washing, ton l. PKUadoldila.-PhlladelphlA t. Bt Loul 4. Second game, Philadelphia I. Ht. Loula 1. MARKKT8 STILL DULL. San Frautlsto, IVpt. J.-Wheat. IS to 5. Liverpool. Wheats dull; demand Mr; No, I red winter 4s 4d; No. 2 spring 4 to 4a 7d. Hop at London; Pacific coast steady ( 10a. SPLIT IN THE K. OF P. THK FIRST WICK IS THK KVKIt- I.ASTI.N0 LIQUOR (Jl'KMTION. The Next I Forcing an KiutIIhIi Rit ual on the (ierinin Islg-c-Truubl Ahead, WASHINGTON. Sept. J.-A split In the Knight of Pythias la eatd to be possible, and perhaps the prolietde out com of the meeting now In progress here. Alrtndy tho committee desig nated to coiud lor the membership of liquor deaHr liave tleclded to repa-t against the future admission of this class, and It 1 now urvdcrstottd that the committee In charge of the matter, known aa "the Oernaui au'tlon," that Is, the question of permitting kxlgiw to porform the rlttul In that language, doclded to make an Irotu-lad reisirt for the use of the English k ngunge only. The German lodge have beon open In their avowal of a determination to secede .and conduct their branch of tho enter on their own resMnalblllty In caae the contest went against them. Jt 1 undcratool that the commit toe resrt will be made against the recog nition nf the Pythian Witters a an onlm'. The morning session of the su preme lodge todi'y waa devoted to a consideration of the proposed new con stitution. RAILROAD RACKETS. Scheme In Which Financier Are Try lug to Beat Each Other. Portland, Sept. 3. In connection with the appointment of W. W. Tyler, receiver of the Columbia & Washing ton Hallway company, better known a the Hunt system, an Interesting story haa been brought t-i light. It appear that In 1!U, when O. W. Hunt wua trying to sell tho ro'id, he had a large block of bonds, almost a con Itmlllng Interest, hypotljcated with Ladd A Tllton, of this city. Hunt fi nally old the bonds to C. B, Wright of Philndclphiai I Ladd, Instead of foreclosing on the, pledged bonda, gave Wright time to pay for them, and take them up himself, which he finally did. Ladd waa also the absolute owner of an additional $2n0,!M)0 of the bonds of the road and gave Wright the use of these bonds ulso and otherwise olded him In hla foreclimure proceedings, In return, Wright was to act aa trustee for Ladd' Interest, his own part of the igrcement was that Wright should five Ladd an equivalent for tho 1200, hs) of bonds cancelled by the fore lohiire, In lieu of bonda of the re organised company. This, Wright has lone, but Instead of taking can of Ladd' Interests as his own, ho Is said to have used his position a a major ity bond holder to release tho Farmer' Loan & Trust company from It posi tion as trustee under the mortgage and to have appointed a trustee, Mr. Ralston, an attorney of Philadelphia. Ralston brings suit In thl city for the foreclosure of the now mortgage, and want to have Tyler appointed re ceiver. The ostenslb'e purpose, It 1 inld, I to pay off the Ladd bonds by foreclosure. Representatives of Ladd 4 Tllton hay It looks to them like an attempt to freeze them out of the 700,000 of bonds by foreclosure. They will tuike Immediate action to prevent the execution of the scheme. The O. R. & N, employes have united In a petition to JucUte lb lllnger to restrain Manager McNeill from put ting hi revised schedule of wages Into effect. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS. London, flept, 3. A dispatch to the Times from Chea Foo says the Jap anese fleet Is assembling In Dautllus harbor In southern Corea. The en trance is guarded by torpedoes, Tha Chinese fleet I moving betweon Oulf ports. Tho hostile armies In tha vi cinity of Ping Yang are quiescent, CALIFORNIA HOP CROP. Banta Rosa, Cal., Sept. 4. Hop pick ing began in Sonoma county today. Fully 6,000 whlto laborer have been glvon employment No Chinese were employed. The crop la the beet In the history of the county, and tt la estimated that fully thirteen, thousand btiloe will 'bo gathered, . , THOSE AWFUL 1M The Forest Holocaust in Minnesota. More of the Horrifying Particulars. The Recitation of Cold Fart Nrcd uti Kiiihelllslmioht to Kxt'lle th FecIliiK. PIN 13 CITY, Minn., tkpt, i-Curlou apathy whloh 'marked almost every mov at 'HIiHckley yesterday, gavje way to bustling activity thl morning. During the night a shack waa put up tor a cook nova ana in tne earty wming an em-doeed room wtta added to tt for the atorag of onmlry supplies. Tho imp) who remainml over night wnro quartered tn tents, whk'h Captain llart, tutirUT Jtiaatr of the Fliwt brigade of th Mliineaotta natliaiAl guard, had pitched laat evi log Voluiito we more numeni than yestorday, and affair sssuhmhI a more aettleU art. The early tnUn brought up nion who came to work and did not aJmiubm themselvea to the ffcrtiftca'tloft of mortild urlolty. a did to miniy when brought up ye- tertUy, wnfch pt-h. under the clr- cumstitnet-, wua entirely lnexcusille. At an early tour a force of men tdrt.nl out to the cemetery to com plete he wwk f Interment, Thiwe had beon left Jmiv ground last night flftv-aevin tHMllra In bone, ami a.t da1lght, imrtlea were dotailed out after these that had been ktited. Ytsatonly partku Jwwted iwelve taal loa, but a ctHwr ncrutluy of the wood for a eimsideralde distance fnwn the track rovele4 aevwel othwt, Imdud- Ing the entire Oiwn family, father, mother and four chlldran. Itesldea the body of Otto Itciwlvy, gemral freight and passenger awit of the Dultrth A Wlivnleg railmmd. taken to hla homo last night, nlnrtwst other were picked up between Itttvckloy and Hkunk Lake. Two or three were evidently paaaen gr on Knlmvliy' south-bound atcr mum limited. Mwt of the other were 't,:l.w end tlw reimiin.lor were refu gtwa frun Hinckley, who got further away from the dsmil city. One la the bly erf Mr. John McNamara, on whiwe body w fuund 13,000 in check and IMO In eivrrency, and near by wa the body of a boy. partially identlflm! a one of her nn. The Rohlnmtt fivmlly of five found yesterday ver a'lto brought 4n , This about com- pMes the numtwr on the right of way to a point six mllea out, and fool up a total of lt'wn tlfty and sixty. A wittered fw were beought In from the country jiut ! the Oriiulwtono river. One, who wa found In gravel pit Just aero the river, wa tdoutl- fld a Joyce Crowoll, aged 60. HORRIFY I N I PARTICULARS. Minneapolis', Hopt. 4.-A Duluthapee- lal to the Journal says: Oliver Du bois, a French t'nnioliiin fanner living on the outKklria of the little village if Handstone, wa among the 250 refugees from that atrlcken apot. He aavod hla life by jumping into the bottom of a dry well, ami was one of the very few who tk uch refuge ami did not find It a arrive already dug, Hla experience was similar in many wnya to that of score and hundred of oth ers, but It show the tearful speed of Die name. Imbola waa a little d la ta nre from Id .home when he heard in the south o mighty Mating and thought a eyclotwi wa coming. The bint-knee of the eky iixTeaeed and he ran faith" front the building to escape any flying Mic k that mlgiit come from hla house. He threw him self down at the root of a stump, hi head under the root. Hoarcely waa he on tho ground before the awful heat and fire hwed that he con tended not with a cyclone but with flame, Thie wa a well a few fet away, It.to which he jumped. It la twelve feet doop, and dry. Above iilm, he could re tho rilling cloud of flame high In the air and then down close to the ground. Ills position be came stlftlt'K and the elr seemed to bo no exhaust"! that he could only brentho by clnwlng a nolo In the damp earth and reenlng his fiuce to tho side. Aa aoon a one place got too Milling he would make another little fresh spot. Tho well filled with smoke and gas, but eftw a time he managed to ell rob out "I was so wook I could hardly walk," he eald, "ami for a few minutes I wu dnxed. I waa ehocleas, and I knew there wsj'e shoe a little dlc tanco a way. I could not oo it he ground at my feet for ainoke, but groped my wuy to those shoes, lowing my way once, and feeling every etep. I found them at lust and they are the only thing I own in tho world. Then t stiiirted Into town. It beftnn to grow llglvtw, ao I could aoc the street, I stood In the center of B,i,mlntone and ailed. Not a sound came In tinewer I' called again and again, but the place I had betn In only two hour before waa as still aa the grave, I walked toward the liver, shivering with fenr. On tho way I counted the bcalles, more than fifty of them. I climbed down the uint and there, crouched n the witer, I found the people. Dur ing the passing- of ths tire, women had iold tholr Ncreamlng chll'ii't n's mouths In the witcr and Intel stood mouth deep In the water themselves," , Several, It la reported, Imve boon found in well in the neigh horliood of Bandstone, clwvd. A was Ihe case at Prestlg"), during tha forest Arc In Michigan twenty-three year ago, the wells were euffooaitlng spots and were a dlamal refuge. RAIN nUBSSRS MICHIGAN. DetmH, Sept. 4. A ?.lsraitch from the upper pcminaula of Michigan showH the raimfiiJl of lrat night eftectiuia.lly stopped the floraat fires and will save million of feet of pine, besides crops and houaee. The damage already done, however, 1 imimense, and In many looalltlce can only be avoided by an Immediate cutting of the tim ber. Thero Is cot.slderaible evidence that many Area were set by men who knew the wcorched pine would 'have to bo cut at once, thuw glvng thc?m work. The Area will also foe into the imxrkot much pine that was held by the Noon logging capitalist for tho purpose of spoculatlon. It 1 thoug'ht nearly every foot of standing pine In Ontowag,on county 1b burned, fully 100,000,003 feect. , , NHUW) TflORK F1RB3. Buffa-lo, N. ' Y., flopt 4. Fires in nVia nrlu ii in at tvunitv ifiiffli a rtrjuVrtii n icr through the meadows, woode and farm. I Number of fn,mllIo ibarely escaped with their lives, They nave organised a bucket tirlgulii to kccp the flame from burning hauaes. In the Vicinity of Wlndom forest tire are raging, The farmer are plowing to check the llnme, Dunkirk, N. Y., Sept. 4, Forest fires are raging In thl vicinity, Men, worn en and children are fighting the flame day and night. Thousand of dollar' worth of property 1 burned. The vil lage of Fredcam wa threatened. A NOBLE RESOLVE. Tncnma, Wash., Sept. 4. Director tieneral Hucey, of the Inter-stale fair, today wired the mayor of Duluth ask tug If further flnanclal aid waa needed for the aufferer from the eaatern for est fires, It I proposed to set aside one day' proceed of admission at th fair fur Ihe sufferer. MORK OF THE SAD TIDINGS, St. Paul, Sept. 4. A Pioneer Press special from Pine City says: Hurled at Hinckley and vicinity tit; at Hand tone 17: Pokegama 25; Milter 12; esti mated dead not found K0, Total K7J The Hinckley horror I dawning In Ha awful magnitude, There are now lying In the desolate cemeteries under a lmllow covering of sand or In rude, rough boxes which take the place of casket, 211) bodle. F. J. Weber, of Pine City, who haa the entire charge of Interment, had hi work well In hand and ha kept the most accurate nreouula of thw bodies. These figure are hi and In clude those bodle burled by friend. Four treuehe tn all have been opened, separated by about four feet. Coin, iioiiuing on the south. In the north trench there ate forty-five unboxed corpse. In trench No. 2 are twenty boxes, many containing from twenty tn twenty-five bodle. In the third are lhlrty-even boxes like the other. The fourth trench I not yet In use, but there are plied up nineteen boxes which will be put in tomorrow morn ing, Th foreman of the Duluth construc tion train reported to Coroner Cowan tHa afternoon that !a the hill at the north end of the bridge acroa Orlnd- stone river were nine bodle so com pletely Incinerated that the sex could not be distinguished. A few rod from where the Duluth depot stood wa found the body of a woman. To thl mutt be added the few bodies ahlpttad out, two burled by Jim Hunt' party of cruisers, four interred by another explorer, making a total of about 226 accounted for In Hinckley and vicin ity. Amaxlng estimate are being made. but there I tio foundation for them. There are undoubtedly settler and men In lumber camp burned who are not yw discovered. A search for them will be prosecuted with vigor and they will be burled where they lie. There is an unknown number of dead In the mill pond, It I as yet unnpproachable, Tti bank was covered with sawdust and not far away wa the Brennan mill and lumber yard. A number of per sons were seen to go to the pond. No one came nut alive, and a the tire Is till burning there, It may be a day or two before thl pool of water can be examined. At Pokegama the dead will run over twef.ty-flve. At Miller they buried twhlv. At ' Handslifii sixty-seven: These figures, with the estimate of those not yet found, brings the total up to 378. The latter estimate may be too low, but It Is a matter of abso lute conjecture and It Is here that widely different 'reairt are found. Some think at least 200 settlers In catnips are yet to be found. STATE TOURNAMENT. ORHOON CITY.' Sept. 4.-Thera waa big crowd In the city to wltmwa the races of the laat day of the State Vol unteer Fireman' torunnment. The first race was a straightaway 300 yeards, wati-r a".U thnwgh 300 feot of hose. The time made by the compet ing team we a follows: Vancouver 54 4-6 aeeond; Oregon City 40; Cor valll H; Astoria 4X2-5. Astoria was ruled out because the nnxxle waa not properly screwed on, giving Oregon City tho prtxe of $100, Corvnlll getting $50. In the New York tit thl afternoon, the Ciwvulll team fallfd to get water, tlie Vancouver team nuido tt In 1:21 and Oregon City In 1:311-5, though their cart got broken by ho catching of the coupling. The prlxos were $125, and $r,o. The fisit race of 100 yarda wa run by three men drawn by lot, one from each of the three team, fcr a prlxe nnxxle. Thl wa won by Fred Oberer, of Corvnlll, In 11:15 seconds. BASE BALL SCORES. Brooklyn, 8opt. 4. Brooklyn 0, Cleve land . Philadelphia. Philadelphia 6, Cin cinnati 2. Baltimore,-Baltimore 9, Chicago 8. New York. Plttobuig 13, Now York 14. Boston, Boa-ton 20( Louisville 11. PRETTY BOAT RACE. Astoria, Or., Sept. 4. Tho aloop May flower, of Illwoo, Washington, and the sloop Pearl, at Bay Center, raced over a 13 3-8-knot course today for a wager of $1,000. The race waa won by the Mayflower by 4 minutes and 45 second. There wn half a gale blow ing from the aontliweat at the time, tho boat making the prettiest race ever run on the Columbia, river. MODESTY KILLED THEM. A rienaurj Party In California Meets a Sod Fate. Tolnt Arena, Cal., Sept. 4. A camp ing party from San Fratwasoo, con elating of W. H. Hlgglneon, aeoond ofllcor of tho steamer Oakland, his wife and daughter; William Spohn, hi wife and two children; Ed. Reed and F. Small, of Wells, Fargo & Co., and James E. Wing, were camped near hem Thl morning they wore awakened by a dog barking and heard a large red w.xd tree cracking. The mon ran, but the ladles stopped to dress. The tree Ml over both tent, killing Mrs. Hlgglneon and hor daugh ter, Sadie, and breaking the legs of Spohn and Reed. AN J3MBEZ7,LEIl ON TRIAL. Moscow, Idaho, Sept, It. The Hinck ley case waa called this morning in the district court. Counsel for the de fendant withdrew 'hla demurrers) and tho prisoner pleaded guilty to three charges of forgery. He will be sen tenced Thursday morning. Hinckley U tho deputy auditor who embezzled $20,000 of county money by a system of bogus county worranta. WHEAT AND HOP9. Liverpool, Sop. 4. Wheat steady; demand moderate ; No. 2 winter 4s 4d; spring 4s 4d. - San, Frainicisco. Wlnmt 85 ito 95c. New Yoi-k.-dloiiB dull, , 1 Mr. Stewart, of Nevada 'Turns Populist. Still Another Phaze of His Character. Mrs. Glasscock RecKe the Oltl Sena tor's Amorous Scheme In Her Caw -A Plausible Story. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4,-The Even. Ing Star says: "Today furnished a gnu!n tenatlon in political circle by ths Statement that Senator John P, June, of Nevada, who ha repre nted his atate In the United States senate for over twenty-one years, has formally renounced his allegiance tu the republican party, and cast his lid with the populist. It I understood his change of policy I on the ques tion of sliver, VENERABLE; FACES DANGEROUS. Washington, 8pt, 4, Mr. Carrie Brady Glasscock, defendant In the divorce suit In. which Henator Stewart of Nevada, I co-respondent, ha writ ten a statement of her case for the Raleigh, N. C New and Ouavrver. Hhe give in detail the story of her alleged rebut Ion with the Nevada senator, beginning with hor office (eking attempts In Washington, and of the senator providing her a place and loaning her money when the po sition had not been obtained. Her statement, after narrating the sen ator's absence from the city, goes on as follows: "He (Seriator Stewart) wa very cordial and friendly, even, fatherly toward me. HI venerable face pre vented hla demonlratlon of affection from being a offensive a they other wise would have been. He seated me on hi sofa, and Inquired after my health, and a I waa still afflicted with malaria, he said he had a sure remedy,' Which he took himself. 17 made up a dose In a glass and gave it to me to drink. It put me to sleep. When I came to myself, I found he had taken advantage of me. I ac cused him of the crime and started to leave hi olflce. He pleaded with me not to make a scene, that he had a family at home, that he lad been overcome with hla attachment for ma; that he obliged me ro long, had worked so hard to get me a position. had given me money when my family was sick, and I In great dlstrr; that I ought not do him the great injury of exMiaure. He assured me he had certain and Immediate prospects of securing a permanent position for mo for a large salary, which would place me and my children In comfortable safety from want In the future. Ill prom ise aavl lluttery finally overcame my indignation, and I consented tu ac cept (I, e permanent position he wa soon to have ready for rae. When I called again to receive the appoint ment. It wa not ready, but hi prom ises and flattery were. He had ac quired power over me; aa 1 had not exposed him he could expose me; be sides I owed him money I could not pay. He persuaded me to submit to him. I waa now at -his mercy, and he could command me as he pleased." - ; Then follows the details of the money paid, the promises to obtain a position, and the frequent visits at hla ofllce. "One of his bank checks," Mrs. Glasscock says, "which was1 found In my pocket by my husband, aroused hla suspicions, and then he followed me when I went out and had others watch me. He met me soon after coming out of the aenator's room. He created a stormy atene with me, and I realised the shadow Into which I had been led, 'and life no longer appeared worth living, and but for my children I think I would have drowned myself." WILL 8AY NOTHING. Waahlmrton, Sept. 4. Senator Stew art wa seen concerning the statement of Mrs, Oliwseoek, and "beyond reit erating the charge that the husband and wife were trying to extort -money from htm and blackmail him, he would say nothing. The case la In court and ho would -make no further atntement before coming to the court. OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS. News of the Northwest Gathered from Various Sources. The Oregon. Press association will meet In Pendleton the latter part of thla month. A corn palace will be one of the at tractions of the state fair at .Salem during the week commencing Sept 17th. The Weston Leader has suspended, at least temporarily, because Its adver tising patronage has dropped to $11 a month, - - Antelope and Mitchell hope, by com bining their efforts, to secure the cre ation of a new county from a part of Wasco, Crook and Grant. Doc Sperry, tho Oregon pacer, la doing groat work in tho East at Fort Wayne; on Saturday he won three straight limits In 2:10, 2:09, -2:09. The Sandwich Islands have recurcd a stage driver from Oregon. John Mar- lln of The Dalles-Prlnevllle stage line has Just loft for hla now route on the Hawaiian group. It Is rumored among steamboat mm that the Oregon Pacific, will put on two steamers to carry tho grain this fall; also that It Is their Intention to operate their river boats. About two years ago Burdette Wolf murdered Birdie Morton at Mt. Tabor. He was never captured. A Portland paper declares that he was at the Bcene of the murder last week. Sixty machines for saving the gold In tho sands of the Columbia have been sold at Watervllle, the seller agreeing to take the. proceeds of ten diys' work- with the machine for the pay. Sunday Welcome: "Somebody tried to make a fuss at Newport because a man seized a lady's leg, mistaking R for a bannister, But she only laughed about It said probably he didn't know the difference." The resumption of work at 'the woolen mills place all the factories In operation In Oregon City, Two hun dred hands ere employed In the wool en mill; the paper and pulp mills have 250 men, and 150 are working on the new electric plant. Recently Newport was visited by a Highest of tU in Livening lis tCClGJuCri C3JDD party of San Francisco capitalist, who are negotiating for a lt on which to erect a flnct class summer hotel. It Is to cost not les than $50,- 000, and It I their Intention to have It completed In time for next eaoti. Th grahopper have taken the country across the Columbia from The Dalles. In the foothills the leaves have all been eaten off th oak tree. and the corn ha been stripped until nothing but the bare stalks remain. The hasei bushes have been robbed of their folluge. The big Chlneso firms of Seattle, an ticipating that the duty on wines and liquors would be reduced by congress, left most of their large receipts In the bonded warehouse. The new tar iff law haul down the duty from $2.50 per gallon to $1.80, and now smooth John Chinaman laughs and says he Is a "belly smurt man." WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW. Prices paid fur Btapla Product at the Metropolis. Portland. There riaa been a decided Improvement In business In the local markets, boginnlng with the preex-nt week, and wholesale dealers particu larly report Increaaed orders, Grain I tout slightly changed, and bag are quoted at the aame reduced price. WHEAT. , Good reports continue to come from tha grain fields of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The rain, has not dam aged the wheat or oats, a ha general ly been supposed. Quotations are lightly advanced aa follow: Walla Wslla, (HVjC ft 70c per cental, and Val ley, 75c77Vcje per cental. Reerbohm'a grain report says: Wheat -Steadily held. California, spot Jot. 4 'id; off cot, 23 td; nearly due. 23 (d; promptly to be shipped, 24s: Walla Walla, spot lots, 4a ti'Ad; off coat, 21s d; present and following month, 22s d: Australian, off coaat, 23a; present and following months, to U. K., 21s; cargoes off ooaat and on passage, quiw. LOCAL QUOTATIONS. Flour Balem and Dayton, $2.25 per barrel; Walla Walla $2.90. Oats Quote Ntx.1 white, feed oats, at 30c on track, and good winter gray from 25e to 2Se. Barley Feed barley 70c & 72Vj0 per cifal an the exlCreme. Brewing la worth 80c 0' 85c per cental, according to quality. Hay-Good, $10 e $11 per ton. BuWer Oregon fancy creamery 22'Xie 25c per pound; fancy dairy 20c 22Vje. Onions New California, red, lc per pound; yellow, le. Potatoes New Oregon are slow at 35ctJ50c per sack. There are plenty of California swest potatoes, quoted at lo. Paul 'ry Old chicken are quoted at $3 0 $3,50 per doxen, and young at $2 (j) $2.25, according to size, Kgg Quotations advanced yester day from 12Vic to 15o, and closed at the latter price. The supply la limited, and a continued advance in price is anticipated. Vegetables iLima beans, 4e per pound; sweet potatoes, lc; Oregon cabbage, IVic 2c ; string and wax beajn)i, yp (P. 2c; corn1, 8c IP 10c per doxen. Fresh fruit There ia a plentiful sup ply of all kinds of fruit except grapes. Snake river peaches, 40c 60c; Con cord grapea. 75o per crate; Hood river apples, $1.25. Wool Valley, 7Vt &o. aiccordlng to quality; Umpqua, 7c 9c; Eastern Or egon, 8o7c. , Hops There is no settled market price. Dealers anticipate opening at 7c c. THE VALUE OF SUCCULENT FOOD. When the Jerrcys were tugging away at the contest at the World's fair last year, Superintendent Fuller made up his mind that his cows needed more succulent food than they were get ting, If they were made to do their beat Accordingly he contracted with Mr. A. O. Fox, of Oregon, Wis., for a carload of fresh green clover every day, and the effect upon the cows was considered very satisfactory. We notice in Bulletin No. 20 of the New Hampshire Experiment station, that an experiment was carried on which again clearly brings out the wonderful value of succulent food- In the production of butter. A ration of hay, oat hay, ensilage and mixed grain wa fed as a baBlo ration to each 1,000 pounds of live weight In cow. The nu tritive ratio waa 1 te 6. Then the cows were fed In turn a series of oils to see if fat could be fed Into the butter. First cottonseed oil, then corn oil, then palm oil, then cocoanut oil, then oleo oil, lastly stearlne or tallow fat. Twelve ounces of oil was fed of each of these oils. On the hay, ensilage and grain ration, one of the cows gave 1.23 pounds, of butter fat a day, When the twelve ounces of palm oil was added the same cow gave 1.30 pounds of butter fat per day; with addition of atearlne she gave 1.29 pounds of butter fat per day, and the same figures when the twelve ounces of cotton seed oil was fed. The same ration of hay, ensttla&e, oat hay and grata was continued through all this different oil feeding. But when the cow was taken off both hay and grain ra tion and 'the oils and put on good pas ture she gave a average of 1.38 pounds of butter fat per day. Can we not learn from these and many more fawts within: easy reach of observation (that for the making of butter we should provide the cow with good hay cut at the succulent stage, and ensi lage, roots, etc., if we wish 'her to do her level best in providing us with butter fat? We should keep an eye steadily on the one fact of approach ing as near as possible the succulent condition when we prepare hor food for her. Hoard's Dairyman. A GREAT MISTAKE) Is made If one confounds Bunnell's Hair Restorative With the many hair preparations for sale, which, dye the hair, aa it Is not a dye, but produces healthy hair of Its youthful color by iurnishing to the hair roots tho lack ag t natural constituent elements of ialr, preventing oaldness, removing dandruff and diseased scalp, render ing the hair elastic, soft and 'brilliant. By druggists, price $l.op per bottle. Sold by G. W. Putnam, druggist, No. 255 Commercial street, Salem, Or, 4 Power Lttert U.S. Gov't Report O i ) Ill Historic Kemains of an Extinct Volcano. It Was Explored by Hon. J. A. Wright. . Story of a Beautiful Indian Maiden Pluuriuf Into the Burnlnf Crater to Kacape Punishment of Enemies. Crater mountain la one of the Uma tilla Indiana' great spook depot from ancient tlmea. Buck that are now white with tlie fcoary frosts of many winter recollect to hanging in the tree tightly trapped to their nursing board while their mother roomed the foroetx In search of game for the lord of creation or wood for (he tepee, and from Ir fancy love to relate how the Great" Spirit spoke to them with, the awful voice of terrlAo thunder In the bowdla of the earth. Many are the stories and legends of Indian lore: tld of Crater mountain, . One of tho favorite ones la told of a great war between the Shoshone and Umatilla. When the Umatillaa had conquered their foe they proceeded to slaughter old and your g reg&rdlea of sex. One beautiful Shoshone maiden, seeing thai death was inevitable from 'her pursu ing foes, plu.iged headlong Into tha burning crater, and Instantly th vol canic eruption ceased, much to the consternation of her pursuers, who, on the following day found on lookinc down the chasm of inky darknea a resplendent light with the form of the Shoshone maiden In the midst of tha apparition. They told tt to their dusky worriers, and to this day Crater moun tain Is looked upon with a reverence from an Indian point of view that al most passe the bound of cupidity. Many tlher atories are extant of Uiia volcanic wonder. However, sufficient la in light to make the explorer pause and reflect on tha mighty power of nature and the punlty of mankind when weighed in the scales of power. The following, says the Baker City Demo crat, is from the dairy of Hon. J. A. Wright, who I a careful scientist, ever, on the alert for something new and always ready to look into the deep mystarles of nature: Crater moun tain la located, some eJeven male from the camp of Cornucopia, on the south side of the range whose caps are tlpperl with t eternal siiowl Many chasms and fissure have In the misty past cleft the mountains and left them In the most fantastic shapes. Vege tation cjaeea to grow after a certain height Is reached and close under the base of one of the great, peak Is the famous extinct volcano. Ashes and lava are found in great profusion and In such Indescribable masses that It makes the ascent one of peril and great diffoulty. However, once at tha top, a peek down Into the blank, fath omless afcyss supplies the most morbid minds with all the semaUonallam nec essary for a lifetime. ; A favorite amusement was to throw rocks down and listen to the sounds as they struck on the projecting sides of the dark chimney until the sounds died away leaving nothing but for the mystified explorer to guess It had reached the bottom, ifa-ny have been the etoriea circulated of the wonderful cavern that extended from the sides of the great chimney. A stout cable waa provided and a basket swung from & pulley. The Horn Joseph with camera and note book wa carefully lowered some 378 feet when he noticed on ap erature n the side of the chimney. and by signals agreed upon a halt waa called in his downward career, and he crawled through a cleft in the great; chimney, and the work of exploration begun. The first sight that met hla astonished gaze was a most stupend- uous onamber from whose mighty dome hung stalactites of great beauty, which was enhanced by the light of the can dle, and fairly struck terror to bis heart, as the flickering candle seemed to possess the power of some unseen hand that made millions of the bril-. llont stalactites dance in resplendent beauty. A great snowy owl blinked his two balls of Are at the astonished Jo seph, and with such a persistency ha thought surely this Is the witches'' cauldron" and expected to find perched on some point of rock one of the Imps from tha unfathomable hereafter. However, nothing of the kind come In view and the explorer groped hla way ta the far end of the chamber, where he thought he heard sounds of falling water, nor waa he mistaken, for, squeezing himself through an opening; he found himself in another chamber of great baauty with a stream of hot sulphur water running into the earth or rocks. The Incrustation from the sulphur water had transformed the cavern into a coral like substance and left It In eu;h fantastic shapes. He found In the water some lively HttJe lizard and some frogs that change, oolor on the slightest provocation, two large rats, who eyed tha explorer with a curiosity that seemed to bode no good and he longed for his little gun." Awarded Highest HonorsWorld's Fair. cnmi M1RS MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grtpe Cream of Tartar Powder, first from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THB STANDARD.