DAYTON HERALD loss Fire DAYTON ... i ~ ' ' OREGON. WEEK’S DOINGS General Review of Important Happen. The Japanese are preparing for an- Other assault on Port Arthur. Tbe Portland postal receipts for the flee*) year juat ended show ao increase of 851,000. HI ehcock declare« that the deci don in tbe Benaon caae will not affect tbe proeecution ot the land ling. John Bairett, ministei to Paniua, ia in Wa hiugtou, wbeie be will confer with the president about conditions on the isthmus. A great battle is raging between Liao Yang and Mukden. Tbe Japaneae have again in imed the offensive sn«t the RuMian advance haa been checked A terrible storm swept the Honduras coast the latier part of september whi«-h lasted for th ee days. Enorm­ ous damage wa* suff« red. TI jb banana crop ia reported ruined. Field Marshal Oyama ia Mid to have ordered a retreat to Liao Yang and had is *aoo,ooo DEATH LIST BIG Destroy« Three QÜ j H mm Blocks in Winnipeg. Wlnnlper, Man., Oct. 13 —Fire to­ night deatroyed three of the fine*t bu»- ineaa block* in thia eity, entailing a loee of at leaat 8800,000. For a time the . flame« threatened to spread to ad­ joining buildings, and but for the splendid woik of the fire brigade a much larger money damage would have been incurred. Thq fire atarted in the new Pullman block, which waa ■ totally deatroyed. The Aehdown Hardware company, । on Bannatine atreet, one of the largest ee- tabliahmente nf ita kind in Canada, wm next attacked by the flames. Many explosions were caused by powder and cartridges carried in the stock of the hardware company, but no one was in­ jured. The Rialto block and the Great Northern telegraph office were also de­ stroyed. There ia no estimate of the amount of Insurance. 1 . Thè Woodbine hotel block and Dufferine block were abo badly dam­ aged. The chief sufferers in thoee blocks were the Slater Shoe company, tbe Gundy Music company, Calder’s photorgaph supplies, and Raver’s sta­ tionery stock and Connelly, drugs. The electric light and power service was cut off owing to the fire, and all newspaper offices are in darkness. The Free Pres* office, in the rear of the Bullman block, escaped Injury. JAPANESC GUNBOAT LOST, anea ■ «'■mid have b en defeate-i. Oya I Hei Yen Strikes a Mine, and Nearly 200 Persons are Drowned. ma i< i ely t> be ie.alled and succeed Tokio. Oct. 13.—The Japanese gun­ ed by No Izu. boat Hei Yen struck a mine off Pigton Thr«tan»hip Stanley fr«>m Ho>g bay on the night of September 18 and Kong to 'ou’h Africa, with 2,260 cool-' ie*. grounded in Ihe China »«• 4f,®r foundered. It is officially stated that 197 men were lost. Those rescued the eMp was fl at «i, several boles were managed to reach Chiao Pai island, found in her hull and it was nectssary to land all her pass ngera with provis­ from v h cb they were rescue 1. Per­ mission was today granted by the au­ ions for 10 days. Assistance will be thorities to publish the details ot the sent them. disaster. Germany and Russia are reported to The Hei Ven, which was engaged in have made a secret agreement. guard dnty off Pigeon bav, whs missed Kt, Peter! surg ia confident that Ku i>y the fleet,.and a search for the vessel was immediately begun. The petty L„jopatkln will relieve Port Arthur. officeis and sailors found on Chiao P«i Tokio ha* advices that three Russian island reported that at d isk on Sep­ ships at Port Arthur have (seen loet; tember 18 a storm came up. accompan­ London war experta believe that th« ied by high seas. Tbe Hei Yen endrov- Rnaxian mlvence ie just what the Jap ored to return to her baae, when she suddenly struck a floating mine, which aueee want. exploded under her etarboard side General Funaton, in hia annual re- amidships. The vessel began to sink, “ port, urges an increaae in the pay ol and an attempt was made to lower the enlrstW men in tbe army. boata. The boats were swamped and Labor Commleslorer Hoff, of Oregon, the crew jumped into the sea, where, report«"that tbe c»iet of living has in- owing to tbe heavy combers, they were creawd 15 per cent in tbe past four quii'Xly drowned. The Japanese fleet carefully searched years. the patrolled,locality, but failed to find An officer who ha» jn«t escaped front any other aurvivora. P »rt Arthur nays there are plenty of "An official announcement of tbe storeM yet unb uche I. The garrison «lieaster, i-sued today,J*ys: now «ompriee* 23,000 -»«idlers and 18 • "It is highly regrettable that- no re- IMHt sailors. port in any form has been recevied of The Ba'ti fl^At has at last mad« the fate of the other survivors. The what i* « e- la re« I t»y the authoritiea ft» -sd evert wss msde worse on sceonnt actual »tar in» the Far Ea t. Fro«»« of the weather, whteh must have added olb“r w«ur es, ho «ever, it is sai«l th» greatly to the already awful result H» et th nn»eawuriliy and anoth»-i poet- «■aused by tbe explosion of the mine." p nwH-nt ia expect«*!. CAUGHT WITH HIS MOLDS. * "T L <•’ A darii g jwB bleak haa been fru*- trai< d ihe Multnomah county jail. Five prisoner* propoetrd to trill the Secret Service Men Swoop Down on * Counterfeiter at Work. jailer, bin th- plot waa revealed by a matt cnudemiie.1 to l>e hung, who ia Seattle, Oct. 13 —Cfnited States Sec- awaiting a decision of the supreme ■et Service Agent Bell, of this city, to­ cou' t day descended upon a counterfeiter’s Burglars gained entrance to a Bilv-j cabin in the woods nine miles west of i'itv. X«v . ai< re and eecund |2 300 in lacoma and captured H. N. Stone vir­ . tually in the act of manufacturing •è« J spurious United states balf dollars, quarters and dimes. Mr. Bell was as­ ii|f>i«xl «.y Bolivia ami Citila within » sisted in the rai l by a deputy United States marshal, two Tacoma detectives The national 1905 lair committee and a *(>e vive a reighof terror. discovered in a stove. where they had R.ihtwr» dry only a few minutes Freelaml, In i , bank. It ie reported •wfore stone confessed hie gnilt when confronted with theevidence, but main- that they multd |20,d<>0. «ainad that he was only "experiment­ Tdkio has advice* ehowljig that the ing" and had not actually put mv of Japenere loeeee are not n«L ly aa large the counterfeit money into circulation. aa reported by tbe Rueaiane. Th« cahin in which Stone conducted Rivers in New Mexico have epain hia operations ie located in a «lense ovarfl twed their banka, causing addi­ swan p, entirely removed from nuinan It is conceded that it tional loxoe to lailroad and other prop habitati- n would haidly have been discovered had not the secret service officers secured a Assistant Secretary of tbe Navy Dari clew in Seattle, where a considerable log «ÌH visit thè ernst tn Noveml«f part of the lay nt w .s pure baaed. ami in-pect the Puget sound and Mare ialand navy yarde. Many Greeks Assassinated. Ahtens, Oct. 13—The lol'owing semi­ The first great American auto rare, for the Vanderbilt cup, r» suited in the official statement has been issued: death of one chaffeor and fatal injuries Hardly a day passes without atsssein- Li a milli naire. An American won at ioni of Gieeks polled from Mac Sunday the race. in the village of Brote, near Monaetir. One of the first acta of the ne «Uns an Orthodox priest was murdered while tian minieter of the interior was to db- he was celebrating mass, and his wife A ehaiwe the tedygua d ««This prede eseoi. was burned alive in her home. Greek notable was also aMaaeinated in The M ikden situation remaina un- the church. The object of these crimes ehanged. ---___ is to terrorise the Gretjts intodeclaring " German shipbuilder« «re, hnsy turn­ themselves to be members of the Bui- garlan committee. ing out war supplies (or R um I*. The dredge Chit ook baa made the Admirals of the Baltic Fleet. channel acriwa the her at the mouth ol 8t. Petersburg, Oct. 13.— The Official tbe Columbia two (eet deeper. ■ . Messenger has anncunced 'he appoint­ Ruaeiana claim that Japaneae are ment of Vice Admiral Besobrasoff, com- cutting off the qnenea of- Coreaiia and mander'bf the first squadron of the Pa­ forcing them to join the army. cific fleet, to he aenior admiral of the Rue-ian Amh**Mdnr McCormick ie Baltic fleet, and of Rear Admiral Hanpe, naval commander at the Port coming home on leave «1 aheence. of Vladivostok, to be junior admiral of The German steamer Progree« haa the Baltic fleet. Rear Admiral Greve ran a cargo of coal - into Vladivoetok will aneceed Rear Admiral Haupt aa ami officer* of the vmm I My it i« ee»y commander at the Port of Vladivoetok. to elude tbe JapaneM. Admiral Jessen will assume command of the first Pacific squadron. It ie reported that the fire of the Jap­ anese land hatteriM have eeverely dam Predicted China Would Profit. ^aged hur Russian warships in tbe London, Oct. 13 —The Times today harbor of Port Arthur. It ia stated that one of the vooeela waa completely publishes the summary of a letter al leged to have been written by Li Hung wrecked. Cbang ahortly before hia death, pre­ The Rritiah steamer Bisban from H«ng Konv. has been seised bv tbe dicting that little harm would come Japanee» off Niu Cbwang. Tbe Bi»- from allowing tbe Rueaiane to hold han rai r ied acanro of cattle and flour Manchuria, because it would lead to war between Ruasia and Japan, and intended for Port Arthur. then China, by espouaing the winning The volcano Palee, Martinique island aide, would be able to recover Man­ la In violent eruption. churia. Brigadier Gen» ral William 8. Worth, Russians Hold Railways. retiiwi. is critically ill. Mukden. Oct. 13.—Tbe battle com- Tire Jspanee* are capturing many this morning junks l«ied»d with proviaioua trying to menred __ _ along the line of en^r port Arthur. the railroad with a terrific artillery fire - Th. Russiane are dleplaying gnat lofhrtdan. The railway line 81- activity at Mukden, the move ia in doubt. Ruasiana. CRASH IN DEEP CUT Bad Freight Wreck on Northern pa­ cific in Montana. Twenty-Eight Killed in Mis­ souri Train Collision. " I the worat freight wreck« which hae oc­ By EMILE GABORIÁU curred on the Rocsy Mountain diviaion “You shall have a hundred,” Interrupt­ SIXTY OTHtBS ARE INJUBED of the Northern Pacific in m«ny y«*re, ed M. Verduret, “if you ovvrtakq a car­ riage which haa half an hour’s-start of from the atandpoint of -delayed traffic, ua. Sleeping Passengers Hurled In Ev took place at an early ^our thia morn­ CHAPTER XII.—(Continued.) “Whew”’ cried th* delighted driver; tied brother. Ruined and harassed by ing, about five mileakaat of Garriaon, ery Direction—Scene of Wreck Aa M. Verduret spoke Proeper nrcon- debt? Louis entered the army, but be­ “jump iu quick, we are loving tlm*!” Mont. Freight cars loaded with ex ­ eidered his resolution to emancipate him­ haved so disgracefully that he waa dis­ And. whipping up hi* lean horse*, he on Down Grade. ' port shipments tor the Orient, were self from his guide nee. He felt hope and missed. After leaving the army we loat galloped them down the Ku* de Vaieia confidence returniug to him. sight of him; all we can discover la that at llghtuing apeed. Waahington, Oct. 12.—Twenty-nine piled 50Jeet high, and ths wreckage of “If I could only be sure that you are lie went to England, thence to a German persons weie killed and 60 injured by two traina ie scattered along the track right.” he murmured. gambling resort, where he became noto- CHAPTER XV, “Obetlnate mas, wk will you shut your rioua for hia scandalous conduct. Latsr a collision of Missouri Pacific trains, for a considerable dlstanos. Leaving the little station of" Veslnet eyes to the clearest evidence? Don’t we find him again in Parle. He wee re come upon two roads. It was at the three miles west of Warrensburg,- at 4 Traffic was brought tq a complete o'clock this morning. The trains were among the most depraved classes. But stepped the hack. Th« driver had galn- the second section of passenger train standstill, and no traina were able to the name of the thief?” “Impossible.” he auddenly heard of the 'return of a *d hia hundred francs. The hontea were No. 30, which left Wichita, Kan.-, for pasa the * her by the Japaneae boarding officer. pla may assert that the Widow Lagors married and had a child burn after her husband's death. Thia objection Is de­ stroyed by ths sgs of your friend. Raoul la twenty-four, and M. ds Lagors has not boon desd twenty years.” “But” «aid Prosper, thoughtfully, “who can Raoul be?" “I don't know. The fact is, I am more perplexed to find out who he Is than to know who he Is not Thera is one man who could giro ns all the informa­ tion we seek, but hs will take good cars to keep hia mouth shut,” “Tou meau M. do Clameran?” “Him, and no one elee.” “I have alwaya felt the most inexplica­ ble aversion towsrd b*i. Ah, If ws could only get his sccount in addition to what you already have!” notes concerning ths Clamersn family by your father, who knew them well; they are brief, but I expect more. I will read yon the synopala of hia information: " Txinia de Clameran waa born at the Chateau de Clamerau. near Tarraacon He had an elder brother named Gaston, who. in coneequenct ef an affray in which he had the misfortune to badly wound two men. waa compelled to fly the ebnntry in 1842. Gaaton waa an honest, noble youth, universally beloved. Ixtuls. on the contrary, waa a wicked, deapica ble fellow, detested by all who knew Hesvy Fire Loss st Columbia. London, Oct. It. — The -morning Columbus, O., Oct. 12—Fire today Poet's Shanghai correspondent ray« it " ’Upon the death Of his father Louis ia stated that Lieutenant General Btofe- in the five story building in North eel has reported that unlean he ia re* High street, occupied by the Oolumbus came t# Paris, and in less than two bevel before December be muat aur- Dry Go«’« company, caused an aggre­ yean had squandered not only hie oyu patrimony, but also the share of hie ex- gate loee estimated at 1200,000. a I 4KikK^*-«>MMte Secret of the nuodered Safe “Well," aald the driver, “at thia time of night. In such dreadful weatbsr, it ought to be—twenty-flv* francs.” “And bow rnueb more for driving very rapidly F "Why, monsieur, 1 leave that to your gensroeity; bat if you put it at thirty-five handed M. Verduret a package, saying: “Gypsy found this." It wss s handsomely bound prayer book. M. Verduret rapidly turned over the leave», and soon found the pages from which th» words pasted on Proa par's letter had been ent. “I had moral proofs,” he esid. handing the book to Proeper, "but here Ie ma­ terial proof sufficient in itself' to save ^oq." When Proeper looked at the book he ti?rne