OREGON COURIER A, W. CHRNBT, Publisher. OREGON CITY OREGON LAST COREAN UPRISING Marines Were Landed From Foreign Warships. PROBABLE DEATH OF THE QUEEN Tremble Had It Inception Through Hr Dislike to the Newly-Organised Soldiers. Washington. Oct 16. Information of a formidable uprising in Corea, re suiting in the disappearance and prob able death of the queen and landing of military forces bv the United States ind European powers, has been receiv ed by Minister Kurino, of Japan, from the foreign office at Tokio. It is quite sensational, indicating the landing of " murines br Russia, the United States and probably Great Britain. The latest dispatch to Minister Kn rino itates that a force of Russian ma' lines, forty in number, has been land ed. Thus far they have confined themselves to guarding the Russian le cation near Seoul. United States ma "lines were landed from the Yorktown to the number of sixteen. It is believ ed British marines have been landed. Besides these the Japanese have a con siderable force of soldiers at Seoul, who have been preserving order. The dispatches oome from Tokio, and communicate the substance of dig- Hatches received from General Miira, the Japanese envoy at Seoul They are dated from the 9th to the 12th inst, and it appears from these dispatches that the trouble had its inception through the queen's dislike of the new ly organized soldiers of Corea. The old soldiers had the primitive equip ment of the far East, but with the progress of Japanese influence in Corea, two battalions of Corea n troops were organised on modern methods. Eaoh battalion numbered 600 men, armed with modern weapons. They were -well drilled and offloered. When the queen showed her disfavor toward these new troops they appealed to Tai Won Kun, a powerful chief, who had long been at enmity with the queen, He aooepted the leadership of the new troops, and, at the head of one battalion, entered the queen's pal ace. The native soldiers fled from the tfidaoe. The Tokio dispatch did not state -what had become of the queen, further -than that she had disappeared and can' not be located. The officials are in olined to believe however that the un official reports of the queen's death are "true. The Japanese government, the dinatoh further states, has acted aaiokly on the reports and has appoint ed a commission to inquire into the facia. In the meantime it is emphatically denied that the queen's death, if it has ooonrred. was due to the Japanese. One disDatoh says a Japanese soshi "Skilled the aneen. This is not yet con firmed in the dispatches received here. The offloials say that the soshi are an irresponsible andjlawless olass, and that their acts cannot be laid to we Japan ese people or government SYMPATHY FOR DEBS. .a Resolution Adopted by a Section of the American Railway Union. Devil's Lake, N. D., Oct 16. The general board of mediation of the -American Railway Union has adopted the following resolution, addressed to jthe employes of America: "Though overwhelmed and shatter d in the great strike of 1804, its mem' hers blacklisted and scattered, the onion has risen and is lighting the way to Industrial freedom. The rail way interests of the country are rapid ly vassing into the bands of a few men, nd the only hope of employes lies in unification, and progressive men are active in their efforts to bring this about To our beloved president, E. V. Debs, although you are behind priauu bars, deprived of your liberty by a oorrupt and servile tool of cor purations, backed by rotten adminis--tratiou, you live in the hearts of the common people. The employes of the Ureat Northern are with you, as they were in 18U4, and honor you as a leader who will yet load to victory." MorrU Park to Heopea. New York, Oct 15. Everything is in readiness for the meeting of the Westchester Racing Association at -Morris Park, whioh will beign to this week with a brilliant card. The pro gramme is the best of the year. It was especially framed to command the teat horses in training. It was de signed that not only might the new as euoiatiou win at once for itself the premiership of the turf, but that the year should have a brilliant ending. This meeting, it is realised, will be the reooommendation and the gurantee for 1898, Its promoters are proooeeding with enterprise and resolution. Tiiu' Mew Lew It In Force. Austin, Tex., Oct 16. The supreme court today handed down an opinion in the case of the tax collectors of Williamson and Hayes oounties, seek ing to force the controller to issue them a priaefight lioense, under the law passed at the regular session of the legislature, last spring. The oourt de clines to mandamus the controller on the ground that the special session of the legislature nnlifled all previous sou or law on the subject by passing a new law making prisefigbting a felony. THE OREGON INDIANS. Encouraging Reports Regarding Their Civilisation Washington, Oct 16. Some enoour aging reports oome from Oregon con corning the civilization of Indians upon the various agenoies of that state. This is esiieoially true of the Grand Ronde agency, where progress has been made and where the Indians have developed a desire to become something more than ordinary vagabonds, supported by the government From other agenoies the reoorts have not been quite so favor able, and it seems that the Oregon In dian is generally willing to take ad vantage of his privilege, as defined Judge Bellinger, and get dnmk. There is every possibility that a bill will be passed at the coming congress prohibiting the sale of liquor to In diana. whether he has taken bis lands in severalty or not Such a measure was prepared in the last congress, but it did not get through. It is doubtful under the construction placed upon the law of citizenship of the Indians whether oongress oan interfere in any such matter, except upon reservations, for the sale of liauor is regarded and held to be subject to the states as po lioe regulations may require. The law whioh the Indian offloe wants passed is to nlaoe the Indian on alloted land under the same jurisdiction as the In dian who has not yet severed bis tribal relations. It may delay the final extinction of the Indian race some years if liquor kent away from the Indians, but, at the same time, it will interfere with great and glorious privilege of the red man. The destiny of the Indian now is to get rid of himself as soon as possi ble, PORTLAND HAS 81,342. The Total Population Within the City Limits. Portland, Or., Oct 16. Portland has a population of 81,342 within its oity limits, and the oounty, outside of the oitv limits, has a population oi 11,608, making a total for Multnomah oounty of 93,960. Those are the at tested figures of the census taken by Assessor Greenleaf, which was com' Dieted yesterday and turned over by him to County Clerk Smith. The showing is a gain of nearly 10,000 in consolidated Portland in five years, the census taken by the United States gov eminent in 1890 showing a total of 72,857 souls residing within the city limits. The enumeration, of Multnomah county's census was commenced last spring, the field work under the super vision of Captain Greenleaf, requiring about one month. Sinoe that time small corps of clerks, under General Kapus, have been transferring the field notes to regular blanks, provided by the state, whioh will be bound in book form and preserved for future refer ence. Great care has been taken to avoid double counts and other errors that would tend to swell the totals, and Captain Greenleaf now believes that he has a true enumeration of every soul in Multnomah oounty. The totals have exceeded all previous estimates, and general satisfaction is expressed that the dull times have not visibly thinned out Portland's population. BEFORE JUDGE BEATTY. The Northern PaclBo Receivership Case In Idaho Courts. Moscow. Idaho. Oct 16. In the United States circuit oourt today the proceedings were begun in the North ern Paoiflo receivership matter by Judge Beatty announcing that he would appoint George W. Diokinson general manager of the road and its branches in Idaho, to the end that his operative aotions might extend from the Dakota line continuously west Ex-Senator W. F. Sanders, of Helena, appeared for the railroad company and urged the aooeptanoe of the resigns tions of Messrs. Oakes, Payne and Rouse, and the appointment of An drew F. Burleigh, presenting many reasons for prompt action, but Judge Beatty said he had hoped for a settle' ment of the controversy beyond the limits of Idaho, and had promised to give notioe to oounsel representing cer tain interests if a hearing were to be had. He finally said that he would hear argument October 23, at whioh date all parties interested would re oeive a hearing. Senator Sanders scored the old re ceivers, stating that they bad paid out $260,000 for counsel during the year; that a nenhew of Judge Jenkins was receiving $12,000 a year; that the road was being robbed in the interest of the first-mortgage bondholders, and mill ions were being spent on improving the road, instead of discharging lawful obligations, so that the bondholders would receive the road in the best pby sioal condition. The Vanderbllts lteronxlled. Brooklyn. Oct 16. It has become almost a settled rumor among the four hundred of New York and Brooklyn and among those who compose the Meadowbrook Hunt Club, of Long Isl and, says the Eagle tonight, that a reconciliation is probable between Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, and that, immediately following the mar riage of their daughter, Consuelo, with the Duke of Marlborough, a second ceremony will unite the parents a sec ond time in matrimony. The mar riage of Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt with the Duke of Marlborough is recognised as more the wish and desire of ber father than ber mother, and this union has been used by friends of both parents to bring about a happy understanding between them. This has been kept a close secret in the innermost circlet of the four hundred, but it has progressed so far that it need no longer be so closely guarded. I JWAR ON LOTTERIES Annual Report of Postoffice Department's Attorney. MANY FRAUD OKDK&S ISSUED Amended Lottery Aet lias Been Most Successful and .Virtually Closed the Malls to Lottery Concerns. Washington, Oct 15. John L. Thomas, attorney-general for the post office department, has made bis annual report to the postmaster-general. Of the operations of his office he says that during the year 218 "fraud" orders were issued, prohibiting the delivery of registered packages and the payment of money orders to oertain companies and parties named. Of these, however, thirty-eight were duplicate orders. The orders were issued against fifty-five lotteries, operated by so-called bond investment companies; twelve against avowed lotteries; 21 lotteries of a mis oellaneous obaraoter and 180 schemes devised to defraud the public. Seventy of these orders were revoked upon being made to appear that the parties operating the schemes had abandoned them. This left in force, at the end of the year, 148 orders, original and dnp lioates. Twenty-eight of the orders issued during the previous year were also revoked upon the proper showing, Mr. Thomas says that the aot of March 2, 1895, further amending the lottery act, has been most suooessful and has virtually closed the mails to lottery oonoerns. tie adds: "This aot goes further still, and for' bids international state carriers from transporting lottery matter from for eign countries into this country, or from one state to another. This de partment has no jurisdiction, however, to enforce this part of the law, and I cannot state definitely the extent to which the lottery carrying business has been checked by the act, but I am in formed that most, if not all, of the ex press companies yield obedience to it by refusing to carry the prohibited lot tery matter. It may be confidently as sorted that the death knell of the lot teries in this country has been sound ed, and their business has been vastly crippled, if not destroyed; but I am sorry to note the foot that many busi ness men think they must, in order to succeed, resort to schemes that appeal to the gambling spirit of the people, and they accordingly sugar-coat their legitimate enterprises with lottery ad vertisements, and thus create a desire for other and more pernioious modes of obtaining something for nothing by hazard or chance. These fascinating and apparently innocent schemes reach the boys and girls of the land and tend to make them gamblers. Tne number oi claims auowea ior . . 1 1 M losses by: burglary, fire, etc., were 1,306, amounting to $186,686. The attorney-general again urges a law compelling subordinates in post- offices to give security for the hand' ling of money, or making the post' masters responsible for the losses in curred by subordinates. Mr. Thomas also calls attention to an important subject in the following way: Attention has been several times during the year called to the danger oos and injurious matter deposited in the mails, and upon investigation it was shown that there was no penalty prescribed for putting such matter in the mails, and, indeed, there is no statute forbidding the mailing of these substances, such as poisons, matches, and other artioles liable to ignite or explode by shock or jar; live and pois onous insects and reptiles, smallpox virus or germs of contagious diseases, or fatty substances, liquids, or sharp tongued instruments. Some are very dangerous to the life, health and com fort of the body, and others are liable to damage other mail matter and mail- sacks if they should become loose in the mails." Probably an Old A flair. London, Oct 16. The Kohlniche Zeitung publishes a dispatch from a correspondent in Constantinople assert ing that information had been received there that Zabara, Arabia, in the Per sian gulf, had been bombarded by two British warships and had been destroy ed. The English government has no news of any such bombardment, and officials believe it refers to the shelling of Arab dhows off the town of Buhreim, in tho middle of September. The Belgic Floated. San Francisco, Oct 14. The steamer Belgio, which has been ashore near Yokohama, was floated today. Private advices say the steamer has been dragged off the reef and towed to Yokohama. There she will be placed in the government dry dock and tem porarily repaired. When she is in condition to go to sea again, she will be brought here and rebuilt It will probably be six months before she is ready for regular business. He Shot His Sweetheart. Eaton, O., Oct 15. Last night John Monroe Smith, aged 17, escorted home his sweetheart, Gertrude Lally, and quarreled with her on the way. Ar riving at the house, he shot and fatally wounded her in the presence of her mother. He then surrendered to the sheriff. Purchased Colorado Mines. Denver, Colo., Oct 14. Dennis Sullivan, T. Burke, Senator Bolziger, and some Eastern capitalists, have in corporated the Vendone Mining Com pany, and bought all the property of the Herbert Mining Company, and some adjacent mines comprising about forty acres in uiloin county. The nnoe ' paid is in the neighborhood of $480,000. ' THE UPRISING IN COREA. Complete Details of the Plot to Over. throw the Oovernntent. New York, Oct IS. A special from the Herald from Seoul, Corea, says: The palace was broken Into Tuesday morning by a body of Corean troops and a band of Japanese soshi in civil ian dress. The oolonel in command of the troops, on refusing to enter the palace, was killed and a number of the guards wre slain. The Japanese enter ed the queen's room and killed the queen, the minister of the household and three women. The bodies were taken outside and burned. Tbe Jap anese troops were at tbe palace, but took no part in the proceedings. Tai Won Kun, the king's father, reached the palace soon after the assault and assumed the ohief authority. He is now dictator, and is known to have been in the plot The pro-Japanese party are in control. Many of the op posing party have been arrested and many have fled. The queen-dowager was killed last night and the king will be forced to abdicate. Guards from the United States warship Yorktown and a Russian oruiser at Chemulpo have been ordered up. Great excite ment prevails. It is thought the but chery will hasten action on the part of Russia. A later dispatch says the plot to kill the queen was made by Corean friends of Tai Won Kun, and a responsible Japanese soshi. The Japanese troops were at the gates when the butchery took plaoe. The king is now a prisoner and his father has been proclaimed dic tator. A new cabinet has been consti tuted of pro-Japanese elements. The queen's offloials have fled. Appeals have been issued to the Coreans to re tire and expel the Japanese. A Jap anese soshi has been arrested for the murder of the queen. A SEATTLE MYSTERY. Peculiarly-Shaped Human Skull Is Pound In an Old Foundation. Seattle, Oct 16. Carefully con- oealed under boards in an old unfin ished buildng foundation in the heart of the city, a human skull and upper bone of an arm were discovered today, The skull had been scraped clean, and from its general oondition it was evi dent that death had taken plaoe a con sidefable time ago. Edward E. Davis, a contractor, made the disooovery ow ing to a peculiar incident last night He was going home, and saw the two men in the old foupdation. He yelled to them, and they scrambled out and ran away. Today be investigated and made the discovery. Tbe bones were first wrapped in brown paper, and tied with a small string, then put in a new gunnysack, and this was wrapped with a very long chalk line. Nothing about tbe skull in dioates foul play, but its shape is some thing wonderful It looks like an or ange that bad been squeezed. The left side of the skull is abnormally devel oped, and tbe right Bide is as fiat as B board. The forehead slopes directly back, and the nosebone is twisted to the right Ten teeth have been pulled from eaoh jaw, leaving three perfect double teeth on either side of both jaws. The Cholera Decreasing, San Franoisoo, Oct 16. The fol lowing advices received today per steamer China from Honolulu, dated October 7, state that cholera has run its course on the islands, but one case being reported since the last mail, making a total of eighty-seven oases to date. Passenger travel to the neigh boring islands is still restricted, but freight shipments are now freely mr.de. The government is in a ferment over another reported filibustering expedi tion. The polioe have all been armed and extra soldiers enlisted. It is re' ported a filibuster oraft, , with armed men, was seen about ten miles irom Honolulu, but the polioe tug failed to locate them. The oraft is supposed to be from South America, and it is olaimed that Ezcta and one of the Ash' fords are at the head of a movement to overthrow the present government and establish another of their own in its place. College Football. Cambridge, Mass., Oct 15. The prospect of a football game with Prince- ton is the one thing talked of among the followers of the game at Harvard, Tbe latter will do everything possible to bring about the game and it is said the only difficulty is a suitable date. Princeton hag named November 3 with the university of Michigan, but has open dates .November o and 6. Tbe latter date is objectionable because a week later both Harvard and Princeton play tbeir most important games, the former with the university of Penn sylvania and the latter with Yale. Princeton has a game with Cornell No vember 9, which, it is stated, the lat ter refuses to cancel although it is sug gested that Marshall Newell, the old I Harvard tackle, who is coaching Cor nell, may be able to arrange a date later. Mulr Tunnel Burning-. Helena, Mont, Oct 15. Fire has been raging furiously in the Mnir tun nel, on the Northern Pacific, between Boxeman and Livingston, for nearly a month. Two weeks ago both ends were sealed up for the purpose of smothering the fire. Thursday they were unsealed, and it was found that there was much less smoke in the pas sageway than at any time sinoe tbe fire broke out A large fan will be placed at one end of the tunnel and an effort made to create a draught The dam age to tbe tunnel cannot be estimated at this time, but it is believed to be very heavy. Large quantities of earth have fallen in on the track. Trains are being transferred very successfully on the new track recently constructed .k. nmnuin. Tbe tunnel jg 1 about 4,000 feet long. TRADE WAS TOO GOOD Heavy Volume of Business Causes Uncertainty. FEATURES OF THE FAST WEEK Material Decline In the I' lioe of Iron and Falling Off In the I'rlee for Woolens Are Reported. New York, Oct 14. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: The prioe barometer gives indica tions that are not entirely favorable, Cotton goods go up with increased evi denoe that the crop of ootton is short Prices of manufactured produots of wool, hides and leather all show some decline, the general abatement in new orders being the principal cause. With an immense volume of business, not much exoeded in the largest mouth of the exceptional year of 1892, and with evidence that in several branches the volume has surpassed that of any previous year, there is a growing un certainty about the near future of in dustries. Money markets are neither strained nor threatening, foreign ex change no longer raises apprehension, and all fears about the Great Northern crops are past There have been few advances in wages of labor within the past month, and only a few works have been olosed by strikes for an ad vanoe. The production of pig-iron October 1 was tbe largest in the history of the country, 301,415 tons weekly, against 194,309 tons September 1; 196,000 having been the highest in 1892, Stocks unsold are not stated, but sub stantially the whole production is in execution of past orders. On the other hand, new orders are exceedingly small. There is a marked decrease in almost all finished products. Tank steel is lower, bar iron is offered by some at concessions; plates are firm; the structural demand has greatly in oreased, and wire rods declined $1 to $29, with lower wire and a much re' duoed demand for nails. , Bessemer pig has fallen $1 to (15 at Pittsburg, and gray forge 25 oents, and prices of iron products average one-half per" cent lower for the West Discontinuance of the demand, which could not be ex pec ted to continue at the same rate after prices bad risen 62.9 per oent, leaves actual consumption in question. In woolen manufactures a demand for dress goods and some specialties keeps many fully employed, but most of the works making woolens, for which new orders are scanty, find not enough to keep them running. To pile up goods in advance, wholly in the dark as to future competition, involves suoh risks that some consumers may close for a time. Yet ' sales - of . wool continue heavy, 11,184,100 pounds for the week, largely speculative. The ootton manufacturer is peculiar ly favored by the rise in materials and by the extraordinary stocks of ootton brought over from last year, but goods are also advanoing. Wheat receipts have been 7,631,474 bufihels, against 4,690,181 last year, and Atlantic exports only 1,707,629 bushels, flour included, against 1,998,- 785 last year. The movement at Du- luth is so heavy as to absorb vessels and almost arrest more shipments. Failures for tbe past week have in cluded two banks and several oonoerns of some size, and have been 268 in the 'United States, against 331 last year, and 63 in Canada, against 48 last year. BEAT THE RATLROAD. Valuable Property on Oray's Harbor Is Involved. Tacoma, Oct 14. Letters have been received here from St Paul men well posted in railway affairs, who state that President Hill is working harder than ever to consummate his consoli dation plan. They say that the Deutsch bank, of Berlin, representing a majority of the bondholders, is ready to advance the money necessary for the reorganization of the Northern Paoiflo, about $15,000,000, if it is convinced that the Hill scheme is the right one. Men here who have been quietly in vestigating state that the sentiment of tbe people of Washington and Mon tana s practically unanimous against consolidation, and that tbe Hill Adams plan will encounter a serious obstacle in the constitution and laws of Montana. It is given out here to day that ex-United States Senator Sanders, of Monatna, has gone on the warpath against the consolidation scheme, with the intention of fighting it to a finish. Railroad men here assert that the Northern Pacific will soon be earning sufficient to nearly or quite pay the annual fixed charges of 19,000,000, and that this probability is fast putting the Hill plan to sleep. Present earnings are given at the rate of (6,000,000 to (7,000,000 above operating expenses. A New Transatlantic Cable. London, Oct 15. The Times' Paris correspondent says that directly parlia ment opens, Lebon, minister of com merce, will submit a bill ratifying the contract for a a new cable to be laid from Brest to New York, with branches to the West Indies and Brazil. Cholera la Russia. St. Petersburg, Oct 15. Official re turns for the last fortnight in Septem ber chow that there were during that time 4,429 new cases and 1,701 deaths from cholera in tbe province of Vol hynia. Te Inspect the Siberian Railway. Vladivostok, Oct 15. An Ameri can scientific expedition has arrived here to inspect the Siberian railway. The government will grant every facil ity for aooompiianing tneir wort. TO PREPARE FOR EMERGENCIES The Marblehead Ordered to) Proceed te Tnrkey at Ones. Washington, Oct 14. By request of Minister Terrell for the protection of missionaries in Turkey, the navy de partment has ordered the Marblehead to the gulf of Iskenderon. Minister Terrell has telegraphed that orders have been issued in all the provinces to protest Americans. It is not believed that there is immi nent danger of an outbreak, but the warship has been ordered to Turkey rather as a precautionary measure. Last summer Admiral Kirkland took his two ships, the San Franoisoo and. the Marblehead, into the same waters. There was not aoutal rioting in prog ress, but the situation had a threaten ing aspect Though tbe American warships could not get near the most disturbed provinces, the effect of their presence on the ooast was most salu tary, impressing the people, who, per haps, hover before bad seen American men-of-war, with a visible sense of the power of this country. It i surmised that Minister Terrell feels the time is now opportune to revive this impres sion. The state department is gratified with the energetio course of Mr. Ter rell, and bis dispatch indicates that be has forestalled the representatives of other powers and secured the compli ance of the porte with his demand, made early in the week, that steps be taken to protect Americans in provinoea diBtant from Constantinople without waiting until they actually have suffer ed outrage and assault The Marblehead sailed yesterday from Villefranche for Naples, where she should arrive the next day. From there to the Levant is a distance of about four days, so that she will be at Alexandretta about the middle of the week. EUROPE'S KAFFIR CRAZE. South Africa Rich In Minerals But the Boom Is Overdone. New York, Oct 14. Levi Mayer, a prominent attorney of Chicago, who has been in England for the past four weeks, has returned to New York and disoussed quite fully the present craw, in London for Kaffir mine speculation. He corroborated tbe current stories of the fabulous wealth made in develop ing tbe mines in South Africa, and de clared that only a beginning had been made in uncovering the riches of theae mines. He believed that many of the corn- organized for developing the mining industry in South Africa and West Australia were founded on un productive properties, and that a grand! collapse would ultimately follow the boom whioh they were now enjoying. But there were many mines of praoti-' cally unlimited productive resources. Mr. Mayer said be represented a prospective ' international company wbose shares are .being subscribed .for by London and New York bankers. The purpose of this company will be the purchase and development of South African and Australian and also Amer ican mines, whioh when found profit able will be transferred to subsidiary companies whose stock will be listed and sold on the American and London markets. Mr. Mayer said that th Rothschilds bad sent experts to South Africa, who estimated that the so-called Rand mine alone contained 850,000, 000 pounds. ' Heavy Car-Building Orders. Chicago, Oct 14. Fifteen thousand. new cars ordered for Chicago railroada or their branoh connections this year i an indication of the strong-tide of busi ness, witn tne orders mere nave been others for 160 locomotives. These or ders for oars and locomotives are the greatest placed by the combined Chi cago roads sinoe the two years preced ing the panio of 1893. When car- building orders praoticully ceased at that time hope was expressed that the shops might open again in 1894, but that was destroyed by the strike which not only kept those industries closed- but practically shut the doors of every Northwestern railroad repair shop A Loe Angeles Minister Suspended. Los Angeles, Oct 14. The Rev; Burt Estes Howard, of tbe Westminster Presbyterian church, charged with con tumacy and willful disregard of the presbytery, was found guilty by the judicatory this evening. Tbe Rev. Mr. Howard was ordered suspended from the exercise of tbe functions and the insignia of his offloe as minister of the gospel until he shall give satisfactory evidence of his willingness to submit to the authority and .decision of the presbytery. The Csarewiteh's Condition. New York, Oct 14. A special to the Herald from St. Petersburg says; The news reaching here Irom the cau cus, respecting the health of the czare witch, is anything but reassuring. A t story is told to the effect that the first cause of the much -regretted illness of the czarewitch was overexertion, whlo boxing with Prinoe George of Greece. It is said that the czarewitch, on one of these occasions, fell backward and. hurt his spine, and that his sickness dated from that date. Oakland's Oldest Paper Sold. Oakland, Cai, Oct 14. Tbe Times, the oldest paper in Oakland, was sold today to C L. Maxwell, a hardware dealer. Tbe paper was sold at auction for (400. Mr. Maxwell expects to make a financial success of the paper. something which has not been done in a long time. Dr. ManaSeld Permitted te Resign. San Francisco, Oct. 16. Dr. L Leror Mansfield, the physician at San Quentin prison, who confessed to. having receiv ed (50 from the friends of a Greek convict, was permitted to resign today. His resignation will go into effect at once.