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Oregon City Goarier. A. W. CHBNET, PoblUbcr. OREGON CITY OREGON MINERS IN SURLY MOOD. NEWS OF HIE WEEK Interesting Collection of Currant Evnt( In Condciined Form From lioth Continents According to E. Baldwin, the well known authority on polar expedition!, there are many reasons for believing An dree, the Swedish aeronaut, is now on nil return trip Irom the polar re gion, and may booh be heard from Mayor Phelan, of San Francisco, ha, in a Tery pointed way, warnd the board of education that if it does not keep strictly within the lettei of the law in the matter of appropriations it may bo ousted from office, as was the board of supervisors. Three daughters of Preston Howard wore burned to death in their home at Port Alma, Ont. Tlio rest of the fain ily escaped from the burning building, The girls were aged 18, 10 and 8 years. One of them had escaped, but met her death in returning to assist her sisters, Acting npon the request of the secre tary of agriculture the treasury depart ment has requested the gecretaty of state to instruct all tho consular officers ' of the United States to refuse authenti cation of invoices of hides of meat cattle from dietriots in which anthrax exists. The unclaimed jewels and curios to the value of $160,000 which were found in the ruins after the fire at the charity bazaar in the Hue deGoujon, have been old at auction. The money realized will remain bonded for 1)0 years, after which all the money unclaimed goes to the state. The cablegram announcing the recall of Baron Fava has been verified. He is to be retired from aotive service, and the Italian government has granted him a pension of 33,000 lire((6,000) ayear. The Marquis imperii! i, is regarded as Baron Fava's successor. Baron Fava has been a familiar figure in Washing ton official oircles for 10 years. Congress will be asked at its coming session to make a large appropriation for the manufacture of modern high . power guns to be installed lor service on board auxiliary cruisers of the United States navy in time of war. Captain Charles O'Neil, chief of the bureau of ordnance, prooseg to make a recommendation in his fortooming an nual report that at least 1500,000 be appropriated for this purpose. It is es timated that 13,000,000 will be re quired to equip with modern batteries the 28 steamers now enrolled in the government service as auxiliary cruisers Fire was discovered in the main slope of mine No. 3, at Stockton, Ala. About 100 men wore employed in the mine. At onoe an alarm was given, A panic followed among the workmen and hundreds gathered, at the main en 'trance of the smoking mine, while rescue parties were at once formed to relieve the miners. More than 60 were gotten out from the various entrances without linrm. Utners were overcome by smoke and f el I by the ways ide. Fivs men. who were working about the slopes beyond where tho fire originated, could not be readied, and' it has been regarded as certain that they are dead it is thought three or lour others may be in the inino. A great dock strike is imminent at Havre in consequence of the refusal by the employers to grant an increase in wages. Chicago is sweltering, with no indi cations for cooler weather, and in the Ohio valley the hottest Septeuibor weather on record prevails. The Michigan orop report for Septem- issued by the secretary of state, says the wheat crop will he 26,000,000 bushels, tho largest for five years. The celebrated Angus-Craven will contest has been decided in San Fran cisco. The Fair heirs have won their case, and a new trial has been denied. A Washington correspondent of a New York paper says the United States , is getting ready to dual with Spain vig orously, and that the department has already decided upon a plan of action. A tremendous explosion occurred at the camp close by the Chinese arsenal of Kiangnan, near Shanghai. Forty bodies have been dug out of the debris. Two fine Krupp guns, 1,000 new pat- Attempt to Ilnumi Work at Latimer Not Sueceful. Hazloton, Pa., Fjict. 23. The strike situation again assumed an unclean phase this morning. An attempt to resume work was made at Pardee's Lat imer mines, but only 800 out of 1,800 miners returned to work. These Mere mainly Italians, with a few English speaking men. ' During the night Hungarians parad ed thorugh the settlement, beating tin cans and kettles and raising a big racket. This was done to notify those of their race that they must not go back to work. The warning was ob served, und this morning a band of Hungarians, led by women, wero march ing and threatening to march on tho mines later on in the day. The 13th regiment is keeping close watch for further trouble. Now of a disturbance at Eckley rcauhod brigade headquarters this morning. The strikers there had fixed today for a decision as to whether or not to strike. They atempted to return and others gathered about the mine in a menacing manner. Companies C and K, of the Fourth regiment, were sent over and gave the would-be work ers protection. The men at Drifton and Jeddo, in tho sumo district, did not go out. The 2,600 miners at Lehigh and ilkesbarro, and the McAdoo miners kept their word and wont to work un der heuvy military protection. Stand by tha M Inert. Tnpeka, Sept. 22. Charles Devlin, the big coalmino operator in Illinois, and one of the largest individual oper ators in the United States, stands by the minors who are fighting for living wages und .against the oiierutors who meet at 'Springfield today to try to further reduce wages. In an interview this morning he said: The miners of Illinois should get a price equul to the Columbus scale. The price whioh they wore forced to accept lust May, and whioh they refused to continue work on is not enough to keep body and soul together. The average miner with steady work could not aver age more man fi per uuy the year round, Slavery for the miners Would oe preiorauie to the wages they are getting, for in slavery they would have enough to eat and drink and wear. while under the present conditions and with the present prices they are forced to work for they cannot buv provisions enough to live on, let alone clothe them selves and families. Since they came out the price of provisions has ad vanced, particularly flour, which has risen not less than (1 per hundred." Ho says he is willing to join the operators in paying a price equal to the Columbus soale, and will use every effort in that direction. He says lie has yet to meet the first large con sumer of coal who is not in favor of giving the miners a fair price for their labor. SKAGDAY JAM BROKEN Miners Are Reaching Lakes by a New Trail. TWO THOUSAND HAVE CROSSED Foreign Mlneri Want Revenge. Chicago, Sept 22. Thjre is a move ment on foot in Chicago to determine whether Sheriff Martin and his depu ties oan be prosecuted for tho shooting of striking minors at Huzelton. The plan is to create a central committee made up subcommittees from the Lith- tinitms, Poles, Bohemians and certain labor unions, the membership of which is composed of these olasses; then to collect a fund and employ lawyers to take charge of and push the case. The Lithunians met at Church hall, Thirty-third street and Auburn avenue. Speeohes were made and resolutions adopted condemning the action of Sheriff Martin and his men. Every speaker urged that whatever is attempt ed toward redress for the alleged wrong should be within the limits of the law. The resolution treated the Huzelton affair as a murdor. Aid for the Cnnlnilnem. Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 22. All of the city churches last night took up collec tions for the ooalminors of the E. St. Tho amount will be placed in the hands of a committee acting for the trades assembly, and will be sent by them to the relief committee. Man? Will Reach the Yukon With Their frovlalon Katen I'p How the New Road Wa Made. oeaitio, Hept. zi.-me most con spicuous figure of tho grand confusion at Skaguay and tho White pass is with out doubt Sylvester Soovel, the corre spondent of tho New York World, who, recognizing tho necessity for tools and dynamite to put tho trail in passable condition, contributed both at an ex iiense of several thousand dollars, en abling many to get through to the gold tie Ids this full. Mr. Scovel is now in tho city, having arrived today on tho steamer Itosalie, on a flying trip to coin municate with the World. Mr. Scovel brings the now, which will come with comforting assurance to thousands of iople who have friendB on the congested puss, that at least 2,000 men, with complete outfits, will get through to the Yukon river, though ho believes that only a small fraction of this number will reach Dawson City before winter. From the best information which he could obtain, gathered, from all sources, he believes that 2,600 men have gotten over the Chilkoot pass and have gono on down to the mines. These men, however, have, with few exceptions, gone in with little or no supplies, the average amount taken by eauh man bo ing not over 600 or 000 pounds, not more than enough to got him to the scene of the great gold fields.where pro visions are not to .be hud. "Instead of following along the Skag uay river bank, whore there is an cosy grade, though of course greatly ob structed with boulders, and in places entirely blocked by procipitous points which jut out into tho rivor, tho have gone off to tho side in their great rush to get through in a hurry. The truil orosses and recrosses the river and makes long detours which would be un necessary by tho use of a little dyna mite. The sum of (5,000 would build a pack trail to the s inn in it, and (2.000 more would complete the trail to Lake Bennett. Not more than (15,000 would be required to build a good wugon road the entire distance. A man with two horses and an out fit weighing 2,000 pounds could, by the use of the trail thus improved, tako in his outfit in five trips at the outside. and the expeuditure of less than 18 days' time. The possibility of making this truil a good one lias been told me by four difforent engineers of higli standing, sent up into that country by different railway companies, whose CU3A MUST BE FREE. Spain MlnUter Wood ford InaUU That Knd tli War. Paris, Sept. 22. A dispatch from San Sebastian to Le Temps, this city, says that in his interview yesterday with the Duke of Tetuun, Spanish min ister for foreign affairs, United States Minister Woodford did not present any claim fur indemnity, but confined the interview to a statement of the great injuries commerce and industry had suffered in the United Status through a prolongation of the Cubun war. General Woodford is said to have added that Secretary Sherman had do sired him to declare to tho Spanish gov ernment that it was evidently impos sible for Spain to end the rebellion in a reasonable time, and, further, that if the war was continued, Cuba would be devastated and of no utility to Spain or to the Cubans. In conclusion, tho United States minister is reported to hove insisted courteously but firmly upon the necessity of terminating the war, declaring if it wero not termin ated by tho end of October the United Mutes would feel justified in taking measures to secure the Independence of Cuba. The Duke of Tetoan, uoeordinir to a dispatch to La Temps, while pro testing uguinst the alleged American ' pretensions," said he would reply offioiu'ly to the United States minsister when .be Spanish court returns to Madrid. Will Cause a Hrnaatlon. Madrid, Sept. 22. In official circles diero the greatest secrecy is maintained regarding the United Slutes' ultima' turn, which is looked upon as hound to cause a great sensation in Europe and to have the greatest consequences for Spain. While not intending it, it is be, liecl the action of the United States has greatly facilitated the solution of tho ministerial crisis, and there will be a reorganization of the conserva tives under General Azcarraga as pre mier, and Don Francisco Silvellu, leader of tho dissident conservatives. Evidence of Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST From May Go Before the Power. London, Sept. 23. A Standard dis patch from San Sebastian says: The government will take its time to reply to United States Minister Woodford, ami will probably lay the caso before the Kuropeun powers in the shape of an exhaustive exHisition of tho whole matter. But lust year the foreign office ascertained that the sympathies of the (towers wero not likely to be be yond platonio censure of tho conduct of the United States. Much anxiety is uotioeable in court and official circles. ROLLER MILLS BURNED. tern single-fire and magazine rifles, with 120,000 riflo cartridges were de stroyed. Probably the largest and finest tur qoise ever found on American soil has just been received in Denver from Southern Mexico. It weighs in the rough 170 karats, and it is estimated by competent exports that it will weigh fully 88 karats when cut and polished. It has the best color known, being a delicate sky blue, just a shade lighter than a bluebird's wing. This, with a number of smaller stones running from 40 to 10 karats, was taken from a newly discovered mine, the location of which is- in Lincoln county, New Mexico. '! I... .1 l ,L! It .aumiuueij no uoiuus m tins uiseovory can be learned. The large stone is estimated to be worth (0,u00. The secretary of the treasury and the postmaster-general, after consultation with the president, have decided to change the color of the currency 2-oent ' pontage stamps from carmine to green, ' of Uie shade now used on postal notes. The 10-oent postage stamp, which is now printed in green, will be changed to some other color, possibly carmine. It is thought that green is a more desir able color than carmine, besides saving the government about (10,000 in the difference in cost between the two ink Flood In Texan. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 23. A News special from El Paso says: Last night the people of Ahnmada, about 60 miles from this city, were visited by tho worBt flood that ever happened in the history of tho Btate. Men, women and children wore driven from their beds. and hud to take refuge on tho high ground with their household effects. There was not a place to shelter them, many houses in town tumbling down in great heaps, and many more uro ex pected to collapse any moment. Unless relief comes soon, women ami children will be in a sad plight, as it is raining hard, and another bud night seems in evitable. Two Regent Kealgn. Pullman, Wash., Sept. 22. Regents Windiis and Powell have resigned as regents of the Washington agricultural college and school of science, having Bent their resignation to Governor Rog ers last Saturday. Regent Powell sent in a short decisive letter, merely stat ing that he resigned as a regent, his re signation to take effect at once; but if Governor Rogers deemed it injurious to the the college to accept the resignation at once, he would continue to act until October 10, but no later. Message From Antlree. Copenhagen, Spot, 22. A dispatch from Uammerferst, tho northernmost town of Europe, in Norway, says the whaling ship Palk has brought there the third pigeon dispatch from Profes sor Andrce, who left Tromsoe in a bal loon July 11. The message reads: "July 13th, 12:30 P. M. Lattitude 83.2 north, longitude 12.5 oust. Good voyage eastward. All welL" "Jeweler and Undertaker" is a shop lign in Kansas City. names I am not at liberty to stato. A railroad could be built on the same route, but of course what is wanted is un immediate inlet for the people there and on the way. A trail that can be packed over with horses is absolutely noedeJ, for men are not going to pack on their backs. The Chilkoot trail, of course, cannot bo used for horse puck' ing. The men who have gono to the Skagnuy pass with leterminution and grit have succeeded in getting over it with their outfits, whilo those devoid of theso qualities have given it up in ds- appointment. It is from the latter class tbut you have heard sO much of the terrible hardships of the trail ten lerfeot who were either unaccustomed to work or afraid of it. ''When I arrived at Skaguay and had been over the route and had secured a thorough knowledge of the conditions surrounding it, I saw that the confu ion would continue to increase unless the men would organize and make a united effort to fix up the trail. But none of the men were willing to put the money necessary to buy dynamite and tools into the hands of any one man; they did not know each other and were suspicious and distrustful. Every man wanted to push on, but was un willing to do anything to help others. I doubt if even at the Greek retreat from Larissa was there such a desire to got ahead of others. But the trail was deep in mud and blockaded, and there was no head nor authority. In this dilemma, recognizing tho need of immediate action, in behalf of the Now York World I provided ample ex plosives and tools, being snro that with means in their hands the Americans on the trail would pull out of the mud. This they did. When the news ar rived that the World had provided the necessary dynamite and tools, the men organized and went to work 800 of them. Three points of rock which jutted out into the river, and which necessitated long and laborious de tours, wero blasted out, saving from two and a half to three miles of travel. making a passable route for hundreds of men and horses." The I,on I Estimated to lie Fully Two Hundred Tliounnud Dollar. Pendleton, Sept. 23. The Pendleton roller mills, 600 barrels capacity, owned by W. S. Byers, was destroyed y fire this morning. The fire is sup posed to have started in a small smut room in the first story, seen by the night watchman, who could not reach it, so awoke the other employos. The fire spread very rapidly, and was soon by the night engineer in the woolen and scouring mill near, who whistled an alarm. The fire depart ment soon responded, but by this time the lurgo building was a mass of flame and nothing could be done except to save adjoining property. At one time tho (80,000 courthouse on the block opposite was smoking, but tho mill walls fell in and the firemen were able to save the courthouse. The firemen had grout difficulty from burst ing hose, und were handicapped by a large crowd and the excitement of the people. Tho contents of a stone warehouse near the mill were greatly damaged and almost ruined. Thecorrngatod iron warehouse was totally destroyed. Tho loss is at least (300,000, half on the plant and hulf on wheat, flour and other property. In the mill elevator 60,000 bushels of wheat were burned, and in the stone warehouse 25,000 bushels of wheat and 2,000 barrels of flour. There was no insurance, save (50,000 on the mill building and muohinery. The stone warehouse was supposed to be fireproof, but the intense heat fired the contents. Only a part of tho machinery was running at the time-, cleaning wheat, and no one was awake in the mill save the night watchman.' The fire wvs due, it is supposed, to spontaneous combustion. All the Cities and Towns ot the Thriving Bitter States Oregon. Six hundred cases of big salmon were put up at Wist's ouniiory, at Nohulem last week. Mr. Stadlemun, of The Dalles, has recoived news of 8,000 boxes of prunes shipped to New York. Tho prunes were sold at from 40 to 00 cents. Helix, in Umatilla county, is hav ing a bit of a boom. A good many sales of town lots have been made re oently at double lust year's prices. Much wheat is being piled up in th warehouses in Tho Dalles, where it is waiting the arrival of some man who wants to pay 80 cents a bushel for it The closed fish season ended last wee and numerous wheels were set in mo- tion near Tho Dalles. Nearly all c them mado good catches, and the lis! ermen anticipate an extra good rtn this fall. Scio has a well-devoloped caso scarlet fever in tho family of Frrd Smith. The attack is a light one, and is not regarded as nt all serious. All due precaution is being taken to pre' Vent the spread of the disease in town Professor P. A. Snydor recently made a requisition on the United St.ites fish commission for 2,000 brook trout, am has received a letter from Conimisi ion er Brice stating that arrangements had been made to have tho fish delivered ut Hood River within 40 days. The O. R. &. N. is in tho market for 75,000 railroad ties to he used be tween Pendleton and. Huntington, and next year they will contract for 450, 000. As tho age of the tie is six years, the tie business will bo constant source of employment as long as the timber lasts in the Blue mountains. The fish commissioners lust week cast a seine in Lake Wallowa, in Wal lowa county, and made a haul of over 1,000 fish known ns "yanks," but which are a species of salmon. It was a bonanza for several Indians who hap pened to be thereat the time, and a few palefaces reaped a little benefit al.-o There are a good many Indians in Joseph, allowa count)', just now- Indian after Indian can be Been on the street with a melon under his arm, go ing to his klootchmati and pappooses. These redskins come from the Nez Perces reservation to hunt and fish in Wallowa country. Phillip, ciiief of the Nez Perces, is with them. The Elmore, Sanborn & Co. 's oan nery at Uarioairti, in Tillamook coun ty, is in operation again, and fishing is going on on the bav. lhe number of fishboats allowed to operate for the sea son is limited to 20, and the price paid is 25 cents for chinooks and 12 cents for silversides, the extremely low price of canned salmon being alleged as the cause of the reduction. ' TROCHA NORTH OF MOBILE. Nugget From the Swank. Ellenshurg, Wash., Sept. 21. W. A. Ford came down from the Swank today with seven beautiful gold nug gets, each worth (20, the result of one day's work on his claim. This makes a total of (420 taken out within a month. Deadly Coal Oil Can. San Franeiseo, Sept. 21. Mrs. Mav Ann Calvert was frightfully burned this afternoon at her home. 324 Jessie street, and is now dying from her in juries. She poured coal oil in the kitchen stove and an explosion fol lowed, Mrs. Calvert's hair and dress catching fire. Neighbors attracted by her screams found the woman with her head in the kitchen sink and her cloth ing in flames. Her body was literally a mass of burns. Child Fatally Ilurned. Spokane, Wash., Sept. 22. The 6- year-old daughter of Mrs. Bartemus, of Mullun, Idaho, was fatally burned yes terday. While Mrs. Bartemus was awav from lhe home the. child under took to build o fire. She poured coal oil on the wood and spilled some of the oil on her clothing. When Bhe struck a match her clothing ignited. She ran into the street, closely followed by her older brother,who was ill with measles. He tried to smother the flames but was unsuccessful. The clothing was -almost entirely burned from the child's body. To ea3e her frightful pain, physicians administered chloroform. She died a few hours later. The mother is pros trated. Her husband died recently in a hospital. lllg Fire at Stockton. Stockton, Cal., Sept 23. The Stock ton combined harvester works, built by L, U. Shippee, were burned today. Loss, (100,000; insurance, (80,000. Heretofore the Southern Pacifio Com pany's tracks, in Douglas county, has been assessed at (3,500 a mile north of Roseburg, and (3,000 a milo south of that city, but this year Assessor Britt raised the valuation to (5,000. The land of the company was formerly as sessed at 35 cents to (1.25 an acre, an average of about 72 cents. This yeiir Assessor Britt has lumped the land at 75 cents an acre. Tho company offi cials asked to have their roadbed as sessed the same as last year, and their land uniformly reduced to 35 cents an acre. Cltliens Determined That Quarantine Shall lie Rejected. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 21. There has been an accumulation of oases today. The president of the board of health states that, hud the physicians recog nized and reported promptly the sus picions oases, many of these-cases would have boen announced several doys ago. The number announced to day is 11, making 18 in all so far an nounced, of which number three have died, two of which were previously re ported, and one wus today discharged. Three suspicious cases are under sur veilunce. Frank Donaldson, one of the day's new oases, died tonight. C L. Swayzlo, the Associated Press operator at tho Registor office, was taken sick tonight. There has boen a quarantine line drawn from Chosubogue oreek, north of Mobile, some five miles northwesterly to the Mississippi, to form an absolute embargo against Mobilians penetrating into tho interior of Alabama. This trocha is guarded continuously.' Some 200 people from this city start ed out into tho country this morning, intending to tuke rcfugo at farms from 10 to 15 miles out. They encountered the guards at the trocha and were Btopped there. At 6 o'clock most of the .immigrants were still there in the open air, feuring to return to the city and not able to go further. The people here are still in a panio, and leaving when they can. Two Death In New Orlean. New Orleans, Sept. 21. A triflng improvement in tho fever situation marked the closo of tho day's woik on tho board of health. There were two- deaths today, as against one yesterday, but there were fewer new oases. At 6 o'clock this evening there were still two cases under investigation by the experts. Or the cases investigated todav, four were declared by the exports to bo yel low fever, and, as usual, they were widely scattered. This is the record: Deaths E. Harmon and Santa Graf- fato. New cases Marie Dubois, Rafael Fourtion, C. G. Gormon and Mel chier. , As a general rule, the patients who are Buffering with yellow fever are re ported tonight to be improving, with the exception of Dr. Lovoll, whose con dition is not considered satisfactory. There have been a total of 35 cases here, and the death rate has not reached 10 percent, thus showing the mildness of the type of the fever now prevailing. Marion Dowden, a member of the Ouachita guards, who were guarding the city, was accidentally shot this morning at Monroe by Henry McCor mick, a fellow member, and it is not thought that he oan recover. Washington, Sept. 22. Acting Surgeon-General Smith, of the marine hos pital service, has written to the surgeon-general informing him of the ex istence of two cases of leprosy in Walsh county. North Dakota. The victims are Scandinavians, and the disease is said to be well developed. One of the pa tients is said to be anxious to return to Sweden. Dr. Smith says be is unin formed aa to what precuations the local authorities have taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Washington. The Adams county bank has already paid out (15,000 for wheat shipments. The oouuty superintendent of schools in Whitman county bus divided that county into six snbinstitute districts. The hydro-smelting process of smelt ing ore was tried at the new plant in Lakeview, Pierce county, last Tuesday, and proved to be quite a success. The Prettyman sohoolhouse, two miles north of Oakesdale, burned last week. Nothing was insured, except the building and on that there was only (150. " A petition is being circulated in Seat tle, asking that the civil-service sys tem be abolished. The petition must be signed by 20 per cent of those Who voted at the lust municipal election be fore it can be considered. This means 1675 names must be secured. The state has selected 18,758 acres in township 24 north, range 11 west, for charitable educational, penal and re form schools. The plat eelection was filed September 8, and the plat of the township was filed July 6. All set tlers wh have not made their filings before the end of 90 days from July 6 will lose their land. This will work a hardship for that country, as this is perhaps the best vacant township left in the state, and only a small ortion of it has been sett let! upon. No far ther filings will be allowed after Oc tober 4. So that settlers already there must make. their filings by that time in order to hold their claims. Wilbur F. Brock, of Walla Walla, who has returned from a summer out ing, says that the trout of several of the Blue mountain streams are being exterminated by reckless fishermen, who use blasts. It is contrary to the statutes of both Washington and Ore gon to fish with powder, but in many places the laws for the protection of the fish are not being enforced. In the Wallowa, Little Salmon and Look ing Glass the dynamiters are causing devastation in almost open defiance of the law. Susnlclou Case In Cairo. Springfield, 111., Sept 31. Secretary Egan, of the state board of health, tele graphed the board from the Cairo yel low-fever quarantine station tonight that the marines hospital at Cairo have been proiionnced suspicious by the state board of health physicians. The sheriff of Alexander county has quarantined the grounds. Death at Ocean Spring. Ocean Springs, Miss., Sept. "21. Since last reports, three deaths have occurred here, Walter F. Bransford and Miss Mamie Goodrich, botli of vellow fever, and Oscar Elder, formerly from Michigan, who has been sick about 12 ays. His ailment was not pronounoed yellow lever. Forty-Seven at Edward. Vioksburg, Miss., Sept. 21. The to tal oases at Edwards and vioinity of true yellow fever is 47. The latest re port tonight makes the total cases of the day 15.' Time to Interfere. London, Sept. 21. The Speaker say& it regards the capture of Victoria de lua Lunas by the Cuban insurgents as be ing a salutary lesson, taking the ground that it gives Spain a shock "which it is hoped will check here in her drift toward bankrupcty and civil war." While not expressing sympathy with the motives, the Speaker adds: "The United States can find excel lent reason to intervene whenever she likes." The Speaker advises Spain to recall Captain-General Weylerand to arrange terms with the Cubans through the in termediary of the United States, ex pressing the opinion that otherwise Spain may have greater dangers to face after the United States congress meets. An loe Locomotive. Washington, Sept. 21. Secretary Alger is now engaged in an attemmpt to solve the question how to get sup plies into the Klondike gold region and thereby prevent the threatened starva tion. The problem has taxed the best thought of Alger and his brother cabi net officers. It is believed by Alger that by means of a novel character j)f transportation, the gold country may , be penetrated in the midst of the Alas- ' kan winter. He has opened correspond ence with a Chicago inventor, who makes a locomotive specially adapted for use in log camps, but which may be readily adapted to navigation of the Yukon when frozen. With these ma chines placed on the river it is hoped a sufficient amount of food can be carried to relieve all distress. Killed by the Portland Freight. Redding, Cal., Sept. 21. While try ing to board a Portland special freight train tonight, an unknown man was run over and fearfully mangled. He was decapitated and his legs were picked up 100 yards apart He wore a miners' union pin and a copy of the by laws of a Colorado union was found in his pocket Barbara Curran, of Orrington, Me., has yeast which came from Ireland in 1846.