OREGON CITY COURIER
OREGON CITY HERALD
CONSOLIDATED.
A. V. CHENEY. Publisher
Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Colled From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.
Porto Rioans, it is said, will demand
territorial rights.
The new French premier hai succeed
ed in forming a cabinet.
Agricultural experiment stations are
to be established in Alaska.
A company of Chinese naval reserves
is to be formed in Philadelphia. ,
According to Pension Commissioner
Evans the war has cost the United
States 8,000 lives to date.
The Paris exposition has granted
Amentia extra floor space, and the
allotment now amounts to 810,000
square feet.
A dispatch to the Herald from San
tiago, Chile, announcers that the pro
tocol on the Puna de Aloala dispute has
been signed. This settles the Chile
.Argentine dispute.
Governor Lord, of Oregon, has ap
pointed Hollister D. McGuire state fish
commissioner, in accordance with an
aot creating the office, passed by the
special session of the legislature. The
appointment is for four years.
The former Spanish orulser, the
Maria Teresa, which was sunk during1
the battle with Cervera's fleet and
raised under the direotion of Naval
Constructor Eobson, has sailed from
Oaimanera for Hampton roads. ,
It is rumored that the United States
lias bought Samana bay, Santo Domin
fio, and will establish a coaling station
-there. Samana bay is a deep inlet in
the northern coast of the island and is
,ln the direct route to Porto Rico.
A proposition being considered by
the Cuban assembly is the division of
-Cuba into four states, to be called
Orient, Camaguey, Las Villas and Oc
cident. Between the proposed states
jof Camaguey and Las Villus would be
a spaoe of land whiob would be a spe
cial federal diatriot or territory where
the oapltol .would be built, a new in
land town for this specific purpose.
In his annual report James A. Dur
tnont, supervising inspector-general of
Mteamboata, states that the total num
ber of aooldenta to steamships result
ing in loss of life during the year was
Kl. The resultant loss of life was 283,
jm increase over the last previous year
jot 100. Of the lives lost 84 were pas
etigers and 109 crews. The estimated
number of passengeis oarried on vessels
Inspected by the servioe during the
Wear is 860,000,000.
President MoRinley was the guest of
jhonor at the peace jublilee banquet of
the Phildelphia Clover Club.
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has
granted two Amerloans a new conces
sion for an lnteroceanic oanal.
The president hat Issued his annual
proclamation, setting apart Thursday,
jffovember 84, as Thanksgiving day.
The Frenoh, anticipating the pro
(posed demands of England, have with
drawn Major Marohand from Fathoda.
The Frenoh court of oassation has de
cided in favor of revision of the famous
Dreyfus oase.
At Lake' Linden, Mich., a boiler in
the Calumet & Heola boiler-house ex
ploded, killing three men instantly and
burning one seriously.
The San Francisco grand jury has
prated to indict Mrs. fiotkin on the
Charge of murder. The trial will be
Beld in the supeilor court.
The steamei L. R. Doty, with ber
Mnrew of 15 men, is believed by marine
men to have been lost In the great
torm in midlake off Kenosha, Wis.
Colonel George E. Waring, jr., for
tnerly street commissioner of New
York, died at his home in that city
with yellow fever, contracted at Hav
jana. i At Richmond, Tel., Manuel Morris
and Peter Antre, negroes, were hanged
from a double gallows. Morris mur
dered and then outraged a 6-year-old
blind girl. Autre assassinated his mis
press. ' Vice-President Hobart narrowly es
caped being killed In a rnuaway aool
dent in Philadelphia. A team behind
which he was riding bolted, and when
a terrible disaster seemed certain a
police officer dashed out, seised the bits
of the horses and stopped them.
Ex-State Representative George
Ogle, of Clackamas oounty, Oregon,
tias refused to accept the money voted
bim by the recent sessiou of the legis
lature for full pay for the disorganized
bouse of 1807.
i Three more warships are to be sent
to Manila. Two will proceed by way
ttf the Sues oanal and one aoroes the
Pacific. The Brooklyn will bo the first
to sail and will leave new York early
this week with supplies and ammuni
tion for Dewey's fleet. The Helena it
coon to follow. The Yorktown is to
leave San Franoisoo soon alter being
plaoed in commission.'
' Minor Ntwi Items.
I Students of Dartmouth college have
Unanimously voted to abolish Laming.
I James A. Davis, who died In Dor-
Chester county, Md., steered the first
Steamer that crossed Lake Erie.
John Hays, the discoverer of Lake
Superior's copper wealth, has just cele
brated his 04th birthday in Cleveland.
At an auction sale at Morris Park,
N. J., the great race horse and sire.
Meddler, was told to William C. Whit
ney for f 40,000.
LATER NEWS.
The business portion of Divide, Colo.,
has been wiped out by fire.
The Sixth Virginia regiment, com
posed of negroes, has mutinied, and
refuse to serve under white officers.
Frightened settlers are flocking in
droves out of the Izee country in East
ern Oregon, fearing more Indian out
breaks. The transport Peru has arrived in
San Francisco with 15 sick soldiers
from Manila. Fifteen hundred sick
men are reported among the 'troops in
the Philippines.
The monthly statement of govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows
that the receipts for the month of Oc
tober amounted to $89,830,051, and the
disbursements to $53,983,376.
Seven Californians lost their lives in
a disaster in the north. The party
wandered from the trail while en route
to the Atlin gold fields, and unwitting
ly walking into quicksands in a swamp.
All were engulfed.
The monthly circulation statement of
the controller of the currenoy shows
that the total amount of national bank
notes in circnlation October 31, 1898,
was $289,546,381, an inorease for the
month of $4,189,331, and an increase
for the year of $9,499,916.
The annual report of the general su
perintendent of the railway mail serv
ice shows that at the close of the year
there were 8,074 olerks employed, and
that with the olosed pouch and express
pouoh servioe the grand total of miles
traveled in the service was 285,565,843.
General Leonard Wood, governor of
the military department of Santiago,
authorizes the statement that there has
not been a case of yellow fever in San
tiago city during the last 60 days, and
that the ordinary sickness during the
same 60 days has been 90 per cent lees
than was usual at this season of the
year.
The monthly statement of the publio
debt shows that at the close of business
on Ootober 31, 1898, the debt, less net
cash in the treasury, amounted to $1,
110.966,933, an inorease for the month
of $43,487,717. The increase is ao
counted for by the issue during the
month of about $36,680,000 of the new
8 per oent bonds, and a decrease of
about $7,238,000 in the cash on hand.
War between England and Russia is
declared to be Imminent. The war
ships at Wei-Hal-Wei have oleared for
action as a result of the seizure by Rus
sia of the town of Niu Chuang, China.
A stiong fleet of Russian warships has
assembled at Port Arthur. British
government officials olaim that Russia
has taken advantage of the Fasboda
crisis to forward her aims in the Far
East. Non-resistance means loss to
Great Britain of the strategic point of
Manchuria. -
The departure of troops tor Cuba has
been postponed. Yellow jack has
caused the delay.
General Rio del Pinar, ohief rival of
Aguinaldo, has been arrested on a
charge ot having disregarded the au
thority of the insurgent diotator.
' Controller Dawes, who is treasurer
of the Lafayette monument fund, is
being deluged with contributions from
the sohool children of the country.
The United States of Central Amer
ica, the new republic, has sprung into
life. It is composed of three countries,
Honduras, Salvador and Nioaragua.
It is the intention of the administra
tion to urge the construction of the
Nicaragua canl by government aid, in
accordance with the conoession of the
Maritime Canal Company.
Rear-Ad miial Bunco's retirement on
Deoember 25 will make Rear-Admiral
Dewey the senior offioer ot the navy,
and if congress revives the grade of ad
miral, as desired by Secretary Long,
his appointment to that rank will fol
low without any further jumping.
A cash indemnity will be demanded
of Spain, and the United States will
insist upon being reimbursed for every
dollar expended directly or indirectly
on account of the war. A general bal
anoe of aocounts is to be struck and the
indemnity will be dednoted from the
sum allowed for the Philippines.
' The murder of a prospector named
Botleau, on the Asbcroft-Glenora trail
has been reported to the provisional
police. The murderer is variously
know. f T. Wilson, McGregor and
MoOraw. The killing was the culmina
tion of several weeks of quarreling, in
duced by privation and disappointment
on that -Jtsolst trail.
A dispatch to the Herald from Ha
vana says no deoielon has yet been
reaohed by the commissioners regard
ing the date of evacuation. One or two
communications have passed on minor
agreements as to the day whon Spanish
sovereignty in the island shall ooasa.
The Spaniards, however, will Basin be
ordered to got out by January 1.
Four privatoa of the Nineteenth in
fantry, who were loft at Fort Wayne
when the regiment went South, were
badly Injured by an explosion of pow
der which they were transferring from
the basement of the gruadhouse for
transhipment to the regiment in Porto
Rico. The won are Fred Fisher, Archie
Miller and Robert Lavall. It la be
lieved the powder was ignited by a
spark from a cigarette, which a soldier
was smoking.
Amerioan pulp making machinery is
gaining conBideejble headway in Scan
dinavia. ,
Goorge Wilson , Phillips, aged 79,
who invented most of the machinery
which was used in the first mat oh fao
tory in the country, died at hit home
in Springfield, Mass.
Trouble at Fort Worth, Tex., between
whites and blacks over, politics cul
minated in a fight in which Hope
Adams, independent candidate for
sheriff, was shot and killed.
Gil BACON'S REPORT
Official Paper on the Leech
Lake Indian Trouble.
HOW MAJOR WILKINSON DIED
Indians Taught a Lesson That Will
Last Them Daring; the Beat of Their
Existence.
Washington, Nov. 8. General Ba
con, who oommanded the United States'
forces at the recent battle at Leech
lake, Minnesota, has sent a detailed re
port of the action to Adjutant-General
Corbin. The interesting portion of the
report is that in regard to the battle,!
of which General Baoon writes: !
"At 9 o'clook 'A. M., we reached;
Sugar : point, 25 miles east of Walker,'
and looated on a neck of land or penin
sula extending about five miles into the
lake and averaging about two miles In
width and almost twj miles north of
Bear island. At this point a landing,'
diffioult by reason of high seas and nat
ural obstructions, was effectd, and two
Indians, for whom ' warrants were is
sued, were arrested by the marshals.
"After searching the vioinity of the.
point, I left Lieutenant Ross and 80
men to guard the landing and boats,
and proceeded, with Major Wilkinson,
the remainder of the detachment and.
the civilians, and searched the oountry,
back for three miles. Occasionally we.
saw at a distance a few bucks, who dis
appeared with our approach. The
women and children seemed nervous,
and gradually ooncealed themselves.
"At 11:80 the entire party had reas
sembled at the landing, about wbioh'
Lieutenant Ross had thrown out
pickets. I bad concluded to remain at
Sugar point all night and had given or
ders to send back one boat for rations
and tentage, both boats being too,
heavily laden with men to load rations'
on coming up. The detaohment had
received orders to stack arms, when one
of our rifles was accidentally dis
charged. Instantly the Indians fired a
volley into the ranks of the detash
merit from the surrounding woods and
underbrush and charged to the edge of,
the same, keeping up a rapid, continu-!
ous fire. MV detachment was com-'
posed of 58 absolutely raw recruits and
19 old soldiers.
"When the attaok was made, the
men were in line near a log hut. They,
were for a moment confused by the In
dian volley and demoniao yelling.
They broke ranks and attempted to con
ceal themselves behind the hut. But
they reoovered almost instantly, and,'
under the personal directions ot the
officers present, formed a skirmish line
and in turn charged and drove the In
dians back into the underbrush as far
as it was praotloable. I then formed
my deploy line on two . sides of a
square, eaoh side skiiting the timber
whenoe the attack came and protecting
the log house, wherein were plaoed the
wounded. The Indians continued their
tactics of crawling up, ooncealed by
the underbrush, and attacking until
dark, the attacks growing less and less
vigorous. They were armed with
Winchester repeating rifles and ap
peared well snpplied with ammunition,
judging from the prodigal use which
they made of it. - During the night
they disappeared from the peninsula so
far as could be ascertained, supposedly
departing in their canoes to neighbor
ing land or islands. They seemed to
have bad quite enough of fighting, and
were not heard from, exoept an occa
sional distant shot, one of which killed
a soldier digging potatoes in an adjoin
ing field on the morning of the 6th.
"Major Wilkinson, Third infantry,
was killed very soon after the repulse
of the. attack, while steadying and gal
lantly leading the portion of the line
assigned to him. I had observed bis,
ooolness and courage up to the moment'
;of bis falling, and felt sure that, had!
he survived; his aot ions would bavei
liJ iL. L!, i 11 a '
ineriveu me mgnesi consideration irom
the war department.
"I cannot too strongly express my;
admiration for the intrepidity, absolute,
coolness and good judgment displayed'
by Second Lieutenant Tenny Ross.Third'
infantry, commanding the left half of!
the line. He exposed himself both In
leading hit platoon and in care of the
wounded. He was commissioned only
last July, but appeared in this fight to
be a veteran. From the courage shown
by bim in this engagement, his well
known ability and good habits, I feel
safe in predicting for him a brilliant
military career, and beg to recommend
that he be brevetted for conspicuous
bravery in this action. '
"I also take great pleasure in calling
attention to the courageous conduct and
efficient professional servioes rendered1
by Aoting Assistant Surgeon Herbert J.'
Harris, United States army. This offi
cer, at the time of attaok, vfi on board
one of the steamboats, anchored some
distance from the landing, but returned
to shore in a boat and joined us.
"Upon the death of Major Wilkin
son, First Sergeant Thomas Kelley,
oompany E, Third infantry, was as
signed to oommand the skirmishers on
the right of the line. He performed
this duty so gallantly by his example
in leading and directing his men that
I most earnestly recommend that he
be awarded a medal of honor.
"I would fail in my duty should I
neglect to relate the part taken by
Private Oscar Burkard. hospital corps,
United States army, which elicited dur
ing the six hours' fighting the applause
and admiration of our entire line.
Scarcely a man full who was not in
stantly attended to and received intelli
gent aid from Private Burkard. He
exposed himself throughout the entire
engagement, and is deserving of a medal
of honor, for which he is heartily rec
ommended." General Bacon then re
views the subsequent event;.
HELD A CROWD AT BAR.
Maniac Wounded Eleven Men and Wat
Himaelf Shot.
Beaver Dam, Wis.,' Nov. 3. Adam
Hammer, of this city, became suddenly
insane today, and, securing a gun,
wounded 11 men and was finally snot
himself to prevent his doing further
injury. Hammer was employed in the
machine shops of the J. S. Rowell
Manufacturing Company. He was a
good workman, but at times bad spells
of supposed insanity, the result, it is
said, of religious exoitement. His pe
culiar ways made him the butt for
praotical jokes.
Today someone placed some tacks on
a stool where he worked, and this an
gered him. He left the shop, went to
a hardware store, where he rented a
shotgun, and, taking up his position
south of the main building of the
plant, kept everyone at bay for over an
hour and shot several employes through
the windows. Finally Lieutenant Ar
thur Tibbets, of oompany K, Second
regiment, who has a reputation for
good marksmanship, was seleoted ' by
the marshal to shoot him in such man
ner as to bring him down without kill
ing him. Lieutenant Tibbets shot
Hammer in the right shoulder with a
83-oaliber rifle, when he'dropped. He
was quickly arrested by the marshal
and taken to the lookup, where his
wound was dressed. It was found to
be not serious.
The list of the wounded is as follows:
Theordore B. Powell, shot in the face
and head; William Chatfield, shot in
the leg; Marshal Edward Powderly,
shot in the face; Michael Niemann,
shot twice at olose range, dangerously
wounded in the side and leg; Justice
E. F. Lyons, shot in the right eye,
may .lose tho eye; C. W. Sholeabitz,
shot in the head; John Gerg, shot in
the face; William Geise, shot in the
face, and Carl Voorpahl, shot in the
leg. Two others reoeived slight
soratches. '
CLOSED FOR THE SEASON.
Navigation on the Upper Yukon River
Discontinued.
Seattle, Nov. 8. Navigation on the
Upper Yukon river between Dawson
and the lakes has closed for the season,
and all the river steamers have gone
into "winter quarters. Thirty Klon
dikers who left Dawson October 10, on
the steamer Flora, arrived today.
They report that the Flora was the last
boat, to' leave Dawson. The Yukon
was filled with, running ice, and it
would be impossible to make another
trip.
Frank Sullivan, of Medina, Mo., re
ports a rich placer strike on Thistle
oreek, about 30; miles above Stewart
river. A number of claims had been
staked out. One man is reported to
have taken out 69 ounces in four days.
It is about 25 feet to bedrock.
There will be quite an exodus from
Dawson as soon as the liver is suffi
ciently frozen over.
. The schooner General Siglin arrived
today from Cook inlet, Alaska, with
about 40 miners. They confirm the
report of the wreck of the sloop John
son and the drowning of nine men.
Although soarphers have watched the
beaches of Turnagain arm, no bodies
have been recovered.
Among the passengers was the Elm
,City Mining Company expedition,
loomposed of six men, and M. K Skin
jner and wife, of Albany, N. Y., who
unsuccessfully tiied to dredge gold on
the Beluga river, also returned.
GIVES UP' FASHODA.
France Will Recall Entire Marohand
Expedition.
London, Nov. 8. William Hayes
Fisher, one of the junior lords of the
treasury, member of parliament for
Fulham and a ministerial whip, speak
ing in London this evening, said he
bad seen dispatches which enabled
him to assert that the Frenoh govern
ment had decided to recall the Maroh
and expedition from Fashoda.
Will Retire Unconditionally.
London, Nov. 8. The Paris corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says:
Franoe will retire from Fashoda uncon
ditionally, without asking compensa
tion. Baron de Courcel, whose term
as Frenoh ambassador in London ex
pired long ago, but who held on to oon
duct negotiations affecting Egypt, will
not.be recalled, and no haste will be
shown to appoint his successor, with a
view of making Frenoh resentment at
British action, for England has almost
taken the place of Germany as the ob
ject of Frenoh hatred.
Drilled Into Dynamite.
Jamestown, CaL, Nov. 3. By an ac
cidental dynamite explosion in a com
partment shaft at the Trio mine this
evening, David Stewart and Frank' Cal
kins were killed and Edward Brophv
and F. R. Beecher slightly injured.
The escape from death of Brophy and.
Beecher was miraculous. They were
only 10 feet distant from the othei two
miners, bnt were sheltered by the
cage. The explosion was caused by
the drill striking a small quantity of
dynamite.
Killed in an TJnga Nine.
San Francisco, Nov. 8. Rudolph
Newman, general agent of the Alaska
Commercial Company, while inspect
ing the Sitka mine at Uuga, October
10, fell 209 feet to the bottom of the
shatt. and was instantly killed. His
remains were brought to this city on
the steamer Portland today.
Wage Restored. Foroe Increased.
Massillon, O., Nov. 8. The Massil
lon Stonewani Company has volun
teered to inoreise the wages of its em
ployes, restoring the 13j per oent cut
made last winter. The force of em
ployes will also be inoreased CO per
cent.
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It is announced that a combination
representing 85 per cent of the entire
production has been formed to control
the product ot white, black and salt
glazod stoneware in the United States.'
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A Press Censorship Has Baen
Established.
THE SILENCE IS OMINOUS
Gathering; of a Big; Squadron Prepara
. tions for War. in Progress All Over
the World.
London, Nov. 3. The Daily Mail
this morning publishes no news regard
ing England's war preparations, ex
plaining that silence is due to a letter
from the war office, asking it not tft
publish "anything wbioh might be
useful to a possible enemy." The
Daily Mail confirms the reports of un
exampled aotivity at the French dock
yards, " notably at Toulon, where the
coast ports have been experimenting
with melinite Bhells against an old
gunboat. - . .
British Naval Preparation.
London, Nov. 2. There was an un
expectedly gloomy feeling this morning
on the stook exohacge and the Paris
bourse, both markets being influenced,
it is inferred, from the aggressive tone
of some of the French papers. Besides
this something extraordinary seems to
have happened, and . it looks- as if a
crisis was approaching.
The British naval preparations are
being pushed with great activity. The
British emergency squadron is gather
ing at Devon port, with all ' possible
speed, and seven battle-ships and one
cruiser so far have been designated to
join the squadron. The officers and
Bailors have been hurriedly recalled
from leave of absence, several battle
ships and cruisers at Portsmouth are
taking full crews on board, and other
warlike preparations are being made.
A number of signalmen, now on duty
with the Birtish ohannel squadron,
whioh arrived at Gibraltar this morn
ing, have been ordered home for serv
ioe. A sensation was caused by the arrest
of a supposed Russian spy at a fort near
Harwioh. The man was already under
surveilance, and went to the redoubt,
where he tried to obtain some informa
tion from the sentry regarding the
fortifications. He was arrested, and
inquiries are being made regarding hit
antecedents.
It was also asserted today that officers
of the volunteers had received orders
to prepare for immediate mobilization,
and it was stated that the different
army oorps had been informed as to the
ports on the southern and western
coasts to which they have been al
lotted.
Thre Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon
says: iiinglano has been and even
now is so near war that the govern
ment has carried its preparations to
the farthest limit of the preparatory
stage. It has been arranged to oall out
the reserves and militia and to mobilize
the volnnteers simultaneously and to
form large camps at various important
railroad junctions where rolling stock
and locomotives will be concentrated.
, Activity at Bsqulmalt.
Victoria, B. C, Nov. 8. The depart
ure of her majesty's ship Amphioa
Sunday for the Society islands, the
Frenoh colony in the South seas, did
not end the aotivity at the Esquimalt
naval ttatien. At soon as she
left the wharf at the dook yard,
the dock-yard crew was detailed to got
the drydook in readiness for the recep
tion of her majesty's ship Leander.
She, too, is to go on a long voyage, oi
at least be in readiness for any duty
that she may be called upon to perform.
The most significant feature outsids
the departure of the Amphion, how
ever, is the activity on her majesty'!
ship Imperieuse. Admiral Palliser'i
flagship. Sunday a large number oi
men were given skore leave, a very
unusual thing on Sundays, and this
morning she commenoed coaling. It is
understood that she goes out undei
sealed orders on Thursday, but it is not
likely that she will follow the Amphion,
as that would leave Esquimalt with a
small fleet, the Leander, Icarus, two
torpedo-boat destroyers and two torpedo
boats. The White Liners.
Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 2. An un
confirmed report ssys the Canadian
Paciflo Railway Company ha. received
notification from the British admiralty
that the three big Empress liners may
be required at any moment, to be trans
formed into auxiliary cruisers. Guns
and other equipments lie at Hong Kong
and Esquimalt.
One vessel is now in Vanoouver har
bor, oi Yokohama. If trouble with
France assumes its worst aspect, the
two Empresses would be ready imme
diately. Over an Embankment.
St. Paul, Nov. 3. A - Winnipeg
special to the Dispatch says a special
naval train was derailed east of Rat
Portage, this morning, by a brokea
rail The tender, two baggage and
three colonist oars went over an em
bankment 10 feet high. Frank Fleck
ney and William Miller, boys from the
training-ship Agincourt, of Chatham,
England, wore killed. Samuel Harri
son, stoker of the Edinburg, and Thomas
Burns, a seaman, were injured.
Bit Life la Onager.
San Francisco, Nov. 8. Friendly
Chinese have warned Rev. Dr. Gard
ner, interpreter of the Chinese bureau,
who is making an agresslve oampaign
against the trade in slave girls, that at
a meeting of highbinders held last
night it was decided to take the doc
tor's life at the first opportunity, it h
persists in supplying the government
with information detrimental to the
interests of the highbinders and their
nhhlnJ... .j i-
chattels,
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BIG. REPUBLIC STRIKE. '
Unprecedented in Mining History of
Country Exoitement at Fever Heat.
Spokane, Nov. 3. A telephone mes
sage from Republic, on the north halt
of tbe Colville reservation, says tbs
miners in the Republic mine have now
crosscut 34 feet of ore in the big ledge
on tbe 430-foot level, and the drills
are still in ore. The news of the strike
has spread to the surrounding mining
districts, and .the exoitement is intense.
Conservative mining men say that such
an ore ohute with suoh values ($300 per
ton) is unprecedented in the mining
history of the continent. .The great
ohute has now been proved for a depth
of 480 feet, and a length of 400 feet.
It is nowhere less than five feet wide,
and the width runs as high 35 feet
Contrary to the general rule in gold
mining, the ledge is liohest at its
widest points.
Tbe mine is 80 miles from a rail
road, and tbe ore is freighted that dis
tant ver a mountain road and ship
ped to a Paget sound smelter. In addi
tion to these limited - shipments, the
company is treating ore at its mill on
the ground with the electro-oyanide
process. Its reciepts from ore ship
ments and mill ' runs are averaging
4,000 per day, and these will be
greatly increased when the machinery
is installed for the enlarged mill.
Enough ore is now blocked out to keep
the mill running for several years.
Other big mines in the camp are the
Mountain Lion, owned chiefly in Port
land; the Ban Poil and the Jim Blaine,
Owned in Spokane.
Buying orders for Republio stooka
were telegraphed today from many of
the surrounding towns. It is hard to
quote prices on tbe Republio stook.
Before the recent big strike it wa
selling freely at f 3 per share, but now
there is not a share in sight, and hold
ers are talking $8 per share.
In running the tunnel which has
just tapped the ledge in the lower
workings the miners have broken all
records. They out 400 feet in 39 days.
The country rock is porphyry.
INDIAN REPORTS IN.
florae Encouraging-; ' ' others Indicate
rThato Is Progressing Backward.
Washington, Nov. 3. A majoril. of
the4 annual reports of Indian agents to
the commissioners of Indian affairs are
of an encouraging nature, and indioat
progress generally along oivilized lines.
Some of the reports,, however, are not
ao gratifying, and make some surpris
ing statements. Unusual in an annual
report fa the following arraignment in
the report of E. M. Yerian, in charge
of the Lemhi Indiana in Idaho. . He
says:
"They are addicted to gambling,
horse-racing and dancing, and the - In
fluence of the so-called medicine man
operates to tbe disadvantage of the
tribe. Their real advancement has not
been what it should or what it was
possible to have been under the cir
cumstances. In the agent's annual re
port for 1883, on the Lehmi reserva
tion, I find 39 Indian families engaged
in farming; IS years after I can report
but 41 following agricultural pursuits,
an inorease of .13, not one converts'
year."
Agent Fuller, of the Blackfoot
agenoy, Montana, referring to the
opening of the ceded portion under the
mineral land laws last April, says the
prospecting has been practically fruit
less, and predicts the abandonment of
the so-called mineral strip before No
vember 5.
NICARAGUA WANTS A CANAL-
She Is Now Weary of Maritime Com
pany's Delay.
Managua, Nicaragua, Nov. 3. After
four days of publio discussion, the
Nioaragua oongress has unanimously
approved of the agreement provisional
ly made between President Zelaya and-the-
American contractors and engi
neers, E. F. Cragin and Edward Eyre,
authorizing the construction of an in
ter-ooeanio canal and empowering the
concessionaries to negotiate with tin
Maritime Canal Company. The adop
tion of the clause declaring that tin
concession to the Maritime Canal Com
pany will terminate on October 19,
1899, was received with prolonged
oheers from congressmen and the pub
lic in the galleries.' Congratulatory
telegrams have been received from the
ohief oities of Nicaragua and the neigh
boring republics.
Oregon and Iowa at Bahla, Braill.
Washington, Oot. 3. A cablegram
isceived at the navy department this
afternoon announced the arrival at
Bahia, Brazil, of the battle-sbips Ore
gon and Iowa. The battle-ships will
stop at Bahia for a few days, replen
ishing their ooal bunkers from the
Abarrenda and the Celtic, and then
will proceed to Rio, where they are t
take part in the great demonstration
there on November 15, tooommemorate
tbe anniversary of tbe birth of the re
public of Brazil.
Killed an Eloper.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 1. Just before
midnight, John Belick, a bricklayer,
shot and killed Al Sargent, a barber.
Rarannt Via, I
,i xjuiick g nouse ior
the purpose of eloping with Mrs. Bel
ick, and had tbe woman's trunk in a
wagon when the husband surprised
him. Belick fired four shots, each tak
ing efleot. Beliok and hit wife are in
jail.
Mustered Out.
New York. Nov. 3.-Tbe Ninth r'eg- -iment,
New York volunteers, was mus-
teres out of the United States service
today. . , '
Alleged Embenler Caught.
St. Louis, Nov. 3 Lambfirt WiltJ
ma alleged absoonding teller of the I
savings bank at Jungbunzlau.Bohemia, i
was arrested here this afternoon. It ' f
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