J 'UM.N'U iiwl)MA. I'KUJAV, ALUlSr 3, 1U0D FIGHT IN SEATTLE Frink Has Votes but Oppo nents Have Officers. REST DAY A CONTINUOUS ROW The Hemes - Guie Faction Holds Its Ground sad the Others May At tempt Force Today. SEATTLE, "Wash., aW 2- A wild and disorderly struggle for control between the Humes-Guie and the Frink forces all hut caused the Republican County Con vention today to break up In a riot. The Humes-Gule people captured the tem porary organization by the election of Frank P. Lewis as chairman over Samuel H. Piles, but the Frink followers raised the cry of fraud and persisted throughout the day in a desperate attempt to unseat Xiewls and install his opponent. For two hours this morning, and for a similar period this afternoon the fight was main tained, and when the convention was de clared adjourned. Temporary Chairman Lewis still held the fort. The scenes in the convention hall today -were almost an exact parallel to the Multnomah County Republican Conven tion of JS&6, except that nobody bolted. It developed that the Frink people had a small apparent majority of the conven tion, but what they will do with it and how they are to overcome the advantage of the Guie-Humes element is a problem they must yet work out. The convention was called to order a little after 31 o'clock by Chairman Knick erbocker, of the county committee. The -vote for temporary chairman was taken and the result was announced by 'Bert Taylor, a volunteer reading clerk, as 2225 for Lewis and 227V4 for Piles. Chairman Knickerbocker promptly declared Lewis elected. Unofficial figures vary. Some say that Piles had a real majority of seven, and others that Lewis' actual ma jority was only two. All agree that an error was made, inasmuch as the an nounced total is four more than the dele sates actually elected to the convention. "When Knickerbocker declared Lewis elected, ex-Governor McGraw came storming down the aisle, his face aflame, yelling at the top of his -voice for a re count. Knickerbocker Ignored him, and McGraw yelled at his loudest, but which could not be heard three feet away from him. In the midst of the tumult, Mr. Lewis made his way toward the platform. Sev eral excited Frink delegates tried to pre vent his reaching it, but he pushed through the struggling crowd and onto the platform. It was 10 minutes before quiet could be restored, and then Lewis made a speech. "Some gentlemen." he said, "have sug gested to me that I do not accept the position under the circumstances. All I have to say is that the honorable chair man of the county committee has de clared me elected and I cannot go be hind the returns." After a tribute to McKlriley and Roose velt, Xiewlg thanked the convention foi selecting him as its temporary chairman, which evoked hoots from the Frink men. A delegate moved that a recount of the ballot he had, and Lewis ruled the mo tion out of .order. The riot broke out again, this time fiercer than before. The whole convention stood on chairs howling and cheering. Will Morris appealed from the decision of the chair, but Lewis overruled him and recognized John E. Humphries, who made a motion that the three usual com mittees be appointed. Jones, of the Sev enth ward, moved to lay the motion on the table, and once more the chairman ruled the motion out of order. "I ap peal from the last decision of the chair," yelled Delegate Morris, "and demand a roll call on the appeal." By this time the whole convention was again massed around the chairman, who was white to the roots of his hair. Dr. Samuel Burdette, a burly colored dele gate from the Second ward, moved to adjourn. The motion was voted down, and the roil call on Morris' appeal was taken. Several times it was interrupted by shouting. The roll call showed that the chair's decision had been reversed by a vote of 230 2-3 to 218 1-3. For five minutes the Frink supporters made a deafening noise, in the midst of whioh Sam Piles climbed up on a seat and made a fiery speech. "I am a Republican," he shouted, "I have fought the battles of the party for years, and I have fought for the men who counted me out it thl3 convention (yells from the Frink men and hoots and hisses from the Humes-Gule supporters'). For all the money in the world, for tho honor of my little children. I would not stand In the position of the man who claims to be chairman of this convention. This roll call shows that he was not elected and that he is a usurper." In the midst of this harangue a mo tion was made to adjaurn, and Lewis, still firm, declared it carried. Tho dele gates filed out of the hall, and the first session was over. The convention adjourned till 2 o'clock, but it was 4 before Lewis called to order. The time meanwhile had been spent In Aain attempts to patch tip a peace. "The Frink people at once renewed their effort to have "Lewis yield, but he declared that ho had in good faith taken his place as temporary chairman and the convention had no ether business but to proceed to regular organization. He would not yield to a demand for a recount or consent to have his title to the temporary chairman ship questioned. Various motions were made and it developed on one of them that the Fink people had made some accessions, reaching 212 2-3 votes. The tactics of the Frink faction were to nefuse t proceed until Lewis was un seated, and of the opposition to force the usual procedure on the basis of the tem porary organization. Finally, about 6 o clock. Chairman Lewis entertained a motion to adjourn and declared the con vention adjourned till tomorrow at 9 o'clock. The Frink people held a mass conven tion tonight aad denounced the action of the Humes Guie faction. They may try tomorrow t take the convention by force. GOVER3T3IBXT ASSIGNMENTS. Officer TaVen From Portland to Fit Out Transport at San Francisco. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Captain. Jo seph Gibbon, Jr., in the Quartermaster's fflce at Portland has been ordered to San Francisco for immediate assignment to duty as Quartermaster and acting com missary on the transport Rosecrans, Vihlch has just returned from Cape Nome. Chaplain Cephas C. Bateman has been temporarily assigned to Fort Wright, Wash. Mrs. Mary C. Theicz has been appointed matron at the Chemawa Indian school, at 5720 per year. The Pfanner 'Estate. FOREST GROVE, Or., Aug. 2. The div idend of 3 per cent ordered paid on the Pfanner estate at the July term of court is now being disbursed by the assignee, A. Hinman. ThT5 makes S per cent of the whole amount to be received byHhe creditors. The total liabilities were about 540.000. There were about 510.O00 of pre ferred claims, and the cost of adminis tration, has been over $4100. Vamhill's Tax Collections. M'MINNVILLE, Aug. 2. The total tax roll for Yamhill for 1829. including city and school, amounted to 5102,286 27. Of this amount, 527,518 94 has been collected up to date. There has been paid on the state tax 518,574 64. The county is in a good condition, warrants of any consid erable amount selling readily at a slight premium. Rural Delivery From Dnfnr. WASHINGTON", Aug. 2. The Postof flce Department has established free ru ral delivery service to begin in August at Dufur, Or. Oregon Notes. Governor, Geer carries 52000 of life In surance. Reed Moore has been held in 5500 bonds at "La Grande to answer to the charge of rape. At Eugene. Eli Bangs and John Stew art have sold 50 horses to Government Cavalry agents. Barbers do not go to the Coast for their health. At Taquina, they charge 25 cents for a- shave. - - - John Whitaker. a well-known Benton County hopjrower, estimates Oregon s hop crop this year at 45,000 bales little more than half last year's crop. In celebration of good times, the peo ple of Eagle Valley, In Union County, will hold a Harvest Home picnic at Swisher's Grove, August 21 and 22. Albany does not know what to do for maintenance of her "public utility," tho big bridge across the Wilamette. It has proven a veritable "white elephant." Stayton has received its first wheat of the season. It is from a farm that us ually yields 30 or more bushels per acre. This year the yelld Is but 11 "bushels. William Carey, foreman at the Miller & Carey sawmill, 15 miles from Drewsey, Malheur County, fell on the running saw Sunday evening and was Instantly killed. Lee Wilson's house, at White CIouJ, was burned a few days ago. He and ht3 wife were away, but his children and some passing teamsters saved furniture and various articles. Election betting has begun. At The Dalles, C. W. Halght wagers a gold "twenty" against 200 pounds of pork with John Roth, of Klngsley, that McKinley will succeed himself. A Salem stock-buyer says he does not find more hogs in the country than he did last year, though it would seem that farmers should raise more of them jiow that there has come increased activity in dairying. An Oakville correspondent, of the Al bany Democrat says "that China pheas ants are more numerous than they have ever been in the valley. This year's chicks are about full-grown and can be seen in large bands." Two Portland men arrived here Satur day evening by train and left the next morning for a mountain trip, says the Lebanon Express-Advance. They brought with them two burros, on which they packed their outfit, and the men walked. Tho Identity of "the man with the linen duster" one of three who attempted to take Bowlin from his home at Wcstop In the night is a great mystery in Umatilla County, and promises to be as unfath omable ps the name of "the man who struck Billy Patterson."' Ell Bangs has secured the contract for carrying the mall between Eugene ana Florence at $3000 a year. The contract was originally let to a Kentucky firm, but was abrogated at a loss to the Gov ernment, and the agent says no more contracts will be let to men outside of the state. Investigation by the Coroner of Doug las County, as to tho death .of George Robinson, resulted In a finding by the jury that it was "due to acute.perltonltis, caused by the over-Indulgence of intox icating llQUors." Shortly before his death he had alleged that three men as saulted and robbed him. A big enterprise Is being Inaugurated at Winchester, five miles north of Rose burg. There is a splendid water power at that place and It Is now proposed to utilize It In various ways. A water and light system for Roseburg will be one of the enterprises taken In hand by the company, just incorporated, "with a capi tal of $130,000, and a large sawmill will be erected. Near Lostlne, a farmer was moving hogs In a lane, from one pasture to an other at night Two traveling men. C R. Mills and A. T. Swanson, were driv ing along, and the farmer, not wanting his hogs scattered, called to them, ''Hold up." Thinking they were in for a hold up, they lashed their horses, to escape the highway vllllans, and scattered the hogs, while the farmer "expressed him self In robust English about their timid ity. The Pendleton East Oregonlan says that combination threshing outfits this year have not seemingly been as popular as heretofore, owing to a well-grounded belief among farmers that combines leave the ground in a foul condition, much more so than when the harvesting Is done with header and separator. But trouble in securing men has caused the owners of threshing machines a great deal of expense this season already, so that the combine is lCcely to gain favor, as fewer men, comparatively, are re quired to handle a crop In that method than with the hoador and separator. BALTIMORE AND OHIO. Dividends of 2 Per Cent on Preferred and 4 Per Cent on Common Stock. NEW YORK, Aug. 2. The directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com pany say in a public statement that they unanimously adopted the recommenda tion of the executive committee that a dividend of 2 per cent on the preferred stock out of the net earnings of the sec ond six months of the fiscal year be paW to stockholders on September 4: also the recommendation that a dividend of 4 per cent on the common capital stock be declared out of the net earnings of the capital for the fiscal year ended June 30. 1900. 2 per cent payable on September 4. and the rest on March 1, 1901. The balance of surplus earnings remaining Is to be appropriated for improvements, betterments and additions to the prop erty. No changes took place in the di rectory, and it is declared that none is contemplated. The gross earnings for the year ended June 30 were 542,030,349; operating ex penses ,527,525,555: balance carried .over after dividends and other charges, 52.91S. 407. Slaranette Monument Meeting:. CHICAGO, Aug. 2. A special from Macldnaw Island says: The Marquette monument meeting was held on the pa rade grounds of old Fort Mackinaw. About 2000 persons were present. 'The orators were Rev. Thomas F. Sherman and General J. C. Black, of Chicago. Father Sherman reviewed tho work of Marquette after Jollet had been sent to him. General Black's topic was 'Mar cjuette as a Man of the People." The object of the celebration was the same as heretofore, namely to arouse in terest in th project of erectin- a statue in honor of the explorer in State Park. SCHOOL FUND DIVIDED LARGEST APPORTIONMENT MADE IN OREGON. EVER Conies From Large Payments of, In terest on Loans Annual Appor- tlonmcnts for Ten Tears. SALEM, Or., Aug. 2. State Treasurer Moore today made the annual apportion ment of the common school fund Interest, amounting to 5207,457 34. This Is the larg est sum ever apportioned among the schools of this state, and It Is divided upon the basis of alarger school popula tion than has ever been reported before. The total number of persons of school age Is 133,181, and the per capita division is 51 56, which Is also the largest ratio upon which the school funds have ever been distributed. The amount of money apportioned to each county Is shown ip the following table: Number of County. Children. Amount. Baker 3,832 5 6.055 92 Benton 2,500 3,900 00 Clackamas 7.6S2 11,522 90 Clatsop 3,6&3 5,770 44 Columbia 2,213 3,452 23 Coos 3.S60 6.121 60 Crook ... .. 1.068 1.666 OS Curry 682 1,063 92 Douglas E.C6G 8,355 36 GlHlam 1.CS4 1,705 64 Grant 1,647 2,59 82 Harney 1.0O4 1.5G6 24 Jackson 5,053 7.SS2 E& Josephine 2.E94 3,724 64- Klamath 1033 1,011 4S Lake 979 1,527 24' Lane 7.3S2 11.515 92 Lincoln .. 1.2SC 1.S51 36 Linn 6,919 10,79'. 64, Malheur ... 1305 2.05 50 Marlon .... 9,775 15 29 00 Morrow 15S3 2 377 23. Multnomah 24 887 S8.E2J 72 Polk 3,fi50 5634 00 Sherman 1.C91 2,013 96 Tinamook ,. 1,7.9 ' 2.F97 24 Umatilla ,.. 5.8"6 9104 16 Union 5.S51 SXU 24 Wallowa 2149 3.CS2 44 Wasco ,.-... 4 4-'v8 8,87548 Washington 5.C35 8,79216 Wheeler 8SS 1,385 28 Yamhill 4.8S2 7,615 92 Totals 133.1S1 5207.457 34 The School Superintendent of Clacka mas County reported last year 7SS8, In stead of 76S6 persons of school age, hence Clackamas County received 5305 02 more than it should have received, and. that sum has been deducted from the amount due that county this year. The following Is a comparative state ment of the school fund apportionments for the past 10 years: Number of Year. children. Per capita. Amount. 1S01 103.622 $1'45 $153,151 0 1S92 111,770 145 162,068 50 1893 120.645 JO 84,45150 70 84,451 50 1894 123,786 87 , 107,693 82 1S95 126,935 105 133.28175 1S96 129,623 1 05 i:5.472 05 1E97 129,956 104 1S5.154 24. 1598 130,753 120 156.903 60 1899 132,383 1 51 1C9.905 88 1900 133,181 156 207.457 34 Tbe money that has been thus divided among the counties of this state Is the interest received upon loans made by the State Land Board from the irreducible school fund. This fund is loaned upon real estate security, "and it is required by law that the principal must remain in tact. It sometimes occurs that the bor rower falls to repay the money loaned, and it becomes necessary to foreclose the mortgage and sell the property. In that cace, If the property does not sell for tho amount of the loan, the difference must be made up by drawing upon the interest fund to keep up the principal fund. There have also been some errors in crediting money received In the wrong fund. These errors and deficiencies up to the present time -amount to 5.16,35t 96. and this sum was deducted from the amount in the In terest fund, leaving therein the amount apportioned today. The losses sustained are largely due,, to loans made prior- to 1893, when land valuations were much higher; than now. After the decline in val ues some of the lands would, not sell for the amount loaned upon them. Of the total amount of losses 58500 was due to a 510,000 loan made about 1875 -to the Bnker City Academy. This loan was ordered by the Legislature, and after about $10,000 Interest had accrued, the property was sold on foreclosure for $1500. The land board had no control over this loan. The present administration made ah or der early in Its career directing its attor neys and agents to enforce prompt pay ment of interest. Observance of this or der resulted In the production of an un usual amount of Interest last year, and a still greater amount this year. By keep ing the interest collected up to date the probability of default In payment of prin cipal is lessened, and there Is accord ingly less likelihood of loss through fore closure. F. R. Anson, formerly manager of the Salem Light & Traction Company, this afternoon filed his answer in the suit brought by the London & San Francisco Bank to foreclose its mortgage on the Salem street railway and 'electrlo light plants He alleges that he Is the owner of certain personal property valued at 54455, upon which the bank wrongfully claims to have a mortgage; that he loaned part of this property to the Salem Light & Trac tion Company; that the use of the prop erty is worth ?2QQ per month from June 1, 198: that he should hae return of his property, and that the rental should be a Hen upon the Traction Company's prop erty prior to the lien of the bank's mort gage. The London & San Francisco Bank claims that all the property in question Is owned by the Salem Light & Traction Company, and that it is subject to the bank's mortgage. Governor Geer today issued a requisi tion upon the Governor of California for the rendition of F. A, Johnson and Harry C. Smith who are wanted In this state to answer to the charge of burglarizing the residence of Mrs. S. L. Brown, In Port land, on February 15, 1EO0 The 'burglars are under arrest In Sacramento. Detec tive Daniel Welner, of Portland, has been appointed as the agent of this state to receive the men and return them to this state. The floor of the west end of the steel bridge across the Willamette at Salem caught fire early this morning from an unknown cause, but no great damage was done. Clerk, J. J. Murphy, of the Supreme Court, today turned Into the state treas ury $425 40, the amount of fees collected by him during the month of July. In the case of the Stite of Oregon, re spondent, vs. William D. Huffman, appel lant, the Supreme Court today ordered that the respondent have until August 25, 1900, to serve and file a brief. Florence M. Myrick, of Grant's Pass, was Tecelved at the Asylum today. She Is 22 years old, and married. KILLED. FELLOW-CHINAMAN. Result of Q.narrel of Salmon-Can-ners at Astoria. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 2. A Chinaman, named Wong Ark Toy was killed by a fellow-Chinaman, Wong Lun, yesterday afternoon, while they were working to gether in Booth's cannery. Toy was placing salt In empty cans previous to their being filled with salmon, while the murderer was furnishing the cans on trays to him. They had had some words bTaitpp "Wong .Ark Tor compla'nert about he laziness and slcwne-s of Won? Lun in u...ering the cant, to him. A-icr on of these quarrels, and while Wong Ark Toy had his back turned, Wong Lun, It Is said, hit him on the left side of the head with a heavy wooden hoe that was used to pull the empty cans down from a bin. The force of the blow broke the handle of the hoe, and knocked Wong Ark Toy senseless to the floor. He wa picked up by the other Chinamen, who were working In the cannery, and they soon revived him sufficiently to assist him to the bunkhouse near by. Not much attention was pld to the Incident at the time, as the man's Injuries were not considered serious. Later he be came unconscious again and died at 6 o'clock this morning. Superintendent Fred Barker, of the cannery, notified the Coroner, and then arrested Wong Lun and turned him, over to the Sheriff for safe-keeping. It was feared that the other Chinamen might do him bodily harm, as they were much incensed against him. The Inquest over the dead man will be held tomorrow, and until the Coroner's verdict is, rendered the prisoner will be held without bonds. Wong Ark Toy was over 50 years of age, and has worked at Booth's cannery for the past. 10 years. This is the first year for Wong Lun. to work at that can nery, but he has been In this country for a number of years. YAMHILL'S HOP OUTLOOK. Something Alia the Vines 300,000 Pounds Contracted at O Cents. MMINNVILLE, Or., Aug. 2. The hop outlook in this section is not as encour aging as It was a few weeks ago. Al though the main vines are large and thrifty, the arms are said to ba much shorter than usual, and a slight blight gives the foliage a sickly appearance. Mil ler Bros., the principal growers , and contractors of Yamhill County, have con tracted for 300,000 pounds at 9 cents;. This firm also has yards in Polk and Wash ington Counties. So far the army worm has shown itself In but one 'yard, that be ing In Washington County. The main trouble at this time appears to be' a lack of pickers, Japanese" contractors have ma'de a proposal to furnish pickers at 25 cents per-box.'or 50 cents per 100 Rather than" employ Japanese, srowers are will ing to pay white 30 cents per box, or 70 cents "per 100. Hopplcldpg will begin about September 1, 10 days earlier than usual. Half a Crop of Winter Wlieat. HILLSBORO, Aug. 2-Estimates based upon threshing reports from all parts of the county place the leld of Winter wheat here at about one-half of last year's yled. In the Scholl'a section, the yield is running 10 to 14 bushels per aero, while on the North Plains and Gr-eenvills sections 10 and 12 bushels Is the average. Threshers report big straw. Ndne of them will much more than pay the expenses of the crew hire. Grain Still Standing:. INDEPENDENCE, Aug. 2 Threshing Is In full blast all about here. The yield seems to be rather light, though no de tailed statement can be secured. There Is still much grain standing. FALLS CITY WANTS RAILROAD. Survej ors Now in the Field Locating n Line. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Aug. 2. From present Indications, Independence will soon have another line of railroad. A coinmlttee of Falls City people was here last week and entertained by the Inde pendence Board of Trade, when the mat ter of a. road between the two points was discussed and arrangements made for a committee from the beard to go to Falls City yesterday and look over the ground. The committee, consisting of F. A. Douty and J. A. Mills, accompanied by H. Hlrschberg, went over the proposed line esterday, and reports that tMe route is feasible. However, to make matters more definite, Mr. Hlrschberg has engaged En gineer Hanson, who has been connected with the O. R. & N. Co , the Northern Pacific and the Corvallls & Eastern, to make a thorough survey, the party start ing out this morning. This line will tap an excellent body of fine timber, and villi pass through a fine farming section, and the people along the line seem to be in earnest as to wantlngthe railroad. WORMS STOLE BECniVE. f Drove' Bees Avray nnd Ate All the Honey and the Coxnb. ' OREGON CITY, Aug. 2. Councilman Frank Busch complains that the cut worms todk possession of a bsohlve filled with honey standing In his yard, drove the "bees out, and after devouring the honey, finished up on the empty comb, It 4 was apparent that the sting of the bees had no effect on the hairy bodies" of the " insects. A Portland woman was at the Court house making diligent Inquiry as to' why the Circuit Court had not granted her an absolute divorce from her husband. It was ascertained that a decree had been granted by the court, but her attorney had refused to have the decree entered unless he was paid an additional fee. The County Treasurer, has made an other call for county warrants, announc ing that there Is money on hand to pay all county warrants Indorsed prior to September 10, 1897, and road warrants prior to June 16, 1900. BlfCIC LAKE FOR STOCK RANCH. Transfer of 2500 Acres Appointment of a Cadet. ASHLAND. Aug. 2, A syndicate head ed by J. N. T. Miller, of Jacksonville, who purchased a number of years ago the swamp land known on the map of Ore gon as Buck Lake, in Klamath County, has sold the property, which contains 2500 acres, to John J. Cambers, of this city, who will establish a stock ranch there. It is fertile land, exceptionally well watered. Thomas W. Hammond, aged 20 years, Of this city, a son of the late A. P. Hammond and a student of the Oregon University, has been appointed by Sen ator George W. McBride a cadet In the United States Military Academy at West Point. The examination for entrarce will take place in the coming month of March. THE BOISE RAILROAD. Nearly All Rlght-of-Way Secured 500 Men at Worlc. BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 2. Work on the Idaho Midland Railroad Is still progress ing, the company having about 500 men now at work. The Chamber of Commerce Mas procured deeds to the Broadbent right-of-way and to all the rights of way from oBlse to the Boise Canyon, with the exception of two. These two parties are asking $1000 each for the right-of-way across their land, and the officials of the Chamber of Commerce state that they will proceed with condemnation proceed ings before paying the amount asked. The company is surveying and engaging in preliminary work, which it expects to finish in about 10 days or two weeks. NORTHWEST DEAD. . Samuel H. McBee. Samuel H. McBee, who resided with his son, C. J. McBee, at Fairmount, Lane County, retired in usual health last night, and when his door was opened this morning he was found dead. He had been troubled with heart disease, ience It Is supposed he died from heart failure. He .was born in. Tennessee In 1637. He resided In Fall Creek precinct for a num ber of years. He was a veteran of the Indian wars of 1S55-6, and enlisted In 1S64-5. He left a wife and six grown sons and daughters. Mrs. Hull, of Lane County. Mrs. Nancy Hull died at the residence of Dr. B. F. Russell, at Thurston, Lane County, July 31, aged 86 years. She left two sons Manlove C. Hull, of Boise City, Idaho, and Hugh J. Hull, of Los Angeles, Cal. and two daughters Mrs. Minerva Billings, of Springfield, and Mrs. -Maggie N. Russell, of Thurston. Her husband, two sons, and two sons-in-law served in the Civil War, and one son In the Philippines. The funeral took place Wednesday, August L NOME -HPT AN cLDpRADO FEW WHO RUSHED NORTH HAVE STRUCK IT RICH. Discouragement the Lot of Goldseek- era Costly Machinery Ah an- doned on the Beach. NOME, Alaska, July 20. Having been here mbre than one month and having studied the situation quite thoroughly, I am In a position to place before the readers of The Oregonlan the situation in this much-talked-of and much-wrlt-ten-about country. The thousands of early comers are very much discour aged. Many have already returned to their homes or to other gold regions. A very small per cent of the vast multi tude! of gotfl-seekers ha3 struck anything worth while. On the other hand, every thing Has been invested In this last des perate struggle to repair lost fortunes of other days, but all 13 lost, and these people are left on the bleak shores of the Alaskan sea wlthQUt a dollar in the world. Many have already applied to tho United States Government to be taken out. The beach mining project is a. com parative failure. Costly machinery is piled along tho beach, being burled be neath the wave-washed sands. Tnls ma chinery has never been set up. Expen sive plants In operation do not, In many cases, pay expenses. Now and then some little pocket Is struck which helps out the lucky finder. Some experienced mi ners with Chinese rockers are making" fair wages. But woe i.0 the "tender foot." People who anticipated the mar ket and brought stocks of goods have done fairly well. But the harvest was of short duratloni. Discouragement is on every hand. There have been several suicides as relief forthe bitter disap pointment. For 100 miles either way from Uom City along the beach the tent cords" of the gold-diggers touchy and "in some places the tents are two or three deep. The beach "was worked last year. Sum mer and Winter, In some places it has ben worked three or four times. New places may be discovered, but before your readers know of them they will all have been worked by the discoverers and their friends. Let not the multitudes come to Alaska expecting to make a fortune mining on the beach. TheMnterior for 100 miles or more is staked and restaked. Thousands of these claims are worthless. Nearly all of them are unprospected. They were staked for the market, depending on the reputa tion of Anil Creek mines tq sell them. If they are rich, nobody knows it. But few mines are being worked or can be opened untif the rains come to supply water for sluicing purposes. Wages are low and the season short. Five dollars per day and board for the mining sea son Is very poor pay. Some are paying only $3 50 per day and board. While there were ships to unload and houses to build, and small boats to make, wages for longshoremen and carpenters were $1 per hour; but this has all changed. The pondltlon of the mines or claim3 In the interior in their unprospected and undeveloped condition, with theiruncer tain titles, does not give encouragement for relief at present. Many people are preparing to go out. "For sale" is a fre quent sign, put up on outfits all along tho beach, and their owners are "for sail." The great majority of the people here were "tenderfeet" now they have "cold feet" When we were out at sea battling with storms and Ice they won dered If they would eVer reach Nome; now they wonder If they will ever get away. i n The Interior is difficult to prospect, on account of the tundra, which, covers mountain and valley. This tundra la boggy and springy, and the footman with heavy "pack sinks ankle deep at every step Into thi3 sof t Isubatanco, and attempting to step from bog to bog or from depression to depression with un equal step Is tiresome "in the extreme. Along the principal streams traveling is easier on account of " the beaten path. Teams with wide-tired wagons can take light .loads some distance lnto-,the Inte rior. The Winter season-ys the time for travel in this country. i It will take time and money to develop this regions This season will end the profitable mining on the beach within 100 miles, of. Nome City either way, al though It will be worked for years to come by prospectors desiring to make a stake and others without capital, who may chance to be In this country, but It will never pay any one to come to this country to mine the beach. What the In terior may proye to be is j et. unknown. The Indications are that this is a re gion rich in the precious metal. As you pass up and down the streams and over the mountains, the stones have the ap pearance of having passed through the stamp mill of the gods. Quartz in great quantities in pebble form is found In every stream. Volcanic mountains are piled up like great heaps from gigantic smelters, retaining some of the gold-bearing quartz. While much of the gold has been liberated by the heat and by one force and another left on "bedrock" of stream and beach. But you must not purchase cjalms In this country from ita outward appearance. You may not be able to find "bedrock." Old miners who have been in Dawson and joined the Cape Nome stampede say that this region does not compare in richness with that. J. F. GHORMLEY. ALASKA GOLD KEEPS THINGS EASY. Klondike Receipts Affect Situation in New York. ,NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Says the Herald today: Wall-street borrowers are enjoying an easy money market, and It Is believed they arc likely to enjoy It for some time, If the Importation of gold from the Alas kan fields Is any criterion. The banks which bring this gold to the metropolis report an extraordinarily good output and this evidence Is amply supported else where. The fact that the pickaxes and cradles of Klondike miners have recently been, adding in generous fashion to the world's stock of gold has only been de veloping In recent weeks. Such sources of the precious metal as British Colum bia send their gold through to its desti-. nations at all seasons of the year, and the Bank of Montreal has already im ported into this city about $500,000 of British Columbia gold this year. But the gold that comes from the frozen North, where snows block the roads and Ice locks the rivers throtlgh the Winter months, must wait for transportation until the thaw arrives. Navigation then becomes practicable, and the output of the mines starts on its way. Movement of gold from the Yukon and Klondike fields really gets underway In June. Last year the product of Alas kan' gold amounted to about 520,000,000 This year it will amount to at least 524, 000,000, according to the best estimates. The two institutions which import this gold into New York City -are both Ca nadianthe Bank of British North Amer ica and the Canadian Bank of Commerce Between them they have brought or have on the way to this city nearly $8,000,000 of virgin gold, and are likely to more than double the figure before the year is out "We shall certainly bring on more Alas 'kan gold this year than last," said W. Dawson, New York agent of the Bank of British North America. "The Alas kan output will be that of an extra good year, and should cause a continuance of monetary ease here. We have Imported $2,500,000 of Alaskan gold In the last few weeks, and have $500,000 more on the way now." Alexander Laird, New York agent of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, said about two-thirds of the Alaskan output of 524,000.000 should be expected to reach this city through his Institution and the Bank of British North America. "We hav already Imported $3,500,000 of the Alaskan gold in the last week or so he said, "and have another 51,000,000 on the way, making 54.E0O.O0O in all. We buy our gold at Dawson City, assay it there and have It brought to Seattle for official assay. A large part or the Alaska gold which does not come to this city Is taken by the North American Transportation Company, representeed by P. B. Weare & Co.k Chicago, and the Alaskan Trans portation Company." At the sub-treasury in this city the first payments on account of Pacific Coast gold deposits to be transferred to New York by checks drawn on the Superintendent of the Mint at San Fran cisco were made yesterday. They were In two Items, aggregating $249,000, This helped to increase the Subtreasury's debit balance at the Clearing-House, which amounted to $1,554,260. The Western de posits of bullion are expected to Increase materially the reseVves of local banks. The Kaiser Frederick, sailing for Europe, .will , take, out 65,tX!0 punces of silver, shipped by the "United Metals Selling: Company. TOPKUK MINERS ARRESTED. Soldiers Interfered In a CInlm.-Jump- inc Contest. SEATTLE, Aug. 2. The Times says: The first serious trouble betyreen the military and the prospectors in the North this year resulted In the arrest of over 100 of the miners who went to Topkuk, about 50 miles east of Nome City. The men bad .been forced to quit work on the Topkuk Beach by-the authorltlea sev eral days before, but the ground had proved tq be rich, and they went back to work again. Ten of the prisoners were brought to Nome on July 20, and released on bonds. Jne, clash, occ.urr.ed. July 17. -About a week before over 100 miners were forced to quit work alongu-tha beach at Topkuk by soldiers that were landed from the United States transport Seward. Soldiers were regularly detailed day and night to guard the cliff from being torn away by the miners, who were only too eager to get at the rich pay streak which was al ready uncovered for a width of several hundred feet, Under the conditions of suspension of work the miners were al lowed to work their dumps, which wa3 pretty nearly completed this week. This having been done, the miners held a con sultation, and determined to defy Uncle Sam and return to work. The soldiers were all mustered out on the beach, and with fixed bayonets attempted to- force the men to leave, but not a man stirred. A parley ensued, with the result that 30 or 40 miners submitted to be arrested, and were put under guard. Others quickly tqok the places of the arrested ones, and were In turn themselves arrested, until the soldiers have now more than they can attend to. A perplexing problem now is how to feed and house tao arrested miners. If they are not fed the soldiers are in danger of being overpowered, until relieved by the revenue cuttera or trans ports. This trouble- is the culmination of a contest of the creek claimants of No. 1, of which there are two factions. One faction claimed to have located the tun dra claim In December last, and were suffered to be In possession. The other faction claimed that because the Initial monument of the first faction was set up on the beach, and not on the tundra. It was not a legal location, and was jump able, which they accordingly are alleged to have done. GREELT'S WORK JX AliASKA. System of Telesrapb. Linen Planned for the Territory. QHICAGO. Aug. 2. Brigadlet-General Greely. chief of the United States Army Signal Corps, left Chicago for Alaska last night on the Northwestern Limited for St. Paul. He goes north not to discover the Pole, but to bind the frozen fields of the Yukon In the harness of electricity. Stand ing at the station last night, he took out a pencil and traced on a map of Alaska the route that will be followed In building the new cable and telegraph lines. "It is a military wire, primarily," he said, "necessitated by military conditions, and It will give telegraphic communica tion between St. Michael and all the Go ernment forts and stations up the Yukon Valley. Incidentally, it will be valuable to commerce and will conhect the miners" with the outside world. Two hundred miles of the line will be cable, laid down In the ocean. Starting from St. Michael, the cable will run to Cape Nome, and from that gold-bearing beach across the Bight to Una.laklik. Thence the telegraph will proceed, climbing the mountains Into the Yukon Basin, and following up the river tov the boundary line, a distance of an other 140Q miles. Some time ago I per fected arrangements with the Dominion Government and already the Canadian engineers ara. building their line from Dawson in a northwesterly direction to meet ours at the boundary. The two governments have joined hands to carry the wires through the heart of the north ern wilderness. "Ultimately It is proposed to complete the circuit by constructing a line from Dawson across country to come out at our port, Valdes, on the southern coast of the peninsula. The conditions will eventually carry the line up the Yukon and down into British Columbia, joining it with the wires of the Canadian Pacific Hallway." General Greely doe3 not expect to go to China. Four experienced signal offi cers are there now with General ChaHee. Mrs. Greely will accompany her husband to Alaska. RECEIPTS OF KLONDIKE GOLD. 89,500,000 This Year as Agnlnst $7,030,000 last Season. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Reports of the bureau of the mint show that tho re ceipts of gold at the Seattle assay office in the month of July from the Klondike amount to $6,0S4.0CO, and from Alaska to $266,000. At San Fran.clsco the original re ceipts were $2,159,032 from the Klondike and $121,676 from Alaska. The total re ceipts of the San Francisco Mint in July from all sources, includlpg the Seattle assay office, amounted to $13,400,000. Total receipts on the Pacific Coast from the Klondike so far this season are about $9, 500,000, against $7,630,000 at the same time last year. Home Better Than the Klondike. OREGON OITY, Aug. 2. C. W. Beach, who has been In the Yukon country for nearly three years past, returned last night, and Is now contented to remain at home. He did fairly well, working for good wages the greater part of the time. George A. Hamilton and F. F. White, of Oregon City, have purchased a claim a short distance from Dawson City, and were prospecting the prbperty when he left there. As to the Canadian officials discriminating against American citizens, Mr. Beach said in the matter of filing on claims, the man who put pp the mo3t .money secured his filing, it did not mat ter whether he was a Britisher or citizen of tbe United States. No Deaths From Smallpox. WASHINGTON Aug. 2. A telegram haa been received at the Treasury De partment from Lieutenant Jarvls, at Cape Nome, Alaska, which Indicates that the situation there is improving. The tele gram left Nome July 20, and said there had been only three new cases of small pox since the last report. Incoming Ves sels were being carefully Inspected, and an effective system of Isolation of all cases and suspects was being maintained. No deaths were reported. Large Willamette Log: Drive. ALBANY. Or.. Aug. 2. The last of a big log drive, 6,000,000 feet in all, passed Ubany today, In charge of a large force f men with three scows and eight horse3. They were put In the McKenzie and arc being driven tor the paper mills at Ore gon Cityv The principal work consists af hauling the loss from bars and tho banks . upon which. thoy lodge la their irig fiownstream. The ciew lnthelr w6rk maae irom a mue ana a aaat 10 iw antes per day. and are watched by large crowds along the banks. Mlnins Stock Quotations. Folio-wins' are th transactions at ta Oregon Mlnlcc Stock Rrchanga yesterday: Bid. Adams Mountain .-fUOO 05 Buffalo ..C... 1 CoopcropoUa S Asked. $000 OBU 103 CO Fotits Dredslns Co. Sold Hill & Bohemia ! 5& Oold Hill High Line Ditch 0. 2o Helena. .Jl 31ft Helena. No. 2 , JfliS V Lost Horse ............... aft 3 May Queen Tmhi, 2 llountaln View ........... ,. 2ij Oregon-Colo. M-Ml & D.. 5r 3 Riverside 2, 10 Rockefeller 3VJ 5H Sumpter Free Gold... 1 2 SALES. Copperopolis- .............. ..CO0O shares at 3 Gold Hill & Bohemia ... .. lOOOat 5 Helena .. ......-. S30at3iH Helena. No. 2 .,.,..,...,... 6000 at 6 6O0Oat B 4000 at 6S Tjs Ttam 3G0Oat 24 Hay Quen ... .22000 at 2i ountaln view ....u t iwj at n !goa-Colorado M. M. & D, 1000 at 0 SPOKANE. Aug. 2. The cloalns olds for mining stoc&a today were: Blacktall $0 tHSlLono Pine Surp..$0 004$ Butte b Boston. li-i Motf..aiory S Deer Trail Con Evening" Star... Gold Ledgo .... Goldan Harvest. I. ?C L .... 4si Npble Five Princess Maud.. Rambler Cariboo Reservation ..... 7S "3. 104! TU3si3na uranu. 2V Insurgent Iron Mask 24 (Torn Thumb .... 10 BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2. The official clos ing quotations for mining stocks today were: Alta $0 04t Justice ..... $0 OT Alpha Con Andes .... Belcher .. Mexican IT Occidental Con ... 0 Qphlr 70 Overman ........ 0 Potosl 13 Savage 13 Stf. Belcher a Best & Btecher... 23 Bullion 3 Caledonia ....... 82 Challenge Con ... 25 Chol!ar.... 15 Sierra. Nevada 23 Confidence ....... 05 Con. Cat A Va... 1 50 Silver Hill 03 Standard 4 33 Uiilon Con. ........ 21 Crown Point .... 10 Gould ! Curry... Hale & Norcross.. 22) Utah Con ..-.... i) 20Tello5ir Jacket .... 33 NEW TORK. Aug. 2. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Chollar $0 12 Crown Point .... 13 Ontario $3 75 Ophlr 03 Plymouth 10 Quicksilver 1 30 do prof G 50 Con. CaL & Va... 1 40 Deadwcod 40 Gould fc Curry... 20 Hale & Norcross.. Sierra. Nevada Hararct&ke 60 00 1 Standard - 4 00 Iron Sliver Mexican ... Union Con IS Yellow Jacket 23 BOSTON. Aug. 2. Closing quotations: Adventure $0 02 Humboldt ......$0 23 Allnuez II. Co 1 Osceola ......... 63 Aimtl. Copper .. 87 Atlantic 23 Boston 3c Mont. 3 0O Butte & Boston. 82 r.a.1. & Hecla... T 40 Parrott . 41K Qumcy ........ 1 3a Santa. Fa Copper 41A Tamarack ...... 1 94i Utan Mining .... 2S4 Wlnsna ........ 2Vi Centennial ..... 18' Franklin ....... 13 Bid. 1 Wolverines ..... 33 & Mineral Surveyor ADPoInted. Georgo TV. Xiloyd, of Colorado Springs, has been appointed United States Deputy Mineral Surveyor for the district of Ore gon, and his official bond in the sum of $10,000 has been approved. He will locate In Portland, and will operate in the Bo hemia district. Father and Son F3jrfct. VANCOUVER, Wash., Am?. 2. A fight occurred here this evening between William Trant, a farmer living about five miles north of here, and his son Thomas, as a result of which tho father was knocked down by the son. receiving an ugly cut on the forehead and his upper lip laid open. Both men had been drink ing freely. Young Trant was arrested and Is now In jail. Work on the Main-street pavement has been practically suspended thi3 week. owing1 to the Inability of tha contractor to get lumber. Tha work was begun 60 days ago, and tha pavement haa been completed to Fifth street leaving three blocks yet to be built. Perhaps Was Never Insane. COLFAX, Wash.. Aug. 2. A letter has just been received from Superintendent McLean, of the Medical Lake Asylum for the Insane, stating that Jordan H. David, who was committed to the asylum July 15, would be discharged August 1. The. superintendent's letter contained an Intimation that David had never been insane. David was first arrested at Col vllle June 27, for stealing a horse at Palouse. At tho trial tho defense ad mitted tha taking of tha horse, but dis claimed criminality," claiming defendant to be Insane. Tho Jury found that ho was Insane. Redaction of Umatilla Assessment. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 2-Assessor George Buzan says that tho assessment of the property of Umatilla County for tho present year will be $5,800,000, which will bo $1,000,000 less than the assess ment for last year, a reduction of 15 per cent. Idano Notes Five Minnesota families have recently moved to Kendrick. A new bridge Is being: constructed across the south fork of tho Coeur d'Alena River at Wallace. Miss Sheehey. who homesteaded a. lfiO acro tract five years ago, not far from Nampa, ha3 just sold It for $3300. R. W. Sweet has given np tho Nampa creamery, and it will now ba run by tho stockholders. 8. B. Douglas has been ap pointed manager. Bears are reported to ho plentiful fat tho mountains near Delta, "and any one hav ing a good bear dog will find excellent sport In his line." Dan Murphy escaped punishment at Boise for grand larceny because tho pros ecution neglected to prove that a stolen, vallsa was of value. A number of Wallace carpenters were arrested recently for interfering with tha construction, of certain buildings. Tha prosecution is making but Blow progress. Suit has been filed against ex-Assessor Nelson J. Wing, of Nez Fercee County, by F. Danford. County Attorney. Wins: neglected to turn In $-1421 of county money. Ed Beck and Kittle Ros3, charged with the murder of Frank Henderson, of Law lston, were bound over without ball to await the next term of tha District Court, in September. Weiser is soon to have waterworks and electric lights, according to all prospects. The taxpayers are getting up a mammoth petition to the City Council to hold a spe cial electron as soon as possible, to bond the city for $50,000 for light and water. John Clancy, an aged laboring man who was seriously beaten at Boise by two young companions. Gill and Black, on tho night of July 2, died at 5:45 the evening of July 31, as a, result of his injuries. Gill and Black have both been at the County Jail awaiting the result of the old man's injuries, and will now have to face a charge of murder. THE MONTANA State School of Mines At Butte. Montana, will open Sept- 11. 1000. Full four years' course of Instruction offered: i;vo terms of 20 weeks each per year. Tuition trte to Montana students; others pay $25 per term. For other Information address N. K. Leonard, Butte. Mont. The Oregon Mining Stock Exchange Auditorium, Chamber of Commerce Bids., . O. box 070. Portland. Or. Telephone Main 310 J. E. Haseltlne. Pres.; David Gocdsell Treas.; ?. J. Hard. Sec. Directors L. G. Clarke. J. E. Haseltlne. Da :ld GoodselL P. J. Jennings. L O. Xavldsgo I 2". V- Prake, S. A- Clem,