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- -..'V TH$ MOENING OREGONIAltf, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1900; 10 DfJE TO NEGLIGENCE BJLELWAT EMNOTES RESPONSIBLE COR HATFIELD DISASTER. Pktfadelpata. fc Rea&lBff Aatkorltle Will Sfako an Investisratlo Into-the ACair. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8. It seems to rbe the generally accepted conclusion that the -wreck on th Philadelphia & Head line Railway at Hatfield, 27 miles from 'this city, -which resulted in the loss of 1S lives and more or less serious inju-; (ries to 53 persons, -was due to negligence cr direct disregard of signals. While the company -still not be prepared to make Sny formal statement until tomorrow, the principal line of investigation Is being terawn about "W. S. Groves, the train dis patcher at Philadelphia; D.3. Beldler, the Voperator at Souderton, 2 miles from tHatfleld, and John Davis, engineer of the colliding ercursion train, who is dying In 'm, hospital at Bethlehem. According to James Benner, flagman at Gouderton station, the milk, train passed that station on time, and following the STite of the company which requires any train coming after another within five Eninutes to be stopped, he placed a red Gog between the traoks. In three min utes the excursion train came thundering fclong, "with. Davis at the throttle, and Snaking 40 miles an hour. Davis made ao effort to Btexp, and waved Benner to one side. The latter had only time to eor his flag and spring out of danger 5M the train swept by. Looking upward, Ins saw the Beldler had a clear signal et. Beldler, when questioned, said he bad received no orders to stop the train. This woukl seem to confllot with the statement of General Superintendent teweigard, that all the agents must stop is train, orders or no orders, if there Is tfive minutes time or less between them. TUrrxwr from -Bethlehem and Allentown fire to the effect that none of those in- have dieo, aitnougn several, are nox ted to live. The railroad, company & large- force of men at work at the of the wreck today, clearing away debris. The wrecked cars were ;ed and all evidence of the accident Aires destroyed as far as possible. BOERS AT ST. HELENA. Skipper Visit to Prisoners. the KETW TORK, Sept. 3. The British TBteesnEhip 2dasconomo, which has just ar tlved from South Africa, touched at St. ielena for repairs, captain mann -was ermitted to visit the Boer prisoners on le lBland. He rode up the five miles of ttnAlnrp mul n th ton of 'Ruiiert Hill. n TioAdwooa Plain, where he found the prison pen of General Cronje's 2000 men. The Boer captives are confined within a barbed wire enclosure a quarter of a mile square. Twelve feet from the fence on all feldes is a second trocha like the first. It Jls death for a Boer private to cross the 31ne of the inner pen. One Boer was shot by a sentinel for doing this. The British soldier was then tried and acquitted by a court-martial. "WhUe the British soldiers sleep 13 men In a tent." said Captain Mann, "the Boers sleep only 10 to a tent. In order to afford them all the room possible, the British Tiave allowed the Boers to cut bamboos for shacks. These bamboo frames' the Boers have covered with canvas and with slabs of tin. The tin they obtained in a curious way. There were on the island a great number of paraffin cans, which the Boers carefully flattened out for tin sides and roofs for their shacks. "Some of the prisoners are permitted to work for the farmers on the island, and thereby earn a little money. There were many men 70 years old, and just as many others 15, 16 and 17. The officers with whom I conversed speak both Dutch and English. The privates seemed rather a stupid lot. They have the same fare as the British soldiers. -I conversed with Colonel Schlel, the German officer, who fought with the Boers. He was very cantankerous still. "Commandant Roose, the Boer officer who captured Winston Churchill, told me that he thought the game was up "and his people ought to stop fighting. "The Boer officers are allowed to do pretty mubh as they please, and their names are posted at the St. Helena Club. The British officers entertain them at afternoon teas, and General Cronje is practically the steady guest of the Gov ernor. "A cable now runs to the island from vfiouth Africa, and the bulletins from the eat of war are frequently struck off and taaiH to the prisoners at a penny apiece. A Dutch ship anchored while I was Knew, but was requested to leave and did Uo. Tie British were afraid some of the bjoers -would get away on their country's COMBIA AND VENZULA. (Sonthefa Republic Asraln Preparing for "Wo?. HEW TORK, Sept fc-The Herald aye: Qa&rg I. Gould's famous yacht Ata Jtoata, converted into an armed cruiser Wind provided with rapid-fire guns of the latest pattern, will leave this port at fan early date, bound upon a mission iabout which the representatives of the Colombian Republic to which she belongs '(maintain secrecy. Information brought by travelers re turning from Central America indicates kthot the United States of Colombia, haV 'ing suppressed a recent rebellion of unus xialy sanguinary character, is determined 4o call Venezuela to account for permit ting the rebels to organize there and cross the line into Colombia. The Atalanta, noted for her speed, was -purchased under special instructions from "the Colombian Government on July 20. Since that time the yacht, which was built for Jay Gould, has been under going a quiet transformation in the Erie Basin. From a luxurious pleasure craft, she has been changed into a war vessel. Her armament consists of six machine guns and a rapid-fire 4.7-inch rifle mount ed forward. The day of the lAtalantas departure and her destination are diplo matic secrets. i According to trustworthy advices from Colombia there is a strong popular feel ing against "Venezuela as the result of the recent international struggle. Charges are openly made that "Venezuela Insti gated the rebellion and gave comfort to the enemies of Colombia. It is asserted that at least 1200 of the rebels crossed the line from Venezuela into Colombian territory and that in the fighting that ensued 500 government troops were killed by the invaders. The total losses during the war are placed at 12,000. When Colombia is ready it is said that she will ask an indemnity from "Vene zuola of $5000 for each of the 500 soldiers killed, or 52,500,000 jn an. Additional claims may bo made for property -de-Btroyod and also fir the cost of sup pressing the rebels from "Venezuela per mitted to cross the borders. "Venesuela will also be asked to sur render General Sarrolento and his fol lovref&, together with two gunboats cap tured in a Venezuelan port. General Sar xnlento and members of the crews of these vessels were thrown into prison in Caracas and their ships confiscated, as the rebellion had been suppressed In Co lombia. The enemies of Colombia aro about to be set free by President Castro. All these Incidents have -combined to anger the Colombian Government and populace of Venesuela. Besides heavy money indemnity, a policy and guarantee for the future will probably be asked. Venezuelans say that these demands will be refused and that if they are in sisted on war will probably result between the two countries. Representatives of both republics have recently purchased arms and ammunition in large quantities' in this country. Colombia has just or dered 12,000 new Remington rifles, firing a small bullet similar to the Spanish Mauser. The guns are light and carry sword bayonets. Although the revolution In Colombia has been put down, their army, said to number C0.000, is still kept and there ia no talk of disbanding If Bduardo Ksplzlna, Consul-General io New York, and at present Charge d Af faires of the Colombian Republic In this country, sjald last night that he could not discuss the plans of his government. "It is true that we have purchased the Atalanta and that she is being armed and is about ready to sail," said Senor Bs plzina. "She Is being armed and will have a new name. No, I cannot say what day she will sail or to what port she will go. I may go on her myself, but in that case a new representative of my government will be appointed. "If Colombia gets Into a difficulty over the recent rebellion, she has 60,000 regu lars ready for service and the tO.'OOO reb els who have been disbanded would take up arms for their country, so that we would have 100.000 men In the field. Vene zuela could not resist such an army." WAITING ON MACDONALD. England's Policy Stfay Be Announced When He Is Heard Prom. LONDON, Sept 3. The difficulty of communicating with the Britten Minister at Pekin, Sir Charles MacDonald, delays the promulgation of the views of the British Government in regard to Its fu ture Steps in China, the government be ing unwilling to commit itself publicly to a definite decision until Sir Claude MacDonald has fully reported on the situation. In the meantime a heated anti-evacuation campaign continues in the press, and the trend of official opinion appar ently continues favorable to the principle of the suggested withdrawal from Pekln to Tien ITsin, but not the evacuation of China, as many Russophobes, who desire to confuse the issue, pretend is the pro posal under consideration. Nothing is yet forthcoming to Indicate what modifi cations or provisos, If any, Lord Salis bury may have suggested or contemplat ed, as is thought probable in some quar ters. The statement that General Gaselee, commander of the British troops In China, has slopped British reinforce ments arriving at Hong Kong from pro ceeding farther north, is taken as an In dication that the British Government an ticipates that the diplomats will very shortly take the place now occupied by the military. It is reported at (Hong Kong that the French gunboat Comet recently fired on some Chinese farmers on the banks of the Han Klang, killing three and wounding three others. The incident, It is added, is regarded as liable to provoke reprisals. A Chinese Reformer's Plea. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3 Leong Kai Tinn, who claims to be special Ambas sador of the deposed Emperor of China, Kwang Hsu, delivered an Impassioned ad dress to a large audience of his country men In the Jackson-Street Theater. His plea for the restoration of the Emperor and the modernizing of China and his de pletion of the Indignities that had been heaped upon the unfortunate Kwang Hsu by the Dowager Empress, were so elo quent that the yellow men In the audi ence were moved to tears. Leong Kai Tlnn arrived In San Fran cisco last Monday, and his address was the first he dollvered here. He came to this country to gain the support of the Chinese residents of the United States for the restoration of the Emperor and the inauguration of a liberal policy tpward foreigners. He is the representative of the Chinese Empire Association of Re formers, as well as the accredited agent of Kwang Hsu, After the address a collection was taken up and a total of over J3000 was realized for the reform association. CALIFORNIA'S BIG TRBBS. The Oldest Living: Things in the World. "WASHINGTON, Sept 3. The Depart ment of Agriculture has Issued a re port on investigation of the big trees if California, that brings out some Inter esting new conclusions. It shows that the dimensions of the big trees are un equaled; that their age makes them th oldest living things. They are described by the report as "the grandest, largest, oldest and most majestically graceful of trees and the scarcest of known tree specie, with the extreme scientific value of being the bSst living representatives of a former geological age." The report says the bark of the big trees often is two feet tnlck and almost non-combustible. "The oldest specimens felled," It says, "are still sound at heart and fungus Is an enemy unknown to It Tet the big trees apparently have not Increased their range since the glacial epoch. They have only just managed to hold their own on the little slip of coun try where the climate is locally favor able." The most recent investigations,, accord ing to the report confirms the estimates that these grand trees probably Uvea 5000 years or more. The average, rate of growth is estimated at one inch of di ameter for every 12 years. The report also corroborates the statements of one authority who says that one tree on which he counted 4000 rings was undoubt edly in its prime, "swaying in the winds when Christ walked the earth." Tho report states among other things as the result of official Investigations; "The only place In the world where the big tree exists is In 10 isolated groves on the west slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Bpecle, however, repre sent a surviving pre-hlstorlc genus of trees once growing widely over the globe. The southern groves show some repro duction, though which there Is hope of perpetuating these groves. In the north ern groves the species hardly holds its own." Lost the Trail of Train robbers. SALT LAKE. Sept 3. A special to the Tribune from Rawlins, "Wyo., says: Three members of the Rock Springs posse came Into the city today, having been forced to quit the chase because their horses played out They state that the trail of the robbers was lost Saturday evening, but the posses hoped to find it again Sunday mornlngi They followed It to Tlmberland, a heavily timbered dis trict They believe that they were not many hours behind the robbers Saturday, but weTo unable to keep the trail. At the start there were but four In the robbers' party, but a few miles from the railroad a pal joined them and the five are still traveling in company. A Conference In Chicago. , CHICAGO, Sept. 3. Senator Jones, J. G. Johnson, vice-chairman, and C. A. Walsh, secretary of the executive commit tee of the National Committee, held an all-day conference today with the party leaders in several states. The chairman of the state committees present were: 2. A. Rosing, Minnesota; Parks M. Martin, Indianapolis; F. L. Hall, Nebraska; A. F. Walden, "Wisconsin; "Walter Watson, Il linois; Georgo A. Hoffman, Iowa; Mack Love, Kansas, and James II. Miller, West Virginia. The object of the conference was to obtain an accurate Idea of the conditions existing In the various states represented, and to arrange plans ' for conducting the campaign. Training Shiim In England. LONDON. Sept. 3 The United States training ships Hartford and Essex arrived at Gravesend today, making three United States vessels now at that place, the training ship Lancaster having arrived August 25. Salutf s were exchanged today between these ships and tho shore bat- J teries. PETER RICKMERS COMING ANOTHER BOOO-TOX CARRIER HEAD ED FOR PORTLAND. Freights No Higher Proportionately ' Oat of Portland Than Out el New York Marine Notes. The German shipJ Peter Rlckmers, one of the largest Bhlps that ever loaded at Portland, Is again headed in this direc tion. She had been chartered for January loading at 41s 3d. This' Is the fourth ves sel of the Rlckmers fleet reported for Portland this season, three others, the Mabel, Rlckmer and Robert Rlckmers having already departed. The faot that grain rates are held at high figures on tho coast simply because rates are high all over the world, Is fully demonslrated in the case of the Rlckmers ships. While the Peter Rlckmers Ib coming to Port land for, January loading at 41s 3d, the Renee Rlckmers, another of the fleet, also well known In this port, has been chartered to load oil in Now Tork for Japan in January. She is chartered, for 90,000' cases at 29 cents per case. This will bring her owner a gross amount of JJSG.lOd freight The Renee Rlckmers is of 1959 tons net register. The Rlckmer Rlckmers, Of 1914 tons net register, has just sailed from Portland with 2963 tons of wheat for which the owners of the vessel received $26,370 .freight. The journey from New York to Japan is practically the same length as that from Portland to Europe,, so that grain freights are no higher proportionately than oil freights. The Peter Rlckmers receives a rate slightly higher than was paid the Rlck mer Rlckmers. but as she Is chartered to proceed from Europe to her loading pert she can secure 'a cargo across the Atlantic at a rate' sufficient to pay the expenses of the trip, while the Peter Rlckmers must make a longer trip across the Pacific in ballast THE LUCKY THYRA. Gets Off Easy on Damages, and Saves $1800 by Quick Discharge. The experience of the Norwegian steam ship Thyra for the past few days Is cer tainly evidence tnat she is a lucky ship. Any unwieldly craft could smash up a trestle and hold up a railroad for a few days If the opportunity Was offered, but very few would ever get off with the modest charge of $750, which was laid against her. This Is undoubtedly the smallest amount that was ever claimed from a steamship which caused as much trouble and delay as was experienced by the passengers on the Astoria trains for the past few 'days. Her good luck did not end with the Inexpensive escapo from a serious scrape, for she was under charter to the United States Government to be turned over as soon as her cargo was discharged. It Is reported that she receives $900 per day from the Govern ment and owing to a slow trip up the coast and the delay at Astoria, it looked for awhile as though it would be Impos sible to get her discharged so that she could be turned over Saturday. As Sunday was followed by a legal holiday, the falluro to turn her over on Saturday noon would have meant the loss of two whole days, or $1800. Double gangs were put on the steamer, and by working overtime at night, the last baie of cprgo was slung over her rail 16 min utes before the time set for turning hot over to the Government. BAGS, RICE AND SULPHUR. Oriental Steamers Bringing Heavy Consignments of These Staples. Two Oriental steamers, the Monmouth shire and the Thyra, arriving at Portland within the past six days, brought un usually heavy consignments of sulphur, rice and grain bags. Much sulphur Is used at this season of the year in cur ing hops, and there is also a big demand for grain bags, the. market being practi cally all cleaned 'up prior to the arrival of the last two consignments. The Monmouthshire, arriving Sunday, brought 1,841,000 grain bags,' and the Thyra, which came In a few days before, brought 200,t 000. The Thyra had 13,815 packages of sulphur, and 2240 bags of rice, while the "Shire" brought 5689 packages of sulphur and 3860 bags of rice'. The Monmouth shire's freight list for Portland was about the largest that she ever brought here, there being nearly 20,000 packages for this port alone. There was so much coast freight offering, that she brought but very little Eastern freight. A full cargo Is awaiting trie steamer, and she will leave on her Teturn voyage about next Sunday. Elder Sails Today. The steamer Geo. W. Elder will leave today for the north. She goes by way of Seattle, where she will complete her cargo. The Elder will make the trip In command of Captain George Conway, superintendent of water lines for the O. R. & N. Her regular master, Captain Clem Randall, was loaned to Goodall, Perkins & Co. to take command of the steamship Orizaba, which Is engaged in laying a cable from St. Michael to Cape Nome. It has been several months since Captain Conway has been on the bridge of a steamship, but he has hopes of es caping the terrors of seasickness. Lovr "Water In Lewis River. The water In Lewis River Is so low at present that the boats of the Lewis River Transportation Company are not able to ascend any higher than the forks of the river, about three miles below La Center. All freight and passengers have to be transported from that point to the town on a barge, and this requires one of ex treme light draught To meet the require ments of the situation Captain Kamm has had constructed a barge 50 feet by 10. which was launched last week, and draws 34 Inches. She will carry 40 tons on 38 Inches of water. She will go Into commission immediately, ands the people of La Center, who have been much In convenienced on account of the low water, will give her a hearty -welcome. Dorle Arrives From Hong Kong. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 3. The steamer Doric has arrived from Hong Kong via Yokohama and Honolulu with a small passenger list She went Into quarantine, but the cabin passengers were allowed to land. Log Raft Reaches San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3. The great log raft that' left Seattle August 22 arrived this afternoon, in tow of the tugs Mon arch and Tatoosh. The raft, which com prises about 03,000 feet of piling, reached hero practically Intact. Itfnrlne Notes. The steamer State of California ar rived up late Sunday afternoon with a full cargo, and a fairly heavy passenger list She sails south again tonight. The American ship Henry Filling, en route from New York for HonMulu, has put Into Stanley,. Falkland Islands, in a leaky condition, with sickness cmong the crew. The Harvest Queen made another fast tow up the river with the Centurion. She left Astoria at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, and anchored her ship In Port land harbor about 11 o'clocfc Sunday morning. , The British ship Perseverance, which sailed from Probollngo Februiry 20, for Newcastle, has been posted ts missing. Both the ship and her master, Captain Mclntyre, were well known if Portland, the latter having many frleids among the shipping men. Domestic nml Forelorn'IPorts. ASTORIA, Sept 3. Conditio of the barf at 5 P. M., moderate; wind, west; weath er, hazy. Ban Francisco, Sept 8, Sailed Steamer Areata, for Coos Bay. ASTORIA. Sept 3. Arrived September J British steamer Monmouthshire, from Hon'g Kong; sailed September 2 United States steamship Argyll, for China. Port Townaend"-rSailed September S British bark Ivanhoe. for Callao. Seattle Arrived September 2 Steamer City of Seattle, from Skagway; steamer Aberdeen, from Skagway; tug- Wallowa, from Cape Nome, and reports barge Mercury total loss at Cape Nome. Sailed September 2 Steamer City of Topeka, for Skagway. Bremen Sailed September 2 Barbaros aa, for New York, via Southampton Auckland, Sept 3. Sailed Moana, from Sydney, for San Francisco. Tsln Tau Sailed August 80 Frankfort, for San Francisco. Nagasaki Arrived August 30 Garonne, from Seattle. Sailed September 1 Flint shire, for San Francisco. , Genoa Arrived September 3 Kaiser Wllhelm II, from New York, via Naples. Liverpool, Sept. 3. Arrived Parisian, from Montreal. Bremen, Sept. 8. Arrived Koenlgen Louise, from New York, via Southamp ton. San Francisco, Sept. 3. Sailed Steamer Walla Walla, for Victoria; steamer Ar eata, for Coos Bay. - Arrived Steamer Washtenaw, from Tacoma; tug Rescue, from Seattle; tug Tatoosh, from Seattle: bark Kate Davenport, from Prince Wil liam Sound; steamer Rival, from Wlllapa Harbor. New York. Sept. 3. Arrived State of Nebraska, from Glasgow and Londonder ry. Southampton, Sept. 4. Sailed Barbaros sa, from Bremen, for New York. PERSONAL MBHTIOlf. J. K. Weathorford, an attorney of Al bany, Is at the Imperial; "Will Jackson, a Baker City dentist ia registered at the Perkins. William Deery, a tlmberman of West Superior, Wis., is In the city. W J. Furnish, a banker of Pendleton, Is registered at the Imperial. Charles H. Miller, a hotel man of Echo, is at the Imperial, with his wife. H. W. Gllllngham, a newspaper man. of Dayton, is at the St Charles. C. F. Struckman, a merchant of Stella, Wash., is registered at the St Charles. B. W. Conyer, an attorney of Clats kanie, is registered at the St. Charles. A. F. Hilroeth, a lumberman of Rainier, is registered at the St Charles. J. p. Walt,, a stockralser of Roseburg, Is at the Perkins, accompanied by his wife. Prof eseor-Thomas McClelland, of For est Grove, registered at the Perkins Yes terday. T. H. Johnson, Senator-elect of Wasoo, Gilliam and Grant Counties, Is registered at the Perkins, from Dufur. Rabbi Stephen B. Wise, 'the newly-elected pastor -of Beth Israel congregation, will arrive here tomorrow night Mr. and Mra. Robert Catilll, of Port land, sailed from New York yesterday on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse for an extended tour of Europe. Mrs. Ella K. Hotallng. from San Fran cisco, and Mrs. Isidore Monhelmer, from Seattle, are visiting their parents, Mr. and MrB. Alex Kaufman, 292 Tenth street. NEW YORK, Sept. 3. Northwestern people registered at New York hotels to day as follows: From Portland H. C. Gearln and wife, the, ciranA TTninh: A. O. Berdorfer. at th wnffmnn. From Baker City J. H. Anstead, at' the Continental. From Salem D. J. Fry, at the Astor. i nvnm Riivprtnn-J. C. Wolf, at the Al- Toerta. From Seattle T. M. Fisher and wife, at the Grand Union; Misses Gardner, Miss M. B. Hyde, at the Bturtevant; J. 8. Graham and wife, at the St. Denis. From Spokane B. C. Kingsbury, at the Imperial. From TacomaJ. L. Smith, at the Hoff man. "" Ido-ho Xotes. The Oto Flno Commercial Club has raised money and put on a force of men to cut a new road to Pierce City. Recent copper finds have been made 18 miles above Murray, in unexplored terri tory. The ore also carries gold, lead and silver. Some of it assays several hundred dollars a ton. Tho onco familiar Lost Cabin mine, at the head of Fourth of July Canyon, 5 Wolf Iodge district, about 15 miles wesT of the principal mines of the coeyr d'Alenes, is to be reopened. p An electric tramway Is to be run be tween Grangovllle and Buffalo Humpa distance of SO miles, inside of efeht months, says B. M. Gilpin, a promlient mining man of Buffalo Hump. A large field of flax belonging to Messrs. Gage, Bresalau and Brewen near Genesee, yielded a return of 20 tushels to the acre. A greater porUon.pf the Fall-sown wheat being threshed now is averaging about 35 bushels to tie acre. In the case of Joseph Blanton against the Board of Regents of tho University of Idaho, Judge Steele has rpdered a decision against the former president of the University of Idaho, Josepi Blanton, who sought to restrain the Joard from removing him from office, j' The belt of country known w the Lowert Nespelum, is one of the growing young mining districts that are l(ttle heard of dutside. All that outsldfrs appear to know of this part of the,&outh Half is that a mine called the Bebecca is situ ated somewhere hereabouts. M. A. Meyendorff, speoai agent of the land office at Lewistoi, has returned from a trip to the Bufftlo country. Ho states that the prlnclpa object of his visit was to investigate t.e alleged timber trespasses ,in and alout that section. The Illegal cutting ofUmber was not as serious as he had anticipated it would be, and especially vas this the case in the matter of the Buffalo Hump syndi cate. WnBhinstin Industries. A train of 40 cfrs is required to haul the produce of "EUcima Valley. Thirty tons of S00 hops have been sold at Chehalls for k cents per pound. The yield of wieat about Garfield is es timated at fron- 20 to 25 bushels an acre. Eastern buyers are paying TO cents a hundred welgtt, or 514 a ton, for barley at Walla Wala. H. B. Nyoof Spokane, owner of the Bill Nye me, has opened a rich vein which goes 40.000 to the ton. A party of Walla Walla men has in corporated ,a company at $40,000, which will deal y mining property. George S. Glover, has raised two cu cumbers on his ranch, near Bellevue, which wegh 2 pounds 6& ounces and 2 pounds 73 ounces. The FIrhaven capitalists who aro in terestedin the copper mines of Grlbble Island Jave received a shipment of 1000 poundsof ore. which they will send to the Everett smelter. The ,iay crop of Kittitas Valley Is esti mated by competent judges to be fully 50,000 tons, and that portion of it which will' 7e put on the market will bring the farmers fully $300,000. TI Puritan Mines Company, operat ing' at Loomis, Palmer Mountain dis trict, is grading, blasting out rocks and otherwise improving the switchback road ruining to the sawmill. 'Vigorous development of the copper bftt west of Valley, in Stevens County, will be begun by a recently organized company. The ore assays about ,148, and there are side values of gold. 4 , ?T. J. McFerron, one of the most promi nent fruitralsers In Cheney and vicinity, says the crop of. apples this year will be the largest ever harvested, and that there will bo a line crop or pears and prunes. The first 10 miles of the Boulder Creek Political CAN YOU ANSWER THEM? ?Wka ws laefc. Democratic WW Candidate for fiae tAe VkcPresl. - f Candidatesoi dent la 1896? ' I ether Ticket dent la 1896? ' It's easy, UUl ?Howafly votes did m 1 Palmer and m Buckaer" i f receive? I out f Howaany What were Platforms of the different Parties? 6r h&r jroa forgotten17 they also'ra WOULD YOU ? were Born? Names'ofaH W When they Presidents? Died?- T I When they, ? rfcv Would yon The' Events Blikea facsfan. ofach Wiltoftbk Adprinlstra f Deciaratioa -, ttai? I oflndepen- dence and Its signatures? If you tarlk politics at all, disputes are sutq to arise over questions of fact Be prepared to answer questions by quoting facts and figures correctly by sending for History of Political Parties ' Answers all of the above, and nunierous other ques tions. It contains all you need to know to enable you to talk and think intelligently on past and present hap penings in the political fields. Special pages are devoted to a facsimile of "The Declaration of Independence" and pictures of the Presidents. A new map, showing growth of the United States, is one of its most instructive fea tures. Size of book, 11x14 inches. Sent to any address for 25c This book is not issued by any political party, but deals with things you Vant to know without regard to how you want to vote. Send orders to THE OREGONIAN PORTLAND, OREGON dxtenslon of the B. B. & B. C. will, by 'the end of the month, be ready for tho frails and briages. Work will begin as soon as the steel arrives. Two hundred "men are at work. in the Lapwal country the wheat crop will not be as large as usual, the exces- slve hot weather having burned and shrunken the kernel. The flax crop, however, will be very good, and there will be an abundance of fruit. Threshing in the Falouse country is now far enough progressed to allow a fairly accurate estimate of the yield. The crop is short, probably one-fourth of tho average. The average is 25 bushels. The grade is uniformly high, almost all coming up to the standard set for 'No. 1. Oregon Minins' Nctva. fhe value of the black beach sand in cos County is being Investigated by Fastern mine promoters. The Coquille City Herald reports flat tering prospects for the resumption of work at the Rlverton coal mines. The Liberty mine has received an order for 2000 tons per week from a San Francisco Arm. In the Cracker Creek district, in the 123 foot tunnel level of the shaft being driven in the Free Coinage, owned by Vic Schil ling, of Portland, workmen last week struck a six-foot vein of very rich free gold ore. The management will erect a stamp mill this Fall if a permanent body of ore is found. The old Buffalo mine, located some five miles from Lawton, is preparing soon to resume operations. Ed Cox, of Portland, purchased a one-third Interest in the prop erty recently, and one of the' agreements of the sale calls for the expenditure of about $10,000 In development work. In Mormon Basin, in Baker County, the Lum Sing Company, composed of eight Chinese, has been engaged in placer min ing for the past 10 years. Last weekJim Sing, one of the partners who had charge of a two months' clean-up, amounting to $900, skipped out with tho money, leav ing the other Chinese the sluice boxes and a lot of debts. The company has of fered a reward of $50 for his apprehen slpn, but it Is. probable that the fleeing Celestial will make, his way to China. A Friendly "Warning: Spokane Outburst. Tho City of Omaha has won a distinc tion all Its own. Ten years ago the United States census showed that tho city on the Missouri had a population of 140, 452, but the present census gives tho city only 102,555. What an opportunity this will give the real estate agents to talk about their city! The only town In the United States which has lost 27 per cent of Its people In 10 years! What became of them? Did they die or have they moved to Seattle? The people of the last city should take warning. Omaha now has the disgrace of a heavy falling off in size which will be a real Injury to the city in tho coming few years. It is said this result of the census Is due to the fact that 10 years ago the enumeration -was greatly padded. Now the corrected returns do not come within speaking dis tance of the supposed population at that timo. No one who knows the business men and politicians of Seattle would think of accusing them of padding their enumeration, but they should take care that an unintentional mistake is not made by some Irresponsible enumerator, where by fifteen or twenty thousand extra names are placed on the lists. A day of reckon ing will come, as it did in the case of Omaha. The way of the transgressor is hard. Eastern Oregon Railroad Topics. Carson Tocsin. A party of O. R. & N. surveyors is in the field making a survey for a line down Powder River to the Snake, thence to Lewiston. A Baker City business man, whose source of information is head quarters itself, tells us that within 10 months tho whistle of the locomotive will be heard in Eagle Valley. An interesting chapter In the history of the Northwest Railway Company's af fairs, and one that causes our citizens to feel more hopeful for the completion of the road' to the Seven Devils, was the payment of $1000 this week to the holder of Orman & Crook time checks. This sum is about 20 per cent of the outstand ing indebtedness, and the contractors promise that the remainder will be forth coming in a short time. Letter Carriers Parade. DETROIT, Mich., Sept. 3. Twenty-five hundred letter carriers from various cities Questions 4T 4" DMMcKWey W receive the W f largest f I ooiiuhr vafe? t Htwwere the Electoral Vote dlstftotftrf? popular tfe? ? Where were the Different HowrasHv Adrainistra ConVeitioos tjons have Passed? field? LIKE TO KNOW B Names of all $D Cabinet W f Officers and f i Date of I (The appear ance of each President frorh Portraits? uaxe or AppoktMt? , -.Would yoi Would yoa like, to be W like a Map familiar showing how other que the U. S. I tfonsofj W has crown? Q public Interest? r. Would you like, to be familiar with other ques. lions or zrefc appeared in Detroit, marched at 5 o'clock this afternoon In an Imposing parade, lunched together in Light Guard Armory, and tonight took part In a public recep tion and listened to addresses of wel como, commendation and encouragement. There are but 750 delegates to the annual convention of the Association of Letter Carriers, which begins tomorrow, but many of the carriers In the city today re turned home tonight. The "World' Greatest Dosa. Harper's Weekly. The new Croton dam at the Cornell site Is built in an approximately north and south line across the bed of the Croton River, about 3 miles above its junction with tho Hudson River. It wllj cost about $5,000,000, and be the largest and most extensive yet built on this Continent, and In extreme dimen sions and volume of masonry probably second to none In the world. Its height is certainly the greatest of any in the world, and the total amount of masonry of all kinds Is about 670,000 cubic yards a volume approximately one-fifth of that of the pyramid of Cheops, which, Herodotus states, was 764 feet square, 480 feet high, and required the labor of 100, 000 men for 20 years to build It. The main structure Is a solid mass of very large blocks of selected stone, carefully fitted together, and laid In the best and strongest cement, that rapidly becomes as hard as flint. UNKNOWNS B0RDENS BRAND CONDENSED ffl$ 4 SEND"D AQIFCMABOOKFO FOR. UfiVSlM? MOTHERS. Borden's Condenseji Milk GxMY. The pure white pro duct of the Cocoanut, is absolutely the Twentieth Century Cooking Material, superseding lard and butter. Ask your grocer r write India Refining Co. Philadelphia, Pa. Don't fall to try J 9K DIBI f f whmn muffarlnm femm any bad f condition of tha Stomach x or SJvar. T lO ceata and 35cont. Rt drnrtore. 1-'M''r"r-r'T-rf-"?,-l''I-N I "Ko-Nut" THE PALATIAL null An a2fjn5j 'I-J imMI nijti silau Not a darlc office In the building! absolutely fireproof electric llshta and artesian vrater; perfect sanita tion and thorough -ventilation. Elc vatora run day and nlsJat. Zteoma. AINSIilB. DB. OEORGB. Phystc!an....e03-00J XLDRICH, 8. W.. General Contractor.. ....010 ANDEJHaOJr. GUSTAV. Attorney-at-U'w...i3 ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. I. PowelU MbtS AUSTEN. 7. C. Manager for Oregon and "Washington Banker' Ufa Association, of Des Moines. Ia 603-301 BANKERS' IJFE ASSOCIATION. OB DE3 MOINES. IA.:F. a Anaten. Manager. .S02-JS03 BAYNTUN, GEO. R.. Mgr- tor Chas. Scrlb- ners Bona SIS BEALS. EDWARD A.. Forecast Offlclal U. B. "Weather Bureau .....'.............. ....D10 BENJAMIN. R. W.. DenUat 314 BINSWANGER. DR. O. S.. Phya. & 8ur.0lH BROOKE. DR. J. M.. Phys. & Surx 703-T09 BROWN. MTRA. M. D 313-314 BRUEREv DR. O. E.. Physician 4I2-il3-4U BUSTEED. RICHARD. Agent Wllaoa & Mc- Callar Tobacco Co. .... ..... C03-C03 CATJKIN. O. E.. District Agent Traveler Insurance Co. ...... ... .......... ...T19 CARDWEIX. DR. J. R 30 COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANT ... 0O4-C0B-60G-60T-613-6M-C13 CORNELIUS. C. W.. Phyo. and Surgeon... .20 COVER. F. C.. Caahler Equitable Ure......304 COLLIER. P. P.. Publisher: S. P. McGuIre. Manager ...M.M........M.M...MM 415-418 DAT. J. O. & I. N. - 318 DAVIS. NAPOLEON. President Columbia Telephone Co. ........ ................... .C01 DICKSON. DR. J. T.. Physician TIS-TH DRAKE. DR. H. B.. Physician 812-513-314 DWTER. JOE. P.. Tobaccos 403 EDITORIAL ROOMS ... Eighth floor EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY: L. Samuel. Manager:. F. C?. Cover. Cashier .300 EVENINO TELEGRAM ...323 Alder atreet FENTON. J. D..Phylclan and Surgeon.300-310 FENTON. DR. HICKS C. Eye and Ear 311 FENTON, MATTHEW F.. Dentist B FIDELITY MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION; E. C. Stark. Manager....... ....... ...601 OALVANI. W. H., Engineer and Draughts man .............. ............... 00 GAVIN. A.. President Oregon Camera Club. 214-215-210-21? OEARY. DR. EDWARD P., Physician and Surgeon 212-213 GEBIHE PUB. CO . Ltd.. Flno Art Publish ers: M. C. McGreovy. Mgr.. ....... ......313 GIEBY. A. J.. Phyalclan and Surgeon. .."00-T10 OODDARD. E. C. 4 CO.. Footwear........ .... ..Ground floor. 120 Sixth street GOLDMAN. WILLIAM. Manager Manhattan LIfa Insurance Co. of New Torlc 20D-21H GRANT. FRANK S.. Attomey-at-Law 017 HAMMAM BATHS. King & Compton. Propa.303 HAMMOND. A. B. ... 310 HOLLISTER. DR. O. C. Phy. & Bur.. 304-301 IDLEMAN, C. M.. Attorney-at-Lavr..410-lT-W JOHNSON. W. C. 315-310-312 KADY. MARK T.. Supervisor of Agents Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n C04-603 LAMONT. JOHN. Vice-President and Gen. eral Manager Columbia Telephone C&.....C01 LITTLEFIELD. H. R.. Phys. and Surgeon.. 201 MACRUM.. W. S.. Sec Oregon Camera Club.2J.-l MACKAY. DR. A. E., Phya. and Surg. .711-712 MAXWELL. DR. W. E.. Phys. & Sursr. .701-2-3 McCOY, NEWTON. Attorney-at-Law 713 McFADEN. MISS IDA E.. Stenographer 201 McGINN. HENRY E.. Attorney-at-Law.311-313 McKELL, T. J.. Manufacturer Representa tive ., . 30J METT. HENRY 213 MILLER. DR. HERBERT C Dentist and Oral Surgeon ...... ...... ....... ....608-OM MOSSMAN. DR. E. P.. Dentist 312-313-31 MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.. of New York; W. Goldman. Manager.. ..200-219 MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASS'N: Mark T. Kady. Supervisor of Agents. .604-C01 Mcelroy, dr. j. g.. Phys. & sur.701-702.703 McFARLAND. E. B.. Secretary Columbia Telephone Co. 00 McGUIRE. 8. P.. Manager P. T. Collier. Publisher .............. ... ........ 413-4H McKIM. MAURICE. Attorney-at-Law......B00 MUTUAL LIFE INCURANCE CO.. of New York; Wm. S. Pond. State Mgr..404-403-408 NICHOLAS. HORACE B.. Attorney-at-Law.713 NILES. M. L.. Casnler Manhattan Life In surance Co.. of New York. .............. .203 OREGON INFIRMARY OF OSTEOPATHY: Dr. L. B Smith. Osteopath... 403-403 OREGON CAMERA CLUB...... 214.215-216-217 PATTERSON. PETER 4O6 POND. WM. S.. State Manager Mutual Life Ian Co. of Now York ......... 4Ot-t05-4C PORTLAND BYE AN DEAR INFIRMARY. ............... .Ground floor. 133 Sixth street PORTLAND MINING & TRUST CO.; J. H. Marshall. Manager 313 QUIMBY. L. P. W.. Gam and Foreotry Warden ....... 710-71? ROSENDALE. O. M.. Metallurgist and Min ing Engineer ........ ............. .313-318 REED & MALCOLM. Opticians. 133 Slxst street REED. F. C Fish Commissioner.. .........407 RYAN, J. B. Attorney-at-Law ........ 417 SAMUEL. L.. Manager Equitable Life CO SECURITY MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.: H. F. Buahong. Gen. Agent for Ore. and Wash 501 SHERWOOD. J. 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