THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1901.
MIDSUMMER-BUSINESS
GENERAL TRADE GOOD IN SPITE
OP STRIKE.
Main Tendency o Cereal Ib Upward
Record-Breaking; Exports Banlc
Clearings for the Week
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Bradstreet's to
morrow will say:
Despite some irregularity, due to the re
currence of corn damage news in the ma
jority of the reports from the Eastern sur
plus producing states, and the formal
launching of the much-heralded general
steel strike, the aggregate business the
country over seems to be good, and in
most sections in unprecedented volume for
this season of the year. Changes, where
noted for the week, have been rather of
quiet tone than of actual demand, and it
Is in this matter of sentiment that the
favorable developments have arisen. All
.available measures of supply, demand and
movement point to the business done in
July as having exceeded anything trans
acted in any similar mid-Summer month.
This, too, despite the exceptionally hot
weather, drouth, strike talk and similar
conditions unfavorable to business exten
sion. Cereals have been rather irregular, but
the main tendency has been upward, partly
because of renewed crop damage reports
as to the corn crop, "frosts" having al
ready begun, by a nervous crop expert.
The main strength of wheat, however, lies
In the continued heavy export business,
the clearances this week being enormous
and far in excess of any previous week
on record, and the rather smaller volume
of receipts of "Winter wheat. New features
are scarce in the iron and steel trade.
The strike is still the great central figure
around which revolveshigh premium prices
for plates, bars and sheeting and tin
plates. Black sheete will be imported and
tinned here. Structural material, not af
fected as yet by the strike, is in very
heavy demand, and producers are being
hard pressed to meet orders.
Woolen wear goods, particularly the
plainer sorts, have been liberally, ordered.
Wool Is firm, and manufacturers are
Bteady buyers.
Wheat, Including flour, shipments for tne
week aggregate 8.30S.199 bushels, as against
6,453,391 last week, 3,318,700 in the corre
sponding week of 1900; 3,616,154 in 1S99, and
8.928,006 in 1S9S. From July 1 to date the
shipments aggregate 33,032,571, as against
16.SS1.355 last season, and 20,872,608 bushels
In- 1S99-1900. Business failures in the
United States number 1S5, as against ICO
last week, 172 in this week a year ago,
093 in 1S99; 157 in 189S, and 214 In 1S97.
Bank Clearing;--.
NEW TOKK. Aug. 9. The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, chows the bank clear
ings at the principal cities for the week ended
August 8, with the percentage of Increase and
decrease, as compared with the corresponding
week last year:
Clearings. Inc. Dec
New York ?1,237,SS2.000 73.0 ....
Boston 411,103.000 31.5 ....
Chicago 140.303.000 18.3 ..i.
Philadelphia 88,153.000 14.2 ....
Bt. Louis 38.991,000 34.0 ....
Pittsburg 33.C81.000 31.1 .....
Baltimore 21.642,000 20.0 ....
San Francisco ....... 22.734,516 31.1 ....
Cincinnati 17.074.000 33.0 ....
Kansas City 17.020,000 18.5 ....
New Orleans 7,770,000 8.0 ....
Minneapolis 0.172,000
Detroit 13.001.000 39.4 ....
Cleveland 14,037.000 15,2 ....
Louisville 8.094.000 15.1 ....
Providence 0,207.000 14.5 ....
Milwaukee 6,024.000 8.5 ....
St. Paul 4.748,000 16.3 ....
Buffalo ...'. 5,603.000 17.7 ....
Omaha 0,142.000 11.0 ....
Indianapolis 10,780,000 80.5 ....
Columbus. 0 0,080.000 49.0 ....
"Wilkesbarre 702,000 ....
Savannah 2,055,000 .... 20.3
Itenver 4.030.000 .... 12.3
Hartford 2,357.000
Memphis 2.177,000 32.2 ....
"Washington 2. 437.O0O 1.5 ....
Peoria 2.129,000 8.6 ...
Rochester . 2,240,000 27.7 ....
New Haven .......... 1,529,000 17.7 ....
"Worcester 1.678,000 40.2 ....
Atlanta ., '1.651.000 17.6 ....
Salt Lake 3,041.000 82.3 ....
Springfield. Mass.... 1.394.000 11.2 ...
Fort "Worth 2,010,000 7.4. ....
Portland. Me 1.255.000 10.5 ....
Portland, Or 2,070,420 25.3 ....
St. Joseph ' 5,510,000 28.0 ....
Los Angeles 2.742.000 12.3 ....
Norfolk 1.427.000 15.6 ....
Syracuse 1,212,000 24.4 ....
Des Moines 1.433,000 10.0 ....
Nashville 1.151.000 39.2 ....
"Wilmington, Del 1,024.000 17.1 ....
Fall River 760,000 12.8 ....
Scran-ton 1.204,000 30.1 ....
Grand Rapids ........ 1.359,000 131 ....
Augusta, Ga CS8.000
Lowell 503.000 '
Dayton. 0 1,108.000 23.1 ....
Seattle 2.84C583 1.8 ....
Tacoma 1,041,247 4.4 ....
Spokane 1.241,074 30.2
Sioux City 1,014.000 5.0 ....
New Bedford 454.000 15.2 ....
Knoxvllle, Tenn 038,000 42.7 ....
Topeka 1,081.000 21.0 ....
Birmingham 752,000 5.0 ....
"Wichita 582.000 10.6
Blnghamton 310,000 .... 8.7
Lexington. Ky 545,000 7.7 ....
Jacksonville, Fla.... 341.000 60 3 ....
Kalamazoo 470.000 " 18.9 ....
Akron 520,000 8.4
Chattanooga 443,000 18.7 ....
Rockford. Ill 300,000 27.2
Canton. 0 360.000 38.4 ....
Springfield, 0 252,000 .... 45.0
Fargo. N. D 331.000 37.0 ....
Sioux Falls. S. D.... 210.000 68.0 ....
Fremont, Neb... ... 1SS.000 39.2 ....
Davenport 1.460.000 48:5
Toledo . 3,233,000 35.8 ....
Galveston 5.130,000 24.2 ....
Houston 7.034.000 48.5 ....
Chester. Pa 208,000
Evansvllle 033,000 24.5 ...,
Macon 516,000 .... 0.4
Little Rock 530,000 21.8
Springfield. Ill 541,000 20.8 ....
Youngstown, 0 441,000 64.5 ...
Wheeling 59S.000
Helena 623.000 .... 29.0
Colorado Springs .... 628,000
Bloomlngton 240,000 45.5 ....
Jacksonville, 111 180.000 24.8 ....
Totals V. S $1,032,529,352 52.0 ....
Totals outside N. Y..$ 694,946,032 22.4 ....
DOMINION OF CANADA
Montreal $ 16.899,251 21.0 ....
Toronto 11.051.154 32.3
Winnipeg 2.018.307 ..... 12.7
Halifax 1,831.691 8.3
Hamilton 672.417 .... 10.7
St. John, N. B 890.294 3.1 ....
Quebec 1.148.041
Victoria H576.021 .... 1.0
Vancouver 1,015.780
Totals $ 35.075,822 2L5
BRADSTREET'S STOCK REVIEW.
Increase in Activity Due to Support
Given Steel Stocks.
NEW YORK, .Aug. 9. Bradstreet's
financial review tomorrow will say:
Strength and speculative confidences re
appeared in the stock market after the
middle of the week, accompanied by an in
crease in the activity. The change in this
respect was the more striking, because the
week opened with a very depressed feel
ing in the" stock exchange circles, and
prices for several days have declined, In
some cases In a decided manner. The un
expected ending of last Saturday's con
ference between the heads of the Alamga
matedAssocIationof Steel Workers and the
"United States Steel Corporation in a dis
agreement, and the announcement by the
labor union that there would be a general
strike instead of pacification of the ex
isting trouble, was calculated to have a
demoralizing effect upon a market which
had already experienced a liquidation and
decline on the damage to the corn crop
and the strike. Bearish feeling conse
quently predominated when the market
opened last Monday, and there was heavy
selling for both longs and shorts in the
steel stocks. Nevertheless, after a time It
was seen that the United States Steel
stocks were receiving powerful support at
about 40 for the common and below 90 for
the preferred. Doubts were also cast on
the ability of the labor union leaders to
make good their threats of closing the
majority of the plants of the steel cor
poration. This was followed by news that
the steel corporation was promptly put
ting Into execution its plan of opening,
one by one, its nonunion mills which
had been shut down, and that thus faV
the plan had been completely successful.
On this the steel stocks hardened, and
fl"k Thursday rumors that there were re
newed prospects of a settlement caused
sharp advances in United States Steel
shares, the c6mmon rising to 43 and the
preferred to 92.
This move would naturally have caused
sharp advances in United States Steel to
cover shorts and In the general market,
but the railroad list was also influenced In
a bullish way by Independent factors. The
chief of these was the better view the
street takes of the corn situation.
COMPLAINTS ARE FEW.
R. G. Dun's Report Shows Business
in a. Very Satisfactory Condition.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. R. G. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
There Is no complaint from any part of
the country over the volume of current
distribution of merchandise and what hes
itation is observed In general trade is
chiefly due to the uncertainty as to the
duration of the labof troubles in the
steel manufacture. Collections continue
good. Better weather has helped the agri
cultural community, money Is easy, and
stocks of merchandise carried are not
above the average for this season of the
year, particularly in the West and South
west. Relief Is felt in all departments of
the Iron and steel industry, now that un
certainty Is ended and the position of the
contestants made clear. Now the issue
may be determined permanently, a set
tled condition will greatly facilitate opera
tions. A bad feature is the Increase in im
portation of tin plates, which had been
manufactured in sufficient quantity to
about meet the domestic demand, imports
in the last fiscal year being valued at only
$3,770,062, against $35,746,420 10 years ago.
Having no further ammunition In heat and
drouth reports for hoisting prices, specu
lators have turned suddenly to the other
extreme, and demonstrate that early frosts
threaten all late-planted corn.
Eastern shoe manufacturers find condi
tions as favorable as last week, while re
ports from the West are more encour
aging. Prospects continue to improve in
the market for woolen goods, and as the
manufacturer enjoys greater activ
ity, prices for raw material are harden
ing. Little change is seen In actual
sales, but there is a growing disposition
to hold for the better terms that many
in the trade consider inevitable.
Failures for the, week were 173 In the
United States, against 177 last year, and
31 in Canada, against 23 last year.
WHAT DID WE GAIN?
From the Recent Visit of the Rivers
and Harbors Committee.
Baker City Democrat.
The questions have been asked a num
ber of times, What did Oregon gain by
the recent visit of the rivers and har
bors committee of Congress? and What
will the committee do for the improve
ment of navigation within the borders pf
the state?
It can be stated In the first place that
Oregon has gained the greatest advertise
ment of its resources since it became a
state. Not an advertisement In the vul
gar sense of the term, but an Intelligent
grasping of the situation here by men of
brains, who are in a position to tell oth
ers what Oregon is and what the state Is
good for when given proper transporta
tion facilities for its heavy products. For
years we have had Representatives in
Congress working for the improvement of
our rivers and harbors; we have sent
committees to their support; we have
backed these up with tons of written ar
guments and thousands of maps and es
timates for the work we desired done.
Our Representatives have been cried
down; our committees have been laughed
at; our arguments and estimates have
been discounted 100 per cent.
Oregon wants Congress to spend a few
millions to deepen the" channel across the
bar of her big htfrbor so that she can re
ceive and dispatch the largest ships in
the world; the railroad is already far In
advance of the times with Its improve
ments foe the handling of traffic, And its
rates are reasonable for a mountain coun
try, with the promise of better rates when
circumstances and the Increase in popu
lation will Justify it. Oregon also wants
Congress to spend some more millions for
the purpose of removing the obstructions
to navigation in the rlvere in the interior,
so that the heavy freights can be han
dled by boats and barges for the common
people. The members of Congress could
never be made to realize the necessities
of our case or understand the vast re
sources dependent upon these Improve
ments. Washington Notes.
The Portland Flouring Mills people are
said to be about to erect a $50,000 plant
at Odessa, 77 miles west of Spokane. It
is claimed the mill will have a capacity
of 300 barrels per day.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. KIngen, of Spo
kane, have been blessed with three pairs
of .twins in' succession, the oldest being
6 years and the youngest 8 months of age.
This is the only case of the kind on rec
ord. There are also three older children.
The hypnotist who was billed to show
in Goldendale three nights last week
sought new pastures the second morning,
on account of having only an audience
of three the night before. It Is ru
mored that he will return and try the
shell game.
A Rossland miner named Stonewltch
Jumped on a train at Northport, Intend
ing to ride out to the switch and go swim
ming. He soon discovered that he was on
the wrong train and jumped off while go
ing at top speed. His skull was badly
fractured and he is not expected to
live.
The drill of the Pacific Oil Wells Com
pany at the Falrhaven well has passed
Into the permanent Chuckanut sandstone.
The artesian water has been cut off since
getting Into this formation. The drill
is down 123 feet and what are pronounced
positive oil seepages are coming to the
top.
Aberdeen consoles itself by reflecting:
"A young, growing city like Aberdeen,
pulsing with life and activity, is pecul
iarly susceptible to the raids of fakers
and crooks of every shade. It Is one of
the prices we are obliged to pay for
our prominence before the eyes of the
world."
Never In the history of the Oakesdale
section has there been such a scarcity "of
harvest hands at this season. Machine
men from St. John, Sunset, Thornton and
Steptoe are on the streets from morn
ing till night and are compelled to go
away, in many Instances, without hiring
a single man. The wages offered aver
age higher than at any other place in
the Palouse Valley, but the men, It
seems, are not in the country.
For, some time Mr. and Mrs. William
Taylor, of Ellensburg, lacking faith in
banks, have kept their money wrapped
in a paper behind a trunk in a store
room. A few days ago Mrs. Taylor in
housecleaning swept the package of
money out with a lot of rubbish, and
threw it in the alley. After a couple of
days she thought of the money and care
fully Investigated the refuse heap, but
the cash was gone. The package con
tained two $100 bills and $600 In bills of
smaller denomination.
A serious and costly accident happened
Monday morning to the large traction
engine of Columbus Stevens, of Clear
Creek. He was on his way with a thresh
ing outfit to the Alkali country to open
the harvest campaign. When about half
way down the grade on the Colfax and
Palouse road, a wheel struck a small
boulder and one of -the steering chains
broke. The engine turned squarely to the
right and pitched over an almost perpen
dicular bank 10 feet hlch. landing In
the rocky gully, but remaining upright.
The front axle and plate were smashed
and the entire outfit laid up for two
days.
Minister Vienna "Worse.
BUFF.iX), Aug. 9. Senor Vicuna, the
Chilean Minister, who is III In this city,
was reported much worse today, and there
Xia little hope, of his recover'.
TWO VESSELS LEFT PORT
MATTEAWAN SAILS FOR TACOMA,
COLUMBIA FOR PORTLAND.
Marine Cooks, Waiters and Bakers,
Also 125 Apprentices at Union
Iron Works Join Strikers.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. The marine
cooks, waiters and bakers walked out to
day. There were 70 of them, 60 of whom
were employed by the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company. This latest phase
In the strike does not seem to worry
the steamship owners, who say that they
can easily secure sufficient men to take
the places of the strikers. Unless the
Teamsters' Union interposes an objection,
the Board of Public Works will begin to
clean the streets Sunday with teamsters
who own their own teams.
Two vessels left port today with non
union crews. The steam collier Mattea
wan sailed with a nonunion crew for
Tacoma, and may not return here until
the end of the strike. The Columbia, of
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Com
pany, which has been lying at the Ore
gon dock for several weeks, put to sea
with a part cargo and a number of pas
sengers. She secured a nonunion crew
last night and, despite the vigilance of
the strikers' pickets, the substitutes were
placed on board between midnight and
dawn.
Prominent grain merchants are in con
ference now with the labor leaders. They
are endeavoring to get some sort of a
concession by which stevedores will be
allowed to unload grain .barges and load
grain ships at Port Costa. They argue
that otherwise the farmers will suffer
great loss, although entirely innocent of
any offense against organized labor.
About 120 apprentice boys employed at
the Union Iron Works quit work at the
request of the Machinists' Union. There
ara still about 25 apprentices in thB
works, but they will probably also come
out. This step was taken by the union to
cripple still further the Union Iron
Works. The apprentices who were em-f
ployed in the Risdon & Fulton Iron
Works shops went out last Monday.
THINK THEY HAVE RIGHT MAN.
Police Believe They Have Caught
Selby Smelter Robber.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. In the opin
ion of the police the mystery of the theft
from the Selby Smelting Works has all
but vanished. They are convinced that
John Winters, or "Buck" Taylor, as he Is
sometimes known, who Is now in custody,
Is the man who planned and executed the
remarkable crime. While the evidence
against the prisoner is thus far purely cir
cumstantial, the officials consider it over
whelming and conclusive. The stolen bul
lion is yet to be recovered and this, it is
thought, will be found buried near Win
ters' cabin, not far from the smelting
works, or sunken In the shallow waters
of the bay near by.
Winters, who had been an employe of
the smelting company, was missed soon
after the robbery, and on tfne door of
his cabin was found a notice reading:
"Any one who enters here will be shot."
A dark cloth was drawn over the window
so that the interior could not be seen.
The detectives watched the cabin all
Tuesday night, but Winters did not re
turn. Wednesday morning they broke
into the house. Here they found many
articles tending tto connect him with the
crime.
Winters is a native of Prussia, 37 years
of age and has no relatives In this coun
try. He is a man of some education and
reading, but from the day he landed in
America he has led a roving life, seldom
staying more than a few months in any
city.
Several other men are under suspicion,
and one, named Peter K. Larsen, has
been arrested at Vallejo. He will be ex
amined today. Another man under sus
picion is said to have called at the ex
press company at Crockett, for package:
addressed to Winters. Still another man
whom the detectives have their eyes on
is said to have recently carried packages
to Winters cabin. Peter Donaldson, a
friend of Winters and an employe of the
works, is also to be closely questioned
ttoday by the detectives.
Fifty men will go to work today
grappling along the bottom of the bay
in the hope of locating the gold. The
stolen gold is in leather sacks, and should
the searchers Irons happen across them
it Is believed that they may be raised.
Meanwhile, another party will continue to
dig about Winter's cabin and in the hille.
President Ralston Thinks, So, Too.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. President
Ralston, of the Selby Smelting Company,
said :
"We believe we are on the trail
of the robbers, and that Winters, the
suspect now In custody, was at the head
of the gang. Detective Lees told me late
yesterday that It is his opinion that Win
ters carried the scheme through single
handed. What Winters did with the bul
lion, if he Is the right man, is hard for me
to gay. He must have worked like a
Trojan to carry off 1200 pounds unassisted,
and must have made many tripe to the
cache, but then we have only a distinct
trail to follow to the water's edge, and
many trips to the bay shore would have
left a more pronounced trail. It may be
that the bullion is secreted on the main
land somewhere. Further than this I
know nothing."
"Winters Taken Over Scene of Crime.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug.' 9.-Jbhn Win
ters, who Is suspected of the Selby
smelter robbery, was taken to Crockett
this evening In charge of a force of
detectives on a tug. He was landed at
the Selby smelting works and conducted
over the scene of the crime and to his
cabin on the hillside. At a late hour
Winters was assigned to a room In a
lodging house and retired for the night
closely guarded by the officers. Nothing
has been given, out regarding the object
of the trip, and It is not known whether
Winters gave the detectives any informa
tion of importance.
"Warren "Will Load at San Francisco.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. In reply to
a telegram from Senator Foster, asking
that the transport Warren be sent from
San Francisco to Tacoma, for repairs and
loading, the Quartermaster's Department
has replied that such a change cannot
be entertained. The full cargo which
the Warren is to take to Manila has
been shipped to San Francisco, and all
passengers sailing on that vessel have
been ordered to report to that city. Fur
thermore, It is believed that all neces
sary repairs can be made to better ad
vantage at San Francisco than at Ta
coma. Greetings for General MacArthur.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9.-.M. Greene,
a prominent business man of Milwaukee,
has arrived here as the bearer of a greet
ing from the people of Milwaukee to Gen
eral MacArthur, who Is expected to arrive
from the Philippines on the transport
Sheridan within a few days. Milwaukee
Is MacArthur's former home, and in rec
ognition of t!he splendid war record made
by him during the last few years the Mer
chants' and Manufacturers' Association
of that city Is anxious to extend him a
warm welcome home.
Forest Fires Scarcer In Clatsop.
Astoria News.
An old resident of Astoria comments on
the fact that forest fires are not nearly
so numerous now as they were In the
past, and recalls the smoky condition that
prevailed In 1868 or thereabouts. At that
time fires raged all over the interior and
an east wind blew the smoke to the coast.
So dense was the smoke that it was im
possible to see more than a few yards,
and navigation was completely tied up.
One steamer, the U. S. Grant, ran be
tween Astoria and Fort Stevens, and the
landing here was effected by signals from
the dock. A large plank was placed on
end and slapped down on the wharf, mak
ing a report similar to the booming of a
cannon. The Gussle Telfer, a steamer
from the Sound, laid off the river for sev-
eral weeks, and for more than a week
the passengers and crew were on short '
rations. The smoky spell continued for
six weeks, and conditions were not as
bad In town as they were at the Coast.
On the weather beach the fog mixed with
the smoke, and a man who rode from
Clatsop up to the fort was actually un.
able to see the sand from his seat in th&
saddle. At the height of the'. situation a
big drift wood fire broke out along the
beach and burned for some time. In late
years there have been few fires of con
sequence in this part of the country.
Engle-St. Michael Telegraph Line.
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. Word' is just re
ceived from the Lower Yukon that work
on the telegraph line from Eagle to St.
Michael, where it will connect with the
cable to Nome, is proceeding at various
points. The line is finished over the cut
off from the coast to Kaltag, on the Yu
kon, and the men have proceeded well on
to Nulato. Lieutenant Cochran, with a
force of 20 men, has reached a point 20
miles below Tanana. A large force of men
is preparing to string from Fort Hamlin to
Circle City, while 125 miles of the line be
tween Eagle and Valdes Is already open
for use. The total length of the latter
line will be 450 miles.
Transport Will Sail for Alaska.
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. Orders were sent to
the United States Quartermaster here to
day to dispatch the United States trans
port Rosecrans to Fort St. Mlclmel on
the 15th, carrying supplies as well as
tfroops. She will go North in charge ot
First Lieutenant Campbell E. Babcock,
Battalion Adjutant -of the Seventh Infan
try. The troops will be for Company A,
at Fort Davis, and Company I, at Fort
St. Michael. One officer will go to each ot
these places with tine men. The Rose
crans will probably be the last transport
except the Seward to go North this sea
son. "Will Be Tried In Grant County.
eUMPTER, Aug. 9. It has been ascer
tained that the recent hold-up of Messrs.
Godfrey and Taber was committed in
Grant County, and not in Baker, as first
supposed. By looking up the dividing
lines it has been learned that Grant Coun
ty extends a short distance this side of
the summit of the mountain where the
robbery took place. This being the case,
the prisoners now in the hands of the
Baker County authorities will be trans
ferred to those of Grant.
Rogue River Melons.
GRANT'S PASS, Aug. 9. The first
homo-grown watermelons were brought to
market ttoday, and although small, sold
at good prices, from 20 to 30 cents. R, A.
N. Reymers and Y. P. Lee expect to be
gin carload shipments next week, when
the melons will be larger. The rain and
warm, weather of the past week havo
helped the melon crop very much. Tho
crop will probably be as large as last
year. In spite of the severe June frost.
"Will Be Released and Rearrested.
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 9. Thomas
Howard, sentenced from Spokane County
to serve two years for the crime of bur
glary, will be released from the State
Penitentiary here tomorrow &$ 9, on tho
expiration of this sentence. He will be at
once rearrested by Sheriff Fury, who is
here from Butte, Mont., and will be taken
there to answer for burglarizing the home
of W. O. Cymo, from which ho is alleged
to have stolen jewelry valued at $600.
Imported LiqHor Without Permit.
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. The .steamer Sarah,
one of the largest on the .Yukon River,
has be,en seized aPawson by the author
ities on tho charge-of bringing in liquor
without a permit. She came from St.
Michael, and, belongs- to the Northern
Commercial Company. The liquor was
consigned to the Ames Mercantile Com
pany. The manager of the company
states that the Governor proinlsed a per
mit to import liquors to the company.
State "Will Pay for Water.
SALEM, Aug. 9. The Board of Capitol
Building Commissioners has made a ver
bal agreement with the Salem Flouring
Mills Company, whereby the state will
pay the company for the use of wajter
from Mill Creek, at the penitentiary, until
the litigation concerning the water rights
shall be terminated. The agreement will
be reduced to writing and Its terms will
then be made public.
Mining: Is Active on the Yukon.
SEATTLE, Aug. 9. News comes from
Dawson of extraordinary activity in min
ing districts reached by the Yukon River.
Prospecting parties are penetrating every
part of the great basin, determined to as
certain whether there are any fresh gold
bearing districts. The new strike at Ram
part and the finding of gold on Lake Creek
in the Big Salmon district are the latest
finds of Importance.
The Ranger in Rcndiitctfa.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 9. The United
States steamer Ranger, now at this port,
will probably leave for Panama In a day
or two to protect American Interests dur
ing the present revolution In Colombia.
Captain Field, commanding, has orders
to be ready to go to sea at once. The
vessel can leave within 24 hours If or
dered. She Is taking three months' pro
visions. Woodburn Public Schools.
WOODBURN, Aug. 9. At a regular
meeting of the School Board last night
the following teachers were selected for
the Woodburn public school during the
ensuing term: William Parker, principal;
R. B. Fisher. Anna Llndgren, Ora Mc
Craw, Pearl Adklns, Joella Johnson. The
board adopted and ordered the new sys
tem of text-books for the ensuing term.
Painter Fell From Scaffold.
FAIRVIEW, Aug. 9. While 'painting a
house Wednesday afternoon, C. Shepherd
met with a serious accident. The scaf
fold gave 'way, precipitating Mr. Shep
herd to the. ground, a distance of 15 feet.
Ho was carried into the house and Dr.
Short sent for. He found the left shoul
der dislocated and the left arm badly
bruised.
Oregon Officer Gets Commission.
LA GRANDE, Aug. 9. Captain Austin
F. Prescott, late of the Second Oregon,
has received his commission as First Lieu
tenant in the Twenty-eighth Regular In
fantry, with rank from February last,
and will leave in a few days for the
Presidio. Captain Prescott's home is in
this city.
Hopbuyers aiove to Salem.
SALEM, Aug. 9. Horst & Lachmund,
prominent hopbuyer9, have moved their
head offices from Portland to Salem; and
it Is learned that other large buyers will
move their head offices here before the
new season opens.
Idnho Notes.
A number of fires are burning along the
Northern Pacific track near Saltese,
Mont., 18 miles east of Mullan, . Idaho.
The fires were started by sparks from
railroad engines. So far no serious dam.
age has been done.
A shaft was sunk recently in the old
bed of the Snake River In Owyhee
County, to find the distance to bed rock.
At the depth of 10 inches the dirt panned
out gold which went $3 per yard. The
value increased as depth was gained, and
at a, depth of, 100 feet the earth assayed
$70 per yard In gold. This remarkably
rich placer find has created considerable
excitement and many new locations are
being made this week.
ALLEGED MINT ROBBER
EX-CHIEF CLERK CHARGED WITH
SAN FRANCISCO STEAL.
He Has Been "Watched Since $30,000
Robbery, and Police Think
They Have Proof.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9. United
States Court Commissioner Heacock has,
upon the request of Secret Service Agent
George W. Hazen, Issued a warrant for
the arrest of Walter N. Dlmmlck, ex-chlef
clerk of tho United States Mint In this
city, charging him with embezzling $30,000
In gold coin, the loss of which was discov
ered early last month.
Dlmmlck was chief clerk at the time of
the robbery, but was dismissed by Su
perintendent Leach recently. At a late
hour tonight Dlmmlck had not been ar
rested. Ever since July 4, when the discovery
was made that six sacks containing $30,
000 were missing from the mint vault,
Dlmmlck has been a prominent figure In
the investigation. When Dlmmlck was
dismissed from the mint it was said by
Superintendent Leach that it was not on
account of the robbery, but in pursuance
of a decision made before the robbery
was discovered, and that the robbery pro
longed his retention.
Since his release frohi duty Dlmmlck
has been under the surveillance of the
Secret Service men, who have probed into
every detail of his private life in this city
and at his former home In Santa Bar
bara. Dlmmlck was at one -time cashier
of the mint, and was one of the four per
sons known . to have had access to the
vault. In a memorandum book In his
possession the Secret Service men found
that he noted the combination to the up
per lock of the vault door. This is some
thing that it was thought Cashier Colo
alone knew. An expert found that the
time lock was not working, and as a
result a person who had the combination
could open the vault at any time during
the day or night.
To the officers Dlmmlck admitted work
ing at the mint as late as 11 o'clock at
night. In addition to being accused of
embezzling $30,000. Dlmmlck is accused by
Superintendent Leach of embezzling vari
ous sums aggregating nearly $3000. These
sums were afterwards replaced when his
quarterly accounts were made up.
FOR WALLA WALLA FRUIT FAIR.
Work on Buildings Began and Com
mittees Appointed.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 9. Work
on construction of the buildings at the
site of the Fruit Fair was begun yester
day, and today a force of men are busy
preparing for the task of erecting the
great building and all its adjuncts. The
fair is to be opened September 23, for a
week's exhibition, and arrangements for
the various departments are being per
fected rapidly.
The premium list showing that $9000
will be spent on the fair, and nearly as
much will be given in premiums, will be
ready for distribution In a day or two.
The Woman's Department is given prom
inence, and the names of a number of
prominent ladies are mentioned in the
different sections Into which the depart
ment Is divided. Mrs. Professor Lyman, of
Whitman College, Is general superintend
ent, and Miss Nellie Johnson Is assistant.
The committee on reception Is composed
of Mrs G. W. Whltehouse, Mrs. L. S.
Wilson, Mrs. M. H. Paxton, Mrs. J. M.
Hill, Mrs. A. L. Lorenzen, Mrs. B. L.
Sharpsteln, Mrs. Levi Ankeny, Mrs. B. D.
Crocker, Mrs. W. S. Offner, Mrs. Jacob
Betz, Mrs. A. R. Burford, Mrs. Dement
Church, Mrs. D. McGillivray.
Committees on Decoration Mrs. W. D.
Lyman, Mrs. L. F. Anderson, Mrs. John
L. Sharpsteln, Mrs. Holman B. Turner,
MI3S Grace Isaacs, Ifclrs. A. R. Burford,
Mrs. Tabitha Jones, Mrs. Irene Goodman.
Floral Committee Mrs. Holman B. Tur
ner.'Mrs. FItzhugh Newman, Miss Bertha
Hill.
Art Department Miss Grace Isaacs,
Miss Florence Weber, Mrs. Eugene Boy.
er.
On Needle Work Mrs. A. R. Burford,
Mrs. B. Goldman, Miss Bracken, Miss
Edith Chapman.
Homo Baking, canned fruits, jellies,
pickles Mrs. Tabitha Jones, Mrs. G T.
Welsh. Mrs. Y. C. Blalock.
Curio Department Mrs. Irene Goodman,
Mrs. Joe Merchant, Mrs. Philip Wlnans.
The officers in charge of the Fair arc:
President and manager, W. A. Rltz;
treasurer, W. P. McLean; secretary, C.
F. Van de Water.
Board of Directors W. P. McLean, O.
P. Jaycox, George Ludwigs, Chris Ennis,
George Whltehouse.
Reception Committee Mayor G. W.
Babcock, chairman; O. R. Ballou, Hon.
Thomas H. Brents, Dr. N.' G. Blalock,
Joseph McCabe, Hon. M. C. Moore. Hon.
H. S. Blandford, E. S. Isaacs, H. C.
Gregg, Levi Ankeny, F. M. Pauly, Rob
ert Burns, John P. Kent, Hon. Jacob
Betz, S. B. Calderhead.
Vice-presidents W. S. Offner, Walla
Walla; George Starrett, Walla Walla;
Joseph Harbert. Walla Walla; R. Mc
Gahoy, Walla Walla; John honney, Wal
la Walla; W. P. Reser, Walla. Walla; Fred
Stine Walla Walla; James Mclnroe, Wal
la Walla; J. J. Henry. Walla Walla; C.
L. Whitney, Walla Walla; W. H. Bab
cock, Clyde; C F. Plckerd, Clyde; L. B.
Hall. Clyde: A. W. Phillips, Dixie; C. R.
Frazier, Dixie; S. A. Lowell, Pendleton;
T. C. Taylor, Pendleton; H. H. Hallock,
Pendleton; C. S. Jackson, Pendleton: Ez
ra Zarlng, Touchet; Clifford Conklin,
"Touchet; Frank Lowden, Touchet; Clark
Wood, Weston: C. A. Barrett, Athena;
George Baker, Dayton; E. C. Davles, Day
ton; R E. Peabody. Dayton; M. V. Mar
tin, Le'wlston; J. B. Holt, Lewlston; Rob
ert Schleicher, Lewlston; C. Wr Wheeler,
Waltsburg; E. F. Babcock. Waitsburg;
J. W Morgan, Waltsburg; R. C. Judson,
Portland: D. Osborn, Milton; O. R. Bal
lou, Milton; S. A. Miller, Milton; G.
Hobbs, Milton; Jesse Fogleson, Milton;
J. P McMinn, Milton; H. Bolster. Spo
kane"; J. L. Hill, Spokane; E. P. Gilbert,
Spokane; William Elllngsworth, Wallula-.
Receiver for Goble-Nchalem Road.
ST. HELENS, Aug. 9.-SuIc has been
brought to foreclose the $39,000 mortgage
against the Goble, Nehalem & Pacific
Railway. A. L. Maxwell, of Poraland,
has been appointed receiver.
Fire at Wnllnce.
EVERETT, Wash., Aug. 9. Ifire has de
stroyed the plant and stock of the Wal
lace Lumber Company at Wallace, and
also a hotel and a saloon. The amount
of 1Sie damage is unknown.
Train Fell Through a Bridge.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9. A special to the
Record-Herald from Galveston, Tex.,
says:
A dispatch from Sabine says the
southbound Southern Pacific passenger
train from Beaumont to Sabine fell
through the bridge over Keith Lake Ba
you, seven miles north of that place, yes
terday. The entire train was precipitated
Into the bayou, almost sinking out of
sight. Thirty passengers were aboard,
and had it not been for the tug Earnest
being anchored nearby with a fishing
party aboard, they would have perished
in the water.
The members of the fishing party and
the crew of the tug hastened to the rescue
of those In the train, and, cutting through
the roofs of the cars got all the passen
gers out. ' T. S. Strlbbllng, a prominent
oil prospector, and the fireman, are the
only ones hurt, and their injuries are not
thought to be serious.
Fire in a Missouri Town.
PRINCETOWN, Mo., Aug. 9. The bus
iness section of Mercer, a small town
near the state line, was destroyed by
fire last night. The buildings burned In
cluded the postofflce, a bank and a de
partment store. Only one store was left
standing.
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HANGING OF EBEN BOYCE
TACOMA WIPE-MURDERER EXE
CUTED EARLY FRIDAY MORXIXG.
End of a Legal Fight Which In
volved n Special ScmsIoii of the
State Legislature.
TACOMA, Aug. 9. Eben L, Boycc was
executed on the fifth floor of the Court
house this morning for wife murder.
He slept soundly from 2 to 5 o'clock, and
even then had hope of a stay of exe
cution. He collapsed when summoned for
the march to the gallows, but was re
vived and, as he stood on the scaffold,
said, "I am a soldier still."
Tho execution was perfect, his neck
being broken by the fall. The drop fell
at 7:06, and the heart ceased beating In
14 minutes.
The crime for which he was convicted
was committed In Tacoma on February
10, 1900, at 6 o'clock in the evening. He
went to the restaurant at 107 South
Tenth street, where his wife was em
ployed as cashier, and shot her in cold
blood. Boyce had reached the city only
an hour before on the Victorian and had
been drinking heavily all the way down.
When he opened the door of the res
taurant his "wife saw the look of deter
mination in his face and ecreamed in
terror. Boyce pulled a double action
Colt's revolver and opened fire. Tho
first shot shattered her arm. She turned
to run into a private box behind the
counter. The second shot struck her in
the left breast and she fell to tho floor.
Without a word he advanced to the
prostrate body of his victim and placing
the revolver against her breast fired the
third shot.
As he left tho restaurant he walked
down Tenth street toward the Tacoma
Hotel, but was overtaken by Officer
Needham and quietly submitted to ar
rest. He said he hoped he had done a
good job.
At his trial his attorneys attempted to
prove him Insarie, but the Jury In the
case rendered a verdict of murder in the
first degree and the death sentence was
pronounced. A motion for a new trial
was denied. An order for an arrest of
judgment was then filed, which the court
also denied. An appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court of the state, which
court affirmed the Judgement of the lower
court. A petition for a rehearing
was then made to the Supreme Court,
which was also refused. In fact every
loophole of escape appeared closed
against Boyce, until the Legislature
muddled the capital punishment law by
the passage of the Rand act.
The Boyce case became famous all
over the state from the fact that when
the remittitur was returned to the lower
court and County Attorney Campbell
asked that a death warrant fixing the
time and place of execution of Boycc be
made out. Judge Snell refused to do so,
on account of the tangled condition of
the capital punishment act. Immediate
ly thereafter Governor Rogers Issued a
Crtll for a special session of the Legisla
ture, resulting In the appeal of the Rand
law and the eubstltutlon of another act
covering tho capital punishment ques
tion, to take effect 90 days after the ad
journment of the special session. The
Supreme Court Issued a peremptory writ
of mandate to the lower court, upon
which authority Bovce was brought be
fore Judge Snell June 12 last and ordered
hanged today. His attorneys took ad
vantage of every quibble and raised
every point of law which offered any
ground or pretense worth fighting for, in
order to obtain a stay of the execution,
but were defeated at every turn.
Boyce was at once a prodigy and a
pervert. The man had dissipated and
sunk to such excesses that bis will-power
'was gone. Perhaps there was no vice
to which Anglo-Saxon humanity Is ad
dicted in which he did not participate.
He drank wood alcohol, absinthe, was
an opium fiend, a cigarette fiend, drank
liquor of all kinds, and while doing ser
vice in the Philippine Army became ad
dicted to native drinks. Nevertheless,
Julius Adler, director of the Tacoma
Military Band, says Boyce was the best
cornet player that ever visited tho Pa
cific Coast. He and other musicians de
clare that Boyce had peculiar methods
they never saw used before, and which
stamp him as the greatest cornet player
they ever saw or expect to see.
Boyce and his wife at one time lived in
Portland. This was shortly after he re
turned from the Phllllppines. The two
were married at the Presidio, at San
Francisco, shortly after Boyce landed.
He is the second wife-murderer hanged
in Tacoma in the last two years, the
other being Albert Mlchaud, who was
hanged upon the same gallows.
The Situation in Venezuela.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. The Port of
Spain (Trinidad) correspondent of the
Herald says:
The situation In Venezuela is Im
possible to define In detail. There
are no further reports of invasion. The
officials of the Government are silent.
There has been no engagement since July
29. The public now believes that Presi
dent Castro hoped by giving to the press
news of a Colombian Invasion to influence
the country and obtain support of the
masses. The people are apparently not
interested in tho matter. President Caa.
tro, without the support of the people,
will not be able to declare war on Co
lombia and assist General Urlbe-Urlbe in
the effort to overthrow the Government
of Colombia.
BROOKLYN OLIVE GROVE.
Alderman Wentz Suddenly Becomes
n Celebrity.
Baltimore Sun.
Alderman Wentz. of Brooklyn, Is a man
who would have been highly honored Ire
the early days of this Republic, when
large families were regarded as a badge of
distinction. Even in those heroic and
fruitful days It Is doubtful whether Amer
ican patriarchs could show a larger or
more interesting collection of olivo
branches than the Brooklyn Alderman.
Up to a few days ago Mr. Wentz was
scarcely known beyond the limits of the
City of Churches. Now his fame has ex
tended to all parts of the United States.
He went to a railroad office in Brooklyn
one day last we.ek and bought 19,, tickets
to the Buffalo Exposition ono for his
wife, one for himself, and tho rest for his
17 children. On that day Mr. Wentz
ceased to be a comparatively obscure citi
zen. The newspapers of Brooklyn and
New York printed pictures of this many
times father and also Induced him to talk
freely about his cares and his joys as tho
head of so ample a household. Mr.. Wentat
is not averse to publicity. He- la prouck
of his ollva branches, and ovldontly as
cheerful and courageous a rrian as eVef
lived. This is the way the Brooklyn,
philosopher talked to the reporters:
"I think If people knew the satisfaction
of having babies about the houso tfiey
would not want small families. I dont
feel old as the little ones multiply. I feel ,
younger and younger, and tfilnk I'll be
como a child again myself -some day. .
It's a great thing to go home at night and
find 19 or 20 pairs of shoes waiting for
the hallway to be cleaned." Mrs. Wentz
philosophy is of an equally amiable char-
acter. "It's a great time getting tho
children oft tb school," sho observed. "I
line them up like an Inspector of riflo
practice. I am very happy with the little
ones about. The work doesn't seem to
tire me. I love every one of them, .and
they seem to love me, and there Is some
thing in that. We don't spoil our children
by pampering. We expect' them to be lit
tle men and women, and they are. They
are placed upon their honor to behave, and
they do so without much rod."
WAR ON M0SQUIT0S.
Dr. Doty Snt l.i lied With the Result
of 1II.H Experiment.
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Dr. H. A. Doty,
after this week, will leave mechnnlcal op
erations to abate the pest of mosqultos
on Staten Island to the city authorities,
says the Times. In view of the 'demands
on his time as State Health Officer and
tho success ne has had In his work, he has
decided to limit all operations outside tho
laboratory'of the quarantine.
"I have," said Dr. Doty, "succeeded be
yond my expectations, and as the work Is
a labor of love, I prefer that the proper
authorities take up my burden. I have
proved that lima oil will destroy mosqui
toes in their larval and matured state,
and that anopheles, which spread malaria,
exist on Staten Island. I have caught
this culex In a house where there aro
several cases of malarial fever of a se
vere type. I have also pointed out that
lima oil may be used with success on tho
breeding places of the cullccldae, but at
the same time I have contended that tho
right way to go about it Is to drain or
fill up such breeding places. All that
there Is to be done now to clinch the as
sociation of malaria with anopheles Is to
And the same Plasmodium or germ in
the insects captured at Concord as may
be found In the blood of tho persons who
suffer from malaria there. This Is tho
scientific end of it. I shall follow this
up at the quarantine laboratory."
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