The
Jnl!LLSBR
VOL. VI.
IIILLSHOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMJJKU 14, 1899.
NO. 26.
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EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome of the Telegraphic
Newt of the World.
tkk.sk ticks from thk wiers
Aa fataraatlag Oolleetloa of llama rreaf,
tha T. Meanlapbera Praeeatedl
In Coadea.ed ran.
TniM Is suffering from drought.
Admiral Dewey haa Mil ml Iioiii Gib
raltar lot New York.
Indignation over th reconviction at
Dieyfu niulfnld itself In New York
by Hi burning In effigy ol (lenaral
Merolnr.
.. It U tali) by prominent railroad man
that th llarrlruan eyndloat U quietly
working lor ea-lu-e railroad ar
rangement . -Peary am) hli arctic expedition have
jean beard from. They aie coming
Iioiii attar getting much gwugiaphlcel
I ii form a I Ion.
The government will anon havo Ita
plant ff the manufacture ol smokeless
powder In operation. The locution Is
VI) the Potomac near Imlian Head.
An east bound Houlliorn cl!ln train
held ii ami lobbed near Wilcoa,
Aria., Iy lout men who hired out aa hay
cutter near titer (01 several day.
Two hiimlrml font of lrtl over
limed river, near Columbus, H. U.,
gave way tinier tralnloail of grand
and (our of tli train ciaw wer killed.
Tli Dreyfus verdict liaa aroused
widespread Indignation outaid of
Franc and tliere I much talk thiongli.
out Kurop of boyooitliig the I'ari at
position. None of the pritonera in the Ward,
ner bull pen at to bo tried at the proa
nt term of court In that oouuty.
Tbelr eaae will go OTr until the Jan
irr term.
Although tli aapect of affair I
more peaceable, the apodal dispatches
(torn Johannesburg report the greatest
snxiety there, and people ar itill lea
lug the town by hundred.
Jealotti of tli fulled Slat, Ktno-
pean Influence ar vorking in Houtli
America In opoiiiig a pan American
unity. Thoy y tli great tepublio
unit to dotninat all America.
A fore of 460 rebels, with on can
noil, attacked Santa Kit and annul-
taneonsly . CJaagua and Kan Autouio
war attacked by Imdle of rebel
numbering about QUO roan. All th
Inauigent wer repulaed without lua
to th Americana.
According to th atatement just
mad publio by th war department
oar colonial trad fur th (I rati seven
month of lSflU heat all lerord.
Trad movement affecting th United
Slates wr never o unifurui anu
natural a this year.
' A Seattle dispatch aays: After
pending aeveral hundred dollar In
aiaisling destitute Kloudikers to their
JCaataru home, th county commission
era bar called bait. Th chamber
of commerce haa taken a aimilar ao
Hon. ,
Chicago haa jnat paaaed through tin
longnat dry iell tlr.ou th time of th
great fir In I87l.
The Porto Rlcan relief committee
will appeal for aid to all the church
and bank In thla country,
Th Tennessee Coal A lion Company
la believed to hav a corner on th
ooal product of Teiineseee.
Walker Hill, of Bt. Lonla, haa been
elioaen aa the next prualdent of lit
American Uanker' Association,
Railway surveyors ar at work In
Eastern Oregon and It la rumored th
they ar In th employ of th Burling
ton.
At th Empire City Trotting park,
N'W York city, Jo Patchen defeated
Star i Pointer, John 15. Gentry ami
Searchlight.
Samuel U. Biahop and Henry Hawk
ware blown to pici by an accidental
explosion of giant powdet In th May
flownr mln at Nevada, Cat.
An open iwltch on tho Erie road
bear Meadvlllu, Pa., caused a colllaion
lie t ween a freight and passeugur train.
Thro wei klltod tin J this injured.
Texas, Chicago and New York cnpl
taliat havo bought 8,000,000 aciaa of
timber and runge land In Mexico, and
will build tip an Industrial mid coin
merclal center. .
A freight train near Williamson, W.
Va., broke In two and the two aeotiont
cam together in a tun mil, resulting In
the killing ol three of th train crew
and four tramp.
American applet are In inch great
demand tn Uunnany thia year that
ahipmenta have commenced on month
earlier than usual. Last your 93,861
barrel were lent abroad, Thia yoar
it I expected the shipments will reaoh
100,000 barrel.
Asa reward for the 8antlngo cam
paign Mnjor-Genoriil Shatter will con
tlnue In oommaml ol the department
of the Pacific with It la present volun
teer rank after the time readied tor hi
retirement, which wai to have taken
place th 14th ol September,
William
H. nodwell, a wall-known
printer,
ex president of th Interna
tional Typogiaphloal Union, died at
Whitehall, N. Y., aged 67 year.
An Imperial ukase ha been litued
eitalilialiliig a systom of education for
the children of the nobility In Russia,
largely at government expense.
Salvation Army folk are forbiden
to use trumpet, drum or tamborine In
the itreeta of Philadelphia, and ipeeoh
only I left o hem in their publl
worinlp,
LATER NEWS.
Recant luecndlaiy flr In Pari ar
attributed to narehlit.
Th revolution In Vnnl under
Caalro I gaining atrnngth.
Director Merrlarn, of th cenaua, ad
viae numeratoi) to do otn itudying.
Cornel I u Vindnrbllt died iiiddnnly
at bi bom In New York ol paralyai.
Uuah negroe of Jamaica hav re
lapaed Into aavagery and gun opon th
warpath.
Th great eoonell ol Improved Ordor
of Ked Menopauwlln Waihliiglon with
1,000 delegate pi men t.
Horn of Agulnaldo' officer are tired
of fighting for th Vlllplnoa' cauie and
will ek eaptur by th Auieiican
foicet,
Th yaoht Narno haa arrived at
Honolulu on trip around th world.
Mb lft New York four year ago and
ha mad nearly 40,000 mile.
A Chicago preacher, who claim to
know whereof h ipeaka, aaya a war
with England would wlp th Boer of
South Africa off th fac of th earth.
Oakland, Cel., ha accepted the olTn.
of Andrew Carnegl to glv f&o.oou
lor a publio library boildinit, and will
durante th noceaaary 4,000 a year
for it aopport.
Jti 1'ortlanu chamber ol commerce
will tend Senator Simon to Wanning
ton to puah recognition In the matter
of embarkation ol troop (or th Phil
Ippine from that port.
At Tuckahoe, N. Y Terry McOov
ru, n Aniarican pugilist wbipptid
Pdlr Palmer, an Eugliah batam, in
th Wrat round, and win th title of
champion in Una clan.
Hertary Hay, of the lntrtat com
mero oommiaaion, who hai been in
Hawaii Investigating th labor situa
tion, say he I of th opinion that the
solution of th labor problem thei is
th employment ol Irea whit tabor.
Eitenslv circulation ha been giveu
to a lumur In Naw York that th Chi
oago A Alton, th Illinois Cential and
th Union PaoiOo hav entered Into a
combination and would form a trunk
lln from Chicago to th PaciBo coast.
Chairman Van Horn, of th Canadian
Paolflo, say th Canadian 1'aoiflo la
anxious to establish a great steamship
lln between Liverpool and Halifax lo
tak buslues away from New York
line, and expect to reoelv a subsidy
fioru the Canadian government.
An unwn sored dispatch from Manila
via Hong Kong sars that Otis triel to
shelve Joe Wheeler, th veteran fight
er, by aendlng him to an obscure post
In the southern Island. General
Wheeler now declare that h will ap
ply lor permission to return to this
country on loss there I som change In
th management ol affair in th Phil
ippine. Noithern railroad ar Involved in a
rate war.
The transport Senator, with 10 offl
ecu and 600 reorulls bas arrived safely
in Manila.
Th steamer Homer ha arrived In
Ban Francisco from Cape Nome with
1200,000 In gold dost
Lieutenant Peary had hla feet froaen
duiing hi northern trip, but now
walk without limping.
Th banka ol (Juaternata City will
eat the exohequar by a loan to the gov
ernment of 13,600,000,
Th French mlaalon at Tripoli, head,
ed by Father Foureaii and Major Lamv,
baa been annihilated by th native.
Th town of Dyea, Alaska, la to be
moved across Lynn canal on scow to
Bkagway, to augment that growing
town.
Two firemen and a ohild wer killed
by gaa in a vault in Cincinnati. The
firemen lost their lire lu an effort to
recover the child.
Captain Thomas Phelan, a orack
fcroadawordiman and pistol shot of
Kansas City, haa chkllenged Esterbaay
to fight him a duel.
Recent testa practically assure the
adoption of the Mauser revolver by the
United State government. It is being
i d by the Ueinian cavalry.
Captain Robert Kohl and Captain
Arthur O. Ducath, aide on th itafl
nf Uanetal Shatter, have been promoted
for bravery at San Juan hill.
The people of Cape Nome are to have
a wall-equipped reluge, which will he
formally oieiied on Thanksgiving day.
It will be the largest and finest struc
ture north ol Sitka.
The navy department ha assigned
Rear-Admiral Faiauhar to command
the North Atlantic squadorn in place
ol Rear Admiral Sampson, who will
asinine ooinmaud ol the Uoaton navy
yard.
Th New York World pulbishea a
purported Interview with Admiral
Dewey in which the admiral la credited
with aaylng that he still believe that
the Filipino ar mora oapable ol self
government than are the Cuban.
Immediately upon the beginning of
the dry seaton Otis Intend to begin
an offensive movement. The army
will be split in two. Field operations
will be nnder General MaoArthur and
Lawlon. Eaoh division will operate in
two military provinces, but will be
able to 00' operate promptly and effec
tively when desirable.
Glasgow number among It popula
tlon a man who is making a manuscript
oopy of the Bible. He expect to On
lah it in two year.
; Wilbur F. and John Stile are twin
living in Wichita, Kan. They look so
much alike that only Intimate friend
tan tall them apait.
Near a certain quarry In Italy ii a
town the Inhabitant of which pay no
rent or taxe. They are quarry em
ployei, who bar dug dwelling in the
face of a ateep rock.
FEAR ilTED STATES
Distrust of Latin-Americans
Is Unfounded.
TUB PROPOSED COMBINATION
Km American .rr U Are Opart
lln la Mallola-Tha Maw la
Wa.hlngtwa.
Washington, Sept. 13. Th rumor
f poesibl combination among the
states of Central and Hootli America
Jirec-M against the United Statee are
received with some concern by the offi
cial here. Nearly a year ago this
spirit of diatrunt on the part of Latin
American people wn first exhibited in
th auini-oflioial publication by the
United Slate of Colombia of a proposi
tion to combine the nations of Sooth
and Central America. In that oaa th
ostansihl purpose wa to resist unjust
demands for indemnities by foreign
slates. But Incidentally during the
discussion it appered that the (uoie of
th combination would b broader than
this, and there wa mor than one in
timation of a doep-aeated distrust ol
the United States.
Two or throe events have occurred
ino that discussion to strengthen this
feeling. Fiist, there was a decision
adverse to Colombia in the Cerruti
case, and aa President Cleveland waa
th aibitrator, that unpopular decision
was oharged against the United State.
Than laat spilug oama the orulse of the
United Stale gunboat Wilmington up
the Amaaon and the Orinoco. The
voyage were undertaken from the most
innocent scientific and oomuieroial mo
tives. Commander Todd, of the Wil
mington, found that thet wer no
chart ol these vast liveis, and conse
quently wa obliged to take sounding
h proceeded. Incidentally he waa
enabled to make rough running cbarta
of th river that may be of value to
oorameroe hereafter. Hi action were,
however, mlsluterpretd by some of
lh natives, though in th end Captain
Todd I believed to have perfectly ut-
afled the Braiillan official a to the
rectitude of his purposo.
It is said at the dnpaitment that
ther it not th slightest foundation for
the story that secret agents ol either
the stale 01 th navy department have
been sent into South America, and it
1 quite certain that there have never
been any negutiationa with Bolivia re
specting the acquisition by the United
States of land iu the interior of South
America.
A to the visit to that continent of
William E. Cutli. Chief Cieik Mich
ael, ol the (tat department, is author
ity lor th statement that Mr. Curtis
visit 1 absolutely without ofiloial aa
Ibority ot direction.
THE JUDGES RELENT.
fatlllaa Pre.tilrnt Laub.l That Drarfu.
flTar aa Fra.li Iaradallaa.
Itonne, Sept. IS. The judges of the
Dreyfu court martial today, by a mu-
tnal agreement, expreaeed to the pre!
dent of the republic, through General
Luoaa, the oommander of the army
corp at Reunes, their sincer desire
that Dreyfus would not b submitted
to a fresh degradation.
A date ol calm prevail here. All
the troop and gendarmes who were
quartered in the town and it environ
bava left, and journalist and otheia
interested in the trial have departed
ince Monday. Cafe which for the
last lew week have been thronged
with eioited crowd are deserted. Thi
afternoon a solitary gendarme paced up
and down before the military prison,
and there wa not a policeman or sol
dier near the Lycee, whioh laat week
reaembled a barracks. Workmen were
buay dismantling the courtroom and
paoking chair, table and benches on
trolley-car outside.
Madame Dreyfus Tinted her husband
in the prison thi afternoon, but not
the slightest interest wa shown in th
meeting by the populace. She fonnd
him a calm as yesterday. Th prisoner
smoked hi pipe today tot the flrtt
time in many days, which Indicated
that he was in better pii it than could
be ex pea ted.
STEAMERS TO HAUL
OFF.
Tea Hani 'or Frnflt Now aa th
I.aw.r
Yukon KIor.
St. Miobael, Alaaka, Ang. 88, via
Seattle, Sept. 12. Thi season, which
ia rapidly drawing to a close, will see
the exit of several companies engaged
In the transforation business on the
Lower Yukon river, leaving th field
to fonr companies the North Ameri
can Trading & Transportation Com
pany, the Alaska Commercial Com
pany, the Alaska Exploration Company
and the Empire Transportation Com
pany. It ia thought by transportation
people that the lattei company will
devote the greater part of Ita attention
to the ocean end and Cape Nome. The
experiment by the Empire company ot
trying to navigate the Lower Yukon
with the three-etaok, lix-orew tug Em
pire, towing three or more bargee, has
proved a failure. vlt is said th expert
ment cost a large sura ol money.
The falling off in the passenger bus!
nesa has been very marked thi sea
aon, hundreds coming down the river
where thousands came Inst year.
Parle Bxpoaltlon May B WoyeoU.it
Washington, Sept. 18. It is be
lleved that when congress assembles
there will be considerable agitation ol
a proposition lor thi goveinment to
abandon its participation In the Pari
exposition. It ia known that expres
Ions hostile to the exposition, quoted
from Senator Stewart are veiy widely
sympathized in, and it I thought that
II the conviction of Ureytu is per
Imtted to stand there will be very lit
tie friendly feeling for Franoe among
member of either the house or senate.
NEW ARMY REVOLVER.
Value Itata. Will Vera Mk.lr Afaa
Ika Mauaar.
Kanaa City, Sept. 18. Dr. K. D.
Griffith, of this city, ha just com
pleted for th government an official
teat of th Mauser pistol iu naa by Ger
man cavalry and under consideration
lor adoption by the United Rules. The
teat wa made not only with targets,
bat with human cadaver also, and Dr.
Griffith ay it proved at range of
from 60 to 600 vard the Mauser pistol
il th most effective and deadly weapon
ol Its kind aver invented, and that op
to th maximum range tried, it is prac
tically a good in the hand ol marks
men a Krag-Joigenson, a Lee or Mas
ter rifle.
The pistol Area 10 shot withont re
loading, and can be emptied with ac
curacy ol aim in leas than three second.
The cartridge ar 80 caliber, and are
propelled by smokeleea nitro powder.'
Th bullet weigh 86 grain each, and
ave lead cor surrounded by a nickel-
plated ooprier jacket. It I said to be
robabl that a a result ol Dr. Grif
fith's test th government will adopt
th Mauser pistol.
Caplala Ca aa Bltaatloa.
Chicago, Sept. 13. Captain J. E.
Case, formerly of the Second Oregon
volunteer, and a member of the staff
of Generals Merrltt, Otis and Lawton,
who I visiting Chicago, say that be
think a vigorous fall campaign will
put aa nd to tli war in the Philip
pine. 'It takes a good deal to demoralize
a Filipino army and it would be a rnah
statement to declare that the insur
gents ar now demoralized, but it is
oeitain that they run earlier in the bat
tle than wa formerly the caee. It is
the general opinion of th officers that
it General Otis were to eon tine himself
to one department the war would pro
gress more satisfactorily.
General Otis make a first-class
civil governor. In the field, there were
several instances in which he held
troop back before they had accom
plished their work and thus necessi
tated it being done over.
"1 tbink all the caaua'tie ar faith
fully reported by General Otis."
Orac.fnl Act.
Gibraltar, Sept. 13. Before sailing
from her yesterday for New York,
Admiral Dewey and the officer of the
cruiser Olympia presented 80 to Pep-
piatt, the gunner ot the British battle'
ship Devastation, who met with an acci
dent while the warship waa firing a aa
lute in Lonor ol the arrival of the
American admiral, tfeptembor 4, by
which bi hand was shattered by the
sxplosion ot the charge which be was
ramming borne. Peppiatt' arm lias
been ampntated.
Fall rt.kln aa.aa.
Astoria, Or., Sept 13. The tall
fishing season opened yesterday, but
laat night's drifts did not result in any
big catches. The retnrna, however,
nstify confidence in a good fall pack,
as the fishermen, who have been out a
few nights in (dvanoe of the opening nf
the season, returned this morning with
lull boats. The prioe (or all good fish
was 3 cents per pound, with steel
bead in brisk demand at 6 cent.
Fight On lh llorrt.r.
Denver, Col., Sept. 13. A spec!
to the New from Bisbef, Aril., says:
Late Saturday alternoon there occurred
at Naco. a small town on th interna
tional line, nine mile from here, i
shooting affair, which has already
caused the death of one American cow
boy and a Mexican guard, and the
wounding of several others, and ulti
mately the delivering over to Mexican
authorities of four American citizen
who will be tried for murder.
Oils' Prlenria Hoparnl.
Chicago, Sept. 13. A special to the
Record from Washington says: The
friends of (leneral Otia are becoming
bopeful that they will incceed in hav
ing him retained In hi present com
mand. This week they were deeply
enoonaged, and one, a high official of
the, war department, openly admitted
that he believed "popular clamor"
would result in his friend' recall, and
the assignment of General Mile or
General Merrltt to Manila.
No Traea of Aortraa.
Gothenburg, 8wden, Sept. 13. The
steamer Antartic, which left Helsing
boro, Sweden, May 35 last, with an ex
pedltion under Professor A. G. Na
thorat, wa cpoken off the Skaw, the
northern extremity ot Jutland, Den
mark, today, on her return from her
search along the northwest coast ot
Greenland tor Professor Andre. She
reported that she had found no trace ot
the missing aeronaut.
rising Train Johannesburg.
Cape Town, Sunt. 13. Four trains
containing refugees from Johannesburg
have arrived here. Four hundred
refugee have also arrived at Durban
During the past week, the relief coin
mitieeof Johannesburg assisted 9,000
cases of distress reported throughout
tbe Transvaal.
Revolution tn Venaanela.
Bavana, Sept. 13. The captains of
the British ships arriving here from
Venezuela confirm the new that there
has been a revolution there during the
last three weeks. They say there
are two parties agalnBt the government
and that the latter i extremely sua
picloua.
Trial ol Kearaarsre.
Naw York, Sept. 18. A special to
the Herald from Washington says
Acting Secretary Allen ha approved
the request of the Newport News Com
pany that the battleship Kearsarge un
dergo her official trip on September 25.
If accepted, the work on the ship will
be rapidly completed in order that she
may be placed In commission next
month.
Battleship Alabama will probably
not be plaoed in commiaion before
tb new year.
TIMBER LAND GRAB
he Government Openly De
spoiled by Speculators.
SECRETARY OF ISTERI0R FOOLED
nder Corar of Hla Faraat Raaarra R.f
alaiioa.. Stamp Waataa Ara Tra4atf
for Vlrgla fara.U.
Hoqoiam, Wah., Sept 14. A party
9f government (urveyor ha gone Into
the Olympic mountain from thi city
to triangulate and approve th line of
th Olympie foreat reserve. They
ave been working their way op the
coast, and their labor will not end un
it they reach tbe Strait ol Foca.
Tbe presence of these delineator re
new discussion of the policy of forest
reserves in this quarter. The senti
ment on Gray' barber I against the
reseive. It limits development and
brow restraint about th common
people. Whatever advantagea accrue to
nv from it in immediate commercial
transaction go to the rich, wbo specu
late on the transfer which tbe law
allows.
The law creating the forest reserve
provide that settlers and holder of
land within these reserve may relin
quish their claims and in teturn receive
or ip, which shall be available in secur
ing other public lands ol the United
States. Under thla clause, the North
ern Pacific Ka:!oad Company and the
milling companies are lelinquiahing to
the government tract denuded of tree
by loggers and forest fire, and select'
ing in their stead the beet timber land
of this region.
The Pennsylvania ivndicate own
one of the n.c?t valuable timber land
n Western Washington. It bas logged
8,000 aci through the Simpson Log
ging Company in township 21, range
and 7 west. Mason county. This
logged land I worthies. It is a mat
ter of common report that tb owner
have been willing to give away a large
part of it to aettlera who would accep
deed and pay the taxe. Not so now
since the manipulation of forest reserve
crip, Tbe Pennsylvania svndioate
may suirender it back lo the govern
mentand i doing so and take ia
lieu ot it surveyed and unsurveyed gov
ernment lands covered with virgin for
est Already it has deeded to tbe gov
ernment 1.400 acres of denuded land.
and its cruisers and attorney are at
work selecting choice timber tract in
stead. "
flM.rnm.al Gat. Rot a Dollar.
The United State government and
the people who live in thi county get
nothing from these transfers. No pay
ment, large or (mail, is required at th
land office. It ia a snap for the owner
of worthies lands; also for capitalists.
who have timber lands, which they oan
immediately log off and exchange for
othet traota.
Tbe eagerness with which capitalist
are laying hold of tbe foiest reserve
scrip is illustrated by the following ad
vertisement, taken from a Puget son mi
paper. It ia a sample of many otheis
which may be found in the columns of
tbe country press:
I want to buv cheap lands within th
limits of anr United States forest reserva
tion. 1 don't, care how worthless they
may be, only titles must he perfect. Write
at once, (riving full particulars, to ,
Duluth, Minn.
The Northern Pacifio railroad ia now
bending every energy to find the beat
timber and farm landa along its line,
to which it can apply thia scrip, which
it can aecure in great amount The
land department ot that corporation
oan now gobble up the most desirable
ur.aurveyed land in the West, which
squatteia may have lived upon for 20
years, with the intention of filing
homesteads when the proper time ar
rives.
Indefensible Method, of Operator.
Officials in some ot the land office
in the states where such selection are
being made ate receiving annual passes
for their service to the railroad in it
endeavor in this line. Officers of the
United State are becoming the special
agents ol the railroad to bluff and bull
aoze intending settler and save for the
corporation the choicest locations.
At on land office in the Noithwest
an official ia the agent tor a forest re
serve scrip syndicate. He advertiser
to give perfect title to both surveyed
and unsurveyed public lands, the
choicest in hi district, and to locate
settlers thereon, tor $5.25 per acre.
Instead of tbe old way of dealing -vith
the government at that United States
land office, the iutending settler does
business with the agent of a syndicate,
whioh has gobbled up tbe best land.
Of the entire Olympio peninsula of
4,000,000 acreB, nearly 2,500,000 aie
taken up In the Olympio reserve. The
land grant of the Northern Paoifio lap
over this, so that the immense advan
tage of the take or trade privilege re
sulting from the recent ruling ot the
seoretary ot the Interior may be seen.
W. E. Knapp, of New York, ha just
oompleted the purchase ol 40,000 acre
of timber land in Southwestern Wash
inaton. Today he leave tor Puget
sound to make further investments in
the same line. It is learned from him
that large amounts of New York capi
tal aie coining to the Northwest for in
vestment in timber landa.
Strengthening E. quintal!.
Washington, Sept. 14. Senator Fos
ter says that in (ending additional
troops to Eequimalt, the British gov
ernment does not seem to remember
that upon ita request, orders sending
United States troops to Pyramid harbor
were countermanded. By constantly
strengthening the British force in that
vicinity, he says, England doe not
encourage cordial relations, which ara
necessary to a plain diacuasion ot th
boundary Question,
GOVERNMENT OF PORTO RICO.
Faa Matter Cadar IMeeaastaa tho
Cablaot Maatlaar.
Washington, Sept. 14. The cabinet
meeting today wa occupied in th dia
onaiion of tha form of government for
Porto Rico. Thi matter baa been un
der serious consideration ever since Sec
retary Root took bi place a aecretary
of war. and tba indication now ara
that ome form of local government
will be decided upon and put into opera
tion within the next few week. Tbe
detail of tha proposed plan have not
yet been made publio, but it I under
stood that it involve th appointment
of a civil governor by tbe president.
nd aIo the appointment of a chief of
th financial department, a director ol
post, and probably two or three oth
er. In addition, th president will
appoint from th leading citizena of
th island a certain number to aot in a
legislative capacity with tha civil gov
ernor and tbe member ol bi council.
It is not intended that this form ot
government shall continue beyond tbe
time eongrea may aee fit to legislate on
tb (object.
OVERCROWDED TRANSPORTS
Coaanlalnta Made or Discharged
Sol-
dlara of tha Tartar.
Naw York. 8ept. 14. A dispatch to
th Herald from Bong Kong says:
Many serious complaint have been
made by tbe discharged soldiers on the.
transport Tartar, which ia now being
repaired here. These men declare that
the vessel is overcrowded, that she is
in a bad sanitary condition, and that
the supplies of food are insufficient.
The officer In charge admit the gen
ainenes of tome of these complaints,
but they declare that tha discharge.!
soldier crowded tbe (hip of their own
accord, although they had the option
if remaining in Manila nntil the next
troopship (hould tail. Tha condition
9l tbe vessel will seriously affect the
health of the returning soldier. There
are 1,200 of them on board, being
carried baok to San Francisco.
The soldier on the T,rtar are fra
ternizing with the British toldiei on
duty here, and are being entertained
at the various mesae of the garrison.
At these gathering tha Anglo-American
alliance I alway enthusiastically
toasted.
CAPTAIN -OYER HONORED.
Baltinora Prasenta tha Commander ol
tha Cral.ar With a Sword.
Baltimore, Sept. 14. Captain N.
Mayor Dyer, oommander of the crniaer
Baltimore, in the memorable conflict
ot . Manila bay, waa honored by thi
city today.
Residence and business house were
gaily decorated, and atreeta were
jammed with people wearing "Dyer'
button and badge. All ships in the
harbor, regardless ol nationality, were
decorated in bis honor.
' Early in tbe forenoon Dyer waa
taken in charge by a special committee
and entertained in various way until
1 p. m., when he waa escorted to the
city ball and welcomed by a committee
of about 200 of Baltimore's most prom
inent people. Later be was presented
with a magnificent sword, the gift nf
the city council and people of Balti
more. A banquet tonight rounded or
tbe day'a celebration.
READ JN THE VOLKSRAAD.
Chamberlain' Dlllmatura In th Hand.
ot tha Boora.
Pretoria, Sept 14. Tbe reading in
the volksraad today of tbe reply of the
British secretary of state for the colon
ies, Joseph Chamberlain, to tbe latest
Transvaal note, wa greeted with si
lence, except for some interruptions
from ulti a conservative members. Its
terms, however, have produced consid
erable exoitement here. There is no in
dication as yet ot the views beld re
garding it in official circlea.
The volksraad has instructed the gov
ernment to dismiss Mr. De Jonge, sec
retary of education, for writing a let
ter to the newspaper accusing the
ministers of the United Dutch church
ot jingoism, because they wanted more
English education in the state schools.
Waehlngtoa Condeinae tha Terdlet-
Washington, Sept. 14. About 1,000
persons attended a mass meeting at
Masonic temple tonight - to protest
against the verdict of the Rennea court
martial in the Dreyfus oase. The
speakers inoluded all classes, Hebrew,
Protestant and Catholic. After a nnra
ber ot addesse. the meeting adopted
resolutions affirming belief in the in'
nocenoe ot Dreyfus and condemning
the proceeding ol the court-martial.
The resolution, after expressing sym
pathy with Dreyfus and hia family,
continue:
"We invoke all American citizens to
co-operate to the end that justice may
finally be done and the sentiments of
tbe American people brougbt home to
the government aud tba citizens ot
France."
Th Pardon Etpeeted.
London, Sept 14. The Paris oorre'
spondent of the Daily Chronicle olaims
to have good authority tor the state
ment that Dieytus will be pardoned,
although President Loubet will not ex
ercise his prerogative until after the
meeting of the council ot revision.
Dreyfu. Bear. Up Wall.
Rennes, Sept. 14 Mathieu Dreyfus
has returned here and visited hia
brother this morning in prison. He
found him still bearing up well. The
prisoner had received an enormous
number of letters of sympathy since
Saturday. He spends the greater part
of th day reading them.
Tha Transvaal Bltaalion.
London, Sept. 18. Activity in the
admiralty and the war office continues
today, though there ia nothing new re
garding the Transvaal sitution. It is
said orders have been sent to America
lor light iron girders and bridging eec
tlon for probable use in South Africa
Transports are moving to docks pre
paratory to emoarking troops,
THE GREAT EXPOSITION
Portland's Fair Will Be
Best to Date.
the
WILL ECLIPSS FOEMIR FAIRS
Slag In September IS and Claaa Oat
bar . aad Will Ma Op. a Day
and Er.nl ag.
A very excellent feature of the Ore
gon Industrial Exposition, wbicb ia
held at Portland, ia that it represent
tb entire Pacific Northwest, and tha
product ot thi whole region are freely
given spec there and attractively ex
hibited.
It is truly a great fair, and it is
ade interesting to alL Everything
connected with it I on a properly large
teal such as befit the great region
represented.
Portland haa the capital necessary to
carry on such a great fair, and her en
terprising business men freely furnish .
the money to pay the beavy expense
Incurred. Tbey know that in doing
to tbey ar aiding in the general devel
opment of tb entire Northwest.
People who visit the exposition at
Portland thi autumn will mak no
mistake, for tbey will find ther many'
splendid attractiona to interest them.
A full military band, one of th best
in America, will give concert every
afternoon and evening, and there will
be amusement feature such a will
please all, and such as can only be
found In tbe very best theaters. Tbe
great exposition building will be a
blaze of glory and a bower ot beauty,
and it will be well worth going many
mile to tee th splendid exhibit of
the product of field, farm, orchard,
forest, fishery, factory and dairy.
Mar Mara ta Spokane.
Another new Industry will probably
be established soon at Spokane. Tbe
latest move in thia direction I one
that may result In bringing the large
plant of tbe Ealge Woolen Mill Com
pany to Spoksne, from Brownsville,
Or. Tba chamber of commerce ia mak
ing a movement in that direction and
it effort bid fair to be successful.
Hugh Field, president ol the Eagle
Woolen Mills Company, ha written
that if aufftcient encouragement I
given bim be will move hi plant to
Spokane. Should the plant be moved
Spokane. Mr. Field say b will
enlarge hi mill and hav a four-set
woolen mill. Thi will giv employ
ment to 150 hand
tfnnlclpal Lighting riant.
The report of Engineer Byrne, ol
Pomeroy, Wash., bas been received.
He estimates the cost ot eonstructing a
flume aud erecting a power-house and
plant at faa, 000. This does not in
clude the electrical machinery or the
poles snd wire, which it is estimated
will eoet about as much more. It is
not likely that tbe city will feel justi
fied in attempting so large an under
taking at present.
Tracklarlng la Idaho.
Work on the Kootenai Valley rail
way has commenced in earnest The
necessary machinery . for the work ar
rived last week and is sow In readiness
for operations. Superintendent Rob
erts expects to lay two miles per day.
If no accident occurs the rsils will
reach Poit Hill by the middle of tbe
montb. Tbe head of the lake will be
reached by October 1.
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TTall Walla Bonds Sold. '
The city ot Walla Walla, Wash., has
sold 1350,000 bonds, of which $133,-
000 were sewer and water bonds.
Morris Si Whitehead, ot Portland, were
tbe successful bidders. They bid tor
general municipal bonds 1 per cent
interest and S per cent for sewer and
water bonds. . The total bonds sold at
a premium ot 2.100.
Lewl.toa Bonda Sold.
The board ot trustees ot Lewlston,
Idaho, state noimal school, has nego
tiated the sale of bonda amounting to
$7,500 at a premium ot 10 per cent,
thus providing an aggregate sum of
$8,200 to construct two dormitories and
purchase physical and chemical ap
paratus for the scientific department
Woolen Mill. Ruahed.
The big woolen mills ol Tbomas
Kay, in Salem, ia now kept running
night and day in response to orders
from all parts of the country. Blankets
and flannels are now being turned out
almost exclusively to fill these order.
One buudred persons ar employed.
Flour for Dawson.
The steamer Alpha left Vancouver.
B. C., last week with a cargo ot 100
tons of flour for Dawson, from the Mill
of the Woods Milling Company. At
Dawson flour is selling t 6 per bag
and at thia rate the agents ol the firm
in the North will be able to realise
something like 128,000 out of tba
whole shipment. ' '
Helena Bank Won.
The result ot the sale ol tha city
bonds ot Helena, Mont, was that the
Union Bank St Trust Company, of that
city, led all the Eastern banks in their
premium offer and finally seoured tba
bonds, amounting to $65,000, giving
premium ol $730. This brings tba In
terest down to 8.9 per cent
A Hundred-Ton Mill. . ''
The Mountain Lion Gold Mining
Company, ot Republic, Wash., has '
placed an order lor 800,000 leet ol lnm
bei for their new 100-ton mill. Tba
plant is to be in operation by January
1 next. It will be a combination mill 1
with SO stamps. : . '
' Brewery Burned. ' '
Henry Rinlger's city brewery, at
Rathdrum, Idaho, was totally destroyed
bv lira last week. The leal il 33.
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