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EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATHtHnO FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HEMISPHERES,
Comprehensive Krvtew of the Import
ut Happenings ol tlM Past Week,
Presented la CoeoJ Form, Mot
I lk.lv to Prove Interostlnc to Our
Many Reader.
4nll-Servlan riot have boon re
newed in Hungary.
Great HrlUln will not treat officially
with tli Boel general.
The coming Oregon tate (air la eer
lain to b better than ever before.
Tito national convention ol poatufflce
clarka ia In suasion lu Xenaa City.
A wreck on tba Mexican Central
tilted in Uia death ol many paaaonger.
Mr Tlumiaa Upton la preparing to
laiuo a challenge lor the America's
tup.
President Roosevelt has announced
that lie will Tlait Kansas City Beplem
ber 2U.
Tom I.. Jobnpm, mayor ( Cleve-
Uiul. tllib. being mentioned as
ltemocratlc candidate lor president.
A dispatch from Coiienhagen aay it
la rewirled Irom Ht. Peteisburg that Hie
n-rina haa bad a miscarriage, but her
condition Is not alarming.
Waldemar Ltndgren, in an address
l..(r ih International mining con
ir mi Hulle. aald that the world'
gold aupply would aon be exhauted
Thirty perotm were killed In
train wreck in Alabama.
The international mining congress
la in amnion at tlutte. Mont.
Another tilt K baa occurred In the
Inning ol the Anglo-Chinese treaty
Itev. M. Farley haa own recouv
mnd"f.tg,Algll!'1'll0l'
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BULLETIN ON IRRIGATION.
Government Issues a Publication for Un-
eral Distribution.
Washington, Sept. 4. The divert-
mnnt ol agriculture lias Juki issued a
farmers' bulletin, entitled "How to
llullil Hmall Irrigation Ditches," by
T. Juhnaton and J. I. Htannard, ol
the Irrigation investigation division.
There la expected to be a heavy demand
forjthl publication, aa it con taint
much Information and advice that wlll
prove of great value to larmers who
contemplate Irrigating their Holds on a
amall wale, or by way ol cxperimenr
Aa ahown In the rejiort, many ol the
failure ol the past have been duo to
a misunderstanding ol the application
ol water to cropa. The proper way to
build dltche, to diatrlbuts the water,
and to control the How are all pointed
oat explicitly, and a general Idea la
liven aa to the amount of water needed
by different cropa. Tbla bulletin can
be obtained by application to the de
partmeut direct, or through a aenator
or representative, aa the edition la
large.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE,
Commercial ami Financial Happening of
the Paat Week-Brief Review of the
flrowth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Commoa-
weaJth-Latcat Market Report.
bandits frightened oit.
Armed Passengers Prevent Daring Train
Hold -Up In Mealce,
Tucaon, Arlx., Kept. 4. Report
have reached here ol a daring attempt
by three American bandita to hold up
the International expreaa on the Bonora
railroad, thiee milea Irom Hermo
aillo. The train waa running through
the oraiuro belt, lust below Ilermoalllo,
being due there at 10 o'clock, when the
exn onion ol a torpedo on tne traea
rauawl the engineer to atop. When the
eniiine and rara had been brought to a
tandatill, three Americana stopped out
ol the shelter of a grove of treee and
covered the eimlne crew. Two of the
robber then went to the express car
and demanded admittance. The mes
winter replied with a volley of ihols
through the door, the bandit returning
the lire. Several of the passengers,
learulmi the cue of the stop, armed
themselves and were going to the aid
jucfw'nger,when the high
Um4 Manri.
LABOR'S BIQ DAV.
been liiMiie, Tnf"i
The Ranqneat mine, lu llaker county,
haa been sold for ,50,000.
lhe Wabane mine, near Ashland,
has made arrangements to use oil for
hiel with which to geuerate power.
In a few years Salem will have to
shin lo every cord ol wood need. ai
ready a large amount ia brought ia by
train.
The Columbia River Packers' Associ
ation haa decided to operate it cannery
at Kagkt ( lid during the lau nanmg
season.
Real estate men 'of Eugene have
formed It be Kugenw Keal Kstato Ex
change, with the object of co-operation
in the matter of advertising In the Jfcast
The Uncle Ham Mining & Milling
Company, with property in the Blue
river district, baa installed a new nve
dUinp mill.
Kit-I B. Hmith, on of the most
prominent men In Clataop county,
liod recently In Astoria. lie was
born in Yamhill comity in 1839.
Captain Sam-el Bas, who came to
Oregon in 1HM, died at Whatcom,
W ash., a few days ago, aged 71 years.
He had been prominent in politics for
the past 40 yeurs. -
The Umatilla county delegation to
the next legixlature will axk for a at te
grain eommiaaion. A nieaure will
aliw be introduced by them to tax
insurance comnanies more for the
benefit of the common school lund.
A rich discovery has made on the
blue Ilird and Ked Cloud claims, in
the Blue river district. The property
- ' acWbjit. win aban
Holiday la Generally Observed Throughout
Oregon-Big Tim In Portland.
Portland, Sept. 2. Uhor day was
oboerved in Portland yesterday with a
grand parade in the forenoon, field
sports in the afternoon and a grand
ball in tb evening. About 7,500
members ol Portland labor onions
were In line in the parade, while many
thousands ol the resident of the city
and visitors from the surrounding town
crowded the aidewalk to view the pro
cession. Fifty-six different nnions
were represented, and ol these the
Painter' Union carried off the band
som silk banner offered for the best
appearing erganlsatli n. The Grain
handler' Union and the Pressmen's
Union were accorded favorable men
tion, and the Judge expressed regret
that there were not second and third
prir.es to award to them. Boeech
making formed no part ol the exercise,
tor the men choae to show their strength
bv their appearance in the procession
and to siiend the remainder ol their
holiday In enioyment. The procession
was the longest line of laboring men
evei formed iu Portland, and it was a
common remark that they were an un
usually intelligent and prosperous look
ing crowd ol citizen.
I
Receives Severe Scalp Wound in i
Collision With Electric Car.
Lenox, Mass., Sept. 4. A abort dis
tance from PitUfleld at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning a landau carrying
President Roosevelt, Governor Crane,
of Massachusetts; Secretary Cortelyou
and Secret Service Officer Craig, was
struck by an electric car running 30
mile an hour. The landau overturned
and Craig was instantly killed. Pres
ident Roosevelt received a bad acalp
wound, and was severely bruised.
Governor Crane was slightly Injured.
Driver Pratt was rendered unconscious
and was Uken to The House of Mercy,
Craig waa riding on the seat with the
driver.
SET FIRE TO MINE.
HUNDREDS KILLED
they had horses III waHlftf: ,
a the train reached Hermosilln, the
alarm was given and a troop of ruralus
and a poase started in pursuit of the
bandita.
daughter and then shot himself.
Denver aeronaut, who endeavored
to go from that city o New York in
a balloon, wore wrecked after being out
St hour.
(lenerals Ifewet, Botha and Pelarey
and Mr. Fischer have artlved in Ixn
don from The Hague. A heavy ain
wi falling when the) arrived and they
received no ovation.
It I. Mtlmatml that 40.000 laborers
In Florence, Italy, ron strike. It I
(eared the trouble will spread to other
M.I . ... la iukilllt
"""v. U,V .TT . ".I!:".:: Wyoming in the interest ol irrigation.
energetic measure, w ...,.,.. m.... ... l,.v
tndlheiisarov.ru0w.n. mi,l. When asked oltbe
into the
The Day at Albany.
Albany, Or., Kept. 2. Labor day
. 1 i 1 11
was generaiy ooeerveu in Aioauy.
The banks and many places ol business
were closed. The celebration was
under the auKpice of the Albany Fed
eration of Trades Unions, and consisted
of a parade and public speaking in the
afternoon. About 200 men were in
line.
Rousing Time at Grant's Pass.
Grants Pass, Or., Kept. 2. Labor
day was appropriately lelebrated in
Grants Pass yenterday. It was the
most succestful event of its kind ever
known in this section of the state, and
waa a winning card for the Federated
Trades Union of this city, which had
the matter in charge. Crowd of peo
ple thronged the streets the entire day,
. ...in 1 1 11 1 tinil ! i. Uxiarlw of the
RESERVOIR SITES.
rlydrographer Newell Talks of His Recent
Investigations.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 4. K. A.
Newell, chief brdrugrapber of the
government, has returned to this city
after a tour of inspection in Northern
A number of r-itea
hneii examined.
Representative Orafftmruld ol Teia Lltent w hlch Invertigation
I dead
Senator Hoar celebrated hi 78th n
niversary on Friday.
The machtnlala' trik on the Gulf,
Colorado Haute Fe haa been declared
off.
reclamation of arid lands by tne gov.
eminent through the storage reservoir
valem had iroiie. Mr. Newell said the
neclal service onraniaed under the
Bovernment survey now working in
Arlsona on the Gila river and tribu
tarles! in California on the Colorado
Colombia acensee Nicaragua ol aiding river and in the Han Joaquin valley;
. .. .1 . .,1 Miilltia I. fVl..i.iii1it nMr Kterlinir. on the
revoiutiousvs anu on-awH w i..- ,
.i, i nr.." Houth Plntte, and near Montrore, on
o " r .L. t.1.1.. .... tl.o
Tl.o forest 8ra that have been raging ...... , u...i,. .. i
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In Wyoming for the past two weess s Jn MonUn, on Yellowstone
reported to be onder control. . Mik tiwn. n Nevala on Carson
A h of 1100.000 was cansed by the and Trockee river; in Utah on llesr
burning of the concenUator ol the Mon- ,ur, and in Wyoming on the Big Horn
tana Ore Purchasing company t Butte.
ti, Canadian Paclfle railway will
shortly place the enormous amount of
23,000,000 acres of land on the market
ior settlers.
A steamer and rowboat collided on
Lake Oogus, near Battle Creek, Mich.,
and resulted in the drowning ol five
employes of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Heavy rain have damaged crop In
and North Platte rivers.
Mr. Newell said that all scheme
would lie considered, in the Unlit of
full information a to practicability
cost and probability of obtaining earl
repayment of coat.
ELECTION IN VERMONT.
No Candidate tor Oovornor or Lieutenant
Governor Haa a Majority.
White Klver Junction. Vt.. Hept. 4.
v.n. sad In the vicinity of Burling- Them Is no election bv the people
ton hundreds of acres 01 corn nave iwu wr governor and lieutenant governor
rlmitroved and many bridge wasneu M . -,,.,1. 0j the sUte election held In
awav. - ' Vermont yesterday. The returns in
t ..,.., r.nrl Knoi naa sauea nicate that rercivai w. uiemeni, mgu
. . . .. .. ,11-.. 1. I
in. VoKvn. He coe aoroaa ior (no license option canuiuaw, is ruoionn
. . . ai.i. 4U. .1 - n -..I Il. 11 M.,P.,I
nl n 1 Ainint Clear imo iu mid very cioho w vieoerai uouu v.
nrooerty of the Panama Canal com- lough, Kepublican. The returns from
Lv 200 citie and towns out of 246 give
r ' . . 1.. .mm.1111,1
Judu Blohardson ol Kpoaane nea "
nur dm-lslon that a boycott la
conmlnev
Pheaitaut will be much scarcer than
usual in l-ne county tliis year. There
are two reasons for the scarcity. Firat,
the birds were killed off very close last
fall, and second, the wet weather of the
past spring killed off many of th
young ones as iwon as they were
hatched.
The War Eagle group of three claims,
Ivinu between the Cracker-Oregon and
(inlconda. in the Cracker district, has
been sold. The consideration is not
made public. The properties are lie.
ieved to be an extension 01 tne
Crackei-Oregon ledge, on which a rich
strike wan recently made.
Pendleton stores will close at sii
o'clock hereafter.
The separator and threshing outfit
of Frank Chute was destroyed by Are
on the On mi farm, north of Ashland.
Adam K. Wilson, a prominent busi
nem) man of Dallas, is dead, aged 58
years. He was the owner of two largo
faring in Polk county.
Farmers living at Highland are com
plaining of a black beetle that is doing
s great deal of harm. Nearly all the
late garden stuffs, such aa squash,
cabbage, encumber, etc., are being
devoured.
William Lewis, one of the oldest
marine engineers in this tcetlon of the
country, died Tuesday at 8t. Vincent
hoDital. Portland, from cancer of the
stomach.
At a meeting of the Palem Press Club
Frank Pavey was appointed to co-
oierate with the legislative committee
houses closed their doors trom
morning until 4 o'clock in the
noon.
At Salem.
Salem, Sept. 2. Labor day was cele
brated in this city with appropriate
exercises. Two hundred union people
participated In the street prooeseion
that started from the city hall about 2
o'clock in the afternoon. The parade
moved over the principal streets and
ended at Marion square, where the
literary exercises of the day were held.
CHINESE IN PHILIPPINES.
of the State Fress association on mat
tore of legislative importance that may
come up at the next session of the legis
lature of concern to tne newspaper ire.
tornity of the state. '
iii.i Blum Deaceably conducted,
n.l when not so conducted must be
ji miu In the criminal court, not
UVV "
bv a court of equity.
In' an automoblh accident at Long
Branch , N. J., two persons were killed
and three seriously Injured.
George P. Clark, grand ruler of the
McCullough, Ke
Democrat,
General John G.
publican, 26,407.
reus w. aicueitneit,
6.112.
rercivai W. Clement, itign ucense,
23.230.
J. C. Sherbourne, I'rohibitioniit,,
8.052.
At a maioritv vote is required to
elect, the choice of governor and lieu
Wheat Walla Walla, 6061c;
stem, 62(3t8c; valley, 6304o.
Barley-Feed, 119.00 per ton.
Flour Best grade, 3.06 3.60 pai
barrel; graham, f2.9o8.Z0.
Millatnffs Bran, 117 per ton
middlings. 121.60: short, 18
chop, $17.
Oats No.l white, 95c1.00; gray
Elk, denies the report that there is a governor is thrown into the
shortage In the account ol the grand gem)rH Mwsmbly, which will convene
treasurer. next month.
" Twenty-three Italians have been m- TTZ
It.lv. on .usnicion of Sultan' Act of Clemency
being connected with a plot to derail Constantinople, . Sept. 4. An lrnde
tl. train bearing King Victor Emman- -acntiy aareod upon by the sultan
has been issued, lepeaung xne excep
tlonal measure adopted against the
Armenians if the Armenian patriarch
would auarantee that no outbreak would
follow. Th patriarch has thoiefore
withdrawn his resignation, tie eele.
hratod mas yesterday in honor of the
anniversary of the BUltaivs ascension
and dnrina the service announced to
the congregation the sultan s act.
nel to Berlin.
It la probable the opening of the
schools of Kansa will have to be post
poned on account of the Inability of
a i.rli n Book comrny to furnish
books. The company ha been prevent
ed Irom delivering the book by reason
of an injunction issued by Topeka
court.
"A husband take a wife for better
or worse, and because she does not
conform to hi notions of economy Is
not a groond for carting her from him.
This is the opinion of Justice bprlg,
of the New York supreme court.
The strike ol Havana dock laborers
has ended.
Another street oar strike Is threaten
ed at Chicago.
Hoadley. of
PORTLAND MARKETS.
blue-
fiover Tart Proposes Amendment to the
Exclusion Law.
Washington, Sep. 3. It is the opin
ion at the war department that Gover
nor Taft'e remarks at the board of trade
banquet in Manila respecting the em
ployment of labor on plantation will
form the basis of a suggestion to cone
gross at the next session that the act
extending the Chinese exclusion laws
to the Philippines be amended. It
contemplated to remove the ironclad
restriction which now exist and to
clothe the Philippine commission with
power to regulate the entrance of Chi
nese labor. The cornjiisaion itrelf has
already given some attention to the
subject, and it is believed that Pro
fessor Jenks' investigation into tne
labor problem in the Straits Settle
ments and elsewhere in the Orient
meet with approval. The proposed
regulations, it is said, will look to a
widely reanlated Bystem of admission
Chinese .1 plantation laborers
under sufficient bond In each case,
under proper system of identifications
and on condition that they shall leave
the Philippines after a certain period
of time. Snch regulations a exist In
Hawaii for the proper care of the
coolies would be incorporated. Gover
nor Taft'e representations on this sub-
act were in answer to pressing demands
from the American chamber of com
merce and employers of labor in the
Philippines for relief from the present
conditions, which, It is alleged, pre
vent the development of the country,
Situation In West Virginia Coal FleUU b
Becoming Critical.
Bramwell, W. Va., Sept. 4. The
situation in tbe Flat Top coal fields is
extremely critical. The skirmish this
mornimt between the guards and
strikers at the Pocahontas Coal Com
pany, after the firing of tbe mine by
tbe strikers, has greatly enraged the
miners, from tbe (act that a number on
their side were injured. It is thougtit
here that before tomorrow night troops
will either be in the Flat Top region
or en route. Tonight the Pocahontas
Collieries Company has the fire in its
mine practically extinguished, but
that company has doubled it force of
guards, a another attack at any hour
is feared. Many shots have been fired
from ambush, toward the direction of
the nouunion miners going to and from
work in the Flat Top fields. The Llk
horn region is very quiet, no violence
having been reported irom tbat section
tonight.
This morning strikers applied the
torch to various portions of the Poca.
hontas mine, near the west entrance
which is on the Virginia side. The
guards and the strike's fired volley
alter volley at ench other lhe gov-
tjyf Virginia will be appealed to to
oi,pcanonm8 at once.
CbarYl
ernor bite tola
nintionp reaami: -
"At a meeting of local union o. 443, 1
United Mineworkers of America, 300
members petition yoa to send troops to
Winona, on Keene's creek, to preserve
order until the strike is settled. The
troops are now located at Thurmond to
preserve order. They were sent there
at the instance of our sheriff, and while
upon investigation it appears that the
call for troops was unnecessary and
utter folly, yet we, as mineis, are glad
to have them, lhey are principally
union men woiking with our cause, and
look nnon men working with the same
contempt as we do."
Ocneral Oobin Will Take More Stringent
Measure.
Philadelphia, Sept. t. Having ex
hausted every other means for pre
serving peace and in protecting non
union men from violence on their way
to and from the mines, Brigadier Gen
eral Gobin, in command of the troop
now in tbe coal fields, bas issued an or
der that the soldier shall shoot any
persons detected throwing stone and
other mimiles, and that if any mob re
sist the authority of the troops, they
shall freely use their bayonets.
The Panther Creek valley ha been
in an almost continual turmoil mm
week, and the troop stationed there1
have bad some difficulty in protecting
the lives of tbe workmen. Tbe situa
tion in tbe valley bas, however, im
proved greatly, and it is hoped by the
military authorities tbat th iawlesene
and abusive language directed toward
tbe soldiers will now cease. The other
sections of the coal regions are compar
atively quiet.
Tbe general strike sitoation remains
unchanged. Some coal Is being shipped,
but the quantity is so small, compared
with the normal shipment, that it has
little or no effect on tbe market. Tbe
fnel now coming to the market i prin
cipally wasbery and loose coal.
MOUNT PELEE CONTINUES TO SPREAD
DEATH AND DEVASTATION.
Two Small Villages Entirely Destroyed
People of Fort do France Again Panic
Stricken - Great Tidal Wave Follow
Eruption Loss of Life Estimated at
aoo Relief Boata Start.
Miles' Trip Delayed.
Washington, Sept. 4. A chnnge has
twon made in the plan of Lieutenant
General Miles, announced last week.
It was expected originally that he
would leave on his tour of inspection
of the Philippines tomorrow and sail
from San FranoiHco on the Thomns on
the 16th. The pressure of work In his
office at present is o great, however,
tht hn fnela he will not be able to
leave Washington for eevoral days yet
Hay Timothy, 111 12; clover
$7.50010; Oregon wild hay, 16(96 per
ton,
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 6065c
i,ial- ordinary. SOninBo ner ceB'
iroi w - j r - T .
tel. grower prices; aweets, 2.oo
per cental.
Butter Creamery, 22M25cj dairy
16916c; store, 12416o.
Eggs 2022o for Oregon.
OboBBe Full cream, twin, 12 H
(913ojYoungAmerlca, ISMQHXc fac
tory nrlces. 1 lac ie8.
Poultry Chicken, mixed, $3.00
4.60i hens. $4.606.60 per dosen
llrtmWo per ponnd; -spring, 119
11 e per pound, 2.B04.0O per do
en; ducks, f2.BUa.uu per aoaen; pur
key, live, 13(914e, dressed, 1516c per
pound; geese, f4.008.00 per dosen.
Mutton Gross, 2$a per ponnd;
dressed, 6c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 6)c dressed, 77Xe
per pound.
Veal 7 8c per ponnd. 1
Beef Gross, cows, 33Xc; steer.
8K4)ic; dressed, 78o per pound.
Hops 1817c; new crop 1718c.
Wool Valley. 12X016 -.Eastern Ore
gon, 8Q14Xct mohaii, 25026c pound.
COMINO IN DROVES.
There Is a Great Rush of Scandivlans to
American Shore.
Stockholm. Sect. 2. Driven from
their bomee by the unprecedented hard
times and stringent conscription laws
of Sweden, an unusually large number
of Scandinavians are making their way
to America this summer. Every Hteam
er leaving for America is crowded, and
the transport lines are coping with the
greatest rush since the eighties. Many
are finable to obtain parage at Scandl
navian points and are obliged to go to
Liverpool and Southampton.
It is estimated that 15,000 passen
gers for America have left Copenhagen
alone during the lart six months. The
emigrants are mostly ol an excellent
class. They are bound chiefly to tbe
Northwestern states, where they intend
settling on agricultural land.
SULTAN AND ARMENIANS.
Will Intercede With Qovernor.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 4. Governor
Stone has agreed to meet a committee
from the state executive boaid of rail
road employes of Pennsylvania to inter
cede with tbe executive in behalf of
the striking coal miners. The com
mitteewill request the governor to
take immediate Bteps to bring the
strike to a close, and. if neceesary, to
call aa extra season of the general
assembly for the enactment of legis.
lation making arbitration compulsory,
Trainload of Anthracite Shipped.
rottsville. Pa.. Sept. 4. Another
train of cars loaded with anthracite
left here today from the Silver Creek
shaft, near New Philadelphia, owned
nd onerated bv the Philadelphia &
Heading Coal & Iron Company. Strike
leaders claim to have information that
this is the last coal to be shipped from
this operation until after the strike ia
declared off.
He Will Rescind Severe Orders If They
Will be Loyal.
"-ODle. Sept. 2. Tbe sultan
'iia the exception'
lans 11 llirw
guarantee that noTun...
low. The patriarchal corim
met and signed a document sefttng:
forth the loyalty of the Armenians and
promising tranquility, an imperial irade
is now awaited, the patriacb having re
fuged to resume his office until the
promises of the sultan are fulfilled.
Guidi is Appointed.
Rome, Aug. 31. Mgr. Guidi has
been appointed delegate in the Philip
pines. He is expected to hasrwn nis
departure for Manila in consequence of
information received at tbe Vatican 01
the organization of a schismatic Cath
olic church in the islands. The vati
can doe not attach much importance
to the movement, and declares it
cannot develop under the leadership of
persons whose sole reason for oraniza-
tion is because tney are excommuni.
cated from the Catholic ihuich."
Will be Argued at Bismarck.
Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 2. A writ
of habeas corpus, sued oot for the re
lease of Charles M. Fay, of Portland,
Or., before Judge Winchester, will be
argued here in the morning. Fay was
charged fcy the officials ol Waupaca
county, Wis., with obtaining money by
fraud. The writ of requisition was se
cured from the governor of Oregon, but
was afterward revoked and Fay w
taken from a train on a writ of habeas
corpus.
Castries, Inland of St. Lucia, B. W.
I., Sept. 3. Tbe British steamer
Korona an ived here yesterday evening
from Fort de France, Island of Mar
tinique. . She report that a terrible
eruption of Mount Pefee occurred at
o'clock Saturday, and people wbo
arrived at Fort de France from the
northern part of the island reported
tbat the village of Mourne Rouge, near
the dintriet previously devastated,
had been entirely destroyed, fcnd that .
Le Carbet, a village on the coact
which was destroyed at the time of
the great eruption, had been swept by a
tidal wave. About 200 person lost
their lives.
A sloop from the Island of St. Vin
cent, which reached here this morning,
reports that Mount Pelee'a crater is
now quiet, but the detonations Satur
day night were the loudest heard up to
that time, and tbe inhabitant were
terribly alarmed.
Monnt Pelee baa been in constant
eruption since August 15. There was
an enoimoos fall of ashes from the
volcano the night of the 25 th. There
was a very severe eruption the night
of the 28tb, when tbe volcanic rumb
lings were heard at a great distance.
The mountain burned fiercely that
night and out at eea passing vessels
werecovered with ashes. The night of
the 30th there were three separate
eruptions.
It is impossible to approach the
ruined town of St. Pierre from the sea.,
Tbe people of the village of LeCai bet,
on tbe coast, are terror-stricken and
fleeing to the interior. Hot water is
pouring down on Lorraine ami Basse
Point, viilageg to the northeast of the
crater. Horrible detonation were
heard, tbe ground rocked and quaked,
and articles on table were thrown to
he. floor
High Tax on Natives.
London, Sept. h. Lord Milner, Brit
ish high commissioner in South Africa,
has just issued at Pretoria a new ordi
nance, in regard tov the taxation of na
tives, under which every male adult
and every native married woman must
pay, after September J, an annual per
capita tax of 110. This, loughly
speaking, doubles the amount of tax
collected under the Boer regime, and
it will doutles lead to much murmuring.
Gifts to Chicago University.
Chicago, Sept. 2. Nearly $500,000
in new gilts to the University of Chica
go are announced by .President Harper,
the occasion being ttie lorty-tnira con
vocation ol the university. President
Harper makes a detailed report of the
university ending June 30. Gift to
the amount of is.oou.uou naa nown
Into the university coffer up to that
time, and 1416,000 has been given
since.
Pumphouse Blown Up.
Scranton, Pa., Sept. 3. The pump
honne of the National washery at
Minoka was blown to piece early today
by dynamite. It i not known who
placed the dynamite under the build
lug-
Miners Attacked.
Wilkesbarre, Sept. 4. Richard Rob
erts, minedriller, and John Devitt, ma
chinist, employed by the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company at the Forty-four
colliery, were attacked and severely in
jured by four men while on their way
to work today. The C. D. Bliss mine,
of the Delaware, Lackamana & Western
Company at Nanticoke, was put in
oreration today. The company offi
cials say they have a large numoer 01
miners cutting coal. The strikers deny
this, and sav the coal being run
through the breakers il stock coal.
Collision Near Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 4. An east
bound Rock Island cattle train and
an engine and caboose collided head-on
near Birmingham, Mo., 10 miles east
of Kansas City, last night, killing four
trainmen and injuring three others.
The trains were running at a full rate
of speed when they met. Both engines
were demolished and the entire train
of 80 cars was overturned. The train
was heavily loaded with cattle and
nearly 300 head were killed.
Forf3eFMn:-
At 8 o'clock in the evening of Satur
day, the 30th, the sky wag cloudless.
Suddenly and without warning, one-
half of the horizon was obscured by a
pitch-black cloud ol dust. This cloud
was a niagmncent electrical effect, the
flashes of tight surpassing the moat
elaborate fireworks. Flames and
flashes continued to burst from the
cloud nntil nearly midnight. Columns
of uF.ines shot out of the crater of
Mount Pelee to explode about the cloud
in showers of balls of golden fire which
fell through the darkness in myriads ol
sparks. A tidal wave rushed upon
tort de France and the terrified inhab
itants fled in large numbers to the in
terior. The wave was not severe and
did but slight damage.
In addition to the 200 persons re
ported to have lost their lives at Le
Carbet and Mourne Rouge, many other
persons are said to have been killed all
over the northern districts of the
islands. The governor of Martinique
is believed ta.b.ave started for the scene
of devastation.
When the steamer Korona arrived
here she was covered with ashes.
TROOPS FAVOR STRIKERS.
Oregonlan Dlea in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 2. Owen
Jndd. state agent for Oregon for the
New York Life Insurance company
dead here at the residence of his father
Judge W. Judd. Failing health forced
Mr. Judd to leave Oregon two montns
aim. and since that time his decline
has been rapid.
Honors for Oregon Boy.
The Dalles. Or.. Sept. 2. Homer D.
Angell, of this city, has been awarded
the Morgan scholarship in tne Colum
bia university school of law for the
next year. The award was made in
recognition of Mr. Angell's high schol
arship for last year.
Dumont to Build Big Airship.
New York, Sept. 2. Santos Dumont,
the aeronaut, will, according to a Her
ald Dippatch from Paris, attempt the
construction of an aerial vessel to carry
eight persons. He plans to begin eX'
perimenta with the machine in two or
three months.
Assessed $40,000.
Oyster Bay, L, I., Sept. 4. Now
that the assessors of this town have
finished their work, it ia learned that
thev have valued the real property of
Theodora Roosevelt, president of the
United States, in this town at $30,000.
There is a personal assessment ol $10,-
000 also charged against the president
on the town tax roll.
Arkansas Election Returns.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 4. Partial
returns indicate the election of the
! Democratic Btate ticket by majorities
'ranttine from 35,000 to 45 000. A
i light vote was polled throughout the
state on account of a heavy rain.
New Sumpter Smelter.
Sumpter. Or., Sept. 2. Excavating
has begun a mile below Sumpter for tie
smelting plant contemplated for this
city. Manager E. W. Mullet has a good
force of men blasting and removing
earth for the heavy machinery and
furnaces.
Declines Offer of Presidency.
Seattle, Sept. 2. Rev. Edward Lin
coin Smith, of the Pilgrim Congrega
tional church of Seattle, haa declined
the offer of the presidency of the Fa
ciflc University at Forest Grove, Or.
Withdrawal of Foreign Troops.
! Tien Tsin, Sept. 2. According to the
military commanders, all the troops
with the exception of the legation
guards, will be withdrawn from China
next spring.
Persuade Non-Union Workmen to Quit
Feed the Destitute.
Parkersburg, W, Va., Sept. 3. An
unexpected situation has resulted from
the ordering out of the National Guard.
The soldiers, whose sympathies were
with the strikers from the first, have
used their influence with the men who
are at work and have persuaded bo
many of them to join the strike that
a detachment stationed at Tush Run
. had to be recalled and Bent to another
point to keep it from emptying the
mine.
It is estimated that over a thousand
familie8 have been evicted in the New
River valley and tonight hundreds of
destitute families are Bleeping out of
doers. Food is scarce and tbe condi
tion of the men is pitiable in the ex
treme. Some of the soldiers have
even shared their food with the unfort
unates.
Italy Secured Concessions., ,
Frankfort-on-Main, Prussia, Sept. 3.
King Victor Emanuel arrived here
this evening. He inspected the Thir
teenth Prussian Hussars, of which or
ganization he is honorary colonel, and
later dined with the Hussar ofheers.
His Majesty resumed his journey to
Italy at 9 o clock. It is said that, sa
result of King Victor Emanuel's
visit to " Emperor W llliam, Italy has
secured cei tain concession for a com
mercial treaty with Germany.
. Streetcar Men Strike.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 3. Two'
hundred union street car men here are
on strike, and not a troiiey car is
moving tonight on the Hudson valley
railroad. ... , 4 , ,
imnese Kerjcuion sprcauma.
Pekin, fcept. 3. The foreign lega
tions here are receiving reports from
Sze Chuan province that the rebellion
there is constantly spreading and tbat
foreigners are in great danger.
Ohio, l dead.