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VOL. IX.
HILLSnOUO, OHKCJON, THURSDAY, HISPTKMHKU II, 1802.
NO. 2(5.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Comprehensive Review of th Import,
ant Happening at tha Part Week,
Presented In Condensed Form. Moat
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Header.
Governor Stone's effort to settle tho
coal strike net with failure.
Presideut Roosevelt has completed
tour and returned to Washington.
Judge K. C. 8llnon won the Demo
cratic nomination lor governor ol Colo
rado. General Mile hs left Washington
for Han Francisco, from where he will
ail for Manila.
D. C. Heyward ha been selected at
the Democratic randidate (or governor
of South Carolina.
A report la being circulated that the
Firniiiiist leader, Admiral Klllick, waa
killed with the sinking of hli gunboat.
Marine engineer on the Willamette
mi Columbia river have gone on
atrike, allium t completely tying up river
transportation.
British diplomat deem the Anglo
Chlneee treaty a great triumph. Hie
question now arises a to how the other
power will look upon it.
The Colombian tioop under General
Morale Berti have iiirrendered to the
insurgent. It will prove a severe
blow to the government cause.
The uttiation in Morocco 1 becoming
aerie u.
Eighteen St. Loui legislators must
answer to the charge ol taking boodle.
Nebraska official are In pursuit of a
criminal who In emulating Harry Tracy.
liayti will not complain to Germany
bout the linking of the Firmlniit gun
boat. The National Candy company ha
been incorporated In New Jersey with
capital of 19,000,000.
New Jersey gambler whose house
were recently raided have been fined
from 11,000 to 15,000.
The sum of gold now In the United
SUtes Weasury exceeds that of any
previ his time in the history ol the
country.
President Roosevelt ha been made
an honorary member ol the Brother
hood1 of Locomotive Firemen of Chatta
nooga, Tenn.
An army surgeon who ha just re
turned from Manila say a good uin
is the only remedy for the epidemic
of cholera now prevalent on the islands.
The Democratic state campalgnhaa
been opened in Ohio.
A cloudburst at El Paso, Tex., caused
considerable damage. -
King Edward visited Andrew Carne
gie at Bkibo castle, Scotland.
The transport Boford has arrived at
Ban Francisco from Manila with 000
men.
The coal miners' trouble in West
Virginia is over and most of the men
have returned to work
One person was killed and two serl-
onsly injured in an automobile acci
dent at Vinoland, N. J.
The salmon pack of the Fraser river,
B. C, Is, In round numbers, 262,000
cases. ' The pack of the entire province
is abont 600,000 casei.
John Larsen, who attempted to loop
the loop at the Portland Elks' carnival,
fell from the loop, slightly injuring
four persons, but escaping unhurt .him
self. ' "jiff Irishman, United Btatei minis
ter at Constantinople, has reached a
satisfactory understanding with the
porta as to .the question which have
been the subject of negotiation (or
several years.
,Jfo settlement of the Pennsylvania
strike is in view.
" president Roosevelt ha started on
bis southern tour.
' Iowa Democrats will rnn ex-Governor
Boies against Speaker Henderson for a
place in congress.
Boer leaders and Colonial Secretary
Chamberlain held an important con
ference In London.
A shingle combine is being formed in
Maine that proposes to take over all ol
the largest firms In that state,
The White Btar steamship company
has placed an order for the building of
the largest steamer in tne worm.
The Lewis and Clark lair committee
bas chosen the tract ol land at the foot
of Willamette heights lor the 1005 ex
position site.
Farmers of the Northwest are raising
more bogs each year and before a great
while will be able to supply the de
mand on this coast.
. The national mining congress will
meet in Portland in 1004.
"': Wisconsin Democrats have nominated
David 8. Rose for governor.
"Mlneowners refuse t arbitrate the
strike in the anthracite region.
' ' Violent storms sweeping England,
Wales and Ireland caused great damage
to property.
The lives of half a million people are
.'imperiled by the threatened destruction
of Martinique. Nearly 2,000 have been
killed by the recent eruptions,
TO WATCH THB LAND.
Government Wnda Reservoir Sites Easily
Small Project Com tlrat.
Washington, Sept. 11. Chief Hydro
grapher Newell, of the geological sur
vey, who I just back Irom a tour ol In
spertlon in the West, says such tutls
factory progress baa been made with
the examination of feasible reservoir
site that In all probability the work of
construction on the first approved pro
ject under the new law, can be com
menced early next spring. Mr. New
ells' idea 1 to begin with the construc
tion of several projects of medium pro
portion with the funds now available,
getting the most promising under way
before the contract tor the second it let,
and so on until the available funds are
utilised. Ou bis recent trip, Mr. New
ell found a number of projects which
give promise ol entire success, and be
ay there will be no difficulty in mak
ing a good stai t.
In inaugurating this work, an at
tempt will be made to construct sys
tems where the maximum number of
settlers may lie provided for on re
claimed lands at the minimum cost,
and where, by quick construction, the
funds arising from the liisjioeal of water
rights will be returned to the reclama
tion (und In the shortest possible time.
The several field partiva now at work
aie making satisfactory progress, and
wllljxmtlnue work 'until late In the
season, when those in the Northern
state will be transferred to the South
west, where they wilt continue through
the winter.
Mr. Newell found a peculiar condi
tion existing in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, where the most dosirable
reservoir sites have already been segre
gated under the Carey act. For this
reason, it is more than probable that
none of the Initial project will be
undertaken there. Should these state,
however, experience diltlcluty In pro
curing funds with which to carry out
thier proposed projects, be say the
government later would be very glad to
step in and undertake linprovenieiisi on
one or more ol these sites. It I yet
possible that some exceptionally good
site may be disclosed In the Blue moun
tains, in which event it would be given
due consideration with those most fav
orable reported,
IN FULL ERUPTION.
Volcano on Island of Stromoboll Throwing
Out Fire and Stone.
Rome, Bept. II. The volcano on
Btromotoli Island Is In lull ei option,
and is throwing up great columns ol
fire and torrents of stone. The islaud
is shrouded in smoke. Mount Vesuvius
is showing signs of activity.
Stromoboll Is the northermost of the
Lapari islands, in the Mediterranean,
off the north coast of Sicily. It are
is eight square miles. It I wholly of
volcanic formation, and has a con
stantly active volcano 3,040 feet high,
with an extinct crater on top, but an
active one on the aide at the height ol
about 2,160 feet. On the east side of
the island lie the small town ol
Stromoboll. The population of the
island I placed at 600 persons.
It was announced Irom Naples Sep
tember 7, that largo volumes of flames
were issuing from the crater of Mount
Vesuvius the previous evening.
ALASKA COALING STATION.
One May be Established 400 Miles West
of Dutch Harbor.
Ban Francisco, Sept. 11. The rev
enue cutter Hugh McCulloch, Captain
Con I wm, has airived here from Dutch
Harbor. The McCulloch was niulut
orders to examine Adakh island, 400
miles west of Dutch Harbor, as a prob
able site lor a United States coaling
station. One of the United States
gunboats returning from Alaska last
year had visited the same island,
reporting favorably upon the proposi
tion, and Captain Cotilson'a report, it
is understood, will concur in all that
was aald of Adakh. This Is the Island
which Is declared to be situated with a
harbor and landing suitable for the
discharge of cargoes by good sized
colliers.
St. Vincent Board of Inquiry
New V01 k, Sept. 11. Further
news
from Bt. Vincent la awaited with
fill interest, cable the Lcndon
pain
spondent of the Tribune. The futnre
of the Island Is in jeopardy and in
vestigation from a scientific point of
view seems absolutely necessary
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has
given no indication of his intentions
In the'matter, but it is believed he
favors the appointment of a commission
o( inquiry.
5,000 Chinese Drowned.
Victoria, B. C., Bept. 11. Japanese
papers contain telegrams stilting that
6,000 person tost their lives by the
overflowing ol the West river in China.
There was also heavy loss of life and
property In Formosa by floods, followed
by a tidal wave. The Boxers are active
in Cbengtu, where Messrs. Bruce and
Lewis, American missionaries, were
murdered. The Boxers are not well
armod, but are causing a lot of trouble.
$70,000 Fir In Iowa Town.
Des Moines, la., Bept. 11. Fire at
Gilmore, la., this morning destroyed
170,000 worth ol property. The fire
originated in the Willis lumber yard
Irom an unknown cause.
Martinique to be Abandoned.
Paris, Bept. 11. A cablegram from
Governor Lemaire, 01 Martinique, says
that measuies have been taken to en
sore the evacuation of the. northern
part of the island.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THB STATE,
CstnmcrcUl and Financial Happening
tho Past Week-Brief Review el the
Growth and Development ol Various
Industrie Throughout Our Common-wealth-Latest
Market Report.
The Benton county tat roll shew an
Increased valuation of 1X0,000 over
last year,
A promising gold prospect has been
opened up near the North Pole mine,
In the Cracker creek district.
The Moutesuma Uold Mining Com
pany, of Bumpier, has been Incorporat
ed with capital of II, 000,000.
A move (or a new armory tor the
Oregon City national guard ia on loot.
The county I asked lor aid In the
matter.
Four hundred Lead ol sheep were
shot by 25 masked men, who are tup-
mmhh! to have been miners, on the
Grant county range.
Hop growers In Polk county aay that
while a a rule the crop is lighter than
last year, a number ol yards will run
considerably heavier.
The repot t of the Benton county
clerk for the past two year shows that
he lacks f 13.48 ol turning over to bis
successor a much a he received.
Secretary of State Dnnlmr baa ordered
warrant drawn lor 1 1,600 In favor ol
Maurice Smith and other, being th
reward offered for the capture ami re
turn of Harry Tracy.
Five masked men entered a store al
Prairie City, Grant county, blew open
the safe, and secured $70 In coin and
gold dust. A lot of checks and county
warrants were also taken.
The Southern Pacific Company has
commenced the construction of a
2,600,000 gallon steel oil tank in Its
yards at Ashland. The tank will be
one of the Urgent on the coast.
Hugh C. Bellinger, nominated for a
cadoUhlp at the Annapolis- naval acad
emy, (ailed to qualify in tha recent
examinations at that Institution and
will therefore not tie able to enter. As
none of the alternates took the examin
ation, there may be an Oregon vacancy.
Farmers near Eugene are greatly In
censed over what is believed to be the
work of an incendiary, A number of
residence and "bam have been de
stroyed by lire. A meeting was held
last week and a reward offered for the
apprehension and conviction of the
criminal.
A largo amount of fruit I being
shipped from The Dallea to F.astern
citiea.
The Gaston flouring mill Is running
day and eight, and farmers are bring
ing In their wheat very rapidly.
All preparation are completed for
the Raker City carnival to be held the
week commencing September 15.
The schooner Wing and Wing I high
and dry on the shore near Florence,
where she wont while trying to enter
the Biuslaw river.
Considerable new wheat is coming
into The Dalle. Thefgiain this year
s of a very good quality and perfect
satisfaction is expressed on every hand
Clatsop county commissioner will
endeavor to start a fund for the build.
ing of a new court house and Jail.
The Balem Fourth of July committee
ha I3H0.60 .on hand, which, by the
general desire of the public, will I
spent in the improvement of Marlon
square.
Hop picking is In full swing
throughout the Willamette valley.
There seems to be plenty ol picker.
Th price range from 40 to 60 cent
per box.
PORTLAND MARKETS..
Wheat-Walla Walla, 80X61c; blue
stem, 63)s'84o; valley, 64o.
Barley Feed, 119.00 per ton.
Floor Best grades, f3.06O3.60 per
barrel; graham, $2.953.20.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton;
middlings, 121.60; short, $18;
chop, $17.
Oats No. 1 white, $1.00; gray, 05
l. .
Hay Timothy, $11(912; clover,
17.60(310; Oregon wild hay, $5(9(1 per
ton.
Potatoes Beet Bnrbanks, 8085c
per cental 1 ordinary, 5055o per can
tal, grower prices; sweets, $2.26
2.50 per cental.
Butter Creamery, 2527Ko; dairy
17X320o; store, 12X9160.
Egga 22 for Oregon.
Cheese Full cream, twin, 12H
13c;YoungAmerlca, 18X14io; fac
tory prices, 10 Die leas.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00(3
4.50; bens, $4 60(5.60 per docen,
llUfc per pound; springs, lid
11 e per pound, $2.f08.00 per do.
en; ducks, $3.004.60 per dosen; tur
keys, live, 18014c, dressed, 15016c per
pound; geese, f 4.0000. 00 per dosen.
Mutton Gross, 203o per ponnd;
dressed, 6c per pound,
Hogs Gross, 6Jic; dressed, 707Kc
per pound. ,
Veal 708c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 893)4i steers
SiHe; dressed, 7Q8o per pound.
Hop 16017c; new crop 20(3 22c.
Wool Valley,12X15;Eaetern Ore
gon, SQMXe: mohali, 25026c pound.
CUBAN INDUSTRY REVIVED.
Sugar Production on tho Increase-Other
Interests Picking Up.
Washington, Bept. 10. In its final
ettloiiient regarding the commerce ol
Culm the bureau of Insular affalis of
the war department dwells particularly
on the sugar and tobacco industry of
the Island, and present some Interest
ing facta regarding the product ion of
these two commodities. Alter showing
that sugar constituted one-half ol the
export of the island lor 1001, and pre
dicting that It will continue to be the
loading product, the statement 1 made
that there are other Interests which
are growing and which may become pi
vital importance to the future prosper
ity of the Island. By far the greatest
of theso is tobacco, of which In Its
different forms there was exported In
1001 126,000,000 worth.
The report reviews th history ol
Cuban sugar growing, which first
assumed Importance In 1840, when the
crop amounted to 200,000 tons. The
production steadily Increased up to the
time of the "Ten V ears' War," when
It bad reached 740,000 tons. At the
close of the war the sugsr crop had fal
len to 533,000 tons. During the last
10 year of Hpanlsh ocuuancy, the
production varied greatly, exceeding
10,00,000 tons in 1804 and 1HM5, and
aftut the beginning ol the Insurrection
running as low as 112,000 ton In 1H07.
The average for this decade was attout
(MO.OOO ton. J
The exportation of sugar for the
calendar year 1H00 was In round num
ber 3I7.0O0 tons; In 11100 287,000 Ions,
and In 1U01 600,000 tons, and during
the entire period of American occupa
tion more than 1 ,400,000 tons.
It is estimated by good authorities
that about 2,000,000 acres, or one-fourteenth
of the entire acreage of the
Island, Is devoted to the culture ol
sugar cane. With the establish
ment ol new plants, equipped with the
latest appliance, the planters secured
from violence, and a removal of the
enormous burden of the various taxes
formerly Imposed by the government
of Bpaln, the acreage In cane maybe
greatly Increased and the cost of pro
ductlon be reduced to a minimum.
BF.RTI PROBABLY Di: F.ATCD.
Colombia Oovsrnment Forces Unable to
K v. Hold Agaa Duke.
Panama, Colombia, Bept. 10, The
government General Morale llvrti,
w bo baa been hesieged by the Insurgent
force under General Herrera at Agua
Dulce, ha probably been defeated.
The govern ni mt gunltoats , returned
here last night from an exploring expe
dition. Officers from the expedition
report having landed at Yegula, where
tho Insurgent garrison was defeated
after a alight skirmish. A few insur
gent prisoner wore captured and it is
from these men that the news of th
government defeat at Agua Dulce lis
been obtained.
General Bertl has been besieged
since July 28. The troop ol bis
command must have suffored terribly
from lack of supplies during the last
days ol the soige, and it Is said they
were compelled to eat horse flesh. Up
to August 30 General Bertl had not
surrendered, but since that date he is
believed to have either done so or to
have lorced hi way out of Agua Dulce.
POWDER MAGAZINE BLEW UP.
Killed On or More, Damaged a Fort and
Shook Up Boston.
Boston, Bept. 10. Oneof the powder
magaxines at old Fort Wlnthrop, on
Governor's Island, upjier Boston har
bor, blew up this evening with a de
tonation that was heard 20 miles away.
One man was killed and live others
were injured, all having flesh wounds,
and two are missing. The cause of
the explosion Is not known.
The force of the explosion was shown
by the fact that great granite blocks
were hurled iuto the air several
hundred yards, one ol the largest com
Ing down through the center ot the
lort, making a, hole large enough to
drive a team of horses through. All
over the island the effects of the ex
plosion are visible, while in Kast
Boston, South . Boston and In tho city
proper, the concussion was severe
enough to break windows and shake
buildings to their foundations. -
Jamaica Wants to Join Canada.
Kingston, Jamaica, Bept. 10. At t
meeting yesterday afternoon of the rep-
rescntatlve sugar planters of Jamaica,
resolutions were passed condemning
Great Britain' neglect ol the West
Indies, resulting almost in ruin to the
sugar Industry, setting forth the total
inadequacy of the measures proposed
by Great Britain for the relief of her
West Indian sugar planters,, aid call
ing for federation with Canada as the
only mean of relief.
Forest Fire In Colorado,
Lyons, Colo., Bept. 10. Advices to
day from Long's Peak ar" that fully
six forest fires are burning In that
vicinity and are beyond control. Large
areas have already been burned over
and millions of fuot of valuable timber
destroyed.
Wall Paper Factory Burned.
Hackensack, N. J., Bept. 10. The
plant of the Campbell Wall Paper
Company at Boston was destroyed by
Are tonight. Loss, $175,000.
STEAMER ON ROCKS
COTTAGE CITY 00ES ASHORE NEAR
FORT WRANflEL.
Passengers All Rescued and Taken Back
to Skagway One Hundred Tons of
Cargo Jettisoned -Largo Quantities ol
Canned 5almoa 5aved Steamer will
ho Floated and Repaired.
Seattle, Bept. 11. The steamer Cot
tage City, of the Pacific Coast steam
ship Company, went ashore at 10:20
o'clock Sunday n.ght on Island Point,
Kiel In Island, btlckeon strait, 20 miles
south of Fort Wrangle, She now lies
00 feet forward on the rocks. fifty
feet of the keel are gone, and her fore
foot Is dry at low water. The steamer
filled aft, and the hurricane deck, to
the top of the smoking room, Is under
aster at high tide. The vessel i well
sheltered, and it Is believed a bulkhead
can be built luslde and the ship
floated. The 150 passengers ot the
Cottage City were transferred to t'.io
steamer sjpokane, ol the same com
pany, which rame along about three
hours after the accident, bound north,
The were taken on to ftkagway, and
will return south on the Spokane.
Tho Cottage City was bound lor
Seattle when the accident occurred,
and was due to arrive here today.
Over 100 tons of cargo were jettisoned.
The remainder of the cargo, consisting
chiefly of salmon, was transferred to
lighter and taken ashore. Detail
01 bow the accident occurred are
lacking.
The Cottage City was commanded by
Captain David Wallace. She ia a
wooden vessol, which probably accounts
for the fact that she did not break to
pieces on tbt rocks. From 'official re
port to the headquarter ol th com.
pany here, it is said that there la no
doubt that the vessel will tie floated
and repaired, unless storms ol unusual
seventy Intervene.
NO LIQUOR LICENSE FOR SAMOA.
United States Decide to Continue Ruling
of Navy Department.
Washington, Bept. II. The govern
meut has decided against the sale ol
liquor of any description lnour Ssiuoan
possc.lon. Shortly after the tri
partite agreement between Knglarnl,
Germany and the United Stale for th
government ol the Samoan Island was
made, and the assumption of control
of the American portion of the Islands
by the navy, under which the govern
ment was placed, a license for the sale
of liquor at Tutuila was granted. Sub
sequently, upon the recommendation
of the naval governor, this license was
revoked, not, however, before the
United Stall's vice consul at Apia, Mr,
lilacklock, had erected a hotel at
Tutuila, In which the sale of liquor
was carried on. When the license was
revoked, he lodged a protest with the
navy department, asserting that the
prohibition ol the sale of liquor would
work financial injury to him, and
representing that its sale would In no
wise corrupt the morals of the natives,
alleging that they were not addicted
to the use of Intoxicants. It waa
also represented to the - department
that the sale of Intoxicants was per
mitted In the Knglish and German
portions of the island.
Alter duly considering tho matter,
the navy department has decided
against Vice Consul lilacklock, and
the action of the naval governor in
revoking the license has been sua
tallied.
CUBA PASSES LOAN BILL.
Palma Is Authorlxed to Secure a National
Loan of Ijj.ooo.ooo
Havana, Bept. 11. The loan bill
passed the house of representatives
today by a vote of 48 to 2.
President Palma is authorised to
make a loan In the name of the nation
for the amount of $35,000,000, the
minimum price of the issue to be 00
and the maximum rate ol interest to
be 6 per cent. The loan is payable In
40 years, payments to begin 10 yoara
after the date of issue. Four million
dollars Is to be devoted to the encour
agement of arglculture, and the cattle
industry, and $31,000,000 is for the
fulfillment of obligations contracted
during the revolution, and the pay
ment of the Cuban army.
In order to provide funds for the
payment of Interest, and to maintain
a sinking (und, a consumption tax on
alcohol drinks Is specifically Imposed,
besides 10 per cent of the total receipts
from customs, rhe bill provides or a
tax of 20 cents a liter on alcohol, 30
cents on brandy, 40 cents on whisky,
mu vein wn-nuiu me. iu coins uu litwr.
The bill will go to the senate conference
committee.
Kllauea Again Break Out.
Honolulu, Sept. 5 The volcano
Kllauea has again broken out in
active eruption, The later reports
from the Island of Hawaii state that
a lake of .lot lava has appeared in the ,
smaller crater, and that the volcano
is again displaying streamers of Are, '
forming a grand spectacle. Prior to
the display a shock of earthquake was,
f..lt nt II n nl In Ikn A !. .!...
u.v .u w.w uidiiivv ui
Hamakua.
SINKS A OUNBOAT.
Oermany Takea a Hand In Hsytlaa Row
and Punishes Piratical Act.
Port au Prince, Haytl, Sept. 9. Tho
German gunboat Panther arrived here
Heptemlwr 5 and received instruitions
from the German government to cap
ture the Flrminlst gunboat Orote-a-Plerrot.
she left Immediately for
Oonatvea, the seat of the Flrminlst
government. The Panther found the
Crete-a-Pierrot In the harbor of Gon
slves and the commander of the German
gunboat Informed Admiral Klllick on
the Crete-a-I'lerrot that he must reaaove
his crew and surrender bis vessel iu
Ave minutes. Admiral Klllick asked
that this time be extended to 16 min
utes. The request was granted on the
condition that the gun and ammuni
tion on board thCrete-a-Pierrot should
bo alndoned when her crew left her.
The crew of the Crete-a-Plrerot left that
vessel amid great disorder.
At the end of 16 minutes, the Pan
ther sent a small boat carrying one
officer and 20 sailor who were to take
possession of the Firmlnlrt gunboat.
when these men had arrived at a
point about 20 yard from the Crete
Pierrot, flames were seen to break out
on board of her. she bad been fired
by her crew belore they left her. The
Panther then fired on the Crele-a-Plermt
until she was completely Im
mersed. Thirty shots, all told, weie
fired.
There is much feeling here sgainst
th Flrminlst, and their cause Is con
sidered to be a bail one. Soldiers are
leaving here to attack Bt. Marc. Port
au Prince i calm.
NO SLEEP FOR THEM.
Outbreak of Sou ff Here Caused an Exodus
of th Population.
fit. Thomas. D. W. I., Bept. 9.
Advice from the islsnd of Ht. Vincent
report that a slight eruption of the
Souffriete volcano occurred at noon,
September 3. The outbreak was ac
aocompanied by rumblings, and caused
an exodu ol the population from
Georgetown and Chateau Bcllalr. On
the 4th, at 7:30 In the morning, and
again at 10 'oclock last night, loud
noises were accompanied by electrical
discharges from La Bouffriere, which
continued until 1 o'clock in the morn
ing, when a continuous roar began,
lasting until 4 o'clock. This was tol
loned by a murmuring sonnd, which
was heard until 8 o'clock In the morn
ing, in a short time the heavens were
obscured by dust or smoke, and the
scene wa something fearful. Nobudy
slept at all during the night. .. .
No dust, the advice say, has yet fal
len at Kingstown or Georgetown, but
the atmosphere has a haty look. Dust
and pebbles fell at Barnellle at 4
o'clock on the afternoon of BeptebmnrO.
Reports from Chateau Bellalr are to
the effect that there bas been a heavy
(alt of sand there, and that the arrow
root crop has been destroyed. No
deaths have been reported.
BOTH SIDES RESTINO EASY.
Close of Seventeenth Week of Anthracite
Miners' Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Fa., Bept. 9. With
the beginning ot the 18th week of the
miners' strike, both sides to the contest
say they are satisfied with the situa
tion. The operator state that the
output of coal this past week was
greater than any other week aim the
strike began. The strikers, on the
other hand, assert, through . their
officers, that the efforts ot the big, com
panies to resume mining have been a
signal failure.
At strike headquarrs it is admitted
that the washeries are tinning out a
certain amount of coal, but it is assert
ed that the total output Is only a drop
in tbe bucket. President Mitchell
says that the miner are lust as deter
mined as ever, and that all talk of them
going back to work was without found
ation. -
COOK COUNTY PROPERTY.
This Year's Real Estate Valuation Placed
at $1,488,749,810.
Chicago, Bept. 9. Cook county's
total real estate value is $1,4H8,749,
810, according to the figures given out
by the board of review. By the same
figures the tctal valuation of the real
estate in the city of Chicago is shown
to $1,382,650,876, while in the county
outside of Chicago the valuation is
$100,192,035. ,
The figures Indicate ah increase in
full valuation in round numbers of
$33,000 000 over the board of . review
figures for 1901. The increase is found
to lie almost entirely in Chicago,
although the rest of the comity shows a
material gain. The assessed valuation,
which is one-fifth the cash valuation of
the real estate in Chicago this year is
fl'70,&H,370. Last year the same
property was assessed at $259,255,698,
showing an increase of $17,265,777, '
Proposed Cuban Loan.
Havana, Sept. 9. The house of rep
vawnl.lluAa la fluilt, fml.linf, eun.al
,OB,ion, t0 dimym the que8tion 0, the
1 135 000 000 0Rn ,nd the matter of
i.ni,ii mu.. 1, ti,..
0, eHtablishing a lottery to this end has
mo lnrwfi.M u-li nthns tnamhuva
ol the house advocate an internal reve
nue tax. Tne senate nas not yet con
firmed the nomination of Rafael Mon
toro as Cuban minister to Great Brit
ain. ThepreBsfavora.it.,-
Four Hours' Battle In Venezuela.
Washintgon, Sept. 9. Mr. Bowen,
United States minister at Caracas, has!
telegraphed the department of state
that an engagement between the revolu-
tionlats and government troops oc-
curred yesterday on the mountain be-
hind the American legation, lasting
! I J .
iour nours ana rasuiLinu in inn rout 01
I the revolutionists.
FIRE ON AMERICANS
ELEVENTH INFANTRY LOSES ONE MAN
AND THREE WOUNDED.
Mores of Mindanao ars Becoming Unruly
-Ocncral Sumner Ordered to Interior
to Compel Prate-Qtneral Movement
Against Rebels Not Improbable - Our
Troop sr Attacked Repeatedly.
Washington, Sept. 10. The war de
partment ha received a cable dispatch
from General Chaffee dated at Manila,
staling that an attack wa made on the
United Stat troops at Matiling Falls,
even mile from Camn Vicars t.
1 -j
Moro on September I. First Lieuten-
sot William M. Parker. FJleventh in.
fantry, and two soldiers were wounded,
and one soldier killed. General Chaffee
also says;
"Have authorised Brigadier General
Samuel Sumner to move troons Into
Mucin country and exact promise of
good behavior in luture from Datto
and followers. Troons have been at
tacked 12 times sime May 2, with loss
to us of four killed and 12 wounded.
We have remained all the time quiet.
seeking friendship, acting in self de
fense only."
The last part of General Chaffee'
dispatch evidently is Intended to lu-
torm the war depaitment that the army
has been acting wholly upon the de
fensive in the Moro countiy. His In.
structions have been to do nothine
which would provoke a conflict with
the Moros, and the position of the war
dejartment Is that if there is a conflict
it must be justified by the aggressions
of the Moro.
Some time ago General Chaffee asked
lor authority to stuck the Moro im
mediately, but he wa advised that the
department wished to avoid hostilities
II possible. At the same time it baa
long been the belief of officials of the
department that an aggressive camnaik-n
in Mindanao is inevitable, and it would
not be surprising if there should be a
forward movement of the United Btates
troops In a short time.
ELECTION IN MAINE.
State Ooea Republican by a Plurality of
J7,oooSoclalUts Oalnlng.
Portland, Me., Bept. B Maine wiled
up a big plurality for the Republicans
iu the election yesteiday, it approxi
mating 27,000, Complete returns
will be late, owing to the remoteness of
many towns. Figures from 240 cities
and towns give Hill, Republican, 40,.
902; Gould, Democratic, 24,687.
The legislature, which is usually
strongly Republican, will have an un
common number of Democratic mem
bers, soma of the strongest Republican
towns of the stale having elected repre
sentatives ot that party. The senate
will have one Democrat in 31 members.
In the First congressional district
Representative Amos J, Allen, Repub
lican, was elected over Dr. 8. O. Gor
don, Democratic, and Fred E. R. Irish,
Socialist, with a plurality of about
5,600.
An incident was the increase in the
Socialist vote of 70 two years ago to
300 this year in Portland alone. In
the Fourth district, owing to its great
area, tho returns will not be completed
until late tomorrow, but the estimate is
that Representative Powers, Republi
can, has been re-elected by a plurality
of 7,000 over Thomas White, Demo
cratic. In the Third district Reoresen-
tative E. U. Burleigh got the prohibi
tionist vote, and ran slightly ahead of
his ticket in defeating i). II. Henson,
Democratic. In the Second district
Representative C. A. Littlefleld had no
difficulty in defeating his Democratic
opponent, running well ahead of his
ticket.
LIPTON WILL CHALLENQE SOON.
He Is the Same Old Sport as Ever, Willing
to dive Others a Chance,
Rothesay, Scotland, Sent. 10. In
an interview here today with a repre
sentative of the Associated Press, Sir
Thomas Lipton informed the latter
that he would mail a formal challenge
for the America's cup to the New York
yacht club within two or possibly three
weeks. If, however, in the meantime,
any British yachtsmen or combination
of yaohtsnien, challenge, they would
have his cordial assistance and the
use of the Shamrock II as a trial boat
absolutely free of cost. Sir Thomas
added that the Htorles about his new
boat being already half built were
false.
Ammunition for Rebels.
New York, Sept. 10. Loaded down
with dynamite and carrying in her hold
a large quantity of ammunition, . it is
alleged, tho little steamer Maid of
Vatnra hna tiallml from thlo ,, -.,..
Baltimore dispatch to the Herald.' It
was stated that the vessel was to be
nm In building a jotty at the mouth
of the Patuoa river in Honduras but
along the water front the Imnrewinn
. ...... . "
nrnvnim T.nar. rnn nfuumau. im
carrvlns
ammunition for Colombian rebels,