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JnlILLSB6R
VOL. IX.
IIILLSBOKO, OKKUOX, TIIUUSDAV, OCTOUER 2, 1902.
NO. 20.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
OATHHRrD FROM Atl PARTS OP THE
' TWO HCMISI'llliRCS.
Comprehensive Review ol the Import,
ant llappsnlnga ol lb Past Week,
Presented In Condensed Horm, Most
Likely to Prove Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Continued heavy rains have tnpMd
II war maneuvers At rort Riley, Kan.
Secretary Hhaw'a order re)ualng the
renerve, put $200,000 Into circulation
at l'ortlami.
Havagit on the warpath In New
Guinea havo massacred many iieiplo
nil burned whole villages
Th preldent'l condition continues
t Improve (at and lie la able to attend
tit t great dual ol bualneM.
The Cu 'tan government ha mailt a
law which provides (or CiiUti labor In
all kliula ( public MHvii-a.
Mia Alice, Hay, daughter ( Socio
tury ol Htate Hay, was married tu
Jaiiiot W, Wedaworih, ul New York.
Two American Inventors sre eirl
nivitllug with flying machine on Ling
laland. One ship ascondo I 1 ,000 ft
iitl null I about two mile anil tlut
other aactmdml 4,000 f and made
lllglit ol lionrly five miles.
The senate committee on Pacific Is
land and Porto Kleo ha HiiUIkhI lit
work in ttiti Hawaiian laland and ha
sailed lor Man Fianclco. Tim com
mittee IMrned to Uwllinnny regarding
tha land lawn, public Improvements
needed, bubonic pUgu epldamia and
many othttr tuaiu-ra ol loser lniiort
a nee.
One thoiisanl plo am now be
lieved to bave poriahed In the Sicily
dlaa.lor.
In ipllo ol rain, tlio lull war maneu
vort are living carried out by tbo trorp
at Fort Riley. Kan.
Venezuela plana Ui cut all tli cable
nd an Amwlran gunboat may bo ne
cessary In Iboao waters,
lumber shipments by wktor (rom the
Columbia river will this year, (or the
flrattlmeon record, txo-ed 100,000,
000 lent.
(Irlgedler General Bumner, In charge
ol tbo movement agaluat tbo Morua,
ara tbo rebela ara not to unruly ai
re ported.
II la Mid that Queen Marl Cbr
Una, niolberol King Alfonauof Spain,
haa married Count do Kscorura, her
mailer ol the house.
Three duirato prisoners In tbo
Dillon. Mont., tail tawed their way on I
It la believed they secured aid (rom tbo
outalde. Olllcera are In close pursuit.
Cholera atill rage In tbo laland ol
Bamar. The population ol niany ol
tha towna have Un heavily induced
through death and the Hlght ol the
panic atrlckeu people.
A tidal wave awept Japan, drowning
t loaat 600 lieopl. Much property
wat destroyed. A Japanese warship
waa driven sehore, but will probably
b Hunted,
A Mx-ond military eiieditlon ban
been tent agalnat the Moroa.
Fifteen bond rod a treat car man In
Mew Orloana have atruck lor Increased
pay.
A Are at (Stockton, Cal., destroyed
1600.000 worth ol property. Five
blocks wore burned.
A Mlaalaaippi Negro, who confessed
to an old crime, waa burned lire, lie
aid bo deserved tbo (ate that bad over
taken bltn.
Tbo president1! phynlclane found It
neocaaary to open tbo wound on hla leg
a the bono waa slightly affected. It
la not aurloua nd recovery will aoon
come.
The annual report ol the commU
loner ol penalona ahowa that thero are
now nearly million namea on the
penalon rolla. The total diaburaemont
ol the department hat been $3,000,'
854,302.
The cable (rom Ban Franclaco to
Manila will be In working order by
July 4. 1003, according to the official
ol the company. Three ateemere will
lay the cnblo, two (rom Manila and
one Iron Ban Franclaco.
The comet discovered at Lick obaor
vat or y Poptombor 1 hia grown ateadily
br ubtor. until at the Draaunt time it
vlaible to the naked eye. It ran be
aeon a little north of the atar Alph
Cyan!, near the milky way. It it mov
lng in a aoutbweatorly direction.
Dr. Bilviane Brandan, vice proaldont
elect ol Snail, It dead.
A cflnant ol the rhilipptnoa hat bee
uthorlied by the preaident.
Prcahlf nt Will 8 What May b Done In
the Coal Mcki.
W'anblngtiin, Oct. 2. Tbo preaident
yenloidwy tiMik Initiative t'p to awwr-
In wliat, II anything, could le done
the (wloial authority to entile the
coal Kir Ike. The rt-ault waa gnneral
iprvwion ol opinion by the advlwri
the preeldttnt, w bo were preiuiit, to
e effect that the litloral lawaand con.
lllulion do not alToid ninana ol lt!ial
InU'rlen'nce tu end the atrike, but
notlicr conference will to held t'x'ay,
lid the prenldeut will do all be tan
proHrty and livally to bring about
wltlnmimt. At the U'mporary White
ini a nitifcrcnce wai bold with the
iri-e cabinet olllcera Attorney tione-
Knoi, Hucretury Mooly ami I'ont-
nimtur (imicral I'aynu. (ioveruor
ruiiu, ol MawiacliiiM-tta, waa alw
prni-enl. There gntUnin niet with
rvahlunt Itoowvelt, ami alter Hut aul-
JtN-t bad born ronaid' red lor aoine lime,
they adjourn! to another roo:n and
conferrtfl togothur lor an hour. They
II returned later In the duy and held
neither coiilemni with the president,
and the atrike liliwtiun waa diiicuaM'd
(tirthei.
I'rmideiit Koowvolt la di-cply ion-
eernvd ovur the altiiallon. The ap
proach of winter, itli a ol faniiiw
moiinuiit, and the UlotrcM end tuner-
lng that inuiit eiiMiio uuleM cm I !
cornea available, iiri-M-nt a aituation
blch, be thlnka, should rwt'lvo the
tVintlon ol the aduiiiilatrntlon II there
anything that can bo done by the
government. Many appeala have I wen
made to blm, and many auKtC""! '"
have hven rocvived by him, and it waa
lib a view to emwtaln what power
the tidiiral authority could evoke thai
itl the wnferemw to be hclil.
Uurlng the cunlereiice evi ry pbaao ol I
10 ailuutinnl ai uiwukmhi. ine
noril opinion ol the advlxora waa that
e aituation did not preient a rate in
bich there C'Uld lie loueral Intuifer-
enco by auy warrant ol law. There
haa bwn no Itilerfervnco with Iwlrral
utliiirlty In the mining region, either
iy atoppage of tbo mailt or raieianre
the United Ktxtea court proOMa. It
a poliitiHl out tbut there waa no oaa-
ion dr the uae ol btieral tnxipa, at
iivurnor Htone, ol rniiaylvniila, had
not called on the government lor ax.int-
ance, nor had he even exiiauauM inr
reourc4-t ol the atato by tilling out the
lull ttrongth ol the atate militia.
troopa haa had
the coal flolda
leg
The pretence ol
quieting effect in
FcnnHylvanla.
i
' Preaident Rooiovelt'a Injured
contlnuoa to Improve, and the pre ddent
will be around again In (ewduyi.
No more American toldiora will
tent to the iBthmua ol Panama.
Burglart in Bonth Sharon, I'll., hold
nn a atore. ovornowerod. bound and
giiggod two olDceri and tucurod (400
Isaac A. Singer, one ol the largeit
atockholdon in the Singer lowing
machine company, died at his homo
Atlantlo Olty.
A lone highwayman near Btltea,
Idaho, bold up a
fftOO.
TO LN1) Tilt'. STKIKI1..
WHi:Rli MAN MAD NOT HV.I.H.
From
0okgk.al Survey Party Rcturna
Wlkla ol AUaka.
Boattle, Oct. 2. Aflor traveraing
ildrrnoM where while men have never
before venture!, the UiiIuhI HtnU
geological aurvry baa compIcUxl a pre
liminary exnuilnation ol the country
Ivlng between Cook Inlet and the
Tanana.
A party ol aevon, under the leader
ilu of Alfred 11. llrooka, made the
trip (rom Tynook to the Tanana, and
later leahed Ramp .rt, on the Yukon,
alter several months' hard work. The
entire country was carefully mapped,
nd the reports have been sunt on to
Waabington by Mr. llrooka, now In
Kent i l.i.
rU-veral new details wer dlncoveretl
which will greatly aid luture proa
iiectors.
The trip waa a'uli a hara one thai,
out of 20 carefully selected borsea, only
II survived, ror hunureus oi in ilea
the party never saw a white man, and,
indeed, were the mn orlly of the time
in a totally uninhabited land. They
punned closer to Mount McKlnley than
any other white man. many new
streams were located and named, and
anotbor party will probably be sent in
next year to continue the work.
MUCH CHOLERA IN ILO ILO.
NBWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Cemmerclal aad financial Happenings of
the Put Week-Brief Review of the
Orowtb and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common.
wealth-Latest Market Report.
People Fleeing to the Mountains, Leaving
tha Dead Unburtal.
Mantis. Oct. 2. It Is understood
that 8.124 canes of cholera and 2,740
doatha (rom that dlaeaae were reported
In the province ol Ilu Ilo, Island ol
I'anny. on Monday. This is the high
est record lor any district since the out-
breuk ol the diHoane occurred, ami ex
ceeds the total of Manila and many of
the province! since the commencement.
The town ol Miago, In the province ol
llo Ilo, waa the worst sufferer, 1,178
caaes being reported there Monday.
At Cabettaun there were 809 carea,
and at Dumanires 305 caaes were re
ported on Monday. The people nie
fleeing to the mountains, leaving the
dead unburled and the dying unuared
for. The government baa ordered ad
ditional doctors and medicines to be
sent to Ilo Ilo. The number of vic
tims makes ordinary sanitary measures
ImpoBtiihle. The total of all the pro
vinces Monday was 6,300 canes and
3,001 deaths.
Crokcr on Trial.
New York, Oct. 2. Edward F. Crok
er, chiel ol me flew loric nro depart'
mont, waa placed on trial today before
Fire CommlHHloner Bturgia, who pre-
ferred charges against the chief. The
chargoa are seven in all, and they In
clude accusations it incompetency
tending in false reports, violation ol
the constitution ol the state ol Now
York, conversion of public property to
privato uao, conduct prejudicial to good
order and discipline.
Fix harveet bands were held up at
Die Dalies and relieved of f 300.
A cold atorge and meat company has
been formed in Ashland with a capital
ol 2B,000. ,
Tbo prune crop In Mir ion county
will be protty gmerally gathered by the
end of the preneut week.
The board of regenta of the atatu o di
versity, at Kugene, have made arrange
ment to include a muaic department.
Mr. Florence Atwood, state preai
lent of the Itebekahr, died at her home
In linker City Keptomber 2S of pneo
ni'iuiu.
f'ardoni have ln akd lor Con
vict 1iula bevel and II. H. Warrluer,
Miitenred I rom Multnomah county lor
burglary.
Tbo 10th annual lair of the Butte
Creek Agricultural association, held at
Muritmni, had a largo attendant e and
was very euccesalul in every renpect.
I'repa rations are well advanced (or
the dirtrict fair to be held at Koneburg
during the flvelaya beginning (h tober
A splendid livestock exhibit la ei-
iecb-d.
Over one-btlf of the Washington
county agriiiiitural and horticultural
exhibit, whUh took the fir-t prise at
the (Ute lair,, baa been sent Kaat,
where it will have a place in a num
ber of (airs and carnivals.
Butv-committeea have been appointed
In varioua part a of the state to help so
licit (uoda for the purchase of a sword
lor Admiral Clark, who commanded
the Oregon during tlflTpaniah-Ameri
ran war. About 11,200 will be re-
uuired.
The school directors and clerks ol
Washington county held a meeting and
dii-ruanod varimw matters ol tcliool im
portanoe. The state supei intendent
was present. It la the first time such
a meeting was ever Held in ma
county.
Twenty-seven bales of hops were
eo!d in Mem a few dayt ago for 23
centt per pound.
The aaaesament roll of Columbia
county shows the total taxable proper
ty to be worth 11,507,840.
I.argo crowds attended the opening
ol the Kugene carnival, deapite the
rain. The business houses haves num
ber of nice displays.
Ranchmen in Josephine county will
be forced to ure itrenuous efforts lo rid
the country of coyotes, which sre doing
mm h damage to stock.
The Salem commercial club haa
taken steps to distribute 110,000 pam
phlets through the Ksnt In the interest
of the Willamette valley.
Fruit growers In Tolk county say
that tl a prune crop will not only be
liuht this year, but that brown rot has
attacked the Italian prunes In some
sectiona, and that tint will further de
crease the yield.
Oregon City schools are In a very
crowded condition, the enrollment be
ing larger than ever before.
A free rural mail route has been rec
ommended out of Forest Grove, but
there will be tome delay on account ol
being no map ol Washington county
roods.
The Oregon blind school at Salom
opened with 32 students, the tame as
last year. This institution coats the
state about $7,000 a year, or $220 lor
each pupil.
ROOT MAY RHSION.
! IRRIGATION MONEY
Secretary
ll ythe
of War Desires to Return to
Practice of Law.
Washington, Oct. 1. Secretary Root
is to resign, according to a statement
published here. According to the
rumor the reslgnsiion is not to use
place until some time next
when Becretary Root hopes to I
many leforms he baa origiiflhed a
secretary of war tertain of being car
ried lo. a successful consiimiiistion.
Among these are the .general staff bill,
which is not likely lo pan at the abort
NHHxIun, and the bill to reorganize the
militia, which may become law.
With the practical settlement ol affairs
in the Philippines, snd Cuban recip
rocity adopted by congress, which will
probably result in keeping Cut lacl-
lied, and tlie reforms t'ecretsry Rout
has inaugurated in the war department
thoroughly established, the great work
which he has selected to do will in a
meamire be accomplished. If be renins
it will only lie when there is a straight
course ahead for the war department,
aa rrerident Roosovelt would not I
very likely to part with hi.n under any
utber cireu instance. He is one ol tbe
strongest men In the cabinet, and prob
ably tbe closest to the president.
Secretary Root entered tbe cabinet at
a great personal loss. Asa lawyer ol
ability, be had an enormous practice in
New York. Ills old sssociates and em
ployes are anxious lor mm to rerome
liis former work, and this is given as
the main reason why be intends to re-
1
LONO PENSION LIST.
EIGHT MILLIONS NOW AVAILABLE FOR
GOVERNMENT PROJECTS.
Start Will be Made In Number of Places
In the Spring F"ds Now on Hand
Will Build at Least Tea Irrigation
Systems CompleU-No Contracts Will
be Let Until Cash I on Hand.
Report of Commissioner Shows Net Oaln
of S.7J2 Pensioners Last Year.
Washington, Oct. 1. Tbe annual re
port of the commistdom r of pcimions,
Kugene E. Ware, shows that llio num
ber ol names on the pension rolls U
still under tbe 1,000,000 mark, despite
a net gain of 6,732 pentio"era aince
1898. Tbo total enrollment July 1 last
was 000,4411, against ,097 735 lat year.
The total comprises 738,800 soldier
and 200,fi37 'widows and dependents.
The aggregate inrludca 4,005 pensioners
outxide of the United Htate.
The number of death notices of old
soldiers, not now in the sorviie, re
ceived by the bureau during the year
waa 50,128; but only 27,043 ol them
were pensioners.
The report says that the death rate
among the penaionera tor tha,' aiming
year will be about 40,000, and the
losses to the lolls from other causes
ill be about 6,000.
The total amount paid for pensions
luring the flwsl year was $137, 504,-
208, snd the yearly cost of operating
nd maintaining tbe bureau and tbe
agencies, outride oi the payment ol
pensions proper, aggregate f 3,590,529.
STATE DEPEATS BOODLE RS.
Washington, Oct. 2. There is today
in tbe treasury between $7,600,000 snd
$8,000,000, which, under tbe act of the
Ui-t session of congrens, is to constitute
the reclamation bind, and which i
now available for expenditure on such
irrigation projects as will be selected
by the secretary of the interior next
spring for construction. About $3,
000 000 of this as derived from the net
revenue from tho sale and dispo.-itioo
of public lauds in the Hsl year 1901,
and about $4,500,000 as the net reve
nue lor the isi-t H-cal year. I lie gross
revenues for the past rear ex eed tho-e
of any proceeding fi-ral year, amount
ing to about $1,200,000. Tbe fund is
made np not only 4rom fees and com
missions, but Ones and loileitures lor
abuses of public land laws. The de
duction ol total expenditures for main
taining the public land service, together
with the allowances for agricultural
colleges, leaves tbe amount stated.
irpartment officials are highly grat
fl d to find over $1,000,000 more than
was contemplated with which to begin
work on Irrigation systems next year.
Ibis total will build at leai-t ten pro
jects of medium size and prolbly
more, depending upon cost. o work
is to be undertaken lo cost more than
the amount available in the reclama
tion fund at the time contracts are let.
First Skirmish In Snyder Case ResulU In
Victory for Prosecution.
Bt. Louis, Oct. 1. The first day's
proceedings in the trial of Robert M.
Snvder. tbe banker and promoter, ol
Kansas City and New York, on charges
ol bribery in connection with the pas
sago o( the Central Traction bill several
years ago, ended in a complete victory
lor tbe state, every objection offered
by the defense being overruled by Judge
Ryan. Suyuer was arraigned, but re
fused to plead, and the court ordered
the clerk to enter a plea of not guilty.
Tomorrow the selection of a jury will
begin. It will then devolve upon the
atate to prove that tbe defendant
not a resident of Missouri, lhe statute
of limitations, which has sheltered all
the officials who took part in the deal,
it the legal loophole through which
Snyder'a attorneys hope to pull him to
liberty.
DIED TO SAVE A TRAIN.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Salt Company Falls.
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 2. Chiuicollor
Mngio ban appolntod Frank P. MuDer
mott, of Jersey City, and Nathan 8.
Benrdtloe, of Warsaw, N. Y., receivers
for tbe Nationul suit company, The
application for a receiver was made by
Chaunrey II. Strickland, of Now York.
The company's liabilities are given at
tago auJ secured $1,150,000 and quick assets at $868
Wheat Walla Walla. 62c; blueatem
65c; valley, 63c.
Barley Feed, 19.50 per ton; brew'
lng, f J0.50.
Flour Boat grade, 3.30(33.65; grab
am. iz
Mlllstuffs Bran, $18.50 per ton
middlings, $23 50; thorta, $19.50
ebon. $17.
Oata No. 1 white, $ l1.02tf ; gray,
P5eji$l percental.
Hav Timothy, $10311; clover
$7.50: cheat. 18 per ton.
roultry Chickens, mixed, i4.ou.jro
per pound, 11c; hens, $55.50 per
dcten; per pound, 12c; springs, $3.50
(44 per doten; fryers, $33.o0; Droll
ert, $2.503; ducks, $4.605 per doi
en; turkeys, young, 1415c; geeto
$6(96.50 ir doxen.
Cheeee Full cream, twins. 13(3
13Kc; Young America, 13HU
factorv or ices. 101 Wo lesa.
Uutter Fancy creamery, 2527J'
por pound; extras, 27)so; dairy, 174
20c; store, 12H15.
Egga 22W(825o per doxen.
Potatoes Best Burbanka, 00fl.V
per tack ; ordinary, 5055c per cental
growera' prices; jMorced aweets, $2(3
2.25 per cental.
Hops New crop, ZOfflzic per ponnu
Wool-Valley. 12.15c; Eastern
Oiegon, 814)io; mohair, 22Ho,
Heel Gross, cows, 33Hc per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67c.
Ve:il-7K8lto.
Mutton Grots, 3o ' per pound
dressed, 6c,
Lambs Gross, 3,c por pound
dreaded, 6Kc.
Hogs Gross, 6(37o per pound
KILLED FOR HIS MONEY.
Wealthy New Yorker Carelessly Displayed
Large Amount of Cash.
New York, Bept. 30. James B.
Craft, a wealthy recipient of (jlen Cove,
L. I., was murdered, and bit body de
capitated, in a tenderloin resort within
a few donit of Broadway. AH the vi
dence goea to show that Ciaft, who had
been making tbe rounds of the tender
loin, incautiously displayed a large
amount ol money and was killed lor
tbe purpose of robbery. Tbe police
alto say that knock-out diope were
first adminbtered, and that then tbe
victim was dragged into the basement
and killed with a cleaver.
Tbe odor of burning fiesb attracted
the attention of tbe occupants of tbe
upiier part of the bouse snd led to the
dis -overy by the detectives of tbe bead-le-t
body of a man in tbe basement.
Tbe charred bead was discovered a few
minutes later in the furnace, In which
a fire had recently been made with the
evident intention of destroying all pos
sibility of identification of the remains,
liter the body was identified by
Wslter Craft, of Glen Cove, at that of
hit father. Tbe murdered man waa
about 51 years of age and was manu
facturer of refrigerating machinery in
Cortlandt itreet, this city.
MANY CORPSES RECOVERED.
NO MORE RESERVE
SECRETARY SHAW MAKES ANOTHER
IMPORTANT MOVE.
National Banks will Not Have to Carry a
Reserve Against Deposits Secured by
Bonds -Action win Place $JO,000,000
in Circulation-Secretary Has Favored
Move Since He Took Charge.
CITY IS WITHOUT COAL.
People in Kew York are Now Tearing Up
Sldewslka for FucL
But FnO Extent of Sicily Disaster Cannot
Yet be ToM.
London, Bept. 30. A special dis
patch from Rome, after confirming the
reports that Btromboli bat been in
lull eruption for me time says:
"The night tceue was grand but terri
fying; lava streamed down the moun
tain sides seaward, while huge boulders
j were falling into the tea fully 2
miles from the shore.
"Ti e director of the observatory at
Mount Aetna tayt there bat been no
eathquake in Sicily, but that probably
there bad been a submarine eruption
between Btromboli and Sicily.
"One hundred and fifty corpses bave
New York, Oct. 2. Not a ton of been recovedred at Modica. Hundreds
anthracite coal can be had here at any ' of victim" were drowned in the open
price, saya a Kocheater, V. Y.,unpatch country."
to the Times. bulewaik inspectors The whole country about Mount
rerert that in the outlying dUtricts Atna has suffered greatly. Mount
reaidents are tearing up tbe sidewalks Aetna is sending up a thick column of
and using them for fuel. Altogether steam from the vicinity of the scene of
several miles of plank walks bave been the eruption of 1892. Two (resh craters
pried up with crowbars and carried off. have opened on Btromboli since Ben
in tome sectiona, canal bndf ea bave tember 14.
been stripped of planking. Piles of
new lumber left on tbe streets for re- MINES IN OOOD SHAPE,
pairs abo bave disappeared. l
Hospitals ol New York city are with Return of Men, Coal Output Woald
threatened with being seriously attect- be Lairs as Ever.
ed br tbe scarcity o! coal, lhe J.
Hood W right hospital haa only enough
New York, Oct. 1. Becretary of
the Treasury Bhaw, who was in New
York yesterday, issued statement in
which be tayt the banks hereafter will
not be required to carry a reserve
against government deposits secure
by government bonds. This w ill make
available today ever $30,000,000. Bee
ictary Sbaw declined to discuss tbe
financial tituation further than to say
tat tbe treasury department would
co-operate as far as possible with the
banks in their effort to supply the
necessary credit to do the unprecedeut-
amount of business that is taxing
railroads and steamship lines, aa well
aa banks, to tbe ntmoet.
Mr. Bbaw said he bad never reen
any good reason why banks holding a
government depo.it secured by govern
ment bonus ahould be required to carry
reserve against it. tirst, it is a de
posit not likely to be called in a time
of stringency, and second, if called, the
collateral will always sell for ca-h in
excess of tbe deposit. He has, since be
took charge of the. treasury, contem
plated relieving the banks of Ibis burd
en, lhe controller of tbe currency
agieee with the secretary, and therefore
it It announced that hereafter bunks
will not be required to carry a reserve
against government deposits secured by
government bonds. The treasury hat
on deposit with various banka scattered
throughout the country, in round num
bers, $130,000,000, against which the
banks have beretolore been compelled
to hold more than $30,000,000 of gold
or its equivalent.
GROWERS MOLD BACK.
to la-t this week, while St. Luke's was
so fortunate as to obtain a caigo of 240
tona about a week ago enough to last
Uo months. St. Mary's hospital for
children has practically no supply of
steam coal, and ie ueing furnace coal,
ofwhi. h it has about 25 tons. Ihis
condition prevails at many other in-etitn'iont.
It was said at the office of the chari
ties department that no real distress
has been experienced in any of the
city t charitable institutions.
The price of anthracite has reached
$21, but time retailers are peddling
out their small supply at $15 or $16
to old customers. Importation ot
Welsh anthracite and Freni h bitumin
nc.....utu.....w.v.. .output, and that within a week
out can in no way relieve me axuauon, wol,jj
Philadelphia, Bept. 30. General
Manager Luther, ol the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad company t coal
piopeity, baa informed the rales depart
ment of tbe company that all tbe Read
ing's important mines are in fairly
good condition, and tbat were tbe
miners to retrun to work, comparative
ly little time will elapse before they
, will be turning out their normal pro-
' doction. It is true that several of tbe
' Reading collieries are flooded, but
these bave been abandoned for time
.at least. Officials of the Penmyl'
vania road's anthracite companies re
port that their mines are in tucb con
dition tbat when the miners go back
to work the collieries will be able to
produce three-fourths of their normal
anl that within a week they
for the few cargoes that have been
landed tre of little account. There are
only about 8,000 tona of this coal now
on the way, but orders have been placed
this week for ovor 25,000 tons. At
least a month la required, however, to
fill the orders. The cost of iinportinii
Welsh coal under normal conditions is
tbout $7.
MANY NOTED MEN TO ATTEND.
Brave Act of a Northern Pacific Section
Foreman In Idaho.
Spokane, Wash., Oct. 1. In trying
to save a passenger train (rom a wreck,
William Johnson, a Northern Pacific
section foreman, was killed this after
noon at Tuacor, Idaho. He saved the
train, but died of hit injuries. The
train was the east bound overland pas
senger No. 4, and was wed filled.
Johnson waa flagging the train to keep
it (rom running upon section of track
which contained a broken rail, and in
his eagerness to have the signals ob
served, he failed to step from the
track in time to avoid the engine of
the passenger.
More Troops Called Out
Harrrixburg, Pa., Oct. 1. The
Fourth regiment has been added to the
troops on duty In the anthracite strike
region. Sheriff Dietrick called upon
General Gobin tonight (or troops to
suppress the rioting in Northumber
land county, rne general caueu up
Governor Stone by telephone and stated
tbe tituation, after which the executive
reluctantly ordered the fourth regi
ment to proceed to the Bcene ana main
tain order.
Ex-Secretaries of War In the Senate.
Washinuton. Oct. 1. When Russel
A. Alitor takes hia seat there will De
three senators who were 'ormerly secre
tary ol war. Proctor, of Vermont, and
Klkins, of West lrinia, are tno oiner
two. The same situation occuneu
when Don Camoron was closing his
senatorial earner.
i in perfect shape.
EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO.
Irrigation Congress Is Interesting Great
est Minds of the Nation.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 2.
The committees in charge ol the ar
rangements for the 10th National irri
gation congress, which convenes here
October 6. have received encouraging
reports which promise a large attend
ance of noted men from all parts of the
country. Large delegations from the
commercial clubs of Omaha and St.
Paul will come in private cars. New
Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Kansas and
Nebraska cities will also send large
delegations. The subjects to be hand
led, affecting as they do tbe proper ex
penditure of $8,000,000 of public
mor.ey now available, and the pioceeda
from future land salos for the reclam
ation of millions of arid acres, and the
making of homos for millions of people
now crowded in the cities, have attract
ed the highest minds of the nation,
from captains of industry to the leaders
of labor organizations. Letters ol in
dorsement of tbe possibilities ol the con
gress are pouring in every day from
these people.
Fast Train Wrecked.
Des Moines, Oct. 2. Tbe Rock
Islnnd fast mail, west bound, waa
wrecked this morning at Newton, 40
miles east of here. No loss of life oc
curred. Three cars left the track.
The accident occurred while the train
was attempting to get around the wreck
of a'fielgbt train which went through a
bridge across Skunk river yesterday
Three tramps were reported to have
been killed In the latter wreck. The
bridge ia completely demolished.
Scvcaty-toa Crane Thrown from Railroad
Into the Bay.
Mexico City, Sept. 30. Advices
from Salina Crus, the Pacific terminux
of the Tehuantepec National railroad
which ia being, rebuilt by the English
contractor, state that Tuesday no less
than 75 shocks of earthquake were felt
causing much alarm. Tbe most serious
damage was done tu an immense 70-ton
crane used on the construction of tbe
breakwater, it being thrown (rom the
track into tbe bay. A majority of the
smaller crants uited on the works are
alto reported to have oeen tnrown out
ot place. -
It is probable that tbe construction
of the artificial harbor will be delayed
six months, aa tbe crane was thrown
into deep water, and it will require
time to recover it.
The Wisconsin at Panama.
Washington, Oct. 2. The navy de
partment has received a cablegram
Soft Coal Still Advancing. announcing the arrival ot Rear Ad'
Boston, Bept. 80. Local coal dealers miral Silas Casey aboard his tiagsnip
tndav advanced the price of so't ccal the Wisconain, at Panama, after an
tl nr ton. making it $8 50. With to almost uneqnaled run down the Pacific-
day's advance soft coal has appreciated coast of 8,270 miles In one day leBs
In price $2.60 a ton the past week- than two weeka. Rear Admiral Cawy
The price ol hard coal remains at $15 a will assume general command of the
i.nt thera u little to no had here. 1 American naval icrces on me lsinmus
Aa Bad as Siberia.
Butte, Mont., 8ept. 80. President
Mayer, ot the Western Federation of
Miners, said here todsj tbat the con
dition of the camps in the Fernie, B.
, district., from which he has just
returned, is as bad as Siberia. Mr,
Mayer went to Fernie to investigate
labor conditions. lie says the mining
company there owns everything in the
camp. They permit the men no privi
leges and allow no business except nn
der their direction. They even exer
cise a censorship, Mr. Mayer declares,
on what their employes shall read.
Indians on Bad Behavior.
Santa Fe. N. M., Sept. 30. One hun
dred Apache Indians from the Jicarill
reservation, in northern Kio Arriba
county, are camped in the Picurit
mountains, ready to go to the ban
Geronimo featival, at Toaa Pueblo,
desp'te the positive orders ol the spent.
Another banc ol Apaches la trespassing
on the land oi me $anta tjiaia and
other pueblos. The U. 8. Attorney
has orders from Washington to return
them to tbe reservation.
Expected Advance in Price of Hopt Re-
salts In bat Few Sales.
Portland, Oct. 1. The hop market
has opened strong, with prospects of '
some big tales this week, though grow
ers are not yet letting go very freely.
Most of them are in position to hold,
and at they expect better prices they
aie slow to coneidtr dealers' offers.
Many growers look for the market to
go to 25 cents, and not a few expect to
receive do cents lor the portion of their
crop tbey did not contract for earlier In
the season. Dealert decline to umi
higher figures, laying that brewera lu
the East are heavily stocked, many
having enough hope to last them for
year.
A number of small talea are being
made at 25 cents. Receipts are in
creasing daily, and will be heavy b?
the last ol the week, and baling will
then be practically at an end.
It it now estimated tbat the crop of
Washington will fall short about 3,000
bales (rom tbe first estimate, which
will leave the state's product some
where about 33,000 bales. The hoD
cr p in the Yakima valley ia reported
to oe short of last years output fully
lu per cent, in tome yards there will
be but half a crop, in others a full
crop, and in the majority less than the
usual production.
EMILE ZOLA IS DEAD.
Famous Novelist Victim of Asohvxia-
Uon-His Wife Barely Escaped.
Paris, Oct. 1. Emile Zola, the novel-
1st, who gained additional prominence
in recent years because of his defense
of the Jews and of Captain Drevfus.
wat found dead in hit Paria home yes
terday morning. Asphyxiation, result
ing from fumes from a ttove in bis bed
room, is given aa the cause of his death.
M.Zola and his wife retired at 10
o'clock. Mme. Zola waa seriously ill
when the room was broken into thij
morning. At about noon she wat re
moved to a private hoapital, where she
recovered consciousness for a thort
time, and was able briefly to explain to
a magistrate what had happened.
The death of M. Zola, which only
became generally known after noon,
caused a great sensation in Paris, and
this evening there was a constant
stream of visitors at the Zola residence.
He was born in Paris April 2, 1840.
Street Car Men Still Out
New Orleans. Oct. 1. The strike of
street car men continue! without a
break. Three mail cart were the only
cars moved by the railway company to
day. In tne absence of street cart ve
hicles of all kinds were brought into
play and bave done thriving busi
ness, in the matter of interference
with street cars carrying United States
mail, 10 affidavits were made this
afternoon against at many persona,
charging them with interfering with
the United States mails, in violation of
the actof congi ess protecting the mails.
To Dredge Up Coal Lost In Wrecks.
New York, Oct. l.-Owing to tl
high prices of coal an organized plan
(or securing eupplies from the waters oi
Long Island sound will be put in opef
; ation. Many barget loaded with an
thracite have been wrecked on the
sound. A company has been organised
No Parcel Mall to Alaska.
Washington, Sept. 30. Tbe post
office department has notified all post-!
masters that during the winter months
it will be impossible to transmit mail
matter in the lorm of parcels to the to recover this coal by means o( "sweep"
following named poatoffices in Alaska: boats, which will locate the wreck.
Nome, Bt. Michael, Clrclo, Eagle, Fort Powerful pomps will be put to work
Yukon, Rampart, Tanana, Teller and and the coal sucked np and ran over
Unalaska. 1 screens into the dredges.
oim.
dressed, 7$7Hc