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VOL. IX.
IIILLSliOUO, OIIEOON, THURSDAY, OCTOIIEI. 23, 1902.
NO. 32.
EVENTS OF TUB DAY
QATIILRED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE
TWO HCMISniLRCS.
Comprehensive Review uf th Import
nt Happening, o( th, I'iMt Wetk,
Pre sealed In Condensed Form, Moat
Likely to I'rov, Interesting to Our
Many Readers.
Tlio United Irish league will raise
$100,000 to fight tlia landlord.
Fifteen llvra wore liwt by tlm recit
ing "( boat In Chinese water.
A Tnxta mob overpowered officer
In
court anil lynched two Negri es.
General Mlli'a wa mbUd In Hono
lulu of his valla" containing iowelry
ml other valuables.
Boilermaker In the Wabash shop at
Hpringeflld, 111,. have gone on strike
lor an lucre in wage.
(ieorgn Hrolth, colored, an trial In
Portland for murdering lila wife, baa
Ixhih (otinil guilty of murder In the fir. t
dngne. '
At ilia official trial til tin monitor
Wyoming, alia showed kjhoh o( l'.'H
knot), one knot mora tlian wa called
tor In the contract.
The aUteuient o tlm collection ol
Inturnal revenue (or September ahow a
dwrease ol $1,7 18,770, aa compared
with tlio aoind iiMilltb ol 1U0I.
Veiioaunla la again at out with Greet
Drltaln. It la alleged tlm latter agreed
to put down the rebellion II aha wore
given a 30 ier cent reduction ol cus
torn on good going into Venemela.
. Tlm awretary uf tlio Interior bobla
tliat In all huiueUid entries made ol
lamia embraced In tlia former Klleta
Indian reservation, throe years' actual
realdeiica moat be proven bafor patent
laanoa.
The Irlab National!! created an
other disorder In tlia llrltlah bouao ol
common.
Tba Mollneui Jury ha been com-
plated and tba tat 1 offering It aide
of the evidence.
Representative 0. A.
Connecticut, I critically
recovery I not expected.
1 timed, 'ol
lit and hi
An electric, light wire etirted a fir
In llolrna, Montana, which destroyed
f 48,000 wcrtli ol property.
A Rig Four passenger train ran Into
an open switch 14 miua north ol Co
lutnhu, Ublo, fatally Injuring several
Krona.
Tb National W. C. T. V., In session
t Portland, Maine, paaaed a resolution
rondamnlng the character ol advertlae-
ninuta placed on bill board.
Two person ware IcUUmI and 15 In
Jured in a railroad wreck at Heme,
Texas. Tba accident occurred at
croaning, two train mooting.
Matthew II. Money, a pioneer news
paper nian ol the Pacific coaat, diod In
Oakland, aged 70 year. At different
times he conducted aevaral paiiera In
diffitreut part ol Washington.
Hallway switchmen of HI. Paul and
Minneapolis have given notice ol a de
mand lor higher wages and shorter
houra. They will strike II the ralae la
not granted.
Brltlab army officers aay the Ameri
ran home are lar bettor for cavalry ua
than any other they ran obtain.
Two convict In the Leavenworth,
Kan., (ederal prlunn filed oft tleir
aback lea and were about to escape when
discovered, ,, ,
The treasury department ha aaked
. lor offer ol property lor ala In Now
York for uk to erect the new postolllce
bnlldlng on,
Ocean reaaali tailing bm Atlantic
port are being delayed aomewbat on
account of tbolr inability to aocure
coal promptly.
Sanitary condition in the Philip
pine are rapidly improving. Cholera
ha been totton under control and 1
rapidly dying out.
France I lacing a aerlout labor iltu
at Ion : Every anion man in the nation
may be called out lo gain a univeisal
eight hour day and an old age pension.
Dr. William II. Bate, a well known
Nea York physician, who disappeared
lait Auguit, ha been found In London,
Ho ay hla mind ha been practically
a blank tince that time and he did not
know bl own idontity.
The exocutlon of Murderer Bcldlng
'will take place at Portland October 81
The Hay Han rebellion 1 at an end
by tbe submission of the revolutionists.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw ha
announcod that he will buy $20,000,000
cf 102S bond.
The 28th annual convention of the
National W. 0. T. U. ii In session at
Portland. Maine.
A new panel of 150 talesmen ha
been railed to secure tbe Jury for the
trial of Roland B. Mollneux.
A collliton between two train in
Ohio remitted lit both engine being do
moliahed and 20 peraona injured.
Blr Thomaa Llpton'i challenge to
race for the America' cup ha been re
ceived by the New York yacht olub.
Tbe principal iitne before the niln
era' convention will be provision for
wen thrown out of work by the reten
tion of nonunlonisti.
The grand Jury found an indictment
'for murder In the first degree agalnat
'William Hooper Young, who ia under
rrest at New York for the killing oi
f' . Anna Pulltaar.
SUOAK FACTOHV BUHNI'.U.
l ire In Chkago Haaiilla In Loaa ol Valu
able Property and Many Llvaa.
tliicago, Ott. 23. rive men are
known lo have loat their Uvea In a fire
which tonight partly deatroyed the
plant of the Chicago branch of the
UliinMe ugar refining company, ami
the liat of deed will certainly lie much
greater then five, and may Mai lt a
h lull aa 30. The eetiuiat run all the
way from that iiuiiiUt down to 10.
Only one of the five men whoae Imdlea
have lieen recovered haa been iilenti
flul. The fire broke out with an explosion
In the drying hoiiae, winch ic aeven
atoriu In helulit, and etamla cloau to
the main building ol the plant, which
la 14 atoriea IiIkIi,. A third structure
I four atorie high. The two umaller
buildlnga were destroyed and tlio larger
building was badly damaged. The tiro
apread after the ciploaion with nch
rapidity that It wa impoaaihlit for the
men In the upper storie of the drying
bouae to muke their ewae, ami it ia
the number ol men lielieved to have
been at work on the seventh floor that
caunee the umvrtainty in ma li'i 01
lead. Home ol tlieeuiiloytwho nindej
their eacaiie any lhat theie were or
30 ami other aay thai them were not
more than 10 at work when the tire
broke out. Whatever the number, all
are dead. Four men leaped Iroin the
upir Id Mir ami all are dead. The fifth
In the list 1 an electrician, who la
known to have entered the building,
and wa there at the time of the fire.
II la supposed lo be dead for the tea-
eon that all the flremen ami laiiorera
about the horned building any lliat no
man made hi escape (ruin the upier
floor.
Secretary (ila-a, ol the refining com
pany, atated that he eatlmated the loss
al fftOO.OOQ.
SAMOA CASK DECIDUD.
King Qatar, aa Arbitrator, Rule, Agalnat
the United State,.
New York, Oct. 23. King Oscar, ol
Sweden and Norway, ha decided the
Samoan controversy In favor ol tier-
many, aay a dispatch to the Tribune
from Washington.
This fart became known on tbe re
turn ol Mr. Grip, the niinlxter nf
Sweden and Norway, from a long visit
to hi home. Mr. Urip callod at the
state department, but did not, ol course,
disclose the decision ol hi sovereign,
which must be formally presented
simultaneously to the three poweit
concerned. The announcement will be
astonishing to the governments ol the
United State and (ireat ltritain, which
were confident that they would estab
lish lully the legality and propriety of
the Joint landing of murines at Apia
in 1MUU to sustain the decree ol the
Samoan supreme court and end the
revolution. The lull et-oiie ol the
arbitral decree ol King Oscar I not
yet divulged, and the extent to which
It cover the claim for damnge filed by
the citiaen of three countries and ol
Fiance may not be known for several
days. Then claim, which were nom
inally the prime ranee for arbitration,
are insignificant, however, compared
with the question of national honor,
on which they Ueiiemleil, ami it the
action of tlm United State and (treat
Britain bad been sustained by the
royal arbiter, would have fallen to the
ground.
TO REQISTER LAND TITLES.
Philippine Commission Decide, to Adopt
th Torrent System.
Manila. IK-t. 23. The United States
Philippine commission has decided to
enact a land-law registry bill drafted
by Commissioner Ide. The bill adopU
the Torren registry lystem, with mod
IQcatlon to fit local conditions, and
create a land title court. I.and
title throughout the Inland are at pres
ent clouded to such an extent that
sale ol land and It Improvements are
retarded. An enormous tuns ia im
volved In the labor of clearing titles
Government land which were sold
under authority of the Philippine act
alter that act passed tbe American con
Kress, will be recorded under the Tor
run ayatem.
The commission has paeaed a bill de
fining the terms under which the Ala'
nlla street railway franchise is to be
granted. This bill provides lor the
award ol the franchise by competition
Bids will be opened next March, after
advertisement here and in the United
States.
CHINESE RECORDS RESTORED.
American Officer Will Return Tablcta ol
Jade to Chines Government.
San Francisco, Oct. 23. The famous
Jade tablets brought to this country by
Lieutenant F, M. Wise, ol the marine
corps, will now find their way back to
China. Collector ol Customs Stratton
has been instructed by the secretary of
the treasury to turn them over to the
Chinese consul on the payment ol (50.
The money will be given to Lieutenant
Wise, who haa alleged all along that he
paid that amount tor the Btomis. There
are 10 tablets In all, and on each are
Inscriptions ol great value., On tome
are the odd names ol emperors long
dead, and on some the names of be
lovod empresses.
Britain Will Have Justice from China,
Shanghai, Oct. 23. Four British
gunboats have been ordered from here
to the Yangtie Kiang, to Hankow, be
cause 'of the failure, of the Chinese
authorities to deal with the murderers
of Bruce and Lewis, the English mis
slonarles who were killed. It is said
that the Chinese authorities are alarmed
at Great Britain's step and that Prince
Chiug, preuideut of the foreign office
will confer with regard to the matter
with the British minister to China.
NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OP THE STATE.
Commercial ind Financial Happening ol
th Past Week -Brief Key lew of the
Orowth and Development of Various
4ndutrlca Throughout Our Common
wealth-Latest Market Report.
Three free rural mail delivery routes
out of Junction City will begin service
December 1.
Consttuction work on the terminal
yards, at (irant Pass, of the Oregon &
Pacific railroad will begin January 1.
Arthur Scolleld, confined in the coun
ty jail at Ailwiiy for larceny, made bl
em'a a few day ago. He wa ca
turixl at Ktignne. '
The first carload ol Oregon' dried
prunes ol this year' crop left Albany
t Saturday lor New lurk. Four and
one-half cent waa received.
Marion county physician have
formed a county medical society. C. S.
White, ol (iervaia, waa elected preai-
lent and C. II. Itobertaun, ol Salem,
secretary.
J. F. Mark ley, who mnrdeied John
It. Fain at Champocg last June, haa
been eentcnceil to snd the remainder
( his life In the iwnlUmtiary. He ia
t)7 years old.
The first of Crook county's annual
fairs, held at Prineville, was a success
in every rvsiiect. Large crowds were
In daily attendance, and tome fine ex
hibits were on dis!iy.
The stage running between North
amhill and Tillamook was bald up
bout five mile from North Yamhill
Saturday night by three masked men.
The stage was bound for Tillamook.
The robbers secured (200 from pas
sengers.
The rwant rains throughout the Wil-
met to valley have enabled Jtbe farm
ers to punh the work of fall seeding.
All fruit is picked and other fall work
over and a few days more of good
weather will enable the farmers to fin
lnh seeding.
Superintendent of Public instruction
Ackerman recently asked several county
suxrlntemlents to offer suggestions for
the betterment ot the school system.
The ideas he has rlccived are many and
varied, and include higher qualifica
tions of teachers, consolidation of dis
tricts ami an Increase of the compulsory
attendance period.
A sale ol 300 bales of hops at 25
cents is reported from Dallas.
A franchise has been granted for
nolher telephone line from Baker City
to Sumpter. ,
The report of Superintendent Lao of
the state penitentiary shows that on
October 1 there -were 300 convicts in
tho institution, 19 leas than at the be
ginning of the quarter. The earnings
for tbe quarter were (4,240.40 and the
total expenditures were (14,740.0t.
With appropriate ceremony, Agrl
cultural hall, designed to facilitate and
advance experiment and Instruction in
agricultural lines st tbe Oregon agri
cultural college, was dedicated at Cor
vallis October 15. Addresses were
made by Governor Goer, Congressman
Tnnime and a number of others. The
attendance from ontside the city mini
berod several hundred.
Four proposed amendments to the
Oregon constitution w ill be before the
next legislature for its endorsement.
Theso amendments were proposed by
resolutions approved by the last legis
lature, and the must receive the ap
proval of another legislature before
they can be submitted to a vote of the
people. The proposed amendments re
late to the state printer, city charters,
elections, state institutions outside of
Salem and repeal of anti-Negro section
of constitution.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat WallaWalla, 65gUuo; blue-
stem 68gti0cj valley, 60 Xc.
Barley Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew-
ng, 121.00.
Flour Best grade, 3.00(33.60; grah
am, I-.'.HD(!S3.2U.
Mlltstuffs Bran, 118.60 per ton:
middlings, 123.60; shorts, $10.60;
chop, 1 17.
Oats No. 1 white, ix.ua4igray,
P5cll per cental.
Hay Timothy, .iiugu; clover,
17.60: cheat, 18 per ton.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, bU7Uc
per sack: ordinary, 6055o per cental,
growers prices; fllercea sweets, ii.rfoig
2 per cental.
Poultry Uhlckens, mixea, f..ouo
4.26: per potird, 10c; hens, 14(94.60 per
dosen; per pound, 11c; springs, $2.60
tits per doien: fryers, isos.zo; Droll
ers, $202.60; ducks, $6(46.60 per dos-
en; turkeys, young, iukc; gwese,
t0(36.60 per dnien.
Cheese Full cream, twins,
I4c; Young America, 14 j 14Xi
factory prices, 11 Vu less.
Butter Fancy creamery, KJtsjsui
nor pound: extras, auc; aairy, is
20o; store, 12MQ16.
Eggs 23276o per doien.
Hops New crop, 2123c per pound
Wool Valley. 12K15c; Eastern
Oregon, 814Koj mohair, 26328o.
Jleel Gross, cows, per
pound; steers, 4c; dressed, 67o.
VarI 7WO80.
Mutton Gross, 3o per pound
dressed. 6o.
Lambs Gross, 3Xo per pound,
dressed. 8c.
Hog Gross, 6&87o per pound
dressed, 707 Xe.
COST OP PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Impressive Figures Taken from Report of
Commlsalonor ol Education.
Washington, Oct. 11.- The annual
report of the commissioner of education
Just submitted to the' secretary of tbe
interior shows tbe grand total of pupils
In schools, elementary, secondary and
higher, both public and private, in the
United Mates for the year ended June
30, lUOi, was 17,299,2(10, an Increase
of 278,200 pupils over the previous
year. Of this number the enrollment
of pupil in institutions supported by
general and local taxes furnished by
tatos and municipalities was 15,710,
3U4, as against 15,443,4(12, the number
reported for the previous year. Be
sides there there were certain special
Institutions, like city evening schools,
business schools, schools for Indians,
reform schools, schools connected with
asylums, school for cookery and
other apeclii! trades and vocations,
which enrolled nearly half a million
pupils. Adding the enrollment in
them siieclal schools to that for general
education, the aggregate i something
over 17,750,000 of our population that
received education for a longer or
shorter period during the year ending
June 30, 1U01.
The value of property used for public
school purposes has risen lo (570,903,
OhU from $130,380,008 in 1870, and tbe
expenditures for the common schools
(inclnding eletnentacry and secondary
schoois, but excluding all Institutions
for higher education) amounted to
(220,043,23(1, having risen to this sum
from (43,3UO,U(iO in 1870. In 1870
the expenditures for schools per capita
ol the population wa,(l.(i4; the past
yesr it was (2.93 per capita of the pop
ulation, the highest that it haa ever
been. It was an Increase of 10 cents
to each man, woman and child over
tbe year previous. ' The average at
tendance of each pupil for the entire
number enrolled was 99 day for the
year, an increase of 24 days over the
previous year.
TAFT ANSWERS THE TEACHERS.
Complaints About Philippine Positions are
Not Well Founded.
Washington, Oct. 22. Some time
ago complaints were made by school
teachers in the Philippines about the
hardships which they endured. It
was asserted that good places were
given "lo a lew teachers and bad places
to others. Complaint also was made
that the condition of tbe currency
can eel a loss to the teachers, and that
the commissary supplies of the insular
administration were not good. All
these complaints were referred to Gov
ernor Tatt. His reply has now been
received at the war department..
Governor Taft says that in the very
nature of tilings the teachers had to
enter upon duties which were largely of
a missionary character, and hardships
were certain to be the portion of some.
It was imrossible to make all assign'
menta equal, but aa the facts became
known efforts would be made to equal
ize the duties of teachers, so that all
would share in the pleasant duties as
well as the arduous work.
Governor Taft says that the comple
tion of boats that have been building
(or the insular government there will
bring a better system of supply from the
commissary department.
ADOPTION ALMOST SURB.
Miners are Considering Peace Plan,
wllh
Mitchell In the Chair.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 21 The
anxiously awaited convention of the
143,000 striking miners met yesterday
but did not reach a vote on the proposed
plan of settlement. It is expected to
do so today. Theie were 662 delegates
present in the Kesbit theater, where
the convention was held, and they were
empowered by their local unions to
cast 867 votes for or against President
Roosevelt's proposed plan of arbitra
tlon. The majority of the delegates
were uninstructed. The few who were
instructed were engineers, firemen and
pumpmen who fear that the 5,000 strik
ers of these classes may not get back
their old places aow hold by nonunion
men. This question of the engineers,
flremen and pumpmen proved the only
stumbling block in the way of almost
Immediate adoption of the president's
plan, which carries with it declaring
the strike off, and a general resumption
of work through the hard coal mining
region. . 55 1 . ' ,)'.'
Politics In King's Visit.
New York. Oct. 22. It la said that
the coming visit of the king of Portugal
to England has great political signm
canoe, and that many important mat
ters between him and King Edward in
regard to South Africa are to ' be dis
cussed, cables the London correspond
ent of .the Tribune. Vague rumors
that England Is seeking to puiohase
Portugal's South African colonies have
been current for a long while, but at the
foreign office they are denied.
New Cruiser Washington,
Washington, Oct. 22. In view of
the conclusion retched today by the
naval beard of construction, plans for
the armored cruiser Washington will
be completed and ready for advertise'
ment by November S, along with plans
for the twin ship Tennessee. The reg
ular differential of 4 per cent in favor
of the Pacific coast bidders will be
offered. '
STRIKE VOTED OFF
MINERS AGREE TO ACCEPT DECISION
OF ARBITRATION BOARD.
Oreat Rejoicing Everywhere la the Coal
Field, Engineer, Firm to the Last,
and Their Employment Is Finally Left
to Executive Board Roosevelt Sum
mons th Arbitrators to Meet.
Term and Cost of Strike.
duration of strike, dajra 1'4
Mm i,n trtk H7.KO
l'Mii dtnrcliy affected ft,i
Total 1om u all elaraea 'J),iM),il
I'rlra ol at beginning ol
trike, (r Urn 't In H
Preaent price ol eoal, per Ion 2 to t
Cause of the Strike.
Tbe inlnen demand, which were re
fued, wem aa follows: An eight-Dour
day; an Inereane In pay for men on
piecework proportionate to thai given
to day laborer, by ihorlenlng of hour,;
Juit weighing of eoal mined, liiu-ad of
arbitrary mcuurenient by varying
"carloada"; a fixed Kale of wage, the
rate for the same work to be the same
everywhere; an agreement embodying
these demands, entered Into by the
operators and Ih union.
Wilkstbarre, Pa., Oct. 22. With a
shout that fairly shook the convention
building the representatives of tbe 47,
000 mtneworkers who have been on
strike since last May officially declared
off at noon yesterday the greatest con
test ever made between capital and
labor, and placed all the questions in
volved in the struggle in the bands of
the arbitration commission appointed
by the president of the United States.
When tbe news was flashed
to th
towns and villages down in the valleys
and on tbe mountains of tbe coal rrg'
ions, tbe inhabitants heaved a sigh
ot relief. Many days have gone by
since such welcome news was received.
Everywhere there waa rejoicing, and
many places the end of the strike
as the signal lor impromptu town
celebrations. Tbe anthracite coa
region, from its largest city, Scranton,
down to tbe lowliest coal ttch. has
suffered by tbo conflict, and everyone
.......
now looks lor better limes.
While the large army of mineworkers
and their families, numbering approzi-
mately 600,000 persons, are grateful
that work is to be resumed on Thurs-
dav. the strikers have still to learn
hat their reward will be. President
' ' ..... I
Roosevelt, having taken prompt action
in calling tbe arbitrators together lor
v..e.rrel u.eewUuuJr.oy, -.
ers hjpe they will know by Thanks-
. . I
vingday what practical gains they
have made.
The vote to resume coal mining was
unanimous one. and was reached only
Iter a warm debate. The principal
objection to accepting the arbitration
Dlan was that no. provision was con-
taiued in the scheme to take care ol
those men who would fail to get back
their old positions or would be unable
to get work at all. The engineers and
pumpmen get better pay than other
classes of mineworkers, and they did
not wish to run the risk of losing alto
gether their old places and being com
pelted to dig coal for a living. This
question came op and was argued right
up to the tune the vote was taken, ao
one had a definite plan to offer to over
come the objection, and the report of
the committee
on resolutions, recom-
mending that the strike be declared
off, and that all issues be placed in the
hands of the arbitration commission
for decision, was adopted without the
question being settled. A few mo
ments before adjournment, however, a
partial solution was reached wnen a
oeieguw uo ,urwiru... vy .
ihA hull mnvn that thfl nrnhlAtii he I
placed in the hands of the executive
board for somtion, and his suggestion
was adopted.
SPEED SACRIFICED TO POWER.
Naval Board Decides to Make Important
Changes In New Cruisers.
Washington, Oct. 23. The naval
hoard ol construction today finally de-
elded upon the features of the armored
cruisers authorized by the last act of
conoress. SDeed has been sacrificed to
power.
By a VOte Of four against one, fcnglll-
eer in Chief Melville's proposition to
give the big Bhips 25,000 horsepower
and a speed of 23 knots at a minimum
was re ected and the horsepower will
stand at 23,000, which he estimates
will actually bring the speed down to
about 21 knots. The new boats
therefore will be three and one-half
knots slower than the four famous Eng-
lish armored cruiser of the Drake
class. To offset this lack of speed the
Tennessee class will have a much more
powerful battery, namely, four 10-Inch
211 nB in the two turrets against two
nine-inch guns in the main batteries 01
the British Bhips. Tho Tennessee class
also will have more armor, the protect
ive deck at its thickest part being four
and a half inches with six-inch side
armor.
Navy Yard la Too Small.
Washinaton. Oct. 23. The annual
report of Bear Admiral Kennoy, pay
master general of the navy, devotes
miiiiK ,nu. in shns'inir that there IS a
shortage of officers for the work. It
stated that there 1b a demand (or the
enlariroment of the . Btorage plants at
Washington. Boston, Norfolk, Mare
Island and Puget sound. A modiflca
tion of the bill compelling advertising
for supplies Is asked for in the interest
of the service.
REBELS DEFEATED.
Oovcrnmcnt Force, of Venezuela Score a
Vktory-3,000 Dead and Wounded.
La Victoria, Venezuela, Oct. 21. A
messenger has arrived be re from tbe
ne of the engagement near this place
between the goveinment troops and
revolutionists, bringing news that after
teveral days of terrible fighting, 9,000
rebels under General Mendoza aban
doned the field, having retired from
their last position, six miles from La
Victoria, Friday night, retreating in
the direction of Villa de Cura. Ac
cording to President Castro the killed
and wounded number 3,000.
During the last days of tbe fighting
tbe temperature rcwe to 116 degrees,
and a visitor to tbe scene of the en
gagement d '.flares he never saw sncb a
terrible spectacle aa was presented bv
the battlefield.
The victory of the government troops.
which is said to be due to the personal
courage of President Castro, who, twice,
with a Mauser in his hand, charged
at tbe head ol his soldiers, ia consid
ered a serious setback to the caiiBe of
the revolutionists.
A courier from Valencia, who arrived
here today, reports that up to yester
day that town was not in tbe hands of
the revolutionists.
PANIC IN BALL ROOM.
Fire In Albany, N. C. Building Resulted
In One Death and Many Injured.
Albany, N. C, Oct. 21. Fire broke
out shortly before 11 o'clock tonight
in the Tower & Brooks store, one of the
largest in the heart of the business
awtion of the city. For a time tbe
entire dry goods section was threatened,
and only by moat heroic work on the
part of the firemen were the flames
practically confined to the building in
which the fire started. One fireman
was killed and a number injured.
At the time the fire broke out a
dance was in progress in a hall on tbe
top floor of the burning bnilding. Es-
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wiuuuwa nun ueipeu over aajoin-
'ng toofs. The shrieks of hysterical
women created much excitement, but
headeil aremen soon carried them
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hurt.
Ten minutes after the fire was (lis-
covered flames were pouring out of
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log were ablaze in many places. Tbe
Municipal telegraph company's build
ln8 as badly scorched, the windows
being shattered by the intense beat and
the frames twisted out of shape and
ciiarrea.
It was two hours before the flames
were fuily under control. It ia impos-
si ble to secure any estimate oi th
'oases tonight.
BOXERS NOT YET PUT DOWN.
Chinese Viceroy Asks Missionaries Not to
Travel In Disturbed Districts.
Pekin, Oct. 21. The new viceroy of
Sze Cheun province, Tsen Chun Suan,
reports that the Boxers have not been
suppressed at Cheng Tu and two other
centers and be asks the ministers and
missionaries to refrain from traveling
in central Sze Cbnen at present.
The emperor's reception at the sum'
mer palace today was attended by the
diplomatic corns except in the case of
R ... . minist., cj. ErnfiKt S,tnw
ne nvui8 oeciineu wc'ai intercourse
on account of the miscarriage of justice
in the case of the murdered English
missionaries, Bruce and Lewis, in Ho-
nau province, where the responsible
officials were exculpated and ignorant
peasants were beheaded.
The negotiations for the departure of
the international troops from Shanghai
have been interrupted. It appears that
Great Britain before consenting to the
evacuation aesires a more aennite ar
rangement in regard to her status in
'" lauguw vaite uu mora precise
stipulations concerning non-alienation
01 territory m that region
nooaeveii uomg wen.
Wash'ngton, Oct. 21. While Presi-
dont Kooserelt was unable to go to
Oyster Bay to register his vote for the
November election, he will go home to
vote. The president Is progressing
finely toward complete recovery, and ia
now able to move about without crutch
es or even a cane, but his physicians
have advised him not to travel any dis
tance for at least two weeks. For this
reason he will be unable to attend the
Inauguration of President Woodrew
Wilson, of Princeton university, al
though he had epxressed his particular
desire to be present when President
Wilson is installed.
Dewey Is Honored.
Philadelphia, Oct. 21. At a meeting
today of the board of governors of the
Thomas Jefferson memorial association
is of the United States held in Independ
ence hall, Admiral Dewey waa elected
president, and the board consists
one member from each of the original
- 13 states, the District of Columbia and
the territories
the territories are
represented by Hon. Mark A. Smith,
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THE CELILO CANAL
BOARD OF ENGINEERS ARE IN DOUBT
ABOUT THE HARTS PLAN.
Columbia River Curreut So Strong That
Placing of Huge Rocks for Submerged
Dam la Considered a Daring Feat of
Engineering - Several Favor Portage
Railroad Pisa.
Washington, Oct. 22. The report of ,
the engineer board on Its investigation
of the Hart plan for opening the
Columbia river between The Dalles and
Celilo, is to be delayed somewhat,
pending the completion of certain emti
mate and computations, which are to
be considered before the report is agreed
to. There is doubt . in the minds of
some members as to tbe practicability
of constructing the dam across tl e
river, npon which the success of the
Harts plan hinges. It is found that it
will be a most daring engineering feat
to get stones for the dam in position,
and to retain tbem nntil the whole
work is completed. It i a work more
difficult than any of the kind yet under
taken by the engineers, although its
success is promised by some. - The
probabilities are that there will be two
reports, some of the engineers favoring
portage road as the best solution, un
less another and more favorable site
can be found for the dam. The boat
railway project was considered, but it
not thought any member of the
board believes in its efficiency or prac
ticability.
Tbe dam concerning tbe feasibility
of which doubt is expreaesd by the
board of engineers is thus referred to
in the plan recommended by Captain
Harts:
The proposed submerged dam im
mediately below tbe head of Five-Mile
pids is designed to be made through
out of large blocks of rocks or concrete
weighing 20 to 30 tons, each deposited
at random in a selected narrow prt of
Five Mile rapids by means of derricks
on either shore. If found necessary on
account of the'swift currents, some of
the blocks could be ancboied to the
rocky banks by means of chains. The
dam need not necessarily be tight, but
should consist of enough blocks to raise
tbe present low-water level 20 feet.
Its top would probably need to rise to
ithin a few feet of the present low-
water level."
ILLITERATE VOTERS.
They Comprise II Per Cent of tho Total
Number In United State,.
Washington, Oct. 22. There are 21,-
300,000 inhabitants of the United
States of voting age, and 2,300,000 of
them, or about 11 per cent, were re
turned on the last census aa illiterate-
very large proportion for a country in
which the opportunities for education
are universal.
An examination of tbe figorea shows
that, contrary to the general belief,
it is not tbe foreign born voters who
cause this percentage to be so high.
The proportion of illiterates among the
foreign born voters In tbe United
States is 11.5 per cent, whereas among
the native born inhabitants the propor
tion is 10.5 per cerlt not a very im
portant difference.
The par, of the United States in
which there is least illiteracy is the
group ol states which make up the
middle west sod northwest. Iowa and
Nebraska have less than 3 per cent.
Kansas less than 4, and Ohio, Illinois
nd Minnesota less than 5 per cent of
illiterate inhabitants over tbe age of 29.
In Utah and V asbington, in the Pa
cific group of states, the percentage of
illiteracy is less than 4 per cent; in
Colorado, Oregon and Wyoming less
than 5.
In New England and among the
native born inhabitants the percentage
is still lower, 1 per cent in Massachu
setts, 1.5 in Connecticut, 2 per cent in .
New Hampshire, .and 2.6 in Rhode
Island.
James Younger Dead.
St. Paul, Oct. 22. James Younger,
formerly a member of the notorious
James band of outlaws, which infested
the Western country a quarter ol a cen
tury ago, committed suicide today by
shooting. He left a letter to tbe
press, in which he gives as a reason
for bis act despondency over continued
ill health and separation from his
friends. Younger was sentenced to
the Minnesota penitentiary foHife in
1879, but was out on parole.
Appropriation for St. Louts.
Manila, Oct. 22. The civil commis
sion will probably increase the Philip
pine appropriation for the St. Louis
exposition exhibit by $100,000, making
the total $350,000. Fair Commissioner
Barret had addressed a meeting of
Filipinos, which was arranged by Gov
ernor Tatt, on the subject, and the sen
tinient of the meeting was in favor of
the increase.
1 Another Trip In Airship.
-, London, Oct. 22. Stanley Spencer,
the aeionaut, who recently made a suc
cessful trip over London, traveled 25
miles this afternoon in his airship.
He rose from Blackpool, but finding the
northwest breeze too strong to make)
. headway against it, he proceeded in a
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southeasterly direction and landed
an open country.
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